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THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEW&JOURNAL , , , NOKl'XMC ' NKMKASKA I'MilDAY ' lilOD OF THE WEATHER NINE COACHES OF IOWA TRAIN CRASH DOWN TODAY. MANY KILLED IN THE WRECK i TRAIN FELL DISTANCE OF EIGH TEEN FEET TO DITCH. THE BRIDGE IS DEMOLISHED Several Unidentified Dead Have Been Removed Two Engines Were PullIng - Ing the Big Train Out of Chicago Over the C. , M. & St. P. Dee Moincs Feb. 9. Eight coaches ' ' on the Chit ° 6 "Uwaukoo & St. Paul passenger tralu fy * hrough a bridge near Melbourne et. < fyy 'ay. Several persons worokilled u & % 'rc(1- With later Investigation" ' ? .as been definitely determined that two persons were killed and. twenty-four injured. The dead are : Robert Marsh of Marlon , Iowa , a conductor who was riding on a pass , Brakeman C. A. Morris. The Injured : J. A. Wagner , DCS Moines , superin tendent of the DCS Moines Union Rail road company. J. J. Huston , Omaha , hand cut. Edith Winters , Omalia , head , face and hand injured. George P. Dwill , Omaha , cut about face. The wrecked train was the overland > limited No. 1 which loft Chicago on Wednesday night. There were nine coaches and two engines. All of the coaches were filled. The head engine and the observation car are in tho' ditch. The bridge was eighteen feet high and 200 feet long and it was totally destroyed. The injured are being cared for at Melbourne and Rhodes. Recovering the Dead. Rumor says that Engineer Nichols of the first engine , which passed over safely , estimated the number of dead at between forty and sixty hut later , reports obtained by the Associated Press proved this to bo untrue. One of the first bodies taken from the wreck was that of Conductor Colo- man. Several unidentified bodies were also removed. The second engine jumped the track Just as the bridge was reached and this weakened the timbers of the trestle. The coaches , with the exception of the observation car , pitched down through the bridge carrying the tim bers with them and completely demol ishing the structure. Physicians nnd wreckers wore rushed to the scene from Perry and Marshalltown. The Injured were placed on the observation car and taken to Rhodes. The injuries were generally sligh * , consisting * of cuts and bruises and it is believed that all will recover. STRIKERS RETURN TO WORK. Convention In Russia Sends all Min ers Back to Toll. Warsaw , Feb. 9. The convention of delegates representing the strikers of the entire territory in the West Pha- lion coal region , decided today to re turn to work. TOMMY SULLIVANSHOT TO DEATH Former Northern Nebraska Pug Gets Bullet In St. Louis. Word has been received in Norfolk of the shooting at St. Louis of Tom my Sullivan , a pugilist. It is pre sumed that this is the self-same Tom my Sullivan who made headquarters in Norfolk a year ago and who fought Kid English at Atkinson , later being jailed at Stanton for beating a board bill. Tommy had offered to fight anyone ono of his weight , but could never como to terras with the "Big Swede" who wrote from Wlsner. Tommy claimed to have backers at O'Neill and a letter from Frank Gotch , now . campion wrestler of the United States , stated that Tommy could have a thousand of the wrestler's dollars to place against any ono of his size. The shooting occurred in n saloon at St. Louis a few days ago. Edward A. Kollaher did the shooting nnd is now under arrest WEST HAS MOJTC SNOW TODAY Dassett Reports That it Is Still Cold and More Snow. Bassott , Neb. , Feb. 9. Special to The NOWB : The weather atlll contlu- UC.8 cold hero. Snow fell all through the night last night.v Assistant Treasurer. "Washington , Feb. 9. JIUIIOH B. HoyF Holds of Massachusetts was today nominated for assistant secretary of the treasury. Nineteen and no Result. Jefferson City , Mo. , Fob. 9. The nineteenth ballot for senator loft the situation unchanged from Wednes day's vote. NledrlnghaiiB received 04 , Kerens 12 , Pottljohn 2 , Folkolbcrg 0. FUNDS WILL BE ALLOWED FOR COMPLETION OF WORK. RE-ESTABLISH FEDERAL LINES Senator Mlllard Has Received Word From the Commissioner on Indian Affairs That the Money Is Ready and the Survey Can Proceed. 