Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1894-02-19

LONDON. February 1s.-Crowds Of
curious persons swarmed in Greenwich
Park to-day, packed the terrace in
front OF tho celebrated Observatory and
filed all the other elevated positions OF
this popular resort ior Londoners from
which is obtsinable so extensive aud in
teresting a view over the river. The
day was fne and cold. Stakes dotted
the ground where portions OF the dy-
namited body Of the Anarchist Bourdln
had been found. All Of these stakes
were in line with the spot where the
body was discovered.
At the postmortem examination a
dozen pieces OF metal. similar in their
coatents TO the bombs used bY Bourdln
were produced.
The widely announced meeting OF the
autonomlc club under the auspices OF
the international workers group was
attended by only ffteeh persons. Four
teen Of these were foreigners The
speakers who had been announced 10
address the meeting did not appear.
Finally, after walt OF two hours.
Gibbons, OF the Commonwealth group
arrived and made a speech, in the
course OF which he urged individual ef-
fort in fighting the wrongs they COM
planned Of.
He HELD UP vAILLANT,
Pallas and "other martyrs" as worthy
OF his hearers emulation. Hundreds,
he said, we're ready TO sacrifice their
/ lives n the great cause. he. himself,
was perfectly prepared 20 do so. They
had nothing to live for and were simply
I the slaves OF the capitalists.
When the government and Mr. As
( auth, he continued, abandoned making
/ maxim guns for use against the people,
the latter would rellnquish the manu-
facture Of dynamite bonos. The speak
er ad vised workers to nead books upor
chemicals, which they woNYl.A in -
public Libraries and 10 learn the Use o.
/ chemicals.
Other speeches. similar in tone, but
in foreign languages were made 20 the
audience, which ultimately numbered
eighty persons
Many detectives IN citizens clothing
were present and scattered Ia all parts
! OF the meeting place. This may have
had It's good effect, for outside OF the
threatening language the meeting Ia
every way was an orderly one.
Foreign arrivals are being vigorously
watched by the police AZ all the chan
nel ports.
Four thousand persons assembled in
! Trafalgar square to-day In answer 70 =
call for q manifestatlon
AGAINST THE HOUSE or LORDS
for destroying the clauses 10 the Parish
! Councils bill which called for q re-
I forming OF the London vestries. Tbs
/ meeting, with much show OF feeling,
/ adopted resolutions condemuing the
/ House Of Lords FOR It's action IN this
matter. The speakers were vOciierous-
/ ly cheered time and again In the course
Of their remarks.
The meeting also adopted resolutions
/ declaring the House Of Lords 20 be .
/ mischeivous and useless Institution and
/ demanding that IL should be abolished
I forthwith.
The clause amendment which came
I in for the most vigorous condemnation
| was that moved by Lord Balfour, OF
| Burleigh. 20 prevent the application Of
the special provisions Of the blll 70 the
/ London vestries on the ground that she
I yestrles had been taken wholly By sur
prise by the government proposals
affecting them. Lord Kimberley. on
the part Of the government Ia opposing
/ the amendment, said that be saw no
reason Why the House Of Lords should
/ abstain from
REFORNIyg THE yEsrRfEs.
All that the governments proposed 10
I DO was % assimilate the franchise 70
I that for the election OF the District
/ Councils IN other localities 70 abolish
the qualification now required for yes
trymen and 70 apply the ballot act aud
The corrnps practices act 10 those cases
Lord Salisbury, 10 answer % Lord
I Kim beriy, declared that Il was only
when toe House Of Commons had be-
come exhausted and reduced its num-
I hers. thar the government suddenly
I conceived the desire % reform tbs yes
I tries without giving either 70 those
I bodies themselves, or % the people of
London generally. any opportunity of
examining into the nators Of the par
ticular changes proposed, or int their
necessity. The amendment was car
ried oy iO7 votes "a 20.
The speakers were: Joseph Arch,
I DIR. Charles. K. d. TaBner, the Irish
/ Nationalist w. n. Wllson, and Eve
1 - IL. e.