Show 1i GEORUEQCANNON X DEAD i Distinguished Mormon Church Official Who Struggled So Valiantly With Death < i Passes Away at Monterey 1 H t J News of the Loss of the Eminent Leader Causes Deep Sorrow in Ml Utah He Was a Notable Figure in the History of Utah Being I Prominent t in Refigious Business and Political Circles Remains 1 Will Arrive Monday and Funeral Will Occur on Wednesday I 3lH 1 i I IBNESF CIA San Francisco April 12 George Q s Cannon senior apostle of the Mormon V church first counselor to President Lo renzo Snow and for many years a con fcplcuous figure In the commercial financial and political affairs of Utah died ft an early hour this morning Several weeks ago the distinguished Mormon leader came to California In the hope that the climate of the coast would restore his failing health He I engaged a cottage In the old town of Monterey where It was believed the bracing all of the ocean would prost t a stimulus for his impaired physical condition Dr CHfa former Utah Th physician was engaged to minister too to-o the needs of the sick man and was inconstant in-constant attendance at his bedside up to the hour of his death WIn Mr YLL annons condition became critical the rluic members of his family were notified by c1 telegraph and several or them Including L Includ-ing three sons Col John Q Cannon Lit oxLnited States Senator Frank J Cannon and Hugh Cannon came and these besides his wife and two small q children Were at his aide when he passed from life ERr Death came at 120 1 oclock yesterday morning but sis the telegraph office ES at Monterey was closedNthe sad tidings were not Hashed over the wire to Salt Lake until G oclock l in thcmornlng I The attending relatives had the remains re-mains placed aboard the G4 a in train for this city and upon arriving I here the body was turned over to a I f local undertaker f embalming hel attending relatives who are now guests ut the Palace hotel have made arrangements I ar-rangements to depart with the remains c for Salt Lake City on the tiniii leaving bi here at I t oclock tomorrow evening The end was very peaceful said Col John Q Cannon this afternoon He passed away without a struggle sc during the early hours of the morning While we were still hopeful up to the L last there was every indication that 1 he could not survive very much longer and his death therefore came not asa as-a Hiirnriop Tire attending physician r ascribes his death to bronchitis and lSd enlargement of the hcniL He had been I J troubled with some affection of the ti h art for somu months but the Illness which terminated In his death dates only from his return from Honolulu lib4 Jle was one df the first missionaries of i the Mormpn church to go to the Hawaiian I 1itI Ha-waiian Islands and Intact wns one of e ilct those who founded the Mormon mlh j I L34 sion in IhQ Inlands He went there 4 i lO for that purpose He went to I I Honolulu in November lst l to attend IrI16tn the scmipcntennlal anniversary of the I z event and returned home In January When he got back to the high altitudes iT of Utah he began to be troubled with a cough We did not regard It as serious seri-ous hut all tho members of his family p encouraged hi in to come to the coast He seemed to be greatly benefited by S hIs trip to Honqlulu but from the mo e teL nifntyt his return to Utah he seemed ji to go Into gruJual decline His advanced 1 ad-vanced age probably accounts In r S measure for his inability to recover ST from his Inc f He was born lr Liverpool I Liv-erpool In 1R27 so thai he was 74 year old at the time of his death Funeral I arrangements are left wIth the Mormon Mor-mon church The body will arrive In Salt Lake Monday morning 1G c The death of George Q Cannon Is a iLb distinct loss to the Mormon church of which he was virtually the head since I the death of Brigham Young WILL BE BURIED WEDNESDAY TAc1l sews of President Cannons Death it Causes Much Sorrow Cause I 1f Father left us at 120 oclock this morning Jf sIJr peacefully from L Sleep to death Cause bronchitis complicated jD com-plicated with dilution of the heart i WIl probably reach homawlth the I body Monday mornIng 141r This was the dispatch t receive In I this city early yesterday morning from II John Q Cannon the substance of which had been expected by the relatives rela-tives and friends of President George Q Cannon for several days past There were none of his relatives who had the 1 least Idea that he would ever return to Salt Lake alive but thenews came as n shock nevertheless Soon after the receipt of the Intelligence Intelli-gence of Mr Cannons death a meetIng meet-Ing of several of the relatives i of the i I ir i j7 1ut T < I I 11 C Li illflffI I i 2 ft l rr J S George Q Cannon S deceased among whom were Angus M Cannon and David H Cannon was held in the office of President Snow and It was definitely decided that the funeral services should occur In the Tabernacle on Wednesday next at 12 oclock The full programme lhc arranged later but It is believed that In accordance with the wish of the deceased de-ceased expressed so often in his