The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1880-03-10
FOREIGN NEWS.
RUSSIA.
THE TWENTY-FIVE ANNIVERSARY o. THE CARS
ACCESSION.

THE TWENTY-FIVE ANNIVERSARY o. THE czARs S
ACCESSION.
ST PETERSBURG, March 2.--The city is gaily
decorated and the day is being deserved as a
general holiday in honor of the twenty-f1fth
anniversary of the cZar's accession. At 10 this
morning vast crowds assembled before the
Winter Palace; troops were massed IN the CEN
tral quadrangle of the Palace and Immediate
vicinity. The czar appeared on the balcony
for 20 minutes, salufing the multitude amid
great enthusiasm. The members OF the coun.
ell of the empire Including the Chancellor
and Prince GortschakOd, at III 80 went to the
Winter Palace and presented congratulatory
address.
DEGREES have been published granting par
dons to prisoners and remitting arrears of
taxes owing by the rural population, and
awarding orders of distinction.
The Official Me Messengerpublishes a letter from
Emperor William mcountersigned by Bismarck,
congratulatlug the czar IN terms Of warm
and earnest friendship on the twenty ffth an
niveIsary of his accession and on his escape
from injury by the recent explosion in the
Winter Palace. The emperor expresses his
qualification tf at the friendship which united
their fathers has been main JaiDed, and his
confidence that IL will continue unchanged TO
After the czar had received the congratula-
tions of the enormous crowd at the Palace ne
grove out in an open carriage, and was loudly
and continuously cheered in the crowded
streets through which he passed.
AN ATTEMPT TO AssAssINATE GENERAL AELIKoFF.
ST. PETERSBURG, 4:3O p. m, March 3-Gen-
eral Mellkof, chief OF the new supreme execu-
tive com m lSSlOn. was 1reC at Dy a young man
with q revolver, this Afternoon, when alighting
from a carriage at his residence in Grand
Moskaia street. Genera, Melikon was not
hurt. The man was Immediately seiz9d by
COssiac. TIE bullet passed through the back
folds of General Melikod7s cloak. rhe would
be assassion fired when quite close to Melikof
CONTEMPLATING MELIKOFF.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 3.-The Duke of
Edinburg and ali the high officials and others
have congratulated General Melikoff on his
escape from assassination to-day. Reports
from the interior describe the festivities and
grand scale at Moscow, Charkoff, Warsaw,
Rigaw, Tifiiss and other large towns, No dis
turbance.
WILL BE HUNG TO-DAY.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 4.-Tbe man who
fired upon General Melikoff yesterday is a con-
verted Jew, named Modetsky. He has been
tried and sentenced to day, and will be hanged
TO morrow.
DETERMINED TO KILL MELIKoFF.
ST PETERSBURG, March 4.-Modetsky said at
his trial, that General Melikof would be
killed by some OF his cOmrads; that, although
his own attempt had failed, a second, and If
necessary third attempt would be made.
EXECUTION OF MELoDETsKY.
ST. PETERSBURG, March 5.-Melodetsky, the
Nihilist who attempted TO shoot General Mill
koff, on Wednesday, was brought, to day,
from the fortress TO the place OF execution,
strapped in a sitting posture on black We.
hicle, with his back 10 the horses. placard,
tached TO his breast. A company OF Cossacks
formed the escort. The Scanold was surround
ed by infantry drawn up in hollow square.
on the way to the scaftold, and after reaching
iI, MelodeIsky was quite calm, smiling occa-
siOnally. After the sentence had been read,
Melodetsky turned and bowed on all sides TO
the people. Just before being delivered to the
hangman he said few words TO the priest,
and kissed the cross The execution took
place in the presence OF an immense con-
course. The body remained hanging 20 lain
utes The police arrested seven men in the
crowd having the appearance of students.
They were taken to the fortress under q strong
escort.
AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITAL
ST PETERSBURG, March SIT is said that the
seven men taken into custody by the police at
the execution OF Melodetsky were arrested for
saying that. though the present attempt had
failed, another would succeed.
a Berlin dispatch reports the cZar, in his
letter to mperor William, states that the en-
peror's letter OF congratulatiOn has produced
most intense satisfaction in St. Petersburg.