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The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-05-19
Nine MURDERED AND CREMATED
ONE OF MOST HORRIBLE GRIMES
IN THE HISTORY OF THE
WHOLE SOUTH.

Pensacola, Fla, May 16-One of the
most horrible crimes in the history OF
this state, if not of the entire South,
was committed in Santa Rosa county,
ten miles north of Milton, Sunday
night An itinerant preacher named
Alderman, his wife and seven chill
dren, the eldest about fourteen years
old, were killed and their bodies Gre
mated in their home, which was fired
by the assassins. The crime was dis
covered yesterday morning by per-
sons with whom Alderman had an ap-
pointment. They found the house in
ruins and the charred bodies of Ack-
erman and the eight other members of
his family scattered among the wreck
age
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PUT WOMAN TO TORTURE.

Mob Tries to Make Her Give Names
of AccompIices in Alleged Murder.
Okolona, Miss, May 16-Mrs. Mat
tie Mcintosh, white woman, who was
recently arrested charged with COM
plicity in the murder of her husband,
and who gave bond. reported to the
officers at Okolona yesterday that
Sunday night a number of men visit
ed her house, took her to tree and
threatened to hang her unless she re-
vealed her alleged accomplices in the
murder. Mrs. Mcintosh declined to
talk, whereupOn she was strung up for
several seconds. Upon being lowered
to the ground she still refused to an
swer questions, and, she declares, was
strung up a second time. When the
rope was taken from her neck she
heard her assailants announce that
she was dead. Her body was carried
into the woods and left there. She re-
vived and Immediately came here to
tell her story.
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RIOTS BREAK OUT IN ZION.
Hundreds of Factionists Engage in
Riots-Dowie Chastised.

Hundreds of Factionists Engage in
Riots-Dowie Chastised.
Chicago, May 16-Riots broke out
in Zion City yesterday following dis
order which attended Dowie's efforts
to address his followers in Shiloh tab
ernacle Sunday. Crowds numbering
hundreds gathered in Shiloh boule-
ward near the general store last even
ing and engaged in furious argu-
ment over the respective merits of
their leaders and the questions at is
sue in the struggle of DR." Dowie and
Overseer Voliva for supremacy.
One Dowieite was handled roughly
by the mob, and serious consequences
were only averted by the arrival of
the Zion police in answer to the riot
call.
James Slater. a negro adherent Of
the "first apostle" was escorted to
safety by the officers after being
mobbed for his sturdy defense of
Dowie.
The police are apprehensive of fur
Their trouble and have called in all the
patrolmen from outlying points for
possible emergency duty.
Mrs. Dowie, in an attempt to force
her husband to change his will so as
to leave her one-third of the property,
is said to have beaten him. Two negro
attendants separated the apostle"
and his belligerent spouse. This was
told by a former maid of Mrs. Dowie.
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preciated more the ripe Judgment of
Mr.. Wheelock's later years Men in
public life recognized in Mr.. Wheelock
a force always for the public good.
Many knew only of his public work
and they were impressed by the power
of his intellect, his clear reasoning,
his sound judgment, and his force of
expression, or his devoted work for
the ST. Paul park system. But many,
who knew him personally, were i'm
pressed as much by the man as by his
work; they saw in him the traits that
endeared him to all that came in per-
sonal contact with him.
City's Token of Respect,
Mayor Smith early in the day issued
a proclamation calling public attention
to Mr.. Wheelock's death and directing
that all city Offices be closed at the
time of the funeral. The flag on the
city hall was lowered to haf-mast. A
special meeting of the common coun-
Gil was called for this afternoon for
the purpose Of passing appropriate
resolutions concerning Mr.. Wheelock's
1ll6 WOI ~ ouO SCI WIGS 1OI lie CITY,
Welded Great influence,
Joseph A. Wheelock was striking
personality, character of great force,
and, what is more rare, of great
breadth and integrity. In proportion
to the influence he welded, the
meager obituary of names and dates
will come to the reader with suggest
i've force. He was identified with
many movements; he was an advo-
cate of every cause in which honor
and high purpose played a part, but
his relation was always such that,
while he stamped the mark of his
character upon it, the praise and
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plaudits fell upon men whose leader.
ship he supported.
Man of Hioh Ideals

