The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1880-02-26
THE GLARS DANGER.
H1s Recent Narrow Escape-Deta11e
Acc 'unt Of the Explosion as @
Winter Palace.

THE CZAR'S DANGER.
H1s Recent Narrow Escape-DetaaDeA
Acc ,unt Of the Exploslon as he
Winter Palace.
The Paris correspondent of the New
York Herald telegraphed to that paper
on the 18th as follows:
Private dispatches that have been received
mere this evening give consecutive story OF
the attempt thai was yesterday made to blow
appears that when the Car is at the Capital he
u accustomed 10 dine at six Of clock. since the
return OF the EMPRESS the hour has generally
as is. the Emperor's ordinary life, 1t
the past month. Only the earliest
users have caught sight Of him walking N the
summer GerdenS, chatting to some old sol
der or pacing the grounds in solitary modltar
ton. He has had little appetite for his lunch
a. twelve, aud alter staying all the morning
after lunch returned to receive the visits OF
his Ministers. He has devoted his time iln-
partially to the latter, now consulting with
and Milintin. The afternoon drives for which
the people used to wait in cxpectant crowds
along asn the 9nays have been aitogether aban.
less time than Of old, while his sight
has now grown too dim to permit him
to work at night. He no longer takes his
pquet that regularly brought his day to .
close. Nevertheless, NJ. Emile de Girardin's
newspaper, La France, asserts that be hap
boIsorouHy ut tn the moment wnen the eXDlo
sion took place. 1t is well known that the
Empress has recently given her complete
cises over the Emperor the innuenos of his
dead sister, Maria Nicolaievna. She is The
only person at Court that can approach him In
the mOrOee moods which are nov MS normal
inn mr. w hl n
monitions of sOftening OF the BRAIN she 10 .
woman Of great ability and courage, and her
place in the household, originally won by the
EmperOrs favor, Is now III tirta ned by her
PEI s0nal gifts.
La france asserts that it WIS after long
and close interview with Prince Gortschakoh
that the Gar sought her apartments, and re-
manned there till after the ordinary hour OF
his official dinner with the Imperial family.
10 this the latter are said to owe their safety.
The Pntyie, which has gathered its infOrma-
ton from the Russian Embassy, tells the story
somewhat differ emily. 1t maintains that the
Car Car was at the time deep in conversation
arrived at st. Petersburg in the morning.
According to the Patrie the Emperor was
busily discussing the politics Of the Balkan
sembly, the loyalty of the Princes SUBJECTS.
the attempted compromise between the two
parties In the State, when a servant announced
guests were SO intent upon the subject Of the
conversation that the announcement was dis
regarded. Shortly afterward the servant re-
turned, AS he opened the door the Emperor
rose. At that instant a terrible explosion was
heard. The Car had taken Prince Alexander's
arm, and was walking to the door. He stopped
shO ut the sound. He then disengaged his
arm. and raised his eyes to Heaven in graft
tude. Neither spoke a word. The Car was
perfectly calm, and an hour later sat down
quietly to dinner beside the great gap in the
and heard nothing of the cxpl, sion. Express
orders were issued that she should be left In
ignorance of the event.
General Chanzy announces that SIX soldiers
were killed by the explosion and nineteen
wounded; but the official account runs as fol-
lows: At about seven O'Clock last evening an
explosion occurred in the basement of the
Imperial Winter Palace, under the principal
guard-room, by which eight soldiers of tho
Finland Regiment of the Guard, then on duty.
were killed and forty-five were injured. The
pipes were dalnagcd. An official inquiry into
the cause of the explosion is proceeding. 1t
has been ascertained that the mine was filled
with dynamite and gun-cOtt0n. The train by
which it was fired Can he traced to q cellar in
the inner court, where u quantity of fuel was
stored. 1t is generally supposed that the au-
thor Of the crime was some official familiar
with the palace.
AS soon as the news reached this city Presi-
dent Grevy had his name registered at the
Russian Emta .sy and sent message re- Of c1 m
Orloff, the Russian Ambassador, to
express the 1Q01xn0tlO0 IQQL ne ana MS COZ
leagues felt at the act.
All the leading papers express their horror
of the crime. One of them announces that a
Russian has been arrested on the Champs
Eiysees, charged on an extraditiOn warrant
with attempting the life OF the Gar. Others
describe the scene in the Winter Palace after
the explosion. AS soon as the news got abroad,
the COZ ridors were filled wit an excited crowd,
each member of it giving different version Of
the affair. From all the private apartments
poured the stream. Court chamberiains, in
vrnI vin
cries, hurried down from the Hall of St.
George, and an army of uninterrupted cooks
detiled from the suoterranean Kitchens. Court
and the :. watchmen, with their wives
and families, came from n.d their h%ts upon
sfiicers n full uniform, maids Of honor,
coachmen, groOms, solutions and hundreds Of
posed to be registered by the Minister of the
lmpe ial house, but who are in reality as little
noticed by him as the colonists who settle in
of the estate. The first impulse of ali these
people was to hasten to offer their congratula-
Ii MS to the Emperor. Their second was to
ace itself In their eyes the building is sacred.
The gilt cross on the cupola Of the private
chapel. which survived the fire of 1857, SYM
it. it was this feeling. which animated the
workmen by whose industry 1t rose again to
its magnificent proportions. 1t was this feel
ing that caused the humblest Mujiks to bring
their contributions to the expenses Of recon-
structiOn.
The news that no damage had been sus-
tanned by the heirlooms of the palace, that the
portraits were undisturbed, the imperial uni
forms uns;ngcd, the court jewels uninjured,
was received by the inmates with extreme
satisfaction. All alorg the river side BET ween
the Nevn and the palace surged a mass of the
populace in sneepskins and furs. and torches
fiHshed to- and fro upon the ice. Many of the
aristocracy FASTENED down the Nt.wsky pros
pect to offer their congratulations, but the
police had strict orders to let no drosky pass
the gates. At early morning the Emperor
drove to the Kasan Churc CHI, and re, urncd
thanks to the Virgin for his fifth preservation.