THE NORFOLK WEEKLY NEWS JOURNAL . . . , NOKFOI/K. NKHKASKA. l-MtlDAY. KKMIH'AKY 11 1U10 DR , HYDE HELD FOR MURDER WARRANT ISSUED FOR HIM IN SWOPE MYSTERY CASE. HE ANTICIPATED HIS ARREST His Lawyer Told the County Prosecutor - or That Hyde Would De Ready to Accept Service Special Grand Jury Called for Investigation. Kansas City , Fob. 10. John C ! . Paxton - ton , coiumcllor for the Swopo family , Into today filed an Information at the office of the county prosecutor formal ly charging Dr. Dennett Clarke Hyde with mimlor In the flrHt degree , hold ing him responHlble for tlu > death of Colonel TliomaH H. Swope. City , Feb. 10. A climax in the Swopo mystery came late this af ternoon when Virgil Colliding , county prosecutor , announced that he would inane n warrant for Dr. 2. C. Hyde and that ho would swear the warrant out during the afternoon. Anticipating the warrant , Dr. Hyde's attorneys had told Mr. Conkllng their client was ready and willing to accept service and would be available whenever - over ho was wanted. The information filed by Pnxton be > came an official record in the pros ecutor's office shortly after 2 o'clock. YOU MIGHT AS WELL GE Norfolk is going to pave ! You might as well make up y Puving will add several della crty affected , i'or each dollar it cos But outside of that feature , ] kindly towards those who attemj and to prevent this very badly ne The town is going to pave i among the lives ones. Up to 2.iO : o'clock no warrant had been IsHtiud for Hyde's arrest. Judge Ralph S. Latschnw , of the criminal court , at noon today instruct ed the county marshal to empanel a Hpeclal grand Jury to convene Satur day morning at 10:30 : o'clock to Inves tigate the death of Colonel Swope. The grand jury investigation will go ( into every phase of the Swopo mys tery. The inquiry will not be confined to the death of Colonel Swope , but the death of Chrlsman Swope and the epidemic of Illness in the Swope house hold will be the subject of an exhaus tive Investigation. Hyde Dismisses Libel Suit. To thwart the efforts of the oppos ing attorneys to secure the deposition of Dr. I ) . C. Hyde , upon the appeal of his attorneys for an order of dismissal N today , the circuit court at Indepen dence , Mo. , dismissed the suit brought by Dr. Hyde demanding $600,000 from John G. Paxton and other defendants for allogel libel. Dr. Hyde had been subpoenaed to give his deposition in this suit today. This afternoon Hyde and his attorneys suddenly determined upon a trip to Independence. They declined to make known the purpose of their going. Hyde was accompanied by Prank P. Walsh anrt John M. Cloary. A NEBRASKA BANK DYNAMITED $2,700 In Currency Secured From Bank of Memphis. Memphis , Neb. , Feb. 10. Robbers early this morning looted the bank of Memphis and secured $2.700 in cur rency. The safe was blown , the cash secured and the bandits escaped with out arousing the inhabitants of the town. The sum of $50 was found on a bridge two miles from town. The bank has a capital stock of $5,000. Union Leaders Fined $500 Each. Chicago , Feb. 10. Martin B. Mad den , former president of the building trades council ; M. J. Doyle , an official of the electrical workers union , and Prod Pouchot , former business agent of the Metal Workers union , wore sen tenced to pay a fine of $500 each today , following their convictions on May 29 of conspiracy to do an illegal act. $40,000 , SENT TO PARIS New York Chamber of Commerce Pre sents That Additional Fund. Paris , Feb. 10. The Seine had risen 7U : Inches In the twenty-four hours ending at noon today. A further rise of 10 inches by noon tomorrow is pre dicted. At a cabinet meeting today Premier Briand expressed the opinion that there was no cause for uneasi ness. Ambassador Bacon today sent to the foreign office another check for $40- 000 , representing the relief fund col lected by the chamber of commerce of New York. BLEACHED FLOUR TRIAL ON If Government Wins Case , White Flour Will be Thing of Past. New Orleans , Feb. 10. Involving the facta of color of ( lour the case of the United States against the Aetna Mills and Elevator company of Wellington , Kan. , waa resumed la the United Stall's district conn hentoday. . The proceedings marked the open Ing of the trial , which will determine for the Urst time the right of millers to employ processes for the Mooching of Hour. Officials of the pure food department claim n deslrablu character of white ness In Hour has boon attained In many Instances by an unwholesome chemi cal treatment. Many millers contend thai certain bleaching processes are In no way de leterious to the health of the consum ers. ers.if the government should win the case , It Is pointed out , white Hour will become a thing of the past and give way to n product of yellow or golden color. ONE REASON REASONMEAT MEAT LIVE STOCK RECEIPTS ' % , /iE FAR BELOW NORMAL IN 1909. BIG DECREASE AT ALL MARKETS The Department of Commerce and Labor Makes a Report Showing That the Farmer Did Not Raise and Ship as Much Live Stock as Usual. Washington , Feb. 10. One cause of the high price of moat , according to a report of the department of commerce and labor , Issued today , is the fact that IT IN THE BAND WAGON. our mind to that. rs in value to every foot of prop- sts. Norfolk is not going to feel very ) t to obstruct the city's progress eded public improvement. uid you might as well he classed the live stock receipts for the year 1909 at seven leading Interior markets of the United States were the lowest since 1904. The total live stock re ceipts for the year In these markets aggregated J59,545,725 head. Particu larly did receipts of hogs for the last year fall off. For each of the four years previous to 1909 the hog receipts had been in excess of nineteen million head , totalling more than 22.000,000 in 1908 , falling to 18,834,641 last year. Cattle receipts in these markets for 1909 , while comparing favorably with those of the previous year , fell below the totals for the three years before 1908. 1908.Sheep Sheep fell below those from 1905 to 1907 , but compared favorably with 1908. Receipts of hogs at the Chicago mar ket for 1909 show a decrease of 1,627- 074 , as compared with the year before , or a decline of 19 per cent. Receipts at Kansas City decreased 17 per cent , at Omaha 12 per cent , at St. Joseph , Mo. , 28 per cent , while the decline at St. Louis was only 4 per cent MAY CINCH COiD STORAGES Any Combination to Raise Prices De- Glared to be a Conspiracy. New Yoik , Feb. 10. Spurred on by Judge Swayzes' charge that a combina tion to store foodstuffs for the pur pose of advancing the. price is an overt act , the Hudson county grand jury to day continued Its investigation of the big cold storage warehouses of Jersey iCity. In view of the court's declslori that , any. comblnatlpu to rojse prices la con spiracy , Prosecutor Qarven counts on securing Indictments that ho believes will check the system whereby high prices are maintained in season and out. Agitation In New York city against high meat prices has simmered down until the only measure now In view locally Is the cold storage regulation ordinance before the board of alder men. No action on this measure is probable for at least a week. Meat prices remain about station ary. SELL GOAT'S ' FLESH AS LAMB Provision Dealers In New York Keep Poultry Many Months. Now York , Feb. 10. Provision deal ers denied that turkeys are kept in storage for two years and put on the market when they are mouldy from age , but admitted that poultry is some times hold from six to nine months , and that goat's flesh has been sold for lamb. This testimony was adduced at a hearing before the committee of the board of aldermen , which is consider ing an ordinance providing that all foods held in cold storage must be tagged with the date on which they were put Into storage and the date when they came out. For Sectretary of State. Lincoln , Feb. 10. C. W. Pool , speak er of the house of representatives , probably will bo a candidate for the democratic nomination for secretary of state. Mr. Pool has been in Lincoln several times lately conferring with politicians and it is probable his an nouncement will be made before long. Ho was preferred for speaker of the house by Mr. Bryan and his campaign for that position to a certain extent was engineered by T. 8. Allen , Mr. Bryan's brother-in-law. MONEY GETTING FREE AND EASY i BANK OF ENGLAND REDUCES DISCOUNT ' COUNT RATE TO 3 PER CENT. FIND MUCH COIN UNPLACEABLE In View of the