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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1906-01-26
Famous Cavalry Leader Passes
Away Peacefully Surrounded
BY His Entire Family
lHONOREO BY THE NATION
FOR HIS CAVALRY RECORD
HIs Career in Congress Also Won Him
Distinguished Place in American
History-Pneumonla Was the
Cause Of Death.

New York. January 25.-General Joseph
Wheeler. the famous Confederate cavalry
leader and a brigadier general of the
United States army since the war with
Spain. died at 5:s5 o'clock this afternoon
Smith in Brooklyn. The veteran of two
wars was SO years of age. but in spite of
his age there was hope until yesterday
of his recovery from the attack of pneu-
monia, which caused his death.
1t has not yet been decided where the
body will be inferred, but probably will
be in Arlington National cemetery, near
Washington. Announcement of the plans
of the funeral will be made tomorrow
AGE TOLD AGAINST HIM
FROM BEGINNING OF MALADY.
General Wheeler was taken i'll six days
ago at his sisters home, where he has
been living recently. He contracted a se-
we're cold which developed in pleurisy and
pneumonia. From the first his age told
against him. but the family did not give
up hope until last night. when the disease
was found to have affected both lungs.
General Wheelers immediate relatives
were all with him. His daughters, Mrs.
w. j. Harris and Misses Anne, Lucille
and Carrie Wheeler had been summoned
from the south and arrived early in the
week. His son, Major Joseph Wheeler.
Jr., U. S. A., now stationed at West Point.
was also present. as well as General
wheeler's sister. Mrs. Sterling Smith, and
her son.
side of the patient at midnight last night
when the doctors in consultation decided
that the end was but matter of few
hours. The General was then awake and
conscious and his mind was apparently
active He seemed to know that death
was approaching and though too weak to
speak, he succeeded in giving signs of
recognition and encouragement to his
children.
Later the General sank into peaceful
slumber and at the request of the doctors
the family quietly withdrew from the
sick mans bedside General Wheeler was
never again more than semi-conscious
He fingered until this afternoon and
passed away quietly.
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ENvIA6LE REcoRD
AS CAVALRY RAIDER.

Brigadier General Joseph Wheeler was
born in Augusta. Ca, September 30, 1896;
was graduated at the United States mil
itary academy in 1859; served in the cav
airy till the outbreak of the civil war,
when he entered the Confederate army. in
which he was a commissioned major gem
sral and senior commander of cavalry.
He won great distinction during the
civil war as raider. On October 2, 1863
he crossed the Tennessee river and led
1000 mounted men up the Sequatchie val
ley. where he burned Union supply train
OF nearly 100 wagons and was afterward
attacked and forced to withdraw by Col
onel e. NJ. McCook. He then moved to
McAIinnville, where he destroyed another
supply train and captured about 900 men,
General George Crook attacked him at
Pennington, capturing 200 of his men,
four guns and 1000 small arms. General
Wheeler then crossed the Tennessee. hav-
ing taken property of an estimated value
of 100000 but with a loss of 1000 men,
In July, 1864. he was ordered with 5000
men to harass General Shermans rear.
In August he moved against Sherman's
supply depot at Allatoona. but was re-
pulsed Later he made dash into East
Tennessee and threatened McMinnville,
Murphreesboro and Lebanon, but was
driven into North Alabama.
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ENTERED LAW PROFESSION
SOON AFTER THE WAR.

After the war he entered the law pro-
fession. held seat in Congress in 1881
1893, and was made major general of vol
unteers in May, 1898. During the San
tiago campaign in Cuba he commanded
the cavalry division. participated in the
battles of Las Guasimas and San Juan
hill; was appointed senior member of
the commission to make arrangements for
the surrender of the Spanish army;
served in the Philippines as commander
Of the First brigade, Second division. from
August, 1893. to January, 1900; was ap-
pointed brigader-general, U. S. A, June
ts. 1900, and was retired on September
10 following.
General Wheeler, in addition to being
successful as a cavalry leader during the
war and in the practice of the profession
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Captain Stays with ship.

