Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1881-03-23
NEFARLOus NLnLLISrS
FLYING THEIR WORK or DE-
STRUCTIoN OF LIFE AND
PROPERTY.
ATTEMPT TO BLow Up TUE MANSION
HOUSE, LosDoN--THE PLOT DISCOVER.
EDDY A PoLIoEMAY-ABoMD FOUND
IN fnE PocRkr oP BoussAKorF
--TuE NEW EMPERoRs LIFE
~ DANGER


LONDON, March l7.-At midnight
policeman on duty at the Mansion
house observed fire on the grount
near the rear wall Of the Lord Mayor
official residence, and found a woodeI
box with fuse, connected 90 whcl
some lighted paper had been recently
applied The officer extinguished tn,
fire and took the box to the police sta
tion, where il was found to contain
about forty pounds o' gunpowder will
a fuse in the midst o. It. No arrests
have been made nor has any clue tC
the porpctration been thus tar discov
cred
The Mansion house is tho otiicia
palace of the Lord Mayor Of London
The present building is about one hun
dred and twenty years old and wal
built by the architect Dance, on The
site of the old stock market. Its prin
cipal feature is a Cornthian portico
with six hutod columns, The building
itself has something Of the air of I
Roman palazzo, and had originally {
central court yard this, however, has
been rooted in, and so converted into
what is known as the Egyptian hall
II contains some statutes by British
artists Foley, Bailey, Marshall anc
others-and affords a fine dining hal
for the great city banquets. 1t is alsC
used for large charitable and othei
meetings lin furtheranceo objects taker
under the special patronage of the
Lord Mayor for the time being. The
Mansion house is sumptuously furnish
cd, and provided with plate and jew
eled ornaments worth 600 to e30,
600. The Lord Mayors household
consists of twenty gentlemen, includ
ing the sword bearer the common
hunt, the common crier and the water
cailiff, all of whom have the title Of
esquire. He has splendid retinue Of
servants. The present Lord Mayor is
the Right Honorable William Near.
thur, who is liberal member of the
House of Commons for Lambeth.
COMPOSITION OF A BOMB FOUND ON RoUs-
sAKoFF
LONDON, March PA dispatch from
St Petersburg to the Daily NeicS says.
A bomb was found in the pocket OF
the assassin Roussakoh. 1t was made
in zinc case containing glass tubes,
two of which were filled with vitrol
and two with Bartholdy salts; india
rubber tubes with Eliminating mercury,
and box holding nitro glycerine and
proxylinei the whole weighing six
pounds and three.quartcrs.
WARNING FROM GENEVA AND LONDON.
The Times correspondent at Berlin
says an evening paper repeats The
statement that the assassination OF the
Gar was investigated by the In.
ternational Society, having for its
watchword "The murder of monarchs
and the overthrow of governments" !"
The correspondent points out that at
such q time Of general excitement all
kinds of rumors will arise, but it would
be well to remember the assertion Of
several writer's Of ST. Petersburg, that
tho police, and even the Gear himself,
shortly before his death, received warn.
ings from Geneva and London.
THE NEW oZAR WARNED.
ST PETFRsBURG. March l7.--The
revolutionary proclamation discovered
at Roussakoii's domicilo declares that
the Nihilists will continue their work,
and warns the new Emperor to beware
Of his fathers fate.
WARNING SENT TO NEWSPAPERS.
General Loris Melikof' has sent warn.
Ings to the .Golos and,the Strand news.
papers) for their articles in reference
10 the accession of Alexander III.
THE ATTEMPT ON THE LIFE OF ALEX.
ANDER III.
The excavation OF the mine discov.
cred near the residence of the new
Emperor was continued to-day. A
gallery leads from the small shop be-
fore mentioned to the middle of the
street, and there are telegraph wires
along the gallery. The elements for
IN electric battery were found in the
shop. The mine will be flooded and
removed. The shop was taken in Jan.
nary last by peasant named Baron
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