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INEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF
NEBRASKA
Sensation Created at Burwell by the
Discovery of a Portion of the
Clothing of a Missing Farmer
Believed to Have Been Murdered
Clew to the Pate of a Parmer
Quite a sensation was created in Bur
well by the report that a grave had been
found in the east part of the county but
that the body had been removed
On the 9th of July last a man G H
Ray by name went to Burwell and drew
about 109 of school money from the coun
ty treasurer and left there stating to a
friend that he was going back home and
would go to Old and deposit the money
and do some other business
lie went home changed teams and
started for Ord but that was the last ever
seen of him bentiment was about equally
divided at the time as to whether he was
murdeied or had absconded with the
money
An eifort was made to locate him and it
was supposed by some that he had been
located in Missouri and the matter was
practically dropped as far as the public
was concerned But a few friends and
the officials have been working quietly
since that time
Jk The fact of finding a grave and also a
lorn shirt not far away which has been
identified as belonging to Ray has created
quite a suspicion of murder No other
ause than that of robbery can be as
signed for the murder if it was one as lie
was a man that was well thought of lie
was a bachelor and lived alone and has
no known relatives in this country lie
was comparatively well fixed and had
about 400 in an Ord bank when he left
which would go to show that he had been
foully dealt with There is no one sus
pected of the murder A determined ef
fort will be made to solve the mystery
Dangerous Tramps Jailed
Several tramps were arrested at Stanton
by City Marshal King and placed in the
-city jail and afterward removed to the
county jail for attacking Conductor
Hutchinson of the Elkhom The tramps
are a tough lot and worked the city sell
bill hooks and begging with such success
as to enable them to buy a keg of beer
which was taken to an empty fi eight car
When Hutchinson told them to vacate he
fwas attacked b3r two of them and received
fa blow in the face The brakeman came
to the assistance of the conductor when
the bums armed themselves with bricks
iand fought the whole train crew After
ibeing placed in jail one of them re
marked that when they were released
property owners of Stanton would regret
their arrest
Parmers Action Creates Comment
The town of Peru and neighborhood is
very much excited over the disappearance
rof one Haden Roberts a farmer near
there He left home Friday night be
tween 12 and 2 oclock taking only two
revolvers He was in town the day be
fore and paid up his life insurance Some
aotes were found after his departure say
ing he had left the country forever But
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parties who claim to know say they are
siot in his writing Foul play or suicide
is feared
Wausa Man Robbed
A sleeping room occupied by five young
men was entered at Wausa few nights
-ago A sack containing 40 was stolen
from under the pillow of Nels Lindquist
One of the young men sleeping in the
room was disturbed by a slight noise made
by the intruder and so caught a glimpse
of the man The marshal has a young
man of that town under arrest on suspic
ion
Nebraska Tuneral Directors
The eleventh annual meeting of the
state association of Funeral Directors will
be held at Norfolk June 9 and 10 A one
and one third fare has been made by all
roads and a large attendance is expected
The services of Prof W P Hohenschuh
president of the national association have
been secured for a lecture and demonstra
tion from a cadaver each day
Sewer Pipe Works Sold
The effects of the Beatrice Sewer Pipe
Works at Beatrice were sold at public
auction to satisfy claims held by the re
ceiver of the aefunct Nebraska National
Bank M V Nichols purchased the
building the kilns being divided among
jother purchasers The land upon which
the plant is situated was not sold
Thieving- Tramps Arrested
The other afternoon at Kearney some
tramps helped themselves to a pair of
pants that were hanging out in front of
the Black Flag store and started off with
them Chief of Police Julian caught
them They had nothing to pay their line
-with and were put on the street to work
Charged -with Perjury
William E Barker of Crawford is in the
county jail at Chadron charged with per
jury in connection with a case brought
by him against the Burlington and Mis
souri River Railroad The information
contains five counts and a conviction is
looked upon as a sure tiling
The Hope that Hung Holmes r
J T Mallalieu superintendent of the
Industrial School at Kearney has re
ceived a piece of the rope used to hang
Holmes the noted murderer Why it was
sent to him or what to do with it now he
has got it ne dont know
Boy Killed at Odell
The 6-year-old son of Mr George Shaf
fer living four miles north of Odell was
playing in a hayloft and in some way fell
backward striking his head against a
sharp nail from the effects of which he
died in a few hours
Nebraska City Hotel Sold
The Morton House at Nebraska City
has been sold and will be put in good re
