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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-09-29
BOSTON AND ALBANY AFFAIRS.
Compromise Agreed Upon In the Election
of n board of Directors.

BosToN, Sept IS, A compromise was
reached at the meeting 10 day between the CON
nc,ing parties in tho Bos ton and Albany Rail
road contest Three members Of the Protective
Committees hoard are 10 he added 10 tho new
board OF directors. which will be composed OF
thirteen members and the call for a stock
vote has been Withdrawn. so that the old
board Of directors with the exception Of director
A, c Hong hton who has withdrawn temporarily,
will compose the new board the other two names
being chosen 10 MI the vacancies caused by the
death OF directors G.lleu and Cummings The
representatives. OF III. Protective Committee on
tho new hoard will he Aug ustus C. Bullock Of
Worcester Richard Olney Of Boston and Eben
S Draper OF Hopedne
D. Members oi the old board OF directors say that
the compromise was effected without any over
lures b,ing made by the party in power and
that the result was due TO a change Of heart on
the part OF the stockholders Protective Commit
Tee One OF the directors, f, G. Davis, OF Wor-
CeIier. said:
The old board has emerged from tho contest
stronger han ever. We hayr not. nor do We
intend 10 pres mt any modified lease The Pro
tectve Committee Tcalizel that whethn tho
leNSe was killed or not without the services OF
President Bliss they could accomplish nothing,
and that in order to assure his retention they
agreed 10 the compromise We retain control OF
the board with out OF Is members'
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cUBAs CUSTOMS SERVICE.
The Charge That II IL MonopoIizsd By
Americana Shown to BE Untrue.

WASHINGTON. Sept 27.-Maior Tasker Bliss.
Collector OF Customs Of Cuba. has transmitted
to the War Department statement showing
the employment OF Americans In this Cuban
Customs Service. The statement was prepared
in reply to newspaper article which gave tho
impression that the Customs Service OF Cuba
was monopollzed by Americans. Major Bliss
says that ut FIVE ports out OF sixteen thore
are no Americans EN- poyed except the Amerl-
can army offloer. who Is acting "a Collector.
and at two OF these ports oven the Collector 10
o native Cuban. He says that those who crlti-
else the employment OF Americans in tho Gus
toms Service In Cuba should remember that
the problem on tho LIST OF January was the
creation Of a service modelled on the lines OF
the Custom Service OF tho United States. To
make any change from the old system TO the
new there had to be employed a certain proper
tlon OF men mere or less familiar with the
methods proposed to DO introduced. In proper
ton as tho change is successfully compile the
number OF Americans can no reduced. and al;
reduction. especially at Havana.
Accompanying the abatement is a table show
ing the mum Der OF Americans and natives en-
ployed at each OF the ports OF Cuba. 1t is us
follpua.
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ALAsKA's SEVERE EARTHQUAKE
Party of Engineers from Dissnebnntment
Bay BrinGa Dntnila Of tho Dnnhnne.

ivy hEthRb bothtih OF tHO DHhHHSs
SEATTLE, Wash. Sept 2s-John p. Fults.
aiming engineer who has been In southeast
ern Alaska prospecting for platinum arrived
here to-day on the revenue cutter MoCulloch.
on which he and his party were ompelled to
seek transportation. having lost their camping
outfit and boats by the earthquake and tidal
wave. Fults Gays he discovered the largest de-
posts OF alluvial platinum In the world outside
OF the Urnl Mountains. Telling the story OF
the earthquake. he said:
We were near the centre OF the distur bance
and 1t is believed that some volcano had
broken into activity. For two months prior to
the disturbances we had observed what
appeared to be smoke ascending from a
mountain that appeared to us across the third
peak of Mount Logan. whether 1t was really
smoke. we were never fully able to ascertain.
but thatis what we called 1t. report came In
from the west before we left that the summit
OF Mt. st. Elias had disappeared but OF this we
know nothing. Wo believe time will demon
strats That some Alaskan volcano on that part
OF the coast has broken out and that the dis
turbances were precursors Of IT,"
He and his party were on Daenchantment
Bay sixty miles from Yakutat. In tho direction
OF Mount st. Elias. when the terrible shocks
came. The men in the party lost every
thing they possessed. not even having time to
pick up hats as they ran for the opening tents.
provisions. stoves. implements. rifles and
everything was swallowed up by waters that
rolled over the land whom the commissions
came. lake above the broke from its bed
and flood OF waters was sent pour
ing into tho bay while almost sim
ultaneously a tidal wave twenty feet high
camo in from the sea and swept every
thing loose back over the hills. Hubbard
glacier. monster river OF ice. five miles across
its face and 1900 to 1000 feet thick. broke
loose and ran half mile out into Disenchant-
ment Bay. whore 1t crushed itself to
pieces. Out Of three or four tents pitched along
Disenchantment Bay. not one was left and out
OF all provisions. only half sack OF corn meal
was over found again.
On this and on dead salmon. trout md other
fish thrown upon the beach. the men, eight In
ALL managed to live for five days. while max
ing their tedious way sixty miles to Mission
Station Of Yakutat. The party arrived there
bareheaded and bereft OF everything except
what they had on their backs at the time OF
the earthquake.
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M,CUE WINS ON POINTS.
Defeats Joe Cain in twenty-five Rounds at
the Broadway A.C.

