Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-03-05
FOREIGN NEWS.


Tho Latest scheme in the Soudan--A Fsts-
full Explosion-Thc Prince sof Wales Pro-
posed visit to Ireland-Switzerland Clean
ing Out tho 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
| plying General Graham's army with
water on its advance across the desert to
Join Wolseley. The War Office, after
| long consideration, sanctioned the plan
some time ago, and contracts for the
pumping engines have been made with
the house of Henry r. Warrington, of
New York.
A 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 its terms are fulfilled. The
| Government has received adyices that the
| first one was dispatched by the Adriatic
| last Saturday. All the leading pipe man
| uiacturers 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, a 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
with
if portion at least of the contract is not
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
# 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.
LONDON, February 27.--Among those
who lost their lives by the explosion of
the fuse at the Royal School of Gunnery
at Shoeburyness, yesterday afternoon are
Colonel Fox, of Strangeways, command
ant of the school, and Colonel Lyon, head
of the Royal Laboratory, Woolwich. 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-
plosion 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 a 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 2s.-The ex-
plosion in the School of Gunnery Thurs
day was caused by gunner using too
much force in inserting fuse into a 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 blown
off, but the shocks and the effects of the
amputations subsequently found neces-
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 2s.-The pro-
gramme agreed upon for the Prince of
Wales visit to Ireland is as follows,
subject, perhaps, to some slight altera-
tions: The Prince and Princess expect
to leave for Ireland on the I'd of April:
after staying at Dublin Castle for some
time, they will visit the Earl of
Kenmore at Killarney, and will
make a tour of Southern Ireland,
visiting places of interest. There will be
q series of levees and State balls at the
castle during the Princes stay there. A
military 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.
WHOLESALE ARREST OF ANARCHISTS.
BERNE, February 27.-The whole Of
Switzerland was thrown into q state of
semi-panic at six O'Clock this morning by
a well-planned raid on the members of
the Anarchist societies. Wholesale ar
rests were made in all sections of the
country at the same moment. The plans
Of the police were so we'll laid and the
secret of the intended descent SO CLOSELY
kept that nearly all the prisoners
were taken from their beds. Ten arrests
were made in Berne, and in other cities
and towns where anarchial propaganda
has taken root the numbers were in about
the same proportion. What course the
intends to pursue in the mat
.er of punishment further than the usual
expulsion has not been made public, but
/ firm determination to stamp out An
archism has evidently been reached.
"A Young Desperate.
BLOOMINGTON, ILL, February 27.-
martin O'Toole, a veritable Jesse James,
fourteen years of age, whose mind has