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Show MOSQUITOES HOLD UP TRAIN. Millions of Pest Swarm Into Coaches Near Badgley, la. Des Moines, la. A swarm of mosquitoes, mos-quitoes, millions In number, literally stalled a Minnesota & St. LoulB railroad rail-road train nt Hndglcy tho other night. For two hours tho henvlly loaded train wns tied up by Its fight with tho pests and the 120 passengers wcro almost al-most crazed before they escaped. Tho attack was mude enrly In tho evening, Just ns the train started to pull out of Badgley. , Becnuse of tho hot weather the windows win-dows In the passenger coaches had been left open nnd tho mosquitoes, driven from tho marshes by the rain, swarmed Into tho. cars, attacking the passengers. For a while tho pas-sengors pas-sengors attempted to fight tho pests with handkerchiefs and hands, but as they Increased In number nnd ferocity tho conductor was finally appealed to and stopped tho train. For two hours tho train was'stalled. whllo tho passengers, driven from the conches, built fires nloug tho right of way, making n dense smudge which afforded them n llttlo relief. The smudge was thou carried Into tho conches nnd tho mosquitoes finally drlvon out. Many of thu passengers had hnnds nnd faces almost catou raw by tho attacks. |