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THE FATAL GASOLINE
CAUSE
THE DEATH
PERSONS
OF FOUR
Attempt to Fill the Reservoir of a
Lighted Gasoline Stove Results in
an Explosion Throwing Burning
Oil in all Directions
Fatal Gasoline Explosion
By the explosion of a gasoline stove on
Townsend Street Chicago a family of
six persons was almost exterminated
iFour are dead and a fifth is so badly
burned that death is almost oertain
Mrs Malm the wife and mother had
arisen to prepare breakfast and her hus
band and children were still in bed and
asleep She lighted a gasoline stove
iwhen the reservoir which holds the sup
ply of oil exploded throwing the burning
fluid about the rooms Before the sleep
ling members of the family could be taken
tout or even warned they were surrounded
by flames and burned almost to a crisp
-When the explosion occurred Mrs Malm
rushed frantically from the dwelling and
iScreamed for help She then returned to
the house soon re appeariug with her 3-
year old child in her arms Pieces of the
burning clothing still adhered to the
burned flesh of the babe and it died
Isbortly afterwards
I The screams of the mother had brought
neighbors to the scene The firemen re
imoved the inmates and subdued the
flames Mrs Malms burns were attend
ed to by physicians who found that her
burns were comparatively slight
FliOODED WITH BAD COIN
Thousands of Silver Counterfeit Half
Dollars from China in Frisco
United States secret service authorities
have made a discovery that leads them to
believe that the thousands of almost per
fect half dollars which have been circu
lated on the Pacific coast recently defy-
ing detection except in the hands of ex
perts were made in China and brought to
this country last summer by Chinese ac
tors who came to the Atlanta exposition
Almost the entire troupe is now in San
Francisco It is estimated that 10000
worth of these coins were put in circula
tion They contain nearly the same
amount of silver as in regularly minted
half dollars but the extremely low price
of silver bullion gave the counterfeiters a
good profit
Alleged Murderer Caught
Ed Perry the alleged murderer of the
Sawyer family was arrested at his aunts
house southeast of Mansfield Mo When
arrested he trembled andcried Excite
ment was so high that through fears of a
lynching Deputy Sheriff Goss left for
West Plains with the prisoner where he
nvill be more secure from mob violence
A message from the sheriff of Green
County says that the team wagon and
harness have been found and that it was
Perry who sold them The bloody clothes
were found in the trunk in the wagon to
gether with a saw and hatchet
Murdered by- the M ayor
Mayor W W Waters of Hot Springs
Ark killed Harry Martin a doctors
drummer on the street by cutting his
throat with a pocket knife The killing
grew out of a war waged against the
drummers by the city authorities Martin
accosted Waters on the street and a
quarrel arose when the mayor drew his
inifeandcut Martins throat Irom ear to
ear The mayor was arrested
Mayor Waters gained national notoriety
through his connection with the Corbett
Pitzsimmons fiasco
Island in Eruption
The island of Socorro 400 miles off tthe
Mexican coast is in a state of eruption
Two months ago the latest date of news
Irom the island lava was running down
the mountain sides overflowing the low
lands and traveling to the sea The sky
and sea was filled with ashes miles away
from the island fond a blazing mountain
forest was made out at night It wasa
magnificent sight
Car Jumps theIDrack
A car on the Agate Avenue line of the
tramway at Denver got out of the control
of the motorman jumped the track at a
curve when going down hill at a high
speed and turned over There were
seventy four passengers in the car u
dozen of whom were injured
Engineer and Fireman Hilled
A head end collision between a wild ore
train and a work train on the Duluth and
Iron Range near Tower Minn caused
the death of two men Several were
slightly injured The locomotives and
several cars were ditched
He Helped Capture Booth
Lieut Luther B Baker who as an offi
cer in the Government detective foncehad
charge of the party which captured J
Wilkes Booth the assassin of President
Lincoln died at Lansing Mich on the
21th aged 66 years
Gold Struck in Boston
It is alleged that rich deposits of -gold
and silver have been found on the Tufs
estate at Summerville the largest of Bos
tons suburban towns One is aid tc
have been uncovered by workmen blast
ing
The Horseless Carriage
One of the most interesting attractions
at the Julyirece meeting of the Sioux City
Fair Association will be a horseless car
riage This jaovelty which never has
been seen in Sioux City will be exhibited
each day of the meeting by the
Compaoy of Kokomo Ind