Marty McCue. the local featherwelght, out
pointed Joe Cain OF Brooklyn. in twenty-five
round bout Mt tho Broadway A. G. last night
McCue could not hit hard enough to score
knock out. although he reached the point OF
tho jaw in a majority Of the rounds. The at
tendance was small
Tommy Sullivan OF Brooklyn met Low
Myers Of New York in twenty-round pre-
liminary at l2O pounds John White was the
referee. 1t was fast fight from the start.
In tho second round Myers was 1oored
Ave times. but he revived and In the next four
rounds mixed IL holly with Sullivan. Myers
forced matters in tho seventh. eighth. ninth
and tenth rounds. although Sullivan gave
us good as he received.
Sullivan exerted him self In the eleventh
round with the result that Myers had bloody
nose and was forced to clinch during the last
minute Sullivan had the twelfth round. and
In the following round he seriously weakened
his adversary with body blows. In the
fourteenth and fifteenth rounds Sullivan
continued to put in rib ronsters. but Myers
stood up we'll and landed many effective blows
in the face. Sullivans left eye showed quite
lump. Myers braced in the sixteenth round
and put his man on tho defensive. Sullivan
hustled in the eighteenth round and in the
next round he scored clean knockout by
landing half II dozon quick jolts on the law.
The time of the round was minutes and 81
Cain and, McCue were matched at catch
sgc G Gs ass Dallas s0GS aeS
Roohe AI HrTey Tathi and " Bs Ss:dhsm
McCur in that time showed superior clever ness
the face face in the third round almost at viii Cain
stood in close and swung hard. bat most OF his
blows were, wasted as McCue's defence was too
Mccne continued to outp9Qlnto hIss opponsnt IN
aS 70 9E but th the s MsSs Cain
nSsFsa asers at p0%s o' e e5S,'
from the 'abs IN ths six Tn roand but
he landed a couple Of heavy swings on tho
reckless. Cain shed some more gore IN the
seventh round. but he was strong and willing.
Grin reached the boz body N the 2, eighth e ropnd.
Cue had clean advantage In the ninth and
tenth rounds but there was not much hard
In the eleventh round McCue Ian ed dozen
blows on the Jaw. but he had no force In his
more .smaahes and was firing at the bell He
rallied in the thirteenth round and fought
a M'uG mof OF n "H E.EG ST IN the Gna
hs, he ,oaTissp.S round but SH. il t the H;s
hos ae BELT Mecue wes
all ovor him with a steady attack. Cain re-
ceived another solid drubbing. chiefly with his
face. In, tho seventeenth round and ret
went to his corner In i1iFIy gooa tGin ,..d
In tho nineteenth round. but they did not pro-
duce the desired results McCues inability
to the crowd. there being many sleepy
men, in the boxes In >, the twenty
third round Cain was bleeding from the
mouth and loft ear. McCue then continued
his advantage to the end. although Cain made
q, strong rally In the last round. McCue got
the decision.
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BAIFOUR SEES WAR NEAR.
Says at Dundee That There Is Small Hope
of Peace.


