The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1884-10-12
DOMINION DYNAMITERS
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The Parliament Buildings Badly Shat
tered - The Deed Mystery
Irishmon and Frenchmen Ac-
cused Trouble Feared.
An Explosion Mystery.

QUEBEC, Oct ll.--About o'clock this
afternoon an explosion occurred at tn
new parliament building, DESTROYING a
considerable portion Of the masonry aud
! windows OF the new building, which
was just being luOled in. the explosion
at first was supposed to have been The
! boiler OF an engine used fOf hOistiup
ma erlal, but this proved not to be the
case. Neither can it he attributed TO
gas. The general impression appears to
| De that the explosion was caused bv
! dynamite, but MS none Of this ingredient
was used on the works, the mystery ~
/ now II came there. An investigation IS
now peihB held. Tho Workmen all bl.
il3 away al dlnner NOBODY but one man
| was injured, and he escaped r,ith a
| si'ght cut from piece Of stor a Tho
snock was very severe all over fine civ.
| me Windows Of houses in Il 40 ,;ri,,it,,
OF the explosion We're badly sh.,tnroJ
me explosion this after onnm IA CON
siderable damage to wine NO., w ~, vi
cinlty OF lho parliament bomso AInnst
an the windows in tb Lo"se ifsaiG In,
the section " here tn .c,.rIn.ion o a,'
"ha Sil'i,'GIou' NE rel, a workman, aud
only nnr,,ne contractor we're the
nnly sli~h, Injured, and those
tho Grs77 .ly. The damage by
stdprnhIn explosion was con-
H., 5'%iI A hole about = feet
| tGn III e was blown out OF the wall on
! ri.,ht rd story, and directly over the
-" hand entrance "a the assembly
amber aud near the place where the
=, reaker's chair is situated. The second
i " Sploson occurred in the northeast
orner of the same building. The corner.
stone, forming the support Of the
building, was badly damaged,
and it is doubtful, if it can
be repaired, without letting
down the whole wall Whatever the
reason may he for wishing the destruc-
Ton o! the hui ding, there is no room to
doubt that dynamite has been used. A
searching investigation iuto tho cause
Of the explosion is now in progress.
4 Everything is quiet in the neighbor-
Y borhood, aud section of a battery is
0 phtIolling the grounds about the build.
ing The government was waiting tho
completion of the building to call the
house together for tn" dispatch Of bust
. ness. The building had been SO far ad-
van"ed that only a part of tho roof re-
/, manned unfinished.
OTTAWA wATCHINu.
OTTAWA, oct 1.-THE sub iect OF con.
, yer alton tO-nighi is the blowing 10 of
he parliament building 10 Quebec
'''''''i'iln hNt llttil taken mere in
the way Of extra policemen ut the par-
Lament buildings.
QUEBGC, oct. H. Regarding the cause
OF tho explosion at the parliament
O building, employees state that the work
was done by Irish dvnamiters, while
some Of the Irish citizens state, and the
opinion is shared 10y great many. that
the French workmen did the deed with
q view TO inluriug the contractor, hut
FOR what reason is not apparent.
as it Is said the contractor and
his men are ON thchcstuf terms. Sorlnu,
q trouble is feared between the Fronch
ana Irish should the accusations be car.
ricd much further.
The Telegraph cditorially saws; "Na-
uonaiiiN must not he used Ia screen any
cement Of the community oar opui-
ion Is far from it's being an Fri shman.
the syoundrcl was arluatod through
other mutivpS.'
The cabinet has decided TO is-
sue % Proclamation on ring -rpat
reward uf $1,000 for Information
regarding tho author, of tine outrage.
Guards have been placed ON AN pow,irr
magazines connected with en- citadel.
military stores and the cartr!Gge mo-
tory.