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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-15
A TRICKY FINANCIER.
The Record Of Herbert Allen, a
Fast Young Englishman.
HIS NEGOTIATIONS IN SEATTLE.
A Rapid Young Man who TALKED Of
Fork for False PPeeensos.

Herbert Allen, the Brighton, England.
6nancier. who Was arrested in New York
city last Wednesday on the charge of OBJ
tanning 81 500 under false pretenses from
DR.. B. Lyons. of Des Moines, Ia, has Wis
tied Seattle twice within the past three
years and remained here several weeks
each time. He entered into negotiations
with Crawford & Conover. and also with
the elise Investment Company for the
purpose OF organizing . company IN Eng
land TO invest in Seattle and vicinity.
His scheme involved the advance OF sew
eral hundred pounds for preliminary ex-
penses. He finally induced the younger
elise to visit England with him, where he
spent several months and several thousand
dollars. but nothing ever came of II.
Allen proposed to organize small"
company with 81, 5O0. 900 to $500, 900 of
English capital for investment in this re-
gion. with several titled Englishmen as
directors, with the expectation that "ulti-
mately the company would grow into
something big" Crawford & Conover had
Allen looked up by r. G. Dun & Co. by
cable, and the report received did not in
dictate that Allen had the ability to in
fuence English capital in any considera-
bic amount. Allen was a good looking
young fellow of 80, dressed in the best
fashion and in good taste, except that he
showed too prominent penchant for
large diamonds. He was good talker
and created a favorable impression. His
card bore the address: III. +. Allen, st.
Adams. Portsiade, Brighton. England"
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Jenkins. a. shot IN the abdomen. eannos
live: Maggie Moore, Il, shot in the arm
and both legs. wsII recover. Thomas Aoofes
80. shot ia both isga viii recover
De Camp. Mccosnesl and King, con-
vfeted =. Ogden. Utah. Of attempted train
vrecksnr during the A. z Q. strike. we're
ssntenced 10 Imprisonment a. foisoss.
King. four years; De Camp and Mc1on-
nell, twelve years each In the oia0 psa''
Tertiary.
KID Gleason. Of the Baltimore baseball
r,na snd Johnny Murphy, the light
weight. we're arrested % Baltimore satur-
dav night for assauIsing and beating
Policeman Lesry. Mcmahon. Baitinorsb
crack pitcher, was In the ecrape, oos 20
far has el1ded arrest.
The strikers Who wrecked Grand Trunk
train 1t Battle Greek, Mich. on the morn
ing Of July 10. killing Fireman Grow and
infnring about twenty persons: have al
last been arrested. Stanisy knowses,
John Bodwig, George w. Johnson and r.
n. Jswett are In conhnement
Edmund Crrttendsn. grandson Of the
great Kentuckian. J. J. Crittenden, - In
5ail at Frankfort, KY, charged Win nav
ing taken money from the mail white en-
gagged as letter carrier in the Frankfort
possofacs. Senator Lindsay will make an
appess to President Cleveland 70 pardon
Critsenden, owing to bis sxtreas youth.
Hosea L. Stone and Virgin Noon. young
farmers, attended q country dance near
wsco, Tex, and became involved In dis
pute Moon accused Stone OF misrepre-
senting him TO woman to whom ootn
we're paying attentions. Tho men with
drew 10 lane and engaged In . duel with
kaives. Moon vas cut and stabbed several
times. and died soon asterward. Stone,
badly wounded, made his escape.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-15
The Port orchard Dock.

WAsHrseros CrTY, Oct. 1.-THE annual
report OF Commodore E o. Matthews to
the secretary of the navy upon naval
yards and docks. estimates the expendi-
lures for the next fiscal year At IL SCI 80,
which is reduction of the estimates sub
m.tted by the commandants OF the yards
Of 50. 646, So The heaviest cut in these
estimates is the item Of improvements,
which Is reduced from S.. 221, ZIP to s., 044.-
sos. The item for general maintenance Is
cut $751;. coo. and that for repairs $500.
The leading features of the report is the
suggestion by the chief Of the urgent
need of at least four dry docks, TO be
located at League island, Pa, Boston,
Norfolk and Mare island. CAL At the
Puget sound station, dredging. offices,
quarters for men aud officers. and event.
ualiy shops and wharyes will be
needed, but no estimate is given. In
describing the work done during the past
year Commodore Matthews says that it
has been only by the most rigid economy
that appropriations for maintenance OF
these yards have been made to hold out.
The Puget sound dock is progressing
rapidly, and will probably be completed
much ahead of time.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-15
INCONSISTENCY OF roruLIsrs,

