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Show PIONEER UTJMN PASSES AWAY Col. T. G. Webber, Who Once , Published Newspaper in 0g-den 0g-den Dies in Salt Lake SALT LAKE, Aug. 16 - CnloDRl Thomas G. Webber, 8t years of age. died at his homo, 131 Second avenue, esterday afternoon, after an illness of a year's duration Colonel Webber was best known from his connection with the 7. M L, of which for many years he had been secretary, superintendent and director. di-rector. He was a pioneer newspaper man oi me wcji, Doing BSHiniBtOQ witn I "l-inel T B. H Stenhouse In publishing publish-ing ihe TelegTaph in 1864 In Salt Lake, the first dally newspapr Issued In I'tah He likewise published the I Tel-Trap!. h, hr-i rlnil In nc,:. n Colonel Webber was business niana-' ger of the Salt Lake Telegraph until j ihe paper was removed -to Ogdcn in! 1X69. He filled the eame position thero only for a s-hort time, returning to Salt j Lake to become connected with Zlon's Co-operative Mercantile Institution. He was made secretary of the organization hi 1S71 and in 187-j the office of treasurer treas-urer was added to his duties. He rc-1 signed to go on a mission for ihe Mormon Mor-mon church to Europe In 1876. While abroad Colonel Webber toured England. France, Italy and Switzerland, Switzer-land, being called to Salt Lake In the; winter of 1877-78 to aid in settling I Brlgham Young'd estate At the annual meeting of .stockhold-1 era of Zion's Co-operative Mercantile Institution In the tall of u78, Colonel I Webber was elected secretary and treasurer, which offices he filled until Hen years later, when he became gen-end gen-end superintendent and secretary. |