New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-10-14
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
an =, p,crn WITH HARyARD's ACTION.


NOT PLEASED WITH HARvARD'S ACTION.
A mass meeting of the students OF Columpla wi
iege was held in one OF the eoego nreSaTed by
a sub-committee appointed by commlltee Vi viz
Columbia College Boat Club iast WedHeSuS, 49, 10
mo with reference to the position Oh Coiuipia III
the Uarvarl- Columbia controversy about the lalI-
IRE of the boat-race at London iast su T
Robert L. Cornell presided ~ the meetlnsi q Sar
nort of the subcommittee consisting Oh H. Y. Cor-
nell Jasper L. Goodwin and ~ II. van Slnueren'
was read to the assembled students by Mr.. van oil-
deren During the reading OF the report Tug stu-
dents showed by enthusiastic applause tneH luus-
nation at the treatment they had received al rho
hands of the Harvard undergraduates. me
students of Columbia have been opposed 70 gvar55
any publicity TO the differences between HaIVatdd
aud themselves, but deemed themselves coihpSi,Iou
TO do 50 on account of the recent action OF the hi
yard men, who iii university meeting appic crew
the action of the captain OF the Harvard crew
in refusing to row against the OoIuLhpl"
crew. in spite of the decision OF tne IelcI9o,
air. Watson, himself Harvard giauTT55 e st ate
had decided in favor of Columbia. ne sta.e-
ment prepared by the subcommittee sluPiS
states the Columbia side of the AFFAIR." anu VII i po
made public as as revised Tor pupca.!on' nv
statement as read yesterday, was III suos'anco 40
follows: Columbia mad tne WesU couisp hNS't I
ing 10 the Columbia crews statement, haiVaru ue-
meg there was any question OF toe I'D hAing tbe
hour for The race When the time OF the race--lloO
A. m-was agreed upOn previous 10 the acclueht Vi
the coxswaln OF the Columbia crew, IL was unueI-
stood that that was the time OF nigh toe. Colun-
Ina however, found II Instantaneous TO her crew
10 row AT that hour, as there would De a inaikeu
difference i'll the tide IN favor OF HarvaIu. me
Columbia crew offered 10 row against haIEaru az
10 a m or at z p. III. The only thing when the
Columbia crew refused TO 10 was 10 row between
II O'clock and o'clock, al which time they Woula
be placed at decided disadvantage on account Vi
adverse tides in their course. The Columbia men
fuither deny that they UNDERSTOOD nat the iaIo
considered OFF, on the contrary ihey cal .at -
as NOT. and that the understanding was tAal ~
should be rowed ut some time agreeable 10 Do'n
crews. ~, :. .oo s4ota6
that the question Of the time Oh race mus. 20
mutually agreed upon, aud that neither party had
right To insist upon any hour not satisfactory W 'o
other side. Harvard having insisted upon tho laOO
be1ng r1wed at the time she appOn ed ana having
refused 10 row AZ any other, the referee aeclaeu n0
question i'll favor of Columbia The Coluhloia stu-
dents are convinced OF the correctness oil .heir
position and, with the referees decision 10 PACK
Them, think that Harvard Will have hard time III
proving herself innocent OF WHAT CoiuihOia STU
dents cali very shabby treatment. ~
After the reading OF the statement Jasper
Goodwin made financial report OF the condition OF
fhe college boat club. 1t was decided that there
sgond he no regatta OF the boat club this fall. Inc
college athletic games VIII take place one week
f.om to-day, on the grounds OF the Mahhattah
Athletic Club.
THE CYCLONE WHICH DID NOT CONE.
