New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1884-08-31
local MISCELLANY.
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,,,,,op,vrs ptrr INrO THE STREETS
INN ny rur wn1r STAR LINE AND
~ ",' 49,, ADMISSION At C,stIE cARprN.
,,. ,,ni,e Star steamship Britannia arrived hero
,o',r,J,y with bS9 stcelagc passengers hno'lu
tbc yut nu tu her pier at latu tooN ~ IN. i
80 ia the afternoon Emigration omill ',loh'i7
uthfnso, aud starr went Mp with thcil clerks Pre-
0i'V1 A. A., moot aud register the immigrants. To
Geit surprise they found that the 'iceraE1 pNIs'u
tndc1 ON the pier Tho commissioner
r,uscd TO register the immimonis unlc" lhY
were put back on ihc olntE ine aNt,ui,u''h ad
mutned un the ntiNl of ne ulp,
q 6e worr "1@ onn G .'oncI 'S'' aaro T '"d
Ut n thev wanted the nnuieunts bach ON the
thip thoy could order them hnck, inc ,u'n', ~,
sioners refused 90 do 80, ct 60 allow ih,ll 'iN1 w.
REGISTER the immigrants Oh inc P''' '""
Then the rorors at tho Esr GToye L tine '@'
migrants INTO the street VIZ s,on was the
Great excitement aud confusion az iIdrnn
,rsnit and families we've separated and chllIi rn
LOST The immigrants began To- sIuBs' S Sn,ee
Wes,-st i'm the direction OF Castle C"Idfh' 5oii,o
~ siI"d mon by expressmcn aud boarding
Lonse runners and carried away 10 u u4o,"u r,
fate Others Struggled on Ca. SfteTnonn were ar
LYING IN attachments az Castle Garden lhey were
not admitted as they had hot Pe'n distEcss
among them. In the stampede 1or tn9 ne
Garden two little girls became sepaIaaleu
from their mother but staggered OH 10 ' Go LES
One of them tainted as she re4cnt9 1mJ gI a'ei
Snneriutendant Jackson took her inside ana placeu
nor in the hospital Pirl of sixteen came 10 tlie
Garden bending under on her back
II was rcportcd that a man was seized upon ana
robbed Of $50 while making hls way down "C c Ec
Croyyds OF immigrants visited the once OF tho
Ubite star line but there was no one
there. except two clerks. TO, auend To
them. They wanted 10 H' thew we We're hound.
o Nero sent 10 the railroad agencies OF different
lines in dctachmcnts by tho CLERKS
Commissioner starr SAID:
Ub,vc frish. d We have nothing more 10 10 with It;
The facts will DE reported 10 the coil cor OF me por ana
a." Wb'e STAR line must settle 18th him The law VIII
not ne mt 10 Tc IS or passengers any "utIc oAO0P' VII
the steamer
DANGER FROM A TORPEDO EXPERIMENT.
The test made by J. J.. Tuck. of his submarine
torncdc boat ar the foot OF West IhUteeuih-St.
Yesterday. came near resulting IN lhe Ur"tu 81 .iI'
Of the three men engaged in the hazardous enter,
urise j. t. Rice the diver, " o has Always acted
rs hclm,mau i'm the boat. seemed unusually IearIHl
and IL Is supposed that while unGer the wafer ne
either tainted from fear or was suiocdI ga oy tie
,vcoSS of air forced into the AR chamber. ne
The boat hal scarcely disappeared under water
when bubbles were seen ON iht surface me Ie.'uI
Ing assistant Oh the wharf immediately suSpccfu
that something was the matter ana brought thc
boat To shore and took the diver toG ms PcriiouN
position. ben brought out ol the b'au ne
Slowed mo sicn- of ifc but after a few minutes be-
p.u to breathe. and was soon Thought 10 be out OF
danger MIR. Tuck did his part successfully, ana
Mr.. Tuck's statement Of the matter is that the
captain i'm amor in the pilot house was taken Wlth
Il" rh p''' Boat i, fish shaped, so feet IN length;
r feet la diameter and weighs about 20
thickness. The boat is driven by Brush electrical
machine of 10 cells, and has reached speed OF
seven knots an hour. When m use II Is cutllcll
uudcr water. and has apparatus consisting OF
two screw wheels, one on either side OF the boat by
which the boat rises or SINKS IN the wafer: Two
tlr4 al u 4 q \
diver. who stands ma the well, cVhndUral dcprtS-
SION on the outside Of the boat, manages the steer
ing apparatus. The boat rs intended loI di{in !,
under var vessels ana attaching torpcdocs 10 them
from below The tOrpcdOes are carried ON the top
Of the boat ina a brass holder, and nave fastened To
them magnets aud cork toatcrs Ihc tOrped" Is Jet
loose bt a wire from the interior OF the boat, tuat,
unto the hull of the war vessel aud attaches l-eiI
ht virtue of thc magnet. Then the boat withdraw
10 safe distance ana the toIptdOcs arc uieChdIEe"
10y an electric battery
ANEW METHODIST EPISCOPAL HOME.
