The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-03-17
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
Details Of the New Plot
Against the Gar.
Arrest Of Several Persons in
Ireland.

Ireland.
A NEW PLOT.
! ST. PETERSBURG, March 16-The au
| thorities were informed that q mine had
been laid in a small street. which enters
Neusky Prospect, nearly opposite An
nithkoff palace, the residence of the new
Emperor. A detachment of sappers ac-
cordingly began an exploration from q
small shop. the owner of which disappeared
three days ago. The street is barricaded
sappers on opening up the ground and
searching the cellars discovered a mine in
the above mentioned shop. The mouth
was in the shop keepers dwelling room
concealed under an ottoman. The mine
passes under the street leading to the
riding school. whence the Gear was return
ing Sunday. Fight more arrests we're
made and quantity of explosives discov-
cred. The mine was intended to blow up
the Imperial carriage in casa Sunday 8
attempt failed.
| The spot where the Emperor received
the fatal injuries has been enclosed and
covered with turf and sentry of the old
regiment of Emperor Paul guards it.
| The body of the dead Emperor was
taken to-day to the great church of the
palace. The ooffn was born by the Gear,
Grand Duke Vladimire, two other Crank
Dukes, and the Princess of Luchtenburg
and Oldenburg The people in the halls
knelt as the procession passed. On its
arrival at the church, mass for the dead
was celebrated. The regalia was brought
| from Moscow and conveyed through the
streets in state.
Ii is stated that the owners OF the shop
from which the nine started were two
students. No explosives have yet been
unearthed. Six squadrons guard the
Cars palace, aud detachments of infantry
and Cossacks almost surround the winter
palace. There is no question about Rous.
sakoffs fate, as the erection OF a scaffold
on Smolsnski plain, where Solayietf was
executed, has already been commenced.
The Russian press openly advocates a
constitution, not 10 ambiguous language as
hitherto, but plainly and uuequivocally.
THF BOMBS.
LONDON, March ia st. Petersburg
dispatch says bomb was fornd in the
pocket of the assassin. Roussskoff. It
was made in a zinc case containing glass
| tubes, two Of which were filled with Wit
roll, and two with bartholda salts, and In-
diarubber tubes with Illuminating mer-
curry, and box holding nitro and
glycerins and pyroxgliHe. the whole
weighing six pounds and three quarters.
ST PETERSBURG, March 1.-THE
examination Oh the mine discovered near
the residence of the new Emperor was
continued to-day. A gallery leads from
the small! shop to the middle of the street
and there arc telegraph wires along the
gallery elements for electric battery we're
found in thd shop. The mine will be food
ed and removed. The shop was taken in
January last by q peasant named Baro-
feline and the man and his wife named
Rozilef have disappeared. Suspicion
against them was aroused by neigh bors
seeing RogileE. the wife. smoking cigar
retts. a custom unusual With the peasant
class.
Revolutionary proclamation was dis
covered at Reursakoff's domicile which
declares nihilists will continue their work
and warns the new Emperor 20 beware of
bis fathers tate.
ENGLISH CABINET.
LONDON March 1.-THE cabinet coun
eel was hastily summoned to day. The
meeting is believed to be in connection
with the Transvaal negotiations.
JUBILEE.
ROME, March .17-The Pope encyclical
letter has been issued, proclaiming jubi-
lee from March 10Th to November lat, for
Europe. and en- d IN year for the rest Of
the world.
A NlHILIST EXAMPLE.
AN ATTEMPT TO BLOW UP THE RESIDENCE
OF THE LORD MAYOR OF LONDON
LONDON, March l7.--At midnight the
policeman on duty at the mansion house,
observed Ere on the ground near the rear
vail of the Lord Mayors official residence
and found a wooden box With fuse connect
ed. to which SONS lighted paper had been
recently applied. Tue officer extinguished
the fire and took the box to the police
station, where it was found to contain
about 80 pounds with q fuse iu the midst
of it. No arrests nor clue to the perpe-
traitors.
Lord Wagner says the explosion would
probably not have injured Mansion House
bat would have damaged the Egyptian
Hall and adjacent private houses and
eptaiied serious loss of life. He himself.
he said was not at home at the time.
0oe account says an Irish newspaper was
found amongst the packing powder.
New YoRK, March. rs A Paris dis
path states that Rochefort and Oliver
Paine left for Geneva yesterday to obtain
authentic details ot the assassination from
Nlhilist correspondent. Fresh commu-
nication from this person is pabiished to
day ia IHtr0nsi0edRt. which warns the
public against attaching too much credepce
to the teegrzms from st. Petersburg. and
declares positively that the young man
Roussakaff cannot have thrown the first
bomb The real criminals according to
the correspondent, were inside the man
sions bordering the Rue Millione, but the
Russian officials found it convenient to let
it be supposed that the shells were thrown
by persoos in the crowd. None of the
assassins have been arrested. The iner-
enee drawn from tbs statement lie that
the Emperor was murdered by oue .! the
Nihiist fraternity, holding high official
position The correspondent further
affirms that the bombs were not enclosed
in glass. as stated aud that only FIVE
seconds elapsed between the two exoIo
sioDs. The last statement is interpreted
to upset the picturesque story about the
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