Democratic Sentinel, Volume 9, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1885 — THE DYNAMITERS. [ARTICLE]

THE DYNAMITERS.

E During the past year, according tc ■the Railway Age, thirty-seven rail■roads, representing a mileage of 11,033 ■miles, bonded debt of $407,071,000, ■and capital stock of $307,684,000, -went ■into the hands of receivers. During ■the year the following roads were sold ■under foreclosure: I jB Bonded Capital ■ BOAD3. - debt. Stock. ■MeadviUe. 21 $125,000 $123,000 KNantaslaet Beach (N. G.) 7 250.000 26 J.OOO I PougiTkeepsie, H. & I Boston 46 635,000 850,000 ■ Forest Park A Central.. 3 30,000 30/00 ■ Utica. Ithaca* Elmira.. 71 600,000 2,000,000 ■JamestoWn and WashI ington. 22 300,000 500,000 ■ffinrlinston & Ohio Bfcjttver.... 15 150,000 150.100 ■/Midland North Carolina 22 250,000 4*0,000 I Nevada & Oregon (N. G.) 31 310,000 628,000 ■lndianapolis di Evans- 57 1,000,000 850,000 I vUles ("Toledo, C.«fc L,(N.GI* 203 4,00»,000 6,390,000 ■Alontgomeryßouthem.. 20 131,000 102,000 (Annapolis Ai Elk Ridee.. 21 368,000 360,000 (Rio Grande & Pecos I (N. G.) 27 500,000 540,000 ■Pittsburgh Southern I (N. G.) 64 1,042,000 700,000 I Total eighteen roads.. 710 $3,591,000 *13,913,000 I Total stock and debt. **23,504,000 I * Four divisions. I Chicago Tribune: A correspondent ■ recently asked if any man had been ■ nominated for the Presidency and deI seated, and subsequently nominated by I the same party and elected. To this I reply was made that Andrew Jackson I was an instance of this kind. Another I correspondent recalls the fact that HarI rison was nominated by the Whigs in 11836 and defeated by the Democratic I candidate, but was elected by the I Whigs in 1840. He might have added pthat Van Buren, who defeated Harrison | in 1836, was himself beaten in 1840 by I the same Harrison. And then there is I another case. Jefferson and Adams ran I for the Presidency in 1796, and Adams I was elected, receiving 71 electoral I votes and Jefferson 68. Under the constitution as it then was the beaten candidate became Vice President. At the next election again for the Presidency, receiving 73 electoral votes. Aaron Burr also received 73, and President Adams got 65. As it. was a tie between Jefferson and Burr, the House of Representatives elected the former President. Thus Jefferson succeeded on the secpnd trial, but by a close squeeze.

Times are hard, and no mistake, but that does not prevent Mrs. James P. Scott, of Philadelphia, from giving a grand ball in her half-million dollar house. And the fact that a hundred thousand or more men are out of work in Pennsylvania did not prevent the occasion from being a gratifying success. The account says: “The house is lighted by electricity, and subdued colored effects were introduced to give variety to the spectacle. The elite of Philadelphia society was fully represented, and there were some noted beauties from other cities. It was the greatest and most brilliant event of,the winter. The loveliest ladies and the handsomest men, dressed to perfection as characters from the operas, and in magnificent costumes, made, in many instances, for the occasion, crowded the superb halls that are decorated with the delf and art treasures of Europe, and danced in the quadrilles and various fancy dances. A dancing master from New York directed several special fancy dances, in one of which twenty of the greatest beauties in the city, all of them brunettes, danced the Spanish bolero with fans and oastanets. A group of twenty club men appeared in red swallow-tail coats lined trith white satin, embroidered white vests, and black trousers. ”

