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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-14
TRIAL OF MoLlNEUx.
His Wife's Relations With barnett
Brought Into the Case.

Brought Into the Case.
NEW YORK. Dec. 13-In the trial Of
Roland b. Molineux. charged with tho
murder OF Mrs. Kate j. Adams the direct
examination of handwriting expert. Will
lam J. Kinsey, was concluded
The proceedings were enltyened by the
appearance as a witness of Robert 3. Holt.
a flour merchant. 1t was during the ex-
animation Of this witness that the name o.
the wife of Molneux was dragged into ire
trial for the first time Mr.. Holt had testi-
fed that the late Henry c. Barnett, who
died at the Knickerbocker Athletic Club
about a wear ago. was also connected with
the firm OF Holt & Co., had identified, GER
tain letters as being In the handwriting OF
the deceased, and upon cross examination
by Mr.. Weeks had testified that a lady
from out Of town had called upon him at
his Lexington avenue residence some time
in November.
The object Of this particular line Of cross
questioning evidently puzzled Assistant
District Attorney Osborne, for he fmme-
diately seized the opportunity to examine
the witness about Mrs. Molineux. Mr.. Holt
said that he had known her when she was
Blanche Chesbrough. that he had met her
several times at the Knickerbocker Athletic
Club.
In reply to Mr.. Osborne's questions the
witness testified that on one occasion he
had been in Barnett's room at the club
whea Miss Chesbrough was there. The wit
ness Barnett, Miss Cheshrough and an
other woman had been attending an enter
tainment at the club. and had visited Bar
netts room.
Barnett and Miss Chesbrough remained
in the rooms alone together. The witness
remembered that there was part OF bot
tie of champagne on the table when he
was there.
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PERFEcTING THE TREATY.
for Partition Of samoan
Islands Being Nxecuted in Wash-
in9ton By the Three Powers.

NEW YORK, Dec. IA special to the
Herald from Washington says: Arrange
ments are being perfected by Secretary
Hoiieben for the execution Of the provi-
sious Of the treaty for the partition OF
Samoa when that convention II ratified
by the senate.
When the Samoan islands finally pass
States they will be governed. 40 In the
case Of Guam, by naval officer, with
the rank Of governor. who will be fur.
nished with a flagship. and attached to
the Pacific station Ea :, The Asarsnd1 uF
RILEY, il now in the harbor OF Pago-
Pago, where coaling station Is being
established and he will probably be the
first governor of Tutuila and the adjacent
Islands Transferred to this gSve I'm ,sa
Bile Is expected in the extension OF Ameri-
can government to their islands.
1t II said that Won Holleben has taken
advantage of his calls at the state depart
the report that negotiations were on foot
for the acquisition of the Danish West
Indies by the United States. AS has been
stated nothing official has passed be-
this subject, and the German ambassador
10 understands. Germanys interest In
the matter lies. 1t is stated, in the fact
that she Is endeavoring to purchase terri
tory from Denmark.
At present Germany has not foot Of
territory in the American hemisphere.
and the islands of the West Indies. now
belonging to Denmark. would make
site for an admirable coaling station for
her navy Rather than see see the Berlin ssr,.
ed States would probably prefer to pur-
chase them, and in any event serious OBJ
lection would undoubtedly be made to
the transfer Of the territory to Germany.
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PROPOSED AsIATIC CABLE.
Senator Lodge Introduces Bill to
Subsidixe n Company.

WASHINGTON, Dec 1s-Among the
bills introduced in the senate today was
one by Mr.. Lodge to provide for tele-
graphic communication between the UNI
ted States of America, the Hawaiian ISL
ands, Guam, the Philippines, Japan and
China, and to promote commerce.
The proposed measure authorizes the
postmaster general to contract with an
American cable company for the payment
by the United States OF not exceeding
sioO COO year for twenty years for the
electrical transmission of official messages
of the United States to Honolulu, Guam,
Manila, Hongkong and some point in
Japan. The cable must be in operation
by January 1. 1908. The bill further pro-
vides for a duplicate line of cable, in
order that there shall be no interruption
of communication. The amounts received
by the cable company from the United
States shall be used only for repairs and
renewals of cables etc.
The company must at all times be ca
pable Of fulfilling its contract. or forfeit
the payments by the United States, and
IL the company fails to transmit the gov
eminent messages during a period of two
years, the governments obligation shall
cease.
After twenty years government messages
shall be transmitted at half rates forever.
In case of war, the government may take
possession of the lines and stations of
the company.
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NORTHWESTERN NEWS NOTES.

