| Show DEATH OF GENERAL THOS dhosi L KANE THE tae very large majority of people will bo be pained to learn of the death of their esteemed and vallant valiant friend general thomas L rane kane which took place this morning at his home in philadelphia the sad bad news newa came by telegram to laon Geo Q Q cannon yesterday he received a dispatch statin a tating fating the general was wab lil lii it ill with pneumonia very little hope to tomorrow morrow will decide today the following waa received ELPHIA pa a m dao dac 26 1882 hon george Q cannon your friend died quietly at half past three this thib morning jer JEC KAKE rane to this the annexed reply was tele graphed at once I 1 am stunned by this thia sad event eo 80 unexpected president taylor joins me in expressing the profoundest sympathy ion jor your jour mother and the ther thel amily family in your beres bereavement thousands of hearts in this territory will be fillad filled with grief at the news of the dep departure arturo or of so BO devoted and steadfast a friend at what time will the funeral take place GEORGE Q CANNON there is no man outside of utah who holds a warmer in the j hearts of the mormon people than the hero who has just departed the exact date of his birth we are notable not abie able to give at present helas he was wab about sixty years of age and was born in philadelphia hib his father was the celebrated judge john kent kane and his ance anee aluis ou on LO tou ton lon h sides were Il lustrous the family name of kent came from chancel lor lo 10 r kent F ent ont notable la in the annals of jurisprudence and the van rens bens sell beila aers ers to whom he was related on the mothers side bide are well known to fame and cut a prominent figure in american history ais his brother dr ellsha elisha kent kane sifter sitter whom his son bon is named stands prominent among the great men of the age now departed as aa sn an explorer a surgeon and a he occupies a proud position in the estimation ti of the well informed in all the civilized world our esteemed friend partook in an niu I 1 M eminent degree of the qualities which shone so brightly in his illustrious lust rious relatives his early days were spent in philadelphia under the influence of the learned judge his father and to complete his hib education he was bent sent to england and france where he spent at several years and sad the latter part of that time served as secretary of the legation at paris he then returned home and acted as clerk of the court in which his father pre pro aided sided took an active part in poll poil ties but declined the official career which was often opened to him he was a prominent worker in the charitable associations of his hia state states and was noted ton tor hla hia kindness of heart and ancl moral and physical courage his sympathies were powerfully enlisted in the 49 mormon cause when the news of the expulse expulsion from became a subjection subject on of public interest how he interested himself with president polk and tho the administration in company with jesse C lt nittie tiles when the cormons mormons Mor mons were seeking beeking aid to cross the great american desert to the pacific slope how ho he fol owed them to the frontier when the mormon battalion was mustered into service taking tho the very strength out of the mormon camp that was needed on the journey across the great plains how he championed the cause of the afflicted people peo in the lecture halls and assemblies of the chief cities how he be interposed ta in behalf of this maligned people when whon through faite faise re represents presen preben fusions tut fut ions lons an army was sent here to destroy thorns how bow he crossed the isthmus and came up from fronk the south at the solicitation of Prest Bachanan Buchanan traveling incognito and passing through great perils and privations and many dangers how bow he explained the facts to the general government arld and procured the Comin commission lesion which came here and found that the reports on which the army were sent here were ground groundless leses how in many ways he befriended an unpopular people and manfully stood up against immense immense odds for their incidents in his career which are familiar to all who are acquainted with mormon history the war of the tha rebellion broke out he enlisted on the side of the union and commanded the pennsylvania performing deeda deeds of valor which proved him as brave in the battlefield as in lighting fighting for the right by tongue and pen he was waa dangerously wounded and for bome some time after his bis partial recovery went about on crutches but in a subsequent visit to utah recovered his healin and threw away his wooden supports for hig his prowess in the war he was breveted mador malor general a promotion which he richly deserved he was waa prad arao without fears foar and in the fia fis disputes lla pates that arose armee over the so bo called mormon war he challenged general albert blyd noy nay johnson to mortal combat geu uen kane was email in stature but p a great and magnani maus maas us he H waa a brilliant writer and an impressive speaker his views of all an public matters and religious and philosophical principles inci pies ples were broad and strongly i ur marked and the qualities of the statesman the warrior the independent thinker the poetic writer and the generous philanthropist were thoroughly established in his character for the unfortunate he has been ably supported by his talented and benevolent wife who still figures prominently in ane twi great charitable institutions of the country and whom he has left with three sons bons and a daughter to honor his bis nanae name and revere his memory we condole with the bereaved and express the BentI sentiments ments of the people of utah in imploring the divine influence for the comfort of those who mourn and in sa yInK bayink blest biest be the nameon name of thomas thomms L through all generations and may the flowers of peace bloom his grave and the rest of the righteous leous be his for ever everl everi |