Boiter Jf3xplQion Kills Eight
A dispatch from Bin gen ten ck Ger
many near an
r Snounces that the boiler ot a tugNjloded
there sinking two barges kiJUgeigbt
jpopl and injuring many others
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SWEPT BY ANOTHER STOR3I
feight Cyclones in Five Days Near
Guthrie Oklahoma
A special to the St Louis Republic from
Suthrie Oklahoma says A disastrous
tyclone and waterspout passed over this
Kjction causiug great damage
At Edmund twenty houses were demol
ished and two persons Harvey Rich and
his daughter were killed
At White Eagle thirty miles north
Jhree cyclones formed within the space of
we hour and swept towards the Osage
sountry Twelve houses were demolished
ind forty or fifty head of stock were
killed in the vicinity ot White Eagle
At Black Bear John Rodgers and wife
were killed by falling timbers while a
armer named White was killed and all
Ihe members of his family injured by
heir house being blown on them
It is reported that 75000 damage- was
done to property and stock in the Osage
lountry Several lives are reported lost
Eight cyclones have occurred within a
radius of fifty miles in this section within
five days The city of Guthrie has al
ways escaped the fury of the storms
owing to its location Belief will be sent
to the sufferers in Paine County
REVIEW OF TRADE
The Business World as Seen for the
Past Week
R G Dun Corf Weekly Review of
Trade says The waiting condition
which seems to some people nothing bet
ter than stagnation still continues But
there is a difference Thousands of orders
and contracts are merely deferred because
they can be more sately given a little
later The stories about damage to wheat
have been numerous but the general be
lief regarding the future supply is fairly
reflected in the decline of 162 cents per
bushel The western receipts continue
large The home market fails entirely to
respond to short crop stories for it is
known that western reports indicate a
crop exceeding last years
Sales of wool have been 2018200 pounds
for the week at the three chief markets
and for three weeks ending May 21 sales
were 9187 tOO pounds of which 4882300
were domestic against 15918350 in the
same weeks of 1S92 of which 8601700
were domestic
Failures for the week have been 227 in
the United States against 207 last year
and 28 in Canada against 23 last year
Business Men Rise in Revolt
The business men of Milwaukee have
revolted against the boycott incident to
the street railway strike The commis
sion merchants unitedly took the initia
tive in the movement by issuing the fol
lowing manifesto
The undersigded while expressing no
opinion as to the differences between the
street railway and its former employes
nevertheless emphatically assert our right
and that of our families employes and
our patrons to transact business with such
bankers merchants manufacturers and
other persons aud to patronize such pub
lic and private conveyance as may suit
our convenience and hereby give notice
that we shall defend our right in these
matters by all lawful means
The boycott is strangling business and
it is expected that merchants in all
branches of trade will join the counter
movement for self- preservation
A Negro Quickly Found Guilty
Irving M Ford the negro whose brutal
murder of young Elsie Kreglo a white
girl 16 years old near the Zoological
Park created a sensation in Washington
and Maryland less than three weeks ago
was found guilty by the jury after being
out seven minutes Ford made a conles
sion and pleaded guily but the court re
fused to accept the plea and ordered a
trial The main effort of the defense was
to exclude Fords confession
Sultans Presents to the Czar
The Sultans presents to the Czar upon
the occasion of the latters coronation
consist of a number of rich carpets and
other costly articles including a diamond
pin valued at 2000 10000 intended for
the Czarina in addition the Sultan has
sent a high decoration to the Czar and has
forwarded presents to the principal mem
bers of his household
For Not Having Flags
The grand jury at Jacksonville 111
has returned indictments against the
heads of Illinois College the Catholic
and parochial schools for not having flags
on their school buil dings Among those
indicted are Bishop Ryan of the Alton
diocese and Yicar General Hickey of
Springfield many other prominent people
being included
Venezuela Also Has a Press Censor
The Venezuelan Government has for
bidden the circulation in Caracas of a
Panama newspaper because it published
an offensive article on the condition of
affairs under President Crespo This
newspaper asserts that it is an American
journal and therefore will invoke United
States interference to get the prohibition
removed
JJouble Frisco Tragedy
