Show OBITUARY col E F hooker omaha neb june 5 col E F hooker died this morning in his rooms at the paxton hotel at an advanced age col hooker was years ago the superintendent in of the old national stage line with at columbus ohio he followed the stages west and became superintendent of the western stage line with headquarters in iowa city and dee moines he went to iowa city in the fall of 1855 col hooker lett the western and went to the coast where he became the superintendent of the bhakta stage line from sacramento and san francisco to portland and with a dozen branch lines ho left california going to salt lake thence to cheyenne and later came to omaha ag the live stock agent of the rock island railroad there was no man in the west better known among stockmen stoc kmen than he his advanced age coupled with liis service earned him a retirement about seven years ago the remains were taken on the afternoon rock island train to dea moines where interment will take place tomorrow |