Stanley w. Smith. Of Aberdeen, raised turnip
weighing 90 pounds
The organization Of a stock exchange in Baker
City, Or is under way.
Penule on the Lower Yakima vaccinating their
cattle to prevent blackleg.
The town Of Republic Is rejoicing over its first
experience with electric lights.
colony Of thirty people is expected in Fair
haven next month from Michigan.
North Yakima claims to be more upright in Its
morals than any city on the Coast
shelton boasts Of the presence Of a man from the
woods who eats two dozen eggs at a sitting
Smallpox has broken out among the Indians near
Toppish station and several Of them have died.
Loreers on the various rivers and creeks Of this
section report clear driving during the recent fresh
ets
W. s. Taylor. living near Kamilehe recently lost
Ave fine cows as result OF their eating wild pars-
pips
pinele Bros of Harvey county. Or, have dis
posed of their entire band Of sheep-about 5000
head-for $3.50 per head.
The two Of Ashcroft has a tree planting commit
tee, whose duty 1t ia to promote the planting OF
shade trees about the town.
The business men o.. Arlington have organized a
Commercial Club which will devote itself to helping
along the growth of the town.
man calling himself Lloyd has been successfully
working citizens Of snohomish with forged checks
and left before his game was discovered.
Milton Or has two cases Of smallpox but the
disease is in a mild form. and it is thought that
there Is danger Of spread Of the infection.
John Dunlap young man living waitsburg.
was knocked unconscious and severely injured in
the back of the head by runaway team Of horses.
The postoffce receipts at Whatcom for the
mouths of October and November aggregated
si,e7sL
ma has raised the prize beet this year, It is Of
table variety. measuring q inches in circumference
and weighs III pounds
Mrs. Emma @. Miles, who formerly lived at waits-
ht,ro Int 1stt n PENNSYLVANIA. 70
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MASS MEETING Is CALLED
CHARITIES AMENDMENT ADVOCATES
no RALLY SATURDAY,.
wtll Gather ~ Seattle TAsatsr 70
Voice TAeir Sentiment negarAing
Proposed changes ana the City
Counctl's Attitude Toward Them.

Printed Invitations to attend . mass
meeting OF citizens to be held ut the Seat
tie theater Saturday night, have been is
sued by the committee appointed At Tues
days meeting Of charter amendment adj
vocates held at the rooms of the Stock
Exchange The purpose Of the mass
meeting. a. stated by those IN charge OF
the proposed amendments and to voice the
sentiment OF those who believe the coun-
Gil acted in an~t1lesal manner In tabling
them Monday night.
w. ID. Wood, ex-mayor Of the city. has
been chosen to preside. Judge Wood 10
also member OF the committee which
has charge Of the programme of speeches
for the meeting. 1t IL probable that reso-
buttons viii be adopted expressing the
views of the meeting regarding the coun-
cii's action.
In the invitations to attend the meeting
sent through the mails and otherwise
distributed among citizens, the following
statements are made:
1.-TWO charter amendments were pre-
scented to the city council December 5. by
Voters. for tbs p purpose pose q vosins n them
ns "Th sps Charter provides for such presen-
s te city s Council 10 .uSt t e sa o
ication or rejection at the next general
election
This gives the council no discretion.
Its duty II prescribed and ministerial.
''Un the part OF those proposing the
complied with. But the city council has
indicated its intention not to submit these
amendments, that Is. to defy the explicit
mandate OF the charter.
Public Indignation II aroused The
character Of the proposed amendments Is
no longer the question. 1t has become a
question OF chartered rights. Of constitu-
tionai liberty, OF free government. IL. the
city council independent OF the city char
ter? If so. we have rulers instead Of rep
resentatives. and revolution IL accom-
plished.
tor rikhts'
II Is asserted by those IN charge Of the
preparations for the mass meeting that
the question Is not now one concerning
the advisability of adopting the charter
amendments proposed by the committee
of one hundred. 1t II claimed that the
sole purpose in calling the meeting for
Saturday night II to focus public senti.
ment upon the city council with view
to compelling that BODY to take the
amendments from the table and submit
them to the people next March. in al
legged accordance with the city charter.
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MURDERED IN HONDURAS.