plaudits fell upon men whose leader.
ship he supported.
Man of High Ideals.
He was one of the few old-time edi-
tors whose personality is recent years
has been identified with his work in
the public mind.
By all who knew him it has been
said that his influence was always
used to attain the highest ends and
aims. He was a man who did not care
for the accumulation of wealth. He
had neither the faculty nor taste for
it. His aims and his interests took
him out of the sphere of money-get-
ting. He was a publicist. The per-
sonal, the selfish element of his ma
ture was subordinated to his larger
desire for public good. AS a result
his obituary, as far as tangible facts
go, is meager. In the consideration of
Influences ii is unbounded.
Half a Century of Work.
Mr. Wheelock was born at Bridge
town, Nova Scotia, Feb. 8, 1881. He
was educated at the Sackville acad-
SA1y; W ou1 al IO0U. I1C
was state commissioner of statistics
under Gov. Ramsey, 1860-61, and post
master under President Grant, 1871-75.
Mr.. Wheelock's first newspaper
work was in 1855 or the year follow
ing, when he was employed to conduct
a real estate paper in st. Paul. He
founded the st. Paul Press In 1851,
since which time he was connected
with the Press and it's successor, the
Pioneer Press, until his death.
Mr.. Wheelock was married in May,
1861, to Miss Kate French at Concord,
N. H. He is survived by Mrs.
Wheelock and three children, Webster
Wheelock, associate editor Of the Pho
neer Press, and Katrina and Ellen
Wheelock.
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Wheelock's i'll health. During the
winter Mr.. Wheelock enjoyed better
health than was usual with him for
the three years he wintered in Cali
fornia
But the high attitudes reached on
the trip across the mountains serious
ly affected his heart action, due to the
bronchial trouble, from which Mr..
Wheelock had suffered for years, and
dition was alarming to members of
his family.
Death q Shock to City.
Mr.. Wheelock's death was not en-
tirely unexpected to members Of his
family and to the personal friends
who knew of his long fight against a
weakening constitution, but the news
was a shock to those who supposed
that the winter seasons in California
were giving him permanent relief.
When the word was passed around
town and in the homes of the city that
Mr. Wheelock was dead, many were
the expressions of sorrow. The people
of ST. Paul, and particularly the older
generation, felt each an individual
loss in the passing away of the man
who for half century had been
among the foremost in promoting st.
Paul, Minnesota and the Northwest.
One Key Note in Sorrow.
There was one key note in the ex-
pressions as the news of the death
of Joseph A. Wheelock spread yester-
day, and that was the loss to the city,
the state and the Northwest. There
was a personal grief in the comments
of the men who have grown old with
Mr.. Wheelock in the region thew have
helped develop; they miss an old
friend. The younger generation, who
are enjoying the structure reared on
the foundation the pioneers laid, ap-
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THINK MAYOR CAN'T QUIT.
Executive Resigns to Accept Postmas
tershin and Protest Rises.


tership and Protest Rises.
Nels Nelson, who was elected to the
Office of mayor Of Washburn by the
people at the spring election held in
April, has rendered his resignation to
the council after serving about a
month and has accepted the position
of postmaster at the Office in Wash
burn, to which he has been appointed,
and has entered upon the discharge of
the duties of the new Office.
There seems to be a difference of
opinion here as to whether Mr.. Nelson
could vacate the Office of mayor to &C
cept another public Office until his sue
cessor had been elected and has quail
fed. President of the Council T. A.
Oscar has been filling tho Office so far
as calling the meeting to order, but
refuses to sign any ordinances or city
orders, claiming that the office of
mayor is not vacant and that he has
no right to do SO according to law
A call for a special election, no
doubt, will be filed within a few days
and a special election held to elect a
new official.-W.
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BUY BRONZE STATUE OF DEWEY.
State Engages Trentanove to Provide
Tribute to First Governor.