The disappointment felt by the masses OF the PEG;
pic last night IN not having cyclone, Whlch hau
been predicted by the Signal Service bureau ior
Thursday night, and afterward postponed IoI
twentv-four hours, led them 20 believe that they
had by their creduty. been made victims oil a huge
Joke, Nevertheless, though the cyclone was hot eA-
Jerienced in this immediate vicinity, reports from
Inc Atlantic coast south OF New-fOrk were SUFFICIENT
evidence that there had been cyclone OF great Sc
verify and that il detected Ill It's course AFTER
passing Cape Hatteras, and made It's way aicng the
Cult stream and Will probably endeaVor 70 90 us
worst on the Banks OF Newfoundland within the
next twenty -four hours. Early IN the morning tne
marine dispatches OF the Associated Press INDICATED
the force Of the wind Baltimore at seven miles an
hour; at Philadelphia, eleven miles an houI
hour and Sandy Hook twenty-five miles an h0ur.
Ii was quite evident, therefore. that the cyclone
had turned its course from the Atiantlc coast 10
give vessels III the Gulf Stream and on the Banks
Ille experience. There are number OF vessels
now due at this port, but only few OF them are
overdue which is attributed to the fact that they
have had to face the bad weather. The western
Texas of MalloTy's Line, from Galveston ana Key
West, which was due here on Thursday morning,
did not arrive until last night. Tho COLORADO OF
the same line, which was due last night was MY
hours behind tine from Galveston TO Key west.
I ne heavy clouds which overhung the city last
nigh; threatened rain, and IT Is DeleNeu th3t IN
settled weather Will prevail for two or three days
A CHECK RAISED FROM $40 TO $500.
Another successful case of check-raising has been
made public, by which the American LAchange
National Bank of this city PAID out $o,oUo on
draft or bill of exchange which was raised from
El5 The American Exchange National Bank has
brought SUIT i'll the Supreme Court against the
German National Bank of Denver to recover the
IS 500 and has obtained an attachment from Judge
DumOnt Clarke, the cashier OF the Alnencan tx
change National Bank, alleges upon information
aud belief that on or about August at St Joseph,
Mo the Bank OF st. Joseph by It's president made
a certain draft or bill OF exchange dated that DAY,
and directed the American Exchange NATIONAL BANK
10 pay to the order OF Thomas " aTner the sum OF
Sl5 that the Bank OF ST. Joseph delivered the Dill
OF exchange to Warner or some other person uli-
known and that the bill OF exchange was raised
from S15 to $500, and thus raised IL was DENY
cred By persons unknown TO the deDOlent 10 the
German National Bank OF Denver; that the latter
thereafter transmitted il 10 New1Ork and directed
fine American Exchange National Bank &c pay the
suin OF $500 10 the order OF the Metropolitan
National bauk that on or about August 10 lne
American Exchange National Bank paid the $4,000
10 the Metropolitan National Bank, which reunited
10 the German National Bauk OF Denver $S,4oo III
excess OF the sum which the German National Bank
entitled 10 receive from II, ana ti'e excess was
paid by the American Exchange National Bank IN
ignorance of the fact that the bill OF exchange had
been altered after its delivery by the Bank OF 81.
Joseph The German National Bank OF Denver has
refused TO pay back the amount Ill question: and the
action has been brought TO compel IL TO return 1t.
4 SCHOONER SUNK IN THE BAY.
On Thursday night as the schooner MananticO
was proceeding down the bay on her way TO Phlla-
deiphIa Captain ID. Culium III command, she struck
the wreck OF the steamer Nankln III the S"aSh
Channel, dong so much damage to the schooners
hull that she began to fill Captain Cullun headed
ins vessel for the Government wharf at Sandy
Hook but before reaching 1t tine schooner sank III
thlrty-tYe feet of water The small boat was
launched but before the line could be cast adrltt,
The schooner went down, carrying the boat with
her and throwing Captain CuiIum and his four
sailors into the water. The captain ana MS men
caught pieces of the vessel TO float upon. About an
uour afterward Captain Cullum ana AQnlph JonD-
sou, o seaInau, were picked up by the schooner
Elliot b. Church, which lying near by at
HaDHTlQEg another