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Show Apostle Woodruff Succumbs to Smallpox. Small-pox. Abraham Owon Woodruff, one of tho twelvo apostlos of tho Church of Josus Christ of Latter-day Saints, died nt El Pnso, Toxas, on Monday, death being duo to smallpox. Mrs. Woodruff died of Bmallpox at tho City of Moxlco about two weeks ago. Her husband had hurried to tho Moxicau capital whon Informed of his wifo's lllnoss, nnd was with hor to tho end. Believing Believ-ing full precautions had beon taken to provent hlB contracting tho disease, ho started for his homo In Salt Lako. Ho was HI whon ho arrived at El Paso about ten days ago. and stopped thoro to rocuperato A physician pronounced pro-nounced his enso ono of typhoid and ho was glvon trentment for typhoid, whon It dovolopod that ho had smallpox. small-pox. Ho was at onco romovod to tho isolation hospital at 151 Paso. His case did not appear to bo n scuro ono and thero was ovory Indication that he would soon recover. Ho nto a hearty breakfast Monday morning and was thought to hnvo renched tho convnlcs-cont convnlcs-cont stngo, when ho suddenly became worso ii.ii)I passed away during tho night, tho direct causo of death bolng heart fnlluro. . |