New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-11-18
local MISCELLANY.
cowARpLY ASSAULT ON A YOUNG MAN,
'..arxcr OF AN ELEVATED RAILROAD EN-


.,.,,,rprxCE OF AN ELEVATED RAILROAD EN-
ptoyr-RoBprRy THE MOTIVE
A.the Chatham Square Elevated Station shorty
after ocosk en- sunday hs ss rr ss sdpSss o
tbs shuttle train found their way to the up,,1,mn
tsa,n n" The Thiflave line blocked by Struggling
sm ,,,us ,e ny.icrm Three Hastily dressed Young
s,sr who nigh, have been pickpcckets were 49,
nst,,uE ysSrY ns sSs ns cst he could iSl il
NM s, Nv .,e his face WAS covered with bnod that
ran down and snsatcd his clothes an s ,a sia,,a
lie e,iea "ms W. Hnsnass h, il to shout. "Over the
tss ca CIV Hall, hu' The latter leaned ana,ns. az
s,,s. roI m ,s" hsanSsre vast saas ~ town ne
messengers 80 The steps divided SON" as,,n ~,
hs, VII" Viz, " o,hers pushed through tho efowd aud
caught tho tram while three wohie. irhaih," ~
tl,e stems screaming, The train went "h All" 'e'
AZ This point the three asssilants, turned da,ted
M the steps aud crossed the bridge 10 'nn h
train No one attempted To interfere OF sup ,aV'',
ihe blood stained youth walked up 10 INC s'"''"
man and SAID bitterly ,,a soo tbrse
thieves assault man and not come to his ASSIST
ance when he calls for hclp', go. ,o do with vonr
What the blank have fGs n TO q" T m' S
ont II Won pct in muss" and he walked away.
In. youth went into the waiing,room; ana sncur-
ing some water washed the blood from MS c!o,mn9
and face. 10 a TmBuNE reporter who witnessed
the affair the said that the men had assaup bt
for the timely arrival and interference of the pas
enc ,"r he w"mld have been robbed well as
beaten. The passengers advised n rd ~ o ond hrnta
conJuct of the station guard who stood by ana WIZ
messed the assault without coming TO MS ad'
HIS MOTHER COULD NOT HELP HIM.
Augustus Gregory whose name is also given as
Get rye Schweancke, was before hec9iu . MSt t
Yesterday for sentence under two Indlctments, 10
which he had pleaded guilty for robblng guests az
hotels He is slight, weildressed young man ia; h VI
twentvone wears He was exceedingly careless In ms
when he tried TO gam the sympathy
os tbe Conf The charges to which lie pleaded
guilty that he had stolen 80 from and
PIupkitt and his wife, and $50 Ill money alu
swclrv from Claud Gurusney. all guests the Park
Gyenne Hotel. Sarah b. Wellington, OF the Coiee
man Iouse also preferred charge against nm OF
Slim $500 His thefts in this city and Brooklyn
are said TO have amounted to several Thousand
dollars ..o,,,,,, ,,or ottsmnted
IN look pcutent ana said that this was the hTst
time that he had been arrested ana ihs Ne n..a
mother who would be greatly greved II ne were
semi IN pTson aud for these reasons he asked TO be
81 i.now ali ahout that mother talk" said
Recorder Smytb. "We have it every day. ana
from the worst criminals. | feel sorry for yG 9,i
mother but as for YOU lnhf you be are are ncmsa
lions oalnst YOU as far from Wyoming, ana thal
you have been year in prison IN cotofau u loa
ihieync in hotels. am also informed Inal You are
charged with stealing no less than Sb;Uoo from
fellow guests at hotels in this city, and BIGohiyn
shall give Won the severest possible puhisnhchl
Yon are sentenced to hard labor in the State Prison
for five years each of the two indictments. "a =
The prisoner, who had been munchng bit OF OF
candy while the sentence was pronounced sihiieo
as he was led away by the oihcers
DINNER OF THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
DelmonIco's largo dining-hall at Flfth-ave. and
Twenty sixth-st. will le-echo tonight WIN Ine
chink of glasses, the hum of voices and the merry
lauphinQs of a goOdly number OF New-1orks leau
ina merchants who will help to dispose of the dli-
ner concentrating the one hundred aud sixteenth
anniversary OF the Chamber 1i II% Years ago
in Tranpce's taveru-the building still standing at
Broad and Pearl sts-wheie On Deccnoei s 49, oc So
SIAN at the close of the Revolution. The body has
NOT only grown in importance and IN weanh, out u
has become so great in numbers that DeIihonleos
hall room is scarcely large enough to accommodate
oil who wish TO attend these annual dinners,
There will be 216 covers tonight. IL Is lntended
20 taLc seats at the table promptly at $3.50 o'clock.