A JE Sheppard a San Francisco jew
eler oimrdered his cousin Miss Aweny
and then cut his own throat The woman
was addicted to morphine A note left
by the murderer indicated that he con
sidered at his duty to kill her Sheppard
was a deyoteeof spiritualism
SSfcKWD jand Killed by Mistake
Ernest Brownell a student at the high
school ait Greeley Colo aged 17 was
shot and killed by Bode Foster a barber
who mistook him for a burglar Brownell
was lodging at Fosters house and re
turned home after attending a rehearsal
Foster has been arretted
Omaha Water System Sold
The water system of Omaha was sold at
public auction ihe purehasher being the
Fajmers Loan and Trust Company the
tructee of the bondholders who hold the
mortgage bonds on the plant There was
but cue bid the purchase price ol ihe
plant being 4000000
Tfiree Murderers Hauged
John Rutherford Brady Rutherford and
JoeGoodsoo were hanged at Bfcenham
Texas for Ins murder of Thoma3Dyer
A J died protesting their innocence
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The Corliss Immigration Bill Passed
by the House
After two days debate the House on
the 23th by the overwhelming vote of Wo
to 20 passed the Bartholdt McCall immi
gration bill as modified by the Corliss
amendment The bill as pussed adds to
the classes of aliens excludedTiroin admis
sion to the United States all mate persons
vw w ui i
yc uvjjyears ex
cept parents of persons living jnlhis
country who can not read andnvrite En
glish or some other language The Cor
liss amendment added to the bill excludes
aliens who come across the borders year
after year to perforin labor i the5United
States with no intention of settljng there-
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ltueeiaresi an lauor contracts witn
aliens void and makes parties thereto
within the jurisdiction of the ijnited
States punishable by a fine of 1000 or
imprisonment not exceeding one year
makes it a misdemeanor for naturalized
citizens who have returned to a foreign
country making the same their home to
again perform labor m the United States
makes it a misdemeanor for any alien to
cross the border for labor in the United
States except at a port of entry and im
poses a head tax of CO cents on each immi
grant
PRESBYTERIANS IN SESSION
The 108th General Assembly Opens
in Saratoga N Y
The first days session of the 108th Pres
byterian General Assembly at Saratoga
N Y brought with it two surprises The
proposal in the moderators sermon for a
conference to arrange and pacify the
differences which have troubled the de
nomination during recent years was the
first The second was the election on the
first ballot by a handsome majority of the
man who has been regarded as the candi
date of the liberal party in the church
This view of the new moderators ten
dencies was stoutly denied but at all
events his first act was accepted as show
ing a determination to be independent of
control and dictation
Nearly 700 commissioners half ministeis
and half elders occupied seats on the
floor of the auditorium and as many more
ladies and visitors were crowded upon the
floor of the auditorium The service ac
cording to the book of discipline of the
Presbyterian Church began promptly at
11 oclock Dr Booths sermon occupied
more than an hour in the delivery
NATIONAL SAENGERFEST
Cleveland AVill Open It by Pushing
an Electric Button
President Cle eland has written to the
executive committee of the Twenty
eighth Xational Saengerfest which begins
in Pittsburg June 8 that he will be un
able to attend but that he will be with
the German singers and the monster
audience in spirit at the reception concert
and will open the Saengerfest by the
touch of an electric button at the White
House
A monster flag is to be made of red
white and blue glass bulbs which at a
given signal will be illuminated by an
electric wire having a circuit direct from
the Saengerfest hall to the White House
The illumination will take place justbe
fore the reception concert after the au
dience is seated In this manner the
President will declare the great national
fest of song officially opened
To Forget the Past
It is learned on the highest authority
that a movement is on foot in London
and in Paris and Brussels in favor of the
reconciliation of the Armenians with
Turkey There is every reason to be
lieve this movement has been started with
the consent of the Sultan nis Majesty
has been vividly impressed by the state of
affairs in Antolia created by the sad
events of the past year It is necessary
however that the Armenians should
come forward honestly and endeavor to
forget the past and boldly appeal to tho
personal sentiment of the Sultan
Met Death in a Box ar
One man was killed and six injured by
a singular accident on a lake shoe freight
