, 1880-02-22
p.na1 Instructions Looking to the
Encouragement Of Socialism
in Ireland.
rho Condition Of Ireland as Re-
ported to the Relief
Committees.
Weekly Review Of Events in England
and on the Continent.
Zen. Grant and Party En- Route to
the City Of Mexico. ~


c. PETERSBURG, Feb. 21.-The news from
tha interior of the Empire is heartrending:
famine and diphtheria are decimating the
regulation. The Provinces OF Saratof and
KIef. which annually export in ordinary
Zines enormous quantities of grain, had
scarcely any crop last year. The calamity is
.ep1ayated By want of fodder for the cattle,
and the peasants are forced to sell them. In
fhe caucasus tile famine is still greater, where
the neople are committing suicide and selling
their children.
INVESTIGATING.
The dynamite exploded in the Winter
palaee was contained in a metal box, the
corpr of which has been found, but no
eIeetric wire or trace Of a battery can be OBJ
famed.
DEFEATED.
An official dispatch from Douzolum, dated
The 18th inst, says an engagement occurred
betyeen Russian troops and Turco1nans, and
resulted in the complete defeat Of the Turco-
mans. who lost twenty-five killed. The enc
uy we're pursued until nightfall, which
saved them from annihilation. No loss on
fhe Russian side.
INNOCENT.
All the workmen who occupied the cellar
Of the Winter Palace previous to the explo-
sion hare been found. Their Innocence ap-
pears certain. :.
TIE CAR TO PRESIDENT GREW.
PARIS, Feb. 31.-The following is the Cars
reply to President Grevy's congratulation
upon his escape: ~ cordially thank you for
the sentiment you express. The spirit Of evil
Is unwearied, like that Of Divine grace am
glad to reckon upon the sympathies Of right
thinking men,
HARTMANN.
PARIS, Feb. 2l.-The Council Of Ministers
to-day discussed the question Of the extradi-
tinn Of Hartmann. The Russian Ambassador
promised to speedily communicate the docu-
ments iustifying the extradition-
The Russian arrested in the Champs
Elysees, charged with being connected
with the Moscow explosion, is named Karl,
alias Mayer, alias Hartmann, and is believed
to be the same man who rented and occupied
house in Moscow from which the explosion
Of the mini. under the railway was operated.
T the fact IS established to the satisfaction Of
the French Government, he will be suTren-
dered as a common murderer, although there
+ no e1radihon treaty between France and
Russia
The irreconcilab1e ORGANS are highly indig-
nant at the arrest, The Mot d'Ordrc, the
Rdppcl, the Ldnter71c, and the Justice re-
Eand the alleged offense as absolutely polit-
ical
NOT FRIGHTENED.
LONDON, Feb 9l-The Duke Of Edinburg
has received the following telegram from the
Duchess Of Edinburg, at St. Petersburg:
The explosion in the Winter Palace was
caused By dynamite. Nine soldiers were
kllied. An extra guard is on duty in the
falace. The Empress has been made ac-
Qqalnfed with the circumstances of the ex-
Rlo>lon. She has not suffered in health.
n Ihe EmPpetor and myself are quite well and
not fightened.'
SUSPICIOUS.
IT PETERSBURG, Feb. 21.-Seve-al high
q9a!elas 2! have been placed under surveillance.
LIS L. Is ramored that lady Of high rank has
peea e arrested in St, Petersburg on suspicion
OF being connected with the Winter Palace
conspiracy; It is also said the Gar aud |
cPP1oW1tz Pi had a long interview yesterday:
:; reports OF the Cars prospective abdica- |
eon are pronounced false.