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The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-12

CONrEssEs TO MURDER.
Pherson hit His Brother-in-Lav
With q CIub.

INDIANAPOLIS. Nov. II. 49, William
Pherson. farmer OF Johnson county a.
IN jail In Franklin, charged with murder
Pherson u II years old, and his alleged
victim. Milton Knapp. was his brother-in-
law, o. years old. Yesterday evening the
body OF Knapp was found In a hog nm
on peighbors farm and had been Ter
ribly mutiiated By the hogs. At first n
was supposed that Knapp, who was In
Arm, had fallen in the pen and me hoes
had killed him, but II was learned ,hsf
fherson had been in the neighhorhaod
The Two men being enemies suspicion
was directed to pherson. who was arrest-
eh and today confessed the murder ia
received an anonymous letter four vears
ago. saying that Anapp was Intimate
with his daughter. but Knapp denied tha
CHARGE and the matter was dropped Yes
terdsy he saw Knapp near his Mace nps
the two men quarreled PherSnn sfrs,SL
KNAPP with a club and then threw bis
body over the fence TO the hogs Aftsr
the murder he went TO HIS daurhte- ana
were wcli.t0-do. '"
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-11-12

WASHINGTON. Nov. 1.-Two cour..
be Pm b~nines. made
public By the war department. Ners
hats 90 Ramon SaptiaEa and Pahio
dc "a Cru1, both native Fiilpin0s ana
another native. also Ramon Santiago In
the nrst instance the two natives were
members OF "a band % gnerrillak Mo
seized upon two peaceful natives. robbed
spies. huns them 70 a telegraph pole ara
shot them 20 death. Ramon Santiago fhe
second. was charged with taking mart IN
the forcihle seizure az I've natives Who
were dragged from their homes AZ might
Ia the Rarfto 81 Namip.taB and who were
with one exception found mutilatcd ana
llfeiess in nearby Held, The evidence
band 81 which Santiago was a member
Death penalties 81 each case We're APP
proved and executed
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SUSPICION AROUSED.
A Cincinnati Man Nsrries I'm Close
succession

CINCINNATI. Nov. il.-t-oroner schWab
has ordered an investigation o! the rectut
death % Myrtle Tettors, - Lccklent a
rorfbern suburb. Mayor Mullen and Mar
shal steward. ~ I.ockiand. had previous
~ investigated the case and preferred
charges 10 the coroner against Lamar q
Fiwgra RANKS who married Miss W aSe-
agad Is. Miss Tettors aged Is. and Mrs
Caroline I-indley. aged q, IN close success
sion Mrs Lxudlsy was the aunt of Aisx
Wade ana the stepmotheT az Miss let
tors vvho died October ! at the house Of
Mrs Tindley when. 4 Il alleged. whisky
p-as Administered hv Blanks. After This
young wife died blanks took Miss Wade
a. MS wife Blanks was "a years old. less
than half the age Of Mrs. I4ndley. who
became infatuated with him. sold her
farm last Monday and elopsd with HlAnks
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....~s Of the Associated Press.
3 T.. Sept. 1.-THE civil
iudge Taft presiding, today
~ application, under civil
z1.sse.e az the principles OF Amer
l..ss-s ana honesty to Philippine
"a ..,,Isc session the commission
= yS.russed and made law four
s.-sstine to the needs Of these
~ a C,o10. 1852, Mexican
y the six millions surplus OF
e. .~srrency turned over by the
r. - eomnslssion September /. and
n ~ jusular treasury.
- ma without ostentation, with
!.- 's.1srnon sense and that Amer
= .'srrsry and dircctness which
4. m Den whenever and wherever
~ ~ iive members of the civil
zSs~ undertook thei first public
lzS-s action this morning. When
5z5k s1r and their attitude at this
r. 'ss111Sn become generally known
1S 2Sr.,ssed and digested by the
- I'D. they cannot fail to be
lES 5kvsUith. The commission has
~ !. <.nsideration Of the wants and
on I0EU6 6ahAC RttPAtt titt
- r1ondlng Of ofiicial action In mys-
IA rrcYscy: ths work Of the new leg
eover was honest, earnest and
~ 1Hcwed Z sure intent to do well
S.S e1rds. Successful legislation for
1870 people imperatively re-
- ~ eonditions-the first is what
~ eecond is how to do 1t: and 1t
S3un fhe second Is full as import
- 1S< nrsf. The Filipinos are sensi-
. a the way In which they are
~: ~ legislative measure, excel
4 iroIf, loses one-half OF Its efficacy
~ munulgated and administered In
i1 ~. Just what this right way
r. II NJ details people here do not
~ III today's session showed
6o vn1uable thing, namely. that
1Doen has begun operations in
"a ~.
~ opened at 10 o'clock, all i've
q the commission being present.
A Horguson acted az secretary
11los, and Mr. w. l.. Pepperman
Tho flrst bill was introduced
NYioAG It appropriated two mil
uuDdan, from the insular treasury
IkU<tI0ul anu FcpdlIs uuQeT tH6
- ~ Gen. Macarthur. of high
1 u16res throughout the islands.
~ u the bill follows:
I'll TEXT ~ BiII.
mln6slty Of the president Of tho
(otm - II enacted by the United
W 1Dplne commission. that.
~ I me sum Of two million dol
41cD. Mexican. In hereby APP
w IT Of any money in the in
1pufy. not otherwise appropriate
J. uHconded in the immediate con-
~ repair Of highways and
- ~ Philippine islands.
) The sum so appropriated
GnDendcd under the direction Of
~ governor In the construction
~ of such highways and bridges
t11gment may be most conducive
ru1,to welfare
- 4 The insuiar treasurer IA
Ntno<iDsd and directed to pay the
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SUICIDE IN FLORIDA.
Unexplained Act Of q wealthy Or
ange Planter.