train near Toledo Ohio The train was
going westward when the air hose broke
near the middle of the train seiting the
brakes on the front half of the tran The
rear portion came forward with sach ter
rible force that one empty stock car was
doubled together as if it had been x paper
box In the rear was seven tramps steal
ing a ride
Frank Harms of Washington Ga had
his head crushed and will die The others
were more or less seriously injured
Mississippi Rising Rapidly
The Mississippi River is rising steadily
No damage has been done yet but it is
greatly feared at Alton 111 and the flood
prospect is becoming alarming There
the river stands on the official gauge
twenty feet above low water mark and
the water is still rising rapidly The
river is fairly out of its banks and thou
sands of acres of low lands are being
flooded with their growing crops Ten
ants are endeavoring to get away to
higher ground but many of them cannof
do so without help
MARKET QUOTATIONS
Sioux City Cattle Stockers and feed
ers 3 275 to 325 Hogs Prices ranging
from 295 to 305 Grain Wheat 48c
to 50c corn 18c to 22c oats 14c to 15c
rye 20c flax75c hay 50Jto 000 but
ter 10c to 15c eggs 63
Chicago Cattle Beef steers 340 to
425 stockers and feeders 300 to 390
Hogs Prices ranging from 800 to 342
Grain Wheat No 2 spring 59jc No
3 spring 59c to 60c No 2 red 61c to
64ic corn No 2 29c to 28c No 2
yellow 29c to 29c oats No 2 19Xc
No 2 white 21c to 21c No 3 white
20c to 21c rye No 2 36c ilax seed No
1 88o timothy seed 325
Kansas City Cattle Beef steers 285
to 400 stockers and feeders 300 to
385 Hogs Prices ranging from 210
to 405 Sheep 200 to 400
South Omaha Cattle Beef steers 325
to 395 stockers and feeders 300 to
400 Hogs Prices ranging from 300
to 315
5inneapolis Grain Wheafc May
59c3 July 58c to 58c No 1 hard on
track 6Dc No 1 Northern 59d
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NEBRASKA
Judge Marshall at Fremont Refuses
to Again Listen to the Troubles
Involved in the Damage Suit
Against the Elkhorn Road
Dodge Damage Case Passed On
Judge Marshall at Fremont overruled
the plaintiffs motion for a new trial in the
case of Hansel against the Elkhorn His
decision was ou le lengthy aud a careful
review of the points of law involved in
the case sustaining the instructions given
by him on the trial The principal ob
jections to the instructions were that the
court erred in instructing that the burden
of proof was on the plaintiff to show that
he was notguilty of contributory negli
gence and that all psssible steps were
taken to prevent the spread of the fire to
his property In the course of the opinion
Jthe court intimated that the plaintiff could
hot recover if the lire though started by
spark sfrom defendants locomotive was
allowed to spread to his property through
the negligence of a third party The de
cision in this case will not affect the
others
Killed While Walking the Track
The eastlbound Kock Island passenger
train ran into and killed a man two and
one half miles east of Richfield at 10
oclock on the morning of the 19th The
coroners inquest developed that the man
was walking in a deep cut in which there
was a sharp bend and Was not seen by
the engineer until the train was within 10D
feet of him The man was struck while
stepping from the track The body was
in no way disfigured and it is beleived
that death resulted from a broken back
Besides 9J cents and a few personal
effects letters were found upon his person
addressed to George Dublin Nebraska
City He had evidently been recently at
work in a South Omaha packing house
The remains were turned over to the
county undertaker for burial
Electric Lights Again Shine
ONeill is again lit up with electric
flight after four and one half months of
darkness A petition was presented to
the council signed by eighty live business
men of the city praying the council to
again light the city The petition was
granted Last December the councilmen
decided that owing to hard - times the city
would have to do away with the street
lights and on January 1 the plant closed
May 1 H C Miller of Lincoln resumed
control of the plant and it has been in
operation since The city formerly paid
800 a light per month while now it gets
Ihem at 000 per month
Good Price for Nebraska Grain
The last of the western steers which
have been fed at 0 cents per pound
were shipped the other night Over 10
C00 has been distributed near Shelby to
the feeders of these animals Grain
which has had a low market value and
polt corn and stalks yielded a fine profit
when converted into meat The South
Omaha commission men who placed the
cattle at Shelby have dealt liberally with
the feeders and the latter will be anxious
to serve them next year
Murderer Schmidt Sentenced
John Schmidt pleaded guilty at Neb