0 Washington , Feb. 9. Special to The News : Senator Millard Is in receipt of a letter from the commissioner oC Indian affairs on the subject of the completion of the survey already begun gun for Uio purpose of re-establishing the lines of government survey of the Ponca Indian reservation. The com missioner says that the necessary funds will bo allowed for the comple tion of the survey , and that ho sees no reason why the work may not pro ceed to a satisfactory conclusion. REDUCE GRAIN RATES. Northwestern a/id Burlington Meet the Rock Island Schedule. . Chicago , Feb. 9. A reduction in the grain rates from Iowa points by the Northwestern railroad and the Bur lington , was the principal move up to date in the rate war. These two roads duplicate the schedule .of the Hock Island road into Chicago. Fierce In Omaha. Omaha , Neb. , Feb. 9. Omaha Is again in the grasp of a fierce blizzard. Snow is falling , accompanied by a strong wind. Auto Meet in Cuba. Havana , Feb. 9. Many American automobllists , including a number of the prominent participants in the re cent Florida tournament , are here for the Havana race meet which opened today under the auspices of the Inter national Automobile Racing assocla- tion of Cuba. The feature of the meet will be a 100-mile race on tlie San Cristobal road , which connects Ha vana and San Cristobal. The course is flfty miles long and sixty feet wide , perfectly smooth and makes possible a speed of seventy-five miles an hour. Son of Senator Crane to Wed. Pittsfleld , Mass. , Feb. 9. A num ber of guests from out of town are here for the wedding of Winthrop Murray Crane , jr. , son of United [ | States Senator Crane , and Miss Ethel Eaton , daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ar thur W. Eaton of this city. The cere mony will be performed this evening in the First Congregational church. ' . The bridegroom , who was graduated ' ! from Yale last June , Is a member of ' : the great paper manufacturing firm of which his father is the head. Lumbermen Meet In Spokane. Spokane , Wash. , Feb. 9. The retail lumbermen of Washington , Oregon , Utah , Idaho and Montana , rounded up in this city today for the annual convention : | vention of their association , the con vention headquarters being at the Hotel - tel Spokane. The annual reports presented - sented at the initial business session show that the association has made a gratifying increase in its membership during Uie last year. The officers In . charge of the convention , which lasts three days , are : President , A. M. Ca . tion , Walla Walla , Wash. ; vice presi dent , O. W. Proebstel , Weston , Ore. ; treasurer , Z. E. Hayden , Spokane , sec retary , A. L. Porter , Spokane. To morrow Uio members of the associa tion will take a Jaunt to Couer d'- . Aleno , Idaho , as guests of the B. R. Lewis Lumber company. Vessel Adrift In Ice. New York , Feb. 8. Huge ice floes fill the harbor and extend down into the lower Lay , making navigation dif- flcnlt and dangerous for steamers and almost Impossible for other craft. The continued cold has greatly ex tended the ice fields and numerous vessels are fast in their grip. A Bel was sighted from Sandy Hook drifting out to sea in the ice. Appar ently she was a fishing schooner. Another schooner was standing by and continued to make ft are lights as the two drifted along. The life- cavers could do nothing to aid the ice-bound craft. SEVERE BLIZZARD WAS THREAT- f ENED EARLY TODAY. THE TRAIN TRAFFIC IS HARD HIT Freight Trains Were Abandoned Today - day on Account of the Difficulties In Traversing the Drift-Filled Cuts , nnd Passengers Were Delayed. A strong and increasing northwoHt wind early today threatened , by blow ing and drifting the hoapB of powdery BUOW that had fallen ever northern 81N Nebraska and southern South Dakota , to spring a blizzard of oxtromp Hover- Ity throughout this section of the ItCl country. AB a result of the drifts that had boon formed during the night , passenger trains arriving In Norfolk thlB morning from Bonesteol and from Long Pine were nn hour and a half behind tlmo , BIIOW plows had to hfl sent ' out to moot thum In order to bring them in that nearly on schedule time , several freight trains were abandoned tld