Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1881-07-22
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"GREAT AND SOLEMN MEETING" OF NIHIIsTs
WARN THE CZAR.
LONDON, July 21.-M. Rochiifort's organ. the
Ld,lerfse. which has amOnopoiy of fNthilst news
printsa dispatch from st Petersburg dated 18th
inst. which says. The Nihilist executive COM
mittee has held a great and solemn meeting.
Several exiles came from Geneva to attend it.
1t was resolved to give the Car one more warn
ing, and If he does not heed it he and all his pig
headed advisers will perish.
The above was probably invented on the basis
OF the Berlin dispatch to the st. James Gazette
to the effect that the Nihilists were holding
congress i'm st. Petersburg, under the very eyes
of the government which was unable to discov er
the place # meeting
"sCANDALOUs JOBBERY" IN FRANCE.
PARIS. July 2.-In the Chamber of Deputies
yesterday motion Of NJ. Raspail (republican)
member for the department of the Seine. that
members OF the Chamber allowing their names
to appear as directors Of new financial under
takngs. shall ipso tdctO vacate their seats was
declared urgent by a vote of 304 to %. NJ. Ras-
pail referred to the Vendee railway as an in
stance of scandalOus jObbery thus promoted. and
seid that such practices were common under the
reign of Louis Philippe and the Empire. but the
hepuohc ought not to countenance them.
THE CAPTURE OF SFAx.
Later details of the capture of SfaX say that
100 of the French were killed or wounded A
portion of the town is held by the Arabs. who
flre from the hOusetops, and prefer death to
yielding.
FIRE IN BORDEAUX.
A dispatch from Bordeaux. dated 10 O'Clock
last night. says: A fire has begun i'm a large
warehouse here. At this hour 5000 casks of
wine have been destroyed. The fire is still
raging.
Sudden Death.
PHILADELPHIA, July 22.-Major Thos. J. Firth.
who before the rebellion was brigade inspector
OF militia. and who for many years was treas
urer OF the Pennsylvania Il. r.. died suddenly
this morning, at his home. in Germantown.
Facilities for Crime at Niagara.
The recent discoveries below show that there
are terrible facilities for both murder and suicide
at Niagara 1t is quite possible that one-half of
the casualties are never known. splash in
the water on a dark night, a wild and impotent
struggle with the remOrseless torrent and the
abyss where all is over, sum up the story of
many a tragedy unknown in detail. Accident.
homicide, suicide, whatever il may be- is
the fact which may never come to light
like the poor remnant of the human frame
pounded into fragments on the rocks under the
pitiless torrent. There ought to be some more
effective system of preventing crime or suicide
at the falls. 1t is all very we'll to say that the
several governments cannot guard every ward
of the river and islands. They can do much
more than has yet been DONE At all events
they can exercise a more stringent surveillance
over suspects, as the French call them. than
they have done heretofore More than one
tragedy has occurred at the falls which might
have been prevented had authority been inter
posed between the victim and his fate. There
is too little restraint there, at the very place
where it is imperatively called for.-TOro,.to
(Can.) Mail.
BURGLAR HUNTING IN NEW JERsEY-Ken-
meth Snedeker, of Livingston Park. n. j.. start
led couple of burglars on Wednesday night.
and shot at them as they were leaping from the
window. Then he loosed his dog and started to
hunt the burglars. They and the dog soon dis
appeared in the darkness. Snedeker kept on
however, and presently found his dog sitting
quietly under tree. One wounded burglar sat
as quietly in the tree. Snedeker brought him
down with his shotgun, tied him with rope
and led him to Jail. The man said his name was
William Barr.
How THE MORMONS ACTED.-The Beaver En-
te7pnise of Utah "a Mormon paper of July 9th,
says: Owing to the sad news from Washington.
the Fourth was not observed in Beaver except
by partial suspension Ofbusiness and an unusual
quietude. Some two or three dancing parties
had convened and were enjoying themselves
until the dispatch from Surgeon General Barnes.
announcing the critical condition of the Presi-
dent, was received upon which, at the request
of President MurdOck, they all disbanded. The
boys had a cannon on hand ready to fire a salute,
but it was not done.
THE ARMY WORM on. ITS TRAvELs-The
Chicago Times says the territory in Illinois
which has thus far been ranged by the army
worm includes the counties of Knox WOOdford.
Livingston, Mclean. IrOquois and La Salle-a
territory just north of the center of the state
and extending eastward to the eastern boun-
dairy.
TRICKS OF THE LIGHTNING.-Dispatches indi-
cate that the heavy thunder storm Thursday did
considerable damage i'm eastern Massachusetts,
The lightning struck i'm many places, burning a
number of barns and OuthOuses. and killing sew
eral horses, shattering agstaffs. telegraph poles
trees, &c large quantity of window glass was
broken by flying missiles and hailstOnes A half
dozen prOstratiOns of persons from lightning
strokes are reported, but thus far no deaths are
reported. At New Bedford the schr John S.
Case. of Rockland was struck, and the miZzen
t0pmast splintered and the mast shattered. Jno
Shady. the steward, was knocked senseless and
the mate was injured.
UNWILLING OF THE CONFEDERATE MONUMENT
AT CULPEPPER, VA.-The unveing of the monu-
ment to the confederate dead at Culpepper, Va
yesterday, drew together a crowd of at least
5000 people from the surrounding country
The orators were Gen. FitZhugh Lee, ex-Gov
Kemper and Hon. John Goodc. Col. John s.
Green, of RappahannOck, acted as chief mar
shal, assisted by Major d. A. Grmsby of Gull
pepper; Col. ]. Catlett Gibson and Capt. A. ID.
Payne. The great feature of the occasion was
the corps of veterans, comprising in all about
300, twO-thirds of whom were mounted and ap-
peared as cavalry. They were under command
of Gen. James A. Walker, ofWhythe, who is the
present lieutenant governor of Virginia. His
secOpd in command was Gen. William H. Payne,
ofFauquier. Col.Morton Marye, of Alexandria
acted as major; Col. William A. Ashby. of Gull
pepper, adjutant, and Lieut.. w. A. Anderson,
of RappahannOck, was sergeant-maj0r.
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John Minitree, jr., high constable of Peters
burg, Va, died at his residence in that city We'd
nesday from the effects of injuries received on
Monday. by being thrown from a buggy.
The open cut of the Caledonia mine, at Dead |
wood, DIT. caved in Wednesday night. burying /
seven miners. Three were taken out alive; four /
are supposed to be killed.
The Erie railway to-day reduced its emigrant |
fares - to Chicago. st. Louis. lndianapo-
lis and Cincinnati. and correspOndingiy TO otner
places in the west.
The National Temperance Society began a |
series of meetings at Ocean Beach, Nj, Sat-
urday.
A small quantity of dynamite, concealed |
under the planks of the Allan Steamship COM
pany's wharf at Montreal, exploded Saturday. |
tearing up the planks, but doing no other DAM
age.
James Bridger, the famous scout, after whom |
Fort BFdger was named, Is dad.