pair and opened for business soon
Kearney Cotton Mill Busy
The Kearney cotton mill is working on
a contract to make 400000 yards of sack
ing for oat meal sacks
A Silver Debate
Hon John P Irish of San Francisco and
W J Bryan will debate the silver ques
tion at the Crete Chautauqua
Burglary at Grand Island
Burglars entered the blacksmith shop of
Charles Murray at Grand Island and stole
a complete case of lightning screw plates
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Entrance was gained by prying open a
window The wood work shop of Lykke
was also entered but only a few tools
taken The authorities of that place have
put on a chain gang and the number of
vagrants ana tramps is expected soon to
crow less
Unknown Ma i Found Dead
William Hopper residing south of Elk
horn found the dead body of an unknown
man in an oat field a quarter of a mile
south of town He evident y was about
50 years old weighing about 160 pounds
and was five feet seven inches in height
He was dressed in a faded brown diagonal
coat and vest white shirt celluloid col
lar black cravat white suspenders light
colored pants with wide stripes and low
cut cloth top gaiters In his pockets was
found two handkerchiefs pair gold
rimmed speotacles snuff box door key
small comb small memorandum book and
a purse containing 125 There were no
marks on his clothing by which he could
be identified In the book he carried
there was not a scratch of a pen or pencil
The coroners jury found that the de
ceased came to his death by cause un
known The man had been dead a week
or more The body was taken to Omaha
for identification and burial
Seventeen Xear Locusts Coming
The periodical pest known as the
seventeen year locust has made iis ap
pearance Several days ago James Price
who lives on the large island in the Mis
souri River below Plattsmouth brought a
number of the insects to Plattsmouth and
reported them to be coming up out of the
ground on the island in countless num
bers At that time none had been noticed
on the main land but within the past two
days they have been coming up at an
alarming rate Old settlers there say that
the last visit of the locust to this vicinity
was eighteen years ago and that although
they stripped the trees of most of their
foilage they did comparatively little
harm to the crops Little apprehension
is therefore felt at the present invasion
Rich Farmer Commits Suicide
Paul Mraz a prominent Bohemian
farmer residing on his farm situated five
miles southeast of Linwood committed
suicide After performing his usual
morning work Mraz wandered way from
the house and was found two hours later
by his wife hanging from the limb of a
tree about a quarter of a mile awuy He
had ascended the tree to a height of
twenty feet and lastened the rope around
his neck and threw himself off His neck
was not broken and death resulted from
strangulation Mraz had lost two wives
and four children within the lost two
years He had acted queerly for several
weeks and a close watch had been kept on
him He had attempted his life about ten
daysago
Boys Terrible Experience
As young Riley Hanea of Belgrade was
returning home riding a mule the animal
threw him His foot became tangled in
the stirrup and he was dragged about the
prairie no ono knows how long as he
was alone His shoe finally came off and
released his foot His friends noticed the
mule all day with the other horses and
supposed tile boy had turned it loose and
did not go to look for him till nearly dark
They found him covered with blood and
still unconscious He was removed to
his home and a physician summoned and
at present he is resting easy with fair
prospects of recovery
Swindled on an Old Game
C C Davis who has victimized tne
merchants of several towns by claiming
to be the advance agent of Robinsons
circus making contracts with them for
supplies and borrowing a little money on
them had Fremont on his list of towns
and made arrangements for his circus to
show there June 17 He had circus blank
contracts of all kinds and seemed to
understand the business though looking
rather seedy for a circus man As far as
known he got no money out of Fremont
He made all necessary arrangements for
the circus
Charged with Spearing Fish
Charles Ladd and John Parker were ar
rested at Fremont on complaint of Abra
ham Easter foreman of Patricks ranch
charging them with spearing fish at Pat
ricks lake east of town They gave
bonds for their appearance June 19 Both
are honest reputable men There are ru
mors that there are other parties who
have violated the law and that a good
deal of fishing has been done in the lakes
with spears seines and even pitchforks
and that fish have been thus hauled away
by the wagon load
Prepared for Safe Breaking
A couple of tramps entered the store of
Mrs C J Persons at Central City and
stole two pairs of pants The goods were
soon missed and the manager followed
the men and recovered the goods Later
the sheriff arrested the thieves and placed
them in jail As there were eight or ten
of the party further search was made and
in an outbuilding at the stock yards
drills fuse powder and candles were
found indicating that the men were not
ordinary tramps
Missing Boy Found
The missing school boy of Pleasant