State Engages Trentanove to Provide
Tribute to First Governor.
Signor Trentanove. the Italian sculp-
tor, has been engaged to furnish a
bronze statue of Gov Nelson Dewey,
the first chief executive of Wisconsin,
whose remains lie in a grave at Ian
caster marked by a small monument.
The legislative commission created
for the purpose of procuring suitable
monument met in the governors Of
fee in the capitol and entered into the
agreement with Sig. Trentanove. The
statue is to be placed within year on
some suitable spot in Lancasted to be
selected by the commission. The price
is to be $4,000. The legislature ap-
propriated $4,000 for the cost Of the
monument and the necessary expenses
of the commission.
A small design in plaster was shown
by the sculptor. The figure is in a
sitting posture. The monument is to
be ten and one-half feet high, includ-
ing the pedestal. The figure is to be
of bronze and the pedestal of Rose
granite The commission is to fur
nish a concrete foundation for the
monument.
The legislative committee having
charge of the erection of the monu-
ment consists of Gov. J. o. Davidson,
Senator E. E. Burns of Platteville and
Assemblymen Joseph P. Chandler of
Lancaster and Duncan McGregor OF
Platteville.
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VICE ADMIRAL AND POLICE CAP
TAIN ARE TARGETS OF
ASSASSINS.
SHOW IRON HAND TO CAR
REPLY TO ADDRESS WILL BE
FIRM ON QUESTION OF
AMNESTY.

st. Petersburg, May 16-Vice Ad-
miral Kuzmich, commander of the
port, who was very unpopular with
the workmen, was assassinated here
yesterday by wOrkmen whose May
day demonstrations he had attempted
to stop.
At about $50, according to an Of
ficer who was at the gate of the works,
the admiral was emerging from a
small shop in the works, when a work
man, who had been concealed around
the corner of the building, leaped on
Kuzmich from behind and drove a
long dagger into his back. The ad-
miral fell forward on his face, which
was badly cut by stones, and died i'm
mediately. The assassin fed into a
large building, where he was lost
among the men employed there.
The wOrkmen Of st. Petersburg
made an imposing showing in their
May day celebration. Practically ev-
cry factory, mill and shop in the city
was idle, over 100000 men joining the
demonstration.
Police Captain Torn to Pieces.
Warsaw, May 16-While Police Cap
tain ConstantinOff was standing IN
Marszalkowska street last evening
with two policemen and four soldiers,
a young man threw a bomb into the
group. The explosion of the bomb
literally tore Capt. Constantinoff to
pieces and severely wounded a police
man and six other persons. The as
sassin tried to escape, and, firing his
revolver, wounded a soldier. The 9TH
er soldiers replied with volley, kill
ing the assassin and two other per-
sons. The soldiers then attacked the
people who had gathered with their
bayonets and the butts of their guns,
wounding eleven persons, making
total of four killed and nineteen
wounded.
Reply to Cars Speech.
St. Petersburg, May 16. - After
struggling the whole day over a draft
OF the reply 10 the Sp6oCH 1lOAu t10
throne the members of the commits
sion of the lower house postponed the
final work of phrasing the document
until II o'clock today.
Shows Iron Hand.
The iron hand behind the respectful
wording of the address peeps out in
the paragraph regarding amnesty,
which contains these significant
words: There are some demands
which cannot be refused, and this is
one"
The workmen are remembered by
reference in the address to the need
of amelioratiOn in the conditions of
labor, while for the Poles and other
nationalities, the address, though
avoiding the word autonomy and in
sisting on the maintenance of the
bonds of the empire in full strength,
speaks for the right of each national
ity to it's own language, customs and
local self-administratiOn.
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BARGE SUBMERGED.

Detroit, Mich, May II. - A News
special from Colchester, Ont, says
the M. G. Wilcox Of Vermillion, Ohio,
lies sunk there, a quarter of a mile
from shore. The decks are under
water, but there are evidences that the
crew escaped. The wreck was appar.
emily an old schooner, bound up with
coal. Thus far it has been impossible
to get particulars, but the vessel foun'
dsred some time during the night.
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NEGRO ASSAULTS WOMAN.
Is Strung Up by Mob and Body Rid
died With Bullets.


Eastman, Ca, May 16.-Mrs. Pope,
a widow who lives alone about six
miles north of Eastman, was assault
ed by a negro named Will Wommock
last Friday night. He told her if she
made the assault known he would kill
her and that he would be back the
next night. When the negro returned
Saturday Mrs. Pope began firing, one
bullet striking WOmmock in the stom-
ach and passed through his body. The
negro ran and Mrs. Pope continued to
shoot at him until she had emptied
her pistol. Neighbors attracted by
the shooting came and heard the facts.
They went to Wommock's house and
found him in bed wounded. At first he
denied his guilt but later he con
fessed. He was taken out and strung
up and his body riddled with bullets,
after which the mob quietly dispersed.
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CHAIN GANG STRIKE.

