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Show TELEGRAPHIC THE IZAH'8 JAR. L'niveratkl Congrataladons Ot- lered to tue tin per or. How itie Mine was Arraosed, Berlin, 4. Emperor William sent a telegram to the Czar congratulating him on the attempt to take his hie being frustrated. Loodoo, 3. A St. Petersburg dispatch dis-patch saya: Tbe tunnel cootaiDiog the powder train ran 150 teet trom the bouse, underneath Ibe permanent roadway. The tirat part o! the tunnel was built of stone, Some persons who were standing on the embark-uoent embark-uoent as the baggage train passed imagining im-agining it was the Czar's train, cheered, which was the iignal for exploding ex-ploding the mine. London, 4. A correspondent at Berlin, discussing the attempt on the Czar' a life, uaye: Committed but a tUv or two alter the Czar, in leniency. had commuted the sentence of death passed on tbe Nihilist Mirekr, the ; outrage of Monday Dight canuot but imbue government with a repentant ( epirit and intensify the resolve to show no pity to those inoapable of compassion. compas-sion. The attempt on tbe life of the Czar has created great consternation and indignation in London, Paris, Berlin and Vienna. The Queen yesterday, telegraphed ; to the Emperor of Russia, congratulating congratu-lating bim on his escape trom asaaBsi-nation. asaaBsi-nation. Mobcow, 3 A person who was in the baggage train at the time of the explosion BayB the baggage train of fourteen catriogee and two locomotives locomo-tives was dispatched half an hour before the train carrying the Emperor, but by fortunate obanoe tbe Czar's train overtook tbe baggage train, passed and left it some distance be-hiod. be-hiod. Tbe explosion attraoted the police and a crowd of people who were loud in their expression of horror. Telegraphio communication was interrupted for tbe time, owing1 to postB having been thrown down by the exploaion. Two railway officials who were in the immediate vicinity were badly icjuretl. The Czar was in the Becond train. The publio prosecutor and magistrate magis-trate soon arrived. Tbe latter diecovered in the courtyard of an empty house, concealed under ibe snow, some wires connected with a battery placed in an outhouse, from which pasiiDg trains could easily bp seen. The house was bought in September Sep-tember by a young man, who Btated that be was a citizen of Samara. He had been observed digging in his cellar cel-lar by bia neighbors, but disarmed suspicion by declaring that his reaeon for doing it waB to obtiin sand. From this cellar was dug a passageway, passage-way, in whioh a train of powder was laid, connecting with a mine under the railway. More wires wero found behind the wall paper. It ia supposed sup-posed that several persons were engaged en-gaged In tho work. St. Petersburg, 4, The Czar arrived ar-rived safely this afternoon and proceeded pro-ceeded to the winter palace in an open sleigh. Great orowd of troops, lining the streets, oheered him enthusiastically. en-thusiastically. Washington, 4. Seoretary Evarta baa telegraphed to the Czar the President's Presi-dent's congratulations on bia escape from assassination. |