The Eureka sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1902-current, 1919-01-04
DEATH Of PETER. L. Hull
Passes Away at Reno Saturday
and His Remains Are Brought
Home for Burial

Peter H. HUI, a pioneer and high
ly respected citizen of Eureka, died
at Reno on Saturday, December %.
of liver trouble and complications.
He had been in failing health for
several months and recently confined
to his home. Upon the advice of DR..
Eby of Elko, who was called here in
consultation with DR.. Mantor of En-
reka, the attending physician, he
was taken to Reno for an operation,
his ailment being diagnosed as gall
stones, arriving there Friday morn
ing, December 27, accompanied by
his wife and daughter, Mrs. Elwood
Beemer. The same day word was
received here by his son, C. H. HUI,
that he had stood the trip fairly well
and his relatives and friends were
hopeful that something could be
done to prolong his life; although
advanced in years he was possessed
of strong will and vitality and it was
thought that medical or surgical skill
might reach his case, and the an
nouncement Of his death here Sun
day morning came as a shock to the
community.
Mr.. HUI came to Eureka from
Colorado in 1875 and was employed
by w. P. Haskell & Co., then con
Quoting a large furniture store here.
In 1880 he purchased their under
taking department and started in
business for himself. gradually add
ing furniture and other lines until he
built up an extensive and lucrative
business. He was a cabinet maker
by trade and a large amount of the
mechanical and repair work was
done by himself, and being thorough
ly proficient in his trade and of un-
firing energy, all work was done
with a master hand and painstaking
accuracy. He was interested in and
owned a number of mining proper
ties in this and adjacent districts
upon which a considerable amount of
work was done up the time of the
beginning of the war. Mr.. HUI was
elected Treasurer of Eureka County
in 1892, and was reelected to the
same office for a second term in 1894.
He was elected State Senator in 1899
and for four years represented Eu-
reka County in the upper house of
the Legislature. He was a member
of the Masonic, Odd Fellows, Knights
of Pythias, Eastern Star and Pythian
Sisters lodges of Eureka.
Besides his widow his immediate
surviving relatives are his son, C. H.
HUI of Eureka. daughter, Mrs. e.
wood Beemer of Reno. and a sister,
Mrs. Caroline Huebner of Bingham,
Utah. He was a native of Denmark
and aged GO years, 9 months and Is
days.
The remains arrived here from
Reno by Mondays train accompanied
Mrs. HUI and Mr.. and Mrs. Elwood
Beemer and were met at the local
railway depot by relatives, friends
and brothers of Eureka lodges of
which deceased was a member and
taken to his late home on South
Main street.
The funeral was held from the
family home on the afternoon of
New Years Day. The services were
conducted by N. P. Morgan. who in
closing paid a high tribute of merited
praise to the deceased in reviewing
his long and faithful service in this
community. Owing to the deep snow
it was necessary to convey the re-
mains to the cemetery on a sleigh,
and Notwithstanding the extreme
cold weather, numerous friends we're
present and listened to the closing of
the services at the grave. The in
terment was in the family plot in the
Odd Fellows cemetery.