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    THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS-JOURNAL' '
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NORFOLK NKUKASKA KUIDAY KWUHUARY iO. 11)05. )
NINE COACHES OF IOWA TRAIN
CRASH DOWN TODAY.
MANY KILLED IN THE WRECK
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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 Moines Feb. 9. Eight coaches
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on the Chit " 6 Mlwaukoo & SL Paul
passenger trail , fy 'hrough a bridge
near Melbourne e . 4j % 'ny. Several
persons worokilled u 'red.
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 passT
Drnkoman C. A. Morris.
The Injured :
J. A. Wagner , DCS Moines , superintendent
tendont of the DCS Moines Union Rail
road company.
J. J. Huston , Omaha , hand cut.
Edith Winters , Omaha , head , face
and hand Injured.
George P. Dwlll , Omaha , cut about
faco.
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
nnd the observation car are in the
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 but later
reports obtained by the Associated
Press proved this to be untrue.
One of the first bodies taken from
the wreck was that of Conductor Cole
man. Several unidentified bodies
were also removed.
The second engine jumped the tracli
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
Ishlng the structure.
Physicians and wreckers were
rushed to the scene from Perry and
Marshalltown. The injured were
placed on the observation car ani
taken to Rhodes.
The Injuries were generally slight
consisting'of cuts and bruises and it
is believed that all will recover.
STRIKERS RETURN TO WORK.
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Convention In Russia Sends all Mln
ers Back to Toll.
Warsaw , Feb. 9. The convention ol
delegates representing the strikers o !
the entire territory In the West Pha
lion coal region , decided today to re
turn to work.
TOMMY SULLIYANSHOT TO DEATH
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Former Northern Nebraska Pug Gets
Bullet In St. Louis.
Word has been received in Norfolli
of the shooting ut St. Louis of Tom
my Sullivan , a p'uglllst. It Is pro
sumcd that this Is the self-sumo 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 boarc
bill. Tommy had offered to fight anyone
ono of his weight , but could never
como to terms with the "Big Swede'
who wrote from Wlsnor. Tommy
claimed to have backers nt O'Nell
and a letter from Frank Gotch , now
champion wrestler of the United
States , elated that Tommy could have
n thousand of the wrestler's dollars
to place against any ono of his slzo.
The shooting occurred in a saloon
at St. Louis a few days ago. Edwan' '
A. Kollahor did the shooting and Is
now under arrest
WEST HAS MOJfc SNOW TODAY
Dassett Reports That It Is Still Cold
and More Snow.
Hassott , Neb , , Fob. 9. Special to
Die News : The weather still contln-
iojj cold horo. Snow fell all through
the night last night. *
Assistant Treasurer.
"Washington , Fob. 9. James 11. Rey
nolds 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. Nledrlnghaus received G4 ,
Kerens 12 , Pottljohn 2 , Folkelberg 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.
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Washington , Feb. 9. Special to The
News : Senator Mlllard is In receipt
of a letter from the commissioner of
Indian affairs on the subject of thu
completion of the survey already begun
gun for the purpose of re-establishing
the lines of government survey of the
Ponca Indian reservation. The COIL-
tnlssloner says that the necessary
funds will bo allowed for the completion <
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 Rock
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
automobilists , 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 iissocla
tlon of Cuba. The feature of the meet
will be a 100-mile race on Che San
Cristobal road , which connects
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.
Plttsfleld , Mass. , Feb. 9. A num
her 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 bo 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 nnd Montana , rounded up
in this city today for the annual con
ventlon of their association , the con
ventlon headquarters being at the Ho
tel Spokane. The annual reports pre
sented at the Initial business session
show that the association has made a
gratifying Increase in its membership
during the last year. The officers In
charge of the convention , which lasts
three days , are : President , A. M.
tlon , Walla Walla , Wash. ; vice presi
dent , O. W. Proebstel , Weston , Ore. ;
treasurer , Z. B. Hayden , Spokane , sec
retary , A. L. Porter , Spokane. To
morrow the 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 dlf
flcult and dangerous for steamers and
almost impossible for other craft.
The continued cold has greatly ex
tended the ice fields and numerous
Yessels are fast in their grip. A vos
Eel 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 flare lights as
the two drifted along. The lifesavers -
savers could do nothing to aid the
Ice-bound craft.
SEVERE DLIZ2ARD WAS THREAT-
f ENED EARLY TODAY.
THE TRAIN TRAFFIC IS HARD HIT
Freight Trains Were Abandoned To
day on Account of the Difficulties In
Traversing the Drift-Filled Cuts , and
Passengers Were Delayed.
