The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-04-03 00:00:00

THE FENIAN CONSPIRACY IN ENGLAND.
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DISCOVERY OF _ INFZIIL MACHINES AT

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LIVERPOOL.
The Liverpool &tinny. pole. have mad* two enema
of, it is considered. • highlynnoteartant charactor in con-
nectionlowth las ocipanised conepiraey to blow up p stein
tiolldins• ia thia ilowatirt. The following is • detailed
statement of Use arsonist mom. El iviog name to
oust ,SO that manta of secret sorgetise at got arrive by
monomers nom Ireland, the detective police non for mats
time pest nrefully tomcod all boats reacting Liverpool.
and on Wednee lay night, upon the arrival of the
stewing from Owl& that, attention as. attraotel by oore
of the passengers worrying • box, which was ovidginnt
very heavy. He was accordingly followed, and &ler
atavism proceicitod as far as dee Waterloo D ink was stopted
by Detective loaded or Minh and thie other offices, an i
leaked se to the consents of the b ix. lin repliers were
uneatiafactory, and he vim taken to the denotive-ofiin
iQ Delorstniet and detained. The box was then oxen:lad.
It was an ordinary alms& such as is coed by per•ons of
the labouring dam to contain their wearing eileParel hot
in this case its contents were much lege Inn coat.
They ass% in. fact, two fully-charged infernal machin-s
of the most powerful wears, lacking only the appli.
cation of it. ignition medium to explole w Us • force
which would probably caws damage as greet ea that
rocently suit dad by the Local Government Board
Ofiloo In London. Each machine was enclosed in •
us canister of oblong sham which was, in its tarn,
covered with • canines wrapping so meetly stitchsd and
Sited that at woo evident • ekillwi boil bad been
employed in Ito pro peration. Toe coulee ae a the c misters
were von carefully imarnined by Dr. J. Campbell Brown,
the city analyst. who reported Dean t amply sawdust
strongly impregnated with nitro-glycerine. (owning an
smelt:win compound of the most terribly dangerous risture.
There were some other chemicals in iedditi in, and it was
apparently from the combinei anion of all stem upon
each other wham brought into contact by a gowthod which
Dr. Brown's technical knowledge enabl-gl him to indices*
to the pansy that the explosion would tete pima Se
mach for the internal otachlow thotweives The man is
whites possession taw wen found is an Liebman of about
El yews of age, of the labouring clam, and oubstentielly
cad. He nesaitataintd a very ClOllO silence when queetime4
and little inforinsuon could he tit out of him, but as
being searched, • paper was booed in his pocket beiting
the name and addree of Petri* Fmnagea, Convent-roiv,
Sutton. Officers woo* promptly despatched to S Itton,
which is on um ontekirisi ot St. • gre.t centre of
Isiah pepuletion, and, and., the direction or Sone,-
intendont Johnson, of St Helens, Flanagan was arrested.
He is • young moo, BOCIIIL 15 rearm old, and has been
employed a. brakeman or pert*. at nu. Butt.. btatios
of the Loudon and N mtb•Weatorn Railway Compost
for about tines yeas. It I. eteted that the laud police
had reason to enoloct Flmegan's a omplicity with seciret
societieo. but, however that may be. the content, of •
black ban found in his roes were sufil Amino suepiciou&
Toe bag, which was of handy Lg. and easy to carry about.
contseted • litily-loadod revolv.r, a considerable amount
of ammunition. sad • pair of t.. 1.. whiskers Fienagmi
was brought to Liverpool, sad at the present time both hie
and Cho in 5S Iron Cork are Sept safely in custody.
Further inform etion as to an. nature of the ezp'oeilre
sacueters stelae taat at, mere throwing of them up on the
(mond would in all prohebilitl be eudeiwit so WWI
them loge oF. Th., cont oiled each ato rot six or eight'
quarts of impregnated sawdust. Bal thy exploded in
steamer they would inevitably have caused her is
bawler vuth all on boort It is sopped that Gee !
machine was dootined for use in Liverpool and the other
La • neighbouring town, possibly 31aoster.
The wanner. are made of tin, and poludied to • mak
degree of brlghtows. Sect one steads about 16 inches
11 rectangular in Maie, being about Such.. swage !
at the tip, Piet amen or • ght Mottos enema at the hams
Th• lid is at the bottom, and Si. cl only on with an
overlopping flange Ilk. the top ot an ordinary tea or sugar
ceniater. Al toe top se nowt id • iuno.l Won't one inch
and • half In diameter, amending abut five inches into
the intorior of the canister. TOIL. 1,5 k. whole of the coo.
Wootton of the infernal machine dent It is prepared
for use in the following manner :—The canister it filled
with sawdust. highly &weed with nitrgeglycsoino. NI hos
basa alrimdt dmoribild. the funnel bong left free of the
sawdust 11011 filled MAMA with a mixture of eh ioreue of
pole& and ordinay sugar. The machine is thou fully
ammo& sad lacks only he igniting media u. Tabi is
estiplied in the shape of • tate fitted wi h oil of vitriol
and scopyaid by soca, porous fusions& Whet the
mettles is pared la tonna' for its diabolioal is,
all *Weeds is that the tube of Wired Auxin be thrm into
the mixture in the fanned In • fiow minutes, sufficoent
to dim, the perpetrator of Dm outrage to wake/ good
his Moan% the vitriol seta its way though the porous
stopper and causes an explosioe. An inspection of the
empty oeses nudges it at °ace obvious thet Minted hwele
haw, bean employed in that, unnufactatie, for the
workmanship lo thoroughly finished In it. neture.
Had the plot come to it. maturity there is little doubt
that great loos of property would have sinned, while as
to the secrifics of human life that, of course, to a matter
which can only he cosi ectered, d-pencient so it largely is
upon the hoar chain for the deed. The potions,' of the
explosive haa been practically &mod by De Cansiieli
Brown, the city analyst for Livell)o3l, at his Wows 0-7,
in Dowelling& in the premium of toe principal olSc rs of
the detective pollee, who have been considerably aeon.
abed, and not a little impressed, by the recut s obtained.
For instance, • small (tomtit,' of the saturated sawdust,
about Si,. sine of • pea, was struck smartly with abstainer,
when an explosion followed which, tor the time, almost
deafened all around. Is anothor cam • large qoaciiity,
about as much as could be placid upon • halfpenny piece,
was put into • hole in • fiat, and oovered with • moos
of irovr, wideness folly a hundre weight On being
exploded, the coossuation shivered the stone, and forc. d
toe iron block • diatoms of enteral yards, The man
Plena/se, the porter at Sutton Railway Station, whose
capture followed upon that of Massey, bar been .uppoirel
in some quarters to bo • dupe of more designing and don-
pings presoak but whother that be oo or not, he is
undoubtedly an ierilvidwel of a very suspicious character.
Not only had be in his bag the loaded revolver, the
cartridges, sad ths Sales whiskers and beard before
reported, bat there was also • small tin canister oontaining
• whitish powder. On being asked what this was, the
man nailed "tooth po odor." The swop mind actually was
chloride of potash and sugar, the material already alluded
to as forming part of the imalpment of the tnlernaj
machine&