Seattle, Wash January 25.-Suryvors
of the wreck OF the steamship Valencia
who were picked up from life raft
by the steamer City of Topeka. are of
the opinion that Capt o. M. Johnson,
master of the Valencia. made no effort
to save his own life. even when q chance
presented. According to their story. Cap
tain johnson was heartbroken over the
great loss OF life attending the loss of
the Valencia.
With tense. drawn face Captain john
son. clnging to the rigging with the
passengers. thought only of those with
him and time and again prayed for as
sistance.
my God. send relief to my passen-
gers" Captain Johnson was heard to say
1ust before the life RATS left the steamer
Passengers and crew, during the night
prior to the departure of the life RATS.
according to those saved. begged Captain
johnson to place a life belt about his
waist. This he persistently refused to do
In spite of the fact that those near
him begged him to think of his family
and friends. Captain Johnson would not
do single thing to help his condition.
Thirty Leave the Wreck
According to these survivors about
thirty persons left the wreck Wednesday
morning on two life RATS. and one boat.
Captain Gibbs. who went from seattle
to the scene of the wreck on the steamer
City Of Topeka. returned here today on
the steamship Texan. which passed in
through the capes last night.
1--WE arrived at the scene of the wreck
a r.
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State Troops Guard Jail.


Troops of the state guard now surround
the Jail to prevent further assaults. Be
fore this. however. the mob entered the
Jail and being driven out by policemen
broke In the doors and shattered the
windows. discharging firearms into the
air every few seconds. Wood Parker was
shot in the eye and VIII Gentry in the
leg as the result of this promiscuous FIR
ing. Both were bystanders. Neither was
seriously injured. At no time did the mob
have leader. and no one appeared to
take charge after two different commit
tees from the mob had gone through the
jail and examined every prisoner and
were satisfied that the negro they wanted
was not there.
1t is difficult to estimate the number of
persons actually participating in the mob.
Mob Gathers at Jail.
Chattanooga, January 26. 1870 a. m.-
At midnight tonight mob of between 1000
and 1000 men surrounded the county jail
demanding the negro who criminally as
saulted Miss Nevada Taylor, a highly
respectable young lady of st. Elmo,
suburb of this city, on Tuesday night
The county authorities admit having ar
rested the guilty negro, but they claim
that he was taken to Knoxville this after
noon by way of Hartman. However. the
mob refused to believe this statement
and is persistent in its demand. though
the situation has quleted down in the past
hour or so.
ne crowd began to form as early as
o'clock and shortly after s, headed by
an immense man carrying double-bar-
relied shotgun, marched into the Jail and
demanded the negro. The mob was told
the negro was not there and the author
tiles offered to allow a committee of ten
to inspect the prisoners to bear out
this statement The mob seemed to have
no leader and this committee was not
named With the aid of the police re-
serves the crowd was then driven from
the jail all offices. Promptly 1t began bat
terlng down the doors and succeeded in
effecting an entrance.
Riot Bell Is Rung.
The ringing of the riot bell served to
add to the crowd. but nothing further
is being done by the men. a large num-
ber of whom are heavily armed. except
to remain about the Jail. -, of the win
dows of the jail were smashed by rocks
but deputies guard the doorways leading
to the cells, and will not allow the mob to
pass. and they are assisted by the police
reserves. The members OF the mob come
from all parts of the county, but be-
yond firing of pistols and breaking in
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Regarding santo Domingo.

With reference to Santo Domingo MI
Money contended that the President had
made one explanation and his friends an
other of our attitude towards that coun-
try.
Mr. Money said that while he did not
wish to be considered as impeaching the
wisdom of the President and his Secre-
tary OF State in the Santo Domingo mat
ter, he did not believe that the Senate
should surrender. The senator from
Massachusetts assures u.s. he went on,
that we can trust the President. l do
not believe he meant to say that the
king can do no wrong, but to give US his
assurance regarding him. But we must
remember that hell is paved with good
intentions
1--WE will some day have change In
the presidency, we may some time nave
in the place of the present level headed,
even tempered chief executive, some hot
headed emotional man, man who Will
not obuerve the requirements of the
constitution, as ! am pleased to learn
from the senator from Massachusetts the
present occupant of the White House
does
He declared that the President had far
more than maintained the status quo IN
Santo Domingo--that he had In reality
put the treaty into execution just as he
would IL it had been ratified by the Sen
ate He did not care how salutary the
policy might be, Mr.. Money said he denied
the action Of the President to put 1t into
execution without the consent of the
Senate.
what would the Senator have the
President do with the money already
collected in santo Domngo?' asked Mr..
Beveridge.
Mr.. Money replied that the President
has no control of that money and never
has had.
Mr.. Money declared he felt no concern
about Santo Domingo. "As senator of
of the United States / don't care contl-
mental about IT," he said emphatcally.
Speaking of Mr.. spooner's reference to
the Presidents intervention for peace be-
tween Russia and Japan Mr.. Money said
that he supposed that the President CON
.tnntlu carried a psychological moment
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Delegated to Committees.

