The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1870-10-22
NEWS OF THE WEEK.

An awful calamity has occurred in "a
ship yard at New Clstle upou-Tyne.
A new iron ship which was being
construction, fell upon it, side by the
fracture OF the supports, crushing for
ty workmen 10 the earth.
The other workme1 in the yard bur
RED to the scene. and cAtricated all
the Imprisoned laborcrs.
Twilve were taken Out dead. man
gled horribly, and of the remainder liy-
ing, the majority, had fractured limbs.
Many of these cases viii tcrninatcy
fatally. I,
The calamity collected d great crowd
Of the relatives Of the dead, Iamentinr
their loss, and TIE scene was MOURN
full in the extreme
The New York Heraids cable dis
patch from Berlin saws: Tie la-t or
fetal returns Of French prisoners wv the
hands Of tie Prussians Is 5.J71 officers
and l23,7OO men. Tie number arc
constantly increasing.
The census of Michigan, lust con-
pleted, shows that the population WI
that State i / ,10l, 4G5-au increase or
442,slS in ten years.
A" bottomless hole has been found
at thenorthen end Of Blue Hill, Nevada.
One explorer descended I'd the depth
Of 200 feet without finding any evil
dence Of it, termination. &te walls
abound with stalactites rcsembEn-
coral.
Isaac Jarman, the q, a....s-t-77----TT thn
Ramsgate life-boat FL +.r9land Lns
been instrumental in saving flur hmm
dred lives during THE Ia.t tcn wears.
1t Is reported that Tie Pope. ii de-
ference 10 the advice OF a.. The powers.
remains nj Rome.
~ Boston telegram WI tLu -0th yays
The state Commttc, .f tIa T,,,,.
Reform party to day 2.po~ei JE
Chattatawy as candide,e i4r Lieutenant
Governor, sub,titutirg judge Henry
W. Bishop. The charge ~ that Chat
taway has forfeited h.s I.l.ieal stand
ing with the party TN acccrt,ng thn
Democratic nomination ar tLe samn
Office.
The steamship CJulrr. irom New
York fir Glasgow, WITH I2I passun-
gers and a cargo NJ trti1i-. wax Iost On'
the Irish coast on Wednesday NIGHT.
Four small boats filed vi h passengers
left the wreck, but thus far only one of
them has been heard frln, anl IVY
was swampel.
The Pope has furmal suspended
the session Of the Ecumcucal Council.
on the ground that there las been "a
sacrilcgious invasion oft,eturritory NJ
the church" which might ,ruyeut trer-
dom If action ~ the Porl md fathers.
The jubilee IN honor u tle Council,
however, Is not suspended.
The steamer Marip1s1. from New
Orleans for New York, vith 100000
worth of cotton ana Other fciaht, ANA
thIrty-fve men, WIS WRECKED recently
in the Gulf Of Mexico. Several sail
vessels were also wrecks In the sant
gale.
a dispatch from C1llm.A ~. XVI,
states that the Republicans hayc car-
ried the State by $4,000 maturity.
The New York Tamnasy Hall Con
gressional Conventions were held last
week, with the following results:
Fourth Congressional District. Morgan
Jones Fifth, William ]. Roberts;
SixtbgaSJ :. Cox: Seventh, Smith Ely
Eighth. James BIZ. Ks; Ninth, Fern
ando Wood.
"A letter received at Washington last
week, from ChiefJu.t.cu Clase, states
that his disease has assumed Az I'M
proved phase, and that ', lop.s to be
in Washington again, il t'c exercise
OF bis official duties, ly .rc III of
December.
"A telegram from London u the 4Oth
inst. says despite tie ef.r- 0f Tie
government TO di,yo4r5 Hch dem
onstrations, twenty thousand peop'.
ma ,ched % Palace TsrI, Ias5 night,
and organized II immense meeting t-
express sympathy with RpUblic'<
France. Speakers Violently derouRc-
ed King William aud John BRIGHT was
received with cries VI "~famc.' Glad
stones government va- bitterly r.-
preached tor its policy VI aatGntIgr-
A defensive alliance Will France was
and a resolution adopted call
ing on Parliament i0AbJiish pensions
70 German Princes including tb.
Grown Prince of Pnss.4 and Primo.
Louis Of Hessc n WV declared tha,
The sooner all the Kiigs and Queens
were dethroned the ltt,cr. The feeI-
ing manifested in all quarters of m,
city duringthe night ras rcvolut onar,,
and threatening. 7he goyer,.nrnf
lad two regiments Df Infantry undrr
arms all night, ia thir barracks ap5
extra police precautions Were taken
Q rePress any disoher. but no eau
vas made for the Indifference et -
military Or police. M , o'clock
morning the Prussin Emba svRE :
asulted by great chcourse jope
With whom the polict III not ihttrf !.
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