lifetime life-time it will be of the simplest character charac-ter The decorations If anj 1 will be of white and green President Cannons favorite colors for a funeral and the music will consist of several of the I songs which hp loved so well On its arrival here the body unless other arrangements are made In the meantime will be conveyed to the family residence at Cannon farm where It will remain until Wednesday when Il wlh taken to the Tabernacle Taber-nacle The cuaket will be opened If at all to relatives oc the deceased only and l this at the family residence I 1 needed not a bulletin when the I early risers came into the business district dis-trict yesterday morning to tell them that George Cannon was no more From the roofs of Z C M r Utah Commerclalrand Savings bank Constitution Consti-tution block presiding bishops office Utah Light and Power company C R Savages ZIons Savings bank the Salt Lake Theater the Beehive house and the Cto rte Wagon and Ma chlrte company fluttered the national colors at halfmiibttand on the doors and windows several of these build I j ilgewerpmummothrosetes of white Around all l the church offices there was a funereal air For nearly the entire afternoon President Snow was closeted with proponent membtfrs of the church and other visitors nnd when he went to his private residence at oclock 1 he gave orders that he was not tp be disturbed as he did not call lo discuss the Bad event In his present stale of mind HeNcnt word to The Tribune representative culled to sec him that he was feeling far from well He was not ill but the late l conference con-ference and other church duties occurring oc-curring before the receipt of the sad Intelligence of yesterday hsul been quite n strain on film and he asked to Me excused from aiiy expression until today to-day at leant I was said by a member of the family yesterday afternoon I however that theagid president ban taken Ihe death ot one of his prlnclpa I advisors very much to heart and regrets re-grets probably more than anyone else outside of the family of President l Cannon the latters rail to another sphere Yam ran say for President Snow I said Mrs Snow last evening there will he no lylngInstate cc the body Ian I-an Brother Cannon ha many times In his life objected to Rudi proceedings As suitable burial robes have already al-ready been forwarded t the coast the body will be fully dressed before I the sorrowful homeward Journey wl be begun I Dr W Y Croxall ot Logan who had been physician to President George i Q Cannon for the greater part of the past two years In speaking of the death of the nrosldcnt last evejUnjj I paid thatll t demise vznm not particularly particu-larly stmflrlng consierT1g hIs phyI JPyM yal A SIfII 11t qIPr p tl1 doHor nih i Ol I9 mm f man was no older hnn bin arteries The fntal turn followed his return from the i Hawaiian Islands f and sine then he I I greatly l overtaxed himself by attend I lit In r fcioRiaRileal and business meetings and failure of the heart resulted re-sulted EXPRESSIONS OF SORROW President Cannons Brethren Lament His Death Expressions concerning the death of President Cannon obtained from prominent I promi-nent men In the church were ill oC the same character that n strong and valiant defender of the Mormon people and their faith had departed was only too evident said many Among the expressions ex-pressions were the following Apostle Anthon LundTo speak of George Q Cannon Is to talk of the history of the church and that Is a rather exhaustive svbject Some men live longer than others and do much leg Jf a mans life Is to be measured by the work he has done ihcn it must be said that George Q Cannon was n Methuselah That he will be mlsccd asa as-a strong man In the councils and conduct I con-duct of the church there cannot be any doubL I have remembered with pleasure pleas-ure and with profit many hours that I I have spent with him T G Webber of 7 C M JWe shall feel his loss greatly as we have always I ways looked upon him as being a safe adviser and It strong business man He Is the last one of the original board of director which was formed in 1SG9 and he has been with us ever since that time He was remarkably clear j I and very positive In whatever stand stanl he took but he never took any stand I without due consideration but was not so Impressed with his own worth that he could not and would not surrender when the truth was brought home to him Manager Campbell of the Ul Light and Power Company We have sustained sus-tained a personal and t business loss President Cannon wnsa marvel to me I In i manr ways Even when I became evident to us all that his physical con I dition was anything but what It should be yet did he have the brainpower brain-power to grasp with and miravel I problems prob-lems that were posers to many a younger man whose body and brain Were supposed to be in the most aci live condition Assistant Church Historian Jensen The natives on the Sandwich Islands ts told me a story about the late President I Presi-dent Cannon when I was there the last time They loved and revered