Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1879-12-10

Cured on the passage of the baggage
train half an hour aiterward. The
house whence the mine was exploded
has been discovered and u search il he.
ing made Tor the perpetrators.
A person who was in the baggage
train NJ the time OF the explosion says
the baggage train ofiourtcen carriages
and Two locomotives WAS dispatched
half an hour before their carrying the
Emperor, but by q fortunate chance
the Cars train overlook the baggage
train, passed and lett il some distance
behind. Two railway officials who
were in the immediate vicinity were
badly injured. The perpetrators doubt.
less thought the Gear was in the sec.
md tram. Tie pa6lic prosecutor and
the Magistrate soon arrived. The
latter discovered In the courtyard of
the empty house concealed under the
snow some wires connected with bat.
terry placed in an outhouse from which
the passing trains could easily be seen.
Tho house was bought in September
by young man, who stated that he
was citizen of Samara. lie had been
observed digging in his cellar by his
neighbors, but he disarmcd suspicion
by declaring that his reason for doing
so was to obtain sand. From this eel.
lar was dug passage-wny, in which II
train Of powder was laid connecting
with mine under tho railway. More
wires were found behind the wall pa.
per. From the quantity of clothing
found in the house il is supposed that
several persons were engaged in the
work.
ST. PErIRsBuRG, Dec. 4.---Thc Czar
arrived here safely at 2.45 o'clock this
afternoon and proceeded TO the Winter
palace in an open sleigh. Great crovd DIS
of troops lining the streets cheered
him enthusiastically.
The Times Berlin correspondent
explains that the Cars railway
Journeys are generally made with two
trains--one for himself and suite and
the other for tho servants and baggage.
Hithertoit has been customary 10 allow
the latter train TO act as kind OF
ecldTew, On the present journey this
order somehow became reversed and
the imperial train took the front posi-
ton. Unaware of this change the as.
sassins calculated upon tho Gar being
on the second train and exploded their
mine accordingly.
LONDON, December I.-The Ne,cs'
St. Petersburg dispatch says: "The
tunnel containing the powder train
ran 100 feet from the house under
meath the permanent roadway. The
first part OF the tunnel was built OF
stone. Some persons who were stand
ing on the cmbankment as the bag.
gage train passed imagined il was the
Cars train, which was the signal for
exploding the mine"
LONDON, December 4.-Tho CORES.
pondent of the Times at Berlin discuss
ing the recent attempt on the Cars
lite says; "There can be no doubt that
we have here d repititlon of crime
which has lately become too frequent
in Russia, and Il is equally certain to
what party the perpetrators belong,
Committed but n day so after the
Gar in leniency had commuted the
sentence Of death passed on the Nihilist
Mirsky the outrage Of Monday night
cannot but imbuc the government with
u determined spirit and intensity its
resolve 10 show no pity on those inca
pable OF compassion" The Queen yes
terday telegraphed the Emperor of
Russia congratulating him on his es.
cape from assassination.