New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-05-01
NETWORK CITY.

Buildings reported as unsafe yesterday: Nos. "a
and 226 East Forty fOurth-st., AZ East Ienth-st
and 347 West HOuston-st.
John Raw. for robbng Herman Peters of a watch,
Yesterday in the Court of General Sessions was
sentenced by Judge Gildersleeye to tour years IN
the State Prison
Nine children who were Storage passengers on
the stealner Katie from Stettin, were found SICK
with measles, aud were sent to the hospital at
Castle Garden yesterday.
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE FIFTH AVENUE HOTEL.
Mir. Hitchcock of the Fifth Avenue Hotel; stated
Yesterday that the alterations proposed 10 ne maze
TO the hotel depended on securing leases OF adJon-
ing property The hotel will be extended on the
Twenty -fourthst. side.
POSSIBLY CASE OF LEPROsY.
Caspar Grube age twenty, native OF lhurln-
g1a arrived on the Anchor Line steamship Bolivia,
on Sunday and was sent to Castl Garden Hospital.
Ii was thought that he was afflicted with leprosy.
His body was covered with sores.
SENTENCE OF TWO DESPERATE CRIMINALS.
John Burns and Franklin Allen, two young
criminals who, though only twenty years old, are
known as desperate men, were yesterday sentenced
for burglary by Judge Gilderseeve TO seven years
and six months each in the state Prison.
THE sTENwAY HALL MEETING POSTPONED.
In consequence of the meeting to be held at
Cooper Institute tonight for the discussion OF the
Aoueduct BILL the mass meeting that was 10 be held
at Stenway Hall TO consider the report OF the
Citizens Committee and the new Excise bill, has
been postponed until Friday.
END OF THE WASHINGTON CLUB QUARREL
The case of Robert Cushing against Francis IL.
O'ToOle member of the Washington Club, at No.
East Twelfth ST., for assault was tried in the
Special Sessions Court yesterday. In general row
af the club house on March II Cushing received a
black eye by blow from OToole. The case was
dismissed.
DIsoRDERLY WOMEN ARRAIGNED.
Among the women arrested in disOrderv houses
on Saturday night were Minnie Bender and Emma
Hays. They were taken before Justice Gardner, at
the Jefferson Market Police Court, yesterday, and
the former was committed to the City Prison for Six
months. The point was urged on behalf of Emma
HAYS that she would soon DC totally pima, ana sue
was remanded until to-day.
RESULTS OF VIOLATING THE EXCISE LAW.
The sum of 81, 1856, being the receipts from fines
imposed on unlicensed liquor dealers and other
month Of April, was Yesterday sent to the City
Chamberlain by Chief Clerk Sparks. In the several
police courts of the city yesterday nearly l20 per-
sons were charged with violations of the Excise
Law; and each was held to answer in 500 bail.
ARRIVALS FROM EUROPE.
Tewik Pacha, ex-Minister of Finance of Turkey
and now Turkish Minister 70 the United states
Austin Corbin, John Burns, chairman of the Board
of Directors of the Cnnard Line &; Z. Allen, the
Rev Thomas Cusaek, the Rev. n. L. Cory Sir g.
Kellner. Captain Konr0oka, Baron de Lagerielt,
the Rev. Charles +. Milliken, Count Sawa, Baron
and Baroness de Schonberg, Madame de soto and
the Rev. p. L. Smyth arrived yesterday from Liver
pool on the Cunard steamship Servia.
CLOSING THE LIFE-SAvING STATIONS
All the Llfe-Saving stations the coast from Rye
Beach N H. to Cape Fear, n. c., will be closed to-
day for the season. Those on the coasts of Name
of the crews will be discharged with the exception
of keeper and assistants at each station.
On and after June the stations Will be designated
and known by names, and the present designation
by numbers will be abandoned.
AN ATTEMPT TO sMUGGLE DETECTED.
Customs Inspector McCOrt made "a discovery yes
terday of an attempt TO smuggle large lot of
Chinese cuTlOs on shore from the ship 4. May,
which arrived a few days ago from lloio. lie de-
tected some of the lowering packages over the
side of the vessel into boat and upon further n-
gc1zeu abDut forty UacklQes of
consisting of lacquer trays, glove boxes, sandal
wood fans and fancy boxes, inlaid cabinets, tea
chests and birds nests One of the articles seized
was an elaborate miniature Chinese junk.
ANXIOUS TO WITHDRAW A CHARGE OF ASSAULT.
The case of Roundsman Chapman, Of the Twenty
second Precinct, against Officer Edward Van Colt,
whom he charged with having threatened him with
a pistol while both were duty Oh April 8, was
called In the Yorkville Police Court yesterday.
Chapman said that the had been tried before
the Police Commissioners he did not to have 1T
20 any further and asked to be allowed to withdraw
the charge. Justice Herman asked what the Com
missioners had decided, and was told that no deci