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Show Che llepublic. -- w, t BOH t A ALT OEE, PaMllher. UTAH. NEPHI. UTAH iNEWri new post office has been established at Ransom, Cache county. AnDie E. Wilson of Salt Lsks Cl.v has been granted a pension of S3 per month. Covornor Wells commissioned two notaries last week. They were Nils I. i;o:r ussen of Juab county and ke. J, iit,1 of Salt , reeeully apMajor llcnry In of subs.stence pointed commissary the volunteer army, has departed for his station in Forto Rico. The young lad'es of Friee played game of base ball with a nine composed of young men. 'llie score stood 18 to 16, in favor of ll e l.ulics. The clearings for August in Sail as Lake reached a total of ST. compared with b .'J 2,612 for the corresponding month in H 7. The Woodmen r he World, Faciffc jurisdiction, ne t he.d eamp session and circle session of the Women of Woodcraft, will Ee licl.l at Salt Lake. The North Cottonwood has been storked with 230ti trout, reeeived from Colorado, and the stream has been closed to fishermen for the next three A Jo-op- h Fa;--?- I years. leave San Francisco in a special funeral the Venerable Churchman's Life car that evening, and should reach Salt Lake City on Sunday morning. Wilford If the thus far invariable practice of San Francisco, Sept. 3. Woodruff, president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-daSaints, died in this city at 7 a. m. yesterday at the residence of Isaac Trumbo. At his death-bewere his wife and several close friends, including George Q. Cannon of the first presidency and Bishop Hiram B. Clawson. For some time the aged president had suffered fiotn kidney and bladder troubles, but in appearance he was vigorous, and though over 91 years of age, it was predicted that he would live to the ceutury mark. A few mouths ago he showed signs tf weakness, and in July came to this city to secure a much needed rest. lie teemed bonefitted by the change of climate, and at a dinner given in his honor at the Bohemian club a few nights ago, at which no man under 80 years of age was seated, he w as declared to he the most active of the piarty. Yesterday he spoke of going out fishing, but in the evening he complained of feeling ill. Dr. Anderson, M physician, called in Drs. McNutt d . j Confined in the Keogh-Ifosmhospital in Salt Lake at present is A. J. Kenyon, who came very near having liis light put out in the Stewart miue a few days ago. Kenyon, who was employed as a miner, had missed a shot and after a short interval was return-n- g when it fired, a fragment of rock striking him on the arm and breaking that member, while another piece reached his head, inflicting a painful wouud. er dition of partial consciousness. Woodruff summoned me to the bedside A, U" 1 f s..'. j ;? ; T ; v.'vv: 11 ;vi Ywv'Ju ' life! I ii I H .tV L 1 PRESIDENT WOODRUFF. nd Buckley, and after consultation they deemed that there was little hope. II is body was placed in a special funeral ear attached to the train, which left for Salt Lake at 6 o'clock !n the evening. Airs. Woodruff, President Cannon and Bishop Clawson accompanied the remains. NEWS AT SALT LAKE. Nearly All the Apostle "Were Outside the C ity, Attending to Tin lr Calling . mes-ng- 1 u ir'-i'han- 1 M$ y vK t, While wot km'm on Um Rio Grande tern ae r Snringville werediggMig a po tole !' y a human skull, wl ieli is elh ved to he that of 'squash Pea 1, an old Indian who committed sun i le iu that locality in the early history of the tow n WIK01T Speech Shatter Feeling Achy. Mrs. at this time and said to him: Salt Lake City, Sept. 5. The first tews of the deat h of President Wood'll ff reached the Church offices in this lty about ) 1:30 a. iu. Friday, Septem-l- er A very distressing accident occurred 2nd. in a cipher telegram from September 2, by which Kmil Schceu-feldFresident George Q. Cannon to l'resi-cen- t a child 3 years of age, was cut in Joseph F. Smith. But a short two and instantly killed by the Short time before, au earlier e had Line special while leaving Garfield Icon deciphered, w l.ieli stated that the Reach. The boy had started out in fresident had had a very serious and search of his father who was working sadden attaek of sickness, from w hich iu that vicinity, and becoming tired, it was feared lie could not recover. As lie sat upon the track, when the train soon as possible, after receiving the ran over him, with the above re- sews of his dcuth, word was sent to sult. The boy is the son of Emil the Twelve Apostles. Fresident Lor-Rehooufeldt and grandson of Counselor 00 Snow had that morning 'left Salt Lake for