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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-09-14
BUD" vEAcH suRRENDERs.
The slayer of Farmer Morris In jail
Love Not the Tragedy,s Cause.

The Slayer of Farmer Morris In jail
Love Not the TragOdy's Cause.
LIBERTY, Mo-, Sept. IA. J. or
bud" Veach, who shot and killed C.
G. Morris in Plate county last Thurs
day just before Morris was to have
been married to Veach's old sweet
heart, Jane Jones, surrendered to
Deputy Sheriff D. C. Roberts at
Randolph this morning and IS now
In Jail here. He said that
when he was told that Norris was at
the house of Farmer Kearns he went
there to see him about reports OF
ISLANDERS of his (Veach's) mother and
sister. He called Morris and they
walked about twenty-five feet away
from the house together. Morris
said, - he went on, that he would
not take back anything he has said
but would back it up. He had pre-
viously threatened me and said he
would kill any man. woman or child
who interfered with him He started
to draw his pistol and advanced
toward me. then shot him in
self-defense- I thought I hit
him the first shot and fired twice
afterward. After the shooting 1
went on foot into the woods about
eight miles east, where 1 stayed all
night. could near the posse hunting
for me, several of the party coming
very near the place where was con-
cealed. / did not travel further than
one-ha1f mile the second night de-
termined to surrender to Deputy
Sheriff D. C. Roberts of Clay county
and started for Randolph for that
purpose. I was afraid of mob
violence If captured in Platte county.
The first person saw after
the shooting was James Thorp, who
lives between Platte and Clay coun-
ties on Line creek. who gave me q
lunch which was the first food had
since the shooting. gave Thorp my
pistol, a thrty-eight caliber, and told
him to give It to the sheriff of Platte
county which he did 2"
Veach viii rely upon the plea OF
self-defense and seems to think that
he viii be acquitted of the charge OF
murder.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-09-14
SOUTHERN LYNenINos.
GovernOrs of virginia and Georgia Holly
Denounce English Committee.

