The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1872-10-26
Items Of Interest.

Items Of Interest.
THE complete Census returns Of the
United States show the total population
10 b. u. 55s. 81, of which ~, 493, 565 are
males ami 10, 90, $40 females.
ISDIANAFoLIs, Ind, Oct. 22.-In the
criminal court to-day the motion for new
trial for VIM. Check. the wife murderer,
was ov erruleI. and Check sentenced to be
hung on the :sO,h Of Dscember.
THE sG.h uf the alajorities received by
the thftren radicals elected to Congress at
the recent eirc;iuu ia Ohio was I'll, 44l
the sum If the Eaj"rI'ies Of the seven
Grcei, yilrs elected As -, Al.
ARRANGEMENTS arp making for a public
4, bate between james Anthony Froude
ami Father IsarAc "a tho Irish questions.
interDs- Isl thr subject : RAPIDLY Incrcas-
in. and tie Irish arr bitterly denounclng
Fruude
Rows. Oct II Alarming reports of
disastrous Indltipns ~ each bank Of the
river Z, have aci,sl Rome. No details
are gwen. The minister II public works
has gone Ia the scene 1T ths flood.
REPoETs from Japan represent that a
r., olutipn i IA progress in that Empire,
the upsh3t " which viii probably ~ the
reinstatement x the fulmtr dynasty ~
the Tycoon, whose brother, the heir ap
parent. is npw 4 student in the Chicago
University.
TuRuNTO. Oct. 81 Premier Blake and
Treasurer NJ kens,,. have resigned. The
lieutenant governor has sent for Vice
| Chancellor Nuwst u form u new govern
ment. Slr. Muwat has resigned the Office
Of vice chancellor To accept tho task, The
new ministry vii IL shortly announced.
/ New YORK, Oct "a The decision By
/ thu Emperor William III the matter of ar
/ bitratIon on the northwestern boundary,
| giving the island uf San j uan to our gov
ernment, IS regarded rs most important
advantage in point Of defence, on the
extreme northwestern frontier.
DURING the FAST week the wife of Hon
| Horace Greeley has been lying at the point
Of death, and car survive but few days
Mr. Greeley constantly remains at her
side, and ~ course cannot meet the de-
mands fir his presence ID various direc-
tlnns N the country.
THE Marquis w Waterford. who scan
dalized all England two cr three years ago
by clipping with the wife If Vivian, mem
Der of parliament, has now married the
woman. Vivian obtained divorce some
time since, which was Just what she want
ed
St. Louis is excited over the discovery
Of an Illegal charge Di slUO, 900 in the cree
tion II building .ipr tho county jail and
courts. Tho county paid 500. ST., while
the actual cost II .uuud III ~ SsjO2, Sj1
Wen, hundred Thousand dollars IL MT ~
big steal Ii L.ay ~ something for st.
Louis, but Chicago can beat II ont ~ sight
CHRISTIAN Bors. the swedish consul at
New Nora. has issued 4 circular calling
upon all subjects uf Norway AID Sweden
t. come to LIS office aid take the oath Of
allegiance to their lev King la response
70 an inquiry, Mr., BJTs seated that this
call Was simply issued in accordance with
an old custom, and does not BY any means
interfere with those ScandInayians who
| desire n become American citizens, and
i Scandinavian subjects forfeit 10 rights by
neglectIng u take the oath.
CLOCK, now under sentence of death at
/ Indianapolis for the murder of his wife
| says that he once had his skull cracked by
accident, received a sabre cut on the head
IN the army, has been struck ON the head,
while well-dlgging, by two buckets Of sand,
and once by the sun wherefore he thinks
he ought t. have been insane when he
killed his wife, il he wasn't. De. ~ il
the day set for adjusting the last knot il
his neck-tle.
| A LARGE meeting in favor of amnesty to
the Fenian prisoners was held oct z4th,
| in Manchester. at which Isaac Butt, mem
Der of parliament, leader ct the Irish
home rule party. was the principal speak
er. Mr.. Butt, IN the course IT his remarks.
said that Ireland never could welcome
/ Gladstone a. her soil unless amnesty Il her
SONS was made complete. Tie also spoke
ia terms ~ viguruGs censure uf tile treat
ment accorded the prisoners, who he al
| legged, have suffered during their Coniine-
ment, gross cruelties al the hands Of their
| jailers.
A SPECIAL dispatch from London SAYS
that the written judgement in the San
Juan arbitration only now wants the sigma
ture Of the emperor. II decides IN favor
OF the United States, making the canal De
| Haro the boundary. The cause If DELAY
~ communicating thr Judgment II that AL
1 English diplomatic intrigue " on fuut, the
object a which j. u W modify the emper-
Ors Judgment a. ~ cause the arbitration III
become r failure MFR Ddo Russell. Eng
llsh minister at Berlin, therefore. strives
to prevent the emperor acting on the iudg-
ment, and is endeavOring 20 raise a false
issue. The article in The Tunes Of Oct
| 49, was inspired by the foreign Office. 1t
presents the view the government urges at
Berlin, saying that the emperor may decide
upon any one ~ three channels, and falsi-
iies the words Of the treaty Judgment IA
required On two specified points should
Mr.. Russell fail to get declaration favor
ing the intermediate channel for the bound
AIRY, he IS to labor fo- negative Judgment,
that is, that neither De Haro nor Rosario
is the channel described in the treaty.
Thus the arbitration will fail like that
submitted previously to the king Of the
Netherlands, who, instead Of giving de-
finite decision, recommends compromise.
The efforts Of Princess Victoria, wife of the
crown prince, have been enlisted by those
engaged in the intrigue.
Bleehe Roder Jewish banker and in
innate associate Of Bismarck, is very useful
in the matter to Russell He has lust
been appointed British consul general at
Berlin.
THE CIGAR MAKERS.
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