NEW ORLEANS, Dec. 13--It was re-
ported here last night from an apparently
reliable source that two Americans Of
prominence were shot and killed last
Monday in San Pedro, Spanish Honduras.
the same inland town where Frank Pears
was murdered. The. killing, as reported.
was of particularly aggravated type.
As the story reached this city, Capt. Jack
Imboden and william Gold were in their
room at San Pedro. when a native of
prominence walked up to the door and,
without the least provocation, opened
Are.
Capt Imboden was shot once and Gold
was shot three times. Both men died
within short while after the shooting.
The shooting occurred last Monday and
news of 1t was brought to this city by
the steamship Breakwater.
II there was any old trouble behind the
killing nothing could be learned Of It.
Capt. Imboden was the son Of the late
Gen. Imboden, of Virginia, who Yves a
noted Confederate leader. and who was
at one time the agricultural commissioner
OF his state. He has been a resident OF
Spanish Honduras for a number of years,
being largely interested in mining. Moth
ing Is known Of Gold. What has been
done with the man who did the killing
could not be learned.
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PACIFIC SUBMARINE CABLE.
One win Probably he Built by the
Government.

NEW YORK, Dec. IA special to the
Tribune from Washington says:
The naval project for Pacific cable
connecting San Francisco, Honolulu Guam
and the Philippines gives greater promise
Of practicability than other plans suggest
ed to congress for facilitating commercial
and military communication In that ocean,
and the bill embodying its features and
authorizing its construction and mainte-
nance, which has been introduced by
Senator Hale, Is likely to become law
The only cable surveys of route across
the. Pacific have been made by the navy
ties to count the cost Of the enterprise and
its feasibility with confden. accuracy.
The army scheme for cable, to remain
always a military line, has been planned
wholly on the theoretical considerations In.
yolying mid-ocean landing place on q
coral rock frequently submerged each
year In the storm season
Tho private cable companies which have
been rivals In seeking government aid,
have made no surveys and the projects
have savored strongly of speculation at
government expense. The principal pri-
waite company asks congress to give 1t
charter and guarantee subsidy of $780,
600 annually for twenty years. During
that period 1t offers to carry government
messages free, and thereafter will charge
the government one-half commercial rates
Under this plan the government would pay
out $780, 900. and in the end the COM
pany would have the cable and could sell
1t 70 England, Germany RUSSIA or Japan.
The naval project calls for $le,000.O0
plant, including submarine lines, stations
and equipment. to be laid by regular naval
vessels and to be delivered. when complet-
ed. to the postmaster general, who will
manage, operate and maintain the service
in the same manner as the postal system,
with a single regard for the public In
terest. The Tribune, on November 10,
published the official chart of the surveys
made across the Pacific by the United
States ship Nero. with an account of the
great work performed by that vessel, and
now presents the legislative proposition
In its entirety. In explanation OF the ap-
preparation called for, it is sad by Rear
Admiral Bradford, who has had charge OF
the matter. that $1.000, 900 is estimated as
the cost of maintenance for the first year.
after which the postoff1ce department
could pay the expenses out of the re-
ceiptS,
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-12-14