Dale Clare Bowlen who was thought to
be drowned has finally been found He
borrowed a horse and swam the streams
and went to Lincoln He was found there
by his uncle at whose house he has
stayed the last day or two He had been
corrected for some offense by his father
and he determined to run away from
home When found he was determined
not to return
Utilizing Nebraska Grass
Much interest was manifested in a train
or cattle which passed through Superior
a few days since It was the first of a
shipment of 10000 head en route from the
Pan Handle country to the ranges of
northwest Nebraska and South Dakota
The stock is owned by several large cor
porations
Ex Bank Cashier on Trial
District court is now in session at Loup
City with Judge Westoverof Rushville on
the bench to try the criminal cases against
A T Nichols the ex cashier of the de
funct Peoples State Bank of Litchfield
in whioh cases Judge Green of that dis
trict is disqualified
Lost His Suit
William Barker of Chadron lost his suit
for damages instituted against the B M
He alleges that his house was destroyed
by sparks from one of the companys
engines The railroad in turn formally
charges Barker with perjury growing out
ot the testimony
Body of a Little Hero Found
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The body of Herman Fowler the lad
yho was drowned in Wahoo Creek at
Ishland in his endeavor to rescue his
llaymates was found by Mr Moss on the
auk of the creek about one mile down
om where he fell in Dozens of men
avebeen dragging the creek day and
iht
Results in a Tie
The school bond election at Norfolk re
sulted in a tie The proposition was for
12000 bonds for two new school build
ings
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NICHOLAS II AND EMPRESS ALEXANDRA FEODOROVNA
CROWNED AMID POMP
CZAR NICHOLAS II INVESTED
WITH RUSSIAS RULE
Impressive Ceremonial with Civic
and Religious Forms Dignitaries
from Every Clime Present Their
Felicitations
Ceremonies ai Moscow
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HE Emperor Nich
olas Alexandro
vitch autocrat of
all the Russias
and her majesty
the Empress Alex
andra Feodorovna
were solemnly
crowned Tuesday
in the Cathedral of
the Assumption
Moscow with the
utmost ceremony
and in accordance with all the religious
forms and ancient rites
At the moment the imperial cortege ap
peared on leaving the palace the bells in
all the churches of Moscow were rung and
the troops in parade order presented
arms and rendered all military honors to
the imperial party Entering the cathe
dral their majesties bowed the knee
three times before a lioly door and ven
erated the saintly images They took
their seats on the thrones of the Czars
Michael Feodorovitch and John III The
archbishops archimandrites and the ofiV
ciating clergy placed themselves in two
ranks between the estrade of the throne
and the holy door and the choirs chanted
the psalm Misericordiam et Judicium
Cantabo Tibi Domine
The Coronation
The ceremony of the coronation and
anointment was then accomplished The
a velvet cushion richly embroidered with
gold His majesty thereupon lifted the
crown from his own head and touched
with it the forehead of the Empress He
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THE EMPEROR CROWIXG HIS WIPE
then replaced the crown upon his own
head His majesty afterward took up
the crown of the Empress and placed it
on the head of her majesty
Her majestys imperial mantle and the
collar of the Order of St Andrew were
next presented with the same ceremony
This done her majesty took her seat on
the throne while the Emperor again took
the scepter in his right hand and the
globe in his left The archdeacon next
proclaimed the imperial title in extenso
and intoned the verses Domine salvum
fac imperatorem and Domine salvam
fac imperatricem followed by the Ad
niultos annos which the choir repeated
three times
After the chanting the bells of the ca
thedral and of all the other sacred edi
fices throughout Moscow were rung and
a salute of 101 cannon shots was fired
Iff fill h Ifv yi 1
CROWNING OF THE CZAR
metropolitan of St Petersburg mounted
the steps of the throne placed himself in
front of the Emperor and invited his ma
jesty to make before his faithful sub
jects and in a loud voice his profession
of orthodox faith and presented him with
the open book from which the Emperor
recited the symbol of the faith After
this the metropolitan of St Petersburg
pronounced Gratia Spiritus sancti sit
semper tecum Amen
The Emperor arose and taking off the
collar of the Order of St Andrew ordered
that the imperial mantle with the collar
in diamonds of that order be presented
to him They were presented on cush
ions by the metropolitans of St Peters
burg and Kieff who also assisted his ma
jesty to put on the mantle The metro
politan of St Petersburg then pronounced
the words In nomine patris et filii et
spiritus sancti Amen
The monarch then called upon her ma
jesty the Empress Alexandra Feodorovna
to approach and she knelt before him on
The metropolitan and all present knelt
and in the name of the nation offered
up prayers to the Almighty
The Imperial Manifesto
The Czars manifesto issued upon the
occasion of his coronation remits all ar