A strong and Increasing northwest
wind early today threatened , by blowIng -
Ing and drifting the heaps of powdery
snow that had fallen over northern
Nebraska and southern South Dakota ,
to spring a blizzard of oxtromp sever
ity throughout thin section of the
country. As a result of the drifts that
had been formed during the night ,
passenger trains arriving In Norfolk
this morning from Uoncsteel and from
Long Pine were nn hour and a half
behind time , snow plows had to Uo
sent out to meet thtim In order to
bring them In that nearly on schedule
time , several freight trains wore aban
doned altogether and there wore 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 Indies
of fall during the past month , and the
light stuff that fell all day yostonlay
and throughout last night , the wind
from the northwegt had an easy time
in scraping up enough this morning to
block railway tracks in the cuts and
to render travel anywhere more or
loss dlfllcult.
Cold prevailed to a sufficient 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 and 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 Bonesteol
were eliminated. A snow plow was
sent out on that line during the night
to meet the Donesteol 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 Dendwood-Chlcago cnstbound
passenger train due in Norfolk at
12:15 : , was reported two hours late at
9 o'clock this morning , and losing
more 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 nnd 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 morn
ing was for fair weather tonight and
a cold wave in the east portion. Res
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 rail
road duo in Norfolk at 10:50 : , was bad
ly delayed. It was blocked by a huge
drift between Winsldo and Hoskins
and a snow plow had to go to Its assistance
sistanco 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 Oconeo and the
passenger made an Ineffectual attempt
this morning to get 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 Columbus -
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 , mot In this city
and made partial arrangements for the
annual national convention , to bo held
at Outhrle , Okla. , Juno 6 , 7 and 8 , and
for the extensive trip through the
west at the close of the convention.
Delegates and members of the na-
tionnlassociation with their families
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"will meet in St. Louis on Juno 4 and
leave for Guthrlo on the evening ol
the sumo day in special trains. On
Juno 9 the convention party will pete
to San Francisco and then to Portland
to visit tUo Lewis nnd Clark expo
NEW POSTMASTER AT BA8SETT.
Dr. H. J. White Has Resinned nnd C.
F. Otockwoll Succeeds.
UniiBott , Nob. , Fob. 0. Special to
The Nuwa : C. F. atockwoll liiui boon
appointed puHtnitiMtur In plnco of H.
J. Will to , resigned. MlHH Mary I ) ,
llnlloy , a foriuor student of Wayne
collcKO , HorvoH nn bin dopuly. They
entered upon tholr duties February 7.
WHERE DID HE QET IT7
Albion Dooze Fighter Han Trouble
and Is Still In Jail.
Albion , Nob. , Fob. 9. Spoolal to
The Nowa : Jack Stlckloy and ono or
bin frlumis had some trouble In the
bowlliijf nlloy of Ilonry Porter , who
ouutod thoni. Stlckloy wan arroatod
and IH still In jail. There aoomn to bo
Homo question here now an to wboro
ho Hocurod that ( moot oblivion drink
with which ho Bought to drown ro-
monibranco.
DYNAMITE EXPLOSION WRECKS
THE O8CEOLA.
10,000 POUNDS GO UP AT ONCE
In a Terrific Dynamite Explosion In
the Osceola , Near Calumet , Several
Miners are Dead and Several Others
Frightfully Maimed.
Calumet , Fob. 9. Ton thousand
pounds of dynamtlo exploded In the
Oticcola mine , and several minors are
dead as a remilt today. A largo num
ber of othorB were frightfully Injured
In the explosion , many having lost
legs , arms , and portions of their -fac
es.
The mine was badly wrecked.
' DESERT SHEEP HERDERS.
Tliclr Lonely , Drniiry Ilf - Toniln to
Drive Tlioin Cm/ ) .
Do you realize what It means to
watch 0,000 sheep alone In the desert ?
You have read weird , grewsome stories
of the horror of the military lighthouse
keeper's life , but compared to the days
of the Mexican shepherd those of the
average keeper of the light are tilled'
with gityety and noise. ICven with
their one or two dogs the shepherds
often go Insane , and were It not for the
tompany of their shaguy collies the
lunacy among Ihem would rise to nn
almost Incredible percentage. If wo are
to believe those who have followed the
sheep In the desert nnd therefore may
be supposed to know.
Once In old Santa Ke , N. M. , 1 met a
man who for twelve years had follow
ed the sheep. Ills work was done. All
day long he sat In a chair In the rear
of a little dobe store , crouched over ,
gibbering to himself. Ideating nn Idiot.
Die still saw his sheep swaying like a
great white wave among the .sage
brush , nnd ever In his ears sounded the
killing monotone of their blentH. One
boy , though fifteen years of age. Is
mentally no further advanced than the
average child of live. Ills father Is u
Bhephoid , his mother died when he was
four years old , and his father took him
out upon the range. All his life has
been spent among the sheep. He Is one
with them todny.
