The Portland daily press., 1873-08-21
NEW YORK.
The Custom House.

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one has been selected for removal from the
Custom House for alleged frauds, and that no
black list has been made out. Collector Ar
thur has no knowledge of such document.
neither has his deputy. Nobody in Washington
has seen the list and Secretary Richardson
never ordered one made out. Three or four
parties connected with the Custom House have
been suspected, however, with completely in the
fraud, but no investigation has yet taken place.
A Canard Disposed of.
The World this morning characterizes its
Washington dispatch OF yesterday, announcing
a deficit of ten millions in the Treasury, piece
of groundless news telegraphed through mis-
apprehension, and published through mid
night inadvertence.
The World furthermore says that the story
of ten millions deficit was a stock jobbing can
ard, started by rascally manipulators here who
tried all ways known to them TO indace New
York journals to state it as of their own author
ity. 1t run itself out here and has appeared in
Washington.
Fire Underwriters.
The board of fire underwriters to-day estab-
lished additional charges for insuring hotels
and established rules that roofs must be of slate
or metal, That cornices must be of metal or
brick, and that Mansard roofs mnst BE- entirely
lathing.
The price of coffee in this city has advanced
from II to Is cents within the last forty days.
II ID obsVCu. uoWtfoI, Vic new DTdZll CIOp IS Oh
the eve of coming to market, and no real
scarcity ought be felt before next year.
italian Slavery.
The examination of Matto the Italian pa
drone, charged with keeping Italian children in
a state of servitnde, in violation of the Civil
Rights Law, was commenced in the U. s. Dis
trict Court before Commissioner Osborne to-day
The children found in his possession were plac-
ed on the stand. The first named, Joseph
told the story of his kidnapping and his servi
tude. He didn't know his. surname. Met Matte
in Italy, and was induced by him to go with
him for one night Was taken to Naples and
with other boys sent to New York. Matte COM
PEELED the boys to bring in a certain sum per
day or he would beat them.
Disgraceful Row at Funeral.
dsgraceful fight occurred yesterday be-
tween the grave diggers and one of the mourn
ers at funeral at Calvary Cemetery, which
was joined in by the cemetery employees on
one side and the whole funeral cortege on the
other The police qnieted matters.
An Incident of Baby Farming.
Mrs. Schmidt of Long Island City, yesterday
pie guilty to an indictment which charges
her with attempting to starve to death child
that had been placed in her care, and fer whose
maintenance she was paid $40 month. The
sentence imposed was $125 fine or six months
imprisonment
1t is stated that the book kept by U. S. Dis
trict Attorney contains the names of nearly 500
merchants of this city who had to pay from
$40 900 10 $780, 600 to compromise suits brought
against them by custom house detective Jayne.
The book contains record of the cases, the Of
fers made by merchants to compromise and the
refusals until they offer very large sums, when
I the District Attorney recommends the Secreta-
ry to accept the high figures. This book is not
accessible to the public although part of the rec
ords of the District Court.
Various Matters.
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view, stated that the Government would not
compromise the case against Platt & Boyd.
1t is estimated that the Mennontes who ar
rived last week brought with them $64N, 900 in
gold; one alone brought $4,000. A second
installment is expected Thursday.
The forthcoming National rifle contest at
Creedmoor will continue three days, and prom
ises to rival the interest and attendance of the
English Wimbledon. 1t is thought that the
prizes for competition, when all in, will ex-
coed $4,000 in value.
The Detroit mail of the 18th inst. due last
evening, arrived to day in badly damaged con-
dtion, having been in the Weland canal. The
NAL includes letter packages for this city, Bos-
ton, Philadelphia, Baltimore and Washington.
An easterly rain storm has prevailed here all
day.
David Hoadley a well known merchant died
to-day aged 81 years.
The funeral of Rev. DR.. Spring will take
place on Friday morning from the Brick
church.
The Republican State Committee to-day de-
cided to hold State Convention on the oath OF
September, at Utica.
The Cuban League met tonight and organic
ed, electing Vice President Wilson as Presi-
dent. A resolution was adopted urging earnes
exertlons on the part of all friends of Cuban
independence towards freeing the country from
Spanish rule.
George I. Kellar, a reporter Of the Brooklyn
Unlon and George p. Rowe. reporter of the
New York Times were both drowned while in
bathing this morning at Long Island.
There was another highway robbery in Brook
lyn last night.
Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Stearns of Boston, mar
rowly escaped drowning last evening at Will
liamsburg Ferry.
An oil explosion took place near Plttsburg,
Pa, Wednesday, by which several thousand
gallons OF oil were destroyed and one man lost
The Albany Murderer.
ALBANY, Aug 20.-The Brooklyn detectives
VINO arrested Lowenstein have reached this
city. having left the prisoner in custody of the
authorities of st. GATHERINGS, They found
Lowensten at work in a BARRIERS shop and
called him out and informed him of their bus
mess when he showed signs of guilt at once.
he sad q, he was willing to 60 back but was
afraid the people there would hang him. He
made several contradictory statements but
strenuously denied committing the murder.