Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-24
Esteemed Citizen Passes AwayWhlle
Reading From Newspaper
OF DISTINGUISHED LINE.
Grandfather served on wasbington's
STAFF Prominent Figure in Early
Kansas Days

Jut one short exclamation escaping
his lips, was an the warning that Rob-
ert Phipps Riddle Of this city gave yes
terdoy evening that death had seized
him and perhaps the only warning he
received was q sharp pain at the heart
and the thread Of life was snapped. Mr..
Riddle fen d victim to apoplexy on the
third recurrence Of the attack, the last
one having occurred about four years
ago He expired last evening in the
presence Of Miss Minnie shuch, a
friend Of the family, to whom he was
reading the newspaper, The family
could scarcely realize that the worst
had happened, and a physician was
summoned at once. When the latter
arrived he was compelled to say that
the patient was dead.
Mr. Riddle came to Salt Lake in 1890,
and has always been Identified with
the hotel business here He was pro-
prietor Of The Halls ana It was there
that his death occurred He was born
In Clintonylle, Pa, Feb II, 1928, and
obtained good education at Meadville,
Pa He studied la'W and was admitted
TO the bar IN 1852 after which he moved
to Valley Falls, Kas, lie participated
In the border warfare prior to the civil
war and during that period served as
captain in the state. militia, He sat In
the Kansas state legislature for a num-
Der of years, and was law partner Of
James Lane one OF the first United
States senators from Kansas. He was
also one Of the board Of directors Of
the first Santa Fe corporation, He left
Kansas In 1880 and located in Colorado
where he was active IN mining cir
Giles in and around Summitvllle. He
prospered for season but when the
depression came he lost heavily, and
on leaving Colorado he came TO this
city. He Is survived by wife, three
daughter q sister and a brother The
wife and one daughter, Miss Ehie, are
here In Salt Lake. There is one daugh-
ter, Mis- George N. Int, living In Po-
catelo. who arrived here today, and
the other daughter, Mrs. Walter Mer-
ram, lives at Ouray, Colo
Mr. Riddle was of the choice stock OF
iHt ItluuHAs us HlullhldNANl o'lNfh
on Gen. Washngtons stan during the
revolutionary war, and MS great-grand-
father was Sir William Phipps He ex-
hibited his lineage in his manner and
bearing He possessed a strong char
acter, cherished an abiding faith IN
Christianity and in the courtesies Of
social intercourse was Chesterfield.
His mind was well stored with knowl-
edge, and he kept pace with the march
Of events. His nature was kindly, and
in conversation was one Of the most
interesting OF companions.
To the many warm friends he had In
this city and elsewhere, his taking off
will be source Of much regret.
Definite arrangements for the funeral
have not yet been made.
MOTORMAN FARROW DEAD.
As expected, Walter c. Farrow, the
motorman injured in last Fridays coli
lision, died at the Holy Cross hospital
at $3.50 hast evening. The injured man
never regalned consciousness from the
time the accident occurred, and al
though there were times when he gave
evidence Of some improvement II was
never Of a fixed nature and those who
hoped for recovery knew that there