Daily press and Dakotaian. [volume] (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1875-1880, 1880-02-21

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the post with their ladies were present., and
the reception which followed was . brilliant
affair. An elegant wedding breakfast was
spread in the Sisters's parlors adjoining the
chapel.
THE ATTEMPT ON THE CAR.
Particulars Of the Explosion at tho Win.
ter Palace-A Well Laid Plot 10 XIII the
Sovereign.
By Cable to the Chicago Inter Ocean.
New York Herald Bureau, London, Feb.
l8, 1SS0-The Herald correspondent at
Paris telegraphs as follows:
Private dispatches that have been receiv-
ed here this evening give a consecutive
story Of the attempt that was yesterday
made to blow up the winter palace at St.
Petersburg. 1t appears that, when the car
ia at the capital, be is accustomed to dine at
6 O'clock. Since the return of the empress
the hour has generally been postponed for
half an hour. Quiet as is the emperor's
ordinary life, it has been quieter than ever
during the past month. Only the earliest
risers have caught sight of him walking in
The summer gardens chatting to some old
soldier, or pacing the ground in sotesry
meditation. He has had little appetite for
his lunch at IL, and, after staying all the
morning closeted with his secretary, has
returned at once to receive the visits Of his
ministers. He has devoted his time impair
TALLY to the latter, now consulting with
G~ortschskof and Giers, now with Wahyiff
and Miliatin. His afternoon drives, for
which people used to wait in expectant
crowds along the quays,have been altogether
abandoned. His dinner has occupied even
less time than of old, and while his sight
has never grown dim to permit him to work
at night, he no longer takes his former zest
in the rubber of whist or game of piquet
that regularly brought his day to a close.
Nevertheless Emile De Girardin's news.
paper, La France, asserts that he happened
to be in the apartments of the Princess DOL
garouky at the moment when the explosion
took place. 1t is we'll known that the EN-.
press has recently given her complete sane
ton to the presence of this lady, who exer-
cises over the emperor the influence of his
dead sister, Maria Nicolsievna. She is the
only person in court that can approach him
in the morose moods which are now his nor.
nal condition, and which are believed to be
premonitions OF softening of the brain. She
is a woman of great ability and courage, and
her place in the household, originally won
by the emperor's favor, is now maintained
by her personal gifts. La France asserts
that it was after a long and close interview
with Prince Gortschakof,' that the GEAR
her apartments and remained there
til after the ordinary hour of his official
dinner with the imperial family. To this
the latter are said to owe their safety, but
the Patrie, which has gathered its facts
from the Russian embassy, tells the story
somewhat differently. It maintains that the
car was at the time in deep conversation
with Prince Alexander, of Bulgaria, WHO
arrived at St. Petersburg in the morning.
All the evening papers express their hor.
ror of.the crime. One of them announces
that a Russian has been arrested on the
Champs Elysees charged on an extradition
with attempting the life Of the
car. Others describe the scene in the
winter palace after the explosion. As soon
az the news got abroad, the corridors we're
filed with an excited crowd, each. member
Of it giving a different version OF the affair.
From all the private apartments poured the
stream of court chanberlaina, in coats that
with rich gold-embroideries, hur.
lied down from the hall of St. George, and
IN army of white capped cooks de6led
the vast su%bterraneous Kitchens.
court ladies, with sweeping trains and
parking jewels, issued from their dressing.
and the watchmen, with their wives
md families, came from their huts
lpon the roof. Round the statue Of
Alexander gathered q motley throng oil
in full uniform, maids of honor
'oachmen, grooms, scullions, and hundreds
the inmates of the palace, whose names
supposed to be registered BY the minis.
of the imperial household, but are in
eality as little noticed BY him rs the colo.
lists who settle in Russian forests are NO.
iced by the proprietor of the estate. The
impulse of all these people was to
'asten to offer their congratulations to the
mperor. Their second was to return
hanks for the preservation of the palace
tself. In their eyes the building is sacred.
The gilt cross on the cupola of the private
hapel, which survived the FIRE Of 1887,
ymbolizes to them the blessings which
est upon it. It was this feeling which ami
mated the workmen By whose industry it
csc agafh to its old magnifcence. 1t was this
ceiling that caused the humbl.st Muiiks to
ring their contributions to the expenses
f reconstruction. The news that no dam
&c had been sustained By heirlooms Of the
that the portraits were undisturbed,
imperial uniforms u~nsinged, the court
swels nniDjured, was received by the in
mates with extreme satisfaction. All along
be river side, between the Neva and the
alace, surged a mass of the populace in
heepskin and fnre, and torches flashed to
nd fro upon the ice. Many Of the ariato.
hastened down the Newskv prospect
, offer their congratulations. but the police
ad strict orders to let no dravsky pass the
ates. At early morning the emperor
rove to the Kazar church and returned
hanks to the Virgin for his fifth preservs.
ion from death. BISMARCK.
a HOUsEH0LD NEED.