The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1883-03-22
DYNAMITE IN LONDON.
An Attempt to blow up the Public iiuiId-
ings.

An attempt to Blow up the Public nuild-
ings.
| LONDON, March lj-A terrific explJ.
sion occurred in the local government
board offices in Westminster, AT 9D'clock
to. night, destroying much property The
report WA, heard in the house Of com
nous and caused great alarm. The con
cusslnn WAS 80 great that it shook the
side galleries and the reporters gallery
II being the dinner hour but few mem.
bers OF the house were present in the
hall The duke Of Edinburgh was in
the peers gallery, and seemed alarmed
No one was injured. The widest rlnors
are afioat The report Iesemblcd The
discharge OF an 50 ton gun. The explO-
sion was a. first ascribed to gas, but the
| Impression In growing that it WAS caused
by dynamite, and ,hat a deliberate ut.
tempt ~as made lp blow ni the govern
ment Offices. The explosion being the
subject Of consideration in the house of
commons, Sir William IIarcoult home
secretary, said he did not think it would
he right to say anything about the mat.
ter until an official inquiry had been
made. He heard that an attempt had
been made to blow up the 7lmes office,
but that no injury had been done. The
explosion was heard at distance Of
.wo or three miles. Yesterday evening
a canister containing explosive material
was found behind the Times Office with,
it is rumOred, Il lighted fuse attached
The police are making an investigation.
The official. think Tie explosion wa.
cailsed by gunpowder or dynamite. The
officers Of the gag company declare that
4 la
caused by gas The force Of the explo
sion shot large PORTIONS OF masonry across
the street.
The Times attaches little importance
to the explosion which occurred at its
office. Inc canister contained only q
small quantity of powder.
The unity .Nrws says: "lt is OF course
obvious that the explosion was the re-
suit of premedi,ated design. We are
confronted with the fact that there are
in London persons bold enough 20 act on
the widest cOunsels of O'DOnn0van
Rosa. II is impossible not to connect
the authors of this outrage with certain
phases of Irish crime and the assassin
press in America
The Times says: The Fenan answer
to Gladstone's speech on the Land Act
has not been long delayed. We are in
the presence of the first attempt of the
dynamite party To carry out the policy of
bringing the war into the heart of Lon
dom"
| LoSDoN, March 1G-1l y. m.-There
is an enormous crowd gathered at the
scene of the explosion last night in the
Local Government Board offices in West
minister. The government inspector has
made al examination Of the portion of
the building damaged by the explosion
and places the loss at $4,000. The ves-
sci which contained the explosive mate
rial was placed in the cellar of the Local
Government Board offices.
The Times says: "lf the Irish ex-
dynamite to any measure they disapprove
of it is certain that the day of remedial
legislation is over"
LONDON. March l6--1 p. ma later
and closer inspection shows that the ex-
ploson occurred from the outside of the
building.
The Times says: "The explosion at
our Office occurred at 745 o'clock on
Wednesday evening, but the falling of
the canister prevented any 4erious dam
age. There is reaaon to believe that the
two attempts of this kind were made by
the same miscreants."
WAS HARCoURT THE OBJECT OF At
Tack?
LONDON, March 16.-The IaH .IEN
Gazette says that in many maps of Lon
don the Local Government Board office
is marked rs the Home office. 1t is
thought that the attempt to blow up the
former building was made with the idea
that it was the latter, Sir William Har-
. court, home secretary, being very obnox-
ious to the Fenians.
PROTEST FROM DUBLIN.
DUBLIN, March l6.-The Erening
Telegraph charges the London press,
especially the Times, with endeavoring
70 excite mob violence against the Irish.
ONE THOUSAND POUNDS REWARD.
LONDON, March 16.-The Government
5as offered & reward of Ei,0 900 for the
discovery of the authors of the explosion.
FEELING OF ENGLISH woRKMEN.
LONDON, March l6.-The Times this
morning says: I'm Manchester, Leeds,
Liverpool and London the feeling of
English workingmen toward the Irish
people, which waS once sympathetic, has
become cold. 1t only depends on q few
more cases Of dynamite outrages to turn
this feeling into one of angry hostility
which the authorities will find it very
difficult to control"
New YORK, March l6.-When
O'Donovaa Rosa was asked TO- day
whether the explosion in London was
caused by dynamite or was an accidental
explosion of gas, he answered: "We
could not follow out our system unless
We used dynamite, and that is what
caused the explosion. There was no &C.
cident about it,"
"Do you think it was intended to de-
stroy the building only, or also to Kill
those within?"
1T was intended to do all the damage
possible, and il was done to show Eng.
land that she had better give Ireland her
own Parliament. England is at war
with Ireland, and Ireland should be at
war with England"
Rosa showed telegram from friend
in this city warning him not to speak on
the subject, and the following dispatch
froca Boston: Congratulate you on the
news from London this morning. can
collect money now in Boston," Signed
John d. Drinkall. Rosa said that he
had received to-day offers of money. and
that he car. obtain all that is needed. In
answer to question as to what would
next be done, he showed letter advising
him to publish in his paper declaration