Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-03-06
FOREfGN NEWS.
The Would be Assassin Of General
MeiikOn.


ST. PETERSBURG, March 9th. = General
Melikoff's would be assassin, Melodetsky,
when arrested, behaved in such manner as
to suggest mental arrangement, but surgeon
pronounced him sane. When before General
Zuroff, Project of Police for preliminary ex-
animation, he made declaration regarding
his arrest last year and his escape from Jusk,
etc. He said he was a native of Minsk, so
years old. and became a convert from Juda-
ism because it was impossible for Jew to
live in st. Petersburg. General Melikoff
Wednesday evening ordered a Court-martial
Thursday morning and the trial began at IL
o'clock that day. The prisoner was insolent
in language and demeanor, refused to stand
up or take any part in the proceedings, say
ing he had nothing to add to what he had al
ready told General Zurof, that he did not
want to be troubled any more, aud wanted
the matter finished. The dispositions were
then read and the prisoner withdrawn while
the Court deliberated. He was brought back
at o'clock, when Judgment was pronounced.
SENTENCE EXECUTED.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 5th-Melodetsky,
the Nihilist who attempted to shoot General
Melikoff Wednesday, was brought to-day
from the fortress to the place of execution,
strapped in sitting posture on a block in
the vehicle with his bacl, to the horses. A
placard bearing the words Estate criminal :"
was attached to his breast. A company of
Cossacks formed the escort. The scaifold was
surrounded by infantry, drawn up in hol-
low square. On the way to the scaffold, and
after reaching it, Melodetsky was quite calm,
smiling occasionally. After the sentence had
been read, Melodetsky bowed on all sides
to the people. Just before being delivered
to the hangman he said few words to those
present and kissed the cross. The execution
took place in the presence of an immense
concourse The body remained hanging
thirty minutes. The police arrested seven
men in the crowd, having the appearances of
students. They were taken to the fortress
| under strong escort.
The Russian Revolution Rartmann's
Case.
PARIS, March 9Th. = The Irreconcilable
journals publish what purports to be mani
festo of the Russian Revolutionary Executive
Committee, justifying the plot against the
Gar which resulted in the explosion in the
Winter Palace. The manifesto expresses re-
gret at the death of the unfortunate soldiers
| in the palace, but declares such catastrophe
inevitable as long as the army is but the work
of the Imperial autocracy. 1t says the revo-
luton is forced on Russia by the Govern
ment's repression of intellectual development,
and that the struggle must continue until the
| Car abdicates or grants constitution, and
it declares, " We will triumph at all cost"
The Russian ambassador has assured the
French Government that its decision in the
matter of the surrender of Hartmann, what.
ever it may be, will not affect the relations
between France and Russia.
The German Reicfsfag and the Sinking
of The GrOsser kurfurst.
BERLIN, March 5th.-In the Reichstae
Yesterday Herr Haenel introduced motion
calling on Admiral Van Stosch Chief of the
Imperial Admiralty. to submit to the House
an official report of the loss of the ironclad
Grosser Kurfurst Admiral Won Stosch de-
MED that he had endeavored TO shift the re-
sponsibility for the disaster on Others Unsen
National Liberal, opposed the motion. He
said the House ought to show its approval o.
Admiral Won Stoschs efforts to increase the
feet. Haenel's motion was rejected.