Ogg Box or ihsaairs all IPitta is warranted to cure all
discharges from the Urinary Organs, in either max (acquired
or consUtutional)Gravel. and pains in the Bock. Guar
antoed fro* from Memory. BAd in flo ge. 61..... be
on Chemista and Medicine Vendors Uirougbout the World,
Of sent to any eddress for sixty otaraos by the Maker., Tao
LINCOLN AM MIDLAND 001nrrILS DROO UOMPAN,. Linooin.
Whoiende AVIA% BARCLAY I lion, London, sad all the
Wholeoale
VALI/MILO DISCOVIRT MR TIN HAIR. —lf_your hair le
turning gm or white, or falling off, use "The Mexican
How R 00.... e for is 101 l eertsteaewore oNtry
sa
Greg or Visite k&i. to in orighiai colour,_ without leaving
to diaagreimblie small a most ' weistorere." It makes
tho hew ohutoiorly beautiful, as well ae promoting to.
growth of tho bd. a tleld 90u, where thtglands are not
&spayed. Ask your t.neW for ' Tits /Admired field
Rwpgwea.,^ sold by Olownista and Perfumers everywhere
at 9a 61 per bonin Wholeml• depot removed to M. Parringdoorood. London
LADY Bitaueirissa—Lsdien you C 111404 make fair
, skin, rosy cheeks, end raarklbag eyse with all the
oximetke of Franco. or beastillare of world, whit, to
peat health, and nothing will give you such Ark blood,
nog hum, strength. sad beauty as Hop Hitters. A
trial is rertain /root See Advt.
HOLLOWAY'S rtuo.—lit ordisr that the slightest ladle.
position may not rienedly ram its disastrous course frorn
hod to worm the afflicted of every age and dam should
Les Itihimoudiate atereation. • few doses of these
le Ourlfrisil sod stresalliening Wile will always
S. beneficial when to. hest disorder rages, or whom
wereoes teen oppress. Two or three Ma at bed time
have the boggiest effect la promoting perfeot dlresuoth
whereby the masoles aro rendered mon vigorous, th•
write were benyant, sad the actin from* more horde.
Holnerey's M 1601.1111 limeades the quantity of cubit... 4
diseivable from a gives 4146119,91 of food, and so the quality
of tho mug feeprovest, the tons of every fibre through-
out lb. bogy is heightens', sad the disposition to fell
tato dissent is reduced to • lainirouta.
DTarinza. "Lino Owsoiduat." or Billoosooos. Coo.
goipetkm, sod kindred otoctios• a spnciality. Pr treatise,
,110154 wooommo al seif-treeteneak address woaue Die-
emeasy NioloAL AISOCW:1014 No. 3. New atercl• Mast.

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SUSPICIOUS AFFAIR AT LIVERPOOL.
The polloe are investigating • suspicious affair M
ssrpool. It appears a bonded warehouse in Springer.
street was broken 100 early yisAerday (Sunday)
ad balsas of casks started, fl Adana lb. mum
with spirit i
.. It I. supposed the nteation was to fire
liquor sod no cause an imploeson.
TERRIBLE BOILER EXPLOSION IN FRANCE

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26 'meows EIi,LSD AND 38 Muslin.
PAats, :,uoday.--A terrible boilsr explosion bes
000urred at the Mainiral irouw.rks. uear Limier
(Haute Mains). Twenty-six persons were killed 144
38 injured.

ALLEGED MURDER OP A DAUGHTER.
On staturday, at Tiverton, Richard Cleave wee
committed f, r :dal on a charge of murdering hio
daughter, four yeas of age. Tbs prieoner, who
appeared to keenly realise WI poction, maid that be
had bad a great de.a of trouble recently, and that
he did not know what he wes about at the time.

ANOTHIM =war ro DZSTROY THE posr-

i)iPithi.

Amoug the lettere posted on Saturday night at the
General Poet-office was an ill-spelled 'Made° addressed
to the Postmsete.eGenerel. It was unto, end. as 4
eAttained a e ataiseut t' the effect that .1 is iutended
Vi blow up the control p 41. and telegraph huilclaugs at
t. Martin's•le•Grand, and that the destructiou of
• ifiLe would be accomplish. d with as much ewe is
was the posting of the letter 111 qmstium The mild's,
which Is in the hands of the 1,0/100, it Signed "Jos
for Ireland."