NEW ORLEANS, Dec l3.-rrack heavy. Resuits:
One miie-Ben Chance won. Chickamanga second.
Range third. Time. A9a.
six frionss, heats. seilingFirst heat. Sedan won,
Jim Hoks second. Albert Vale third time. :lsa Sec
ond heat. Albert Vale won. Calico second, jim,
Hog third: time, 1874 Third heat and race run.
OF, Albert vale won, Sedan second. time 1:z5
Stesplechast. hAndicap short course-Fred Per-
kins won. Zufallis second, Brakeman third. Time.
3:lz.
six friongs, selling Merry Day won. Jims Gore
H. second Virgins third Time. l:lsa.
One mile sslling-Frank Mcconnell won, LILLIAN
Reed second, Aston third. Time, 1.H
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pin.ree calls an Extra session.

DETROIT, Mich, Dec. 13.-Goy. Pingree
today sent out call for an extra session
Of the legislature to convene Monday. De-
cember is, ito consider the submission Of
an amendment or amendments to the con-
stitution which will permit ...e enactment
of laws which will provide for the equal
taxation of all property by the assessment
of the same at it's cash value and such
other matters as shall be submitted in spe-
cial messages"
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NEW n. p. BRANCH.
Surveyors Locating n Line Down to
Snake River,

SPOKANE. Dec. ia Pullman. Wash,
special to the Spokesman-Reviews says:
THE Northern Pacific Is working quiet
ly, but industriously, locating the pro-
Penewawa creek, the Snake and the Co.
lumbia Kopp's party of engineers are
camped at the mouth of the Penewawa, on
the Snake, having completed the final SUR
1.-THE party crossed the Snake and began
a preliminary survey down the south bank
OF that stream. 1t is said the line will
cross the snake at Riparia and follow the
north bank thence to the Columbia.
Thence. it is claimed here, ii Is intended
to follow the north bank of the Columbia"
BIBLES and prayerbooks. Denny-Cor-
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GOVERNMENT RAILWAYS.
Commissioners Recommends Them in
Preference to Canal.

Preference to u Canal.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13.--The annual re-
mort of the commissioner of railways states
that tho increase of surplus assets over
liabilities for 1899 over 1893 for the 26 land
grant and bond aided roads Is si5, $50, 0sa
The report renews last years recommen-
dations for a transcontinental air line rail-
way from Kansas City to San Diego. Sim
liar routes, the commissioner adds, should
be opened between the cities of Chicago
and San Francisco. Chicago and Seattle
and Galveston and San Diego.
He says: "All of these l.nes would prob
ably not cost more than the three or four
hundred millions that will be needed for
the construction and equipment of the
Isthm.an canal. They would give us
healthful ATTITUDES that are not to be found
furnish rapid transit for all kinds of trade
and command a large portion of the vast
commerce of the world"
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sWINDLER SENT TO JAIL.
Had Been Operating ms q Pretended
Banker.

NEW YORK, Dec. 13.-Louis A. Gou-
dain. who was arrested on November q
last. was sentenced today to one year in
the penitentiary.
The specific charge against Goudain was
violation of a section of the penal code
which provides that "any person engaged
in banking In the state. now subject TO
the supervision Of the superintendent
superintendent is guilty Of a naisde-
meanor."
Goudain is said by the police to have
figured in various lottery and quick
money-making' schemes at New Orleans.
Topeka. Kan: Kansas City and other
places.
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Commissioner Herman. Of the general land office.
has Just decided important question govern
ing placer mining upon the beach OF Bering sea
of the coast Of Alaska at and near Cape Nome
The commissioner decides that tide lands in the
district Of Alaska not public lands subject 10
disposal to individuals under existing laws Of
the United States. and that the department has
no statutory authority to make CONCESSIONS to in
divduai. Of any mining rights pertaining to such
lido lands.
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abatement. II Is noticeable, local express
agents say, that packages are Of higher
value than for several years past, and
they expect as result Of prosperous
conditions that have prevailed all over
the country in 1899 that their holiday
business will be unusually heavy.
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Gov NJ. A. Otero. Of New Mexico, and Solomon
Luna, Republican national committeeman from
that territory, are route to Washington. Both
say an effort will be made to bring about the ad-
mission Of New Mexico during the present session
Of congress. and both are hopeful 1t will b ac-
complished.
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Mrs. stephen KnOwlt0n.