raska City to manslaughter and was sen
tenced by Judge Ramsey to twenty five
vears imprisonment in the state peniten
tiary Schmidt had been an inmate of the
Nebraska state asylum and was dis
charged therefrom as cured A few
months afterward he waylaid his father-in-law
an aged man at night and shot
him so that he died in a few days
Woman Scares a Burglar
Mayor Bonekempers residence at Sut
ton was entered by a burglar the other
night He was discovered by Mrs Bone
kemper being awakened by burning
matches She stepped out of her room
and met the burglar face to face with a
lighted match in his hand who made pre
cipitate flight down stairs and escaped be
fore the mayor could be called The bur
clar did not secure any booty
Troubles of a Stuart Family
The Remains of John Carberry who
committed suicide at Stuart by Shooting
himself were interred in the Atkinson
cemetery The family of late years has
been singularly unfortunate This is the
third member of the family that has been
buried in the past year and three died pre
vious to that time
Police Arrest Suspicious Characters
The police authorities at Grand Island
arrested three strangers who had a sack
of shoes and a lot of handkerchiefs and
underclothing possession of which they
could not satisfactorily expl ain It is be
lieved considerable more goods have been
hidden Some of the shoes are Rice
Uutchins make
Erects a Flag Pole
McPherson Post Grand Army of the
Republic at Fremont has erected a fifty
foot pole on the lot donated to it by the
cemetery association at Ridge Cemetery
The monument to the unknown dead
Which is to be dedicated Decoration Day
will be placed on the same lot
Investigating a Village Board
The new village board of Exter has a
couple of experts in the persons of the
present clerk and treasurer going through
the books and papers of the previous
boards proceedings to try to unravel the
tangle in which the business of that board
was kept
Horse Thieves Bound Over
Fetterly and Daniels the two young
men arrested at Plamview charged with
stealing C O Barnards trotting mare
had their trial before the county judge
They waived examination to the district
court
Peculiarly Formed Hog
Frank Green of Greeley Center has a
freak of nature on exhibition It is a pig
with eight well formed legs four ears
and a single body and head
Jumps and Breaks a Leg
A few days since as Harvey Stevens of
Bayard was starting for work his team
became frightened and ran away Mr
Stephens who is about 60 years old
jumped from the wagon striking the
ground with sufficient force -to break his
leg in two places just above the ankle
Curfew at ONeil
The City council at ONeil got in line
frith the rest of the cities and passed a
curfew ordinance Hereafter all children
under 16 years of age wilL have to be at
home after 9 oclock jq the evening v
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SHE DIES OF GRIEF
News of Henry Bollns Conviction
Kills His Sister
One death has followed the convicti on
of Henry Bolln the ex city treasurer of
Omaha which is believed by his relatives
to ue directly traceable to Bollns convic
tion and sentence
It N the death of Bollns sister Mrs
H Kimme of Cheyenne Mrs Kimme
has taken a great interest in Bollns trial
and has furnished him considerable money
for his defense When Bolln was sen
ten ced b Judge Baker and shortly af tei
his return to the jail he wrote his sister
telling her of the sentence
Word received by him was to the effect
that when Mrs Kimme received his letter
she fell prostrate and senseless This
was Sunday evening Monday morniug
she died Bolln is almost prostrated with
grief at the loss of his sister
FORT OMAHA BILL PASSES
Senate Agrees to Lease the Reser
vation to Nebraska
Omaha and Nebraska are within sight
of what will undoubtedly prove of vast
benefit to the state the acquirement of the
Fort Omaha military reservatian The
bill passed the Senate late on the after
noon of the 20th without a single vote
against it and being taken up by unani
mous consent
The passage of this measure means
much for the state for in a few years Con
gress will give it outright the Fort Omaha
reservation should the state realize the
intention of the promoters of this enter
prise to establish thereon a great training
school for the youth of the whole west
Begged Funds for Evil Purposes
A man giving his name as Luke Crogan
was in Schuyler recently with a 3 year
girl and a 5-year-old boy begging funds
to get him on his way west with his
children whom he seemed to desire
to get out of reach of his wife who
had forsaken him in Dakota He said he
lived in Ponca seven months and that he
had been in North Bend during the last
seven weeks Because of the children
much sympathy was manifested for them
