The Bad Lands cow boy. [volume] (Little Missouri, Dakota [i.e. N.D.]) 1884-1886, 1885-01-29
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ss Dsstruetivs Dynamite. 81;
]. LONDON, Jan. ~ An explosion occurred
at p ID. IA thu White Tower, and ten min 4
utes later two explos ions took place In the /
parliament houseA Tho houses Of parlia-s
menG and govefnment;ofH Hoes were severely
shaken and consid erable damage done The
second came about three minutes after the
frat One was near the house Of COM
mons; the other near Westminster hnll Al
quantity 81 explosive matter had been
leading to the crypt under Westminster
hall These gates We're blown of the
hinges and thrown to 81 thes,g ground +
All the windows Ss on th1 & north
and south sides Of the immense. building
were blown to atoms The concussion shook
down from the grand onk roof OF the hall \
the cumuiated SCOT Of centurfes This, in Y
Its downward movement, made a. dense !
cloud, SO heavy that the officers on guard be-
came alarmed and dared not enter the room
as thick as the fakes In q binding; snow, and !
wore propelled with dangerous force. .
They cut and ripped the leather coverings
and tore out and scattered the horsehair
from the y; seats all over the; house
1mmed iately before the first explosion q
:
enter the building, beokoned to d policeman
named Cole and called his attention to
package lying upon the steps outside the
crypt The policeman picked up the pack;
age careleasly not susp citing mn thing, and
had no sooner reached the hall than the
package exploded This explosion knocked
the policeman down and injured him so seri-&
ously that little hope OF bis recovery Is en-
tertained; 1ta force alao knock ga doWns two 1
stunned them. lady and gentleman standS'
ing near theif Hcer who had the packageg
were also prostated The great wind ow
over the entrance to- minister hall was i
smashed to atomss and the sid Window
were blown QUIT hose 99 who were in the
many ladies were bruised IA The q lsh. The
second explosion was far more sdestruct-S,
I've than the first 9heS libby OF II the
house OF commons isS .comple tely demol-S
islted: The western sxtrerni Of the house
government side: of the house is{ shattered,
and q wide hole blown through the floor.
The gallery was displaced and even the solid
stone work OF the doorway was either pull VI
yeriSed oE Suited from posi- don Every pane
S3$ n SHED 10 ATOMS, III ne
and the gallery benches were overturned
and broken. The gallery generally Ills mismarl-
lied Immense damage was done in the
lobby. The masonry decoration and sculpe
ture were utterly destroyed q The place Is
described as literally blown to- pieces.
Sixteen persons were injured hut none
norta1ly, by the 5explosion; lat the Tower.
This outrage WINS the most successful yet
nude upon any publ ;build ling since the In
warfare, The attack was made on that por-
ton Of the building known as the White
Tower. 2 was fairly filled with visitors at
the time, and most; Il not all Of those hurt,
We're moving about Ia the ower at the time
Of the Explosion. The roof was blown clear
have been injured were Visitors The police, Il
the moment they realized the nature OF the !:
ploAion, efectnally barred all segress from
the Tower and grounds and are now subject
ing every person detained to The most rigid
search, pom the Theory that the attack was
perpe trated BY some person or per-
sons inside @ the premlsea The in
ves5igations 80 far made led to the conclu-
sion that the explo sives used in the attack
on. the Tower We're handl ed by persons WHO
The ruins MISC show that the explosives
operated from b point someWherei the in-
ner basHOn or In the esplnnndb nearest the I
Thames tower. There WAS large number Of /:
children among the visitors Many Of; these
ones had their faces and hands badly torn BY
broken glass and flying apllnters Fhs most
piteous sight In the large crowd of innocent
prisoners! temp rily detained within the
Tower walls was afforded by these little ones,
with their pale sfaces and bleeding heads
H6e scenes u and around the Tower Werein
tbable, The pale faces, bloody heads,
and broken limbs of the wounded children
reused the great crowd congregated In the ].
Vicinity to frenzy. Yells were heard on
every side to II ynch the VAlafnsl r Roast
the Fiends lns; Hundreds Of rifles were dam
eyed u the Tower, hish was igni.ed and
.sUPPnEssED WITH oREXr DIFrrCU1rYY.
The ancient arniorY was destroyed a Tie
explosion occurred on the second floor Of
the White Tower. All the authorities agree
thoroughly wrecked. and the cxpl osion dam
aged hundreds Of stands Sof 81 arms I
The, fAvOrite theory Of the police Is that
the dynamite used Wns carried to the place
in each; case congo aied iunde The long Cloak I
o. woman Wh9ss thur
become mother. Aswoman lin whom this
was very noticeable was seen
among the visitors at the tower this sitter
noon, shortly before the explosion occurred
She was escorted by q tall man with q milf
after tho gates were closed after the 5expIos
SION and when the visitors came to be
searched Il 1t 49, supposed the woman and +
her escort escaped during the rush that ocs
curved Just after the exp osion; and before
po %sss iGisa a'Sa
number Of those Injured by the explosions
Is as follows:
the Tower 81 II iiured seriously, fourteen
slsa ~ Rsrllanen. Bulld seriously.
+ The worst Injuries were received by Con-
stables Cox and Cole, both Of whom Will /
die, and q civil engineer named Edwin
Green, visiting the par iaInent buildings
Several persons were arrested on Ssuspicion
uaH5
dsnce against them IA
Aside from recog nition that il tho !:
past orr national policy Of ayoid dance ii {
alliances with foreign powers
has been wise, there are in sight to-day
many facts which tend to strengthen the
belief that the people ct the United d
States Will be hap pier md richer, both
in the near future and in all time to y
come, ifno departure from 7onr tradi- n
tional policy of national independe nce
snow conntenanced, eth BY The peo. 4
pie or their represent lives. IS There d
undonbtedl d strong desire ii the minds
of many W have this nation take q I
more prominen part Ia the councils Of \
nations, but this desire shoald be check. N
ed rather than sencourag The doc. 4
trine Mt Washing toms farewell address
70 hiss ountrYmen is inst as sound now 4
and Just as pplioab1e toii the present.
situation of affairs as II was nearly q
! hundred years ag 81
Ar Indian named Crooked Foot sold aome 4
wood from hls leland IN tho Missouri river, y
lwenty miles below ChAn,b erlain, Dakota
While John Bader and Frank Pi,elna VIII n
heir teams, In company Nit the Indian 81 j
whom the wood was purchased were coming