EVERETT, Dec 13-Postmaster vivien
received a telegram from Stephen
Knowlton, formerly of this city, now of
Chicago that his wife died there this
morning at 6 o'clock. Mr.. Knowlton has
been in Everett since the early days OF
the city They left here the first of April
for Chicago to reside.
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Half AdnIi Wins again.

BUTTE, Mont, Dec. 13.-Hali Adali "the
sultan's lion." wrestied with d. A. McM.i-
Ian tonight the conditions being that the
Turk should throw the latter three times
thirteen and sixteen minutes. and could
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prohibitionlsts in session.

CHICAGO. Dec. 13.--The national COM
mittee OF the national Prohibition party
me. in this city today to Ak the date, Sc
lect the place. and issue the call for tho
national convention OF 1900.
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I..r.an and RIack Pearl sign.

Young Peter jackson and the Black Pearl have
signed articles to box fifteen rounds before the
Hawthorne Athletic Club. December 20. Tho Pearl
is well-known pueilist This Is his hrst appear.
ance in this city.
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have done II In a. many seconds but for
disposition to give the spectators "a run
for their money"
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Rev. Samuel T. sterrett. pioneer circuit rider
OF Minnesota, and twice chaplain Of the Minnesota
legislature. is dead at bis home in Alameda. Cal,
AeaA "a SaarA
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DR.. lUKENS, the cd Reliable Specialist.

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DEATHS.


OLYMPIA, Dec 13.--Mrs. e. A. Downer.
wife of Joseph w. Downer an Oregon
pioneer of 1S47, died here today at the
residence of her daughter, Mrs. c. 8.
Reinhart, aged 70 years.
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BIBLES and prayerbooks. Denny-Cor-
,-~n Co. IA EYraA AaAnaAA
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1899-12-23
from this dairy. Milk is not popular
article of diet in Phoenix Mt present.

A VACANCY will occur In the chair
manship OF the Live Stock Sanitary
Commission the first of the year. One
trouble with the commission is that its
membership is composed Of all cattle
men. In the interest OF live stock, az
the name Of the commission indicates,
the governor might appoint some
prominent sheep raiser to I'll the
vacancy.
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1899-12-23

AT a recent editorial convention
minister arose and offered the follow
ing toast: ITO save an editor from
starvation, take his paper and pay for
1t promptly: to save him from bank
ruptcv. advertise literally in his paper;
to save him from despair, send him
every item Of news you can get hold Of:
to save him from profanity, write your
communications plainly: to save him
from mistakes, bury him, rs dead peo-
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1899-12-23

IT Is stated that President Mckinley
does not favor the idea OF sending fed
eral Office. holders as delegates to the
next national Republican convention.
It would he well to exclude ex-federal
Office holders also. However, the
presidents determination that no fed
eral office-holder shall be elected Q
delegate. will give the other fellow a
chance to be delegate.
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1899-12-23
c. M. FUNSTON, Editor.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER %, 1899.

THE Solomonville Bulletin is having
a tilt with District Attorney Wiley E.
Jones, and the Bulletin ia making it
lively for the willy district attorney.
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1899-12-23

THE citizens Of Tucson have asked
Governor N. o. Murphy to parole
Fred G.. Hughes out OF the Territorial
Prison. where he is serving sentence
imposed upon him for embezzlement.
He has been In prison for nearly two
years and has not been model pris-
oner. He is one Of the pioneers OF the
territory and up to the time OF the
trouble which caused him the loss OF
his liberty he bore good reputation.
The Coconino sun. (Flagstaff, Ariz.) 1898-1978, 1899-12-23

AT meeting Of the Republican
national committee at Washington it
was decided to hold the next national
convention in Philadelphia on June
10, 1900.