him but did not have quite as much esteem for some Calvinists who were there proselyting at the time the mission was first opened up by him This they did not like and PO they net a trap to catch Brother Cannon and It was of such a kind I that It would have probably prob-ably ruined him forever had he fallen into it However he outwitted his enemies and this cautiousness 7 have noticed has remained with him all through life S John Nicholson My Intimate acquaintance ac-quaintance with President Cannon gave 11e me a splendid opportunity to look Into his character I remember once an occurrence when he was in Congress There he was regarded by many o1 his contemporaries as an Individual in telligence bureau Whenever any one member made Inquiry of another about some particular member It was b > no means unusual for the person Inler rogajod to say L dont 1 know Inquire In-quire of Mr Cannon of Utah He seems to know everybody As a rule he captivated all who came In contact with him andhl influence has not been only felt among his corellglon IstH but has extended to all classes of men he has met In the world Turn Ing from the serious to the humorous however I might cite one Instance where while embarrassed he made the best o the situation He was In tho office one day when the weather was very warm and coat nnd vest were discarded Some visitors cam and 1 ignorant of his condition ushered them I In Besides his comparative dishabille he was engaged In the laudable but perhaps not dignified occupation of eating a raw carrot He stowed the I remnants any and when the visitors had departed I explained v matters to him As I remember now his answer was Well Ave have been called car roteaters anyway and I dont know that this Instance will make any dif ference That he was embarrassed at the time goes without saying but that he enjoyed the incident later was also apparent S We have suffered an almost irreparable Irre-parable loss Apostle H T Grant There Is but ole episode in the life of the late Presi dent that I can recall now and that Is his entire career I has been of j value to his church to his State and of the world Rev A JI Henry of the First S Metho dist Church President Cannon and T mel soon after Icnmc here about five years ago He had previously met 10 however an uncle of mine in the person per-son o ColO Ih Irish who was senjt here 1565 by the Government to make a I treaty of peace with n tribe of In dians at Spanish Fork My uncle and Mr Cannon became very friendly at that time and when arrived here the friendliness that he had formed for the uncle was given to the nephew Mr Cannon has always been mos t hospitable and kind and I have never noticed that our widelydivergent re llglous views made any difference be tween us S C C Dey President Cannons death will he a great loss to the bUSiness Interests of the city and State He was a man of extraordinary ability and will certainly be missed Frank B Stephens Is a great loss lo the community President Cannon Can-non was signally conspicuous for his Intellectual and business ability and has been one of the most promlncn figures In the history of Utah S AttorneyGeneral Brccden regard his death as n great loss to the State He was one of the ablest men in Utn since the days o Brigham Young He wan progressive thoroughly in harmony har-mony with the material development ofl lime State W II Blcksol1 i egret very much the death of President Cannon Ho wis a progressive man and has done much to benejlt the State His loss will be felt keenly in business circles C F Loofbourow President Cannon non was a progressive and conservative conserva-tive man and his death Is a great loss to the State Floral Piece From New York Banker Last evening a dispatch WIN received by 1 a relative 0 President Cannon from President Richard Delafleld of the National Park bank of New York requesting re-questing that I a handsome fioral piece he purchased and placed on the casket with s card containing his condolences Mr Delafield and President Gannon were oldtime friends LIFE OF GEORGE Q CANNON Hlo Career a Busy One in Religious and Business Affairs George Quayle Cannn was born on I January 1 1827 In Liverpool England Eng-land Hla par nls were George Cannon Can-non nnd Ami Quayle an weo natives I I of thc I ofMan The lhnn orS or-S Can nl family early records showing that the name was spoiled the latter i Continued OJl pago3 yf GEOID GANNO HEADj Continued from pngo 1 I I way at one time came originally from time borders of ICnglund and Scotland I but tied to the Isle of Alan for rcfuso on account ot political or religious troubles and the name of i the place to which they weal and which Is still In the famjly waN called JooIIshallgah Cooll In the Manx lungimfc menus hiding j > lace George Qimyl6 Cannon vas the oldest old-est 01 his fathers family mid he In I connection Mlh dlhcr members of his family became converts to the Mormon faith in Liverpool where they were baptized June 18 l JS10 by Elder John Taylor I who nflerAvard became president presi-dent of the Mormon church Coming to America in