The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1880-02-23
EUROPE.
The Attempt on the Cars Lii

The Attempt on the Cars Life.
LONDON, Feb. 21.-A Berlin correspondent
telegraphs: Lately the Gar hardly ever left
the Winter Palace. When he went abroad he
who concealed his carriage and protected the
inmate with their bodies. In the palace he
was accessible only to dplomatists, dignita-
| ries and officers of the household. At the
chapel detectives occupied the seats formerly
reserved for distinguished visitors. Detectives
infested the kitchen. Every dish was tasted
by persons of rank specially selected for the
purpose. The Emperor did not even VEN
ture to open his letters, documents stepped in
poison having repeatedly been sent him."
VIENNA, Feb. 21.-The Tagblatt relates tn
| for some days past the Gar daily received
sealed letter containing few words of men,
ace, and saying that if he did not change his
| system of oppression he would not live to cele-
brate the 18th anniversary of his succession.
The sheet was always bordered in black. In
ter" All efforts to discover the person who
conveyed it to the Emperor's room were UNI
| successful.
LONDON, Feb. 21.-The Russian arrested on
the 18th in the Champs d'Elysees at Paris,
charged with being connected with the Mos
COW explosion, is named Karl, alias Mayer,
alias Hartmann, and is believed to be the
man who rented and occupied the house in
Moscow the explosion of mine under the
railway was operated. If this fact is estab-
lished to the satisfaction of the French govern
ment he will be surrendered as common
murderer, although there is no extradition
treaty between France and Russia. A state
ment published this morning that some reac-
tionary deputies have applied for the mans re-
lease, but were told that if it appeared that the
man was connected with the Moscow attempt
he would be surrendered to the Russian au-
thOrities, is erroneous The fact seems to be
that three leaders of the Republican groups,
| not reactionaries, asked Premier de Freycinct
whether the man is charged with political or
common law offence, and the Premier referred
them to NJ. Cazot, the Minister of Justice A
despatch from Paris to the Standard says: NJ.
Cazot claimed for the government perfect
freedom to take Whatever course it might
think advisable assuming entire responsibility.
M. Taillandier, Republican member of Depu-
lies, expressed dissatisfaction with this reply,
but said he would refer it to his colleagues at
the next meeting of the Extreme Left The
irreconcilable organs are highly indignant at
the arrest. The Mot d'Ordre, Rappel, Lam
terne and Justice regard the alleged offence as
absolutely political
ST. PETERSBURG, Feb. 21.-The Agence
Russo states that all the workmen who occu-
pied the cellar of the winser palace previous to
the explosion have been found and their inno-
cence appears certain.
The official Messenger says it is believed the
dynamite was placed in or on a stove in room
in the basement of the palace.
LONDON, Feb. 21.-A st. Petersburg dis
patch states that six more soldiers wounded by
the explosion in the Winter palace have died
A Berlin dispatch says that Gar wishes a
state of seige to be proclaimed all over Bussia
A British Official Captured by Greek
Bandits.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, Feb. 81. - Col. Synge,
whom Austin Layard sent last month to dis
tribute relief among the Mussulmen refugees
in Eastern Roumelia has been captured to-
gether with his wife by Greek brigands near
Salonica. The bandits demand large randi
som for their release. Col. Synge writes to
the British consul at Salonica, urging him to
prevent the dispatch of troops as the brigands
threaten to kill both him and wife if an armed
force is sent against them. Austin Layard Or
dered a British gunboat to rapidly proceed to
Salonica to inquire what is the better course to
pursue for their liberation.
Frightful Famine and Distress in Russia
PARIS, Feb. 21.-The Temps publishes let
ter from St. Petersburg which says: News
from the interior of the Empire is heart-rend-
ing. Famine and diphtheria are decimating
the population The provinces of Saratof and
Kief, which annually export in ordinary times
enormous quantities of q ain had scarcely any
crop last year. The calamity is aggravated
by want of fodder for cattle, peasants being
forced to sell them. In the Caucuses the fam
inc is still greater, where the people are COM
hitting suicide and selling their children