The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1883-03-22
FIENDIsu FESraNs
An Attempt to Isiop mp the f;oecrn,r, al
O6icpR al I0Dtlou


0fficrE ut London
L.oNpoN, March II "A terrific gas ex-
plosion in ihr local government board
! ut WINCHESTER at 9 o'clock i.s.Ii 4 =
slToyed much property. The report
WAS heard in the nutISc III C3ln mons AID
caused alarm. Th; coucussin:i waS 81,
great II shonk the side galleries t;..i II
porte:s' gallery. Baiug TIE dina rh.ar
| bul few men.beI Of the hoa,t were IA
| the hall. The duke ef EdiUbuIg MAS III
the reporters gallery ana seemed
alarmed. The speaker rang his bell
and asked the cause Of alarm. No oae
was injured The Widest Funl1rs are
afioat. The report resemhied III: dis
charge of an eighty-iOn gun.
LATER-It is now believed the eX-
piosion was caused by dynamite aud a
deliberate attempt to blow up the gov
eminent offices.
The explosion being the subject of
consideration in The commons coaIt,
the home secretary said he did not
| think it right 10 say anytb ing about the
matter until official inquiry had been
made. He heard an attempt was made
10 blow UT=fhe ~f1HFgs office, but no IN
jury was done: The explosion was
heard al a distance OF two OF three
miles.
Yesterday afternoon canister con-
tanning explosive material was found
behind the Office with, it is rumored, q
lighted fuse attached. The police are
making an investigation. The officials
| think the explosion was caused by gun
powder or dynamite. The officers of
the gas company declare they can f1nd
| no evidences that it was caused by gas.
The force ot The explosion shot large
portions of the masonry across the
street
The explosion is undoubtedly
THE WORK OF FENIANs.
The adjacent streets are filed with
my riards OF fragments of glass and
heavy plate glass is lying in heaps on
| the ground. A stona weighing 200
pounds was projected against the King
street police station, making a hole the
size of mans head. Nothing will be
| touched until inquiry is made to-day.
The full exttnL of the damages cannot
he estimated until daylight.
| Five hundred coHstables are guarding
| The scene. The building has the APP
pearance of having been bombarded.
| There is deep trench, ten feet by three,
| in one room, the floor of which has
been literally pioughed. Two children
| sleeping in house On the corner of
| King street were thrown from their beds
| by the explosion and their faces badly
cut. They were taken to the police sta
ton. Every pane of glass in the vicin
| ity was shattered.
A MAN WAS ARRESTED
at midnight on suspicion of being con
cerned in the explosion. Harcourt has
had a conference with the chief of po-
| lice. at which several witnesses were
examined. The conclusion reached was
that the explosion occurred inside the
room and not outside the building.
AFTER THE EXPLOSION
the force OF police at both houses Of
| parliament was doubled and govern
ment offices and the residences of the
ministers were strongly guarded.
| The Times attaches little importance
! TO the explosion which occurred at its
Office. The canister contained only
small quantity OF powder.
The Daily News says II is OF course
! obvious that the eXplt sion Was the re-
| suit Of a premeditatpG design. We are
in London persons bold enough 10 act
on the widest
| f1NsEIls OF oDoNovAS ROSA
IL IS impossible moi to connect The aa-
thnrs of this outrage With certain phases
of irish crimes and the assassin press in
! America.
The TiIHes says that the Fenian an.
swar Ia Gladstonc's speech on the land
&c; VAS not long delayed Ne are in
the presence of the first dynamite farty
carrying out the policy of bringing the
| war into the heart of London. The ex-
pIoslon at our office occurred at : 40
Wednesday evening, but the canister
prevented any serious damage. There
| is reason to belieye that the two attempts
of this kind have been made by the same
| miscFeant