until he began spending the money In
saloons and got beastly drunk and it was
learned that he gave the children liquor
Officers of the Childrens Home Society
tried to get the children but he would not
release them stating that he desired a
home for them but wanted them where
they would be subject to his call He left
Schuyler with the children saying he was
going to Lincoln to put them m the Or
phans Home
Taking Game Fish Easily
During the high water of last week the
Elkhorn overflowed its banks and filled
up a good many low places in Elkhorn
Township The river has now gone
down leaving considerable water stand
ing These pools are tilled with fish bass
and pickerel principally John Lass of
Elkhorn Township was in Fremont re
cently with a wagon load of fish which he
took from a pool on his farm The water
was subsiding the fish had no way of get
ting hack to the river and they could be
caught very easily
Salvationists to Have a Church
The Salvation Army is planning to erect
a building for church and barracks in
Fremont They have secured an option
on a lot on Fifth Street and are making a
strong effort to raise 3000 to purchase tho
same and erect a church Several of Fre
monts business men who are in sympa
thy with the work of the organization
have subscribed and they feel confident of
being able to raise the money They in
tend to put up a good sized commodious
building with rooms for the use of thu
officers
Eloped with Two Girls
Neil Crosby employed in a hotel at Ore
eloped from that place with Miss Rice
and Grace Wampole two young girls
about 15 years old taking with them the
hotel bus horse Not showing up in the
morning inquiry was made and telegrams
sent to the neighboring towns They were
located in Greeley Center where some
Ord men were to meet them but before
Crosby had completed his escapade the
officers of the law took him in and he wil
be taken back to Ord
Young Man Burned to Death
A L Dulaney a young man living
three miles west of Adelia was burned to
death in his house Dulaney who lived
alone was subject to epileptic fits and of
late they had taken him quite frequently
It is supposed that during one of the fits
he overturned a lamp thus setting the
house on fire The fire was not discov
ered until the house had fallen in A poi
tion of the trunk of the body was all that
was recovered He had no relatives there
Minstrelsy by North Platte Women
The women of North Platte gave a min
strel show for the benefit of the art de
partment of the Irrigation Fair About
thirty women all well known in society
there appeared behind the footlights in
burnt cork masks and gave one of the
best minstrel shows ever witnessed in the
town A large crowd attended and a sum
large enough to insure a good art depart
ment at the fair was realized
Farmer Boy Tries Burglary
A farmer boy named Samuel Phelps
broke in the rear door of Mrs Persons
dry goods store at Central City a few
nights ago Nightwatch Cox heard the
noise and called the marshal to assist him
When Phelps discovered he was treed he
jumped through a large plate glass and
endeavored to escape He was caught
however
New Mining Company
The Omaha Mint Mining Company has
been incorporated with a capital stock ot
2000000 for the development of five
mines in the Cripple Creek district The
company is composed of Omaha business
men who have already commenced work
on the mines owned by the company The
articles have been filed with the county
clerk
Blind Students Entertain
There was a musical entertainment at
the Institute for the Blind at Platssmouth
the other evening and a large audience
was present The Dovey sisters of Platts
mouth sang some delightful selections
The institute orchestra rendered a num
ber of selections
Body of South Omaha Boy Found
The body of a boy apparently about 15
years of age was found in the Missouri
River near Rock Bluff The body was
dressed in light stripped trousers shirt
and shoes and had been in the water for
some time though quite well preserved
It is believed that the boy is the one who
was drowned near South Omaha some
time ago and the authorities of that place
have been notified
Taken to the Reform School
Sheriff Hahn of Osceola has gone to
Kearney to Place Jesse Campbell a 10-year-old
boy in the reform school
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RUSSIAN RULER ENTERS THE
EMPIRES OLD CAPITAL
Nicholas Is Hailed by Booming Cannon
and Pealintf Bells In Dazzling Caval j
cade Royalty and Nobility Jonrney
from the Petrovsky Palace
Day of Joy at Moscow
The czar and czarina made their tri
umphal entry into Moscow amid the thun
der of batteries of artillery the clanging
of countless bells and the cheers of a vast
multitude of loyal Russiuns and equally
enthusiastic visitors from all parts of the
