The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-05-01
Two Powerful Dynamite Cartridges, Ready
for Explosion, Found Under the Land
Offices in the Government Building
Guards Doubled in All Directions, and
an Active Search in Progress.
Further Details of the Explosion at Havana
More than Twenty Persons Killed
Foreign News of All Kinds.
DYNAMITE AT TORONTO.
Two Powerful Cartridges Discovered Under
the Government Buildings.


the Government Buildings.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
TORONTO, Ontario April 30.-About 2:30
o'clock to-day Willie mcdonnell, the twelve
year-old son of the re-taker of the east wing
of the Parliament buildings, while playing
around the west wing, saw roll of something
inside ventilator under the Crown Land De
partment He instantly took it out and handed
it to an official standing near 1t was instantly
discovered to be a dynamite cartridge OF the
most powerful kind. Hon. Mr.. Pardee, Commits
sioner of Crown Lands; Mr.. Houston, libra
rian, and others, instantly began rigid
search around the buildings, and underneath the
Speakers ROOM and in similar place. were
found two other cartridges of the same kind.
The cartridges found are about eight inches
long and an inch and one-eighth in diameter, and
weigh nearly one pound each. They are of the
kind known as "Etna No. 2" and are manufact-
ured by the Etna Powder Company of Chicago.
They consist of cross and shell, with pointed,
large tip 40 per cent being the proportion of
nitro -glycerine. The shells had been newly
oiled, to keep out moisture. Experts say there
was enough dynamite in the cartridges to blow
up the whole building.
Near where the last cartridge was discovered
were found two clocks and fuse six OF eight
feet long, ready for use. Similar apparatus
was found early in the morning by gardener
while moving the grass on the lawn in front of
the building
1t is thought the fend or fends were dis
turbed in their work, and skunk away to avoid
detection, intending to return tonight. Several
1nemhers of the 0overnment clerlxs of the Lao
lisature, and fifty or sixty others, sleep in the
building every night Early last session the
government was notified from Ottawa that an
attempt would be made during the session to
blow up the whole of the buildings Special
guards were placed to prevent such action.
Nothing happened except that member of the
Legislature, areporter, and one of the care-takers
were arrested, but were let go as soon rs identi-
fed. Nothing further was heard of the matter,
and it is believed by the government that the
matter was postponed till after the session. on
account of the extra vigilance.
The present attempt Is an effort to do what
was to have been done before The provincial
detectives were away at the time, attending a
murder trial at Hamilton. The
matter has been in the hands of
at the case under Chief Detective NewhaIl Eff
forts are being made to trace the perpetrators,
but there is no clew yet. No suspicious charac-
tershave been seen round the buildings lately, but
DR.. Cossex, Chicago man, who has been spend
ing some weeks at Ottawa lately, trying to get
money from the Dominion government for an
alleged discovery of the plot arrived here last
night. Twenty special guards have been placed
round the buildings and some round the resi-
denee of the Lieutenantgovernor, to prevent
the entrance of persons without having lawful
business.
The building is a large, unsightly aggregation
of red brick offices, which has been patched and
added to from time to time as needed, and
which is in bad repair The crown lands
department contains the only. complete register
of titles of lands in the province, and the de
struction of these papers would entail untold
loss ON the whole community The building is
older than the city, it was erecte when Toronto
was known as Little York, sixty years ago. Plans
have been prepared for new. building. No
one would be sorry to see the whole pile de-
stroyed if the papers and the valuable library
were saved. A safe containing all the records
of the Registrar generals department is located
close to the place where the second lot of cart
ridges was found All the cartridges had wire
attached and everything ready for instant ex-
plosion.
The weekly reception at the Government
House, which is is held on Thursdays, has been
postponed one week in consequence of the great
excitement in the city. Officials, care-takers
and their families are afraid to sleep in the
buildings. The attempt is ascribed to the
agency of the Fenan organization in Buffalo
The detectives had the cartridges examined to-
night, and they were found to contain the most
dangerous explosives, calculated to destroy
buildings double the size of these