, 1890-12-28
DIED IN NEW YORK.
Hon. Philip Dater Passed Peace
fully Away Yesterday.
A Career for Many Years Identified
With Wyoming.
Prominently Identified in Stock and
Social Circles.

A telegram received from New York
city yesterday brought the sad intelligence
of the death of Philip Dater, after a pro-
lonced illness. For many years Mr..
Dater had suffered acutely from a gastric
trouble. He sought relief. unavAilingly,
on both sides of the ocean, and found it
impossible to obtain a permanent cure.
For the past few years he has been prac-
tically an invalid. and when last seen here
had aged greatly in appearance. He left
here for the East about two months aga,
and, after a short time spent in Chicago,
went to New York city. The reports first
heard from him were not such as to indI-
cate the near approach of death. aud The
news received yesterday was consequently
a shock to every one of his friends.
Mr.. DAter was about So years of age.
He was born in New York city, where hia
father had been for many years engaged
in the wholesale grocery business. After
receiving a liberal education Mr.. Dater
decided to come West and settled in Chi
cago in 1854. He became the junior
member of the firm of Warner, Clark &
Dater, wholesale grocers. Mr.. Warner
was killed by falling down an elevator way
in a warehouse and soon afterward the
firm was dissolved. About this time MIR.
Dater's father died and Mr.. Dater re-
turned to New York to re engage in the
grocery Business with his old partner j.
V. Clark. This venture did not prove a
success and the latter returned 10 Chicago
and established the Hibernian bank, of
which be is still president.
APhll and James Dater came TO Chey-
enne in 1877 and at once bought a herd
OF cattle on Little Horse creek, owning
what is now known as the Gordon l.
Campbell ranch. In 1882, in connection
witch John Harrington, they bought out
Reck's X Fl herd on Shawnee creek. the
Daters purchasing a half interest and Mr..
Harrington the remainder. This firm
was known as Daters & Harrington and
their range and stock we're subsequently,
sold to Fisher. Freeborn & Goldschmidt.
The Horse creek property was purchased
by the Laramie Cattle company. The
firm of Daters & Co., was then organized.
1t consisted of the Dater Brothers, John
Harrington and Henry Hoffman,. They
bought the herds of McCanley < Hanna
and Coggeshell on the Dry Cheyenne.
The Dater Bros also owned n ranch on
Grow creek, about fourteen miles from
town and have been largely identified
with the stock business since 1877.
Mr.. Dater was a prominent member of
the Wyoming Stockgrowers Association.
He was one Of the organizers and in
corporators of the Cheyenne club and has
been elected its president every year since
it was started 10 1880, He has also been
a member Of the territorial legislative
council.
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N. Y, IN 1857. He leaves no children.
Mrs. Dater has many friends here.
The death Of Philip Dater removes
from this worldly sphere a most genial
and wholesouled man. His friends are
only limited by the number of his aquain-
tances. He was a polished gentleman in
his bearing and united with a genial
temperament a degree of tact which made
friends Of his most casual acquaintances.
His death will be sincerely mourned by a
host of friends.