Rauand erfnx school Funds for Ere<n-
alive farnitars In . Pear Rsildlng.
The citizens Of school district No. II. In
GLIDING Christorhsr. are indignant 81 the
action of the fopaliss board OF school di.
rrctors, Cove. Riding and Msrrs6sla. in
sauanderins 500 for modern seats TO be
placed in an old school building. Cove is
said 10 be a rshld ropulis,. who has AWAY.
been preaching reform and economy. apa.
a. he il considered the prime mover in
wasting the funds. the taxpayers condemn
his course a. the heisht O. incoaslsicnev.
well-known resident OF the county Ia,
the following 20 say;
ssThs schoolhousc is situated almost az
the extreme south end Of the district and
Is sa old building. The board has entered
into contract with the agents ~ = school
supplY tFm to furnish nss set 81 desks
of modern tyre. to cost ahsoae siQA Ii Is
intended 10 pay for these items oas 81 the
geaeFai saad for educational purposes
o0iy. Ry their action they propose thai
the taxpayers uf this ecuntF. through TIE
tsxataoa already distributed IN the fogta Of
their appropriation. shsls eontFiboss to the
furnishing 81 aew aud luxurious accom-
modailons instead oi lexying = specssl TAX
for the pasposs. Cove. VI. Il. Maddox
aud Wlllista Naehrsne. al Of them fepa~
uglsss, have heea foremost IN denoanctng
the expsSdltWrs o. county funds, yet Cove
il one Of the dtreStors Instrumental in
closing the late contract. practically
throwing sioo q tas eo9nty's monty 70 The
wln1a.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-15
Marine Disasters.

PENSACOLA, Fla. Oct. 1.-The bark John
Ludwig. which sailed from here with a
cargo of lumber. was picked up last night
about fifteen miles off the bar and towed
in by the tug Marsh. The bark was caught
in the storm thirteen miles south of the
bar. Her masts were broken off and car
ried away and her bulwarks stove in.
The crew was dashed to the rails
but the waves broke the ropes
which held the mate and he was swept
away and lost. Much anxiety is felt here
about the steamship Scythian. Capt. Ham,
ilton. of the Short Coal Company fleet.
She left Tampico on October IL with a
large coal barge. the Alhambra. in tow.
and has now been several days overdue.
No tidings have been received of the vessel
since the storm.
ALPESA, Mich. Oct. 14-One of the
worst gales of the season has prevailed
here since last night. The wind blew
sixty miles an hour from the north, and
the bay is full of boats.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-15
AN ALLEGED "HOLD Up"
Alfred BrunelPs Experience on the
Water Front. a. Related by Himself.

Water Front. a. Related by Himself.
Alfred Brunell, seaier, who lives at
Port Townsend, but who comes to this
city to have good time, walked into the
police station yesterday morning about
4:30 O'Clock and without a wink of his
eye said that he had been held up on West
street in North Seattle at 80 O'Clock in
the morning by three men, and robbed OF
So. One OF the men had a shotgun, the
second club, and the third nothing.
They were high-toned robbers, for Mr..
Brunell's watch and chain and scarf pin
did not tempt them. His story is 30 re-
markable that 1t bears repeating. He
went to a private "dance" On West street,
but did not know who gave the ''dance"
or where it was held. About l:3o O'Clock
in the morning Brunell went ont
to see friend" which he found
in saloon on Front street,
two blocks away. Then he went
to the dance" and when within half
block of it met three men. The one with
a shotgun told him to give up all he had.
Brunell thought it was a joke until bold,
bad higbwayman No. 2 got behind him
with a club. Then highwayman No. 3
slapped his (Bruneli's) pockets and took
$62 in gold and silver. After this he was
marched TO the water front. and white one
man covered him with the shotgun the
other two escaped toward tho city proper.
Then the awful man with the shotgun
made Brunell march north along the
water front until out of range. Brunell
went back to the 'dance," took his best
girl home and then reported the affair to
the police. He says he had no trouble at s
o'clock in the morning getting 500
from Mr.. Morgan, manager Of the
Union Tee Company. and could get
more from other places If he had
to. Brunell's description of his robbers is
as follows: Two large, one small" The
police have not caught them.
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The wild Cranberri...