Sehocnfeklt of Salt Lake City. City; Elder Frank-liD. Rich irds had not vet return si The son of Alfred Flout re of Warm Creek, while playing with a from lkiker City, Oregon; Eiders Bry-haYoung and Heher ,J. Grant wo e pistol shot himself through the thigh the only ones in the city; Eider F. M. and died from excessive hemorrhage. was at Karsh. I Auer J din Lyman The boy, with an older brother, was Smith at B.exbur y. Id mo, I'd. E r llenry twenty miles away from home when George Ten dale at Nephi, Elder John the accident occurred. Me the plains with the earliest pioneers in 1847. Leaving his family and friends at Winter Quarters, he travi led with Brigham Young and the pioneer company of 143 men a miles aeross the deseret into thou-an- d the midst of the Rocky mountains, arriving in the valley of Great Salt L..ko on July 24, 1S47. He assisted in laving out the future city of Salt Lake, and in building a fort. In 1843 lie returned to the east on missionary work, end came back to Salt Lake by wagon in 1830. Intbatjear he was elected to the senate of the provisional state of Deseret, and served 21 years in the legislative assembly in Utah. At the general conference of April he became the president of the church with George Q. Cannon and Josvph F. Smith as counselors. In addition to his work and responsibilities as head of the church, vv hich required him to sign and approve of every draft and official document, he was president of Zion's Savings bank and the Z. C. M. I., two immense financial and mercantile establishments lie was also director in various companies, and was identified with other minor business interests. lie had 32 children, 21 of whom are living; 94 grandchildren and a number His wife, 7,1 rs. of Emma Woodruff, is still alive and in good health. She was born on March Mo., und 1, 1833, at Independence, came to Utah in 1S19. She was a Miss Smith, daughter of Samuel Smith, who died while crossing th e plains. MQNLEY house-breakin- its turn. from Nauvoo. lie came across y the Rio Grande Western, fell from a moving train while discharging his duties, aud was fatally injured, dying soon after reaching the hospital. He was 34 years of age and leaves a family. After hearing the evidence in the case against Max Seufert.f barged with involuntary manslaughter in running down and causing the death of George Halsett, at Salt Lake, the examining magistrate decided there was not sufficient evidence to hold Seufert for trial. Louis Woolsey, the lad who was arrested reeently in Salt Lake on a charge of has been bound over to await the action of the district court. The young burglar udmitteil that ho had obtained small sums of money from the till of Mr. Savage at different times. Failingto secure bonds he went to jail. The expenses incurred by the state of Utah in the recruiting and enlistment of vol unleers for the war aggregated 5945. Governor Wells has for warded to the auditor of the war de partment a statement, with receipted vouchers appended, showing the expenditures in detail. The auditor has announced his readiness to take up the properly presented claims of the various states and Utah's will be paid in The remains were then taken to by ruff Villa where they were viewed arNo relations. close friends and !e for the rangements have been ma will probit that than other funeral 11. September next occur Sunday. ably sterlWilford Woodruff was a man of un preing' character, simple in tastes, of character, force of tensions, yet great lie eared little for the humane due his exalted position, hut was proud cf tue IBs companionship of hisclese friends. he where one, a was home life happy basked iu the smiles of his lounger children and took a great interest in their childish play. IEs greatest desire was to perform his duty to his people, which he did without display or o dentation. No man was ever more loved by his people, and there will be sorrow where'er Saints. The last there are Latter-darears of his life he had consecrated to the service of his people, watchful and anxious of their welfare. No years of his long life have been more busy tliaa the last ones. During health, he visited his office five days a week, directing the work of clerks, and doing a great deal himself. the church is followed. Elder Lorenzo Snow, the president of the Twelve Apostles, will succeed Fresident Woodruff as the president of the church, and there does not appear to he any reasons why this practice should be charged on the present occasion There is no pnblishel revelation on this point, and it is held by many that the council of the Apostles are perfectly free