New-York tribune., 1883-03-16

between. Now what politics can there he in an
Office explosionp
with our present information we can say or
think nothing about it.. We can discount rumor ;
that s all, and inclined to think the first report
OF Its being mere explosion of the correct one
HOW MR. EGAN SPENT YESTERDAY.
Changing the subject Mr.. Egan stated that he had
had visits during the evening from Hugh King,
treasurero of the National Land League of NewYork;
M. b. Holiness president of the Land League
of Hudson County; Charles Kelly, F.
Moriarty, F. J. Rowe. president of the
Irish Confederation Of America and Others Indeed
Mr.. Egan kept busy yesterday receiving friends
and opening and answering letters and kilograms
which continued to arrive in large Dum-
bers. Among other letters was one re-
ceived from Mrs. Parnell. the mother of Charles
Stewart Parnell, which gave Mr.. Egan peculiar
pleasure After spending the morning in CORE
spondence Mr.. Egan made several calls, visiting
Mr; Meehap, of The Irish 1nerican James Redpatt,
and The Irish W0rtd Office. In the lasnamed office
were number of letters and kilograms from all
parts OF the country awaiting him. Among others
were telegrams from Minneapolis and st. Paul, IN
quiriDg If. in view of his Western trip.
he would lecture before the Parnel Land
League or give an address. Mr.. Egan answered,
number of these cOmmun ncat ions, stating TO the
correspondents who requested him to appear IN
public that that would be impossible. About 43O
o'clock he left The Irish Worid office and retur. ed
Parneli m lat at her house. No. % 222 West THIRTY:
seyenth-st. He had never met Mrs. Parnell
before. and he referred to the visit as one
chatting with the mother of the Irish leader. and
it was just after this visit on his return 20 his hotel
that he received the news of the explosion Mr..
Ega1 will go to-day to TarrvtOwn TO visit his
cousin, the Rev. Father Egan, who Is Ill.
OTHER RECENT EXPLOSIONS.
During the year 1ss1 there were number of at
tempts made to blow up or injure public buildings
in England. but the conviction. in August, of two
men Tor the attempt on the Liverpool Town Hall
put stop to such the part Of Irish agi
tators for long time.
About the 14th of January, 1881, an attempt was
made to bowup the armory of the Infantry Barracks
at Salford where the rifles of the volunteers were
deposited. A meat store near the armory was blown
TO atoms but no other damage was done.
At midnight OF March 16, 1881, policemen
found In the recess of window of the Mansion
House. London. under the Lord Mayors private
apartments, box containing fifteen pounds OF
coarse gunpowder The brown paper in which
.he box wrapped was smouidering,
md the fire had almost reached the end of fuse
eadng into the box. An explosion would
nave occurred soon but for the discovery.
During the night of May
parcel of gunpowder was exploded under the walls
If the Barracks at Chester. The damage was
light, and it was believed that some militiS-
nen who had been punished were the perpe traitors
IN May 10 an unsuccessfu- attempt was
made TO blow up the Central Police station
" Liverpool by means of a tube containing dyn-
.mtc OF gunpowder.
On the 9th of June, 1881, an attempt was made
% blow up the Town Hall at Liv-
,rpool by dscharging a gas-pipe loaded
With gunpowder, by means of a fuse against
ioor. Only slight injury was done. Two men
we're arrested at the time, and were tried
or this crime and also the previous
Ittempt on the police station. Early In August the |
wo men, McGrath and McKevitt, were found guilty |
f causing the explosion. McGrath was sentenced |
o penal servitnde for life and McKevitt |
o fifteen years. When they were arrested |
found in their possession connect |
ng them with the Fenian Brotherhood Both of !,
hem had returned 20 England from this country |
nly n short time before the sx plosion.