How Is It possible , then , you ask , that
men are to be found willing to watch
them ? It Is very easy. Sheep herding
Is a laz.y Job at best , and the "greaser"
la the laziest creature on earth. For $20
a month he Is willing to Hit In the sand
and listen to the never ending bleating
until the little mind he has gives way
and they fetch him In from the range
Insane. He IH glad to take the chance
for $ -0 a month.
The greaser Is not the only shepherd
In the west. On the vast ranges of Ne
vada and Wyoming you may run ncross
an occasional college man tending the
sheep. Once , Indeed , n college professor ,
111 of consumption , undortpok to follow
6,000 bloaters for the summer. In au
tumn they found him Insane , on his
bands and knees among the sheep ,
bleating with them. Dny after dny his
eyes behold only a brilliant turquoise
ky. In which hangs n sun of brass ; nn
occnn sweep of sage flecked snnd and
a slowly moving , compact mass of
sheep. Ills ears hear no sound save the
steady "Itnn , ban ! " dny aud night , af
fecting him as the Chinese criminal of
ancient dnys wns affected by the regu
lar tap , tap of n 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
livan and Wlfo 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 the
hold up of Peter Sullivan and wife
two years ago.
RECEIVERSHIP HAS BEEN 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 , Neb. , Fob , 9. The receiv
ership of the Lincoln Traction com
pany was carried to the supreme court
today and the court ruled that the ro-
celvorshlp should bo net asldo until
the case shall have benn decided upon
itn inorltn.
Footpad at Broken Bow.
Itrokon Dow , Nob. , Feb. 9. Follx
Ixinorgnn was hold up while on his
way homo and relieved of a nmnll
amount of change nnd a pen knife.
INDICT MITCHELL'S ' PARTNER
Perjury Charged Against Law Partner
of United States Senator.
Portland , Fob. 9. T. II. Toumor ,
law partner of Senator Mitchell , ban
boon Indicted for perjury by the
grand Jury investigating the land
frauds.
MEAT PRODUCERS CONVENE
Corn Belt Association of Iowa Is HoldIng -
Ing Meeting at DCS Molncs.
DCS Molnes , Fi-b 8.Tho second
annual meeting of thu Corn Ik'k Meat
Producers of Iowa convunod heie ,
with 101) ) delegates piesent. Commit-
tcus wore appointed ami thu balance
of thu day devoted to discussion o'f
various subjects.
Ex-Senator Harris of Chicago , prlmo
mover in thu reorganization of the
National Llvu Stock association at
Denver , who was turned down by the
executive committee upon his Invi
tation to the Iowa body for ulllllulloii
with the National association , stutctl
that he was not bore to Interlere
with the Iowa body , but that he mere
ly "dropped In" In passing through
the city. Secretary A. 12. do Ulqulcs
of the American Cnftlo Growers' asso
ciation , an off-spring of the national
association , pas been Invited to ad
dress the Iowa' body.
Former Governor Van Sutit of Min
nesota and Governor Ciimiiilns of
Iowa spriko on tlA. * railroad rate Issue.
They urged fanners and shippers of
Iowa to assert themselves for freight
rate regulation and held out hope
that by so doing they would get what
they wanted. The association de
clared Itself In favor of the Townseml-
Esch bill In congress , denounced rail
road passes and nskod their prohi
bition ami indorsed President Reese
Yclt and the United States supreme
court. The convention also declared
that the , Jown delegation In congress
docs not hear the voice of the people
as It should. The attendance at the
convention was largo and representn
tlve.
INDUSTRIOUS VIRGINIA HENS
Oil * County of Htntr Alniir .Shlpprd
1O.HOO.OOO KKKH l.nHl Year.
The western part of Virginia lias
been kno\yn for years IIH n great sec
tlon for raising poultry , and the Indus
try Is Increasing at n rapid rate , says a
Richmond sficclul dispatch to the Chicago
cage Inter Ocean. The shipment of
Thanksgiving turkeys and chickens for
all seiiHons brings In a considerable
revenue. The Ilnrrisonburg NUWH re
cently compiled the llgures of the eg
production of KockhiKham county for
tl * > past year. It finds that UO.OOO
crates were .shipped to market , n total
of 10,800,000 eggs sold from one county
In a single year. This does not Include
many thousands consumed on the
( anus where they nre laid.
The lowest price of the year was 14
to in cents n dozen , and In December
82 cents was paid. The average for the
past year was 22 cents. The profit from
eggs alone to Rockin hqm county
farmers was nenrly $200,000. Virginia
is able to put aside a very creditable
"nest egg" from the profit of a year's
work of her industrious hens.
Oregon Senate Endorses Mitchell.