doned altogether and there were fears that , If the storm continued to rage and to increase , live stock might suf fer to a considerable extent and that . humanity , itself , might como out of the day a good deal the worse for wear. With the snow that had crusted and remained from almost thirty Inches of fall during the past month , and the light 1 stuff that fell all day yesterday and throughout last night , the wind from the northwest had an oany time In scraping up enough this morning to block railway tracks In the cuts and to render travel anywhere moro or less dlfllcult. Cold prevailed to a sufllclent degree to create suffering for those who had to bo out. As a matter of fact , the thermometer registered on the higher side of zero at all times but the driv ing wind pierced through nnd through with what cold there was , until the suffering was quite as complete as upon some of the days when the mer cury dropped 'down to thirty below. Freight trains north to Bonesteel were eliminated. A snow plow was sent out on that line during the night to meet the Bonesteol passenger train and slice a path for it to Norfolk. This train arrived a little more than an hour and a half late nnd the train from the west was about two hours delayed. During the day the tracks have been kept clear so that , with no worse drifting , little trouble is anticipated by Superintendent Reynolds for this division of the road. Main Line Train.Late. The Deadwood-Chicago eastbound passenger train due in Norfolk at 12:15 : , was reported two hours late at 9 o'clock this morning , and losing moro time constantly. With the snow that had fallen in the western end of the state and in the Black Hills , it was' impossible for the big train , even with the best of locomotives , to hold its own in the drifts and wind. Shortly before 11 o'clock the train had not left Long Pine and was not expected in Norfolk before late in the afternoon. The two local freights westbound out of Norfolk were annulled. Cold Wave Coming. The weather prediction this mornIng - Ing was for fair weather tonight and a cold wave in the east portion. Residents - idents of the northwest believe that they have had about all of the , cold , wave they're entitled to , but the weather man and the spot on the sun disagree , evidently. The Chicago , St. Paul , Minneapolis & Omaha freight train due In Norfolk early this morning from Sioux City , had to give up the race and was turned around at Wayne , to return from its starting point. The passenger train on the Chicago , St. Paul , Minneapolis & Omaha railroad - road due in Norfolk at 10 : GO , was bad ly delayed. It was blocked by a huge drift between Winsldo and Hoskins and a snow plow had to go to its as sistance before the train could get through the cut Union Pacific Blocked. There was no train either in or out on the Union Pacific road today. The freight is blocked at Oconee and the passenger made an ineffectual attempt this morning to got out of town. It was stuck in a drift and returned to the city. The passenger can not leave until a snow pjow arrives from Col umbus to dig out the drifts , which will not bo before night. Editors Arranging for Convention. Indianapolis , Feb. 8. Members of the executive committee of the Na tional Editorial association , to the number of about flfty , met in this city and made partial arrangements for the annual national convention , to be held at Outhric , Okla. , Juno C , 7 and 8 , and for the extensive trip through the west at the close of the contention. Delegates and members of the na- association with their families meet in St. Louis on Juno i and leave for Guthrlo on the evening of the same day in special trains. On Juno 9 the convention party will go to San Franelsro and then to Portland to visit the Lewis and Clark expo NEW POSTMASTER AT BASSETT.I Dr. H , J , White Hns Resigned and C. F. Stockwell Succeeds , llannott , Nob. , Fob. 9. Special to The NOWB : C. F. Stochwoll Imn boon appointed postmaster In phico of H. J. Whlto , resigned , Mlsu Mary 1) . Balloy , a former ntudont of Wayne college , sorvofl an hln doputy. They entered upon their dutlon February 7. WHERE DID HE GET IT ? Albion Booze Fighter Han Trouble and Is Still In Jail. Albion , Nob. , Fob. 9. Special to The NOWB : Jack Stlckloy and ono of his friends had some t rouble in the bowling alloy of Henry I'ortor , who ousted thorn. Stlckloy waa nrrontoil nnd Is still In jail , There soomn to bo Homo imeHtlon hero now as to where ho secured that sweet oblivion drink with which ho sought to drown ro- mumbranco. DYNAMITE EXPLOSION WRECKS THE OSCEOLA. 