Rapid Fall of Discount Rates In the Open Market , and the Plentiful Supply of Money , Rates Ease Up. London , Feb. 10. The directors of the Bank of England , at their weekly meeting today , reduced the minimum rate of discount from 3Ms to 3 per cent. Tills action was taken in view of the rapid fall In open market of discount rates since the beginning of the week and the plentiful supply of money , n great deal of which is nnplaccablo. HAS SOOTH POLE BEEN FOUND ? French Antarctic Steamer Is Passed in Strait of Magellan. Buenos Ayres , Feb. 10. The captain ot the steamer Sud , which arrived at Punta Arenas today , reports that he ttpoko to the antarctic exploring steam er Pourquol Pas , anchored at Port Gal lant in the Strait of Magellan. Dr. J. M. Clmrlcot refused any Information concerning the results of the French south polar expedition. CRABTREE WON'T RESIGN State Board Will Have to Force Him to Step Out. Peru , Neb. , Feb. 10. Eight hundred students of the state normal school here went oil a two days' strike as a mark of their resentment over the ac tion taken by the state board of edu cation in requesting the resignation of President J. W. Crabtree. Not a stu dent attended classes and the same program will be lollowed today. But on Friday It is said work will be re sumed ns usual. The students hoist ed the flag over the main normal build ing at half mast , and there It will re main , they say , unless the authorities change. There was no other demon stration and no effort on the part of the faculty to discipline the students. President CrabUwv it was announced , will not resign voluntarily. OMAHA PACKEHS INVOLVED Government Is Said to Have Made Important Discoveries. Chicago , Feb. 10. It was reported that agents of the government had un- cupled by K. II. Fox , located two and a half miles northeast of Meadow Grove , was totally destroyed by lire about 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Mr. Fox lost practically all his house hold goods. The place Is known as the Roberts farm and Is owned by Kit Cook of Norfolk. The llro originated from a defective Hue and was discovered by about a doxen neighbors who were shoveling snow and Ice off of the grade about a quarter of a mile south of the house. On arriving they were unable to save anything. The household goods were Insured. KING'S ' PULSE IS 52 His Temperature 99.1 Passes a Fairly Good Night. I Stockholm , Feb. 10. The physicians In attendance upon King Gustavo , who was operated on for appendicitis on' ' Monday night , Issued the following bul letin this morning : "Tho king passed n fairly good night , and slept live hours without the use of an opiate. His majesty Is able this morning to take n little more nourish ment , and no disquieting symptoms have appeared. The king's tempera ture Is 99.1 and pulse 52. " The queen arrived in this city this morning from Karlsruhe. VALENTINE INDIAN IS HUD Suesta , Enroute From Washington to Valentine , Neb. , is Drunk. Plttsburg , Feb. 10. Real Indian war whoops in the vicinity of union sta tion were emitted by a real red man who was later recorded on the police blotter as "John Indian , " because he was unable to comprehend the power of the pale skin. Ho proved to be Suestn , a Sioux of the Wounded Knee reservation and friend of Sitting Dull , Spotted Horse and other big chiefs. Captain J. J. Ford of the Fourth United States cavalry , the local re cruiting officer , who fought in the Sioux campaign of 1891 , was called upon as an Interpreter , and ho learn ed that Snesta , who had been on & visit to the "Great White Father , " was on his way back to Valentine , Neb. He had strayed from the train in search of llro water and while In a saloon the train pulled out without him. Suesta was overjoyed at Cap tain Ford's ability to talk to him and told talcs of Sitting Bull while await ing disposition of his case. Captain Ford said the Indian bureau at Wash ington would arrange for blra to re- nuine his journey ati-3 utt vised that he be held pending Instructions. JOYCE'S ' FATE WITH JURY Attorneys In Case Finish Arguments During the Forenoon. Pierce , Neb. , Feb. 10. Special to The News : The fate of Harry Joyce , WpULD BE BLACK EYE TO NORFOLK. If the paving of Norfolk avenue were to fail at this time , through the refusal of property owners to sign the petition , those who refused to sign would be held responsible for the blackest eye t-vcr given the city. People throughout northern Nebraska and south ern South Dakota read The News , and they have been reading for more than two years of Norfolk's plans to pave. Now that the time lias come to get down to business , a failure to make good would show up Norfolk in the most shameful , shiftless light and people who have had faith in the city would relegate it to the class of the country village. earthed important information at Sioux City , Omaha , Kansas City and Denver , and that as a result witnesses from those cities will be summoned to ap pear before the grand jury. Members of the jury , it is said , desired to know under what arrangements the stock yards in those cities are controlled. Omaha , Feb. 10. It is known that the government has had agents at work in Omaha during the last ton days securing information concerning the system employed by the packing houses in disposing of their products , and who made special efforts to secure data on the handling of dairy products. They have worked very quietly , how ever , and have been able to avoid re vealing their Identity. No summons has been issued for any packing house or stock yards official in this city , but a representative of one packing firm stated that it would not surprise him to hear of such action being taken in the near future. Boiler Explosion Kills Six. Bay City , Mich. , Fob. 10. While a score of workmen were warming them selves in the boiler room of Princing's saw mill at Crump , waiting for the whistle to start the day's work , the boiler exploded , Instantly killing six of the men and Injuring all the others. The mill was wrecked , debris being scattered in every direction. Carelessness Causes Fire. Lincoln , Feb. 10. According to the report of the fire warden , A. V. John son , the loss from incendiary fires has been during the last year about $150- 000 while a great majority of the tires have been caused by careless ness. Mr. Johnson urges school teach ers to instruct their pupils to be care ful in the use of matches and the dan ger to property by the careless use of tire and matches. FARM HOUSE DESTROYED Dwelling on Roberts Place Near Mead * ow Grove , Owned In Norfolk. Meadow Grove , Neb. , Feb. 10. Spe cial to The News : The farm house oc- ono of the alleged Hadar bank rob bers , was expected to bo with the jury about noon today. Attorneys in the case wound up their argument this morning. WESTERN UNION AT OlLLAS Telegraph Company Will Install Independent - pendent 'Office"-Tne're. ' Dallas is to have an independent Western Union telegraph office about March 1. J. C. Nelson , superintendent of that company , has been at Dallas for a number of days and ho has ar ranged to open such nn office In Dal las at that time. Since the Trlpp coun ty rush the Western Union has had some difficulty In transmitting mes sages from Dallas , owing to the crowd ed station telegraph olflce. Railroad operators handling West ern Union messages are paid a per centage by the company , which per centage , It Is said , has reached so large an amount at Dallas that the company can now well afford to employ nn op erator to handle the Western Union messages alone. The railroad operat or who handles the commercial busl ness at a depot is usually the manager of the Western Union's business and , in connection with this , he handles the railroad business as well. A few days ago Superintendent McFarland of the telegraph department of the North western accompanied Superintendent Nelson to Dallas and it Is believed the new arrangements were made then. Funeral of Mrs. Anderson. Spencer , Neb. , Feb. 10. Special to The News- The funeral of Mrs. Chris Anderson , who died suddenly yester day while visiting here , will be held at Bristow Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock. The services will be held In the Methodist church nt that place and Ilov. A. L. Kellogg of Spencer will have charge. The court house officials from Butte will attend In a body , as well ns members of various lodges of which Mr. Anderson Is a member. Mrs. C. M. Kull Very III. Spencer , Nob. , Fob. 10. Special to The NOWB : Mrs. C. M. Kull IB dan- gorouflly ill with typhoid fever. FOR EMBASSIES OF UNCLE SAM HOUSE COMMITTEE TO FAVOR ABLY REPORT LOWDEN BILL. HOMES FOR OUR AMBASSADORS The Bill , Which Now Promises to Be come a Law , Calls for Expenditure of Not to Exceed $500,000 , Annually for Creditable Dwellings. Washington , Feb. 10. The house committee on foreign affairs today de cided to favorably report the Lowden bill providing for the expenditure of n sum not exceeding $500,000 for the erection of American embassies abroad. 