Wr are not becoming, but have become; a nation of gamblers, says the Pittsburgh Times. That sounds harsh, but the facts and the figures are at band to sustain the assertion. In the Stock, Oil, and Cotton Exchanges of Hew York, despite the depression that prevailed during 1884, the total of the transactions runs into billions. In the Stock Exchange the par value of all the securities dealt in is stated at ssoll- - The commissions of the brokers amounted to $12,000,000, an average of more than SIO,OOO for each member. In the four oil exchanges, at New York, Oil City, Bradford, and Pittsburgh, the sales foot up $6,561,823,618.80. In cotton, the magnitude of the speculative business is made-manifest by the faot that the entire crop of 1883 and* 1884, amounting to 4,800,000 bales, was sold nearly five times ever in the New York Exchange alone, or about ten years’ crop to one year’s sales. At the Produce Exchange margins for gamblers in wheat, corn, oats, and lard, aggregating $26,900,262, verb paid during the year. Of oourse the list of failures is prodigious, and it covens nearly every line of trade. There isn’t a very great distance between a cation of gamblers and a nation of bankrupts. Shall we traverse it? 'tom Manufacturers' Record, of Baltimtjre, in its annual review of Southern fcdljfctnas, publishes a list of all the

organized in the Southern States in 1884. The list shows 1,866 new enterprises, with an aggregate capital reaching the sum of divided among the fourteen States as follows: Alabama, 187 new establishments, with $16,925,000 capital: Arkansas, 46, with $2,040,090 cap^il; Florida, 95, with $2,323,000 capital; Georgia, 198, with $5,455,000 capital; Kentucky, 137, with $21,762,000 capital; Louisiana, 53, with $5,534,000 capital; Maryland, 105, with $7,121,500 capital; Missis ippi, 40, with $1,295,000 capital; North Carolina, 226* with $4,110,000 capital; South Carolina, 53, with $2,154,000 capital; Tennessee, 250, with $7,910,000 capital; Texas, 212, with $10,778,000 capital; Virginia, 188, with $13,450,000 capital; West Virginia, 77, with $4,392,000 capital. In Kentucky, Alabama and Virginia extensive mining and iron e«upanies with large capital were organized, which runs up the total investment in those States, though they also added many of the smaller industries. The list shows almost every branch of general manufactures represented. A noticeable feature is the amount of Northern and Western capital going into the South, though the Southern people are themselves showing remarkable energy in developing their resources.

The next thing to follow the Princess Beatrice’s marriage engagement will be the wrangle in Parliament over the Government allowance which will, of course, be demanded for her by the Queen. As the coming husband is penniless a round sum will be necessary in order to set the young couple up in housekeeping comfortably, and the row raised by the M. P.’s will bo in proportion to the size of the portion asked for. Come to think of it, however, the Princess and her beloved are not to be permitted to enjoy their love in a cottage or in any domicile of their own, but must remain with the royal mamma of the bride. Whether the impression is correct or not, a feeling prevails in this part of the world, at least, that the wise and most excellent Quoen is not an agreeable person to live with, and that Princess Beatrice has had rather more of her parent’s exclusive society than is reasonable, considering the fact that a number of other children, not to speak of grandchildren, are in existence, and should help bear the brunt. The elders may claim that, being married, they had other duties to perform, but it may be noticed that they ta.vo good care to remain at long rang ■, whether absorbingly occupied or not. Particularly is this the case with the sons anti daugh-ters-in-law. The world atlarge wishes the Princess Beatrice well, especially so as being in some sense ill-used, and trusts that her husband will not be so in awe of his mother-in-law that he will absent himself from her side more than is agreeable, or find it necessary to hunt a separate boarding-house for himself before the honeymoon is ended.

It seems that John B. McLean, editor of the Cincinnati Enquirer, did not have an agreeable quarter of an hour when he called on Presidentelect Cleveland on a recent Sunday, says an Albany correspondent. There were certain incidents of the late political campaign that would lead people to suspect that the prize pig would not be killed for him by Mr. Cleveland, but Mr. McLean apparently had no misgivings concerning his visit. He knew that he had oast a majority of the votes of the Ohio delegation for Cleveland at the Democratic National Convention. That action had removed practically from the list of Presidential candidates one of Mr. Cleveland’s rivals, Allen G. Thurman. Yet there were men in Albany who could have fold Mr. McLean that there was nothing in the campaign which so aroused Mr. Cleveland’s anger as “Gath’s” articles in the Cincinnati Enquirer assailing him. That they should appear in the -eading Democratic newspaper of Ohio was, of course, an additional aggravation. Mr. Cleveland’s friends vainly strove to prevent the publication of the articles, Mr. McLean saying that he had 26,000 Republicanriaders, for whom they were intended. Then came the Cleveland scandal. Full particulars of it were given by the Enquirer. Mr. Cleveland was astounded. He could not speak of the Enquirer afterward except in terms of wrath. His friends say that he is a man of forgiving nature, but that in this case he feels that he cannot condone the offense. Mr. McLean is said to have been received with politeness by the Governor, and to have been treated with consider-