Hartford Correspondence snohomish Tribune
The people in this section are laying in q
full store of cranberries. They came from
Dubuque station, Machlas and the sur
rounding country. yet there seems TO be
enough for all. We have often heard how
the wild cranberries grew. but could hardly
realize the truth of the story until this fall,
and most enjoyable trip il proved to be-
Not far from Lake Stevens--aimost on its
banks-is the cranberry marsh, beautiful
little lake in its midst. The vines grow
thick all over the ground, being imbedded
in layer Of sphagum, or what is CON-
monty called cranberry moss. On bright
day the moss is dry and forms the softest
of carpets on which the pickers kneei
while filing their pals with this magniii-
cent fruit. The cranberry vine is exceed
ingly small aud delicate, with leaves not
half an inch long. and very narrow. The
berries this year are very large and fine.
equal to any of the tame berries. The
only wonder is how they hang on such
small vines, and that In such profusion.
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wa.h,ax,eu Land once Decisions.

wssutSsroS CRY, Oct. a-The secre-
sary of the anterior has taken action and
rendered decisions ia the following land
appeals from the state Of Washington:
William Ssekly appealed from the de-
cision Of the general land office ia a case
concerning land In the Olympia district.
bat the land commissioners decision Vas
sustained.
The Northern Pacific railroad VS.. s.
Joseph Roman Catholic Mission. eou-
corning land in the Yakima aissriet-Tha
former appealed from the land commits
sionerfS decision. The secretary ordered
the Office to ascertain whether the land
was occupied by ~ 1oseph's Mission on
March 2 lsSS and a survey 10 be made.
Charles Bliss vs. J. H. Msgier~The former
applied TO make n homestead entry IN the
Vancouver district, and Miller made cue
At the same time. Both were rejected be-
cause OF coaaist with an indemnity school
selection.
John 4. HARDY vs. William O. Stuart
The latter appealed fram asc4sson in
Har,iy's favor concerning land in the
WsaveFvil.e district bat the decision y As
sustained.
The to4naeg appealed fronz the decision
% the land comm sSsloneg 10 regard to land
ia tue seattle district. The dec&Si0n =
sustained. and lirelsf IS permitted - make
homestead entry Of The disputed tract.
William +. Richardson Va Levi n.
SwisGsr, regarding timber cash entry
contest IN seattle district The decision
q tie general land otnee Was sastaiaea
froa the appeal Il the former.
R2lpa 4. tsigl srpsAlea from the decision
81 Ens generAl land oitiee ia regard Ia GER
tain umber Gaaa in abe Olympia district
TIE decision Of The commissioner sAs
affirmed
Joseph III. Dawes appealed from the de-
esssoa VI tie Land commissioner ia REGARD
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The gay young couples took rooms.
according 20 the story. at the Brook
lyn. on Second street. nice
quiet place with . side entrance. They
enjoyed themselves, bat as Mr.. Msnion
came TO the city 10 find his daughters
there was breakup Mrs o. Brien stayed
in the city and. according TO her mother.
has been carrying on" Kate. Plumiey
and Peck went back to Port Townsend, but
Peck was transferred and it is said he is in
New Orleans.
Mrs. Manion says that when Plumlsy
got through with Annie he made Kate
think he loved her. 1t is not exactly
clear whether Plumley and Kate came TO
this city together from Port Townsend
last Wednesday. or whether Kate started
out to ind Peck and met Plumley. One
thing is certain, they were together in
this city that night and registered at
the Brunswick hotel on Front street as
Mr.. +. A. Munroe and wife OF Portland.
On Friday night eight or nine persons
went to the hotel and asked for this couple,
but used different names The hotel peo-
pie became suspicious and wondered what
was wrong. Then Mrs. Manion and her
son-in-law. presumably o'Brien,. came
to the city and called at the
hotel. When they asked for Piumley
and Kate, the hotel people told them
there was couple that answered the
description in No. 8, but from the number
of names applied to them he really did not
know who they were. Mrs. Manion did
not seem to be anxious to get hold of Kate,
because she said that this was her
third escapade. She did seem anxious,
however, to ind Annie, who has been
here neglecting her children After this
Mrs. Manion and her son-in-law met
Piumley on the street and lively discus
sion took place. resulting IN Piumley
making hasty escape. kate Manion left
the hotel in the afternoon at the request Of
the proprietor and Plumley has not been
back. He can have his things il he will
call. 1t was said last night that Kate had
gone to her sister Annie's home near Lake
Washington.
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.
All the coke, coal and lumber companies
in Tucker county, West Virginia, have cut
the wages of their employees 20 per cent. on
account of the passage of the new tariff
bill
Pittsburg dispatch says that all the
tin-plate plants In the country closed down
Saturday night for an indefinite period.
Two reasons are given for this action. One
Is to discourage prospective builders OF tin
plate plants. of which there are ten in
course of erection, in the United States,
while other manufacturers of tn-platc ma
chinery are eniarging their works. The
other reason is that. under Secretary Car
isles ruling, 1900, 900 pounds of tin plate
now In bond can be put on the market to-
day by paying the new tariff OF lie per
pound.
A dispatch from Pittsburg says that in
consequence of a difference regarding
wages all of the white lead factories there
were closed down on Saturday night. and
1t Is impossible to say when they viii
resume operations.
The Carnegie Steel Company. Limited.
has posted notices in the Homestead
works that on January the scale for the
ensuing year will be .'readjusted."
The Lackawanna Iron and Steel Com
pany has closed its South steel mill, at
Scranton. Pa. making 1000 men idle.
The entire plant is now closed. 1t en-
ployed, when in full operation, about
1900 hands.
One Minneapolis -four mill has been
notified that a large consignment of -four
destined for Cuba must be held back
because of the advance in the tariff from
81 to 81. so per barrel.
The Philadelphia Press says: RAILROAD
receipts. when analysed. show an improve
ment in freight when compared with q
year ago, which offsets the loss in passen-
ger traffic; but in spite of this each week
in September shows falling off from q
year ago, when the railroad situation was
nearly at its worst. Well managed roads
like the Pennsylvania show an increase In
gross and larger advance in net. but this
is not the rule"
The total number of business failures in
the United States this week Is 2l5, against
204 last week, 365 In the week q year ago.
and l9S two years ago.
The belief that sound potatoes will be
worth IS cents TO 81 bushel at the farm
before March is more pronounced in the
Middle Western states than on the Atlantic
seaboard, where competition of potatoes
from the Canadian provinces is feared,
since the new tariff reduces the duty from
D cents to the rata of Is cents. which pre-
vailed prior to October q, 1880. Canada
Can certainly spare several million bushels.
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COLONY or GERMAN FARMERS.
Preparations for Settling sinstsen Pros
p~rsus Bachelors Near Seattle.