6EBO COAL FRAUD CASE UP Sixty-four Defendants In the Suit Ap pear at Lander for Trial. Lander , Wyo. , Feb. 10. Sixty-four de fendants in alleged coal land frauds against the government appeared be fore the United States land office In this city in cases which have been brought by the government for the cancellation of their titles to coal lands which are said to be the most valuable In the state. The cases Involve 9,500 acres of land lying in the mineral district north of Lander and have been appraised by government experts at a value of near ly $1,500,000. The government alleges that these lands were filed upon by "dummy" en- trymen for the benefit of the Owl Creek Coal company and the North western Coal company which are con trolled largely by New York capitalists. The two companies are reported to be associated with the Chicago , Burling ton & Quincy railroad. The cases are commonly known ns "the Gebo coal land fraud cases , " us Samuel W. Gobo , George W. Dally , Rufus P. Ireland and others are alleg ed to be instrumental in securing the titles to the lands Involved. The cases have been under Investi gation by federal land agents for three years and various actions have been brought In court. An injunction suit was brought in the . .United-States , court at Cheyenne recently by the government asking that the Owl Creek Coal company be restrained from ope rating coal mines at Gebo , Big Horn county , which are said to be produc ing 700 tons of coal dally. A tempo rary restraining order was granted by the court and more than a thousand miners wore thrown out of work. John A. Williams , law examiner of the land office , will hear the cases and Captain George H. Hnlr , chief of the field division of the land office at Salt Lake , Utah , will act as registrar. About forty witnesses will be sum med , a large part of them from New York City. CATTLE STAMPEDE IN WRECK - / Firemen Killed , Twenty Spectators In jured by Frightened Beasts. Venice , III. , Feb. 10. Fireman G. R. Williams of Bloomlngton , 111. , was crushed to death ; Engineer J. A. Raymond mend of St. Louis sustained a broken leg and twenty or more spectators were knocked down and trampled on by stampeding cattle , as the result of n head-on collision between two Chicago cage and Alton freight trains in the railroad yards In this city. Williams Jumped but was caught be neath the engine which rolled down the embankment upon him. Six cars , loaded with steers , also rolled down the bank , killing a score or more of the animals and turning loose more than fifty others. Crazed with fright , the animals stam peded In every direction through a crowd of several hundred persons , many of them women and children , which had collected about the wreck , knocking down scores In their flight. A riot call was turned In and the police and fire departments , assisted by the sheriff's force , fought off the cattle , killing many of them with sledges and cowing the others with streams of water from fire hose. NEBRASKA LAND OFFICE MEN Sanford Parker , Olaf Olsen and Luke M. Bates Reappolnted. Washington , Feb. 10. Special to The News : The president sent to the sen ate nominations ns follows : Sanford Parker of Nebraska to ho receiver of public moneys nt O'Neill , Nob. Nob.Olaf Olaf Olseu , receiver of land ofllce at Valentine , Nob. Luke M. Bates , register , Valentine , Nob. MURDERED 1WO FOR $60 Cleveland Foundry Man , Unable to Win Woman , Kills Her. I Cleveland , Fob. 10. John Janowskl and his bride , found murdered In their beds , died In satisfaction of n debt of $ GO. This is the story , the police say , told them by George Boscardo , 29 years old , arrested for their murder. Boscardo said ho had loaned the mon ey to Mrs. Janowskl