The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1874-07-07
NEW YORK..
Tammany Striving for the Removal OF
the Mayor.


the Mayor.
NEW YORK, July Ga committee of citizens
representing Tammany will visit Albany to-
morrow to ask Gov. Dix to remove Mayor
Havemeyer, or at least to suspend him until
the question of the legality of his late appoint
ments are determined. An attempt will be
made at a meeting of the Board of Aldermen
tomorrow to pass resolutions making the same
request of the Governor. An effort will also
be made to get the grand jury to present addi-
tional indictments during the week against
Commissioners Charck and Gardner. Mean
time there is prospect of deadlock in the
Police Board, Commissioner DIsbecker having,
it is said, refused to attend any meeting of the
board for the purpose of electing president
and treasurer.
Fourth of July Grimes and Accidents.
The casualties of the 4th of July celebrate on
in this city and Brooklyn are summed up as
follows: One riot, six brutal affrays, thirty
. five fires, forty children seriously wounded, at
least thee persons killed outright, and one
child burned to death.
Geo. M. Curtis, ex-Judge of the Marine
Court of this city, was assaulted by two gam
blers at Bath Hotel, l.. l., Saturday, aud So
severely beaten that his life is despaired Of
Judge Curtis visited Bath with two ladies
which caused the difficulty. After wcrdy
quarrel Curtis went into the billiard ROOM
where the gamblers were playing, when they
attacked him, knocking him down twice and
then stabbing him in the neck.
Havemeyer TO be Impeached.
When the Board of Supervisors a. journed to-
day, call was issued for special meeting of
the Board of Aldermen, The card is signed by
the following members: Aldermen OttendOr-
fer, Reilly, Rein, Koch, Flanagan, Van
Schaick, Gibson and Falconer AT the meet
ing on Wednesday there will be presented and
passed resolutions impeaching Mayor Have
meyer. Bertifed copies of the documents will
then be forwar led to the Governor who, it is
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trial. During the suspension, Hon. Samuel
HI. b. Vance, President of the Board of Alder
men, will be acting Mayor. Three sets of
charges have been drawn up. 1t is said that
application was made to the gran jury to-day
for additional indictments against the con-
victed police commissioners
Correction.
The Brooklyn papers deny that Judge Geo
w. Curtis of the Marine Court, was injured in
defending some ladies insulted by New York
gamblers at Bath, L. L.; but on the contrary
the ladies were in company with his assailants.
wno were respectable BrooklynItes, and the
Judge was to blame.
One of the Ring.
George S. Miller indicted jointly with Nor
ton. German Genet and Others, in the late ring
conspiracies, left the city after the trial of
Genet, thereby forfeitIng his bail. When the
case was called for trial he returned to the city
few days ago and to-day gave bail IN $50, 900
W Slduu Ills trial.
The Board TO Organize.
Counsellor Stapran having given legal opin-
ion to the effect that the police commissioners
Duryea and Disbecker had, at ali events to
recognize the appointing power of Mayor
Havemeyer until the courts decide otherwise,
the board of police will hold a meeting to-mor-
row afternoon for the purpose of organizing.
A Father Attempts to Drown Himself and
Three Children.
Thomas Kemp, residing at New Brunswick,
N. d., flung his three children into the canal
and jumped in after them. The eldest child
was drowned, but the other two with Kemp
| were rescued Kemp is not expected to sur
| vive. The two children are out of danger. Do
| nestle trouble is the cause.
Movement of Liquor Dealers.
The Liquor Dealers Protective Association
held a largely attended meeting Tonight at
| which lengthy address was read condemna-
| tory of the present interference of the Excise
| Commission with their trade, as we'll as menu
| b. rs of vari JUS legislative bodies who hereto
fore pledged themselves to protect the just
| claims of the liquor dealers. the address con-
| Guiding by urging each member of the aSSOcia-
| ton to prepare for the coming election an d
! give an unanimous vote for such men as pledge
themselves to protect the just interests of the
Liquor Dealers Association. For the purpose of
concentrating all power at the coming election,
it was resolved to hold State convention at
an early date for the purpose of organizing
liquor dealers union throughout the State.
! Accidents-Snicide.
A little son of Charles +. Days, residing in
Comsemoque, L. L., followed his father into
| the bayfield, this morning, but after wandering
about some time became tired and laid down
in the tall grass. II father, driving the now
er, came UP few minutes later, and being un
able TO check the horses in time ran over the
sleeping boy, the cutter severing the boys head
from the body
VIM buckles, aged 81, formerly colonel in
the rebel army and for tine past three years
real estate agent at Rutherford Park commit
ted suicide in that place to-day.
During the gale Sunday night a large oak
tree, which oyerhupg the club house of the
Simmons Fishery Association on Long Island
fell and demolished the building and Instantly
killed Thompson Traver and dangerouiy injur
ed w. F. Peters, who were in the building
Two others escaped serious harm.
Explosion Of Fireworks.
When the Pyrotechine display which cam,
off this evening in Washington Square hal
| about reached its close, a spark from rookie
alighted ia the midst of a pile of fireworks ly
ing on the ground ready to be set off. An ex
plosion ensued. All the fireworks on the groun,
went off, and the sticks from the rockets ball
from the Roman candles, and bombshes wen
among the crowd, which numbered 5000.
scene of terror ensued The crowd were seize,
with panic and broke, tramping everything