The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1869-05-22
MINIS Of ZEE WEEK.

AAAc Otty.
/ By an ordinance Of Baltimore, minor
are to be excluded from the billiard rooms o
that city.
4 wAHREs and Costello, the released Feni
ans, arrived At New York, on Sunday, direc
from Ireland.
Or the 2,023, 800 volunteers who serveC
during the late war, 1898, 800 we're Ameri
cans by birth, 176, 900 were Germans, LA.
500 Irish, the remainder being distributed
among various nationalities.
RRyEBDY johnson took farewell OF Veto
ria, on Thursday last, and presented Mr.
Moran, Secretary Of Legation, as chGrg'
d'afdlres until the arrival OF Mr.. Motley.
THK Indian prisoners at Fort Hayes re.
Gently made an attempt to overPower the
guard sod escape, MORALLY wounding the
sergeant Of the guard, who fred upon them,
killing two, including Big Head, and wound
ing third.
The broad gauge railroad tracks of Fog
land have nearly all been taken up So few
remain the London Skipping List says that
tine battle Of the gauge Is over. In the fight
between Stephenson and Brunei, the genius
OF the North has triumphed over the man Of
many defeats, and has added another to the
list Of failures already so large. The Great
Western has given in at last, and in place Of
the expensive broad gauge, they are now
laying down the more convenient narro~
gauge"
: EXTENSIVE preparations are being made in
Memphis for the Commercial Convention,
Which takes place there on the 18th inst.
7 SPAIN IS agitating the question Of acqui
ring Gibraltar, but previous to any nego-
tiatious therefor, the nation must be
strongly constituted and financially reor-
gaaizsd.
AT Pittston, Pa, on Thursday, sixteen
hundred miners suspended work. On the
same day, tive men were seriously burned
BY the explosion Of mine near Scranton.
A MONTREAL telegram says information
IS been received there, that the Privy
Council Of England is considering the advi-
sibilty Of cutting loose from all her colonies,
save India.
GES. THoMAs refused. on Thursday, a set
Of silverware from his Old army comrades,
on the ground that he had determined
never to receive donation, under any cir
eumstances.
CiNCINNATI was visited, on Thursday, by
a terrible conhagrstion SIX steamboats,
were burned at the landing, involving a
loss Of $255 900. Two lives are reported
lost.
LATER adviees from Paraguay state that
Lopez is once more on the defensive, beng
intrenched ia the interior with 5000 men
and 40 guns. The allied army, at last &C.
counts, was on tie point Of marching against
him.
cABLE special to the New York Tribune
says 'iniual steps have been taken for an OF.
frnsive and defensive alliance between Fog
land, France and Spain against the United
States. The statement mas httle weight in
Washington.
THE Government has stationed two reve-
nue. cutters 10 New York hsrbor, 70 watch
the movements Of certain vessels which are
suspected Of prepss ng 10 leave on f,ibuster-
iug exped ti0ns 10 Cuba.
Cas- John A. Logan was, on Thursday
elected tO@iDander-i q hief, and Governor
Fair lid, OF Wisconsin, Senior Vice Com
mar .er, Of the G. A. r. The next meeting
Will be held al Washington, on the second
Wedne day 10 May. The proceedings ter
minated with banquet at the Spencer
House, Cincinnati, last night.
"A PLEASURE boat, containing nine persons,
was drawn under a coal barge, lying near
the Arkansas shore, opposite Memphis, on
Sunday evening. and Messrs Garkey and
Miller, the well known dentists, Burrel
Adams Niler Acree, and negro man,
were crowned The bodies have not been
found
Tar Cunard steamer China arrived in
y York on Friday last, from Liverpool,
having made The run from Queenstown 70
Boston in seven days and twenty .wo hours,
being the shortest time On record between
the two ports, ard We believe, the quickest
ever made IRON land 10 land
GAYS 90 the fast railway line between
Liverpool and London can now be driven at
the rate Of Atty miles an hour, and the whole
distance GOO miles, accomplished in four
hours. There is 90 stopping for water, this
being scooped up from troughs between Il 2
tracks while the train i running at full
speed
SECRETARY BORIS has instructed command
ants of all the navy yards to respect all or
ders sgncd by Admiral Porter, as though
they were signed BY himself This Writ a.
n suTrenders the control of the Navy De-
partment To Porter. Official orders are
now signed, GA E Bore, per Admiral Por-
ter
The smallpox at latest dates, was com
hitting frightful Tavages at Panama. James
H. McCuily, United States CONSUL at Cal.
lao, died Of yellow fever at Lima, April ~.
Onto was v sited BY earthq rake shocks on
4 April 10, ano at the same time San Salvador
bad the same unwelcOme guest.
/ SATURDAY vas q gala day on the Pacific
coast. The driving OF the last spike % the
Central Pacific railroad took place that
morning at I'D O'clock, and the event was
Y duly celebrated BY the hreIng Of cannon,
ringing Of bells, professions, banners, and a
I grand illumination 10 Sacramento and San
Francisco.
A TELEGRAM from Havana ria Kew West,
gives The pa -tcuars Of desperate engage
ment which took place on the 81 inst, be-
tween the SpaniArds and the insurgents,
the latter commanded by Q IssadA in per-
son. The SplnIards were defeated. Qles-
ada then burned the town of San Miguel.
! The Cubans lost $50 a1d the Spaniards 100
men in the recent battle at Alta Gracia.
The remains Of Daniel O'COnnell were ex-
hnmed and re-interred yesterday At Dublin,
10 the presence Of 5000 people.
j l. Bowman, formerly a member OF the
Chicago press, and well known under the
nom de plume Of "Beau Hacke't,' died IN
St. Louis last night, where he nad been re
siding for the past three or c1ur years. He
did the humorous Oh .4e St. LOUIS Repubii-
en-, over the signature Of "HGns Patrick u
+ Connor."
IT is positively stated that the President.
has determined to appoint Gen. SckleS to the
Spanish Mission.
Cast-Iron PrejudIces.
Some one annlied to Aaron Burr to know