The Portland daily press., 1881-04-16
FOREIGN.
Execution of the Cars Assas-
sins.
DISHONEST CUBAN OFFICIALS CON
vICTED AND SENTENCED.
Russian Grand Duke Implicated in the
Nihilists Conspiracy.

ST. PETERsBURG,Ap 15.-All the Nihilists,
except the woman Hessy Helfmann, con-
demned to death for connection with the
Cars assassination, namely, Russakoff,
Michaeloff, Kibaitschitisch, Jeliabof and
Sophie Pieotfsky were hanged at 10 o'clock
this morning. Michaeloff's rope broke twice.
Order was not disturbed. There was an i'm
mense concOurse of spectators.
The condemned were escorted from the
fortress to the place of execution by Cossacks
and infantry with drums and flies. Detach-
n1ents of all the regiments of the guards
stationed at st. Petersburg surrounded the
scaffold All the prisoners received the minis
teration of priests and kissed the cross and
each other. They were very firm except
Russakoff who tainted at the last moment.
Many thousand people passed the night at
the place of execution in order to obtain a.
good view. The executioner was reprieved
convict. The prisoners were conveyed from
the fortress in two carts with their backs to-
their breasts bearing the words "Regicide" in
large letters. After hanging 20 minutes the
bodies were cut down and taken to the
cemetery outside the city
When the prisoners mounted tn Q scaffold
the head of each was covered with sack
They were then placed upon stools which were
drawn away and they were left to strangle.
Serious Charge Against q Russian Grand
Duke.
NEW YORK, April ia dispatch from.
Paris says: A communication published in
the Frankfort Gazette acquires Importance in
connection with the recent arrest of Grand
Duke Nicholas Constantine vich. 1t is stated
that Nihilist who was captured after the
assassination of tine Emperor gave informa-
ton which led to the discovery of mine be-
ginning under the Grand Duke Constantines
palace and leading toward the Winter Palace.
Two years had probably been occupied in its
construction.
Cuhan Officials Sentancad to Pano1 Sar
vitude. #&
MADRID, April15 profound sensation
has been caused in naval and military circles
in Madrid and the principal ports of Spain BY
telegram from the Governor General of
Cuba announcing the sentence of court
martial upon eighteen officials accused of
fraud in the naval department of Cuba. All
the accused are sentenced to penal servtude.
Among them are relations of persons of rank
at Court and in the highest position in the
mother country. Admiral Berasger has Or
dered a court martial to proceed Immediately
against thirty more accused officials and
several civilians. The government is resolved
to show no mercy, even to the highest often
ders. General Blanco telegraphs that the
sentence caused much sensation in Havana,
but was approved by public opinion and the
press of the colonies.
The Anti-Jewish Agitation in GERMANY.
BERLIN, April 15.-The anti-Jewish petition
sent to Bismarck on the 18th has been going
about the empire for signatures for sixsmonths,
and aims at imposing restrictions on immigra-
ton of Jews into Germany and excluding
them from certain walks of activity altogether,
in fact undoing much of the legislation of the
past in their favor; but the objects of the petit
ton are hopeless in view of the utterances of
the government that it does not intend to per-
NIT existing laws affecting the Jews to be re-
pealed or altered. Bismarck has also told the
Bundesrath that the anti Jewish agitation is
against his wishes Crown Prince Frederick
William, if not the Emperor also, has still
less sympathy with the movement
Gladstone on the Transvaal Question.
LONDON, April 15.-Mr. Gladstone has writ
ten letter to the Liberal candidate for Par
lament for West Cheshire to fill the vacancy
caused by the death of Philip Egerton, in
which he says the government will not adopt
any apologetic tone in the coming debate on
inc Iransyaal Question. It was, he says, a
outlines
Beacons1eld's Condition,
LONDON, April 15.-10 P. M-Beaconsfield
passed quiet day and his strength IS main
tanned.