New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-19

nr nt bie 70 find any person who had been In
iured The police were not able TO ascertain WIN
owned the house.
DELAYED BY STORMS AND FOGs.
No sooner did the fog lift Yesterday nd o SANDY
sixteen incoming steamers were s's nort Many Of
these were overdue but had been detained pm.
cipay by the dense fog which naa ware the
fRS at}c WYOMING City of Para, Wieani. Ethiopia,
Aipin, Saratoga Rio Grande ColoradS Peter r 40
ConInck Casccas Jan Breyde Cy 0a na% from
the South. the Alpin and the Colorado. had a
fearful experience IN the Gulf OF Mexico during the
The steamship Colorado, of Mhllory's Line, IRON
Galveston. b. way OF Key West. was three DAYS
behind her ssHn s.a tina s nsS had SV an
experience which surpasses anything IN my sea-
farng career. and had not the Colorado been the
stanch seaworthy vessel that she Is we must nave
suocumbed to the terrific hurricane We encountered
in the Gulf of Mexico. We sailed from Galveston
on October s, and had an easteily gale of wind up
to the Sth, when We ran into Violent hurricane
that lasted forty-eight hours, during which the
vessel hove-to forty hours. with the seas run
ming tremendously high The sea almost boiled,
and was covered with wbteifoam The wind, dur
ing the hurricane veered from the east TO the sout
ward and to the west " hen the gale DroKe anu
the vessel was put on her course again. we
reached Key West en- the morning OF Ocober Ii,
and sailed again on the following day. AS soon az
| We cleared the Capes OF Florida we TOOK haru
northeast gale with tempestuous seas. which CON
tnued until we reached Barnegat, when the
weather became more favorable. 1t is remarkable
that through this entire experience the vessel did
not suffer the slightest damage. We arrived of
Sandy Hook early yesterday morning aud we've
detained thirty hours by the fog"
the Atlas Line. said: ave left Port Antonio
| October and had good weather until October II,
when we were to the southw ard OF Hatteras Ihen
| we encou altered terrific cyclone. The wind blew
from every direction for Blk hours ana WIN greab
| violence. 1t was perfect iempest ana the seas
broke over the vessel with tremendous force, dong
| our twin screws we had not force enoogh 10 Keep
the vessels head to the sea heavy sea yea. broke broke
over the ship abreast OF my statc-roon tore away
| the railing and did other damage. The cabin was
| filled with water several times. Wo had only one
| sailors in bang out the water from the cabin.
Finally the gale abated and We came on our course
punches of bananas from decay, We arrived of
| Sandy Hook on Monday night and were detained
until this morning by the fog While drifting
| being stranded near Long Branch. Coming mp the
bay this morning one OF our engineers, Mr. fierce,
was badly injured piece Of the mfg en- UeG
| sci to the hospital after our arrival .
| All of the Sound steamers bound to NewYork
| anchored in Flushing Bay on Tuesday night until
the fog lifted. They were several hours late in
reaching this city. The Hudson River boats were
also delayed by the fog The Mary Powell. bound
turned to the city yesterday morning, her passen-
gers having been forwarded by rail.
The opening of the Casino is still announced
for next Saturday night with the first presentation
in this country of Strauss latest comic opera, The
Queens Lace Handkerchief" RumOrs have been
circulated during the past few DAYS to the effect
that another p0stponement would occur. gen.
eral belief gained ground that the management was
seriously hampeTed and would again be prevented
from keeping its promise to the public. From the
positive statements made yesterday, however, by
the various persons interested, there would seem to
be every prospect of the doors of the Casino being
finally thrown open on the evening announced
The building will undoubtedly be far from finished,
but will be far advanced as TO ali essential ar
rangements as to permit satisfactory performance.
Mr. Grau and Mr.. Aronson both state that the diff
cultes between them are i'll the way of amlcabe
settlement. The sale of seats Will begin this morn
ing.
WATERFRONT PRIVILEGES WANTED.
Efforts have been made at various times by rep
resentatives of the Suburban RAPID Transit Com
pany to secure from the Dock Commissioners the
use of land under water In the Harlem River for
two piers OF supporters, for bridge to cross the
river at SeoOnd-ave. and One-hundred -andtwenty-
ninth-st. The Dock Commissioners have persist
the Pilot Commissioners have objected to II be-
cause of its being obstruction TO navigation.
Yesterday, John &. Crane, a new representative OF
. the company appealed to the Dock Commissioners
to waive the question OF rent The COMMISSIONERS
expressed themselves as not inclined TO grant the
privilege asked for gratuitously, but promised a
final answer in a few days.
H. K. Thurber, in behalf of the Citizens Steam
boat Line, applied to the Board for the lease OF
Pier No. 43 North River, which has been reserved
for occasional vessels. The application was de-
ferred for further consideration.
GROUNDLEss RUMORS OF A STRIKE.
Reports we're circulated in New Haven and in
this city yesterday to the effect that strike OF the
engineers the NewYork and New-l Haven Rail
road was mpen ling account of the discharge OF
Engineer Scarf and Conductor Gates by Superin-
tendent Stevenson. IL was stated that the Brother
hood of Locomotive Engineers had demanded the |
reinstatement of Engineer Scarf with threat to
order a strike II 1t was refused.
facts learned by "a
as follows: Scarf aud Gates were suspended for |
DELAYING an express train eleven minutes. AS |
there is a standing order that tram shall follow
another at less interval than ten minutes, tile |
suspended employees cOntended that they had leen |
unjusty punished A conference between them ana |
Superintendent Ste YensOn resulted IN the men re- |
turning to work yesterday morning. One OF the |
oldest engineers employed by the company said, |
that there had been no intention OF making strike
or demanding the reinstatement OF the men.
ACCUSED OF UTTERING FORGED BONDS. |
Selah c. CARL who was accused of utterIng |
forged Government bonds TO the amount OF |
$4,000 in 1879 and who was imprisoned Tor many |
months. until recently released on bail, was |
placed trial yesterday in the Criminal Branch OF |
the United States Circuit Court. The bonds were |
a portion of the proceeds of the Manhattan Bank |
and Northampton Bank robberes and it is charged |
that CARL after getting possession OF them forged
they were registered The bonds were.deposlted as
collateral with the Bank of the Metropolis and
$4,000 secured on them by CARL. lie was
tried in the Circuit Court and convicted some time
ago. An appeal taken to the United States
Supreme Court, which reversed the action of The
lower court on legal question and ordered q new
trial The hearing of evidence will begin to-day.
SELLING THOROUGHBRED CATTLE.
Fifty-fve head of thoroughbred Jersey cattle
were sold yesterday at auction at the American
but the figures realized did not equal .thOsc
obtained at recent sales Of the same class of