Washington, Pa, May 11.-Twenty
county jail prisoners, composing tbs
squad used in cleaning public streets,
went on a strike which lasted until
they were supplied with their daily al
lowance of tobacco Heretofore the
county commissioners had supplied
the prisoners with tobacco, but an or
der was issued that no more be fur
nished The sheriff appealed to the
commissioners, who rescinded the or
der.
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PROPOSE ROAD TO WAUPAcA.

Line From Appleton Would Touch {
Rich Farming Country.
Representative of Indiana and
Eastern capitalists were in Appleton
recently to investigate plans for an in
terurban railway from Appleton tC
Waupaca, Wit New London, Horton
Vile and Greenville. The proposed
route covers a distance of about forty
miles and traverses a rich farming
country, most of which is not touched
by steam railways. The men have
been at work at New London and 9th
er towns on the proposed route, and
indications are that the franchises and
right of way will be secured without
difficulty.
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Their Skulls Crushed.

Examination by physicians showed
that Alderman and his wife had been
struck on the head with some blunt in
strument, their skulls being crushed.
The citizens of Milton have raised
more than a thousand dollars, which
will be offered as a reward for the ap-
prehension of the assassins, and Gov.
Broward has been appealed to to offer
a reward for the state.
Alderman was considered a peace
full and quiet citizen. 1t is not known
that he had any enemies who could
have a motive for the crime.
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DoWIE's DEATH NOT FAR OFF
A Week or Ten Days Most Doctor CT
Promise Him.

Chicago, May 13.-The condition
John Alexander Dowie is said to |
nearing a critical stage. The veneT
BILE "first apostle" has taken to b
bed and his strength is failing. tt
swelling of the extremeties, which
a noticeable characteristic of his {
fiction, is said to have extended
within a few inches of the heart. L
Blanks, who has been in attendant
upon Dowie, said that he might, l
reason of his great vitality, live
week or ten days, but that fatal te
mination of the disease within two (
three days would not be surprising.
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BLOODY STRIKE IN POLAND.

Factory Employees Are Fired on b
Troops and Several Killed.
LODI, Russian Poland, May II. =
Many of the workmen in the factorie
and the street railroad employees qu
work yesterday and invaded other e'
Establishments, compelling the worl
men to join in the movement, and tn
socialists seized the opportunity to o.
ganize a general strike and red fla
procession. The strikers were fire
on by the troops and three were kjlle
OF wounded.
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BIG FIRE IN RACINE.
Plant Valued at $25o,ooo Is Destroyed
by Flames.

Racine, Wis, May 16.-The plant of
the Higgins Spring and Axle company,
located at Racine Junction, and one of
the largest manufacturing establish
ments in the city, was practically de-
stroyed by fire last evening. The
buildings with contents are easily
valued at a quarter of million dol
lars, and the loss will reach those
figures. -
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VETERAN EDITOR
CALLED BY DEATH
JOSEPH A. WHEELOCK, EDITOR
OF THE PIONEER PRESS,
PASSES AWAY.
HhD NATIlNhI REPUTATION
HAD NATIONAL REPUTATION
ADVOCATE OF EVERY CAUSE IN
WHICH HONOR AND HIGH PUR-
POSE PLAYED PART.

St. Paul, May - Joseph Albert
Whee1ock, the veteran editor of the
Pioneer Press, died at his home, 24l
Summit avenue, at 8 o'clock yesterday
morning.
Mr.. Whee1ock's reputation as a
journalist was national and he will
have a place in the memory with such
editors as Greeley, Dana, Bennett and
Bowles, with whom he was contem-
poraneous.
Trip Too Fatiguing.
Mr.. and Mrs Wheelock returned
Monday from Redlands, CAL, where
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DRISCOLL. AT WHITE HOUSE.
CongratuIates President on His Work
for Arbitration.

