Show DEATH DEAT CALLS CHIEF EDITOR Of f E I I I Col tol William iam Nelson Expires Ex Ex- i pires Suddenly ti En Enof End I of Days Day's WorK HE HEMORRHAGE OF BRAIN ENDS EVENTFUL LIFE WorKed Until Within Few Hours of the Last Call The funeral services for CoL William Nelson Neson will be held at the family home Wednesday afternoon at a time to be bedet det determined later Colonel Nelson was wasa a worship or at St. St Pauls Paul's Episcopal church and the ritualistic service of ot the Episcopal church will be used The Rev Kev Ward Winter Reese Keese rector of St. St Pauls Paul's church will conduct the service Burial will bo be in a private plot in Mount Olivet cemetery The pallbearers era ers have not been selected William Nelson connected with the Salt Lake Tribune for two thirty two years and for the ra past t six Rix ye years r editor in iri chief of ot that paper died die eu suddenly at athis athis athis his hone 1 Sixth avi at 6 0 o'clock Sunday morning after an illness ill illi ness nesa of less ess thap tl rt minutes Hemorrhage of the brain bain caused bytho bitho by bi tho the bursting of ot a blood vc vessel sel at atthe th the thc base of the brain bruin is ascribed by his physician Dr A. 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S B as the c cause causo usa of death Colon Colonel oJ Nelson worked at his desk in inthe inthe inthe the Tribune office until 1220 0 o'clock yesterday a morning and just before leaving for lor his ho home ne talked cJ with members mem mem mern- bers 01 of the editorial force fOIce and seemed ed in his customary poo good hc health He lIe boarded a car and went to his home a n afew afew few minutes later and retired at 1 0 He Hc arose at 6 ii 0 clock o'clock in the morning I cou coughing hin slightly and complained d of ot a tickling in his throat Mrs I Nelson believed cd that he lie was suffering a slight cold coM and was was was' preparing a Q homo home remedy when he c exclaimed that he wasill was wasill ill m and asked that Dr Bower cr tho the fain farn il physician be called lie He went to his Ms boa bed a at once once and expired before the physician could respond to tho the sum mons mona The Tho immediate members of the fame fam- Continued on pa page e l ID it COL WM NELSON EDITOR OF THE TRIBUNE DIES VERY SUDDENLY s 4 er f t k t t 4 d Fk tw I c v t 4 c 4 I Ir q r t 4 1 k S r S SS 5 S S Continued from page pago 1 iJ ily ib were present when Colonel Nelson clied died Tho members of the tho family Jiin Ji Jivin Jiving in ing here arc atc tho the widow Mrs Mary arr E. E kelson Newn and antI four daughters Margaret Mary Esther an and aim G Grace Graco aco Nelson WilHam Wil Wil- I 4 Ham Baril X clean the only son died throe three yeara lears s ago aJo John a brother lives Jives at Oakland Cn Cal lIe Ho has boon boan notified d of his brothers brother's death and is ison ison on his way to this city eity Several S cephos living in various parts of tho the United States havo lava also aiso been advised of their uncles uncle's death Was R Rewarded Beward ward d l for r Bravery S William Nelson soldier li frontier oO official s cial ial and journalist who ho Wa vas rewarded ed edI I for signal bravery during his service ico for the union army in the civil il war and aud who 5 served the tho public publio in many ways WR'S with wish sin singular usefulness was born bornat at now nowa a part of Gial Glasgow Glagow gow Scotland July 1 I 1839 He was a son on of John and Margaret Correns Nelson He lie C cane camo to tim United States when a youth uth and pained his education in the public schools in printing offices and S l in the thc newspaper work in which ho embarked em- em h barked barke l carl early in in life fife Ho lIe began bogan work in the thc newspaper business when whon ho be IO was wasi i 13 years o of ago in 1852 1832 with the Monroe Mon Men roe Toe Wig At various times thereafter he bc worked on on newspapers and in jn newspaper printing at nd Lancaster illo au and Mineral Point Joint Wis is and antl at Galena 11 UK where he was a member of the staff of r tho the Gazette Mr Nelson Kelson enlisted as a volunteer er with company T tenth Wisconsin volunteers volunteers vol vol- in the infantry branch for service ser ser ser- vice vicc through the civil war hi service cr co