The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-01-08
The Cars Escape.

The Cars Escape.
THE narrative of a person who was
actually in the luggage train, part of
which was destroyed by the explosion
near Moscow, is published in the Lon
don papers of Nov. IA. According
to this account, the train conveying the
Emperor left the station at Simferopol
at midnight, the time appointed for its
departure. Theluggage train, consisting
of fourteen carriages and two locomo-
tives, had been dispatched half an hour
previously, but by fortunate chance
the train in which the Gar travelled
overlook the luggage train, and, pass
ing it, left it some distance behind. In
the luggage train were altogether fifty
persons. When it was still about two
and half versts from the Moscow sta
ton loud report was suddenly heard.
The carriage in which the narrator was
seated oscillated violently and then
came to a standstill with a sharp jerk.
The writer Immediately left the car
riage, and looking round, perceived
clear traces of an explosion. The first
engine was detached from the train,
and the other had left the rails, togeth-
er with some of the carriages, while
the remainder of the latter were stand
ing right across the line. The fourth
luggage wagon lay with its wheels up
ward. At the side of the line was WIS.,
ible large cavity several feet deep.
The noise of the explosion had attracted
the police and q crowd of people, who
loudly expressed their horror at the in
tended attempt to destroy the life of
the Emperor. The narrator fastened
to the nearest telegraph station in Or
der to forward dispatch, but found
that communication was interrupted
in consequence of the telegraph posts
having been thrown down by the ex-
plosion. A pointsman and another
railway official, who were in the imme-
diate vicinity, appeared to be badly in
jured, but all the occupants of the train
escaped with nothing more serious than
fright. The perpetrators of the crime
doubtless thought that the Emperor
was in the second train. The Public
Prosecutor and q magistrate arrived at
two o'clock in the morning at the scene
of the catastrophe, and, led by the
traces of devastation left by the explo-
sion, proceeded to the nearest house,
which was empty.
The magistrate discovered in the
court yard, concealed under the snow
some wires connected with battery
placed in an out house, from which the
passing train could easily be seen.
From inquiries made, it appeared that
the house was bought in September
last by a young man, who stated that
he was citizen of Tamara. He had
been observed digging in the cellar by
the neighbors, declaring as his reason
for so doing that he wished to obtain
some sand. In this way q passage for
the train powder connected with the
mine was followed out. The house
itself was poorly furnished. More
wires were found behind the wall
papers. From the wearing apparel
left in the house it is supposed that
several persons had been engaged in
the work. The remnants of a supper,
which had only been partaken of re-
Gently, were found in one of the rooms.
The Paris National, which is q kind of
half way semi-official, supplies in its
editorial remarks some Information
that throws light on this crime. 1t
points out that St. Petersburg tele-
gram, received on Tuesday, stated that
the police had arrested at Elizabeth
grad, a station on the Moscow-Odessa
Railway, young man on whose per-
son explosive materials were found
concealed. 1t adds that since the de-
velopment of the Nihilst agitation
news of this description has been SO
frequent that it passes. almost unper-
ceived in Western Europe. But it
concludes from the last outrage that
these arrests are fearful symptom of
the political and social condition of the
Russian Empire, and that the latest
attempt on the Emperor's life proves
that the members of secret societies
have not been diminished in number,
nor awed into inaction by the severity
of the punishment meted out to such as
have been found out. 1t adds that " if it
be borne in mind that in the city of Mos
COW alone the service of the municipal
police entails an annual outlay of over
1880, ,7O2 rubles, some idea may be
formed of the gigantic proportions of
the protective network which the Gov
ernments, the administration and the
sovereign find necessary" Yet the
active members of this new Carbon
arism continue without any visible
diminution of power their work of
violent destruction. Nothing appears
able to check movement which has
numbers of accomplices even in the
highest classes of society. The National
fears that "this latest outrage cannot
but affect very deeply the Gar and
materially increase the morbid melan-
choly which has settled upon him for
the last few years."
Xxx A Big Tooth.
While excavating for well at the
MAGNOLIA mills in this CITY. sixteen feet