10,000 POUNDS GO UP AT ONCE In a Terrific Dynamite Explosion In the Ooceoln , Near Calumet , Several Miners are Dead and Several Others Frightfully Maimed. Calumet , Fob. 9. Ton thousand pounds of dynamllo exploded In the Osceola mine , and several minors are dead as a result today. A largo mini bor of others were frightfully injured In the explosion , many having lost legs , arms , and portions of their 'fac OS. The mine was badly wrecked. ' DESERT SHEEP HERDERS. Tin-1 r l.imi-l.v , Dri-urj l.lfr 'IViul * to Do you realize what It means to watch 0,00(1 ( sheep alone In the desert ? You have read weird , grewsome stories of the horror of the solitary llghthousi ok keeper's life , but compared to the days of the Mexican shepherd those of tht average keeper of the light are Illled with gayely nnd nolne. ICven wltli their one or I wo dogs the shepherds often go Insane , and were It not for tht tompiiny of their shaggy t-ollles ( lit lunney among them would rise to in almost Incredible percentage. If we art to believe those who have followed tin sheep In the desert and therefore maj be supposed to know. Once In old Santa Ff. N. M. , I met r man who for twelve years had follow ed the sheep. Ills work was done. Al day long lie sat In a chair In the real of a little tlolte store , crouched over gibbering to himself , bleating an Idiot He still saw his sheep swaying like i great white wave among the Niig < brush , nnd ever In his ears sounded UK killing monotone of their bleats. On boy , though fifteen yearn of age. 1 mentally no further advanced than th average child of five. Ills fattier IH i hopberd , his mother tiled when he wa four years old , and his father took hln out upon the range. All his life ha been spent among the sheep. He Is on with them today. How IH It possible , then , you ask , that men are to be found willing to watch them ? It Is very easy. Sheep herding la a lazy Job at best , and the "greaser" la the laziest creature on earth. For $20 a month he Is willing to sit In the sand and listen to the never ending bleating until the little mind he has given way and they fetch him In from the range Insane. He Is glad to take the chance for ? -0 a month. The greaser IH not the only shepherd In the west. On the vast ranges of Ne vada and Wyoming you may run across an occasional college man tending the sheep. Once , indeed , a college professor , 111 of consumption , undertook to follow 8,000 bleaters for the summer. In au tumn they found him Insane , on his hands and knees among the sheep , bleating with them. Day after day his eyes behold only a brilliant turquoise ky , In which hangs a sun of brass ; an ocean sweep of sage flecked sand and a slowly moving , compact mass of oheep. His ears hear no sound save the steady "Baa , baa ! " day and night , af fectlng him as the Chinese criminal of ancient days was affected by the regu- lar tap , tap of a hidden drum. IOWA SUPREME COURT AFFIRMS SENTENCE OF RICHARDS. WAS FORMARLY A U. S. MARSHAL Sentenced to the Penitentiary for Com plicity in the Hold-Up of Peter Sul ilQ llvan and Wife Two Years Ago. Must Serve His Term. DOS Molnos , Fob , 9. The supreme court today affirmed the decision of the lower court which sent ox-Deputy > United States Marshal Richards to the penitentiary for complicity in thq > hold up of Peter Sullivan and wife two years ago. RECEIVERSHIP HAS DEEN SET ASIDE BY SUPREME COURT. UNTIL DECIDED ON ITS MERITS The Lincoln Traction Company Today Carried Its Receivership Case to thu Supreme Court and the Receiver Was Set Aside by the Court. Lincoln , Nob. , Fob. 9. The receiv ership of the Lincoln Traction coin- any was carried to the mipromo court oday and the court ruled that the to olvorshlp should bo sot aside until ho cane shall have boon decided upon to tnorltn. Footpad at Broken Bow. Broken Bow , Nob. , Feb. 9. Follx xmorgan was Iii5ld up whllo on hla vay homo and relieved of a iimall imount of change and a pen knlfo. INDICT MITCHELL'S ' PARTNER Perjury Charged Against Law Partner of United States Senator. Portland , Fob. 9. T. It. Toumor , aw partner of Senator Mitchell , han ) oen Indlclod for perjury by the ; rniul Jury investigating Uio land f Hindu. MEAT PRODUCERS CONVENE Corn Belt Association of Iowa In Hold ing Meeting at DCS MolncB. DCS Moines , Feb 8. The second annual meeting of the Coin Dell Meat I'roducoiB of Iowa convened here , with lui ) delegates present. Commit tees were appointed and the balance of the day devoted to discussion o'f various utihjects. Ex-Sunator Harris of Chicago , prime mover In the reorganization of Uio National Llvo Stock association at Denver , who wan turned down by the executive committee upon his Invi tation to the Iowa body for affiliation with the National association , utulod that ho was not here to Interfere with the Iowa body , but that ho mere ly "dropped in" In passing through the city. Secretary A. 13. do lUqulcs of the American Cattle Orowors1 asso ciation , an off-Hprlng of the national association , Uas been Invited to address - dress Uio Iowa' body. Former Governor Van Sant of Min nesota and Governor Cummins of Iowa spriko on UA. * railroad rate Issue. They urged farmers and shippers of Iowa to assert themselves for freight rate regulation and held out hope that by so doing they would got what they wanted. The association de clared Itself In favor of the Townscnd- Each hill In congress , denounced rail road passes and asked their prohi bition and Indorsed President Roosevelt velt and the United States supreme court. The convention also declared that the , Jowa delegation In congress does not hear the voice of the people as it should. The attendance at the convention was large and representa tive. INDUSTRIOUS VIRGINIA HENS On * County of Nlntr Alone ttlilpprd 1OHOOOOO ! : I.nnt Yrnr. The western part of Virginia has been known for years UH a great sec tion for raising poultry , and the Indus try I * increasing nt a rapid rate , says a Richmond sfieclal dispatch to tin1 Chicago cage Inter Ocean. The shipment of Thanksgiving turkeys and chickens for | ( all seasons brings In a considerable revenue. The Ilarrlsonbiirg News re cently compiled the tlguroH of the egc production of Kockluglmm county for tl1 past year. It finds that UO.OOO crates were shipped to market , a total of 10,800,000 eggs sold from one county in n single year. This does not include many thousands consumed on the farms where they are laid. The lowest price of the year was 14 to 15 ceutK a dozen , and In December 82 cents was paid. The average for Uie past year was 22 cents. The profit from eggs alone to Rockinghnm county ; farmers was nearly $200,000. Virginia lah1 la able to put aside a very creditable "nest egg" from the profit of a year's work of her fndiistrlous hens. Oregon Senate Endorses Mitchell. Salem , Ore. , Feb. 8. The state sen ate , with ono dissenting vote , adopted ( a concurrent resolution ig confidence In United States or John H. Mitchell and at the same time proposing to adjourn sine die not later than Feb. 17. It has been reported that a certain faction In the legislature had proposed to adjourn to a fixed day , with the object of electIng - Ing a slice-ssor to Senator Mitchell should ho relinquish or be deprived 2(1t of his scat as a result of the indict ment returned against him In connec tion with the alleged land frauds. Is.V Senator Mitchell's supporters , howev ! er , insist on adjournment without data IlltPMtlfll. Bills You made n funny break hi congratulating the bride's father In- stead of the groom. Wills No , I didn't. I've n daughter , too , and I know what they cost. Chicago Jour- Just as you are pleased at finding faults you are displeased at finding per- fcctlou. Lavntcr. f"ll" ° "r " " " * THE COHOmUN Temperature for Tvbor aB record- Forecnnt for .1"B at 8 a. til. Condition of the w oil for the 24 hours 25 today : 8 Maximum Iti Minimum li 8.GO AvuniRt ) inonlli . . .43 Snowfall , Inchon. . . , 23.80 Total Hiiowfall for m * hullolln Is- Precipitation Hatlon of tin Total precipitation foi