ation till he proffered some advice concerning the Cabinet. Then the Governor is reported to have said bluntly that his advice was not desired, and to have expressed frankly his opinion of Mr. McLean's course in the campaign. Mr. Cleveland, it is said, was oold in manner, but decidedly candid in his talk. The interview has not since appeared in the Enquirer. Shortly after its termination Mr. McLean emerged from the executive mansion in a highly heated condition. While traveling to New York, subsequently, his talk plainly showed that he considered himseuoaine swearing tram.

They Make Themselves Heard and Felt in the British Metropolis. Three Terrific Explosions: Two in the Douses of Parliament, One In the Tower. Gladstone’s Seat Blown to Atoms, and the Lobby of the Commons Tom Away. By far the most destructive and startling dynamite explosions that have yet shaken the city of London occurred on Saturday, Jan. 24. At 2 o’clock on the afternoon of that day, while London Tower was crowded with visitors, that portion of the building known as the White Tower was violently shaken, followed by the wildest confusion, amounting to a panic. Sixteen visitors in other parts of the building were more or less injured, but fortunately none fatally. At 2:10 o’clock two explosions occurred, the soene being the House of Commons and Westminster Hall. A lady called the attention of a policeman to a package lying npon the steps outside the crypt of Westminster Hall. As he picked it up and started out it exploded with terrifio force, injuring him fatally and prostrating several bystanders. A great window over the main entrance was demolished and the side windows blown out Three minutes later another explosion occurred, completely demolishing the lobby of the House of Commons. As may well be imagined, these explosions created the wildest excitement in the great metropolis. Cable dispatches give the following accounts of this latest work of the dynnmitards:

All London la In a state of excitement over yesterday’s terriblaoocurrences. Two explosions occurred In the houses of Parliament. One was In the strangers’ gallery In the House of Commons. the other In the crypt at the farther end of Westminster Hall. The first explosion happened at 2:10 o’clock yesterday afternoon, and the second one three mlnntes later. Both houses were severely shaken, and considerable damage was done. Tbe 6hook was felt at a great distance, and Its force was tremendous. The hotlow, thnnder-like noise was heard as far as Downing street, through ail the din of business and above the rattling of heavy wagons in the city streets. Saturday being the usual visiting day at the houses of Parliament, the bnildings contained a great number of sightseers at the time of the explosion. Four persons were badly injurea, including two policemen, who were fatally wounded. A lady who was in the hall espied an infernal machine lying on the steps outside the crypt of Westminster Hall, and called the attention ot Policeman Cole, on duty at the time, to it Officer Cole rushed to the spot seized the machine, and attempted to extinguish the fuse, but was not quick enough. He tried to carry the parcel out of the building by way ot Westminster Hall, but thie fuse burned so rapidly and closed so quickly npon the machine that he drbpped it The explosion followed almost immediately after. It knocked him down and injured him seriously. His case is considered critical. Its force also knocked down two other policemen standing in the vicinity, and stunned them. A lady and gentleman near the officer who had the package were also prostrated. The great window over the main entrance to Westminster Hall was smashed to atoms and all the side windows were blown out. One-half of the hall was wrecked.