Salem , Ore. , Feb. 8. The state sen
ate , with ono dissenting vote , adopted
a concurrent resolution expressing
confidence in United States Senator
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-sfior to Senator Mitchell
should ho relinquish or be deprived
of his scat as a result of the Indict
ment returned against him in connec
tion with the alleged land frauds.
Senator Mitchell's supporters , howev
er , Insist on adjournment without date
Illll-lllllMl.
Bills You made a funny break In
congratulating the bride's father In
stead of the groom. Wills No , I
didn't. I've n daughter , too , nnd I
know what they cost. Chicago Jour
nal.
Ju.it as you nre pleased nt finding'
faults you nre displeased at finding per
fection. Lavatcr.
THE CONDITION
Temperature for
Forecast for
Condition of the
oil for the 24 hours
today :
Maximum. . .
Minimum. . . .
Average
Bnowfall , Inches .
Total snowfall for i
Precipitation. . . .
Total precipitation fol
llarometer . , . ,
Chicago , Fob. 9 , 'i'T
lined by the Chicago stii-
United StatoH weather btiron . . .
inoriiliig , given the forecast for
h ran It n nn follows :
Fair tonight and Friday. Colder to
night , with cold wave east portion.
OMAHA DRY GOODS MRCHANTOF
LONG RESIDENCE.
WAS FOUND DEAD IN BED TODAY
A Well Known Commercial Leader of
Omaha Prominent In the '
, City's Pro
gress and In the State , Died Uud-
dcnly at His Homo.
Omaha , Neb. , Feb. 9. D. J. Donson ,
for many yearn proprietor of ono of
the loading dry goodu storoa 'f Oma
ha and known all over the ill at o , wan
found dead In bed thin moinlng.
OCEAN HIS LIFE SAVER.
ICiiKllxliiimn linn Croimod
tl > Allimtlo H < vciiy-iiliiri Tllilo * .
A new method of keeping nllvo when
doctors have given up hope was learn
ed the other day when thu Arabic
reached New York. Continuous travel
ocrons the Atlantic IH thu plan , nnd
John Klumnon of Halifax , Yorkshire ,
England , IH the man who Is practicing
It , sayn the New York Tribune.
Mr. .Shannon , when bo arrived at
Now York , had finished his seventy-
ninth transatlantic trip and milled the
next day on the Umbrln for Liverpool.
IIo IB wealthy and believes Unit the
IOIIK en voyages are the only UICUUH
of prolonging his life.
Mr. Shannon has a record for mak
ln close connections and was worried
when the Arabic was delayed , fearing
tliat he would have to n in in the
city throiiKh
ono time he arrived !
nulled ( en minutes
trip of the Majestic
fz.
I'lrlcrrn.
A proposition to train monkeys to
pick the prune crop hns been advanced
by Martin V. Sceley , nn orchnrdlst of
San Jose , Cal. , says the Chli'iiKO Rec
ord-Herald. He conceived the Idea of
training the animals to do mich work
while a resident of Central America
Beeley says he has made arrangements
with A. II. .lanes of Acapulco , Panama ,
for flM ( ) native tame monkeys , and thin
shipment IH now on Its way. Getting
help to pick the prunes off the ground
hns been n perplexing problem because
of a scarcity , % f labor. Beeley says ho
will have no trouble In training the ani
mals to pick up the fruit nnd will muz-
Bio them to prevent them from eat
ing It. .
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ItnlIrnml'M Plnn to Tent Track * .
A "daredevil train , " consisting of the
heaviest engine and coaches on the
road , IH being sent over the Uurllrigton
system to test the tracks nnd bridges ,
Buys nn Omaha dispatch. The crew Is
Instructed to turn the wheels as fast
ns steam power will admit In order to
find any weak spots where strain of
heavy fnst trains might cause wreck.
Employees of the road , while admit
tliiK the effectiveness of the method ,
declare It appears to them unnecessary
recklessness. It Is the declared Inten
tion of the Burlington marmK'onient to
end the test trnln over nil divisions of
the RyMPin
Death of Colonel R. A. Moore.
Ottumwu , la. , Feb. 8. Colonel R.
A. Moore , for three terms a member
of the house of representatives died
at his home In Bloom field at the ago
of eighty-four years. He was ser-
geant-at-nrms 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 Andersonvlllc
Situation 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
fnr have been liable 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 he will re-
pnrd them and treat them exactly as
strikers.
llunlnrn * In Hinilnrn * .
Aunt Jane Did Mr. Sweeser propose
last evening ? Carrie How did you
happen to fuess It ? Yes. nnd I'm going
to take out a policy for $1.000. Aunt
Jane For merey's sake , what do you
mean ? Carrie Well , you see. he be
gun 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 Know. Boston
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