The Valentine Democrat. (Valentine, Cherry Co., Neb.) 1896-1898, June 04, 1896, Image 3
V y tei N OF A G BEAT STATE 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 lk ris VJJ 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 h - 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 1 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 i m i mw 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 -London Graphic 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 in u 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 - i 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