The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1868-09-02
NEW YORK.
PREPARATIONS FOR A GRAND SOLDIERS AND
SAILORS MASS MEETING

PREPARATIONS FOR GRAND SOLDIERS AND
SAILORS MASS MEETING.
NEW York, Sept. 1.-The Soldiers and Sail
ors National Executive Committee met at the
Astor House to-day. Present, Chairman Gen
Ii. A. Barnum; Secretary, Gen. N p. Chin
man. Members, Gen. G. X. Stannard of Yer
mont; Gen. A. w. Dawson and Gen. j. w.
Fisher of Pennsylvania; Gen. J. f. Rushing OF
New Jersey; Col. III. Appleman of Connect-
cut; Col. A. H. Grimshaw of Delaware, and
several prominent soldiers from the neighbor-
ing States A Grand Muster Mass COnven-
ton OF Soldiers and Sailors was fixed upon,
and in recognition of the hospitality extended
to the Sailors and Soldiers during the war by
the city of Philadelphia, that place desig-
mated tor this great convention The meeting
will last two days. Oct. LIST and ID. All organ
iaatlons of Boys in Blue" and other Repub-
lican organizations, also Soldiers and Sailors
made to extend special invitations to all lead
ing Soldiers and Sailors of the war who sup
port Grant and C0lfax.
Gov. Curtin was requested to invite, on be-
half OF the committee, the loyal war Cover
nors who were his contemporaries, and Gov
Geary was requested to invite all loyal Repub-
lican Governors now acting at this Conven-
ton. 1t is estimated that $4,000 soldiers will
be present, making one of the grandest demon
STATIONS since the war. The details OF ar
rangements are placed in the hands of Gen.
Coils, Chairman, and Gen. Russell Secretary
of the Soldiers and Sailors Executive Com
mlttee, and Gen. Owen, on the part of the
Boys in Blue" in Philadelphia. member of
the NATIONAL Executive Committee for PENN
sylvania. An address will be prepared and
submitted to the mass Convention to go forth
as the voice of the loyal soldiers and sailors of
the country.
DOUBTFUL INVENTION
A Frenchman in this city claims to have in
vented flying machine which can be propell-
ed rapidly and safely against any current of
a a 40 he For nnlc 10. 10 l. b,,.I
working model.
The Chinese Embassy sail hence for Europe
Sept. 9th. ~
The Counclmanic contempt of court case
has been postponed till October.
Geo. Powell, butcher has been arrested
for completely in the Susannah Lathin abor-
ton case.
The losses to the American Marine Insur-
ance Companies for August amounted to
S94S,OO0, and for the first eight months of the
year to $10,600500.
The body OF man was found near one of
the boilers of the Bremen steamship Deuch-
land, in a remarkable state of preservation.
Nobody aboard the ship ever saw the man
alive, and he is supposed to have smuggled
himself aboard at Bremen. The coroner's YER
dict was death from suffocation.
The Express says warrants have been issued
by U. S. Commissioner Gutman for the arrest
OF prominent revenue officials at the instance
y,
ment Ex-Collector Smyth is in custody and
under examination. aetr
TERRIBLE ACCIDENTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS
-f KILLED.
ALBANY. Sept. 1st.-This afternoon a Dor
ton of the east wall of building on the
north side of Columbia street, west of Broad
way, which was in process of demolition tell.
carrying away the floors of second and third
stories and burying number of people in the |
ruins. A number of women and children
were upon the first floor gathering wood, but
how many were buried was unknown. The
news created great excitement in the vicinity
The first person rescued was boy named
Robert Fitzgerald, who was found with beam
across one of his legs, but with little injury.
About three hours after the workmen sue
ceeded in getting the body OF Miss Hogan, IS
years old. She was dead when found. Sub
sequently the body of Mrs. Mcintyre was found
and brought from the ruins. 1t was believed
that other bodies were under the ruins and
the wOrkmen continued their work. till late
hour, but no other bodies have yet been found
DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION.
Nearly all the delegates to the Democratic
Convention here have arrived, and the indica-
tons are that Hoffman will receive 80 of the
1913 votes on the first ballot for Governor Z
PEDESTRIAN MATCH.
Troy, Sept 1.-Great interest is excited in
this section on a pedestrian match to come off
from Friday afternoon to Saturday afternoon
next, on the Rensselaer, Park track The lark
has offered $500 to the first, $3.50 to the second,
and $50 to the third best in a twenty four
hours walk, and 800 additional to every Pc
destrian who walks 100 miles in twenty four
hours. Edward P. Weston of Portland, Cor
nelius N. Paine OF Albany, John Haydock of
New York; Thomas BendOn and r. H. Fergu-
son of Troy, and Alexander Adams of Cort-
landt are entered for the walk