The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-04-22
BREATHED LAST AT MONTEREY
ON THE 18TH.
Body Will be Shipped to Salt Lake City
for Interment-Mr. Cannon g Visit
Here.

MONTERREY, Cal, April 12.-George
O. Cannon, chief counsellor of the
Mormon Church died in this city today
after an illness of several weeks. His
death had been expected for several
days past and he was surrounded by
the members of his family, when he
breathed his last. The remains were
embalmed and forwarded to San Fran
cisco from where they will be taken
to his late residence in Salt Lake City
where the funeral will be held.
According to the last reports from
Mr.. Cannon yesterday he slept several
hours during the day and was resting
easily at night. DIR. Gift the attend
ing physician, stated then that Mr..
Cannon's condition was perplexing and
most critical. In view of the extreme
age of Mr.. Cannon his death could be
hourly expected. The illness which ter
minated fatally was not mental affec-
ton say the physicians but complete
nervous collapse which affected his
heart.
In the death of Mr. Cannon the Nor
mon Church will lose one of it's most
,stalward and ablest men. He was
identified with the Mormon movement
since his early boyhood and no better
monument to his efforts can be shown
than the success which attended his
efforts in establishing the sect in the
Hawaiian Islands.
Mr.. Cannon accompanied by his wife
and several children visited these ISL
ands last December to attend the semi
centennial anniversary of his establish
ment of the Mormon Church in these
ISLANDS. He attended all of the special
entertainments in honor of the occa-
sion. He was the guest of A. Fernan-
dez while in Honolulu. Mr.. Cannon
spoke several times during his stay
here. He also passed several days on
Maui where some of his earliest work
in these islands was accomplished. 1t
is possible that the excitement attend
ing a trip of the character which he
made and the strain upon him proved
too much for his strength and may
have been indirectly the result of his
breaking down while in California.
During his visit here Mr.. Cannon
gave utterance to a very surprising
sentiment. He said that he wished the
natives could be segregated and kept
apart from the white people in order
that the Hawaiians might not be ex-
posed to the temptations which now
beset them. He viewed with alarm he
said the rapid decrease of the Hawai-
tan race. The splenNid, magnificent
men whom he knew when here during
his early visit were no more. Wer
such men still living he thought thai
there would be hope for the Hawaiian
temptations he felt the utmost appre
hension of the result. He wished ht
added that it was within the means o.
the Mormon Church to effect this
scheme of segregation.
No one perhaps, was better qualified
to discuss this phase of the Hawaiian
people, for the when Mr.. Cannon visit
ed the islands in 1850 he found the race
in a fiourishing condition. The change
which had occurred and the decrease
in population during his absence wa:
appalling.
Had Mr.. Cannon lived he would have
become the president of the Mormon
Church. He was named as the logica
successor of Lorenzo Snow the presi
dent and it was expected that thu
change of office would have occurred
within year or so.
The various Mormon congregation
throughout the islands will probabl!
hold special memorial services in honol
of Mr.. Cannon.