Wyandot County Republican. [volume] (Upper Sandusky, Ohio) 1869-1903, 1872-03-07

were numbered by millions. Fabulous
prices were paid for available seats to
witness the procession. Twelve thousand
soldiers and almost the entire police guard
ed the lines. The interior decorations of
St. Paul's Cathedral were fine. 1t is csti-
mated that 1900 persons were within the
Cathedral at noon. The decorations on the
route of the procession are said to have sur
passed anything ever before known. AT one
of the street crossings was n splendid tri-
umphal arch which cost $4,000, and other
arches hardly less splendid are mentioned.
Several serious (and one fatal accidents hap
pened during the day, owing to the pressure
of the great masses of spectators on the line
of the procession.
The Pope has addressed letter to French
Bishops asking them to support Count de
Chambord for ruler of France.
A cable dispatch of the 2Sth says the Ger
man Government had notified the French
Minister of Finance that it would accept the
anticipatory payment of 400, 100000 francs of
the war indemnity with discount of five per
cent. NJ Pouyer Quertier would Immediate
ly pay the amount, thereby saving 20, O00, 900
francs.
A Paris telegram of the 2Sth says diplo-
matte authorities there were confident that
England would finally admit the competency
of the Geneva Board of Arbitration to con-
slider indirect claims.
As Queen Victoria was returning from a
drive on the evening of the 29th ult., and
just as she had reached the gate at Bucking-
ham Palace, young man named O'Connor
ran to the side of the carriage and presented
pistol within foot of the Queens head.
The Queen bent her head down to avoid the
shot, but the pistol did not explode. The
fellow in one hand held papers granting re-
lease to the Fenian prisoners, which he
shouted to the Queen to sign, threatening
her at the same time with pistol. He was
instantly seized by the attendants and pre-
vented from doing further harm. 1t was
then found that the pistol was unloaded,
and that it was of such primitive construction
that ifit had been loaded it probably could
not have been discharged. Much excitement
and many exaggerated reports grew out of
this affair. The young man who made the as
sault is between nineteen and twenty years
of age, and after he was taken to police
station his behavior was wild and his Ian
guage incoherent.
Later reports show that the pressure of
the people in London to witness the royal
procession, and the fall of two stands occu-
pied by spectators, were attended with much
more calamitous results than was at first
supposed. 1t is now learned that five per-
sons were killed and thirty injured.
The London Times of the 29th ult. discuss
es the Alabama case, and says that England
will pay nothing save what is required to be
paid in obedience to the decision of the
Geneva Tribunal. She never dreamed of
offering any agreement of terms to settle
difficulties outside of the treaty. If the
treaty is failure, it is the fault of the
American Government.
1t is reported that Theirs has again offered
the Pope the hospitality of France, and that
Austria has rendered His Holiness Salzburg
Castle for residence.
General Garibaldi has published denial
of report that he was connected with the
International Society.