of Peace.
Special Cabl. Despatch to TEE sux
LONDON Sept. 2S.-The freedom OF the City
OF Dundee was presented to the Right Hon.
Arthur ]. Balfour. First Lord OF the Treasury
and Government leader in the House
OF Commons to-day. In the course OF
his speech accepting the honor Mr.. Bal
four referred to the Anglo Boer dispute
and intlmated that the Government had
small hope OF peaceful solution OF the trou-
ble He declared that the British Government
had been long suffering and had displayed
great moderation. 1t had striven long. earn
esty and nscientiously to arrive at a peace
full solution. II the solution now was not
peaceful the fault would not rest with Great
Britain.
He added that he had not abandoned all
hope Of peace. but he was compelled to speak
In very different tones from what he
could have used month. even
fortnight ago. Successive Governments since
1884 had striven loyalty and patiently to man
age affairs in South Africa consistently with
the internal independence OF the Transvaa
and tho rights OF Great Britain as tho para
mount power. 1t had been N easy task.
the Transvaal had been willing to treat
English settlers as English colonists treat
ed Dutch settlers peace and racial amity
would have been secured. but the sad-
ers OF the Dutch had consistently and
without intermission pursued a Numerically
opposite policy. The point had now been
reached whom. apparently. the Dutch leaders
refused to give way where Great Britain could
not and would not give way because her In
terests in South Africa and civilization and
national honor made such a course impossible.
Mr.. Baiour repudlated the foreign suggea-
ton that the Government was actuated by a
desire to Scize the Dutch territories in South
Africa. No such wretched. pittul ambition,
he said. had ever animated any public man of
any party.
The speech throughout was enthusiastically
applauded.
Sir Edward Clarke. NJ. p. formerly Solicitor
General. addressed his constituents at Pym-
outh to-day. Sir Edward is a Conservative.
but he does not support the Governments at
titude in tho Transvaal dispute. He charac-
terized the source OF trouble in South Africa
az trivial. and declared that it in no wise Justi-
ned war. He said he sympathzed with the
Transvaal In repudiating British suzerainty.
which was never mentioned by a Minister OF
the Grown from 1894 to October. 1899
Some OF the speakers auditors dissented
from his views.
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Want tho N. Y. A. C. Membership Incre ased
to 1000.

Secretary Charles l.. Burnham Of the N. Y. A.
C. issued a call yesterday for special meet
ing OF tho club on Oct. II to take action upon
amendments to the constitution proposed with
q view OF increasing the membership. There
Ia but little doubt that the move will meet with
the favor OF the members as 1t has tho endorse
mont o, the Board OF Governors. When tho
memb ership ia filled under the new conditions
It will reach total Of 1000. At present there
are provisions for $500 resident. 800 lie. 800
non resident. 200 junior and 100 athletic men,
bers. At tho time tho new clubhouse was
erected 1t was thought that number was all
that could be comfortably accom- odated, but
eighteen months experience has shown thu
Board OF Governors that many more can DO
well cared for without overtaXnR the re-
sources OF the different departments.
Another proposed change IL to ho made with
the object OF retaining thu life mem bership at
its standard It is to 10 stipulated that tho
cost Of such membership be increased from
$500 TO $500. Resident mem hers who have
paid their initiation fee Of 800 will receive
hrst chance OF taking the lie membership By
payment OF an additional 5000.
President Thomas J.. Watson said yesterday
that the club was In prosperous condition,
and that the proposed amendments were insti-
gated by a desire TO accommodate the many
members who wish to bring friends into the
organization and to utilize to tho utmost the
faciities afforded by tho new clubhouse. The
initiation fees ot 200 mem hers will amount to
the organization will he greatly increased by
the patronage Of the additional members with
out Inconvenience TO those who now enjoy the
club privileges.
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PAN-PEEsBYTERII ALLIANCE.
Samuel O. Smith, Member of tho British
Parliament, Attacks Rltuniism.