continuing from October 14 1861 1861 to June 7 1865 During that period 1 he ho advanced to the thc grade prado ia o of first sergeant He participated in nil the battles In which hI Ills Ills' regiment was w enga engaged cd except at Perryville Pe K Ky and his first t tIght fight was Jas nas nasIn In tn defending tho the bridge at Taint Paint Rock Ala Alo The rhe action h ro was very vera heavy Y and his baptismal fire tire as ia a te fearful or or or- deal All AU of or hi his o of I twenty four were vere wounded the tIle attacking force numbering num num- bering 50 Th The Thc enemy wa successfully repulsed after niter 1 n tIght fight of at two ton hours Later Mr tr Nelson eIson was at Stevenson and took part In tho the siege of oC Nashville and andas was as also In the battle battlo of oC Stone Slone River He fought all nil through h the Tennessee campaign cam eam pahn from the first t engagement to lo the thelast thelast last 1 the latter being the battle of or Chick ChIck- His Ills entire re regiment lmont was captured captured cap cap- and the men held prisoners u-st u in lit Richmond for four foul months then trans- trans erred erre to DanvIlle In Virginia and held there durin during the winter r. r and later trans- trans ferrod to the prison on camp at Andorson Andorson- me made famous b by tho the horrible treatment treatment treat treat- ment which the union soldiers were compelled com corn polled to lo undergo there In Iho ho fall ho was remo removed to Florence S. S C. C where ho r remained a prisoner until February 1865 Served in Senate At At- Atthe the close o of or the war Mr l Nelson returned to Wisconsin ln and entered re-entered newspaper worl work purchasing the Viroqua Censor He W was yas S elected to tho the state senate while hUe editor of ot that paper and served two can In Iii the tho legislature In ami anil Ho He married Miss Mise Mary MaryE E E. at Viroqua August 22 22 1866 H He afterward became editor of the Lacro Lacrosse Lacrosse La La- cro crosse c n Republican arid and Leader Loader and re remained re re- with that paper until ho he came Wl west t Mr Ir Nelson Jelon W was II appointed United States State marshal for the territory of Utah In iii 1876 and it Was as during his incumbency benc bency in that office that he gained national national na na- na- na note for his supervision of the execution of the thc death eJ th penalty upon John Zohn JohnT T D. D Lee convicted of or participation in the Mountain Meadows massacre Upon the expiration of or his term ho he engaged In mining which pursuit he followed until May Ia 1881 when then he b became came Identified with the Tribune Colonel Nelson hold held few public offices II IT IT was a member of at the first public school board of or education In this city from 1891 to 1895 1886 and during the tha last two years year of ot his ble service was president of ot the board boar Colonel Colonal son Nelson wan n. n member of the Uie fraternity and nd c a companion inthe In Inthe the tho Royal Hoal Arch He H waa wu a a. Republican in politics H He W was waa p. p correspondent of or orthe the National Nation Geographic society and a member of ot the tho Commercial club In this city the tha two thirty-two years of at his bin service with the Tribune Colonel Nel on Impressed his elates associates with his loyalty to his hla duty and with mth hl his tireless energy During all aU that period he h took but on one vacation that covering a a.- a. period of ot only two w week when ho hel went to California I to visit vilt his brother His HII Hl ont only other absence ab nb ab- ab I sence Senco from his office was waa for a period of three weeks twenty years Year ago which I was waa caused by bya a Illness These were re th tim only days daS during which ho he was not at his hla customary place and during hi his hours IDA His habits tl wore precise and regular and a n. deviation ofa of ofa a 8 few minutes from his regular hour of ot arrival and departure was wag BO so exceptional as aa to b be commented upon During his service with the tho Tribune I h he wa was successively a fl reporter city dl- dl edi editor tor tort telegraph editor managing editor and ana anA editor in tn chlof chief He Hewa wan In harness harn ss until within six Ix hours of f his hll d death ath I |