The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1869-10-04


The Internal Revenue Committee To exam
inc devices and various processes for the cam
collation. of stamps, have completed their ex-
animation of mechanical devices and plans for
selfcancelling stamps submitted to them, and
are now waiting for the examination of the
latter by competent chemists. The report is
not to be submitted to the Commissioner much
before the first of November.
Mr.. Morehead, ex-member of Congress from
Pennsylvania, and other citizens of Pittsburg,
were on Friday before the Board of Engineers
authorized by Congress to take testimony and
report as to the proper length of spans for
bridges over rivers in the West. The above
named Pennsylvania gentleman favors four
hundred feet spans.
Mr.. John Fl. McInt:re, of Marlborough, of
the shoe manufacturing firm of McIntire &
Co., and highly esteemed gentleman, was
almost instantly killed near the depot at
scarborough, on the Boston, Clinton &
Fitchburg Railroad, last Friday. He was on
his way to Boston, and jumped from the train
before it had stopped, for the purpose of en-
dorsing a check. He made the movement
backward, retaining his hold of the car, was
dragged under, and one of the wheels passed
over his body, nearly cutting him in twain.
Before assistance could be rendered he had
breathed his last.
An indianapolis dispatch says the scene at
the Fair grounds after the terrible boiler ex-
plosion was most heartrending. Many of the
killed were torn il fragments. In one family,
consisting of mother and three children, the
mother was killed and the two older children
badly scalded; the youngest was unhurt. A
gentleman and lady were walking together;
the gentleman was killed and the lady unhurt
The names of one additional killed and four
wounded are reported. The receipts of the
Fair on Saturday were to be given for the ben
eft of the wounded.
From the Philadelphia Press account of the
riot in that city Friday night, it appears that
the Invincibles had been dismissed from their
headquarters before the Keystone Club
marched by In passing the Mayors Office the
Keystones cheered for the Democratic candi-
dates, and the bystanders, including a few In
vincibles, replied with groans. The first blow
was struck by Arthur Potter, who with Chas.
Shuster were the only ones arrested. The
Keystopes chased off the Invincbics and after
some vollies of pistol shots and bricks, ended
by setting fire to the transparency in front of
the Invincibles' headquarters and breaking
the windows. Eleven persons are known to
be wounded, three seriously. Of the total four
wero Invincibles, three Keystones, three citi-
zens and one police officer.
The N. Y HeralPs last sensation is from
Key West, and says that Cuban expedition,
400 strong, left New York on Monday morning
on board the steamer Alabama, safely ran the
forts and two revenue cutters, and arrived on
the Florida coast on Friday morning. She
was joined off the coast by the Cuban priva-
teers Lillian and Teaser, on board of which
were 800 men, 10000 Remington and Winches-
ter rifles, 500 revolvers and 20 pieces of artil-
lery. Another body of men, under command
of Generals Steadman and Magruder, are now
at Gulf port, embarking on third vessel for
the common rendezvous off the Cuban coast
The Lillian and Teaser, with large number of
men, about seventy officers and considerable
quantity of arms and ammunition, sailed for
Cuba Friday night. They will be joined at sea
by the privateers Hornet and Cuba, carrying
Is guns each, some of which are 100 Founders
The four vessels will escort the expedition to
its final destination. The Hornet will cruise
about the Island and the others will go to sea
ships Volunteering is very brisk all along
the whole Gulf coast, and already 5000 men
are awaiting transportation.