Morning journal and courier., 1881-03-14
| News by Telegraph FROM ALL QUARTERS. THE GEAR SLAIN. ASSASSlNATED N THE STREETS
 OF ST. PETERSBURG. Several of His Escort Killed. Havoc Made by the EXpIOd-
 ing Bombs. The Supposed Assassins Arrested. TREMENDOUS EXCITEMENT AT
 THE RUSSIAN CAPITAL.
The Supposed Assassins Arrested,
THE CHAR KILLED.

THE CHAR KILLED, 7 Assassinated i'm His carriage-The Dead.
 Ky Wound Inflicted With a Bomb-Ou1
 Government Officially Not1fed-Tele.
 grams of Condo1ence.
 ! WASHINGTON, D. O., March 13.-Early
 this afternoon considerable excitement was ! created in official and diplomatic circles 7 had been assassinated. The first news ot
 the terrible disaster was received by Secreta
 ry Blaine and immediately communicated to President Garfield and the foreign ministers
 At later hour the Russian and other foreign ministers were officially notified by their own governments. The most profound sor- row is expressed among the foreign minis ters in Washington, and also by the members of our own government, from the President down. At 12:14 p. m. the first news of the disaster received was as follows
 ST. PETERSBURG, March 13
 To Mr. Blaine, Secretary, Washington
 The Emperor was wounded in his carriage to-day by bomb. His injury is not yet known; signed] FOSTER.
 Hardly had the Secretary recovered from the shock occasioned by the receipt of the above, when at 1925 p. m. he received the following:
 ST. PETERSBURG, March 13.
 To Mr. BSutne, Secretary, Washington:
 The Emperor is dead.
 [Signed] FOSTER.
 On receipt of the last despatch the Secre- tary promptly communicated with the Presi- dent and immediately thereafter sent the fol lowing:
 WASHINGTON March 13
 To N9: Foster, American Minister. St. Pe- l te7s6al7y:
 Express to the Minister of Foreign Affairs | the sentiments of sorrow with which the 1 President and people of the United States have heard of the terrible crime of which the Emperor has been the victim and their pro- found sympathy with the imperial family and I the Russian people in their great affiiction. TSigned1 BLAINE, Secretary.
 At p. m. the following cablegram was re- l ceived:
 To Mr. Baaine, Secretary, Washington The Emperor of Russia was assassinated this afternoon. [signed] WHITE, 1 Minister to Berlin. Sir Edward Thornton, the British minister, was the first to call and personally express to I the Russian minister his sorrow on account 1 of the blow sustained by Russia. He stated | this evening that he considered the disaster a great misfortune, especially in it's general ef- feet. It is understood that the Russian 1 minister has telegraphed to New York for a
 
 memorial services at his residence in this city in day or two. Details of the Murder-Terrific Explosion
 of the Bomb-The Czar's Leg Torn Com-
 p1eteIy OK- Grand Duke Michael
 Wounded-Several Other Persons Kill
 ed.
 ST. PETERSBURG, March 13.-Emperor AL | exander Second, the Czar of all the Russias, was assassinated this Sunday afternoon | while returning from review of the troops. | While the Emperor's carriage was proceeding l to the Winter Palace, and when within a | short distance of it, bomb was flung into | his carriage and instantly tremendous ex- plosion followed, completely shattering the | carriage and causing the widest confusion. ! So great was the concussion that the mount ed Circassians who were escorting the Elm peror were hurled to the ground, as were also | the horses attached to the Czar's carriage, while people walking in the vicinity were knocked of their feet. The windows in houses for the distance of three hundred | yards were shattered, so great was the force of the explosion. During the excitement, which was intense, the Czar and Grand Duke Michael, who accompanied him, were seen 8 bomb fell, exploding close beside them, prov ing almost instantly fatal The Emperor's leg was torn clean from his body, while he received other serious injuries The Circas- sians who were rushing to his assistance when they.saw him escaping from the carriage were instantly killed, were several others |, near by. Grand Duke Michael was seriously wounded by both explosions. The Czar was immediately taken to Winter Palace, but all l medical efforts to revive him proved useless, and he died at half-past three o'clock. Two men supposed to be the assas- sins have been secured by the police, Intense excitement prevails among the people, while the imperial family are bowed down with grief. Numerous telegrams of sympa- thy and coincidence have been received from all the capitals of Europe, also one from Secretary Blaine, at Washington.
 The News at Foreign CapItals-P1ans Laid by the Assassins-One Hundred Bombs Placed Along the Emperor's Route.
 LONDON, March 1.-The news from St. l Petersburg of the assassination of the Elm peror has created 8 most profound sensation, and at the clubs and places of public resort it has been the theme of conversation. Grand Duke Alexis and the Duke and Duchess.of Edinburg were greatly shocked on the re- ceipt of the telegram announcing the death of the Emperor and left for St. Petersburg. The Queen and Prince of Wales were deeply affected and immediately telegraphed their coincidence with the imperial family. The Russian embassy was crowded with nobles and others making inquiry for the latest details, and everywhere in London there was intense excitement.
 Further news states that great indignation is felt in St. Petersburg over the assassina- tion and the soldiers are furious. Crowds throng about the Winter Palace and the streets are impossible, and it is only extreme military precautions that prevent riots taking place. Telegrams have been sent to all the foreign courts and to the governors of towns and other places of the sad event. The as- sassins had one hundred bombs concealed at points along the route that the Emperor's carriage passed to the Winter Palace The shells were filled with ro-glycerine. The only word which passed the Emperors lips while he was dying was "Czarewitch.
 A dispatch from Berlin says the news of the Emperor's death caused great consterna- tion, and Emperor William was awfully grieved, and requested that it's most minute details be made known to him. He also tele- | graphed his heartfelt sorrow with the impe rial family in their great afhiction. All the Berlin papers printed extra editions giving a very full account of the affair Count l the Russian ambassador, re- ! ceived visits of condolence from all the royal princes, and Prince Bismarck and General Won Moltke hastened to express their grief ! All festivities have been. stopped and the theaters closed. The news has created most profound sem sation at Paris and Rome, and in fact through out all Europe.
 New York Nthilists Jubllant.
 NEW YORK, March 13.-The feeling in this city among the few Nihilists over the death of the Czar is intense and sternly jubi- lant Almost all the Russian and German extreme socialists are men who have been banished. The Czar, they say, was placed above all law except that law of last re- sort. Some of them are in favor of making public resolutions expressing ap- proval of this iniquitous act. Others are op- i posed to shocking the feelings of this com munity, which they say has been so used to freedom that they cannot rightly measure the terrible incentives to revenge which genera tions of tyranny give to an oppressed people.
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