St. Landry democrat., 1885-03-07
FOREIGN NEWS.

ing Out the Anarchists.
ENGLISH MONEY AND YANKEE INGENUITY
TO THE RESCUE.
LONDON, February 27.-The British
Government is actively moving to con-
struct pipe line from Suakim, on the
Red Sea, to Berber, on the Nile, for sup
pIying General Graham's army with
water on it's advance across the desert to
ioin Wolseley. The War Office, after
ong consi deration, sanctioned the plan
some time ago, and contracts for the
pumping engines have been made with
the house of Henry R. Worthlngton, of
New York.
dozen or twenty engines will prob
ably be required of from 100 to 200 horse
power each. By the terms of the
contract, an engine is to be shipped each
week until it's terms are fulfilled. The
Government has received advices that the
first one was dispatched by the Adr1atic
last Saturday. All the leading pipe man
utacturers of the United States have sub
mitted estimates for the line to the Gov
eminent, but so far no orders have been
placed here or abroad. The pipe will be
four inches in diameter, the same size as
the pipes through which oil is pumped
through Pennsylvania fields to the sea-
board, longer distance than the pro-
posed water line.
The contract for the pipe will amount
to about $4,000 There is strong
feeling among officials that English man
ufacturers should have the work. 1t is
question with some engineers, however,
.f Of hn ic 0Df
placed in America, owing to the superior
quality of the pipe made there. The
plan meets with general approval among
those who have studied the Workin gs of
the oil lines in America. The same gen.
eral plan will be followed for the water
line, and the engines will be duplicates
of those in use there.
With such pipe in operation it would
seem that the end of the Soudan diff
Guilty, so far as the movement of rein
forcements is concerned, would be
reached.
THE SCHOOL OF GUNSERY EXPLOSION.
LoNBoS, February 27.-Among those
who lost their lives by the explosion of
the fuse at the Royal School of GunnerY
at ShoeburyRess, yesterday afternoon are
Colonel Fox, of Strangcways, command
ant of the school, and Colonel Lyon, head
of the Royal Laboratory, WoolwicR. Both
men had their legs torn from their
bodies, and were otherwise mutilated.
The exact number of killed or injured
by the explosion has not been learned.
People living in the vicinity say the ex-
p1osion was terrible. Buildings for sew
eral squares were shaken, and some had
the windows completely blown out and
were otherwise damaged by the concus-
sion. For time great excitement pre-
vailed. People ran terror-stricken to the
streets, and looked aSkance as they stared
at their neighbors. At first it was thought
the dynamiters were again at work, and
had made an attempt to blow up the
school. A large force of police were
soon at the scene, and kept the streets
clear of the crowds. When the facts were
learned, people went on their way ex-
pressing regret at the horrible accident.
The dead and wounded have been re-
moved, and no one can be found who will
speak with any degree of certainty as to
the number killed or MANNED. The
buildings were more or less injured.
SHoEBURYNEss, February 28.-The ex-
plosion in the School of Gunnery Thurs
day was caused by a gunner using too
much force in inserting fuse into new
kind of shell, with which experiments
were being made. The gunner's head
and arm were blown off. Seventeen
officers and men, who were witnessing
the experiment when knocked down,
but several of them escaped even
slight injury. The surgeons at first
expected to save the lives of
Commander Strangways and Colonel
Lyon, each OF whom had both legs blows
OFF, but the shocks and the effects of the
amputalions subsequently found neGes.
sary, proved too much for their strength,
and they expired soon after the surgeons
had finished their work. The fuse
which was being tested was the invention
of Colonel Lyon, who had obtained per
mission to have the trials made at Shoe.
buryness rather than in the Woolwich
arsenal, because of their hazardous ma
ture.
THE PRINCES VISIT TO IRELAND.
LONDON, February 28.-The pro-
gramme agreed upon for the Prince of
Wales visit to Ireland is as follows,
subject, perhaps, to some slight altera-
'iohS nc I tluce :-n4 FflnceSS expect |
to leave for Ireland on the ID OF April;
after staying at Dublin Castle for some
time, they will visit the Earl of
Kenmore at Killarney, and will |
make tour of Southern Ireland, |
visiting places of interest. There win be |
q series OF levees and State balls at the |
castle during the Princes stay there. A |
review in Phoenix Park is also |
projected. 1t is expected that festivities |
IN honor OF their royal highnesses will be |
arranged in the various cities, which they |
visit.