Show Jk NEWS AT SALT LAKE Nearly early All the Apostles A AI o tle Were Wore Outside tho the J City Attending to Their Caning Calling i Salt Lake City Sept 5 The The first r t news VS of the death of or President Wood Wood- ti r tuff guff reached the Church o offices I ees in this tty city about 1130 a. a in m. Friday Septem- Septem kr Eer cr 2nd in a II cipher telegram from fromY hr Y r President George Q Cannon to t dent Joseph I F. F Smith But a u. short time before an earlier message had bad t I been deciphered w which lieh stated that the 1 president had had a u. very serious and 1 sadden attack of sickness from which 1 it was wai feared he could not recover As JT r soon Oon as possible after receiving the J news of his death word ord was as sent to the Twelve Apostles President Lori Loris Lor Lor- i K- Snow had that morning left Salt Sr f- f Lake for Brigham City Elder Frank Frank- 1 t Un D. D Richards had not yet et returned f from Baker City Oregon l Brig Brig- g- g ham barn Young and Reber J. J Grant were the only ones in the city Elder F F. M. M E Lyman was at Kanab Elder JohnHenry John JohnHenry Henry Smith at Rexburg Idaho Elder George Teasdale at nt Nephi Elder John W. W Taylor In Colorado Elder M. M W. W Jerrell ferroll at Logan Elder A. A II 11 Lund Iund a at t ton Tres-ton Ephraim Elder M. M F. F Cowley at Preston Pres Pres- ton Idaho Idabo and Elder A. A 0 O. Woodruff fI either In Alb Alberta Canada or on his way homeward The sad In intelligence 7 was either cither sent by wire or mail in some ISOme cases by both to the tho absent brethren President Snow replied that he would return to the city in the evening evening evenIng even even- ing in the tho afternoon it was waa learned that Elder F F. D. D Richards had reached Ogden from Oregon the same morning and later he ho came down to the city A About bout 5 o'clock in tho the afternoon a third telegram was received from President Cannon stating that the body would leave San Francisco in a special funeral car that evening and should reach Salt Lake City on Sunday morning If the thus far invariable practice of the tae church is followed Elder Lorenzo Snow the president of or the Twelve Apostles will succeed President Wood Wood- Woodruff Woodruff ruff a. a as the president of the church and anel there does not appear to be pe any reasons why this practice should be e Changed hanged on the present presen t occasion There A. A is no published revelation on this tilis point and it is held by many that t. t the council of the Apostles are perfectly free choose any ny one o on whom they may unite but it wo would ld be a great surprise surprise sur sur- prise to the members of the thc church if any departure took place in this in instance in- in stance The choice of Elder Eider Snow Y to ti succeed President Woodruff will make Elder Franklin D. D Richards the tho present present present pres pres- ent church historian president of the Quorum of the Twelve vel Apostles s. s |