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Show Sudden Death of Wm. D. Price i Wm. D. Prico of Samaria, Idaho, aged 50 years, well known from Montana to Omaha as Billy Prico the cattleman, died at tho Owens Hotel in this city Wednesday afternoon at about 4 o'clock. Ho brought a bunch of cattle to town and in company with John Garrett took them to tho railroad yards near the Sugar factory. For a number of years ho has been afflicted with consumption con-sumption and while at the yards a coughing spell came on, followed by bleeding of tho lungs. Mr. Garrett brought him to the Owens Hotel and medical-aid was summoned, but it seems his time had come and he passed away at the hour stated above from the effects of homorrage of the lungs. The body was embalmed and prepared for burial by Undertaker Under-taker David O. Stohl of Brigham Brig-ham City. Deceased leaves a wife and five daughters, tho youngest being 10 years of ago, besides a host of relatiaes and friends. His daughter, Miss Mary Prico, accompanied by Mrs. D. E. Prico, Mrs. Griffiths, John Daniels and Lewte Williams came down from Samaria Wednesday Wed-nesday night and the body was shipped to Samaria on Thursday Thurs-day morning's t r a i n. Tho funeral sorvices will be held in that place to-day at 2 p. m. Mr. Prico was a native of Wales and camo to this country in the early fifties; has been a successful cattlo dealer for years and is 'well known and highly respected for his noblo traits of character. |