Governors of Virginia and Georgia Hotly
Denounce English Committee.
RICHMOND, Va, Sept I2.-Governor
O'Ferra1 received Sunday night the
following telegram from the New
York World:
ssTo Governor Charles T. O'Farrell:
An English committee has been sent
here to investigate and denounce
Southern lynchings. VIII you please
telegraph us what you think of the
English meddling with our affairs?''
The governors reply was as follows:
'RIcHMOND. Va, Sept. 10, 1904
Things have come to pretty pass in
this country when we are to have a
lot of English moralists sticking their
noses into our internal affairs. It is
the quintessenee of brass and impu-
dence. They had better sweep in
front of their own doors before seek
Ing to regulate us. We might as we'll
investigate English affairs in India,
her Whitechapel murders. her Jack
the Ripper's slashings. the Maybricx
trial and her alleged injustice and
cruelty to this woman. her rapacious
colonial policy in Africa. and the de-
trading effects upon the Chinese re-
quilting from her opium war.
while lynch law is to be con-
lemned and every effort has been
and will be made to suppress it in the
Eouth without the advice of those
would-be philanthropists who have
taken so much upon themselves,
lynching will surely cease when the
crime Of rape ceases. These sympa-
thetic EnyIishnen might find mis-
gionary work among the negroes of
The South in warning them against
the consequences of the forcible graf
Of l.
SAVANNAH, Ga, Sept. i2.-Governor
Northern made in part the following
reply to the New York Worlds in
uuiry as to the Southern lynching:
The people of this state are quite
kble to administer their own affairs
and they are doing it in full justice to
the negro as our laws and and our
conduct attest. We have already en-
Ilured more outside interference in
our local matters than we will sub
missively tolerate in the future. Let
these kindly disposed EngIishmen re-
turn to their own country and prevent
by law the inhuman sale of virtuous
girls to lustful men in high
places, hang all such demons as
Jack the Ripper, punish, as it
deserves, the barbarious Wholesale
daughter of negroes in Africa by
Englishmen, who go there to steal
their gold. supply the necessities to
prevent bread and labor riots and
strikes, which are wholly unknown
to the people of the South; feed and
give employment to the poor as do
the people of my section; give to the
oppressed Irishmen the rights human
ity demands, and when thew shall
have pulled the beam out of their
own eyes, they may, with better
grace, appoint themselves commit
tee to hunt for the mote that may be
in our eyes. While we have irregu-
larities at the Sonth and negroes are
some times lynched, they are never
slaughtered by wholesale as English
uen sometimes slaughter them"
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A CONSPIRACY LAID BARE.
THE WELLINGTON LYNcHINo
AFFAIR EXPOSED.
lLL THOSE IMPLICATED ARE KNOWN
Ehs Son of Sheriff McGarver Was In
vited to Take Hand, and Was Given
the Details OF the Massacre by
One OF the Men Now in jail,
but Refused to Take .
Hand In 1t.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Sept. Ii. The
whole plot of the lynching of six
alleged negro incendiaries near Mill
ington, Tenn, on the night of August
81 has been laid bare, and before
many hours elapse, every man i'm
plicated in the conspiracy will be in
Jail Robert McCarver, son of ]. A.
McCarver, sheriff of Shelby county. is
the man who exposed the conspira-
tors. He was invited before the grand
jury and told the whole story. Young
McGarver at first refused to give testi-
mony, but when given the alternative
of going to Jail for contempt of court,
pr revealing the plot, he chose the
latter
In his testimony before the grand
jury McGarver said he was invited to
participate in the massacre of the
negroes by H. n. Smith, one of the
men now in the county Jail under in
dictment for murder in the first
degree for completely in the lynching.
Smith gave McGarver the names Of
the men who would compose the mob,
and told how the negroes would be
arrested by Detective w. S. Richard
son, placed in a wagon and driven to
Big Creek Swamp, where the mob
would be in waiting.
When the invitation to assist in the
assassination was made to young Nc
Carver it was represented that his
father knew of it, and that Judge
Cooper of the criminal court was not
In the dark. These represen tations
were untrue, and were made by Smith
with the intention, if possible, of mix
ing Sheriff McGarver in the affair
through his son, so that his hands
would be tied if an investigation
should be instituted by the authori-
ties. Young McGarver declined to
Join the mob, but the lynching came
off in due time.
McGarver, the day after the lynch
ing, disclosed the details of the plot
to Joseph Theirs and Hoffman; then
the grand jury obtained it's first in
formation about the conspiracy and
the Importance of McGarver's testi-
mony.
Cox. who denied all knowledge of
the affair in his testimony before the
grand jury, was indicted for perjury.
Criminal Court Judge Cooper, after
hearing of McGarver's confession, or
dered him placed under $40, 900 bond to
insure his presence at the trial of the
lVncherS
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THE FRAZER MYSTERY.
a Statement That the missing Doctor
Was a Woman.


KANSAS CITY, Mo, Sept. 12.-John
Foley of Excelsior Springs, for over
year the friend and confident of DIR,
G. w Fraker, who had persistently
refused to answer questions concern
ing Fraker' sex, broke his long
silence to-day By making full state
ment of his relations with the missing
physician. Foley said abundant proof
had been furnished him that Fraker
IS a woman, and that the doctor had
once proposed to him to fee with him
to Europe, where they were to live
together as man and wife, saying that
by the exercise of "a little head :
work he could get plenty of money.
FoIey's disclosures are highly inn
portant to the case of the insurance
companies who are fighting the claims
for $50, 900 for the alleged drowning OF
DIR. Fraker and are entirely corrobora-
tive of the assertions made by j. n.
Courtney of Salt Lake City in his fed
era1 court deposition.
The publication of the Courtney
deposition causes many to recall DIR.
Fraker's personal appearance He
had small, tapering fingers, sloping
shoulders a mincing walk, soft
voice and the lines of female figure.
What is utter justification to everyone
is his full beard. 1t is said, however,
that even were he a woman he could
by persistent shaving have raised the
beard, and DR.. Fraker's was in no
sense a Iuxuriant one. Fraker had
an exceedingly nervous temperament
and was easily startled 1t is related
that once on seeing a mouse run
across the floor he shrielxed in wo-
mans own way. He was quite expert
at doing fancy needle work and
seemed to enjoy the general wonder
ment this Accomplishment occasioned.
After his disappearance a large
amount of fancy work was found
among his effects. He cared little Cor
the society of women, always court
ing that of young men
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FLEp FRo1s PERsEcurIoN.
Three American Merchants at BIuefeId
Forced to Hun Away.

