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Show SENATOR SHOUP DEAD. Boise, Ida., Dec. 21. George L. Shoup, formerly United States senator from Idaho, died at nis home this'moming, aged 8 years, after an illness lasting ct-veral weeks. He was territorial governor gov-ernor when the stat? was admitted into the Union and was elected the first governor. He "was eiected to the United States senate in lDn, serving two terms. The flags on public buildings build-ings are flying at half mast and the jeople generally have gone into mourning. Biographical Sketch. With the passing of George L. Shoup the "Grand Old Man of Idaho," the west loses one of the men who had most to do with the upbuilding of the then' territorial district of the country. As a man of -par, Shoup won his trevets through .bravery and daring, tnd as aman of peace he was awarded vlth tke highest honors in the reach of the-people of his adopted state. As a business man, he accumulated ly dint of enterprise ard perseverance a fortune. His business interests lay chiefly in stock raising and ranch property. prop-erty. Ex-Senator Shoup was known by I undreds of Salt Lakers, a score of vhom he numbered as his personal liiends. His youngor-t son, Walter, has leea in practice here as an attorney vith George X. Lawrence for some j time. Kobert Gl?ndmnin of .Salt Lake Is a nephew. The. deceased leaves a widow, three pons and three daughters. The sons J rre William Shoup, engaged in the ; r-trcantile line at Salmon City, Ida., i George Shoup, a Salmon City c attle- I man. and Walter Shoup. The three c'aughters. Lena Shoup, Laura and Margaret Shoup, reside in Koise.. Ida. A sister, Mrs. James Glendinni'ng. 10 i-idos at Spokane, while a brother. Jomes Shoup, is United States marshal' fcl Sitka. Alaska. George Laird Shoup was born at Xittanning. Pa., June 15, lSG. When 16 years old, having received an academic acad-emic education, he moved with his parents par-ents to a farm near Galesburg. 111?. I Tor six years he was with his father j Hockraising and farming and then the ! family moved to the "Pike's Peak" country, as Colorado was then called. Served, in Civil "War. In September, 18G1, he enlisted in a company of scouts. Later he joined the Tirst Colorado cavalry and saw service I imtil the close of the war. leaving the service as colonel of the Third cavalry ' cf Colorado. During the civil war he ) ad obtained a thirty ciajs' leave of cbsenc-e in order that he might serve as a member of the Colorado constitutional constitu-tional convention. In Colonel Shoup established Mores at Salmon City, Ida., and also tl Virginia City, Mont. He came 10 (the former city at the time of the great Leesburg gold boom and his business teoture proved successful from the I Hart. 1Je was a member of huth the Eighth j lni tne Tenth territorial legislatures of Idaho 1874 ar.i 1S7S. Prom this time on he was active in politics as u. Republican. Re-publican. His party sent him to the national convention in 1880, when, he was -a member of the national Republican Repub-lican executive committee. He served n this capacity again i: 1SSS. He. went as United States commissioner commis-sioner for Idaho to the cotton centennial centen-nial at New Orleans. 1SS4 1885. His executive ability was rewarded in 18s;i when he v.v.s chosen governor of the territory uf Idaho. Scarcely a e.".r later when "Idaho was admitted as a :itate. hr- agai". won gubernatorial honors. On Der-. IS, li:ij. Governor Shoup was elected United States senator, sena-tor, taking his pcat. Later in .the .year. His second term as senator expired in li'Ol. As an Indian fighter and as a "white lather. ' one to whom friendly Indians might 'look for trouble in war or for intervention in their behalf m time of peace. Senator Sh."uip was noted. The various Indian tribes of Idaho fre-cuently fre-cuently held pow-wows with him and rot alone in his adopted stale, but also in New Mexico, Texas and Indian ter-i?tory ter-i?tory was he prominent in Uncle flam's -dealings with Ine red men. It was Shoup who compelled the Co-manehes Co-manehes and other Indian tribes to r..ake friendly treaties in this part of the country after he had completely routed tncm. |