ORLANDO, Fla. Nov. li.--Deputy Sher-
~ Whidden has been called to Lake How
ell to investigate the mysterious Suicide
OF George A. Hume. a wealthy orange
grower OF that settlement Hume left
his home on Friday morning In his usual
health and spirits for his orange grove
70 look after the harvesting of his fruit
He did not return TO the house at noon
or at night.
searching party revealed his hat and
vest on the ground near the lake i,iat
where neighbor keeps his rowboat The
boat. with the oars inside. was found ri
another part OF the lake with every indi-
cation OF having drlfted there. In the
vest pocket was found note, hastily
written with pencil, to his wife, telling
her where she would md some legal ma
pers. Up 70 tonight diltgent search OF the
lake failed TO ind the body.
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To Commemorate Dewey victory.

SAN FRANCISCO. Nov, ia mOnu-
ment to commemorate the victory on a...-
miral Dewey at Manila Is TO be erected In
this city. The committee 70 which the
designs offered in competition were sub
mitted has accepted that sent in by
George r. brewster. OF New York II ia a
classic dorfc column surmounted by a
winged figure Of Victory About the
square base will be reliefs illustrating the
naval battle which gave the Philippines
TO thts country
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Bo-ton-AIbany Lease.

NEW YORK. Nov. 1.-THE New York
Central directors have authorized an Is
sue Of f.5o0po bonds 70 make certain
payments provided for IN the Roston ard
Albany lease Part ~ this money ~ 10
go towards improvements. The directors
also authorized the double tracking 81
,he Harlem division between White
Plains and Mount kiscn.
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20 Indianapolis. Last Thursday morning
Mrs. lindley woke up In Indianapolis and
her pillow and Blanks was also missing.
This has caused such an official investi-
cation here as TO cause serious charges,
but the warrants will not be issued until
after Coroner Schwab reports
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Bu,s a shipping Lin~.

HAMBURG. Nov. 1.-THE Harnhurs.
American steamship Company has hoax 4 /
lines 10 Brazsi and the River Plata ~
is also negotiating for me toinf workfsss,
% the Hamburg american and the "a ~
burg South American sieamssip COM
psutFs
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JACksoNvILLE. Fla. Nov. r.-Demo-
cratic Gov.-elect William s. jennings has
been Informed that his cousin w. j.
Bryan. VIII visit him at his home. in
Brooksville, Fla. and be present al the
inauguration at Tallahassee In January.
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/ LEGISLATIVE STEPS.
v~vr or PHILIPPINE COM
-rsu Is INAUGURATED.

