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Show PIONEER BISHOP FOUNDER OF FIRST EPISCOPAL CHURCH ARRIVED BEFORE RAILROAD WAS BUILT Picturesque Figure of Early West Remained In Charge of Utah, Idaho and Montana Until 188S St. Louis. Tho Klght Itov. Danlol Sylvester Tuttlp, presiding bishop of tho Episcopal chuvch in tho Unltod States and oldeat Anglican bishop In point of sorvlco In tho world, died nt his homo horo Tuosday afternoon. Ho was 80 years old. With tho aged prolnto's death passed pass-ed tho offlco of prosldlng bishop of tho Unltod Statos, which Bishop Tjjt-tlo Tjjt-tlo hold by seniority since 1003. Undor an nrrangoraont voted at tho Episcopal Episco-pal general convention In 1010, however, how-ever, direction of tho church's affairs has been placed in the hands of a national council with nn elected bis. hop ns head. Bishop T. F. Gullor of Memphis Loads this council at present. pres-ent. For thlrty-soven years bishop of Mlsaourl ut St Louis nnd for twenty yoars prior to that tlmo tilshop of Utah, Idaho nnd Montana, with head, quartora nt Salt Lako City, tho llfo of Bishop Tuttlo is Indelibly linked with tho early growth of Salt Lako City In the days of Brlgliam Young, in 18CO, more than two years beforo there was rail connection with he wost Tho Journey by stage coich, with sometimes a military cacort for protection from tho Indians, bognn at North Plntto, Nob., thorall onil. In thoso days tho population ot Salt Lake City was 20,000. Soon after his arrival ho organized organ-ized St Mark's church nnd began holding sorvicos. In 1870 plana wore startod for St Mark's cathedral, and In May 1870, services wero first held In tho basement ot that structure. |
