The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1880-02-28

New York, Feb. PA Iama,,.
special gives the following from ~
Standards Berlin correspondence. 's
Lately the C'zar HAS hardly eyer L..
the Winter Palace. When he wers
abroad, he was surrounded by 4 cra,ss
of mounted officers who concealpd ~
carriage and protected the sirssnafe ,;t IN
their bodies. In the palace he WAS a. =.
cessible only TO daploraatists. a;gp;ta
ries and officers OF the househala A.
the chapel, detectives occuu;ea A. A.
seats that were formerly reserved ~
distinguished visitors. Detectives Il,
Tested the kitchen. Every aisb was
tasted by persons Of rank, specialize 8.
lected for the purpose. The Ernperor
did moi even venture TO open his IA.
tiers, documents stepped in poison Inv
ing repeatedly been sent him. Va
with all these elaborate precautions 4
occurred to nobody to search fer H.
announced advertised and plac.rdea
mine in the basement
The Emperor and the Duchess ~
EdiDtnrgh were seated iii an appart-
ment next to the dining -lDom when
they beard the report Of The explosion
The 8ights were exting,ulshed and fhe
gas pipe burst. The Princess, officers
and wallets welt hfindly through IT,
dark, and then poured profniiscuouslr
through the door of the royal apart
merlts. The Sovereign was Founa
creeping his Hay out of tho fatal guar
ter. AL wihe saw the sagIst ffhe bic.
turc of Alexander III leading his Slansl-
ter away from . mime of tdynalnite0 saF
it was one that epula never befurrottcn.
The Vienna Tagbl;stt relsstes that for
some days past the Car has daily re
oeived "a sealed letter containing d few
words of menace, and saying that if lie
did not change his system of olspres-
sion Ire would mot live to celebrate the
twenty-fifth anniversary .df His aecess
sion. The sheet was always boraered
with black. In court CIRCLES 1T was
known as the black letter, All efforts
to discover dIhe person who conveyed
it to the Enperorls room were nnanc-
cessful.
Vienna, Feb. 28.-I'he News Free
Press says: Diptheria is raging in cen
trssl Russia 1T has carried off since
last November over 10000 persons in
the provinces of Cilal'kaH ana pultasa
alone, and in the neiglboi'llood Of
Walk Whole villages h,a5e almost died
out.
a porefon of the letter from Prince
Alexander, off Hesse, to hrs wife, DATED
st. Petersburg Feb. ~, and published
here, Saws was received ut ehe rail-
way station by ali the sons ef the Elul-
peror and by Prince AIlexan5ier, Of istl-
garia, and MAS thence conducted tethe
Winter Palaee, The Emperor awaited
me at the staircase. We we're frteeed-
ing tlrtssgh the large oerliiaar 40 his
v s .srfsaltiaants, M!len suddellls
o fearful detoaation was heard The
flooring WAS raised Us by al earfhqaakef
the sssgs aNfiiestiislleSt, and NE were lett
ii tetal darkness. AT the same times
horrible dust and ssnefl4of gsanpewdcr
md dynamite filled the corridor. Sems
one shouted to ans that the chandelier
had fallen down iir the ssaloarl MSi,rre
tile liable was LAID for difaner.- lliassettt
ahitler with the Gzaro itcli ssisa israa6
Duke Nladinsii;, wlffle Comm AdeitAirg.
ID Doubt AZ to sshat lssi&tst hsase Imp
pened, held back the E,lssssrfsfs We
found all the windows lbrotsesi ieaa the
walls in ruins. DINNER had been de-
aged half an hour for my arrival, and
il was owing to this circumstance THAT
ahe imperial family had non yet assem-
lied in the dining hall.