The Sentinel. [volume] (Trenton, N.J.) 1880-1882, 1881-04-02
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IT is asserted that five men were detailed TO
assassinate the late car of Russia, and that if
the second bomb hurled at him had missed its
object three others would have been thrown
before he reached the palace.
The Austrian parliament has refused to pass
vote of coincidence on the death of the car.
DIPHTHERIA of a very fatal type is prevalent
in the village of Thurso, Canada. During one
week eighteen children died of the disease
PAYMENTS due by Russian peasants for land
are to be reduced.
GENERAL MILoN, the Italian minister of war;
is dead
IT has been decided to erect church on the
assassinated -Four persons-three men and
woman-are to be tried for his murder.
A TES-DAY shooting match at glass balls, in
London, between DIR. Carver, the American
marksman and Mr.. Scott, for purse of s., 900,
was won by the former. The contestants shot
at 1000 balls each day, and the final score
stood: Carver 9,737; Scott, 9.735.
ITALY has decided to construct another colos-
sal iron-clad, which will be superior to any,
thing now afoat.
LARGE number OF arrests of supposed Mill
lists have been made in st. Petersburg.
The Spanish court is becoming alarmed at
the spread of republicanism. Only few hours
before King Alfonso received the news of the
assassination of the car of Russia, he met a
party of worlmen, who cried out as he passed:
Long live the federal republic! Down with
the klngw
The Portuguese ministers have resigned and
new cabinet has been formed.
TWENTY-FIVE persons have been killed by a
railroad accident-a collision between train
/ and an empty wagon-in France.
TURKEY is actively preparing for war with
Greece.
Mr.. GLADSTONE stated in the house of com
mons that the Beers of South Africa had sub
stantially accepted the British conditions of
peace. The conditions are the suzeraintv of
the queen, British control of foreign relations
and the establishment of a British resident at
the future capital The Beers, however. are
promised complete self-government.
INDIANS have massacred thirty persons and
burned nineteen wagons near Janos. Mexico
about sixty miles south Of the United States
territory
PEASANTS are focking to st. Petersburg from
all parts Of Russia on a pious pilgrimage to
the spot where the emperor fell.
THE Canadian minister of agriculture has
addressed memorandum to the British gov
eminent proposing an extensive organization OF
Irish emigration to Manitoba and the north
west territories.
A TERRIBLE catastrophe at the Theatre
Municipal Italien in Nice, well-known French
watering place, has transformed that town
from scene of gayety to one of mourning and
sadness. The curtain had just risen on the
first scene of Lucia di Lammermoor, when
an explosion OF gas took place at the back of
the stage, and almost instantly the scenery
with which the stage was crowded took fire
As soon as the fire was discovered the audience
became panic-stricken, and a scramble for the
doors ensued, in which scores of persons were
thrown down and trampled under foot The
women shrieked, and the men in their eager
efforts to escape from the burning building
pushed rudely by the frightened women and
left them to their fate. To add TO the terror
of the scene the gas suddenly went out, and
the auditorium was in darkness with the ex-
ception of the rays of light which were
thrown from the burning scenery. A
man who escaped from the upper gallery by
jumping declared that, with perhaps dozen
exceptions, every person in his part of the
house was burned. A number of American
and English visitors rendered signal assistance
In saving life. a detachment of sailors from
the squadron in the harbor reached the opera
house in few minutes after the fire began
and worked gallantly to save life, succeeding in
rescuing great many of the wounded from the
burning theater. They brought pumps with
them, but although the Mediterranean almost
washes the walls of the opera-house, il was
found impossible for some reason to get water
on the building, and by 10 O'Clock the theater
was completely destroyed The scene in the
town was indescribable. One lady, whose hus-
band was burned 10 death, committed suicide.
The most of the victims belonged to the work
ing classes, the persons who had taken stalls
and boxes not having arrived. One whole
family Of five and another of three persisted.
By 8 o'clock on the following day sixty
three bodies had been recovered, and num-
Der more were supposed to be buried be-
meath the smoking ruins,