Show MEMORIAL SERVICES over elder cannon and sixty nine other elders F fully ily people gathered nt at the taur tabernacle nacle at aalt salt lake sunday forenoon to pay the last respects to david hoagland cannon eon son of hon lion george Q di cannon innon the young missionary who died in germany last month as well as to take part in the services to tho tire memory 0 ry of t the faithful band of elders who 11 have ave laid down their lives while preaching the gospel to the nations of theearta the earth the services were probably the thOn most lost impressive ever under undertaken k en by the church of jesus christ of LT lauar era day y saints for although the tile members of this faith do not look upon beathas death as a calamity the solemnity of the surroundings ur roun dings was such as to touch tile sensibilities of all present gentiles as its well as mormons cormons Mor mons in the space usually reserved for the Fac sacrament table the casket containing the remains of the young religious lie liero to wag was placed on a pedestal eo so ti eliat bat all in ill the tile vast building could see it tile al all 11 l tars an and dorgan organ were richly draped in white symbolical of the glorious orious life clorious Fl hertaf hereafter ter and palms and vt I 1 ier plants of heavy foliage were placed opi oi every and arll post in front on the south ride side of the building the seats were reserved for the mourning cannon family and the relatives of the elders who died di ed in in israel lame while opposite mere feared the members members of the th university cadets cabets of which organizations young cannon was an lio honored nored and well beloved member the services were opened by singing by the combined choir of voices and arid apostle francis M lyman iyman offered prayer after which the choir sang when hen shall wo we meet again and arid 1 resident president woodruff announced that apostle F D ll It ichards would read the full list of those elders who have died abroad while doing their duty rho the list included the names ot sixty mno nine heroes and martyrs roar apostle heber J grant giant read a letter written by the dead elder to liis his sister a short time before his death in every word there was 1 ie spi acirit rit of ch christ rist love of home and people or religious zeal although persecuted by enemies at tunes treated with contumely ami and dependent upon friends for sustenance he egged begged the people here not to worry td about ut 1 him i in as he was confident that the I 1 ord would pilot him in ili safety until his mission was ended appropriate t rop and most impressive remarks s were made by president wilford woodruff and joseph F smith sinith and arid A apostle ostle It richards ichards alter after which apostle Jl john 0 III henry smith closed the ceremonies with an all eloquent prayer the interment 1 took place at the city cemetery the dedicatory prayer at tlc alc bravo r ave being offered hy by president joseph fi P smith there was an immense concourse of spectators and file sidewalk along south temple street for or a number of blocks was also lined with people the tile funeral cortege en route to all the cemetery was headed by the utah university cadets cabets elio marched four abreast with arms reversed when near the place lace of burial tile ranks were parted pd an and the whole procession pio cession passed through the casket containing the body of their deceased comrade was conveyed upon the undertakers wagon in the same manner in which it was taken from the cannon residence to the tabernacle it being too largo to admit of accommodation conin within the ordinary hearse it was very massive and of elaborate workmanship weighing nearly pounds eight brothers of the deceased acted as pall bearers these included elder eider hugh J cannon who accompanied tile remains from germany bishop N A empey and assistants had direction of the seating of the audience in in the tabernacle and of the I 1 funeral procession ion |