So that the toasts and responses may begin at y;
James NJ. Brown will preside ne having succee1 S
lane Heretofore the dinners have been eaten
eaily In Nav hut for several reasons 1t was Decided
torhanre he date 70 November s.thisy year Among
tbosc who have died since the last anniversary and
whose faces will he missed from the dinner are
Tsep,t. Nathan ChanJ er William Earl Dodge,
john A.. vneston jeremiah M,leanhi r nIya,
fH %c,p,, and and john i. fwombcv.
TROUBLE MADE NY A DELAYED TELEGRAM,
misunderstanding N connection NTH ,ne land I'd,
ipg ni tho pasacnerfs Of tho steamship Alaska on
hunduV ea,nr, inuonN cnirhto and ANNOYANCE '"
them, aud thei, friends who had nnchl hon'H ~ ,he
nation of The large Ohice System by aome was ~
The seyereat language, The vessel lii moi reach
Quarantine u neaty rundown ON
there teleriaphed Ia Deputy surveyor hinna ~,
instructions as to whether the s rss'' dsiaS
In Mr. Kibhos reply caused MT, smith
70 believe that the passengers were TO DC as'c'uu
10 the barge ONCE without delay, ana when he re-
Ceiyed Mr. Kibbe's dispatch to defer the transfer
TIL morning the passengers were already Oh their
WY os ap Mr. Kibbe had dismissed the Customs
inspectors. and told the friends OF the passengers
that the latter would remain on the A Wh w ,
nassengers reached the Barge Office their friends
had also gone and they learned that they could
Went 10 hotels and their friends homes and got
along as best they could and Yesterday they MADE
another trip to the Barge Office to get their bag
gage
CHINESE IMMIGRANT TO BE TRIED.
The case of All Kee the cook OF boy on the bark
Richard Parsons who left the vessel on Its arrival
here from Calcutta was again before Commissioner
Shields Yesterday 1t is the first case that has
arisen at thus port e ac s1 e1 bs
According to his statements he was born IN liong
Kong and has only been once before IN TINS country,
when lie landed at roston from vessel that had
sailed from Calcutta. He returned TO Calcutta after
remaining a few weeks in Boston. lie shipped from
Calcutta on June IS, 1884, with CAPTAIN Thorn
dixie. of the bark Richard Parsons. lie acted as
cook at first. but was afterward made . boy" ne
has not the certificate required by law 10 snow Ina
he resided in this country since the passage OF the
act of 1882. He was placed under arrest as soon
as the captain complained that he had escaped from
the vessel and he has since remained IN Ludlow
Street Jail. Assistant United States District
Attorney Henry n: Tiff represented the Govern
ment in the proceedings yesterday, and James +.
Davenport was the prisoners counsel The District
Court will probably be called on to decide the ques-
tons OF law involved.
MRS f. II. CULLUMS REQUESTS.
Mrs. Elizabeth H. Cullum by her will dated
April 5, 1854, and filed Yesterday, leaves to the
New.York Cancer Hospital her interest in the