hiircau thl llarotnntur tust for No- Chicago , Fob. 9. Tlu niiud by the Chicago Htul. tonight United Stilton wonthor buron morning , ilvo ; the forocnnt for No- hnuilca an follown : Fair tonight and Friday. Coltlor to night , with cold wave east portion. OMAHA DRY QOOD8 MRCHANTOF LONG RESIDENCE. WAS FOUND DEAD IN BED TODAY A Well Known Commcrcl.il Lender of Omnhn , Prominent In the City's Pro * grcos nnd In the State , Died Dud- dcnly at His Home. . Omaha , Nob. , Foil. 9. D. J. Benson , for many yearn proprietor of ono of the loading dry goodu Btoron if Oma- lia and known all ever the ulato , was found dead in hod thin morning. OCEAN HIS LIFE SAVER. ICiiKllnliinnii linn Cro d thn Atlnutlt' H veiity-i lin > Tliuea. A now method of keeping ullvowhen doctors huvo given up hope was learn ed the other day when the Arabic reached New York. Continuous truvul across the Atlantic IH the plan , nnd John . Hhnrmon of Halifax , Yorkshire , England , In the mini who Is pracUcliiff It , Baj'H the Now York Trlbuno. Mr. Shannon , when ho arrived at Now York , hml finished his Beveiity- nlnth transatlantic trip and Bulled the nuxt day on the Umhrla for Liverpool. Ho la wealthy and believes Unit the IOIIK uca voyages are the only means of prolonging hlH life. Mr. Shannon lmn a record for male Ing clout ) coniurtloim and was worried when the Arabic WUH delayed , fearing Unit lie would Imvo to rtu.'in In Uio city through mlfHlijjj , , , , . , ; { fl. Atone ono time ho nrrlswl. mgh | .iylc . nml nailed ten mlnuten . ,7 7 > return ' * ' ' ' * Majestic'110'1 trip of U.o . 'I' f _ in of ' * MnnUryft UN I'rnnc Orop I'lrkrr/i. A propoHltlon to train monkeys to pick tin1 prune crop has been advanced by Martin V. Seeloy , nn orchardlst of Ban Jose , f'al. , sayH the Chicago Roc- onMIcrald. He conceived the Idea of training the anlmalH to do such work whllf ! a ivsldent of Central America. Srolcy says he has made arrangements with A. I ! , .lanes of Acapulco , Panama , for r > ( X ) native tame monkeys , and thin fihlpment IH now oil Its way. GetUng help to pick the prunes off the ground has been a perplexing problem because of a scarcity , < f labor. Seeley soya he will have no trouble In training Uio ani mals to plek up the fruit and will muz- Bio them to prevent them from eat ing It. . _ _ Ilnllronil' * I'lnn to Tnt Track * . A "daredevil train , " consisting of the heavlc-rit engine and coaches on the road , Is being sent over the Burlington system to test the tracks and bridges , days an Omaha dispatch. , The crew la instructed to turn the wheels as fast as steam power will admit In order to find any weak spots where strain of heavy fast trains might cause wreck. Employees of the road , while admit ting the effectiveness of the method , declare It appears to them unnecessary recklessness. It Is the declared Inten- tlon of the Burlington management to send the test trnln over nil division * of' the Death of Colonel R. A. Moore. Ottumwa , la. , Feb. 8. Colonel R. A. Moore , for three terms a member of the house of representatives , died at his home ID Bloomfield at the ago of eighty-four years. He was ser- geant-at-arms of the house for sev eral years and was considered one of the most br'lllunt ' orators ever in the Iowa legislature. He was a veteran of the civil war and was at one time a prisoner in Amlorsonville Sltuatlon at Lodz. Lodz , Fob. 8. It Is estimated that the number of men at work is slightly less than yesterday. The workmen appear to be effectually terrorized by the strikers. The manufacturers are holding conferences dally , but thus far liavo been uablo to agree upon a definite policy. The governor main tains a firm position between the par ties and declares that if the manu facturers close their shops ho will re gard them and treat them exactly aa Btrikors. _ Ilimlnrnii IH tlnalnemi. Aunt Jane Did Mr. Sweeser propose last evening ? Carrie How did you happen to guess it ? Yes , and I'm going to take out a policy for $1,000. Aunt Jane For mercy's sake , what do you mean ? Carrie Well , you see , he be gan to make love to me. but the chance to get a new applicant was so strong he couldn't resist. He's a life Insur ance solicitor , you ftnow. Boston Transcript