New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-05-20
GENERAL NOTES.

VIZ
,,nha Delta Phi Fternty will be held with the Middle
town Chapter of Wesleyan University, Wednesday ana
Thursday OF this week. The occasion Will ne meinor'-
h one for the Alpha Debts in all parts OF the country
pusess OF special interest TO the fraternity VIII &c
hropgbt before the convention The pubic exercises at
rho close Of the convention viii be held in the South Con
EDUCATIONAL Church. and will consist Of an Grafton By oX
SOTsrnor Chamberlain OF Maine, poem ny Professor
r. A. Brooks, of New-York. and music ny GraiuiiaS
seventh Regiment Band I'VE Nv a unnG WITH vii
soN these exercises. The tOast-maseT will be David
W. Judd Of New-fork
The destruction of the Russian torpedo
, ,t Otcakof late in April, is attributed to spoU-
,anoop. combustion The explosion took place at 3
Ilor IN tn morning 50 that the loss Of life not
oot Tho torpedo workshop the naval laboratory the
be6 containing stacks of torpcdoes ready for USE aud
an immense quantity of pyrOXoiine werc blown up by
three SEPARATE explosions, the second occurring TWO
minutes after the first and the third five minutes later
The shocks we're felt miles away, and in Otchakof Itself
panic ensued the inhabitants fanrying that the Eng
lisb fleet was bombardng the town The factory, lab
oratory and most Of the torpedo stores were found to
have entirely disappeared. When the fire engines came
upOu the scene the flames were rapidly approaching a
magazine near the factory. in which was stored twt II
tyone barrels Of gunpowder aud five tons of pyroXo-
line By the courageous eXertlOns OF the garrison the
stores we've removed The sOldlery cooly rolled away
the barrels powder aud carried off cases OF dynamite
under their arms, while the sparK5 were Ianhg
ike rain among them. During the day peasants found
bags and torpedo cases which had fallen at a dis
lance of FIVE miles from the town, aud ships al sea
picked u wreCkage of the factory ten miles ron land
Ex-Minister Curtin remarks, in the course OF
an interesting article in The Christian Cnion that in the
English Episcopal Church during the entire Crimean
the Emperor Nicholas nerdicted the prayer for
the Queen and Englishmen living in ST. Petersburg, who
are generally very prosperous never interrupted
in their business limited in their rights Of person
property How long, he dryy adds Greek priest could
have remained London and prayed for the success Of
the Car over the Queen at that time is question
to be answered. He maintains that the Russians
very gious people in Oriental sense 1t Is very
crude form of religion and when the Russian takes be
does whether the priest is sober drunk Mr.
Curtin correctly described the Government of the Car
as resting thousands OF small republics organized
eOmmunes From the fact that the people live in villages
their local Government is all their They elect their
village elder by suffrage, and have council or leg
islature which decides questions relating to the poor
rates. bridges roads aud similar local concerns When the
Government wants taxes these are collected by the com
mune. village, and sent 10 the central authorities the
answers to the CONSUMPTION IN the same man
ner. Mr. Curtin lays greater stress on what has been
developing internal and forming middle Class
than Mr.. Wallaees conclusions seem 10 iustliy
A conscientious and whIte-sOuled" muir
derer is a psychological study. A TJrolese miller
named Plorer was arrested Easter week for the
der of Maria Andres. He persuaded her to with him
TO the top OF aqueduct which spans the River
Etsch aud having killed her by blow on the head with
stone threw her body into the rushing stream. Every
body the village supposed AZ first that she bad COM
mitted suicide but finally suspicious were aroused that
her lover had seduced then murdered her When he
was arrested he made clean breast OF it, He declared
that he had long been tormented by anxiety for the
souls health OF the whom he had led astray, aud
that this torment had provoked him 10 the act OF mar
der and also to his deliberate selection Of the Faster
season the very tes time for carrying 1t into effect.
He conceived that he himself by tempting the gill into
ia Ip
ton for the whole Of her life this side Of The
grave but had also endangered the everlasting saliva
ton OF her soul He planned her death in order at the
time TO relieve his own conscience aud to secure
her salvation. Death would her from the tauns
and continuity which certain TO be her lot in this
world. and determined that it should be inflicted i'm
mediaey after her general confession Eastcrtidc.
because she would at that favorable moment be in
Of an immediate and unchallcngcd entry INFO Paradise
He further stated that he believed the scrupuous
which Ne had taken for the girls eternal welfare would
probably appeaSe the Almighty.
An American diplOmatist, it seems, is the
original designer OF the Bulgaria OF the Treaty Of San
stefano When the Conference had been agreed upon.
late in 1876 Ignaea thought 1t would facilitate the
discussion II scheme already drawn up were laid be-
fore the Ambassadors whenthey met He therefore pro
posed that Mr. Schuyler, the American Consul General
Prince TsercleR Secretary of the Russian Embassy;
and Mr. Barring Secretary OF the British Embassy should
draw mp scheme for the future organization and adj
minisraton of European Turkey Mr.. Barring was how
ever. at PhppOpos attending the sttings Of the Com
mission for the punishment Of the murderers Of Baak.
and he could SO the of the scheme
was left to NJ Schuyler and Prince Tserteef MI Mac
Gahan now says that he knows positive fact that in
lgnatiens original design he proposed, instead Of q
united Bulgaria. two three separate Provinces and
that the idea OF uniting them into Mr.. Schuy-
ers Prince Tserteef after discussion, agreed to
this and the scheme OF united Bulgaria went before
the Conference. Mr.. MacGahan says he can imagine L.
natiefstmile OF grim satisfaction when he informed
Mr. Schuyler that Lord Salisbury had rejected the idea
OF united Bulgaria, and that the representatives. OF
Russia had consented It's partition after
at0n The scheme OF uniting the Bulga ans north and
south OF the Balkan Mr, Schuy er's, and il the
British Government cOntfIyes to modify this plan
bodied IN The Treaty OF San SefanO, and TO divide the
province In faf u will revert to Ignates original plan.
That Russia would have more influence "A divided
uan over united Bulgaria il selteyident PROPOSE.
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