rears of taxation in European Russia and
Poland reduces the land tax by one half
for ten years and remits or reduces all
fines quashes all petty convictions involv
ing imprisonment or fines up to 300
rubles with the exception of persons sen
tenced for robbery embezzlement usury
extortion fraudulent bankruptcy or of
fenses against honor
The manifesto prescribes that all ex
iles in Siberia after twelve years exile
in the remoter parts be after ten years
allowed to choose their place of residence
except in capital cities and governments
but their civil rights will not be restored
Exiled criminals have a third of their sen
tences remitted life sentences are com
muted to twenty years and many other
punishments are lightened
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PRESBYTERIANS MEET
One Hundred and Eighth General As
sembly Held at Saratoga
The one hundred and eighth general as
sembly of the Northern Presbyterian
Church opened at Saratoga X Yf in the
First Presbyterian Church where so
many previous assemblies have met The
opening sermon was delivered by Rev Dr
Robert Russell Booth of New York the
retiring moderator on the subject of
Christian Union and Denominational
Loyalty The text was taken from the
gospel of St John xvii 20 and 21 In
closing Dr Booth spoke of the misun
derstandings and conflicts which have di
vided the church and hindered its work
He deprecated any work or act which
might aggravate present troubles and
said It may be a dream it may be a
delusion but speaking as it were for
the last time in such a place of public au
thority I appeal to the sound Christian
sense of the venerable assembly to take
some proper measures to ascertain what
it is that divides us and what is
BEV DR J I WITHROW
ed for the abatement of strife and a rec
onciliation of parties at variance
The first important business transacted
was the election of a moderator Dr
Francis C Monfort of Cincinnati Dr
David R Breed of Pittsburg and Dr
John L Withrow of Chicago were nom
inated The result of the ballot was
Withrow 315 Breed 163 Monfort 84
The election was then made unanimous
The usual reports were presented The
report of the committee on denomination
al missionary periodical showed success
ful operation during the year in spite of a
slight decrease in circulation A state
ment of the relations between the indi
vidual societies and the church was pre
sented in which it was asserted This
assembly recognizes as under the jurisdic
tion of the church all young peoples re
ligious organizations of every name which
are to be found within its churches or
composed of the members of its churches
In general these societies are to be organ
ized and to work in conformity with the
historic portion of the church as ex
pressed by her standards and interpreted
by her courts
A report which called forth a warm dis
cussion related to Sabbath observance
and was presented by Elder William R
Worrell of New York The report de
nounced all work on Sunday various theo
ries of individual liberty excursions ball
games bicycle riding lax views of the
Sabbath social entertainment and the
Sunday newspaper Christian people were
scored for their lax observance of Sunday
The resolution which was adopted reaf
firmed former deliverances as to the per
petual binding obligation of the Sabbath
COLISEUM NEARLY READY
Everything Completed Save Painting
and Putting in Chairs
In a weeks time the Chicago Coliseum
where the Democratic convention is to be
held will be practically finished Seventy-five
painters are at work and with the
exception of mounting and distributing
the 10000 chairs theirs is almost the
only uncompleted task about the build
ing The arena in the center of the
building the dimensions of which are 150
x450 feet will be merely leveled off for
Buffalo Bills purposes A flooring in
sections has been constructed and can
be put in place in a few hours For the
national Democratic convention the build
ing will be divided into two sections by
the means of a partition hung with bunt
ing and national emblems The conven
tion hall will occupy the northern half of
the building There will be seating room
for 1 4000 persons and the wide prome
nade gallery running around the building
can either be used as such or be -occupied
by seats The southern half of the build
ing will be devoted to lobby rooms and di
vided into committee rooms retiring
j quarters a place for refreshments etc
WOEK 0E CONGRESS
THE WEEKS DOINGS IN SENATE
AND HOUSE
A Comprehensive Digest of the Pro
ceedings in the Legislative Cham
bers at Washington Matters that
Concern the People
Lawmakers at Labor
The general deficiency appropriation
6H1 the last of the supply bills wasbefore
the Senate throughout Monday and pass
ed just before adjournment It tempo
rarily displaced the bill to prohibit the
issue of bonds As passed the bill carries
about 10500000 bonds an increase ofc
000000 over the House bill After
disposing of routine work the House went
into committee of the whole to consider
the bill to repeal the free alcohol clause
of the existing tariff law
The House Tuesday by a vote of 1G5 to
59 passed the bill for the repeal of sec
tion Gl of the present tariff law providing
for a rebate on alcohol used in the arts
