The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1885-01-28

man down and injured him seriously.
His case is considered critical. Its
force also knocked down two other
policemen standing in the vicinity
and stunned them. A lady and gent
leman, near the officer who bad the
package, were also Frustrated. The
great window over the main en-
rahce of Westminster hall was
smashed to atoms and all the side
windows were blown out. In the
interior of the house of commons the
only seat that was damaged by the
explosion was that which Gladstone
occupied a small chip was torn of
the top of the SPEAKERS chair. The
exp Osion caused q panic among the
visitors. Those who were In the
house of commons fed precipitat ,ly.
Many ladies were bruised and
crushed.
A clue to the perpetrators Of the
outrage has, it is thought, been dis
covered. just before the explosion
occurred a man and q woman. the
latter carrying q handbag. engaged
q cab outside Of the parliament yard
and drove rspidly away, giving no
directions as to their destination.
They were not gone far when the ex-
plosion occurred. The cahman hear
ing this, stopped the cab. The man
and woman at once leaped out and
fastened quickly from the spot. The
cabman went in pursuit of the rum
aways, and they were soon overtaken
and arrested bv the police
4:3O p. m.-The prevalent belief is
that the Obstructive agent was con-
veyed into the house of commons by
some of the Saturday visitors. A
fuller investigation shows the extent
of damage to be much greater than at
first supp osed. The eastern extrem-
lty of the house is total wreck.
There IS no doubt but the explosive
was placed under the piers Of the
gallery on the government side of
the house. All the wood work in
that part of the building was shattered
and a wide hole made through the
floor. The gallery was displaced,
and even the solid stone work of the
door-ways was either pulverized or
shifted from position. Every pane
of glass in the house was smashed to
The gallery benches were
ald broken and the gal
lery generally dismantled.
6p. NIT has been ascertained
that a large quantity of explosive
matter had been placed inside the
great ornamental g .tes leading to the
cryl tunder Westminster Hall. These
gates were blown clear off their
hinges and thrown to the ground.
All the windows on the north and
south sides of the building were
blown to atoms.
LoNDoNf Jan. 24.-The favorite
theory of the police is that the dyna-
mite which caused the explosions in
Hall, Houses of Parlia-
ment and the White Tower was
carried to the place in each case
under the long cloak of a
whose appearance was thus
made to- resemble that Of a woman
about to become mother. A woman
in whom this appearance, was very
was seen among the visi-
tors at the Tower this afternoon,
shortly before the explosion Co.
Cured. She was escorted by tall
man with military air. Neither of
them could be found after the gates
were closed after the explosion, and
when the visitors came to be searched.
1t is supposed the woman and her
escort escaped during the rush that
just after the explosion and
before the gates were closed. The i'm
patent action of the police is generally
ridiculed. An intense ant.-Irish feel
ing has been caused by the ou rage,
and it seems certain to unfavOrably
effect the Irishmen employed or seek
ing employment in England, and
vigilance committees and anti
Irish leagues are talked of. 1t Is es-
timated from the course and energy
Of the explosive employed in the
House of Commons, that if the House
had been in session, Gladstone, Sir
VIM. Vernon Harcourt, Charles
BradIaugh, and two hundred other
would have been killed.
The search Of visitors at the Tower
after the expulsion, occupied four
hours. The injured are as follows:
At the Tower, s injured seriously. IA
at the Parliament building,
seriously, 10 slightly. The worst
injuries were received by C0nstables
Cox and Cole, and civil engineer
named Edwin Grau, who was visit
ing the Parliament building. Cox
and Cole are still unconscious. Their
recovery is hopeless. Over 100 visit
ors were in the House of Commons
when the explosion occurred in
Westminster Hall. Most of them
rushed out of the building to ascer-
tain the cause of the report, and thus
many lives were saved.
News of the introduction in the
American Congress Of a bill by Sen
ator Edmunds to prevent and punish
dynamite conslirators in the United
States, has had the effect of turning
aside the bitterness of feeling against
the United States, which had been
engendered by the various explo-
sions.
The tower was fairly filed with
visitors at the moment the explosion
occurred and many persons were Sc
riously injured. One man had leg
badly smashed, another had an ear
completely severed from his head.
The two were taken to the hospital,
where their wounds were carefully
dressed. At 7:3O p. m. excited
crowds are still about the tower and
cries for vengeance continue on every
side. The throng of people about the
parliament buildings is great and tu-
multuous with excitement. OF the
two persons arrested just after the