'.The practice has arisen and is very
generally followed, of assuming that the
insertion in such charters of the word
agents has given to the board created
thereby the power to delegate to execu-
tive committees of their creation all the
mowers which the law has vested in those
lHnnfil.lted On lent. PANEL
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Nothing More to Do.


He declared that those two nations
were exhausted and there was nothing
loft for them to do but MAKE peace. They
were not able to agree upon an Asiatic
or a European place of meeting and con-
seouently sent their representatives to
Portsmouth Mr. Money agreed with Mr..
Lodge that the annexation OF Santo Do
mingo was undesirable and declared rnat
~ TODAY the United States would re-
leve herself of every island of the sea.
the country would be immeasurably
Stronger He added that II we continued
our policy of taking in inferior people,
the nation would sink Of its own weight
unless we change our form of govern
ment. He argued that the propinquity or
santo Domingo to Porto Rico should not
influence the United States. Porto Rico
Is 1000 miles away and II we are to be led
by that line of reasoning, we would in
time have a string of islanus around
the world IT." he said. 1--WE are to make
good the Presidents promise OF being
useful to other nations, we viii soon find
our hands so full of the business of other
people that we will not attend to our
own
Mr.. Hepburn followed Mr.. Money. ad-
vocating the annexation OF Santo Do
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fcoInflnued on Fsuhth Pade.1
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Thirty Leave the Wreck.

Continued on Second Pase)
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Continued on Eighth paso
New-York tribune., 1906-07-22

augustus Post L =. Braine and l. c. KiTkman;
a4so BENJAMIN Fl Knowles, OF Brooklyn.
Ju0se lanes = Din, Of East Orange. n. j..
Wno' with Ihe aid Of Augustus Post. laid out
that part OF the Glddeu trophy tour route ex-
tending from Saratoga to the terminus at Bret
ton WOODS, spent last Sunday at the Hotel
Champlaiu. together with the Misses Emma and
Helen Dill. Judge Dill and his daughters were
on their way 10 the Rangeley Lakes in their
The Troy Vocal Society. with between nifty
ana sixty members, held its annual outing here
!! sne LIst part OF the week On Tuesday evening
II gave concert, assisted by Leopold WinlZler,
pianist and the Hotel ChampIafn orchestra
under the direction OF Sigmund PoIlatschef The
concert was nel0 IN the hotel Office where every
chair was occupied. and many more guests en-
joyed the music from their seats on the piazza
Il would be d1ftcult TO imagine more beauti-
ful picture than that seen from the eastern
piazza Of Hotel Champlain. either BY day or by
night. A short distance from the hotel to the
east. rough stone wall covered with trailing
vines and flowers marks a sheer fall OF nifty
feet. From this the ground slopes gently down
to the lake. and the tail pines which grow here
stand silhOuetted against the water and the sky
Especially a moonlight night Is this a beauti-
ful picture, with Crab Island. VaICOur and Grand
Isle standing out dark in the distance. and with
the lights Of Burlington cleaning family across
the lake.
Now that the water has become warm enough
for the children to go in bathing. the little ones
and their nurses spend a good share Of each day
down at the beach. With the aid Of the bath
house keeper and plentiful supply OF water
wings, many Of the small boys are learning TO
swim, and those who still too young set
their fun by wading and digging in the sand.
This year the hotel has adopted the custom Of
serving tea in the lobby every afternoon at 4:3O
o'clock That is just about the time the guests
come in from the golf links and tennis courts.
and they gather around for cup OF tea before
going 20 their rooms until the dinner hour
Among the guests who have arrived within the
last week to spend a good part Of the season are
Mrs Emile Buck and Miss Buck. of New York
city Mr. and Mrs. Seth Thomas and Mr. and
Mrs. A. NJ. Day came up from Manhattan last
week in their touring car. and Mr. and Mrs.
Daniel A Loring. Of New York. also arrived re-
Gently in their automobile.
New-York tribune., 1906-07-22