Three American Merchants at B1uefelds
Forced to Hun Away.
NEW YORK, Sept 12.-Among the
passengers on the steamer AdiroD-
daclz, which arrived here to-day from
Port Limon, September 3. were
Charles E Brown, Benjamin F. Allen
and Henry B. Williamson, refugees
from Bluefields. They were Ameri-
can citizens engaged in business at
that port
Williamson says they have had a
very exciting time of it at Bluefields.
Having learned through friend that
an order had been issued for their ar
rest they proceeded up the river In a
small boat and remained in conceal
ment until August 80, when they
managed to get aboard the United
States cruiser MarbIehea William
son stated to Captain 0,NeiII thai he
had given no cause to the Bluehelds
authorities to warrant their arresting
him and would willingly go ashore
and stand trial providing Captain
0-NeilI would protect him This the
captain would not guarantee
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-09-14
REAR ENp COLLISION.


Bad I abroad Wreck I'm the HOOsats
Tnnnei-TyFo Killed, Three Injured.
NORTH ADAMS. Mass, Sep. 1.-THE
most horrible disaster known IN this
vicinity took place on the Fitchburg
road last evening in the Hoosaic tun-
mel. short distance east of the Cen
trail shaft. The accident was caused
by rear end collision between east
bound freight trains. and. as near as
can be ascertained. happened about
1920 p. III. 4 freight train had stopped
to repair an engine which had
broken down. and at about the same
time the west bound express train
passed through the tunnel, filing it
with smoke. A second east bound
freight train was allowed to enter
the tunnel, contrary to the rules of
the road, and the engineer being un-
able. on account of the dense smoke
left BY the passenger train. to dis
tinguish the lights from the train
from the lights on the walls of the
tunnel went into it with crash.
fearful disaster was the result,
both trains were badly wrecked. The
tunnel was blocked. and two men
killed outright and three seriously in
Surad
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-09-14
70 CoadItIoas Against cmad.-

WASHINGTON. Sept 12--Secretary
Carlisle decided today in a letter adj
dressed to the collector Of customs
at New York that the reciprocity
condition attached to the new tariff
bill TO the provision for the free adj
snission Of Inn Der did not apply to the
Dominion Of Canada because there
were no export duties on the articles
IN question when brought from Cana
da and no discriminating stumpags
duties were Imposed By the Dominicn
gegernuIeuE
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-09-14
CHINESE IN a BAD WAY.
Generals Incompetent and Food and AM
munItiOn Scarce.

munition Scarce.
SHANGHAI Sept. IL. = Advices re-
.:eiyed here from various sources say
that the Chinese army in Northern
Corcn is in a deplorable condition.
The Chinese generals are said to have
proved themselves grossly incompe-
tent and the officers of the lower
grades are discontented and disheart-
ened, while the privates are ex-
hausted and dispirited. What roads
there were in that portion of the
country a month ago have been
washed away by the floods, aand
consequently it is impossible to trans
port guns, ammunition and food
through Manchuria to Corea for the
Chinese army. Quantities of guns,
ammunition and food previously sent
southwark have been blocked in diff
ferent parts Of the country by the bad
state of the roads and food and am
munitiOn are spelling and becoming
very scarce in the Chinese army, al
though they are doing their best to
live on the country. But the country
IS poor and although the Coreans pro-
fess willingness to help the Chinese
they send in very little in the way of
supplies.
- Inc y japanese are SAID TO be main
tanning such strict blockade of the
COrean coast that not even the small
est vessel can get through. Hundreds
of Chinese soldiers are reported TO
have died of want and exposure, and
much sickness is said TO exist in their
ranks On the other hand the Japan
csc are said to be much better pre-
pared for active operations. They
have succeeded in keeping their lines
Of commission open and have urged
their forces forward until they are
now threatening the Chinese flank.
The position OF the latter, with win
ter rapidly advancing, threatens to
become untenab BILE
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-09-14
ok1anoma lrroree Deelsion.