world Probably never in the history of
nations has there been such an assem
blage of peoples Possibly the gorgeous
scene may never be repeated in its grand
entirety In anticipation of the coming
of the czar the entire route from Petrov
ski palace about three miles on the road
to St Petersburg to the Kremlin was
so densely packed with people that move
ment except on the outskirts of the im
mense crowds was out of the question
The signal for the commencement of
the days movements was a salute of nine
guns from a battery outside the city This
was followed by the dull booming of the
big bell of the Cathedral of the Assump
tion and the assembling of the troops at
their various mustering points
Then the countless high dignitaries of
the empire and of foreign countries began
to gather at the Petrovski palace to take
their places in the gala equipages or to
escort on horseback the carriages of their
imperial majesties The grand dukes and
grand duchesses the princes and the prin
cesses the Asiatic potentates the innum
erable representatives of every country
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under the sun assembled there to do honor
to the czar of all the Russias the ruler
of the mighty empire which half encircles
the globe Generals with their staffs
aids-de-camp riding at breakneck speed
orderlies galloping furiously were to be
seen everywhere The clash of arms re
sounded on all sides and most impressive
was the gathering of the hosts of the
mighty emperor
At 230 oclock there was a further
thundering of the cannon this time from
the direction of the Petrovski palace and
that living mass of men and women gave
a great sigh of relief for it was the signal
that the czar had started on his journey to
the Kremlin
Reception of the Czar
After leaving the palace the czar wat
received by the of all
the troops at Moscow and in its neigh
borhood the Grand Duke Sergius and
then the latter with a most brilliant
staff joined in the procession At the
Resurrection gate the czar dismounted
from his horse and the empresses de
scended from their carriages in order tc
worship at the shrine of the Iberian Ma
donna the most sacred of the many holy
symbols in Moscow At the shrine their
majesties were received by the grand
vicar of Moscow who presented them
with the cross and sprinkled them with
holy water Their majesties entered the
chapel and knelt in prayer before the
image At the conclusion of their devo
tions the czar remounted his horse and
the czarina re entered her carriage and
they passed through the gate into the
Kremlin where they were received with
all the ecclesiastical pomp possible
At the moment their majesties entered
the palace of the Kremlin an artillery
salute of 101 guns was fired and through
out the journey of their majesties the bells
from all the belfries from Moscow were
tolled The czar and czarina will re
main at the palace in partial seclusion un
til the ceremony of the coronation of the
imperial standard which always occurs
three days before the coronation
Cost of the Fetes
The Russian Government is said to
have spent over 20000000 on the fetes
up to the present and the city of Mos
cow is understood to have expended near
ly as much money and more expenses
have to be met The illuminations cost
several millions of dollars to the Govern
ment alone without counting what the
city contributed toward this portion of
the expense Besides the expense of the
Russian Government and the city of Mos
cow the expenses which grand dukes and
grand duchesses foreign princes and am
bassadors etc have been put to is really
enormous one authority going so far as
to estimate that there was about 100
000000 worth of jewelry alone in the
procession
The French Government especially has
been put to a very great expense for the
coronation fetes The cost of the supper
which their imperial majesties attended
under the auspices of the French delega
tion cost over 100000 and the carriages
used by the French
envoys were the prop
erty of the Emperor Napoleon built es
pecially for the christening of the late
prince imperial Ex Empress Eugenie al
lowed them to be sent to Moscow for the
use of Comte De Montebello and General
De Boisdeffre the representatives of
France
The French excavators at Delphi have
unearthed a life sized bronze statue of a
beardless man the largest yet discovered
The date of the work is 500 B C The
statue is holding the bridle of a horse
and portions of the horses figure have
also been found
Princess Louise of Denmark eldest
daughter of the Crown Prince Frederick
who was born in 1S75 and Prince Fred
erick of Schaumburg Lippe cousin of the
reigning Prince George who was born
in 1S6S were married at the palace of
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