The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1880-02-27
DYNAMITE AND GUN.COTTON.
Details of the Guy Fawl<es Plot at st. Pc
tersburg.

Details of the Guy Fawkes Plot at st. Pc
tersburg.
The Emperor was busily discussing
the politics of the Balkan provinces, the
elections of the Bulgarian Assembly,
the loyalty of the Princes subjects, the
attempted compromise between the two
parties in the state, when servant an
nounced that the dinner was served.
The Gar and his guests were so intent
upon the subject of the conversation
that the announcement was disregard
ed. Shortly afterward the servant re-
turned. AS he opened the door the
Emperor rose. At that instant terri
bic explosion was heard. The Gar had
walking to the door. He stopped short
at the sound. He then disengaged his
arm, and raised his eyes to heaven in
gratitude. Neither spoke word. The
Gar was perfectly calm, and an hour
later sat down quietly to dinner beside
the great gap in the floor. The Empress
was asleep in her room, and heard moth
ing of the explosion. Express orders
were issued that she should be left in
ignorance of the event.
Eight soldiers of the Finland regi-
ment Of the Guard, then on duty, were
killed and forty-tive We're injured. The
| flooring of the guard-room and several
gas-pipes were damaged. The mine was
filled with dynamite and gun-cotton.
The train by which it was fired can be
traced to a cellar in the inner court,
| where a quantity of fuel was stored. 1t
is generally supposed that the author of
| the crime was some official familiar with
| the palace. AS soon as the news got
abroad, the corridors OF the palace were
| filled with an excited crowd, each mem
Der of it giving q different version of
the affair. From all the private apart
ments poured the stream. Court cham
berlains, Ia coats that cleaned with
rich gold embroideries, hurried down
from the hall of st. George, and an
army of uninterrupted cooks defiled
from the subterranean kitchens. Court
ladies, with sweeping trains and spark
ling jewels, issued from their dressing
rooms, and the watchmen, with their
wives and families, came from their huts
upon the roof. Round the statue of
Alexander gathered medley throng of
/ officers in full uniform, maids of honor,
coachmen, grooms, scullions, and hun
dreds of inmates of the palace, whose
names are supposed to be registered by
the Minister of the Imperial House, but
who are in reality as little noticed by
him as the colonists who settle in Rus
sian forests are noticed by the proprie-
tor of the estate.
The first impulse of all these people
was to hasten to offer their congratu-
lations to the Emperor. Their second
was to return thanks for the preser-
walton of the palace itself. In their eyes
the building is sacred. The gilt cross
on the cupola of the private chapel,
which survived the fire of 1887, symbol
ICES to them the blessing which rests
upon it. 1t was this feeling which ani-
mated the workmen by whose industry
it rose again to its magnificent proper
tons. Ii was this feeling that caused
the humblest Mujiks to bring their con-
tributions to the expenses of recon
struction.
The news that no damage had been
| sustained by the heirlooms of the palace,
| that the portraits were undisturbed, the
imperial uniforms unsinged, the court
| jewels uninjured, was received by the
inmates with extreme salts faction. All
along the river side, between the Neva
and the palace, surged mass of the
populace in sheepskins and furs, and
torches flashed to and fro upon the ice.
Many of the aristocracy fastened down
the Newsky prospect to offer their con-
gratulations, but the police had strict
orders to let no drosky pass the gates.
At early morning the Emperor drove to
the Kasan Church, and returned thanks
to the Virgin for his fifth preserva ton