, 1900-10-31
SUDDEN
DEATH OF GENERAL BENJAMIN
F. FOWLER A SHOCK TO
ENTIRE STATE.

He Succumbed to Appendicitis Earl,
This Morning After Having I'm
dergone an Operation For the
Dread Disease-Was Forty Years
Old and Prominent Among Best
Lawyers Of the States.
The Hon. benjamin +. Fowler died
this morning at 1 10 o'clock at his
home in Cheyenne. of appendicitis,
An operation was performed by an
eminent surgeon OF Denver aid it was
thought hat he would survive. He
was taken sick with the fatal disease
a week ago last Monday. The opera.
ton was performed last Thursday
night. He was thought to be doing
we'll and to be on the road to recOv,
cry, but night before last his cOndi
it was seen hen that he would not
survive. He was rational to the end
and looked death calmly in the face.
as he had hravely met all the emer.
e]enCies OF life. He made all the ar.
rangoments for the future of his fami
ly and then went to his rest as an hon.
orable and true man should &C. hav,
ing lived his life according to all the
best instincts of his noble nature.
The funeral will be held at 10
O'Clock Friday morning at the Congre.
gational church under the direction of
the Masonic fraternity. of which he
was a distinguished member.
A Prominent Lawyer.
General Fowler was Il of the most
prominent attorneys of the state,
learned in the law and conscientious
born in Hanover, near Galena, Illinois,
forty years ago. He came to this
state sixteen years ago this month.
He located first in Crook county where
he served two terms as prosecuting
attorney He was annointed Tnited
| States district attorney for Wyoming
in 1890. In 1894 he came t o Cheyenne
and was appointed attorney general
of the state an oric, ne file, with
ability and f]aithfuIness.
Gcneral Fowler was in his earlier
wears a schoo Teacher and was for
some time principal of the public
| schools in Dubuoue Iowa. Then he
studied law in the office of General
Henderson. now sneaker of the nation.
al house of He al.
ways took a live interest in politics
and was well acquainted with many
of the most prominent politicians of
the country. Always he was an ar.
lent republican and to his dying
breath had in mind the election OF
Mckinley and Roosevelt to the prcsi,
denCy and vice presidency of the ma.
ton. In the Masonic orders he was
prominent and earnest and he was al.
so a member of the Woodmen. His
death is "A real loss to the state of
Wyoming and will be heard of with
deep regret by every person who knew
of him or heard of him, in his official
or in his private life.
Generous and True.
In his family General Fowler was
a kind father and loving husband. II
was his nature to be
GUS to a fault. as many men can tcsti
fy. He leaves a wife and three chill
dren. the latter being all manly and
well trained boys. Besides there are
an aged mother and several sisters tC
mourn his untimely death.
General Fowler was well known ant
much admired in Laramie. He was
here only about ten days ago. wher
he appeared before Judge Bramel in
an important lawsuit. As a member
of the firm of Burke and Fowler. he
had been retained. along with c. p
Arnold. as counsel for the organized
ranChmenof the Laramie plains &c
conduct their contests for water rights
in the Big Laramie river and its tribu
taries. He was thorough and well in
formed in all matters connected with
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