PRESENTATIONS for settling Ninetssn Pros
porous Bachelors Near Seattle
William Abel, veteran colony locator
Of Monticello. Wis, is in the city, guest at
the Diiler. He cime here week ago and
has been making short excursions into the
adjacent country endeavoring TO locate
suitable place for q colony OF nineteen
young German farmers who desire to take
up farms and make their home
in Washington. Mr.. Abel has visited
various places along the line oil the
Great Northern railroad. and has made
. tour Of snohomish county, without.
however, finding any property which
suited him. Yesterday he was In Kifsap
county, and examined a tract near Chico.
He has not definitely decided 10 recon-
mend any particular portion OF the
country. but is very much pleased with
wenatchee and vicinity. he will return
20 Wisconsin and bring out two or three
OF the young men to pass judgment on his
selections.
Mr. Abel in early days located several
colonies In Wisconsin and Minnesota. but
he says good land in those states are not
available. The Germans whom he repre-
sents are some OF the most prosperous
farmers in the counties Of Arquet, Green
Lake, Adams and Portage, all in Wiscon-
Gin, and they are anxious to locate on
Puget sound. OF the whole number but
one il married, and each has private
capital Of from &. 800 to 5000. Said Mr..
Abel last evening:
"Back In Wisconsin farmers are not
content with less than . quarter section.
and that II what the young men repre-
sent arc figuring on out here. In this
vicinity, however. the conditions are diff
fercnt, and am Inclined to recommend
that eighty acres 10 all one man can
handle. There 10 great deal OF prepare
tory work TO do In tho way of clearing,
but this accomplished splendid farm is
enc result Over In the Eenatche conn
try the prospects are good. but irriga-
ton il necessary aud the relative
cost il great They want $40
an scre for irrigating and this
means 81, 600 . year on one farm of 100
acres. which. think, In too big drain on
one man. The farms over there. aided by
irrigation, cannot DO beaten. though.
understand that In the vicinity of Lesv-
enworth and other towns along the Great
Northern good land, unclaimed. can be
had, but this l have not thoroughly in
vestisatsd. IL II almost impossible to
find bottom land In this state, all the
choice sections being already taken. 1
will probably be in Seattle and vicinity
for week ret"
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Although the ninety days allowed the
tide land appraisers in which TO complete
their work va, up last Thursday the work
is not yet finished and probably viii not
be for month to come. The appraisers
have worked steadily and as rapidly as
possible, and will keep right at work until
their labors are finished. They do not
believe that the court will expect impos-
sibilities of them, and consequently will
not hold the plat of the lands. when
finished, illegal because not completed
within the time specified by law. Sidney,
with bur about three miles of tide lands,
and Los Angeles, with not much more.
were also allowed ninety. while the local
appraisers, with forty miles to plat. are
expected to complete their work within
the same period.
The plat of the Ballard tide lands has
abou, been finished. although there Is q
great deal OF calculating yet to do. The
pla, of Seattle harbor is now being made,
and. this finished, the appraisers will work
on that portion OF Tacoma harbor in King
county.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-15