to choose any one on whom they may unite; hut it would he a great surprise to the members of the church if any departure took place in this instance. The choice of Elder Snow to succeed President Woodruff will make Elder Franklin I). Richards, the presHis Last Hours. ent church historian, president of the President George Q. Cannon, who was Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. present at the death bed scene, says that Fresident Woodruff had been REMAINS BROUGHT HOME. well up to last Tuesday, the Grcut Sorrow Kerywhere Manifested first Next will Occur day he did not go out driving. Funeral Sunday. Salt Lake, Sept. 5. The special Wednesday he occupied his time in fuueral car bearing the remains of the writing letters and making entries in this city his journal. Wednesday evening he latePresdentWoodruff.reached first began to feel uneasy about himself, as he was not well at all. Yet the next day he was up and about as usual all the morning. But at 2 o'clock in the afternoon he was forced to go to bed, and he was ill all the afternoon, lie was partially insensible during the AT afternoon, but roused before 6 o'clock, and a council of physicians was summoned by Colonel Trumbo. BAREHEADED HE GAZED UPON HIS STRICKEN ARMY, Shortly after that Mrs. Woodruff asked him how he felt, and he replied; Visited the Cotg of the Sick Soldiers and I know that I am pretty sick. Braced up the Heroes of Santiago In Then he again relapsed into a conFound 'Scat Lillie y Michael Holland, the largest individual owner of sheep in eastern Utah has sold 7,000 head of sheep to Taney Bros. The price paid was $1 pee head, thus the transaction involved the exchange of 871,000. lien West met with a very serious accident at the Yankee mine, in American Fork canyon. While working inside a large rock fell on his head, rendering him unconscious for a time. He s, however, slowly recovering. (leorge Gifford, a fireman on prophet. In 154 4 he mace another missionary trip to England, returning In time to join the exodus of the Mormon people four grandsons ef the late president. Wood- was either sent by wire or mail, in PRESIDENT WOODRUFF DEAD, some cases by both, to the absent brethren. Fresident Snow replied that he would return to the city in the evenSammons Came While He Was Vis- ing; in the afternoon it was learned that Elder F. I). Richards had reached iting California for His Health. Ogden from Oregon the same morning, and later he came down to the city. About 5 o'clock iu the afternoon a third 1 h I!nd Was rainless, and the Transition telegram w as reeeived from Fresident From Sleep to ieath Was so lira dual as CaaDon stating that the body would to be Scarcely Noticeable Review of about o'clock yesterday morning. At Ogden the fuueral car was attached to the regular Rio Grande passenger. Accompanying the remains were Mrs. Woodruff, Fresident and Mrs. George Q. Cannon. Bishop and Mrs. Clawson and Colonel Isaac Trumbo, who came through from San Francisco, and Mr. Daynes, who met the party at Reno, and Asabei II. Woodford of Z. C. M. I., who joined them at Battle Mountain. A special train went up over the Rio Grande Western. leaving here at 5:30yes-terda- y morning, and bearing a number of church dignitaries and members of the family of the deceased, besides a few who were invited to accompany them. When the fuueral car reached Ogden there was a great throng of mourning people, and during the stop there the ear was throw n open and all who desired to do so were permitted to pass through and view the casket. During this time (here were many evidences of sorrow and touching little incidents, all howing the strong hold President Woodruff had upon the hearts of his 9:30 peo- le. Many evidences of grief were manifest ai Ogden and at every station cl mg tl w ;iv to thiscity, where large eio, ids w ei e reveicntly gathered. Vu re w is a large crowd at the depot in C is city when the train arrived. J In ads v. ore uncovered and a silen t i : to U e ate W. Taj lor in Colorado. Id h v '1. W. ti deceased, whom all A. 11. I und at felt had been sin U a potent factor in Merrell at Logan. Eld Ephraim. Elder M. E. Co a ley at P"s-ton- , the unbuild' ng of the church and the Idaho, and Eider A. G. Woodruff i. ...try, VI t' e; he was gently carried from sither in Albirt.i. Canada, or on ,s e tiaiu ai the hearse by two sons and iu the tel sad nav homeward. The pu 1 ) t 1 Father, here is Brother Cannon. Brother Woodruff opened his eyes very wide and looked at me. Yes, I see him,' he said, and he closed his eyes again and murmured: I wish I could see Asabei, referring to one