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manner, and replied that he
had nothing to say
TROUBLED coNaREssMEN.

TROUBLED CONGRESSMAN.
WAsHNGToN, January, q. = When
news OF the London explosion reached
the House OF Representatives, members
were disposed 10 doubt its authenticity.
On its continuation, however. they
eagerly sought such information as was
attainable. This is becoming serious
thing, said one, land it must receive
Such attention and action as its serious
ness deserves Representative Finerty
sat in the House lobby when the news
was first announced to. him. 'Of
course it will be laid to the Irisk,n he
said, but Nihllists5maY be in London
as they are in the cities OF Russia"
One or two members were disposed to
exhisit degree of timidity, and re-
marked: " What if the attempt were
made to blow up the House of Repre-
democratic member said. Dynamite is
! being used too promiscuouslyinCh Chicago.
| 1t has been found, and now its force is
! felt III the English Parliament, but
what can be done2 England should
use the most decisive measures to dis
cover the perpetrators of the deed, and
should hang any one found guilty. man
or woman" a5.tr
| The Senators received the early news
of the explosions in London with incre-
dulity. Several of them sent to the
| Associated Press office to make in
| quirles about it. Being assured that the
reports were correct, much anxiety was
displayed to know the details, and re-
ports as fast rs they were secured, were
sent to the Senate, which was in secret
session. 1t is understood the dynamite
bill introduced by Senator Edmunds,
was prepared at the State Department,
and of course before the tidings of
o-day'> explosion reached Washington.
| LONDON. January 2.-Count Won
Eunster. German N mister to England,
and the, Lord Mayor of London visited
the scene OF the explosion at the tower
this evening. It has been ascertained
that the crown jewels and regalia,
which have been for long time depos-
ited i'll the tower, were unchanged.
The noise of the explosion was pre-
coded by binding flash, followed by
great clouds OF dust Additional guards
were placed to night around The tower,
the Parliament houses, and all public
buildings.
The favorite theory of the police is,
that the dynamite which caused the ex-
blossoms in Westminster Hall, the
House OF Commons, and the tower, was
carried to the place in each case con-
cealed under long cloak of woman,
whose appearance was thus made to re-
semble that of woman about to
become mother. A woman in whom
this appearance was very noticeable was
seen among the visitors at the Tower
this afternoon. Shorty before the ex-
plosion occurred, she was escorted by a
tall man with Il military air. Neither of
Ia.
| were closed after the explosion and
when the visitors came to be searched
The supposed woman and escort escaped
during the rush that occurred just after
the explosion and before the gates were
closed. The impotent action of the police
is generally rldiculed Intense ANU
Irish feeling is caused by the outrage,
and it seems sertain to unfavorably
affect Irishmen employed or seeking
employment in England. Vigilance
committees and ani-Irish leagues are
talked of. 1t is estimated, according to
the course and energy of the explosive
employed in the House OF Commons,
that. if the House had been in session
G adstone, Sir William Vernon Har-
court, Charles Bradlaugh and 200
other members would have been killed.
The search of visitors at the tower
after the explosion occupied four hours.
The number OF those injured by. the
explosion is as follows: At the tower,
six injured seriously, fourteen slightly
ously, ten slightly. Theworst injuries
were received by Constables Cox
and Cole, and civil engineer
named Edwin Grau, residing at
the Parliament buildings.
ANEW YORK DETECTIVES OPINION,
NEW YORK, January, 24.-Inspector
Byrne, chief of the New York detective
force, gave his views tonight regard
ing the dynamite explosions to-day in
London. HeSaid such a state of things
could not exist here, and could not there
1 without the authorities being very much
at fault. With the power and prestige of
the whole British government at their
command, with the laws so much more
favorable than ours to vigorous policy
of repression, and with unlimited re-
sources, of every kind, they ought to
be able to prevent outrageS and punish
the perpetrators, unless there was Il
screw very seriously loose somewhere.
Looking at it from common-sense
point of view, he thought there was
screw loose. His idea was that
the duCQOTllleS over bueTe were
on the wrong track altogether.
Were he in London, and charged with
discovering the originators of these ex-
plosions, he would lock in exactly the
opposite direction from the one the
authorities seemed to be following. De.
pend on it, there were people very high
in station who led the movement and
engineered these constantly recurring
systematic outrages. If they waited
long enough, the English could catch
some vagabond with dynamite in his
, pocket and hang him. This would not
stop 1t, as these, men were only tools
1t was the man who used them they
wanted. The Irish at home and those
abroad were not people to conceive such
a systematic campaign OF outrage. lie
did not expect to find leaders among
+ these. He would look to the highes
: intelligence, the boldest leadership
and highest tstation farthest removed
from suspicion for them. HI
, would look as near the government
/ itself rs might be for his purposes anC
a exi ect to find what he sought. TIL
: shock the discovery would cause nigh
startle the country more than the dyna
. miters' explosive had done. The British
+ authorities were working at cross pur
poses aud travelling on roads leading
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