The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-11-03
RUSSIAN NIHILISTS.
TWO MIDNIGHT scHEMERs SEIZED
In the Act OfMaaufAsturIng Dangerous Explosives.
No Confederate Caih In the Bank or In.
lsRd-Land League DIlturbaassS In
COuuty NAyO-POrSIga Notes,

laRd-Land League Disturbances In
County NayO-EOrsIsn Notes.
ST, PETERSBURG, November 2.-The po-
lice have just made an important capture,
Their suspicious having been directed to
tho inmates Of a certain house in a re-
spectacle quarter of the city the police
surrounded the place at night, burst open
the doors and seized man and woman
who were preparing dangerous explosives
Socialist pamphlets were found in the
rooms, The man is q student OF the School
OF Mines.
Last week numerous Nihilist proClama-
tiOns were distributed about tho city and
several copies were thrown into the bar
racks OF the Imperial Guard. 1t is stated
that the Car has lately received many
threatening missives,
Five employees OF the Cars palace at
GatChina were arrested, and one revealeda
plot to repeat at Gatchina the Winter Pal
ace explosion, when an attempt was made
to kill the late Car. Many naval officers
recently received copies oil revolutionary
proclamation summoning them to join the
cause OF liberty and justice.
IRISH APrAIRs.
LONDON, November 9.-It is stated that
Sexton has been given TO understand that
he is to so to France, as a condition OF his
release from prison,
The disturbances continue at Belmullet,
County Mayo. Thus far the four persons
who were wounded in the aiTray Of Thurs
day last are dead, and six more deaths are
expected. Two hundred military and two
hundred police are on the spot. The roads
leading TO Aglow are blockaded with stones
and the bridge has been broken for the
purpose OF impeding the movements Of the
militia.
Gilhooley, Secretary of the Bantry,
County Cork branch ofthe Land League,
has been arrested.
LONDON, November 2.-The Secretary Of
the Liverpool branch OF the Land League
telegraphed to Gladstone as follows "Tho
elections Of yesterday show how your re.
sources OF civilization are appreciated by
one hundred and fifty thousand Irish cit.
zens here"
LIMERICK, November 1.-Two thousand
tenant farmers Of the county OF Limerick
have resolved to apply TO the Land Com.
mission to fix u judicial rent or set aside
unjust leases.
no MONEY FOR CONFEDERATE BONDS,
LONDON, November 2.-The Pail Mall
Gazette says: There is no truth whatever in
the statement that there is q large amount
OF money In the Bank OF England de-
posted to the credit OF the Confederate
Government, and available for paying the
Confederate bonds. We believe 1t does
not hold single penny, and doubt whether
there Is any such money in any bank in
this country. Tho whole story Is q gross
fabrication and u fitting product Ofa specu.
lation that has no substantial foundation.
ENGLAND AND FRANCE.
LONDON, November 2.-Therc Is no long.
or any reason to doubt the utter and com.
plete failure Of all the negotiations regard.
ing the revision OF the Anglo.French com.
mercial treaty. The collapse seems to be
final and perfect. The English Commits.
sloners had already given their ultimatum
in reply to the French note OF last spring,
which broke Off the conference arrange.
ments which were just on the point Of
meeting. The French have positively re.
fused to Concede any preliminary points,
but demand that any Commission which
shall meet shall be unnmpered by any
old obligations, whether by treaty or other.
wise. The French Government now
formally announces thHt no negotiations
can be based on any such conditions as
those laid down in the so-callcd adtL@ quo
programme, and they must have new
treaty or none at all. This brings about
long anticipated deadlock, and indicates u
strong feeling on the part OF the French
against framing any new treaty whatever,
and allow the old one 10 lapse and give to
France customs tariff Of its own. Such
tariff would probably be highly protec.
tive, and on many articles prohibitive.
LONDON, November 2.-Thc Conserva.
tive gains in the municipal elections Is ~.
The Liberal gains 45. The most important
change is in Stanley Bridge, where the Con.
servatives gained o seats, and four in Old.
ham, . in Cardiff, and in Liverpool. The
foregoing results are probably attributable
to the Irish vote, but the Conservative
glins are pretty evenly distributed among
the towns Of large Irish population and
those purely English. In connection with
lllt VI tllt
ings in the east end Of London, the Scotland
Yard authorities state that they have not
ordered interference with the meetings
The subordinates acted in the matter on
their own responsibility.
MATTERS GEOGRAPHICAL.
LOxDoN, November 2.-The first meet.
ing of the Geographical Society will be de-
voted entirely to Arctic matters. The sub.
ieCts for discussion will be the whereabouts
OF Lieutenant Smith, who set out early in
the summer for Francis Joseph Island, aud
has not returned; also the Dutch expedi-
ton in the vessel Wilhelm Barents, sup.
posed TO be caught in the ice in the neigh.
borhOod Of Spitzbergen, the fate OF the
Jeanette and the proposed international
search expedition next summer and the
scheme Of polar observatories. Captain
Adams, an Arctic whaler, says Of his re-
cent voyaging that had he not been Oh a
whaling voyage he could have reached
Dease and Simpsons Straits and made the
northwest passage. ~ believe" said he,
'lhe northwest passage can he made by
way Of Peel Sound, and by that way only,
and that II Franklins vessels had been
steamers lie would have made it in '4S. 4
may myself live 10 go into Lancaster Sound
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