The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1873-08-01
NEW YORK.
The Greenwich Street Fire.

NEW YORK, July 31.-The losses by the fire
in Church street are variously estimated, but
will reach at least 100000. The damage to the
Greenwich street building is loco, Trinity
place building $4,000. The value of goods in
the Greenwich street building was. 5000, 000 and
the damage thereon, including those totally de-
stroyed is about As per cent. The goods in
Trinity place building were worth from $780,
600 to $500, 000 and the damage thereon by wa
ter and smoke is at least 10 per cent The dam
age to surrounding property was about $4,000.
The cause of the fire has not been ascertained.
Baby Farming in Br pokIyn.
The Brooklyn police found child starving
in a tenement house on jackson avenue, where
it was regularly LETT from morning till night by
the occupants of the house, who farmed it at
$40 a month from its parents in New York.
The child was cared for and the nurses arrest
ed
An UnfaiihfuI Clerk.
An official announcement is now made that
the Clerk of the Free Labor Bureau, who is
sustained by the Commissioners of Charities
and made it appear that many thousands of
persons seeking work were aided thereto, when
in fact only an Insignificant number obtained
employment through this agency
The Walwerth Case.
1t seems now that the District Attorneys Of
flee has not been addressed upon the subject of
pardon for Frank e. Walworth, and that
ton, and that the published letter relative to it
purporting to come from the Pardon Clerk at
Albany, was written in this city.
Strike of Government WOrkmen.
The government workmen on Forts Wads-
worth and Tompkins Staten Island, are on
strike because Gen. Gilmore refused additional
pay for two hours work per day during the past
year.
Frauds on the Revenue.
Petitions were filed in the U. S, District
Court to-day by George A. Priest, asking to
have the books of Simon Haas, cloth mer-
chant, Platt & Boyd, crockery dealers, and Ed
ward Rouke glassware dealer, seized on the
ground that they, on fraudulent invoices, got
goods through the custom house at % per cent
under real value In the case of Platt & Boyd
Priest charges collision with officers of the ap-
praiser's department.
--- Varsous Matters.
The News reiterates the statement that the
petition for the pardon of Walworth is in the
hands of Gov Dix, and that he has sent to the
District Attorney for papers in the case.
Customs receipts to-day $500, 900 gold.
The quarterly report of Postmaster James of
this city, shows that the revenue of the office
here for the quarter ending June was $512 OLA
over expenses The amount of stamps and
stamped envelopes sold during the quarter
reached the sum of $685., 1923.
President Stebbns of the Central Park Com
mission, resigned to-day.
Proposed Inland Voyage in a balloon.
BUFFALO, July 3l.-Prof. King of Boston,
will tomorrow commence building mammoth
balloon ia which he proposes to ascend from
Buffalo in the last week in August or first of
September next, and make the greatest inland
voyage ever attempted.
Fastest Time ON Record.
SARATOGA, July 31.-The second race Cor a
purse of $500, two miles, for all ages, was won
by True Blue-Mate second. Time, 1922. The
above time, 1921, is the fastest two mile time
record the fastest time on record prior to this
being 3. 344, by Hegira. Great disappointment
was expressed by the hackers of Crookford
when it was announced that she would not start
in the first race. Minnie W. was then regard :
ed as the favorite, and in several pools sold at
odds against all other horses entered. After
several attempts start was effected, Sunrise
getting away first, Quits second, Valley Brook
third, Minnie w. fourth. and Sue Rider fifth
which place she maintained to the end of the
race. Quits lead at the quarter pole, but at the
half mile pole was passed by Minnie w. En-
tering on. the home stretch Minnie w. was
ahead fully two lenths, but Sunrise pulled up
and in squirt passed Quits and challenged the
favorite. The race up the home stretch be-
tween Sunrise and Minnie w. was intensely ex-
citing and resulted in victory for Sunrise, who
won by about length.
The second race excited intense interest in
consequence of the immense amount invested
in pools. The manner in which Joe Daniels
won the Saratoga cut caused McDaniels entry
to be the favorite. Mate Sanford's entry, how
ever, gained many hackers, and the owner of
True Blue, Johu Chamberlain, and his adher-
erts bought True Blue freely. At the start
Boss Tweed took the lead, Hubbard second and
Joe Daniels third. For the first mile Joe Dan
iels cut out the running for Hubbard, when
McDanies Confederacy played for the winner
and ran, Tapped with Boss Tweed The horses
passed uuder the string opposite the judges
stand in bunch, amid the cheers of the spec
taters, Joe Daniels leading and Boss Tweed
second. Immediately after, the race really
commenced and it became evident that either
Mate or True Blue, who had been making
waiting race of it, was bound to prove the
winner. At the half-mile pole Mate was ahead
OF Joe Daniels, closely attended by True Blue,
Entering on the home stretch, Mate was fully
two lengths ahead of True Blue, the latter, with
him, and then the grandest and finest struggle
that was ever witnessed on American turf en-
sued between the pair. Head by head they
raced along, the jockeys plying the whip and
spur, and the spectators utterly unable to de-
termine which was leading.
True Blue, however, proved the gaining
horse, and managed, when pushing under the
string to show his head in trout. An immense
amount of money changed hands on this race.
John Chamberlain alone won over S10,00O,
The time was the fastest ever made, be atlng
that on the 23d of May, 1871, by Lyttleton at
rying only 104 pounds, against 108 carried by
True Blue to-day, as well as the time of Heg-
ira-3.344
The hurdle race proved very tame affair
and was won by Blind Tom easily. Village
Blacksmith, who was the favorite in the pools,
refused to jump the hurdles.
The great event of Saturday will be dash OF
three miles, for which Harry Bassett, Wander
er, and True Blue are expected to win. The
other races are for tie sequel stakes for three
year Odds and a selling race for two wear OldS.