The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-09-06
NEW YORK.
Justice for the RIuuderers.

NEW YORK, Sept. 5.-The committee of
seventy appointed at Cooper Institute last
night to consider the plan OF action in refer
ence to melting out justice to the plunderers of
the municipal treasury will hold their first
meeting this noon. The committee is made up
OF the most prominent business and profession
al men in the city and includes VIM. M: Evarts,
John A. Dix, Robert B. Roosevelt, Isaac I'll.
Bailey, James Nj. Brown, Henry Clews, Emel
Sauer, Thomas A. Ledwith, j. M. Bundy,
Francis q. Barlow, Judge Pierrepont, ex-Gov.
Solomon, ex-Mayor Havemeyer and others.
The Times, Tribune and Herald speak of the
mass meeting -aa-a-s-sat- soeeoss, but the
World says it was a mere Custom House plot
to make political capital for the Grant. Murphy
Republicans
The Ring Denouuce Roosevelt.
The Joseph Bowling Association last night
passed resolution denouncing Congressman
H. b. Roosevelt as a traitor to his constituents
and asking him to resign his seat in Congress
More Horrible Work.
Mary Russell, ~ years of age, died last night
| from the effects Of an abortion performed by
| Mrs. Ann Eliza Burns, of Clinton street. The
| deposition of the dying girl was taken and
| Mr.. Burns arrested last night at Centerport,
L. l., whither she had fled to escape the ven
| geance of the law. Detectives stale that the
| coroner's inquest will reveal practices as hor-
| rible as the recent trubk affair.
| Additional Particulars of the Loss Of the
| LOdons.
Lewis Wolf, mess-boy on the steamer Lodo-
| ma, wrecked on the Florida coast Aug. 18th,
| states that the vessel, during heavy gale on
| the 18th, struck reef about half-past o'clock
| in the morning and shifted over on her beam
| ends. Capt Hovey was in the pilot house at
| the time she shifted, and fell out and stumbled
| while trying to catch hold of the main rigging
when a sea broke over the ship and washed
| him off and carried away the pilot house, and
| the captain was not seen any more. Some of
| crew got into boat, and when about thirty
| yards off the ship Lodona turned over and
eans val Thlra wa nf tIao
the main rigging The tmainmast gave away
| and the sea broke 1t off. All fourteen, except
the captains son, fifteen years old, and the
cook, Frank, were washed overheard, but they
swan ashore as well as they could in the sea,
which was mountains high. Stevens, the first
mate, got into the only boat, which was a life
boat, and heavy sea broke again and washed
the boat and himself away. He reached the
shore first of all. Of the crew, the chief en-
gineer, first as ;istant engineer, five sailors, my
self and fireman worked our way forward to
the fOrecaste. rbe wreck was washed ashore
gradually, and we remained on her until two
| hours alter the manmast came down, when we
| found ourselves on tie breakers 300 or 400
| yards from the land The chief engineer and
fireman swan ashore, the first and second
| mates followed, and the remaining members OF
the crew, with the exception of myself. the
| first assistant engi neer and a sailor, who re-
manned on the wreck until Saturday. A sail
| or made a raft, as none OF us could swim who
| remained on the wreck The first assistant
| engineer took the raft ana got ashore, though
| he was washed over several times by the
| breakers. The sailor and myself made it,
| broke the bulwarks out of her to maketit, and
, went ashore with the sailor By this time the
chief engineer the captains sou, second mate
| and the cook had gone down to a lighthouse
| six miles Distant and the keeper told the party
| to walk twenty eight miles up the beach to the
first Custom House station. While living two
days on the vessel we had nothing to eat but
, | onions eand raw potatoes and raw Goldfish.
: 1 no made thiratv md
| not get any water We stopped on the beach
| that night, and the next morning We started
and walked twenty eight miles, and were two
: days. and half making the distance, with
nothing to eat and ouly a little water to drink.
While walking along this beach we passed
fourteen bodies washed ashore from the wreck
| The first one we saw was about four miles
| from the wreck. The tartbest was nearly
| twenty-five miles from the Inflated Lodona
Capt Hovey's body was missing.
strike Averted.
The plasterers demand for an advance in
| wages from So 80 to 81 per day and for a re-
duction in hours of labor from ten to eight
hours daily has been generally agreed to and
, | threatened strike averted.
| A Louisiana Committee Interview the
Il President ON the Yarmouth Troubles.
LONG BRANCH, Sept ga committee of
/ twenty of Yarmouth (La.) delegation had an
t interview with the President to-day and laid
their grievances before him. After cOnsidera-
BILE conversation in relation to the facts con-
tanned IN an address read, President Grant re-
! quested copy, which was given him. He
then said he would send it the officers COM
planned of and have their statement before
| taking any action in the matter He remarked
also that the address presented a formidable
array of charges against the Federal officers
named therein He said that he had not au-
thorized the use of troops, and that Gen. Rey-
a nolds, when Re filed the requisition OF Mar
| shall Packard, did not know they were to be
9 used at political convention. 1t is under
| stood that the committee prepared careful
state ment OF the interview, giving as near as
+ possible the exact language used. This report
together with the address, will be published.