rom rom their country place, at New EeeeeIl- aoA
sS tSSlleLel az the Lodge on lnursgay EHiee within
% Sne week Mr and Airs IL g Fiaslsr Eayz come
over Tor luncheon On the first visit their party
Inciuaee Miss Mitchel Nrs. Bggles aze St- Bus
pee. ana q few days later Mr. F142lsr. Ms ~ r
Ae57n. 5 lr- Miss Myers Miss Preston L + My-rs
dlll = T. D. Myers made up the party
= OIner motor car parties that Iesiste-ed were K
, slack, Walter c. TaylOT and Frank Fl Ray. NJ.
and Mrs Thomas A. Mcintyre and Mrs Cac1r. ard
Henry CleWs and his nephew. James b ClsUs. eii
rom New York. also Benson B. sloan. the NJ
Arden and J. David LsauuOu. Of CTaTFsou-ofl
Greenwich.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. =. Crumbie arrived az Fl-ia~rI'r
Lodge on Monday. joining Ms. Cromhis's rle-r--.
Mrs A. C. Armstrong They viii remain ro- trs
season.
Mrs Lewis Lapham. OF New Canaan: Elrs. v 2.
Hoyt and Miss Esther HOyt. Of Buffalo. -1f-sl 2.
Ellsworth and Edward Ellsworth. r.. form 1a-ty
here
western guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. Frank TrI--af.,..
regular Lodge patrons this season. are N1-. and
Mrs. c. W. billiard and E 2 Whittet. Cf Denver.
DR.. and Mrs. ]. z. I. Davis were among trs
guste Victoria to join J. J. Sinclair and Kiss Str-
clair.
Mr and Mrs Edward Moody the guests II
Mrs. Henry +. Quasi and her daughter.
Mrs 7. F. jeremiah Is entertaining her c7lznrer.
Mrs. William Alden Pratt
and Mrs Edward BennSche and 1a-7ll - E1o
are spending the month here. gave a jolly gill
room dinner Of ten covers on Tuesday evening
New-York tribune., 1906-07-22
THE WAUNBEY

The WsUmbek, Jefferson. n. H, July go. J.
smith, president OF the American Press Associa-
con' IS here with Mrs. Smith and the Misses
smith for the season Miss Smith winner
E z putting match the Waumbek green on
Haturday.
M and Mrs. E. n Taylor or New York. with
as Mary Taylor and Irving and Adele Taylor.
laVe taken & suite IN Starr King cottage at the
y y al1Enbeh for the season The Taylors. who
Sge ~ IN West End avenue, entertained this week
SS-las Lottie Williams, a young opera singer,
&teiy returned from italy.
vr ar and Mrs John Burling Lawrence, Of New
- august Miss Emily Vernon Clark. Of New
-Sth ana W H. p. Phyfe are also here.
Mr. and Mrs. Frank de X. Huyier and Frank
a1yler, OF New York. are at Mountain View
cottage, which they VIII share with the Gaines
laraily for the season
Mrs. H. Wilbur TilIinghast, OF New York is
me guest OF AIr. and Mrs Obrig at the Waum-
DeA Mr.. and Mrs. William II. D'Olier former
Guests OF the Waumbek, have returned for the
season, accompanied by Mrs. ". H Lippincott
MrE. L. = Belloni. Of New York. formerly Miss
louise HaVemeyer, has arrived at Cherry Cot
9ge, accompanied by Miss Sadie BeIloni and her
married daughter. Mrs. George Mclaughlin, Of
Aew York, and her baby. Jared w. Bell and
Miss Edith Bell are New KOrlrers here for q
long stay Miss Bell Is interested IN all athletic
SPORTS. Mrs. 2. Pardee ard Mrs. MusgraVe, Of
AeR York: T. Bayard Halstead. Mr.. and Mrs
David C. Halsfead and Miss Coles. OF Manhat-
al: 2Gns. A Scott Cameron, OF New York, and
&f- and sIrs. J. II LAa.lal and Miss Aars11eElre
New-York tribune., 1906-07-22
MAPLEWOOD.