The managers Of the Methodist Episcopal Church
Home purchased. Thursday. of the Drew Ihco-
i,iral SEMINARY eight lots in lcutb-avc.. between
Nlrcty. second and NIucty-thud SIS, Tor building
now home II is intended To- sell tho properly, on
lotty --o,oud.st.. between Seventh ana Ei-htl
e.,,-. winch IN, home now occupies The ground
far I'll new building cost 3 l','Oo AMI inc llt-Ht
homo buildings and land. il Is cNpcctcd Will r'1Ie
fniiv tilt amount The old ho'ue was built nearly
firttN wears ago. and al that iinc was lt-alh'i u
,,,lr t.tuflon IL j.. "a hand some broWustOuc.
H., uE sttcrt It's accommodate .ors became too
limited several yCai, ago, and house aIJ"mi+
was purchased. The Institution p.oNId's l"I 'idcIN
n'I ,Gup pcou'c of the Methodist Church i'm the
,,tv 81 o arc supported 10y voluntary contributions
irow the Methodist churches, re board %i Man-
ngcr. is composed of ladies of the dlncIrut churchcs,
and Mira liarI~, the wife of BlNhop llauia. IS the
president They consult M mat "i business WIN
an Advisory Committee of CONT cintn..
Mrs. spencer. matIon of the Home, said:
There ac now about 100 persons being cared for here
Thif D.. ail we can Accommodate h.l ibrlr gre many
.Il,t adm l~~p
Intended not Ouy 10 curr" thc cdi acy. huii give a
~ r"'In and mi, il not always pleasant II is deserted
also o. make arrangement, Tor AoS" VINO WISH 10 come 10
The Home 10 be caIcd for and who have some mean, To
I4y for their board AZ present there are no cans 10
do this hut there are many VINO would come u there
were am! the Home would then derive some revenue
u, and mat tine purpose Is 10 begin work. II possible,
on thcbdine this tal There II no rock 10 De LASTED
IN getting foundation, 80 that 1t VIII go along much
faster
CHARGING 4 SOCIETY WITH UNFAIRNESS.
Mary cath. bright-cycd little giri ofclcvcn, was
RECENTLY taken before Police Justice German 10y the
Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty 10 Chldrcn on
The charge of begging. She was taken To the Do
mInicau Convent OF Our Lady OF tic Rosary IN
last SiXty-thirl-st. Mary has sold papers during
the summer with a Younger sister about tne
SturtcVaut House, in broadway, and many OF the
guests bought their paper" of them. lhcr iathcr
Is a shoemaker, living at No. 4 3 last Nlueicenth-
Ct har working man, and the mother ana
I'm older brother butl contribute to the
supper, of the family. The father said yesterday
that hc was mlormcd of his clilds arrest too late
10 see her before the case had been disposed Of in
the court. Mrs. Guth sad that she
went 10 the convent, but not al
lowed to see her daughter and when she
applied to Mr. Jenkins Of The society for the Pre-
vcnlion of Cruelty To Children for note that
would admit her 10 the convent, he treated her
Tudely and ordered her away. AT the StuItcyaut
House the good chaIactcrand nodcSty Of the children
were praised and IL was said that neither Of them
had ever been known to beg. several gentlemen
went 10 the society's ,oince; in the interest
jenkins had told them that man had
accused Mary of begging in the street,
which was the cause OF her arrest. MrJenkins re-