PERRY, Ok, Sept 1s.-Much excite
ment exists here over the decision of
the supreme court of Oklahoma, an
nulling all divorces granted BY pro
bate judges since August 10. 1893.
There has been more than 100 di-
vorces granted here. Among the
number is that of William NJ. BowIes
from Octavia Bowles Of Vienna. No
Mr. Bowles is now city attorney of
Perry Under the decision many per-
sons are liable to prosecution for
bigamy. having married again
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-09-14
MISS osBoN RELEASED.
Kansas Supreme Court says That Evi
denee Is Not suficIent to Hold Her.

Kansas Supreme Court says That Evil
dence Is Not Sufficient to Hold Her.
TOPEKA. Kan, Sept 12.-The su-
preme court has ordered the release
of Miss Estella Osbon of Holton. who
has been in Jail in Topeka for several
weeks awaiting trial on the charge of
completely in the murder of Lawyer
Charles Ham bic of Holton on June IA.
A habeas corpus proceeding was insti-
tuted by Eugene Hagan and j. r.
Burton for Miss Osbon's release. The
case was tried last week and decided
yesterday. The court held that the
evidence was not sufficient to hold the
prisoner. Miss Osbon's father claimed
that Handle had wrOnged his daugh-
ter and shot him. Handles friends
charged that the girl induced her
father to do the shooting. and she
was arrested. The case created
great excitement at HoIton. Miss Os-
bon returned to her home last even
inc
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-09-14
TOO MucH wArER.
western Kansas INFLICTED with CIod
soakers aud Gully washers


sOakers aud Gully Washers
GABDEN CRY, Kan. Sept 12.-West-
ern Kansas Is groaning under
the unusual affection OF muddy
-oads and too mrch water. Heavy
rains have fallen at intervals the past
week throughout this region and the
ground is Thoroughly soaked Asa re-
suit a very largely increased acreage
of wheat viii be sown- The moisture
IN the ground-is believed to be sufi-
cient to start the crop and carry it
until spring rains set in, judging
from past experiences
GUTHRIE, Ok, Sept. liza heavy
rain fell here last night and to-day,
putting an end to the droush and
causing the temperature to fail near
" fifty degrees Six miles north Of
here at Lawrie, a c1oudburst did a
great amount OF damage, washing ont
the railroad track and carrying away
a frame church. Much other damage
IS reported further north
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-09-14
nntv On Lead Ores.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12.-The new
tariff act contained proviso that the
rate of duty under the Mckinley act
should be imposed on lead ore or lead
dross or silver ores containing lead
when imported from countries impos-
ing an export duty thereon The
treasury department., in a circular
states that Italy and Spain are the
only countries affected. japan, how
ever, is also affected by subsequent
proviso relating to the duty on pig
lead
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-09-14
MULCH scRIP ILLEGAL.

CkIahomsrs Supreme Court Declares In
valid Large Issues by Cities and COun ties
GUTHRIE, Ok, Sept 1.-THE
supreme court in decision to-day de-
clared that no city or county had the
right to make contracts or issue scrip
or bouds prior to the making of the
regular tax assessment
This makes all the scrip issued by
every city and county in Oklahoma
the first five or six months of their
existence illegal. and viii cause banks
and spectators who have bought up
such scrip to lose $3.50, 600 or more OF
dollars
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OTTAWA, Kan, Sept. 1s.-Mrs- 2. 7.
Clayton, formerly Mrs Waller, and
administrators of the estate of her
late husband, Waller, was arrested
yesterday afternoon at the instance
of her bondsmen as she was taking
the train for Chicago to join her hus-
band 1t was found she was short in
her accounts Saturday, and she was
arrested, but promised to pay up yes
terday. She did not do so and was at
the depot when arrested. the second
time. Her action is surprise to all
who know her.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-09-14