August 1814 J Mr Cannon entered the emplo of Mr Taylor who was then the editor of Times and Seasons and the Nauvoo Neighbor From that date until October Oc-tober 1WO he was a member of John Taylors family and was ordained an I elder by President Taylor February ti 1845 and a few days later became a I seventy IAN I-AN ACTIVE LIFE I In ISIC he joined the main body of the Mormons going from Nauvoo to Winter I Win-ter Quarters and comliTg from the latter lat-ter place to this valley arriving hereon Ion I-on October 3 IS 17 I His life which had up to that time I been n very active one became more so ax the days rolled on For two years he devoted his best efforts to the up building of this city and In IS 10 he and olheis were sent under the direction direc-tion of Eider Charles C Rich on an exploring and missionary lour to California Cali-fornia caching the lower part after a series of perils and hardships HIS MISSIONARY WORK I Jn 1850 he was sent with otheiK to open up a Mormon mission on the Sandwich Islands reached Honolulu December 1J 1850 remained there until I un-til July 29 1S54 and came home by way of San Bernardino on November 2Sth of the same year In Maj 1S55 he established in connecllpn with others the Western Standard in San Franqis co and while there translated the Book of Mormon Into the Hawaiian language lan-guage The news of the approach of Johnston John-ston army caused him to hurry home earlier than he had Intended lo and I when he readied here on January 19 185RT luT was made adjutant in lie army that had been organized and later took a press and some type and Went to Fjlllmore and from April to September Septem-ber oX that year published the D scret News there the pappr being weekly and of reduced size selling much of the type himself I In September 1858 he went East on a mission of a semipolitical nature and was Instructed to inform the heads I of the United States Government of the situation here and his efforts resulted in the ending to Utah of the peace commission appointed by President Buchanan In 1SS9 and 1860 he was agent at New York for Urn Perpetual Immigration Fund company BECAMT AN APOSTLE Jn was August 26 1860 that he became be-came a member of the quorum of the twelve apostles being selected to fill thc pIace made vacant by the death of I Parley P Pratt It was he lio established estab-lished the MillennialStar prinllng office of-fice Liverpool In December1860 arid f whlch Is still In existence In May 1862 he was called to Washington haying I hay-ing been elected by l tho Utah Legislature Legisla-ture United States Senator in conjunction con-junction with William H Hooper and they both labored but in vain to gel Utah admitted f as a State From IS 19 to 1864 he was in the missionary field one way or the other save for about nine months In October 1864 he be 1 came private secretary to Brigham Young and served throe years The Juvenile Instructor was established estab-lished byhim In January 1866 and In the fall of 1S67 he uas again given charge of the Dcseret News and issued the first daily edition of that paper IJe I I was a member of the Constitutional convention which met here In February Febru-ary JSi2 and In conuncllon wJlh Thomas Filch and rank Fuljcr V wbfkcTdfor admission of Utah as a State I f HIS CAREER CONGRESS Delegate Hooper was succeeded by Delegate Cannon in Congress in August Au-gust 1S72 he serving four terms t In 1880 his opponent for Delegate lo Congress Con-gress was Allen G Campbell on the Liberal ticket and the vote resulted Cannon 1SG6S Campbell I3i > 7 Mr Campliell was given the certificate of elecllon by Coy Murray who held that Mr Cannon was disqualified on the ground that he was an alien and1 polygamist The House on April 19 18S2 declared the scat vacant In October 1SSO Mr Cannon was made first counselor to President John Taylor and has served In the same capacity ca-pacity under Presidents Woodruff and Snow HIS PROSECUTION I The early part of February 1SS6 was probably th6 most exciting pei 1 lod In I President Cannons career In company wIth other prominent Mormons he was in hidlnSon the underground escape conviction on the charge of unlawful un-lawful cohabitation and E A Ireland united Stales Marshal had offered 500 reward for his arrest which took place finally at Humboldt Wells Nov February Feb-ruary 13 18S6 while Mr Cannon was en route l to Mexico While on ills way back to the city In company with j ihft officer he stepped out on the plalform l and fell he said from the train near Blue Creek slaljon bfcing i sevcrel injured in-jured It was aald by the officials that he attempted to escape but this he denied Thefact however that he had a botlle of waler and a loaf of bread In his pocket when he was re arrested nearPromontory Utah gave color to the sf ory that he had attempted at-tempted to escape and this Is not now denied by persons who were with him at the time When the news of the escape from Iho train reached the city Ihero was intense cxcitement whlch augmented augment-ed later by the news that heJiad been rearrested near Promontory A