WARRINGTON. Sept. 2S.-The council OF the
Pan Presbyterian Alliance commenced the
formal discussion OF set topics this morning
with addresses by several members on
subjects which have been assigned to them.
Samuel s. Smith.iM. p. delivered the more i'm =
portant address. his subject being the growth
OF sacerdotalism and sacramentari anism in
Great Britain. Mr.. Smith is actively opposed
to tho rtualistic movement and has attacked
1t in Parliament and out
At the opening or the session DR.. Matthews.
General Secretary OF tho Alliance. gave q
review OF the work OF the Alliance during
tho past quarter OF q century. in which he
described the growth OF the movement
toward an alliance IL not union OF all
churches holding to the Presbyterian system.
which movement has met with fnttering sue
cess. as evidenced by the presence Of such a
large number Of delegates from many differ
ent countries and from SO many different de-
nominate or branches OF the Presbyterian
church.
Prof. G. B. strickler OF Richmond read an
interesting paper on the scrip:ura authority
for the Presbyterian system. in which he held
that the Scriptures supported the system OF
presbyters elders and deacons.
He was followed by MI Smith. on tho growth
OF tho ritualistic movement lie dspIorcd the
existence Of the established church, and
especially the movement among the clergy
maintenance OF a confessional and othe. insti-
tons. which he regarded as apPenlsGes of n
revolted. He concluded by presenting \
resolution to the eject that tho AZ.
sacramentary forms Of worship. and and
urged all reformed churches to take Il
ton Of q delegate the word sacrnmcntnran
was substituted for sacramentary and the reso-
ness. it will come before the counsel later for
discussion.
A messSI,~ OF greeting from the International
Union o! CONGREGATIONAL Churches, now in sos
sion In Boston, was received announcing the
appointment Of delegate to present the good
was made for the reception OF tho delegates
and an hour will be appointed for listening to
The, afternoon session was devoted to
ONCE bearers, in the Presbyterian and
duties o. the minister and ND the ;" deacon con
Eers read by the Rev pr Ross q New Castle Rss
burSsh. Scotland The Kew. sN Dr. +. Y PressTy
q Due West. .. G.. was to have read paper on
the elders but was absent. Discussion under
On the question Of having deaconesses. the
favored the deaconesses while others thought
the Church was better OF without them
saG
elors. As for himself he was married
and saw no, reason for having deacon
other minister replied that he knew
the minister who most earnestly advocated
the presence OF dsaconesses and knew he was
married. and it was because OF his happy home
lie that he saw the great advantages OF having
At the evening session addresses wore deliv-
cred by the Rev. PRINCIPAL Salmond:, d. D OF
Aberdeen. SCOTLAND, on "Calyinistic Forces on
DR.. W. H. Roberts. on The United States"
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vsstieatine alleged fraudulent army contracts.
and he has obtained such evidence against
several contractors that he will probably try to
have them sent TO Spain for trial.
Eudaldo Tnmayo. Rafael Cruz Perez and
Jose Monies. magistrates OF tho Supreme
Court have resigned. alleging that their re-
tirement is caused by the pressure OF their
private Affairs. II lie reported. however. that
the real cause Of their resignation 10 dlsa-
greement with their colleagues. who SEN
fenced q notary to three months imprison-
mont for drawing fraudulent papers.
A despatch from Union de los Reyes an
nounces the lynching by Cubnns OF q Spanish
ex-guerrilla named Diego Sanchez.
The strike hero has completely collapsed.
The mon have all returned to work. The labor
leaders who were arrested have been released.
they having signed promise to abandon agi-
tation hereafter.
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DOMINION LINER Ashore
The Scotsman Stranded on Belle Isle-An
the PasHenGers Safe.

'he asSehSers ohte.
MONTREAL. Que. Sept. 2s-The Dominion
Liner Scotsman has gone ashore of the const
OF Belle Isle The news was first received here
In the following despatch from Heath Point:
Steamship Montefort. inward. 8 A. NJ. sig
nailed: Have two hundred and fifty people on
board Scotsman ashore at Belle Isle"
A later telegram received by tho Dominion
Line confirms the fact that tho ship Ia ashore,
but 1t indicates that she Is not likely to be a
complete wreck The telegram was sent by
the Captain. and said On a ledge five miles
east OF Belle Isle Light in an upright position.
but vessel has water in hor hold Expect to get
her afoat again. Working now with that OBJ.
ject in view. Send assistance Immediately.
Passengers are all safe"
This. the Montreal agents think. indicates
that the Captain is quito satisfied that it is safe
for the crew Of 100 mon to stay on board. and
that the entir" number OF passengers. 259. are
on the Montesort. The distance from Heath
Point TO Father Point Is }02 miles. Barring
fogs other obstacles the Moptefort will
reach Father Point early to- morrow morning.
Rmouski is but few miles distant and there
it is intended to land the Scotsman's pas
sengers Arrangements have been made by
which they will DO brought with all possible
speed to Montreal.
At present the possible loss OF the Scotsman
is mere speculation. but If she goes to pieces It
will mean loss OF notlsss than $T5000O. She
was built originally at a cost OF $500. 900. but
since she was noated $3.50. 900 extra has been
spent on Hitting her for the place she held on
the Dominion Line. L he cargo is q very val
rah'" one and was the argest which had been
loa"e for this port during the present season.
There il quite considerable portion OF it OF
more or less pershabe nature. when exposed
to water
The Scotsman sailed from Liverpool on Sept
Il for Que5ec and Montreal. She was duo last
FRIDAY.
The passengers will arrive In Montreal to-
morrow afternoon.
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Harvard and Yale May Challenge English
Uniyersities.

