Show NEWS AT SALT LAKE nearly all the apostles wire were outside tho the city attending to 0 o their calling salt lake city sept 5 the first news of the death of president woodruff reached the church offices in this city about 1130 a in friday september in a cipher telegram from president george Q cannon to president joseph P F smith but a short time before an earlier message had bad been deciphered which stated that the president had bad had a very serious and sudden attack of sickness from which it was feared he could not recover As soon as possible after receiving tile the news of hia big death word was sent to the twelve apostles president lorenzo snow had that mornin morning left salt lake for brigham city elzer elder franklin D richards had not yet returned from baker city oregon elders brigham young and heber J grant were the only ones in the city elder F r M lyman was at mcanall elder john henry smith at rexburg Rex burg idaho elder george teasdale at kapui elder john W taylor in colorado eldr elder M IV merrell at losan logan elder A 11 lund at ephraim ephraem Ephr alm elder M F cowley at preston idaho and elder A 0 woodruff ci cither theria la alberta canada or on his way homeward the sad intelligence was either cither sent bent by wiro wire or mail it la some coxes cases by both to the absent brethren president snow replied that he would cretu return rn to the city in the evening in the afternoon it waa learned thai that E ider elder F r D richards hards had reached ogden from oregon the samo same morning arid and later lie came down to the city about 5 in the afternoon a third telegram was waa received from president cannon stating staling that the body would leave san ran francisco in a special funeral car that evening and aad should reach salt lake city on sunday morning it if the thus far invariable practice of the church le ie followed elder lorenzo snow the president ol of the tha twelve apostles will succeed president woodruff as the president of the church and there does docs not appear to be any reasons why this P practice should be changed on the present occasion there is no published 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 bit but t it would be 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 Iran llin D richards Kic hards the present church historian president ot of tho the quorum of the twelve apostles |