Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-09

cd with pains and bowed with the In.
lrmlllos of age, had compelled him to
remain entirely within the privacy "
his own home, ana thousands OF those
WHO In the days gone by saw him often
ana enjoyed his company ana talents
only occasionally heard from him. For
nine years gustritis had ycxcd him
sorclN ana but Tor that he might have
been numbered with the living for
long time TO come, Under an nflllction
mat would have caused many a man 10
surrender much earlier In the struggle
he lived ON
TN like a clock, worn out with count.
Ing time
The wheels of weary life at last stood
stlll
The end came peacefully ut the fam.
fly residence yesterday afternoon IN the
presence of such members Of his fam.
ny M were IN he city For some days
II was known that tho shadows were
closing slowly but surely around him,
ana that Ne was about 10 PASS the por.
tails whose threshold he had been pray.
Inv Ia GROSS, lie was In the send yonr
Of his lfo, lie was born nt Inverness,
Scotland, ana Nt the age Of 2 years went
Ia Edinburgh, whore hla childhood
WAS spent II was there that ne mar.
rlcd In lSi0 he became a member "
the Mormon church, being baptized
by the late Orson Pratt Later M
won't 20 London win hls family and
frum there he was called To lll mis-
sion 20 the Channel Islands, while In
tho performance ~ this duty ne lost
one Of Ms children by death, Soon A.
ter no came 10 America,
TRAGIC EXPERIENCE,
Landing az New orleans no took pas.
saRo with his family ana q company
OF Saints on II steamer bound f0r NJ,
Louis, Near Lexington, Mo, the yos.
scl was blown 10 atoms ana sunk to
the bottom of tho river llls wife and
two children and 20 other saints vera
killed outright, and he Was badly iniur.
od and supposed 10 have been Killed
with the others, lint hc recovered, and
later came To- Utah, making the toll
some pilgrimage across the plains with
an oNstonm tie arrived I'm the Salt
Lake valley in 1889, and two years later
went ON a mission 10 Groat Britain,
preaching In England, Scotland ana
Wales On his return 10 the United
statos ne onmr directly "a Otah ana
went Into the service Of the church,
For years hc was ono NJ The counselors
OF bishop John ShNp Of the Twentieth
ward ANA WAS ever true TO tho fAiih no
embraced Ns u young man.
A PUBLIC ENTERTAINER,
About this time M became widely
known throughout the territory nv an
entertainer Of high order and often
accompanied President brigham Young
I'm Ms trims into the remote sotllc.
monts Of the people, llo also ldonilllnd
himself most actively Win the thouirlc.
nj ventures of the day ana was soon
ono NJ The hest known comedians IN
the west, ola timers recall TO this day
with u great deal of uuctlon some Of his
character sketches which were clover
IN tho extreme AZ "a hngplpo player
he has never had AN equal ln llnh ana
countless thousands hove heard him
play this instrument 10 their utmost
delight and satisfaction, lie was also
n singer of ablliiy and was heard probe
ably oflonor than any other entertainer
of his daS
"BROTHER pCNBAR SING ZION "
OF an tho sonBs nc was wont "a Hing
mono WINS more effectively or dramatic
ally rendered by him than "Nion' by
| charles ". pcnroae, the editor Of the
Doperot NoWA Perhaps the most thrill.
| Ing rendition " II was NJ tho tlmo
| tho 'Mormons' wore preparing 10 move
| from and rago san Lake Clly 10 tho
ground on account ~ the approach ~
nm army that was supposedly coming
! a. cNlorminnio the Saints Friends had
| lniorposod Win the ahthorltl.H et
Washington aud peace commissioner
| were sent " utoh " look Into tho stu.