The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1883-04-23
THE DYNAMITE PLOT.
The Conspirators Here Not Guilty
OF an Extraditable Offence.
Ross Going to Advocate Dynamite at the
Irish Convention.

NHNE YoRK, April 23,--Judge O'Connor, the
law oficer OF the State Department at Wash
ington, ~ reported as saying, relative TO the
dynamite plotters In this country, that these
men 90 nothing you can lay your hand on
mere, and II you could prove conspiracy against
tnen that IL not one Of the crimes for which
extradltion Is provided under the treaty.
Inc wife OF DIR. Gallagher at Greenpoint says
hsr hasband Is not Ia Ireland but has gone
west and she received letter from him dated
N western city two weeks ago.
nuHLIN, April 21.--Twenty persons have
peen arrested In the town of Milltown, Malbsy,
County Glare, eight miles east OF Ennis, on q
cnarse OF conspiracy 90 murder landlords,
agents and officials. Two OF the prisoners
have turned nformers.
Cork, April 2l.-The hearing in the cases of
Carmody, Morgan, o 'Herlihy and Fatherstone
Was resumed this morning. IL was proved
thatfWo documents found on Deasy, ono OF the
nien arrested at Liverpool for bringing explos-
ives and internal machinery into England, or
dering acids In the name of O'Herlhy at Glas-
gov, were IN the writing OF Featherstone. IL
was also disclosed that the name Feathersto 0
Is an alias.
DuBrds, April 2i.-owing to the receipt OF
private Information Of contemplated misdeeds
by lawless persons, policemen armed with
sworaa and revolvers have been placed IN tho
Genital postal telegraph, the excise and the
customs offices, and every preparation has
been made % repel any demonstration against
those buildings.
Nj YonK, Aprii 2i.--Tha Sunday Mercury
Of tomorrow, will publish an interview with
O'Donovan Rosa Ia which the latter states
thatshe is going 10 the Irish American conyen-.
tion at Philadelphia as delegate from the adj
vanced revolutionary council and will test the
case. whether Mike Boland Of Louisville, Alex
Sullivan OF Chicago and other wire pullers
would refuse him admission TO convention
supposed to represent Irish elements Of every
shade Of color. Rossd says he expects a hot
time at the convention.
Professor Mezzeron was also interviewed.
lie said that the convention ought 10 appoint
provisional council such as was appointed In
France twice and this council sho-ld elect
president Of the Irish republic. Money for
necessary work should be obtained by taxing
every farmer ia Ireland or mortgaglng the
whole island to the United States government
or some Wall street syndicate. One hundred
million dollars could be raised in this way.
The United States he said should help them
IN this matter, as after the Irish had destroyed
Eugland's shipping American shipping would
go so far as he suggested II would nol do its
duty and would be fraud upon the people II
would pretend 10 represent.
CHICAGO, ILL.,, April 22.--The Old Guard Of
the Fenian brotherhood and Fourth ward
Land League to-day appointed delegates TO the
Irish national convention at Philadelphia.
Tho Fenian delegates are instructed 10 ad-
vocate the dynamite policy. the Land
League delegates are uninstructsd but are said
to favor force