OMAHA, Oct. H-The Columbia Distill.
ing Company, the strongest enemy of tho
whisky trust. today made public the re-
suits OF an experiment yesterday by which
they produce fair quality of spirit
from sugsr-beet molasses. The success
of the distilling is more important
from the fact that II Will
afford additional profit to the sugar manu-
fscturers and cheaper the manufacture of
beet sugar. The moiasses Is drawn off into
an immense vat. In which the alkali
which has been gathered from the soil in
which tho heets have grown has been
neutralixed. To new molasses is added
about 10 per cent of alcohol. IL is
left in the vat for q short time
until the alkaii Is transformed, when the
process OF fermen tation begins. and 1t Is
then pumped into one of the large fer
menting watts, where II lies for more than
twelve hours. until the process of fermen-
tation is complete. The process was
never tried before in this country, though
IL has been used In Europe. The trust
people claim that ii is not cheaper than
the old process and is of little conse-
quence.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1894-10-15

Scandinavian day at the Interstate fair.
October Is, promises to be a big event
The Scandinavians of this county have
made preparations for the day, and at
meeting held last evening in the Swedish
club rooms the following committees from
the several Scandinavian societies were
appointed to aid in making the day sue
cess: From the literary society. Messrs.
Void and Welde Swedish Club. Messrs. Sea-
berg. Stenstrom and Rosleaf; Norwegian
Workingmen's Society. O. b. lverson.
Thuland and Chris Hansen; Norwegian
Singing Society, Dahl, Book and Haleu:
Baltic lodge. Eggsn. Hovig. F. Iversen.
Otto Rosleaf was made permanent chair
man and Tn. Petersen permanent secre-
tsry. Fred Biomberg. editor of the
WASHINGTON Posten, was elected an honor
ary member of the joint committee.
Steamers have been chartered by the
Scsndinavians of Whatcom, Stanwood.
Everett and other Sound points and the
attendance at the fair will no doubt be
great.
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TO land in sse olympia district The de-
cisEon vas sustained
Byron AIbro vs. John L. freec-ine APP
zeal of Alhre was rejected and Freed PER
fni.sed TO make entry of land in sae oiym-
pia district
Northern Pacific railroad vs.. Irwin z.
Chase. concerning land In Vancouver
districr-The railroad appealed and the
der;sion 81 the land commissioners Was
modified
Northern Pacific railroad W. Edmund
Wallberg land In the ater-
VILE district The plaintiff Appealed, oot
the claim was rejected. Albert iiiians
and Jones Hnnson-Concerning land in
the Vancouver district Both applied for
. homestead entry, which Was denied.
They then appealed from the decision. bus
the decision was sustained. !.
j. l. ConneIly-Concerning timber iano
in the Olympia district Connolly appealed
from the decision OF the general land once,
but the decision was sustained.