Dr medicinal compounds An amendment
was attached providing for a joint com
mission to consist of three members from
each house to examine and report on all
questions relating to free alcohol at the
next session The Senate amendment to
the general deficiency bill excepting the
French spoliation claims and claims under
the Bowman act were disagreed to and
the bill sent to conference Another par
tial report on the Indian appropriation bill
which left only the question of sectarian
schools and the old settlers claims still in
dispute was adopted Tariff and finance
each came in for a share of consideration
in the Senate Early in the day Mr
Sherman succeeded in having the filled
cheese bill taken up whereupon Mr Du
bois offered an amendment adding 75
cents a barrel to the tax on beer On the
question of adopting the amendment the
debate became general Senators Mills
and Gray supporting and Nelson Aldrich
and Vilas opposing it The bill was dis
placed by the bond bill which was advo
cated by Mr Pritchard and opposed by
Mr Lindsay A bill was passed to pen
sion at 75 a month the widow of Gen
George E Spencer at one time United
States Senator from Alabama
The Senate Wednesday defeated the
proposition to increase the beer tax 75
cents per barrel by the vote of 34 to 27
The nouse spent almost the entire day
discussing the Senate amendment to the
general deficiency bill appropriating 1
027000 for the payment of about 700
French spoliation claims 548000 for 325
Avar claims found to be due under the
Bowman act 174000 for the paymentof
what is known as the Chautauqua claim
for the construction of an ironclad steam
battery in 18G4 and about 10000 for
Indian supplies furnished in 1873 and
1874 The vote was close but the friends
of the claims carried the day 111 to 97-
All interest in the House proceedings
was overshadowed by the St Louis hor
ror A resolution was passed directing
the Secretary of War to place at the dis
posal of the Mayors of the stricken cities
a sufficient number of tents to provide for
the temporary necessities of the homeless
and to render such aid as might bein his
power Mr Barthold of St Louis who
saw Secretary Lamont said there were
eight or ten boats used in the Mississippi
river improvement which might be able to
render assistance and these will be or
dered to the scene of the disaster if neces
sary When the House resolution was
received in the Senate authorizing the
Secretary of War to loan tents and ren
der aid to the Mayors of St Louis and
East St Louis Mr Palmer of Illinois
asked immediate consideration Mr Vest
of Missouri interposed the suggestion
that while it might seem ungracious for
him to interpose objection yet in view
of late reports showing the usual exag
geration attending the first hours of ca
lamity he did not consider this action
necessary The people of St Louis he
said could take care of themselves and
although the resolution could do no harm
yet he deprecated the tendency to rush
impulsively to Federal sources for relief
Mr Harris of Tennessee said he fully
sympathized with this view although the
resolution being here it should be acted
on and made joint instead of concurrent
Mr Cullom of Illinois said he felt from
the latest reports that there was no occa
sion for the passage of the relief resolu
tion and that the respective States would
he able to take care of their people on both
sides of the river Yet as the House
had acted Mr Cullom urged that the Sen
ate should give its assent He added that
he was still in doubt and worried over
the situation on the Illinois side The
resolution was amended to be joint instead
of concurrent thus requiring presentation
to the President and was then adopted
The House later agreed to the Senate
amendment which makes the resolution
joint instead of concurrent The Joy res
olution for the relief of the St Louis
sufferers reached the President at 5
oclock and was signed by him ten minutes
later
Volcanic Ring in the Pacific
Nirrafon the volcanic ring island
recently described by Lieutenant Som
erville in the Journal of the London
Geographical Society is a lonely spot
midway between Fiji and Samoa It
is about three miles in external diam
eter and the entire coast line is formed
of black lava rocks The internal di
ameterthat is to say the diameter of
the caldera is two miles and the
cliffs surrounding it are 200 or 300 feet
high It contains a deep calm lake
on the eastern side of which is a penin
sula formed by the craters of the erup
tion of 18SG The view from the sum
mits of the cliffs around the caldera
is of remarkable beauty and includes
a great expanse of the Pacific ocean
rolling under the southeast trade as
well as the still deep lake within the
luxuriant foliage of the outer slope and
the barren cinder cones of the recent
outburst
A Confession from Boston
After all nothing draws such a mag
nificent crowd in this town as an ath
letic show Not even the sweet notes
of the operatic artists nor the acting of
the dramatic stars can compete with
the magnetic power of athletic sports
They top the whole list Boston Her
ald
Blue Envelopes on Railroads
A blue envelope when received by a
railway employe usually caatain3 a
check and discharge crrd