Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-20
FOREIGN NEWS.
The wiuter.paiace Explosion.

The Winter-PaIace Explosion.
ST. PETERSBURG, February 19th.-General
Gourka, Governor General of st. Petersburg,
was engaged at the Winter Palace the whole
night Of the 18th investigating the explosion.
The dynamite was fired by an electric bat
terry. Several pounds of that explosive ma
terial must have been used. The cellars of
the palace have long been used for storing
purposes, and appear to have been occupied
by four workmen, three of whom are under
arrest the fourth is missing Many arrests
have been made in the Winter Palace and
the immediate neighborhood
COMMENTS OF THE LONDON "TIMEs."
LONDON, February 19th-The Times COM
menting on the explosion in the Winter Pal.
ace at st. Petersburg, says: 1.-THE central
authority of the Gar must be upheld if that
order is to be maintained which is an indis-
pensable condition of progress. Conspiracies
like this must be punished with sufficient
severity to crush them but if, in conjunction
with these necessary measures, the Gar pur
sues course of gradual reforms, he may en-
terrain reasonable hope that these horrors
will pass away"
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
ST. PETERSBURG, February 10Th. - The
Nocoe Vremya publishes the particulars of the
attempted assassination of the Imperial fam
lily. showing that dinner was appointed for
o'clock Tuesday evening If it mad not been
accidentally delayed all would have been
seated at the moment of the explosion. As
it was, their escape was very narrow. The
Emperor, accompanied by the Princess of
Hesse and Bulgaria, was about to enter the
diniag hall through one door, and the other
members of the Imperial family Except the
Empress) by another, when the explosion
took place. Two servants who were in the
dining hall were injured. The force of the
of the Palace and adjacent houses were shat
tered. The gas was blown out and complete
darkness prevailed.
The bodies of two more soldiers have been
found among the debris, and of the forty-five
injured several have since died.
House Of Commons.
LONDON, February 19th.-In the House of
Commons to-day the Chancellor of the Ex-
chequer gave notice that he will move on
Monday next for the appointment of select
committee to inquire into the question of
loans for public works from the consolidated
fund.
Stanhope, Under Secretary for India, ad-
mitted that a confidential report was made
in 1876 by the Indian Assistant Quartermas-
ter General concerning his dispatch of troops
to America.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer said there
was no intention of resuming negotiations re-
gardiug the silver question, started by the
| United States and discussed at the Paris
Conference.
| Lord Harrington asked for further informa-
ton respecting the attempt on the life of the
Gar.
The Chancellor of the Exchequer said he
was unable to add anything to what was al
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received with the utmost horror. He ex-
pressed satisfaction at the providential escape
of the Gar, and said the health of the Gar,
the Empress and Duchess of Edinburgh had
not been affected by the excitement attending
the explosion in the Winter Palace.
House OF lords.
| LONDON. February 19th.-In the House of
Lords to-day, Lord Beaconsheld. abiding to
the late attempt on the life of the Gar, said
the Duchess of Edinburgh, who is now in ST.
Petersburg. refused to quit scene of so much
domestic suffering.
Libel Suit in which The lord Mayor of
Dublin Is Plaintiff.
! LONDON, February 19th.-Maddick, pub
Usher, and j. & L. Judd, printers of the
| Sporting and Dramatic Meas, appeared in
| the Bow-street Police Court to-day to answer
charge of libel preferred by Hon. E.
| Dryer Gray, Lord Mayor of Dublin, in the
| publication of an article OF which the follow
| ing is an extract: {" How that mischievous,
| ill conditioned burlesque of a legislator,
Gray. is descended we don't know, nor, see
| ing his character so apparent, does it much
matter. The guests who had been obliged to
accept his invitation to the Mansion House
/ are to be warmly congratulated on their es-
cape from such humiiating business his
dinner must have been" The article also
! insinuated that fear existed that the Man
sion House relief fund would be misapplied.
The cause was adjourned until Saturday.
a Bit of Row in County Waterford,
Ireland.
| CLoNMEL, February 19th.-Four bailiffs,
accompanied by large force Of police to-day
distrained cattle for rent on farm in County
Waterford occupied by widow. A crowd
of 800 persons overpowered the police and
recaptured the cattle. The ringleaders of the
mob will be summoned for assault.
Heavy Wool sale in London.
LONDON, February 19th-Ten thousand
four hundred bales of wool were sold this
evening, principally Australian and Port
Phillip, at the extreme opening prices. The
bidding was brisk, and the tendency of the
market is still upward. 1t is expected that
$50 coo bales will be offered during the present
series of sales.
The Famous Trudeau Abduction Case.
MONTREAL, February 19th.-The famous
Trudeau abduction case in December has been
rnraveled by the capture of the perpetrators
-Girard and son-in-law of the latter The
latter was an einploye of the Bank of Mon
treal. Miss Trudeau tainted repeatedly on
recognizing them. They confessed that their
design was to ravish her, bat were alarmed
by the effusion of blood from her mouth.
They sent her home.