81. raEen Up and discussed
4 4. S.svisien Made For tho
= = ne Islands I'm the Mat
= nsaIsead Surveys, Etc.
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warrants OF the military governor for the
sum so appropriated
Section 4. This act shall take effect on
Its passage"
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"Ry authority 81 the president q tho
r-,itSss states be ID enacted BY the United
states Philippine commission that
section H. The sum 81 Ave thousand dol =
iars $500. Mexican or 50 much thereof
atea 81 any funds N the insuleT treasury
M otherwise Appropriated. for the pur-
pose Of making a survey 70 ascertain the
rrncat advantageous route for railroad
INTO the mountains OF Benguet. Island OF
Iaxon. and the probable cost thereof
"Seetton The dishursing otacer 81 the
non,nisssicn 10 authorized ana directed TO
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-19
Bank Robbers.

It strikes US that the time has come
for American States, and the General Gov
eminent as well, to pass laws furnishing
men who allow criminals 20 prey upon
money for which the former are trustees.
equally with the thieves themselves. The
Alyord case in New York was a fragrant
Illustration OF the ease with which trusted
employees with small incomes may live
me lives of millionaire sports within
stones throw of the institutions they are
robbing, without exciting the slightest
suspicion of their honesty. Comparative
" speaking. in such a vast and crowded
community, it may be feasible for
Embezzlers 10 escape detection for time.
although, even allowing for some natural
difficulties, there is positively no excuse
for lack of knowledge on the part of a
bank president or cashier, in regard TO the
character. manner OF life, or habits of
everyone OF his subordinates. What with
detective agencies, bonding companies.
snd all sorts of eognate devices, men of
Alvord's kind ought TO be impossible.
That they are rather too common for
public comfort is made apparent at fre-
quent intervals. The case of the New
part, Kentucky, German National Bank
teller, reported today. is startling re-
minder OF the fact. Here we have a clerk,
with a very modest salary. and No known
personal resources independent OF It. who
for years has been known as a race track
gambler. a no-Elnit poker player. an own
er Of fas< horses, and a record high roller
In his own provincial town, and through
put the Urge city of Cincinnati. across the
bridge over the Ohio. Suddenly some
thing wrong is found in his accounts.
His sur errors are surprised, and take him
TO task. He admits that his books nay
be a coipie of hundred out Of plumb, but
says he is quite able to make that good.
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and will take the opportunity &c 90 hunt
ing for few days while they look the
matter Up, The amount of the defaI,;a-
tioa is not found as small as the defailter
claimed. Il is now stated at nearly two
hundred Thousand dollars, and the missing
teller is reported TO be still hunting
hunting 70. China. mis- old eronies think
When bark officials anu Others who are
responsible for large sums of cash which
must be hardled by subordinates in the
course of business. show themselves as
careless as these Kentucky savings bank
officers and directors, in SAT guarding The
interests of their clients, they should tie
compelled to suffer punishment as ac-
cessories, as well as be made to meet any
deficit created by the crime It is sid
that in che Newport instance the amount
of the embezzlement viii be made good
by leading stockholders This is salts
factory as far as it goes, 1t viii save
innocent depositors from loss. The same
kind of careIessncss and stealing might
occur IN another case where directors
and stockholders would not be able to re-
store the amount stolen. Employees OF
financial Institutions are almost univer-
sally compeiIcd 10 give bonds. It might
not be bad plan TO force the highest
officers of such institutions also to give
bonds for The faithful performance of
their duty in watching the others.
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-19
Circulation Statement.
De. Hanna,s PrognoSis.

The programme which Mr. Hanna ex-
poets Congress to take up and dispose OF
during the winter session may be de-
seribed as brief and gaudy. AS we were
prepared to believe. he regards the ship
subsidy job as about the richest and, at
the same time ripest fruit On the mar
ket. it will dump millions into a dozen
pockets for twenty years, and his viii
not be buttoned up during that time
The Nicaragua Canal bill with changes
to make it a Panama, a Tehuantepec, CT
some other kind of a ditch. peThap5-Mr.
Hanna regards as certain to pass
River and Harbor bill is among the
necessities of Congressional life this
year. Constituencies have not tasted
that sort of food for long time The
Hay-Pauncefote Treaty viii be ratified,
and hauling down the flag in Alaska COM
nended. It viii be session full of in
terest, and the cheerful lobbyist viii be
handy for the new statesman to inter-
view: better loaded with arguments"
than has been the case for years. This
is TO be a winter very wealthy and wide
omen
The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-11-19
The Crisis in Chinn.

