Show AGED SENATOR DIES DIESON ON TRAIN KNUTE NELSON 80 U U. U S. S SENA TOR SINCE 1895 DIES WHILE ON ONWAY WAY TO HIS HOMS HOM Veteran Solon Left Washington 4 Ac companied by Niece and Incur ance Commissioner ner Death Ends Endl Long Career Cares York Pa Senator la Senator Knute Nelson of Minnesota died on a Pennsylvania train near York Saturday night According t i lo a message r 1 received by E. E C C. C Greening trainmaster here the cause of death was heart disease Senator Nelson left Washington on the Dominion express at 7 p. p m in Del Death th occurred shortly after the train left Baltimore Senator Nelson was accompanied acc and by lIy the commissioner by his hll niece of Insurance of Minnesota Senator Kelson was one of the most colorful figures In the senate lie He had bad been In politics since of had twice served sen-ed as governor Minnesota and first elected to the United States senate In 1800 Short and thick set et S nato Nelson was physically of the old striking type when In his prime Of N Norwegian extraction strong personality and will the Minnesota senator had been prominent In the Republican organization for years Elected first to tG the senate sonata senate In 1803 Senator Nelson was reelected In 1001 1007 1001 1813 1913 and ond 1018 Senator Nelsons Nel with the son sons son's a reelection In 1018 1918 was advice and consent of Woodrow Wilson Wilson Wil Wil- son who though a Democratic president dent placed no obstacle in Nelsons Nelson's way because of the latter's tatters strong support of the Wilson administrations tion's war policies |