The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1885-01-26

was at first seen 10y a lady, who baiag curl
Gus to know the contents Of the strange looE-
ing package, pointed il ou5 to a policemen
III. me- Cole, at the same time asking him
what It was Cole seized the box and
the exp.osiln followed, dealing destruction
On ~ sides aud completely wreckinE the
hall
Three minutes after the above occurrence
and before the people IN the vicinity lad
realized tbs iu! extent of the disaster
i DEAgENING REToET WAS HEARD
and the second outrage Of ia, day had been
consummatod. The explosion in the house
of commons took place under the strangers
gallery, close to Mr. BrGdlaugA'S
usual seat The lobby was COM
pletely wrecked and the gallery
thrown down. The speakers chair was de-
stroyed, ami the massive stone work sur
rounding it cracked AMI displaced.
At TIE TOWER,
| The explosion at the Tower Of London took
| place in the famous Whit Tower; The guam
| tity of dynamite used here mast have been
| greater than at the other points of attack, a
| the roof of the White Tower wasblown com
| pletely off, and the structure itself shattsf4l
| almost beyond recognition. Among the in
| jured here were several
CHILDREN OF TENDER YEARS
aud their pale faces, bleeding wounds and
| broken limbs We're so pitiful to behold that
when they were carried from the quaking
| building and across one Of the court yards,
| t. e crowd which bad run to the open space
| for safety became thoroughly Infatuated
| Hundreds Of rifles, which were stored in
| tie tower. have been damaged beyond 70
| pair. The White Tower was set on fire by the
| explosion, and the flames were suppressed
| with the greatest difficulty All the troops
are under arms
The ANCIENT ARMCRY
Of the Tower, containing perhaps the choicest
specimens Of ancient armor in the world, has
been destroyed The police patrols are nov
| ing through the city in all directions, and a
| Gordon of police has been placed around
every public building.
FRENZIED WELLS
of "LYnch the villains!7 Boast the fends!"
| were heard or all sides All the visitors
who were in the Tower ct the moment of tila
explosion are still prisoners there. The
| gates ere closed AMI viii not be opened until
the antecedentS Of each individual shall
have been thoroughly sfted. The previou,
report that the prisoners were being
,carcle as they passed out was erroneous.
INTERVIEW WITH MAJENDIF.
= correspondent of tha United Press was
accorded an interview with Maj. Maiendie,
government inspector Of explosives on th'
subject Of the outrages. lie stated that the es
plosives were compounds ct nitro
giycerine precisely similar to these
which had caused tho explosions al
Jctldo1 b1idge and elsewhere. Majo5
Naiendie further said that from informative.
which he had received from the police
authorities, he was satisfied that a woman
hal been the chief consp;rator in the placing
Of lie dynamite in the lobby Of the house
Su p:cion also rests upon women in the Other
+ g eS.
ARRESTS AT RANDOM.
several men nave been arrested in the vi
entity Of Westminster on suspicion, but TIL
general belief is that the police have los
their heads and that the prisoners are prob
ably innocent.
One of the men arrested as a Suspicion
character is apparently a Canadian and 1
seafaring man. When he was searched
nothing Of an discriminating character wa
found on his person, Both in Westminste
hall and at the Tower the dust and SCOT 0
centuries were released by the explosion A
Westminster the dense clouds of dust added
immeasurably TO the terrors of
THE PANIC AND STAMPEDE.
The statues of William ~ and George "
which adorned the Westminster vestibule
were overturned. The unusual number o
! lady visitors TO st. Stephens, as well as +
the Tower Saturday, increases the growing
suspicion that the dynamite mscreants ar