Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1885-04-30
AGAIN THE CAT.
The Irrepressible and Ubiquitous
Dynamiter Once More.
The British Admiralty Once tho Point on
Attack This Time-The Building DAM
aged aud Assistant Secretary
Swanson Seriously Injured.


aged and Assistant Secretary
Swanson Seriously Injured.
LONDON, April 23.-Much consterna-
ton was caused throughout the city TINS
morning by a report that the Admiralty
Office had been blown up. Investigation
proved the report to be much exagger-
ated. A package containing quantity
of dynamite, supposed to have been
placed against the wall OF the building
under the Solicitors Office, was set on
by slow fuse or other contrivance.
The building was badly shaken, while all
the windows were shattered. In MI.
Swainson's office not Whole pane OF
glass remained. He and his clerks were
dashed to the floor by the conclusion.
Swanson was seriously hurt. The others
escaped with slight injuries. The explo-
sion was heard for a long distance, ana
people rushed to the vicinity of the Ad-
miralty Building expecting to hnd IL In
ruins. A strong force of police ana MILL
tary is now on guard, and no one IL al.
lowed to approach the building. The
authorities are vigorously investigating
the affair with the hope OF obtaining
cleW to the perpetrator.
LONDON, April 23.-Latest advices In
regard to the explosion point to the be-
lief that it was the result of plot OF dy-
Mantle fiends. Several persons have
called on the police and informed them OF
two strangers who were observed recon.
noitering the building yesterday. Two
officers also testified that they saw two
men this morning approaching the build
ing from the Horse Guard parade ground,
carrying tin can, which they placed In
recess in the main passage to the build
ing. When asked why they did not take
them into custody, the officers stated that
they believed them to be workmen,
and attached little importance to their
movements, as workmen had been re-
Gently employed around the building,
making repairs and assisting some sur
veyors who were taking measurements IN
and around the grounds. The officers
say they can identify the men. Many
rooms in the building were totally
wrecked by the explosion. The Chief OF
the Scotland Yard Detectives and the Ad-
miralty officials are now holding con.
sultation. Swanson, the injured man, Is
Solicitor of the Admiralty.
LONDON, April 23.-The passage in
which the explosion occurred is one
usually used by the Duke of Edinburgh,
when not at sea. 1t is the duty of His
Royal Highness to report himself at the
Admiralty Office every morning. He
generally walks over at rapid pace when
in town, and enters by the hall now the
scene of the wreck. The time selected
for the exposion at the Admiralty Build.
i,,C r 1lxyf ho nj IF cin
was at an hour at which most of the
Lords OF the Admiralty were arriving OF
might be expected to arrive in prepare.
tion for the morning board meeting, the
business of the Lords being heavy in con.
sequence of the extensive war prepare.
tions ordered by the Government, and
the large number of iron clads to be made
ready for commission. The Lords Board
room is only few yards distant from the
spot where the explosion took place, adj
joining the public offices, and commune
eating internally. But few PAGES from
the entrance where the cans were depos-
tied, in the west wing, is the official resi-
dence of the First Lord of the Admiralty.
The passage by which the suspected dy-
namiters entered the building is in full
view of the Prime Minister'S private
room, 10 Downing street, not fifty yards
below the scene of the explosion.
A sentry of the guard was pacing in
front of the Guards barracks at the east
wing of the Horse Guards. At the main
gateway to st. James Park, which adjoins
the west wing of the Admiralty, and with
in few yards of the explosion, and
divided only by a stone wall and a tier of
offices, were the horses stables and quar-
tiers of troopers. There were police on
duty in the park, in the rear of the Adj
miralty and in the rear of Gladstone's,
and also in the court-way in front of the
Admiralty. At the gates there were four
or five doorkeepers at the main en-
trance to the Office, and a keeper at the
end of the hall, close to Swainson's office,
also one at the foot of the staircase lead
ing to the offices of the Admras on duty
and principal secretaries and clerks.
THE POLICE NONPLUsED.
LONDON, April 23.-The officials are In
quandary and seem unable to account
for the explosion. They confess they do
not know whether it was caused by dyna-
mite, gunpowder or gas. Immediately
after the explosion the police set to work
to discover the cause. All entrances to
the building were instantly closed, and
no one was permitted to pass in or out.
The name and address of every person in
the structure at the time of the explosion
was then taken as they left the building.
The police incline to the belief that the
explosion was the work of the same gang
of dynamiters who caused the Tower and
Parliament building explosion.
Physicians who called to attend Swain.
son say he is suffering from conclusion
of the brain, and that his I'M ures will
probably prove fatal.
The greatest excitement prevails, and
the officials are thoroughly demoralized.
At the time of the explosion the sun was
shining brightly, and the business of the
day fairly under way. 1t is considered
that so few persons were in
jured Long lines of people were con-
stantly passing in and out.
Miss Mary Anderson was breakfasting
with Gladstone's family when the ex-
plosion occurred. All present were much
alarmed by the detonation, fearing some
terrible disertas had occurred.
The Campbell Bribery Case.
CINCINNATI, O., April 24.-The second
trial of T. c. Campbell for attempted