The latest news from China is to the
effect that the ENJOYS in Pekin probably
will be able to communicate the prelimina-
u peace terms, upon which they have prae-
tfcally agreed, to the Chinese commission
ers Interference from Washington in the
discussion Of these measures has been sus-
pended and Minister Conger given carte
Blanche to decide whether the terms as
finally formulated will be acceptable TO
this Government.
As far as the foreign Concert is concern
ed, there does not appear to be any seri-
Gus difficulty or friction. But the situa-
tion nevertheless is a critical enc. 1t is
not regarded as al all certain that the
Chinese Government Will accept the terms
to be demanded by the Powers, and nay
peTenptoriiy reject them. II that event
war would undoubtedly be declared By all
the States interested with the exception
Of Russia and the United States. The last
named would be the only Government OF
Importance left entirely in the cold by
refusal to cooperate with the allies in
military matters Russia might abstain
from joining in a new war against China
OF its Imperial control, and still be in
creasingiy in good condition to take ad-
Eantsge Of whatever might happen oppor-
timely Russia, firmly seated in Manchu-
ria and with sea bases at Port Arthur and
Niuchwang, could maintain strong atti-
tude Of armed observation, without commit
ting herself prematureIy to any eventual
rourse.
With the United States, 1t would be diff
ferent- This country would be distinctly
out of the swim, and in most uncomfort-
able position presently ara relatively to
Dur interests at the end of hostiIities. In
short, should there be war, and Mr.. Nc
KinIey's Administration decline TO take
part in 1t, We should probably find a En-
ropean disposition to withhold our break
fast because We had refused TO saw wood
Tor it.
In view Of the chance that the Empress
Dovager and her party may attempt re-
sistance TO the demands of the Powers, an
expedition to Singan-fu, to be undertaken
in the spring, is talked et at Pekin al
ready. If we may judge from unpleasant
reports concerning the sanitary condition
Of the Chinese Capital, that are reaching
Us daily, there viii be many an expedition
to the graveyard, before the end of the
winter. 1t is asserted that smallpox is
epidemic among the natives, who. being
forbidden to throw their domestic refuse
IN the streets. have their houses and hoy
els filled with filth; while many of them
fearing interference with funerals. are
keeping the bodies of smallpox dead con-
cealed and unburied. The Chinese ques-
ton, it will be seen, has not by any means
lost its menacing Interrogation point.
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THE SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Pennsylvania Company Said TO BE
Engaged in Deal for 1t.

Engaged in a Deal for IT.
NEW YORK. Nov ia series Of con-
ferences having in view the passing OF
the control of the Southern Railway sys-
TEN to the Pennsylvania Railroad is re-
ported to have been held last week al
the Office Of s. P. Morgan & Co, Broad
and wall Streets. Nothing has as yet
been accomplished, though the deal, IT g
is said, hinges upon the amount Of the
guaranty on the preferred stock. II IS
said that the Pennsylvania is willing 10
lease the Southern Railway for 999 years
and guarantee the holders of the pre-
ferred stock 1-2 per cent on their in
vestment, while the holders insist upon
guaranty of per cent. Reports say that
a compromise may be efec ed On basis
OF per cent.
The anxiety OF the Pennsylvania to get
control OF the Southern l. said to be
based on its ambition TO control the BIZ
luminous coal trade OF the country With
in the last two years il has taken i'm
portant steps in this direction by the
purchase of a majority interest in the
stock OF the Chesapeake and Ohio and
Norfolk and Western Railroads. two Of
the largest carriers of bituminous coal
in the United States
Il is said that the object of the recent
trip o. 4. J. CaSsatt, President OF the
Pennsylvania, to Europe, TaS 10 close
contracts in England and France for an
enormous tonnage of soft" zeal which
can be shipped profitably across the At
iantic now that the cost of mining coal
at Newcastle has been 50 greatly in
creased by the depths Of the shafts
With the control of the Southern Rail-
way would pass to the Pennsylvania the
Air Line" known officially as the Louis
Vile. Evansville and ST Louis Railway.
and the old "Monon" road. Both Of these
properties would be valuable feeders to
the Pennsylvania. with which they con-
meet at Louisville.
The Southern Railway at present Is
controlled by J. Pierpont Morgan who
has taken a great many improbable
Southern lines. reorganized and amalga-
mated them into q trunk line. which has
nov just begun to earn small pTeeent-
age on the investment. It has in late
years built up 8 big bituminOus coal
traffic, which now amounts to about p
per cent of the total freight It carries.
Capt. John T. Green, First Vice Presi-
dent of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany. denies that the company is nego-
tiating for the Southern Railway or that
there is contemplated an extensive in
crease of the PennsylvaEia's capital
stock with that object in view.
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ESCAPED A WATERsPoUT.
PeriIous Experience of Steamer on
the Oeean.
(FrOna the Philadelphia Press