of his sons. Those were the last words be spoke. Nor did he again open his eyes, so tar as I knew. He sank into a state of coma and lay all night in that condition. The doctors worked over him for a long time, but it seemed to do no good. At about 6 oclock in the morning I went to bis room. I found him sleeping quietly. There were no indications of sickness whatever; his pulse was strong and his body and head warm, hut from that time ou he gradually failed. There was no change to out ward appearance, but the pulse slowly faded until it ceased to heat, his faint breathing came to an end, and he was dead. Tears streamed down President Cannon's face during this recital, so w is he affected. BIOGRAPHY OFTHE PRESIDENT. A Long Life Consecrated to the Church of His Choice. Salt Lake City, Sep. 5. Wilford Woodruff, fourth president of the Church of Jesus Chiist of Latter-daSaints, was born at Farmington, now Avon. Hartford county, Connecticut, on March 1, isog, and was the youngest of thiee children. lie came of along-live- d stock. His great grandfather, Josiah Woodruff, lived to the acre of 100 years, and his grandfather, Eldad Woodruff, also attained a ripe old age. In youth and early manhood Wilford assisted his father in his business of a Hour miller, and later conducted a similar busine.--s on bis own account. Iu 1832 he purchased a farm and saw-minear Richmond, Gswego county, X. Y., and settled there. lie joined the Church of Jesus Christ of Latier-daSaints in and in May of that year accompanied Joseph Smith, the prophet, and his little band to Missouri. In HUhe was ordained priest and went on a mission to Arkansas, Tennessee and Kentucky, and in Mav. 18 ;7, he comm, need a second missionary tour, this tim visiting Maire ar l'ox islands. April 2'k Is,, 9, lie was elevated to the rank of aposGo at Ear West, Mo. In August following ho went to England on a mission, ;,nd established the first br.iio h of the Mormon chvreh in London. Ho returned to Nauvoo in s , md two years later was again lal ming sis a missionary in the eastern states, but returned to Nauvoo on blaring of the assassination of Joseph Smith, the v ll y 1 1 1 J i 5. Preside nt Washington, Sept. McKinley has visited Camp Wikoff, and for four or five hours he reviewed the camp, bare headed most of the time, visit ingdhe sick in their hospitals aud inspecting the well in their canton" ments. lie made a speech to the assembled infantrymen, reviewed the cavalrymen, expressed his opinion of the camp to the reporters and issued an order directing the regiments to return to their station east of the Mississippi. General Wheeler, his staff and nearly every officer of prominence in the camp met the president at the station, except General Shatter who is still in detention, and General Young who hud broken liis arm the night before. After greeting and introductions ou the railway platform, the president, took Gederai Wheeler's arm and in at to a carriage. Mr. McKinley then drove to General Shatter's tent in the detention camp. The General was ed and weak from a mild case of malarial fever, was in full uniform, sitting in a chair at be door of the tent. lie ti it tl to rise, but Mr. McKinley said Stay where you are, general. Voa are entitled to a rest.The president congratulated Gen. Shafttr on the Santiago lioniirh n an 1 r.fb r a few minutes' n.-- t proceeded to the general liospiu I, 'I lie sold ers recently arrived on the transports and detained in the detents n section of the camp lirod up nun on each .side of the road nr.d cheered. Mr. ,McKinley took off- his straw hat then, and sea reel v more tli m put it ou for more than a minute or two at a Gate during the remainder of Ins progress thr nigh the camp. General announced in e ic'i ward: Boys, the president has mine to sie you,-orSodiers. the presi-- j dent of the Unite! States. Some of the saddlers slept un sen, im. some listlessly raised unon their 'ell' ns, offices clapp d lb ir hand-,Mr. 'h ivdney c ,tly shook hands with i .am. and ; tcivry e t he and If liei'iw the pausi d an s ik n an looking at in--., be boon I in a d.rei t and personal v. ay. tGcr. the jarjy proe. eded to the in entry pk.in, as it and tbe a speech to the Pics nt fiu-l- i - - Wh-ude- . n- -, fe.-hi- . in-ta- 1 a-- -, n-i which he erlo 'e.l lue.--i for their glorious conduit during the v, nr and thanked them in the name of the n; ion. 'the r'vsident a nd those with him t on lurch ii;ffi Gmeial Wheeler and bis stuff. Aftr lunch the president, led, od-'ers, iu 1 Mr. xV.gor, Coli ml Hard General Wheeler and of the Eighth Ohio, wer plu logo rq bed in a group. |