CHICAGO. Sept IA severe cleo
tricaI storm accompanied by high
winds passed over Northeastern Iowa
and Northern Illinois and Indiana
last evening Marshaltown, Clinton
and Davenport, Iowa, report consider
able damage, numerous buildings
and trees being struck by lightning
and telegraph and telephone wires
prostrated Similar reports cons
from Rochelle, Spring Valley. Bloom
Tngton, Galesburz, EIgin and other
Illinois towns and rom Colum1iA
City, Fort Wayne and South Bend
Ind In this city numerous stree Is
were hcoded
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-09-14

caEsToS. Iowa, Sept. 12.-seymouE
Wilson. editor Of the shannon CITY
sun. left here on the morning of
August II for 3 short trip to Des
McInes and since then no trace Of him
can he fonnd HIS business affairs
appear to have been in a prosperous
condition and his domestic relations
happy lie was married only a short
time ago and his wife Is Frustrated
with grief. The theory generally ac-
eep1es IS that he has been murdered
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charged win violating Postal Law

Charged With Violating Postal Laws
81. JosPPH, Mo-, Sept 12.-Mrs
Susan a. Eddy. living IN this city. was
arrested last evening on a warrant
sworn out BY Mrs Kate Godbey,
charging her with interceptIng and
opening her mail She was arraIgned
bsfore United States Commissioner
Pollock and her hearing set for this
evening. Mrs Eddy has four children
ranging from to p years. Her hus-
band IS at the Soldiers home at Leav-
,rrvzo1-fF
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-09-14
Ground % PIsces bva Trala-

PETsBgRe. Pa, Sept 12-ATrs-
Eleanor Scott 70 years old, Of Mary
vile. No. aceidently stepped from
the vestibule Of an incoming tram and
was ground 70 pieces It was her
daug bridal tonr and the party
was coming TO this CITY TO see tsle en-
cam s1IIleI1f and visit relatives.
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rem Persons KIIlsd.

BRUssEts. Sept. 1i-Ten persons
were killed and twenty persons IN
jured By the wreck Of the Paris and
Cologne express yesterday The ae-
eident happened at Apilly. aud was
eansed by a collision Of the express
train with 4 freight train which was
being shuntesi
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-09-14
RICH HAUL OF A RosBER.
A Pennsylvania Firm Loses $4,000 in
Ten Minutes.

a Iounsy LFHuIA Z AfIlA AU5os . sVtUVO III
Ten Minutes.
CLARION, Pa, Sept. 11.-Saturday
night, W. Collner & Co, general store
keepers at Petersburg, this county,
closed their store at 10 o'clock, after
putting the cash into tin boxes. The
members of the firm went to another
store just across the street, but were
not there over ten minutes. When
they returned to the store, the door
which they had locked securely was
standing wide open and the boxes
containing bonds for 500, 600, checks
and promissorv notes for IS, 600 and
over IS. 600 in cash were gone
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-09-14
Eve HuNpREp DEAD.
Death List in Pine County yEuI PrOBab.
Exceed That Number.

HINcKLEY. Mimi, Sept. I1--Five
bodies were found last night in a eel
lar on 3 hill just north of the Kettle
river, and were buried where found.
1t is believed here that the death list
will exceed 500. as something like 100
are still unaccouBted for, according
to Coroner Cowan's official statement
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1894-09-14
PHARmAcEUTIcAL BOYCOTT

VIA Not Iatrcn:ze ssanufaeturers Who
Furnish Physicians With Supplies
AsIlEvn1E. n C.. Sept 1.-The
American Pharmaceutical association
voted to boycott manufacturers who
furnish physicians with their manu-
featured products for use IN dispensing
prescriptions It Is claimed by the
tors are getting more and more into
the habit of filling their own pre-
serip6ions and dispensing etrugs from
their Offices. greatI,. to the detriment
c = the prescription business u the
d4ieg stores The resolution aathor-
izln< the boycott was the work. of
Professor SYhitRes Of Boston. and
was adopted without dissent
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Aunt Maria-I think you and EIr.
Mann ought to get along nicely TO-
gether. You know you both like the
same people sIatilda-Yes and what
is better, we hate the same people
just think what nice long talks we
shall have together
A Young married couple from Texas
we're doing Niagara falls They were
conducted under the falls BY the
Qaide- you must take care new.
for Il you let your foot slip you VIII
be lost, said the gEEiee. Jane. on
GO ahead. SAID the mar,