special train of soldiers under command of Capt Plnncy was sent after him and he was escorted to the city by them He was in a very had condition physically physi-cally but was at once taken to Marshal Mar-shal Irelands office on reaching the city where he was arraigned while lying on a mallrchs on the office floor on twn charges oX unlawful cohabitation cohabita-tion The bonds were fixed at 45000 which wore furnished and the prisoner pris-oner allowed to go to the Cannon farm The cases against him were set for March 17th but when they were called In the Third District court there was no response and the amount was declared de-clared forfeited The amount of bond was paid but later the money was returned re-turned by time Government On Mon I dav August 17 1SS8 President Cannon appeared and surrendered himself to the Federal authorities and on two charges of unlawful cohabitation was sentenced to 175 days imprisonment I and a fine of 3150 LARGE BUSINESS INTERESTS Since thai time President Cannon I devoted himself to a large extent to business pursuits Until recently ho I was extensively engaged in publishing I He was also prominently Identified l with the Utah Light and Power company com-pany the Brigham Young Trust company I com-pany tho Sallalr J3eoch and the Salt Ijake t jVos AjigftlW Nfaljwiy and was 1 a dtelrfrtiSftonorf acinc Hallway JOn way CQ11pn wayOIIP of the latest events of his life was his trill to Honolulu last Df ecm her tthore In attended a conferci of ihf Mormons In iommemorallon of lime fiftieth innlv rmirv of the stab I lishmenl of a branch of the church here HIS FIVE HOMES I A unique feature the career of the deceased was his removal from this city to his property at Roper and Eighth West treets near the Jordan river where he built five houses ore I for eich of his wives and all of a slm I liar pattern 11 was said by all who wore In a position to know thai he was very Impartial in his treatment of the five women whom he married up at least to the lime of the passage of I the EdmundsTucker law after which he legally married Caroline Young Croxnll a daughter of the late Brigham I Brig-ham Young and the widow of the late Mark Croxall the famous musician of I the early day Since thC11it Is understood un-derstood that he has lived with her exclusively and she It was who accompanied I ac-companied him to the coast and was with him during his last hours l His other wives were Elizabeth Hoaylarxl Cannon who was his firsl I wife Sarah Jane Jenno Margaret Tcole Cannon Eliza Penne Cannon all of whom save Elizabeth survive him and are now residents of the Cannon farm as It Is popularly known but the true name of which Is Cooll hal I laSh or hidingplace being named after the place owned for the Cannon family on the Isle of Man for nearly three hundred years It IR also sometimes some-times called Riverside Prior to the removal to the suburban residence she lived for many years on the corner of First West and South Temple and I ran a publishing house within a few rods of his home for a long time The private school of the late President l Presi-dent was established al his suburban home about 1S80 Frank J Cannon was the first tutor and he was succeeded by George M Cannon While there were numerous pupils from the Cannon families other children living near there were allowed to allcnd and this was a great favor up to the time of the opening of public schools In Ihut vicinity The school was abandoned aban-doned about ten years ago however the last teacher I being Miss Ball Mr Cannons last birthday was celebrated cele-brated at the Cannon farm on Saturday Satur-day January 13th last when an operetta ope-retta was given by members of the family and a dinner followed It would have been celebrated on the usua1 day but President Cannon was absent In California President Cannon was the father of thirtyfour children ot whom twenty seven are living twenty boys and seven girls fortyfour children liavc had the right to call him grandfather of whom forty are living lie had but one grcalgrandchlld of whom Senator Frank J Cannon Is the grandfather HIS LIVING CHILDREN The following children survive him I John Q Cannon Mary Alice Cannon Emily Cannon Willey Sylvester Q Cannon Frank T Cannon Angus J Cannon Hugh J Cannon Po anna J I Cannon Irvine Joseph L Cannon Prcs ton J Cannon Carl Q Cannon William Cannon Read T Cannon Edwin Q Cannon Hester T Cannon Amelia T Cannon Chamberlain Lewis T Cannon Brigham T Cannon Willard T Cannon Can-non Grace T Cannon Radcliffe Q Cannon Espy T Cannon Collins T Cannon Clawson Y Cannon Wllford Y Cannon Aurellus Y Cannon Georgius C Cannon ADOPTED CHILDREN In ntldillon lo the above there RIO the following adopted children by mar riaprc with Caroline Young Croxall who Is now his legal wife but all of whom bear the name of Cannon Ada Croxnll Caroline Croxall Mark Y Cr xClJI Tracy Young Croxall Vcra Young Croxall Willard Y Croxall THE DECEASED CHILDREN The deceased children are Abram H Cannon David H Cannon George n Cannon George Q Cannon Gear glnna Cannon Lillian Cannon and Elizabeth Cannon |