CAMBRIDGE. Sept. 2S.-Evnrt ]. Wendell. the
graduate adviser Of Harvard'S track athletics.
was in Cambridge this afternoon. and in COM
pany with T. f. Burke. the half-mier. watched
the football practice on Soldiers Field. Mr..
Wendell denied that his visit had anything to
do with the athletic situation.
''Wil there be a return series OF games be-
tween English and American college teams in
this country noxt spring ?" he wasaskod. We
hope very much to have return series" he
replied but no preliminaries can be entered
upon until after our dual games with Yale. |
should say that there was every prospect OF our
extending challenge to the English uniyersi-
ties and sec. now. no reason why they should
not accept" Captain Burden called n meeting
OF tho freshman football candidates tonight,
one hundred and thirty-fve men reported and
received tho usual train ing Instructions, j l..
Knox '9S Is to coach the men and will start
them In tomorrow
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SAP.iL ORDERS.
Rear Admiral Howell TO Remain on Duty
as President of tho Examining Bonrd.

WAsHINGroN. Sept. 2S At his own request.
Rear Admiral John A. Howell's orders to COM
mand the Norfolk Navy Yard have been re-
vokcd by the Navy Department and he will re-
main on duty in Washington as President OF
tho Naval Examining Board. Capt. A. s
Barker, who will become Rear Admiral on
the retirement Of Rear Admiral Fl. A. Howison.
on Oct 10. was ordered to succeed Admiral
and the Department has not found q new as
signmcnt for h. i'm. The com mand OF the Nor
folk Navy Yard will become vacant when Rear
Admiral Norman H. Farquhar succeeds Rear
Admire! sampson as the commander In chief
OF the North Atlantic naval force. The trans
fer OF flags has been POSTPONED until Oct IA in
order 10 enable Admiral Sam pson to go to Nor
ganstown. w. Va. with Cant. +. L. Chadwick OF
sword from the Stats Of Weat Virginia at that
place. Several flag officers are available for
assignment to the command OF the Norfolk
yard 1t Is reported that tho Department will
select either Rodgers or Hig gnson.
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MONEY ORDERS IN CUBA.
Only $500 Worth Will Hereafter BE Issued
In One Day to One Person.

In One Day to One Person.
WASHINGTON. Sept S.-Postmaster-G eneral
Smith received from Director Rathbone OF the
Cuban Posts to-day a letter stating that he had
complied with the wishes OF the Postmaster
General In regard to money orders Issued in
Cuba and drawn on tho United States. and
hereafter no more than five money orders
will be issued in one day to ono drawer
or ono payee. Complaint had been made
by the banks that as tho rates for
money orders were less In Havana than the
rate OF exchange, the merchants in Havana
were purchasing large quantities OF money
orders and paying their bills in this country
with them. thus denrivlnG the banks Of great
considered the complaint Just one and in
Structed Director Rathbone to remedy the
matter.
Under the new arrangement any ono in Cuba
wishing to remit money to the United States
will be able to purchase money orders to the
each, payable to the same person, in
one day. but no more. He can purchase
other orders PAYABLE to other persons or he
can come back tho next day and get 5000
worth more. payable to the same person. In
the case Of very small money order Of
fees in the United States the same rcstric-
tion holds good. but as there Is
seldom any occasion for the Issuing OF more
than $500 in money orders TO any one person
in the same day. drawn on the same person.
at these small offices the regulation has
caused no hardship.