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Show 116: President of Quorum Quo-rum 'Passes " Awayv Apostle Brigtian Young, president pres-ident of the quorum of twelve, son of the famous leader of the Mormon church and next in line of succession to President Joseph F Smith for that position, peace fully passed away at 1C:40 o'clock Saturday night in the presence of members of his family and friends. . Death, which - ensued after an illness ot over a year's duration, was due primarily -to cirrhosis of the liver. This led to dropsy, and his-condition was made still worse by a recent attack of bron- - chitis. - . , Apostle Young had been rapid-ly rapid-ly growing worse for two days, -arid it was known that the end was near. Fully warned of She approaches end, he met it m tie pr-ence of Mrs. Catharine y. Young, his wife; Mrs. Catherine C Krafft, a daughter; Dr. Albert C' Young, J. Washington Young and Lawrence Young, sons; Paul Held, a son-in-law; Orson Arnold, 'sr , and Samuel Bateman, ola friends; Howard O. Spencer, a brother-in law, and Dr. Seymour, B. Young, cousin. Dr. A. o. Young and Dr. S. B Young attended at-tended him until the last His son, Dr. A. C. Young, had been SOU, i-l - r-' , - c constantly watching over his fa-' fa-' ther for many months. ApostieYoung was first seriously serious-ly afflicted with hh last ulness a little over a year ago. He was on his way to Mexico to : visit the. colonies in Chihuahua and bo-- bo-- nora, and was taken suddenly ill at Fruitland, N. M., a little Mormon colony. His life hung py a thread for some time, but he -was cared for there, and finally recovered sufficiently so thai; he could be brought back to Salt Lake He improveu B that he was able to take a trip into the Yellowstone park dur-infr dur-infr the latter part of the summer of 1902, going with the hope of proving hishealth While there he was taken with another attack Apostle A O Woodruff and fipor'eWYoung brought nun & rom the Teton basin He was a very sick man from that time to the day of hi death The funeral is to be neld in Salt Lake tabernacle at 1 pa today |