The evening light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1881-1883, 1882-03-03

conveyed to the police station in cab.
Mclean is said to be an inhabitant of
the South Sea Islands. The general
opinion is that it was the result of
lunacy. The report of the pistol was
sharp but not loud. Mclean appar-
emily intended firing again, when the
revolver, which seemed to be new
one, was knocked from his hand by
bystander and handed to the police
The Elton scholars were prominent in
the attempt to lynch MacLean. 1t is
understood that the queen has not sus-
tanned any serious shock.
BRADLAUGH LEADS CORBETT AGAIN.
London, March In the parlia-
mentary election in Northampton,
TO-DAY, Bradlaugh received 1898 votes
and Corbett 1861.
In the house of commons, Sir Will
liam Harcourt, replying to an inquiry
from Sir Stafford Northcote, said that
MacLean, who shot at the queen this
evening was clerk by occupation and
native of London. He added that
the queen was not alarmed by the
event.
TELEGRAPH CABLE COMPLETED.
London, March 2.-Information has
been received here that the first cable
of the American telegraph and cable
company was completed yesterday,
and that communication between Nova
Scotia and London is established
thereby. - ,..-..- ~ -..'
EXTRA SESSION OF CONGRESS- THE
MEXICAN NATIONAL.
City of Mexico, March "A decree
calling for congressional session has
been ratified, and March the 25th, has
been appointed for the meeting
The government pays $1,000 sub
vention to the Mexican National rail
way for four completed kilometers Of
the Elsalto division. The working
force of the road has been decreased to
1000 men.
TRIAL OF NIHILISTs.
st. Petersburg, March lust be-
fore the nihilist prisoners were sem
fenced Klyctetschikef, one of those
condemned to death, struck on the ear
Metsulaff, who testified against several
of the others in the hope of escaping
sentence Of death, saying: Take that
from your fellow prisoners ~ 1t is re-
ported that the sentences of death will
be committed to penal servitude.
The addresses of counsel for prison.
ers we're excellent. M. Alexandreoff.
the weil-known counsel for Vera Sas-
sulitch, defended Emilianof' in bril-
liant address. He said the prisoners
were honorable and respectable, but
in certain respect diseased He felt
that if only regicide were excluded from
their doctrines he and many others
would fully share them. He said he
was bound to bear witness that no
threat had been resorted to to extort a
confession from Emilianof, but COM
planned of the hateful system of con-
Quoting examinations in political cases
by the gendarmes.
The president, interrupting. re-
marked that the assistant procurator
general was present at those exam
nations.
Alexandreoff replied that the pro-
curator was probably hand-in-glove
with the gendarmes.
THE LORDS AND THE CABINET.
London, March 1.-The Daily News
this morning says: We believe that
the invitation Forster, chief secretary
for Ireland, received from the house
of lords committee, to give evidence
at the inquiry into the working of the
land act, was considered at a specially
summoned cabinet council, which de-
termined that he should decline it.
The committees invitation included
an important statement in regard to
the scope of their inquiry, which was
obviously designed as basis of agree
ment on the issue raised between the
house of lords and the commons. The
cabinet decided that neither the form
nor substance Of the communication
justified their Countenance of it as a
settlement of the question raised by
the vote in the house of lords.