Maplewood. N. H. July 2O-CharIes Harold
Brown, Harold Brown and Philip Getty of Yon-
kers n. Y. touring in an automobile have ar
rived from Springfield at the Maplewood Hotel
The trip occupied two days, and the Journey
from Springfield was made in one day
New York arrivals at the Naplewood Hotel
include Mr. and Mrs. Lyman Dennison w b
Bauou Mrs Ballou and Miss Katherine Ballou
who are just back from Europe
Mrs +. I. Maynard and Charles Fettrich Of
New York. the latter the Columbia tennis
team, are at Maplewood for the season. other
tennis players there are DIR. Tenney NJ John
son, Miss Frances Lippett. Miss Eleanor Fink
Mrs: Davidson and Mrs. Hardwick all of New
York.
Francis E Palmer and Harold Brown. both Of
New York, took party Of friends from Maple-
wood over to Breton Woods where they Wis
iIed the Mount Washington. The party included
Dean Palmer, Harold Palmer, Charles Brown
Snarles Fink and the Misses Willard. Frances
Llppett, Ina Knight and Helen Newcomb
Among the diversions of the last week have
Deen several spirited tennis matches golf tour
naments. Informal dancing and children s
party on Wednesday on the Mapewood lawn at
Wnlch there were symkhana games.
spending their fourteenth season at MapIe-
wood Cottage are Mrs. z. Pierce and Mrs. ]
n. Barretto
At Franconia Inn Mr. and Mrs Walter P
Hess. Mrs. F. w Doty, Harold, Laura Lillian
ana Eta Doty, all New Workers. J. A. H Mich
ols =. s n, with Mrs. Nichols is also at the
inn for the summer
New-York tribune., 1906-07-22
SPORT AT THE THOUSAND ISLANDS.

stable Of fine horses in connection with the hotel
this year.
Or. Thomas Darlington. chief Of the New York
several days last week.
Among the late arrivals from New York are
Abiel Smith. William Latts Walker, Charles
SUndstrom, Miss Sundstrom Miss Deverest.
Charles s. Williams. Porter Higley, Mr. ana
Mrs 6. f. SOlmOn. Miss Helen BaIlaTo; @ MIS-
F. H. Daniels. Miss NJ. Daniels. A H. Johnson
Miss Johnson, Miss Louisa Johnson Mr ana
Mrs John s Dennis. Mr.. and Mrs. f. X JACK
son. c. Pilz. Mr.. and Mrs 6 X FoSter' = N
Waters. Mr.. and Mrs N NJ Specnt: Mrs, 81, n a.
Elmer. Miss r. H. Elmer G. v MiHs: WIlleLn imam
A. Schaeher. b G. Heyn. Mrs. HarIlet Lang
Mr.. and Mrs. d. Ewing. George W. Mlllef' WIS
q r Johnson Miss Miller. George NJ New
combe. G. E Morgensen. F. ". Douglass ana
Tba Forr william Henry has ever been a
popular resort but under the management or
" p Chase il seems 10 have been eXceptlonsl4ly
well favored Last August the hotel was filed
to its capacity for the first time In six years,
and indications point TO a heavy business THIS
year Among the patrons during the last week
were Mr. and Mrs. B. 3. Conrad and Mr.. and
Mrs Charles F. North. Boston; Mr. and Mrs
s G. Hamlin. Denver; Mr. and Mrs. c. L. Park
ar Norwich Conn: and Mr.. and Mrs A. w
ChanIey and daughters. Baltimore
For a number Of years crowds OF young
people have been going to picturesque HuleGtS.
built a resort with attractions Tor their special
benefit No one ever goes to HuIetts To put ON
style. Camp life is the rule and outdoor sports
prevail The hotel is really a series OF cottages,
Joined together by covered arches and every
room gets plenty Of fresh air. 1t is the centre
OF large cottage colony. and life during the
season is as gay as ar almost any coast resort
Two young men from New York N A. BoltZe
and Alexander Rath. who are at Huletts on
their vacations. had narrow escape nom
drowning one day last week. They were trying
to take a photograph OF the steamer SagamOre
from a canoe when they we're capsized by heavy
swell from the steamer. They were nearly a
half mile from shore and had to swim the whole
distance. The accident happened several miles
from the hotel. and they had hard time reach
ing it, as they had to cross the mountains
through an unbFoken wilderness.
J. F. Kemp of New York. has built a cottage
at Huletts.
Judge C. B. Adams OF New York. q occupy
ing a cottage at Hague this summer
Mr. and Mrs. +. GatllaTd % New AoFAs -
AZ fhe Taze View On Bolton Ray Mr. and Mrs.
August w Hoffman are among the recent arFi-
walls
Mr. and Mrs. George y. Peeo!ess or New AefA-
are at the Trout Eousa-