The explosion In the lobby of the House of Commons occurred three mlnntes later than the one in Westminister Hall, it came from directly under the strangers’ gallery and veiy close to the seat usually occupied by Mr. Bradlaugh when visiting the House of Commons. The lobby was completely wrecked. Upon the floor the only seat damaged by the explo-ion was that which Gladstone occupies. The gallery was tom down, the Speaker's chair destroyed, and the massive stonework displaced. The force of the explosion was snch that one man was blown to the earth 300 yards from the point of the explosion. The dynamite which caused it was placed inside the great ornamental gates leading to the crypt under Westminster HalL These gates .were blown clear off their hinges and thrown to the ground. All the windows in the north and sonth sides of the bnilding were blown to atoms. The conousslon shook down from the grand oak roof of the hall a large amount of accumulated soot. This in its downward movement made a dense clond. Much damage was done to thie peers' gallery or Government side of the honse. All the woodwork in that part of the building was shattered, and a wide hole was made through the floor. The gallery was displaced, and even the solid stonework of the doorways was either pulverized or shifted from its position. Every pane of glass in the honse was smashed to atoms. Gallery benches were overturned and broken and the gallery generally dismantled, statues ot King William IV. and King George IV., in Westminster Hall, were overturned. The explosions caused a panic among the visitors. Those who were In the Honse of Commons fled precipitately, and many ladies were bruised and crushed. It Is estimated, aocording to the conrse and energy of the explosive employed In the Honse of Oofumons, that if the Honse had been in session Gladstone, Sir William Vernon Harconrt, Charles Bradlaugh, and 200 others would haverbeen killed. Even more Strange, if possible, than this Is the fact that, nnder the same circumstances, neither Mr. Parnell nor any of his followers would have been injured at all, for recently they have been sitting on the opposite side of the honse, among the Conservatives, and the Tory quarters e caped almost undisturbed. At 2 o clock p. m. an explosion also occurred at the Tower of London, about two miles from the Parliament bnildings. The attack was made on that portion of the bnilding known as the White Tower. It was fairly filled with visitors at the time, several of whom were hurt. The building was not even seriously injured. The polioe at once prevented all egress from the bnilding. A large number of children were among the visitors. Many of these little ones had their faces and hands badly torn by broken glass and flying splinters. The most piteous sight in the large crowd of innocent prisoners temporarily detained within the Tower walls was afforded by these little ones, with their palefaces and bleeding heads. The scenes in and aronnd the Tower are indescribable. Several children were among the injured. Their pale faces, bloody heads, and broken Umbs ronsed the great crowd congregated in the vicinity to frenzy. Yells were heard on every side to “Lynch the villains I* and “Boast the fiends t” One of the most singular effects of the explosion at the Whttd Tower is noted in the discovery that the concussion displaced the great stone which lay oveT the tomb of the nephews of Richard 111., and exposed the coffins in which their dust lies almost in sight of the spot where their eyes were so cruelly put out and their young lives smothered. The news of the introduction in Congresses bill by Senator Edmunds to prevent and punish dynamite conspired s in the United States has h d a splendid effect in turning aside the bitterness of feeling against America which had been engendered by the explosions. W hen the contents of tbe dispatch giving the news were made known, a cheer was given for the United States.

The Tories attach significance to the coincidence that the outrages occurred jnst after Mr. Parnell's inflammatory speeches at Cork. A correspondent sought an interview this evening with Gen. Sir Richard James Daore, G. C. 8., Constable and Governor of the Tower of London, who said: "Asa rale there are more American than English visitors to the Tower. In the winter, however, the proportion is reversed, and this ontr&ge was unfortunately perpetrated in the winter. It is a pity that there were not some Yankees h-re to-day. If Mr. Lowell and a few more of them had bsen here, and had suffered, instead of poor little children and women, perhaps the American nation would be roused to Join England In her attempts to crush this hornets’ nest." The nupiher of those injured by the explosion is as follows: At the tower, six injured serious y and fourteen Slightly; at the Parliament buildings, four seriouslv and ten slightly. The worst inj cries were received by Constables Cox and Cole and a civil engineer named Edwin Green, who was visiting the Parliament buildings. Several people were arrested, them whom a Canadian, who gave a clear aocount of himself; also an Irishman named Dalton, Gilbert, or Cunningham, and a man and a woman who were seen to drive away at the time of the explosion at Westminster. All were released In the evening bnt Cnnlngham. 1 An inspection of the Parliament buildings today sh' wed that, excepting the beautiful windows overlooking the stairease at the south end of Westminster Hall, scarce a pane of glass escaped destruction. The foundations of the buildings were badly shaken. The floor of the House of Commons presents a strange spectacle ■ftwwestandrtWeaTnUnste? Half is^ful?of

