Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-16

seriously sick, II was with profound
sorrow that they learned few hours
later OF his death, Not until yeHtor'
day afternoon had many Of them heard
OF his Illness They were ~ accuse
toned TO see him the picture Of health
and hope! Of animation and cheer that
the news Of hla bolng on the verge Of
the grave, and subsequently Of him
having surrendered 10 the mysterious
rayngos Of more mysterious ailmont,
was u positive shock 10 them,
The end came AZ 4 o'clock yesterday
afternoon In the Groves l., D. ., hos.
pltul with members Of his family at
his bedside watching his lifo light grow
DINNER aud DINNER untll II was com.
plotoly oNtingulshcd and his spirit had
taken ils departure from this TO the
world that IN not for the natural eye
10 see, In the circle with the sorrow.
ing wife aud her i've children was the
aged mother, who idollzed the son
whose passing was such "A crushing
blow to them all,
Az 10 the precise cause of death, that
may never be known, The doctor who
had charge " ha ease diagnosed II as
piomalno poisoning Ills family be-
Hove II 10 have boon IN attack Of the
mysterious fovor that u few weeks ago
spread such terror and left such path
" fatality In its wake IN the doldlleld
and lullflOg mining camps IN Ncs
ynda, from which Mr., Iilalr returned
ON the an inst, a very sick man, 70
far AZ can be learned, the symptoms
were very similar IN many rcggoctH TO
those manifested by the ylcllma OF the
dread scourgo, Mr. Blair had gone 10
Nevada 10 look after some mining prop
critics I'm which he had recently become
interested, and which report says prom'
Iso worry we'll Az stated IN last nights
"NoWH" II was necessary TO take him
homo from the train Ia "a carriage, Fol
ten dayH he grew steadily worse, ON
Wednesday h. was taken TO the hos.
pltn almost with the stamp of death
upon him There the physicians re-
sorted 10 ovcIy known means to prolong
and save his HE, I}ut all their at
tompls were futile, and no expired IN
n battle that he fought 90 the very llnt
IN the hope ana belief that ho would
come ont triumphant
IN ruRTY.FlRsT YEAR
The deceased was IN the llsi year
OF his ugr ana was born IN Wohrl
county Of This state, The son ~ Maj,
Seth NJ blair, one OF the early ana
best known Of Utah lawyers, what llt.
ne schooling ne received was Obtained
before he was ~ years old AZ thnt
ago he went into the employ OF oNs
Secretary of state James T. hammond,
his future hrothor.in-luW, In Logan
whore ~ was engaged IN the conduct
a a Ia 4.
applied himself Nssduously to study
ana continued to do go untll h. bocnmr
well educated ana polrhod gontlos
man with very liberal ldrn1 ana u
largo conception NJ many Of the WlOb'
lens If the day \ little later when
Mr. Hammond was elected county
clerk " Cache George became a dep.
uty and n very olllcioni one, u position
he also held under W. W, MnuRhm
Mr. llammOnd'g successor IN Onlro
That may be- regarded ~ Mr. BhirN
entrance into politics,
II was IN Logan he met ana married
Mlss Nellie ThntohcG daughter uf
George W, and Luna V, Thatcher
granddaughter NJ President Brigham
Young 50 n result of that union thofo
arc nyo children, who WIN their Wid,
owed mother mourn the dcnth Of a
fond and lndulgcnl fnthor Az al.
ready stated AN aged mother ~ also
lofl hchlnd ~ are likewise "A brother
led NJ, Rlnlr ~ Logan, and Two HIs.
,cls, The wives ~ James r. Hammond
Of this city and Edward Hanson NJ
Cache county
CAME TO SALT LAKE
Fifteen years axe Mr. Blair como 10
Salt Lake whore he engaged various.