The Barrow Herald and Furness Advertiser. — 1879-04-19 (Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England)

PETER.B7RG, Monday.—The Emperor, while Countess Lambertini against the brothers Anto. taking walking exercise early this morning near neli aefore the Supreme Court of Cessation. The the Palace, was fired at by an individual who di,- . ease coins on a:tor Easter. charged at him five shots from a revolver, but with- The I:Taperer and Empress of Brazil have an. out wounding his Majesty. The perpetrator of the notinced their intention to contribute, from the let attempt was arrested. inst • 10 per cent, of their incomes towards reBeams, Monday.—The Emperor, on hearing of tbleiag the deficit in the rialional revenue as cont. the attempt OR the Czar's life, despatched a can- pared with 11,,t expanditure. 'nu. Fmance gratulatory telegram to his Majesty. Mt ais t,o. has appointed a committee of importers to Sr. PETERSBURG, Monday.—Lator offi-ial :lc- revise the import tariff. counts of the attempt on the life of the Empeter Tln! Mik,tdo of Japan having rebuked his state that four shots were fired, and one person ia Ministers for their spendthrift policy, the Premier the crowd was slightly wounded. The perpetrator has entered the ces,ation of all superfluous expenis descritted as a well dressed tuanovearing a military ditura. and 1,,,s stopped the outlay on public works. cap with a cockade. The examination into the The E.t,p, cur ha set an example of eeontruy by circumstances of the crime has already commenced. I reducing his household expenditure. Ati spatch Sr. PETERSBURG, April 15.—tho suppo-ition from Yokoli.vna reports trade to be depre.ts al, and that the perpetrator of the attempt on the that breed sales of imports were being made at low Emperor's life took poison has not yet been prices.; officially confirmed. The judicial investigation into A Paris paper devoted to the fair sex gives a list the prisoner's antecedents is now proceeding, hut . of the ladies who have obtained decrees in France his statements at this preliminary stags of tho a: doctors and bachelors of arts. They ale :18 in inquiry will not, of course, be made public. number Among the doctors are 11 miamo MadeThe illumination of the city last night. in token laine Bres, who has charge of the medical service of rejoicing at the Emperor's escape, was of a very at the Theatre des Nations, in Pali: ; Madame brilliant character. The streets were thronged Ritard, who is in practice at Nantes; and Mdlle. until a very late hour by dense crowds, giving Iklarie Verneuil, who gives medical lectures in frequent cheers for the Emperor. The space before Paris. the winter Palace was filled by masses of people, A horrible murder has been discovered in Peoth, who greeted the Emperor with most enthusiastic the advocate Isidore Martanfalvy, a metw,er of ore cheers each time his Majesty appeared at the wiad , of the chief Jewish families in fluitga,y, haying ows in acknowledgment of their loyal demonstrabeon found lying on the filer of his bedroom in a i tion. ' pool of blood. Near the corpse was a hatchet In the afternoon the Emperor received at the i covered with blood. His watch, purse. and ring I were Winter Palace a deputation of the St. Petersburg .one. Suspicion at once fastened iron his nobility, headed by the Marshall, Count IlnservaiTt, a lad of 18, who was arrested and at once bensky, who expressed the devotion of the nobility admitted his guilt. to his Majesty, and their horror at the attempt . The War Office has decided to send out a rtehceei which had been made upon his life. , I complete telegraph corps to the Cape, in addition to tho telegracht force already sent out, in order to Congratulatory telegrams upon his Majes:y s , assist in establishing the telegraphic communication empire n sovereigns rierioginn s eel Epnarret the Europe. eo !.. required by Lord Chelmsford. The 2201, corps, e aha At noon to.day the Emperor received the con- now in the service of the Postmaster-General, have gratulations of the principal functionaries of St. been selected, and have received orders to con. Petersburg. centrato at Woolwich. The corps to be despatched The would-be assassin states that his name is will probably comprise 50 constructors, 30 dvefrobm been all . Ivan Sokoloff, and that he was employed in a pro. manipulators, 30 drivers, and 10 general service i vincial branch of the Ministry of Finance. On . men, with 300 mules.