to secure her love , but had found himself unable to real * of m mim Temperature for Twenty-four Houra. Forecast for Nebraska , Maximum -II Minimum f > Average 24 Barometer 29.HS , Chicago. Feb. 10. The bulletin Is sued by the Chicago station of the United States weather bureau gives the forecast for Nebraska as follows : Partly cloudy tonight and Friday ; I warmer east portion tonight. b.e on the Investment. Sunday night ho demanded the money and , fulling to get It , killed the woman with a sec tion of gas pipe. Janowskl succumbed only after a struggle. For three days the bodies lay In the house , while Boscardo coolly continued his employment at a foundry. SUGAR OFFICIAL GETS TWO YEARS DOCK SUPERINTENDENT AT WIL. LIAMSBURG IS SENTENCED. TAKEN TO PRISON IN ATLANTA Oliver Spltzler's Application for Ad mission to Ball Pending Appeal is Denied Guilty of Complicity In Un- derwelghlng Frauds. New York , Feb. 10. Oliver Spitz- ler , farmer dock superintendent of the American Sugar Refining company'u plant at Wllllaiusburg , was today sen tenced to two years In the federal prison at Atlanta , Ga. , for his part In the recent extensive sugar underwelgh- ing frauds. Spitzlcr's application for admission to ball pending appeal was denied and arrangements were made to take him later today to Atlanta to begin serving his term. BURKETT AIDING GREEKS. Takes up With State Department Mat ter of South Omaha Riot. Washington , Feb. 10. Special to The News : Senator Burkett at the request of a number of Greeks living in South Omaha , who were more or less damaged during the recent riot In thai city , took up rt"lih-U/-j olntu department the claims of these Greeks against the government. The sena tor was informed that the state de partment had the matter under ad visement but had reached no conclu sion thereon. Senator Gamble secured the pas sage of his bill amending the pro visions of the measure opening to white settlement certain lands in the Cheyenne and Standing Rock Indian reservations which Increases the amount to be paid to Indians for such lands as may bo retained by the state for school purposes from $1.25 to $2.50 per acre. The bill prohibits the sale of intoxicating liquors in any portion of the territory proposed to be open ed for a period of twenty-five years. Senator Gamble introduced a bill authorizing the secretary of Interior to Issue a patent to the Lutheran church of Harding , S. D. , to forty acres of land in Harding county to bo used for cemetery purposes pro viding the church pays $1.25 per aero for the same , and also a bill to grant n patent to Buffalo township to forty acres also for cemetery purposes in the same county and same price. The senate confirmed the nomina tion of Joseph Krahullk , postmaster at Clarkson , Neb. Captain Alex Sharp , U. S. N. , who commanded the battleship Virginia during its cruise around the world , Ho in the naval hospital here in a most critical condition and friends fear he cannot recover. Captain Sharp is a nephew of the late President Grant and married , some years ago , Miss Hand , daughter of George H. Hand , of Yankton , S. D. Postmasters appointed : Nebraska Weeping Water , George H. Olive. South Dakota Davis , Turney coun ty , Charles Hartsough , vice J. A. STILL PROBE BRIBERY CHARGE MYSTERY AS TO IDENTITY OF TWO LEGISLATORS. v CONGER CLAIMS IT WAS HOLD-UP Sensational Testimony Continues In the New York State Legislative In- vestlgatlon Into Bribery Charged Against President Pro-Tern. Albany , N. Y. , Feb. 10. Hiram G. MOC-'H ordeal was not over when the senate bribery Investigation was TV- niH'd today. Moe Is the man who says he carried $0,000 from Frank Con ger , vice president of the American Bridge company , and distributed It among three legislative leaders here , Including Jotluun P. Allds , now presi dent pro-tern of the senate , on Aprl' 23 , 1901. Who Arc the Other Two ? Mystery as to the Identity of the other two legislators In n feature of this Investigation which the senate IH conducting as a committee of the whole. One of Allds" lawyers practically ad mitted today that the cross-examina tion of Moo was prolonged with the de liberate purpose of holding him over until today. The purpose of this is clear ; until Senator Conger , under