Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1880-02-23
FOREIGN NEWS.
The Attempt on the Life OF the Gar


NEW YORK, February 21st.-A London
special gives the following from the Stand
ards Berlin correspondent: "Lately the
Car hardly ever left the Winter Palace.
When he went abroad he was surrounded by
a cloud of mounted officers, who concealed
the carriage and protected the inmate with
their bodies. In the palace he was accessible
only to diplomatists, dignitaTies and officers
OF the househould. AT the chapel detectives
occupied seats that were formerly reserved
for distinguished visitors. Detectives infested
the kitchen. Every dish was tasted by per-
sons of rank specially selected for the pur-
pose. The Emperor did not even venture to
open his letters, documents stepped in poison
having been repeatedly sent to him. Yet,
with all these elaborate precautions. it oc-
CURED to nobody to search for an advertised
and placarded mine in the basement. The
Emperor and the Duchess of Edinburgh were
seated in an apartment next to the dining
room, when they heard the report of the ex-
plosion. The lights were extinguished and
the gas pipes burst. The Princess, officers
and Wallets went blindly through the dark,
and then poured promiscuously through the
doors Of the royal apartments. The SOW
ereign was found cropping his way out of the
fatal quarter. All who saw the sight-the
picture of Alexander III. leading his daughter
away from the mine of dynamite it was
one that could never be forgotten"
Wholesale Arrests.
ST. PETERSBURG, February 21st.-All the
workingmen who occupied the cellar of the
Winter Palace previous to the explosion have
been found. Their innocence appears certain.
The Arrest of Hartmann.
PARIS, February 2lst.-The Russian ar
rested in the Champs d'Elysee, charged with
being connected with the Moscow explosion,
is named Karl, alias Meyer, alias Hartmann.
and is believed to be the same man who rented
and occupied the house in Moscow in which
the explosion of The mine under the railway
was operated. If the fact is established to
the satisfaction of the French Government,
he will be surrendered as common murder
er, although there is no extradition treaty be-
tween France and Russia The Council of
Ministers to-day discussed the question of the
extradition of Hartmann. The Russian EN-
bassador promised to speedily communicate
the documents.
The Situation in Ireland.
DUBLIN, February 21st.-Valentine Dillon,
upon whom the responsibility of the organiza-
tion OF the Mansion House Committee chiefly
rests and who is thoroushly familiar with the
situation, states that distress in Ireland is
increasing rather than diminishing. The
worst time, he thought, would be June and
july. Ii SUBSCRIPTIONS SnOuld cease now the
funds would soon be exhausted and the people
die of starvation.
End of the London Pedestrian Match
"Blower" Brown Beats all Previous
RECORDS.
LONDON, February 21st-At the close of
the contest tonight BLOWER" Brown had
scored 553 miles; Hazael. 40; DAILY. 456.
Brown beat Hazaers previous record three
hours and eight minutes.
Captured by Greek Brisands.
CoNsTANTINoPLE, February 21st.-Colenel
Synge, whom Sir Austin Layard sent last
month to distribute relief among the Mussul-
man refugees in Eastern Roumelia, has been
captured, with his wife, by Greek brigands,
near Salonics. The bandits demand large
ransom. Colonel Synge writes to the British
Consul at 5alonica, urging him to prevent
| the dispatch of troops, as the brigands
threaten to kill him and his wife if an armed
force is sent against them. Sir Austin Lay
] ard has ordered the British gunboat Rapier
| to Salonica to inquire as to the best course to
pursue for their liberation.
| Revelation in Venezuela.
| New YORK, February 21st-Advices from
Caracas, Venezuela, to the 9th instant, state
rising occurred at Ciudad Bolivar, on the
10Th ultimo. General Castillo Cortes, Com
mander of that place, was killed, and the
rebels proclaimed General Colina their Chief.