The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1874-07-25
News Summary.

John Bruuer, twelve years old. hanged
himself At hrs fathers house, in Hardin
county, Ky. On the I4th inst. His
father had refused t. buy him a new sad
de
Gen sheridan has forwarded, through
Gen. Sherman. a request to be allowed Il
usc the 9TH cavalry for otfenses operations
against the Indians. and advocating gener.
ally au utfonsive policy as more effective
and more economical than a defensive one
The British Admiralty Court has award
ed the owners Of the steamer Spray 81 900
the + Il. Barry $40, 900 and the Auburn
-, 1O salvage for towing into port the
abandoned Preach steamship Amerique
It is rumored that the Governments 81
Austria and Russia have agreed to oper
negotiations with the Sublime Porte. look
ing to thu recognition Of the mdependel c.
OF Roumania by Turkey.
In speech At Quebec Recently Mr. Mac
kenzie, the Canadian Premier, said that
the Erie ditch would never serve any
purpose N the future as the great channel
of transportation from the Vest t. the ocean
compared with the national highway Of the
st. Lawrence.
The Gabriel timber wharf at Rother.
t Ha Ea-..0d. cYverils quarter of an
c. e7, d.f- -d hv IN Wednesday
night thirty Ave ga.-,ns Of creosote on
the premises we're burned. The loss is
not yet stated but must be- very heavy.
Three persons we're injured during the
tire.
Is B. s. I,,.I a
to be Sioux, dashed into Fort Fred Steele,
v. T., at about half-past six yesterday
morning and ran Of eight horses belonging
T. citizens encamped near the post. They
were fired on, but succeeded in making of
with them. 4 telegram from Fort Fetter-
man, W. T., says sly days scout in the
vicinity IF Laramie Peak found no signs
uf Indians
Ia the Council of the American Hebrews
At Cleveland o.. last week, the Committee
"a Theological Institute reported full set
Of laws for the organization and govern
ment If 81 institution Of learning, to be
styled the Hebrew Union College, to be
permanently located at Cincinnati. The
following were elected officers Of the
Board President, NJ Lath Vice Presi-
dent, Julius Fneberg Secretary, Lipman
Levy Treasurer, NJ Holman The coun-
Gil ad Journed t. meet next year at Butfa-
10, n. Y.
Canadians are complaining Of the narrow
limits of the extradition treaty between
Great Britain and the United States The
treaty covers only such high crimes as muir
der, assault with intent to commit murder,
piracy, arson, robbery, forgery and utter
ance Of forged paper. A Toronto lawyer
suggests that it be extended to include
embezZlement, obtaining money. etc, by
false pretences, criminal acts under the
bankruptcy law, fraud, abduction and mu
tiny. The limited application Of the treaty
between two such closely connected sec
tions as the United States and British
North America is the more notable when
compared with the broad scope of the treaty
lately negotiated between Secretary Fish
and Belgium. That treaty expressly in
cludes ENLIGHTENMENT by public officials.
A Havana letter says "It is obvious to
any one familiar with the Spanish charac-
ter that there has been quite All amount of
Spanish intrigue in the case Of +. A.
Dockery, the American who was recently
sentenced to death. The Spanish officials,
after vainiy seeking for some specific accu-
sation against Dockery which would hold
water before a military tribunal, took
refuge in the broad one Of infedencsd,
" hich embraces all manner of offences, but
first charging him with being chief Of the
insurgents, then a newspaper correspond
ent, then spy, and finally concluded that
he was a more important parsonage, the
secret emissary of the Government Of the
United States sent to the island for unfor-
nation respecting the war. The following
rs the substance Of the testimony which the
Spanish authorities are using to comph-
cate the case A Cuban named Verona
was arrested in Manzanilla recently and
declaration obtained from him by an official
to the effect that he was present at the
house Of the United States Consular Agent
at Manzanilla ON the evening that Dockery
arrived there, in January last, and that he
then learned that Dockery was sent to Cuba
by the United States Government to OBJ
tain information about the war and he
says that Dockery had letters crediting
him in such capacity, although he did not
see them. Whether Nerona's declaration
Is a deliberate invention, it is impossible
10 say at this time. He has been impris-
oned heretofore as q 'sOSpectO, but in this
case he figures as witness for the prosecu-
ton The Captain General has accepted
the statements Of Verona and ordered
Lanten, the American Consular Agent, to
quit the island in twenty days, the man
date styling him Vice Consul of Germany
although he has represented the Consular
interests Of England and the United States.
He sailed short time ago, and is now in
Jamaica. The Cubans have again shown
themselves in the Reishborhood Of Holguin
and one or two unimpOrtant encounters
followed. The Cubans captured the garri-
son of Guayacales, carrying of all the port
able property, as well as nearly ell the
families Of the place. At Trinidad the
Cuba1m are in force, and have captured
and hold possession of the city Of Trinidad
They are about to form two regiments of
Querrillas and rain upon the planters, who
are unable to protect their plantations. In
the environs of Puerto Principe the Cubans
are i'm strong force. Last Friday week
sixty 0uarda ciUil, and the hest soldiers the
Soanish have, and all picked men, return
ing from one of the small Outposts, where
they had gone To escort convoy, were
attscksd 81 arbqay Of Cnbans, within
aiqht ~ the fostse laFronnding the city, and
ali were put 70 deatlf By MaChete. The
Standards dare not show themselves ont
side of the Gordon of fortAv except in col
-umns Of from l 500 to 400.