Show BISHOP TAYLOR DEAD pneumonia claims one of salt lakes oldest citizens salt lake april 15 in tho the death of I 1 bishop george H taylor whose demise occurred at his home in sugar house yesterday este day afternoon salt lake loses one of its oldest anil and most beloved citizens A resident of this city for nearly halt half a century he performed a labor in the up building of tho the coin com munty minty excelled by very very few men his name was a synon synonym of honesty and uprightness and through tho the extensive business concern with which ho he wag connected as well as his position as a church man Inan he was well and favorably known from one end of the state i to the other he lie had been bean III less than two weeks and the news of his death came almost as a complete surprise to his friends the cause of demise wag was pneumonia bishop taylor had presided over the fourteenth ward since october 11 1886 and for 10 yeara year s previous to that time had been connected with the bishopric in the commencement as second counselor and later as first counsellor he filled 1 the tho place as father of tho the ward with honor and distinction and his death will be a keen reen loss to the people over whom he presided as Is well as to many friends in the city and state he was mas a m man an who ho carried well his age and persons not well acquainted with him could not readily believe that he was in his year |