Hsved that one of the conspirators entered the crypt, passing a policeman at the entrance, and deposited the infernal machine at the bottom of the steps. Tbe policeman removed the parcel, which exploded, making a hole in the floor throe feet in diameter, twisting the iron railings and smashing the iron and lead work of all the windows in the balL The policeman’s hair was singed and his face burned. The olothing was torn from his body by tbeforoe of the explosion. He is still alive, but no hope in entertained of his recovery. Temporary repairs had been ordered to allow the Honse or Commons to meet Feb 19. Stricter regulations with regard to the admission of visitors hare been ordered to be taken in the future. Tbe polioemen who were on duty at the entranoea to the Parliament buildings yesterday state that they examined the parcels of all visitors on that day without discovering anything of a suspicions character, and that nobody earning a paroel like the one described as containing an explosive was seen to en er the building. Lady Erskine and her children had a narrow esoape from injury. They were lunching in the Deputy Sergeant-at-Arms’ dining-room, which is situated in St. Stephen’s porch. The door of the room was burst open by the force of the explosion, and the oenter panel of another door was shattered. The man-servant was blown across the room.

The utmost precautions are being taken to protect the public bnildings, especially the Government offioea, the general poe office, the central telegraph office, and the railway stations. Suspicions travelers are narrowly watched. Search parties to-day inspected all the pnblio bnildings from top to bottom. The Press Association has informed the Government that it has received a letter inclosing a plan of operations contemplated by the dynamiters, and furnishing descriptions of the active members of the dynamite faction. Beveral important buildings which have hitherto escaped were, aooordtng to the abovementioned letter, included in the scheme of destruction. Steamers arriving at British ports are subjected to a minute search, in order to prevent the Importation of dynamite into the kingdom. Tbe Hamburg steamers are especially watched. One man was arrested to-day in connection with the explosion at the Tower of London. He was taken to Scotland Yard and examined, and will probably be oharged at tbe Bow Street Polioe Court to-morrow. The opinion Is generally expressed that the time has arrived to put some pressure upon the United States Government to stop the operations of the dynamiters. Among the visitors to the Parliament bnildings to-day were the Marquis of Lorne and the Princess Louise, the Duke at Cambridge, the Marquis of Harrington, and several other Cabinet Ministers, and numerous members ot the House of Commons. Cox and Cole, the injured policeman, have recovered sufficiently to make a statement. It is stated that the police fonnd near the spot where the first explosion occurred an article of a peculiar nature, which they decline to describe. It is believed that the article will furnish a clew to the guilty persons. Inspector Denning says that on hearing the seoond explosion he ran to the' spot, and did not see a soul in tbe place. The entrance was blocked by debris. He noticed a smell of sulphur and gunpowder. Cox and Cole, it is said, have famished certain descriptions which will lead to inquiries that may result in the discovery of the authors of the outrage. Col. Majendie to-day made an inspection of the explosion at the Tower of London, as well as the chaos would permit. The Martini rifles, which had been hnrled from their stands, remained in confused heaps on the floor, and rendered impossible a near approach to the exact spot where the explosion occurred. The scene will be photographed to-morrow. Col. Majeudie says he is satisfied that dynamite was used to cause the explosion. He says about four or five pounds of the exploslvo properly compressed would only measure four or five cubic inobes, and could easily be concealed in an overcoat pocket or In the folds of a woman’s dress. The Tower officials believe a woman deposited the dynamite in the building. The polioe some time ago had reason to believe that a woman was constantly passing back and forth between America and England for the purpose of importing dynamite. She was frequently watched, but evidence sufficient to warrant her arrest was never obtained.

