Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-02-20
FOREIGN DISPATCHES.
l~srsclAL TO IN. GOLD HUI Dl1r NV,
THE NIHILIsT BLAST.

The Narrow Escape OF the Gar from
Annlhllation = Additional Par.
ticuiars.
LONDON. February 19.-Privats dis
patches give a consecutive story Of the
attempt to blow up the Winter Palace at
st. Petersburg. 1t appears that when
the Car is at the capital hs dimes at 6
o'clock. Since the return Of the EN-.
press dinner has generally been post.
poned for half an hour. Quiet as is the
Emperor's ordinary life, 1t has been
quister than ever during the past month.
He has little appetite for lunch at ~
o'clock, and after staying all the morn
ing clossted with his Secretary had 70.
turned at once to receive the visits Of
his Ministers. His afternoon drives,
for which tho people used to wait in ex-
pectant crowds along the qusys, have
been altogether abandoned. His dinner
has occupied svsn less time than Of old.
Various soversigns have sent congrat.
ulatory kilograms to the Car on tho
escape OF His Majesty and the Imperial
family from tho atrocious attempt on
their lives In the Winter Palace. Tho
London aud continental journals unite
in expressing horror at the plot, in
which it is generally believed some en-
ployes OF the palace were concerned.
No additional details OF the affair have
been received. The Grand Duke Mich
olas will leave Paris today for st. Peters
burg.
Sr. PETERSBURG. February 20.-Sincs
the inquiry commenced the workmen
who were engaged in the immedi.
ately beneath the guard.room, the scene
| Of the explosion. have fed. The cause
Of the delay Of the Car in entering the
dining hall was owing to his reception Of
Prince Hess. who had just arrived to
take part in the twenty.fith anniversary
Of the Cars accession to the throne.
General Gourke. tho Governor Gen.
eral of st. Petersburg. was engaged at
the Winter Palace the whole Of the
night OF the 10Th instant investigating
tho explosion. The dynamite was ex.
ploded by electricity. Several pounds
Of that explosive must have been used.
The csllars OF the palace have long
been Used for storing purposes, and APP
pear to have been occupied by four work.
men. three Of whom are under arrest and
the fourth missing. Many arrests have
been made in the Winter Palace.
The arrest OF some 40 inhabitants Of
the Winter Palace on Monday is believed
to be connected with the explosion OF
Tuesday.
The Nouoe Hermid publishes the par.
ticulars Of the attempted assassination
Of the Imperial family, showing that the
dinner was appointed for G o'clock Tues.
day evening. II il had not been acct.
dentally delayed all would have been
seated ut the moment Of the explosion.
As it was their escape was very narrow.
The Emperor. accompanied by the Prin.
cess Of Hssse and Bulgaria. was about
to enter the dining hall through one
door, and the other members Of the I'm
perial family, except the Empress, by
another, when the explosion took place.
Two servants who were In the dining
hall were injured. The force OF tho OF.
plosion Was such that numbers OF the
windows Of the palace and Of adjacent
hop.as u,ara ahattsred. Nh paa was
blown out and complete darkness pro-
vailed. Tue bodies Of two more soldiers
have been found among the debris, and
OF the forty i've injured several have
since died.