compulsion , Hied bin bill of particulars when the investigation opened Tuesday , the de fense was not sure that Moc would tes tify. Ho took the stand Tuesday after noon and related his astounding story. Little time was left in which to Investi gate his record. Agents of Alld were rushed to Groton , it is supposed , and it was to await their reports that Alld'B lawyers wished to keep Moe as their witness until today. Conger Claims a Hold-up. The testimony of Senator Bon Con ger , who was expected to take the stand when Moe finished , probably will be brief. Conger and his friends hold that the bridge interests were "held up" by cer tain legislators and obliged to "de liver. " Such a proceeding , they con tend , is far different from deliberate "corruption , " in which overtures come fi-oin the .briber. KENTUCKY BRIBERY CASE ON Much Bitterness Expected to Develop in the Hearings. Frankfort , Ky. , Feb. 10. The senate committee chosen to investigate the ru mor given voice here before the state Anti-Saloon league by Senatpr Watklns of Union county , "dry" leader of the senate , that certain members of the upper branch of the Kentucky assem bly had been bribed by the liquor In terests of the state , began work thin morning. The investigation is expected to pro voke much bitterness and It is de clared if Watklns fails to produce proof sutllclont to substantiate the charges alleged to have been made , his seat in the senate will bo declared vacant. Every newspaper man nt the cap ital , together with members of the sen ate and house of representatives and a number of outsiders , have been sum moned to appear before the commit tee. OH , MOST WISE PROFE8SOR1 A Harvard Man Rise * to the Defense of Corsets. Cambridge , Mass. , Feb. 10. Dr. W. Lovett qualified today for the chair of corsetry at Harvard , where ho already is engaged in the medical department. Another learned professor at the seat of diversified wisdom , Dr. Maynard Ladd , delivered a dissertation on ba bies , nurses , bottles and scientific feed ing of infants , and handed out a few thoughts for Dr. William T. Potter , also a Harvard wise man , on the lat- ter's theory that time and money spent on puny Infants had bettor be devoted to saving strong ones. The professor of corsetry said a good corset will prevent or cure there DO YOU WANT NORFOLK TO GROW ? Is there a property owner who doesn't want Norfolk to grow , jiiul outside capital to regard this as a good place for investment ? Is there a property owner who can expect outsiders to have faith in Norfolk unless the people of Norfolk , themselves , who have already invested here , have enough confidence in the city to add to their investment by improving the city and their property with paving ? Davis , resigned ; Moonvllle , Stanley county , George A. Staley , vice G. O. Moen , resigned ; Mystic , Pcnnlngton county , Gertrude Bale , vice J. McLel- Ian , resigned ; Rutland , Lake county , John J. Gobar , vice H. W. Gage , re signed. HEAD OF NAVY BOARD DIES Captain Sharp Succumbs at Early Morning Hour to Illness. Washington , Fob. 10. Captain Alex ander Sharp , president of the navy board and recently captain of the bat tleship Virginia , died at the navy hos pital In this city nt 3:45 : o'clock this morning after about a month's Illness from typhoid fever. He was born In Whltehavcn , Mo. , In 1855 and entered the navnl service as a midshipman In 1870. fundamental deformities , bowed backs , Mat chest and bulging abdomen , and will correct the weakness and poor carriage due to the distorting pressure of clothes. Mexican Trainmen Won't Walk Out. Mexico City , Fob. 10. There will not be a walk-out of American engi neers and conductors in the employ of the national lines of Mexico , the employes and the railways manage ment having agreed upon terms of set tlement of their differences. The peace pact was signed at 2:30 : o'clock In the office of K. N. Brown , president of the company. Mr. Brown signed the doc ument as the representative of the railroad and committees of engineers and conductors signed for the men. The conductors and engineers are en tirely satisfied with the peace terms , which include assurances that the pot- Icy of the railroad as recently outlined will be carried out *