Washington, May Is. - Frederick
Driscoll of Chicago, commissioner of
the American Newspaper Publishers
association, called upon President
Roosevelt yesterday and on behalf of
the newspaper publishers of the coun-
try, thanked him for all he had done
to advance the principles of arbitra-
ton. Mr.. Driscoll said the present re-
lations of the newspaper publishers
with the several trades unions were
superior to those of any other body of
employers and employees. During the
interview the president expressed the
most hearty interest in the subject.
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FILES ELECTION ACCOUNT.
Successful Milwaukee Candidate Spent
S4OQ2 in Recent Election.

successful milwaukee NanUloate SPenl
S4.092 in Recent Election.
w. H Timlin spent $4,092 to be
elected justice of the state supreme
court His statement shows the bar
committee expended $2,897, and 1895
from other sources. To newspapers
he paid $SO0.19. H. S. Green, secre-
tary of the bar committee, drew
$5655O as salary and expenses. About
$500 went for the distribution of cards
and posters.
B. F. Dunwiddie of GAINESVILLE, candi-
date for reelection as judge of the
Twelfth circuit and defeated by Judge
Grimm Of Jefferson, spent 81 ,494.26.
Judge J. W. Sale, another defeated
candidate for the same office, spent
$50634-W.
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Double.

Aunt Mary-Why, Ethel, you sur
prise me! Not satisfied with your
birthday, and you got such lovely
doll baby
Ethel don't care; Mabel Jones
next door got twins on her birthday.
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MRS. BLAINE IN SIOUX FALLS.

Wife of James G. Blaine Will Obtain
Residence and Sue for Divorce.
Sioux Falls, S. D., May 16.-Quite a
futter was caused among the mem
bers of the local divorce colony yes
terday morning by the arrival Of Mrs.
James G. Blaine, who comes with the
avowed intention of remaining six
months if necessary to obtain resi-
dence, with the object of applying for
a divorce She was accompanied only
by a maid. She will make her home
at the Cataract hotel.
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If Reminded Him,

my boy said Popley, cit should be
your ambition to carve your name
some day upon the temple Of fame"
"Say, pop" replied the boy, that
reminds me, you amt never gev me
that jack-knife you promised me-"
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CONGRESS SKATERS RECORDS.
Fifty-Ninth Assembly Eclipses Law
Enactinu Abilities of Predecessors.

Enacting Abilities of Predecessors.
Washington, May 16.-The files of
the index clerks at the state depart
ment show that the first session of
the Fifty-ninth congress has broken
all records of complete legislation up
to this moment. Already more than
5000 laws have been enacted, which
is between 700 and 500 more than in
any preceding session up to the begin
ming Of the month of may. The great
er part of this mass of law is made up
of bills of private nature, and only
about ESQ Of the total enactments
were general laws.
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MAY BUY IA CROSSE ELEVATOR
LulI Company Confers With MIwau-
kee Road Officials.

LulI Company Confers With MiIwau-
kee Road Officials.
w. H. DOdsworth and J. H, Hiland
of Milwaukee, officials Of the Milwau-
kee road and several officers of the
Lull Grain Company of Milwaukee
were in La Crosse comforting in re-
gard to a lease or sale of the La
Crosse grain elevator owned by the
Milwaukee road. The elevator was
formerly leased by the Hyde Elevator
company, but as this company has re
tired the owners are DESTROYS Of leas-
ing or selling the property, and it is
likely an agreement will be reached
with the Lull company. The deal
would give a fresh impetus to the
grain business in the La Crosse sec
ton
Windham County reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1901-1906, 1906-02-16
EsTEY MEMORIAL ORGAN.
It Will be Opened at Special Recital
Tuesday Evening.

The new memorial organ in the Bap-
fist church will be opened on Thursday
evening, Feb. %.
5. Archer Gibson. organist at the
Brick Presbyterian church, New York
city. has been engaged for the occasion.
We are requested TO state that the
doors of the auditorium and chapel
will not be opened until 1880 o o'clock.
With the exception of few pews that
will be reserved for the special friends
of the family. the Messrs. Estey are
DESTROYS that the whole of the building
should be freely thrown open TO the
public.
In view of the fact, however, that so
large an attendance is certain, it is the
request of those in charge of the seat
ing that children under 10 years of
age shall not attend on that evening.
This. of course, viii be disappoint-
ment for some but il viii be compen-
stated by the special services referred
TO below.
On Sunday, Feb. %, three special
services will be held in the church
Rev. George F. Horr, d. D., of Boston
will speak at the morning service and
Rev. Gibbs Braislin, ID. D., of Rutland,
president of the Vermont Baptist state
convention, will speak in the evening
In the afternoon at o clock, there viii
be a special vesper service for the chill
dren and the invitation is made to in
clude all children in town. The church
and chapel will be open to receive them
and the doors will be open at $50.
Reginald McAee, organist at the Church
of the Ascension, New York city, will
preside at the organ at all of the Sun
day services.