The German tank steamship Bayonne,
Captain Won Hugo which arrived here yes
teTday in ballast from Genoa. at which port
she had landed cargo of refined petroleum,
had a remarkably narrow escape from de-
struction BY a mammoth wateTspout on the
morning Of October q. while in latitude
IS. 10, longitude 54-2e- The huge column Of
whirling water passed Just clear OF the YES
sci and struck terror to the hearts Of all
or board
Captain Won Hugo and his chief ofaeer
were on the bridge at the time. The weather
was hazy, but there was little wind and
the sea was smooth The ship was clipping
through the water at good eleyen-knot
speed The sun had Just risen above the
horizon but was TO q great extent Obscured
by heavy clouds.
Directly in front Of the ship there sud
denly doomed Up what appeared TO be
dark cloud. At first it created no unusual
interest, but as it seemed TO be drawing
rapidly toward the vessel the mate picked
I'D his glasses and took q careful look at
it AT once he realized what it was Il was
Z waterspout coming directly for them II
it struck the vessel it meant her total de-
stTuction
Quick as a fash the wheel was thrown
hard a-port and the vessels Prov was
brought up to the north She was still
maintaining q good eleven knots but it
was question WlelQSI SuS EOUEu N1rSAA
the course of the waterspout. Its noise,
churning up the water. was plainly au-
dibIe. Nearer and nearer ii came. gather
ing force with every revolution.
Finally the waterspout was within full
view, sucking hundreds of tons of water
skyward The noise was deafening. For
tunately for all on board the ship, the
vhirling mass of water passed clear Of
her stern and shot to the eastward The
officers of the Bayonne say It was grand
sight to witness. The huge column Of
water seemed to reach skyward to the
clouds. with spray flying from it in all di-
Tections.
By actual count it was ten minutes
from the time the waterspout was first
sighted until it failed away over the east
eTn horizon. 1t was sighted at SIP a m.
and disappeared at 6:22 a. n 4 detailed
report of the exciting experience has
been forwarded TO the photographic De-
partment at Washington.
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TYPOS GIVE UP THEIR FARM.
The Experiment Near Bound Brook
ProNes n Failure.

NEW YORK. Nov. Typographical
Union No. has abandoned its experiment
Of trying to provide for its superannuated
members and those out OF work by giving
them employment on a farm Of 1s6 acres
near Bound Brook. y. J, on which it OBJ
tanned a lease in 1899. Its expectations
have not been realized. After the farm
had been leased about forty or fifty men
were sent down to occupy it. These were
divided into two cIases-the supeTannu-
ated printers. for whose maintenance the
union pay SO a week, and those out Of
work, who receive az allowance of $50 q
year. Everything necessary for the sue
cessful cultivation Of the soil was freely
provided together with an abundance of
live stock and roomy manor house, with
a printers widow as housekeeper. Each
man had about an acre and quarter Of
land set apart for him to work The men s
earnings were estimated at about SIS each
for their first seasons work. The prinei-
pal crop raised was potatoes