Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-17
The Irish Invincibles Deter
mined to Rule or
Ruin.
The Scene Of the Wreck and
the Opinions Of High
Officials.
ODonovan Rosa Reioices
With Sheridan and
Others,
While this Peoria Grove Flaps
His Wings With Eostaoy.
Special Dispatches TO THB B.s.
THE LONDON EXPLOSION.

Special Dispatches to THH BRx.
H LONDON EXPLOSION.
LONDON, March 16-1 a. Nam
enormous crowd gathered at the scene
OF the explosion last night in the local
governments board eff ,es In Westmin.
ster. The government inspector has
made an examination of the portion
of the building damaged by the OK.
plosion, and places the loss at "a 600.
The vessel which contained the ex.
plosive material was placed in the
cellar Of the local government board
Offices. The Times says II the Irish
extremists are really going to reply
with dynamite to any Of the measures
they disapprove of, 1t is certain the
day Of remedial legislation Is over.
l p. ma later and closer inspec-
tion shows that the explosion occurred
from the outside Of the building.
II GENE E THE WRECK.
LONDON, March 16.-In many maps
of London the local government board
Office IL marked a. the home Office.
II Is thought the attempt to blow mp
the former building was made with
the Idea that 1t was the latter, VIM.
Harcourt being very obnoxious to the
Fenians.
Sir Charles Dixie, president of the
local government board, thinks the
attempt was not upon himself or the
officials of his department. The evil
doors intended to cause widespread de-
struction of property. He Is of the
opinion the plot originated with the
managers OF the diminishing fund.
Sir William Harcourt and other
home officials believe the attempt wal
directed against the criminal inquiry
department, which is adjacent to the
, fiji ,es of the local local government
board. The guards we're doubled at
the magazines and military centres.
Dublin detectives are assisting the
London police.
The government offers q reward Of
81, goo for the discovery of tha au-
thors of the explosion. The reward ap.
plies tcthe Et.smpt on the Times office
also. any one NOT tins sotuai calpri,
giving information Of the origin Of the
explosion will be pardoned. The
Strand magistrate unearthed astound.
ing evidence connecting ODonovan
Rose with the patriotic brotherhood
conspiracy.
THE vIGILANT POLICE.
LONDON, March 16.--No arrests
have yet been made In connection
with the explosion. The police no.
tioed nothing suspicious about the
building before the explosion 90.
CURED.
ROssA's REMARKS.
New YORK, March 15.-When
O'Donovsn Rosa was asked to-day
whether the explosion In London was
caused by dynamite Or wal 1t an &C.
cidental explosion of gas, he answered
I'VE could not follow out our system
unless we used dynamite, and that
Is what caused the explosion. There
was no accident about It,"
"Do you think 1t wa intended to
destroy the building only, or kill those
within?'
st was intended to do all the dam
age possible, and 1t was done to show
England she had better give ireland
her own parliament. Eogland IL d
war with Ireland and Ireland should
be at war with England"
Rosa showed the following dispatch
from Boston:
Congratulate you on news from Lon
don this morning. I can collect none,
now In Boston.
(Signed) John D. DRIscoLL."
+ Rosa said he received to-day Of
fers of money, and he can obtain al
that's needed. In answer to tn
question % to what would next b
done, he showed q letter advising hin
to publish In his paper Q declaration
of war on England, signed by repre-
sentative Irishmen. When that wa
done it could not be claimed their &C
tions were dishonorsble. As for weAp
ons, all available ones should be used
this, he said, was his answer.
PATRICK j. SHERIDAN,
whose extradition England has re
quested, said, "The work Is that G
, Irishmen, and is but the advanc
picket. Much more will follow. Eng
/ land will shortly see she must eithe
free Ireland or suffer the conse
Iuences."
' GROVE TALK.
: PEORIA, March 16. In an intervie,
with Pat Grove, of this city, to, day
a he professed great exuitation at tn
attempt to blow up the government
f building at London, but did not favo
the means employed. He prefers tn
silent but destructive flame of tn
y torch to the defamation of dynamite
y His idea Is to place two or three hur
dred men in the larger cities O
England with a few barrels of petro
leum, await q windy night, and at
L preconcerted signal make one hundre
con sgrations In as many citiel
y spread terror and destruction throug
the land, and thus make the Britis
lion howl and aooeds to any term
He knew nothing about 1t till tn
k morning, He thought Rosa miel
have been aware Of the plot. q
Q II undoubtedly the work of the "Ii