Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-04-12

eral Conference on Oct, 9th OF the same
year. President Cannon remained In
misc,
SUNDAY SCHOOL, EDUCATION AND
LITERATURE.
President Canuons name has always
been identified with the sunday echool
movement At the Organization of he
SUNDAY school Union IN 1861 he was
ihade General Superintendent which
position he held TN the last day OF his
eailhly career His heart was In Ibis
WORK ana thousands upon thousands Of
the children Of Zion viii revere his
hume ana memory He was also u
strong supporter Of the other Church
SCHOOLS lie was q member Of the Cen
eral Board Of Education from the day
OF It's organization, April g. 1885. and
never relaxed his interest and energies
lii lhul capacity Besides his labors ON
ihe juvenile Instructor he wrote many
interesting works such as, My Flint
aellsslon, Life Of Joseph Smith. Lie of
Nephl The Latter-day Prophet. etc..
ana assisted In writing The Life OF Brig.
nam Young, Brief History OF the
'hureh aud other publications
ACTIVE IN VARIOUS ENTER.
pRlSES.
In addition to the oner0us duties OF
ms position as one of the First pregl.
dency Of the Church. IN which ne truv.
eco very extensively among The stakes
ol zion, attending conferences. dpdicat.
ING meeting houses. counsClng the poo.
PIE IN tlngs temporal and spiritual ne
was engaged IN many enterprises N
importance 10 the public He was a
director In the Union Pacific RAILROAD
company and In the Salt Lake and
Los angeles company. lie was Vice
president and director Of Il. q. NJ. J. for
many years. He founded the
publishing and book firm of George O.
Cannon and Sons Co, OF which he was
President He was President OF the
Utah Sugar co, Vice President and
Director OF Zion's Savings Bank and
Trust Coz director OF the Coop Wag-
on and Machine Co.. President OF Brig
nam Young Trust Co.; President OF the
Utah Light and Power CO.. director u
the Bullion Beck and Champion Mining
Coz also Of the Grand Central Mining
CO. He recently organized the George
q. Cannon association, OF which he was
the President, and IN which he placed
an his property. in the interest OF
these associations he took repeated
trips 90 the East and the West and
gave them each the benefit Of his wis
dom and experience. He was President
Of the Trans Mississippi Commercial
fftf a.. "a
It's sessions rs a member with great
regularity He was also President
ana afterwards Vice President OF the
irrigation Congress and addressed its
meetings on several occasions as an
authority on irrigation and kindred az
fairs
HAWAIIAN MISSION JUBILEE.
On Nov. 20. 1900, President Cannon,
accompanied by few friends, left
salt Lake to attend the Jubilee of the
Sandwich Islands mission, which was
held December - and IS. lie landed at
Honolulu December 10, and the next
day received the most magnificent
greeting ever accorded guest on those
islands The native Saints fairly
adored him as the instrument In the
hands Of God in the introduction of the
Gospel among them Some Of them he
baptized fifty years before He was
crowned with the yellow lei, the emblem
Of royalty. Several prominent people
IN the present and former governments
also waited upon him During the fes-
tiyities. lasting several days, he was
hOnored and almost worshlpped 10y the
islanders Ey-Queen LiliOukalani also
attended a meeting at which he spoke
half an hour In Hawaiian which he
was able 10 recall in a surprising man
uer President Cannon afterwards WIS.,
tied the eX-queen and az her request
blessed her on the day ~ his DEPART
ure to return home he was literally
covered with flowers! he arrived in
salt Lake city January l6 and bv re-
quest addressed the great livestock
convention which met IN the Assembly
Hall that morning, and was received
with immense applause.
FAILING HEALTH,
The health Of President Cannon had
been occasionally interrupted hv spells
Of sickness for some time before the
fatal attack. He had been robust aud
strong until the fan from the train al-
ready mentioned. After that he ex-
uerienced once m While a weakness
in contrast to his former vgor While
on visits 10 the East he was seized win
serious symptoms AZ New York IN
November, 1898. he wasseyerely attacked
with pneumonia. and but for his ah-
Strenuous ne and good constitution
would probably have then succumbei'
This undoubtedly prepared thr way tor
the last Illness that laid low ms
s,alwart servant Of the Most High Cod