The wreckage at the darliamont bnildings and the Tower of London has been ordered to remain untouched until Col. Majendie has made a further Inspection to-morrow. Prof. Abel, Dr. Dupre, and other experts are assisting Majendie. A canon of the Catholic Cathedral at Plymouth, in his sermon to-day, denounced the Condon outrages as the work ot American emissaries, whose object evidently was mnrder. It is learned that a mysterious Irishman, who is described by the police as Cunningham, a'ias Dalton, alias Gilbert, and arr sted at the Tower yesterday on suspforou of having been concerned in tbe explosion' at that place, has not been released. Ho Is still detained in the Whitechapel polioe station. The gnard in front ot the station has been doubled, in consequence of the gathering of an enormous crowd of excited citizens in Leman street, in the violnlty of the station. Load curses and ominons threats arejoontinually heard, and there is no donbt thatffc desperate attempt would be made to lynch the prisoner if it were not for the presenoe of the polioe and the military. Cunningham will be arraigned at the Police Court in the Whitechapel road tomorrow. ,An American traveler, whosp name is not known, was in a train on the Northwestern Railway, going from London to Liverpool, when an excited discussion arose over America’s responsibility for the dynamite explosions. The K* ’on was freely expressed that the United s was greatly to blame for harboring snch men as O’Donovan Kos*a. The American defended his country in vigorous language and was attacked by a crowd of passengers. The American drew a revolver and kept his assailants at bay until the train reached Chester, when be jumped from tbe carriage and escaped. Officer Cole had several ribs broken, and Officer Cox is suffering from concussion of the brain. It is estimated that a hundred persons were in the Parliament bnildings at the time of the crime. Of the three docks in the lobby the hands of the one over the entrance of the House of Commons ware blown out completely. The one on the leftside stopped; the thl rdf, on the right side, was uninjured. SomJ" of the windows in Westminster Hall were blown bodily away, while others were riddled as with shot. The only atom of consolation t> be found Is in tbe tact that several of the stained windows survived the ordeal tolerably well. None ot the statnes of the Stuart monarchs were Injured. Several minor disasters occurred in the poets’ corner, chiefly the breaking of glass. At tbe vesper service at Westminster Abbey the Constables gave heartfelt thanks to God tor the preservation of their lives in the dangers of Saturday. Archdeacon Farrar yesterday denounced the aimless malignity of the outrages, which were conoelved and executed by fiends in human form. He said that God had frustrated the worst results of the conspiracy—so devilish that some of the blackest crimes in history paled before its Insane w ckedness. An American lady, who with her father was sight-seeing at the Tower, was overcome with fright when the shock occurred and went into hysterics. Two young women most seriously hurt, who were taken to a hospital, are rapidly recovering. Other persons injured by the Tower explosion are only slightly hurt. Tbe uninjured visitors were detained until their names and addresses were taken. The man arrested on suspicion in connection with the explosion at the Tower of London is described as an Irish-American. He gave his correct address. He hod lodged some months in the vicinity of the Tower. He had £7 in gold in his pockets. He gave his name as Colllngham, with alias “Gilbert* and “Dalton.* Tbe explosive force found vent at the roof of tbe Tower, blowing ont tbe skylights of thick plate-glass. The explosion at Westminister wrenched off the Irish harp which forms part of tbe ornamental work on the panels of the Commons, and it dropped into the seat ot a Psrnelllte. Mr. Forster s seat was ripped np. Of the gold letters “V. R." on the desk opposite Gladstone’s seat, tbe “V" was born sway. It is now known that three-fourths of the glass root ot the chamber had been removed prevlou 1 to the explosion. There is much rejoicing over tbe fact that tho downward force of the dynamite failed to reach tbe gas-meter of the House of Commons, which is directly below the ventilating chamber. The latter was badly damaged. Tbe latest inspection shows that the damage has been much greater than at first reported. Half tbe length of the front opposition bench was torn away. The magnificent window in the sonth of St. Stephen’s porch can be restored, complete copies of the deslgnes having been preserved.