Jamestown alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1878-1882, 1881-04-29
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! question. All are said to be willing
to satisfy the legitimate desires q
Russia by the adoption Of remedy
| ing laws and concluding extraditiOn
treaties.
OCEAN vEssELs.
Halifax, N. s., April 29.-The
steamer Palmyra broke dows during
the strong south gale, Saturday last.
The steamer Brooklyn City. from
New York for Liverpoot-Yith cattle
soon hove in sight, bore down and
took her in tow, arriving there We'd
nesday night. The Brooklyn City
will coal and take : supply of fodder
and proceed on the voyage. The
Palmyra has 900 l'sssengers on
board. Fl
FARGO FLOODS.
Fargo, April 29-The Red river
is up within two feet Of the Cont.
mental Hotel, and,should there be :
break in the gorge considerable dis
aster would follow. West Of here
some little seeding has been done,
but probably 500 acres would cover
the entire amount.
THE CARS TROUBLES.
New York April 2s-A letter
from St. Petersburg gives q gloomy
account of. the new Cars life at
the castle Of Gotschina, thirty miles
from the capital. Before the court
removed thither several hundred ar.
tisans Of the Preshrajinsky regi-
ment were sent to make the neces-
sary improvements. At midnight
they were assembled in Gotschina
and were sworn to silence, death or
Siberia being the penalty for VIC.
lating the oath. Ten roubles were
given each man. The alteration
was made in forty -eight hours.
"Vodki,' a Russian drink loosened
the tongues Of the workmcn, and
the following is q description Of the
precautions against assassination
made in the palace Of the Gar; A
subteranean passage leads from the
Cars bed room to the stables,
where number Of horses are kept
saddled day and night. Sentinels
are posted at intervals Of twenty
yards around the building. The
imperial bedroom has two windows,
protected at night by heauy iron
shutters, which could only be
reached from the outside by pass
ing through three spacious ante
chambers in which are posted
eighty Cossacks armed to the teeth.
They are allowed to speak and move
about in the outer room. but in the
hall adjoining the Cars bedroom
perfect silence is maintained.
When the Gar is about to retire,
before shutting the door he removes
the outer handle, so that no en-
trance can be effected until he him.
self opens the door from the inside.
Unlike his father he cannot endure
armed soldiers in the bedroom.
THE STRUGGLE.
Washington, April 29-The re.
publican senators before and after
the session of the senate yesterday
devoted several hours to caucus in.
terchange of ideas in regard to the
suggested advisability Of breaking
the present deadlock, by providing
for the transaction of some portion
Of the accumulated executive busi-
ness. The discussion, in which
nearly every member present par
ticipated, developed the opinion
that no action ought to be taken
in regard to the present deadlock
which would tend to weaken or
seem to withdraw the moral sup.
port thus far given by the republi.
cans of the senate to the >independ-
ent movement Of the South, or
which would place the republicans
in the attitude of retracting from
the position taken by them, that
the majority are entitled to control
the senate in the election Of officers
and all other matters for which
they are personally responsible.
RESPECT FOR THE DEAD.
London, April 2s-At the close
Of the burial service Of the late
Lord Beaconsfeld, the principal
mourners entered the vault and
placed wreathes on the coffin, and
before the vault was closed it was
literally covered with flowers.
THE EPIDEMIC.
New York, April 2s-There are
1875 small pox patients and 1O6 ty-
phus fever patients on Blackwell's
Island. During the week there
were 80 new cases of small pox and
26 of typhus fever.
STILL ON IT.
Atchison, April 2s-The Missou-
ri river at this point is twenty-one
feet and seven inches above low
water mark. Nearly the whole Of
the river bottom opposite here is
submerged, and many houses in
East Atchlson have been flooded.
cAH'T BE TRUE.
Minneapolis, April 2s-The edi-
tor Of the Tribune, Of this city, i
said to have received reliable IN
formation to the effect that the
Chicago, Milwaukee I st. Paul end
Chicago Z Northwestern railways
are about to consolidate. This
movement will not be public and
the autonomy Of each will be main.
tanned; but in all actual respects
the old rivals viii be one.
CANALS OPEN.
Montreal, April 4e-Water wss
let into Beanharnair canal to-1nH.
The other canals will Be opened 6
once.
rHR DEAD II INV Yoax. S
New York, April se
wee i69 deaths in Che city 061
day, against . On. the sa1 80
J last year. s: