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The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-29
AN ARoHsIsHoP.s MANDATE.

Catholics Forbidden to Attend Weddings
or Funerals in NOH-Catholto Churches.
KINGSTON, Ont, Oct 26.-ArchbishOp
Cleary caused a sensation here yester-
day by his PRONUNCIATION Of a mandate
from the pulpitat St. Mary cathedral,
in which he said
We hereby declare, with all the authority Of
the church vested in US as archbishop Of King
stoH and your chief pastor, that any Catholic
In our metropolitan city OF diocese who snail
hereafter presume to enter any non-CatholiC
edi6cs to assist at what is termed a marriage
ceremony or a service for the dead, even
though he should not take an active part In the
performance, renders himself guilty Of mortal
sin by dishonoring the religion Of his baptism
and defying the laws Of the holy church and
giving public scandal before society and We
furthermore reserve to OUrsef alone the power
10 absOlye from this heinous sin
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-29
WILLIAM CARR ooNFEs5Es.

An Inhumau Father Without Apparent Re-
greet Tells OF Numbering His child.
KANSAS CRY, Mo-, Oct 81. With the
utmost composure and without a word
of regret or tear of remOrse William
Carr confessed to the police that he
had murdered his little daughter,
Belle. A few minutes before SIX o'clock
last night, in the presence of Chief of
Police Hayes Inspector Halpin and
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Mas
tin, Carr told in detail the story of
his unnatural crime. Cooily, aud in
q steady voice, Carr related all
the incidents of his long tramp
from Liberty, which ended at the river
bank, where the little one was hurled
into the rushing waters lie expressed
30 sorrow for the untimely end of his
offspring. He told hoYf he wound the
clothesline around the body of the in
nocent child, tied the stone to her
breast and flung the helpless babe into
the river, and in the telling of it he
displayed IS little feeling as he would
mad he been relating the details of the
drowning Ola dog When he had I'm
ished, while the listeRers were dunn
founded at the heartlessuess of the
ehild-murderer, he heaved a sigh Of re-
lief and laughed softly and sank back
IN his chair with the air of man who
had performed a necessary, but dis
agreeable, task.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-29
THE UNION PACIFIC.
Reorganization Committee Guar
entses the Governments Claim.
BOGUS CREEl INDIAN WARRANTS.
Government Omoials PuEsiod - Know o.
Whom the EOss van FaE-Eanada
Il. Tbompsoh Appointed Mar
shSi Of OkIahoms.

WASHINGTON, Oct s7.-There is no
longer any doubt that the reorganiEs-
tion committee has increased its guar
antee offer for the Union Pacific road
property to the foil amount Of the
government claim against that road
and that the government has formally
accepted IT. The government nader
these circumstances viii not oppose
the sale of the road on the date orig
inaliy fixed The reorganization CON,
mittee has agreed 10 a postponement
of the sale Of the Union Pacific.
A dispatch from St Paul stated that
the main line OF the Union Pacific VIII
be sold on Monday at Omaha. tbs
notice of a motion for postponement
which was to come up Thursday, has
been formally withdrawn and the sale
will proceed as scheduled, The sale
Of the Kansas division, by agreement,
has been postponed until December Is.
BOGUS CREEK INDIAN WARRANTS.
WASHINGTON, Oct 2L-Goyegnment
officials are at a loss TO know on whom
win fall the loss by the s9e,0OG worth
of bogus warrants on account of the
Creek Indian payments which are now
out. The government viii not lose
anything. but the money on all these
warrants has been paid out in an in
termediGry way. Whether the Creek
nation, which is said to have
paid some of the money on the war
rants, or outside parties, who are
known to have cashed at least a part
of them on a premium, as brokers for
others, will be the ones to stand the
loss, is not known. Secretary Bliss
stated yesterday thatwhiie there were
about $50 600 worth of bogus warrants
out for the Creek payment they had
not been paid. Who holds the war
rants cannot be learned, he said, but
the government would not lose a cent
Further than this the officials refuse
to talk. The warrants were on the
United States sub-treasury at ST. Louis,
and the arrangements for the pay
ments were Immediately suspended
pending the investigation.
THE OKLAHOMA MARsHALsuIr.
WASHINGTON, Oct 2L-The long
pending contest for United States
marshal of Oklahoma was settled yes
terday, after a delay of nearly eight
months, by the appointment Of Canada
H. Thompson. of Enid. His commits
sion will be sent to him at once, so
that the business Of the Office may be
placed in his hands rs soon as possible,
DIR. HUNTER ACCEPTS.
WASHINGTON, Oct 27.-Dr. Godfrey
Hunter, of Kentucky, it is understood,
has accepted the mission to Guatemala.
and will be appointed soon after the
election ia Kentucky.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-29
AWFUL CATASTROPHE.
Passenger Train on the New York Gems
Tai Leaps into the Hudson River
EWentT-Eight People Dead as the Result
Of Track Giving Eay-Tkres sieepors
Held the Track or Death List
Would Be larger

GARBIsONs, n. Y, Oct s5.-The Buff
falo ana New York special No. 4, on
the New York Central & Hudson River
road, was thrown from the track into
the Hudson river II miles below hers
just before daylight yesterday morn
ing, causing the loss Of 2s lives, The
retaining wall along the river had been
undermined by high waterin the river,
and the track eaved under the weight
OF the train. The train consisted Of
the engine, an express car, a eombina-
ton baggage and smoking car, one
day coach and six sleepers. The en-
CINE and two of the forward cars are
submerged in so feet of water. Engi-
neer Foyle andFiremanTompkins went
down with the engine. As the train
plunged over the embankment the
coupling that held the last three of the
sleepers broke, and they miraculously
remained on the broken track. In
that way some 90 lives were saved.
Of eye witnesses there were none,
except the crew Of a tugboat passing
with a tow. They saw the train with
its light as it came flashing about the
curves, and then saw the greater part
of it go into the river Some of the
cars with closed windows hoated, and
the tug, whistling for help, cast off its
hawser and started to the rescue. A
porter jumped from one of the ears
that remained on the track and ran
into the yard of Augustus Cars house,
near which the accident occurred, and
stood screaming for help and moaning;
'The train is in the river All our
passengers are drowned"
In a few minutes Carr had dressed
himself, and, getting a boat, rowed
with the porter to the scene, As they
turned a point in the bank they came
upon the express car and the combina-
ton car floating about 20 feet from
shore, but sinking every minute. One
man was taken from the top of the
car, and efforts were made to rescue
those inside. A few were gotten out
the passengers in the ears left upon
the track making a human bridge
to the shore to take the wound
ed on. The day coach and smoker
had gone down in the deeper
water and rescue was impossible. In
the latter coach the conditions mus
have been horrible. The car turned
completely over and the passenger END
Of it was deep in the water, while the
baggage end stood up toward the sur
face, The men in that lower end mus
have fought like fends for a brief
period, for the bodies, when taken out
were a mass Of wounds.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-29
PUBLIC LANDS.
ANIMAL Report Of the Commissioner of thu
General Land Office.

Annual Report Of the Commissioner OF thu
General Land Office.
WASHINGTON, Oct %. -COmmisisoner
of the General Land Office Binger Her
mann has submitted his annual report
to the secretary of the interior. Com
pared with the previous year it shows
a decrease Of 8, 29S original homestead
entries, aggregating 57S,825 acres. In
the entire disposals of public land
there was a falling off Of 5,37O, 4O6
acres. The areas sold for cash reached
40, 052 acres aud miscellaneous entries
aggregating 7,33A554 acres. The re-
ceipts from disposal of public lands
amounted to 81, 596,38O, and from the
disposal Of Indian lands, S43S, 7l6,
There were 50, OS7 agricultural patents
issued, appfoximating >, 1873, 92O acres.
There were patented or certified with
the effect of patenting for the benefit
of railroad companies, under congress
sional grants 5,1Ol,969 acres, a de-
crease of over 10, 009,OOo acres from the
previous year.
An approximate estimate of the num-
Der of acres of vacant public lands in
the several states and territories at
the close of the fiscal year is given, the
amount in Kansas being 1896 $50; in
Missouri, 497, 764; in Nebraska, 1O,669,
553, and in Oklahoma, S, l05, 23S,
The commissioner then urges fur
Their legislation to make secure the
capital invested in the reclamation OF
arid lands. lie also touches on min
ing and timber claims and wants ample
appropriations for protecting forest
reservations.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-29
EXODUS FROM MEMPHIS.
Five Hundred People Leave to Escape Ye
low FeyeF-Mondsy's Record.

Five Hundred People Leave to Escape Yell
low FeveF-Mondsy's Record.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Oct. 26-Three new
cases Of yellow fever were reported by
the board Of health last night, and
two deaths occurred from the disease.
All the cases reported are traceable to
the vicinity of the original case, in the
southern part of the city. About 500
people left town last night for north
ern points.
A New Orleans dispatch last night
said: Numerically, this has been the
worst day Of the fever situation here.
The score showed a total of 81 cases
and there were Il deaths. Heretofore
the number of deaths in a single day
has been nine. Unfortunately there
continues to be cOncealment of cases.
Fatalities occur because medical atten-
ton is not called in, and the masses
for the time being are in a revolution
airy mood because Of the enforcement
of the system Of house quarantine, and
are resorting to every means in their
power to put obstacles in the way of
the constituted authorities.
There are now so cases being treated
at Montgomery, Ala, At Biloxi, Miss,
95 cases are under treatment and the
deaths TO date number 81. Four new
cases were reported at Mobile, Ala. A
very mild but well-defned case is re-
ported from Cincinnati.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-29
PEOPLE PANIc-sTRlcKEN.

Forest Fires Ia Pennsylvania Stiil Raging
and Loss OF Property Is Great.
GREEEsBURG, Pa, Get 28.-The fire
in the mountainous region in the viein-
ity of Laurelville is still raging. The
people living along the course of the
fire are panic-strieken- On Saturday
night it was believed that the worst
had passed, and even then many thou
sand acres of timber had been burned.
A terrific wind Sunday evening start
ed the fire anew, and now the loss is
estimated at $3.50, 900. There are still
several thousands of acres Of the most
valuable timber on a line with the FIRE,
besides several houses and barns.
These, it is believed, will have 70 go.
The hillsides along both sides of the
YOughiogheDy river for a long distance
are burning.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-29
WAS IT BLOWN UP7

DepsW says the New York Central Wreck
Was Caused by Dynamite,
NEW YORK, Oct 27.-The Herald and
World quote Chauneey NJ. Depew,
president of the New York Central
railroad, as saving that the wreck at
Garrisons last Sunday was caused 10y a
dynamite explosion. Anyone VINO is
familiar with railroading," said Mr.
Depew. knows shat the continual
pounding Of trains over a roadbed has
the effect Of beating it down until it
IS like rock. That r0adbed has been
in use for 40 years, and that it was
like rock Is shown by the fact
that Immediately after the wreck
before the workmen had filed
in any, the break showed a
clean-eut perpendicular cleavage
This view was c0rroborated later by a
special engineer He examined the
engine and found That all its injuries
are what are considered superficial
among railroad men. Neither the
main nor the side rods were broken
and the pilot was practically iDtsct
showing. Superintendent Mccoy de-
clarcd, that The engine had only been
injured in rolling down the embaRk-
mcnt after it had left the track
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-29
WILDCATS FIGHT.

Express Messengers Lively Experience
with Some Animals in HIS Charge.
CHICAGO, Oct 26.-Ab0ut an hour
after an express train from Kansas
City left there Saturday night two
wildcats, which had travelled in a box
from California, began fighting in the
express car, in charge of Gambel, the
messenger. Gambel tried to quiet
them with raw beef, but they kept up
their conflict for over an hour, while
the messenger stood trembling on the
safe with drawn revolver When all
was quiet he approached the box and
found only one 50-pOund wildcat, with
a few bones and some tufts Of hair Of
the other.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-29
NEHPHlS IS SCARED.
People Leaving the City on Ac-
count OF Yellow Fever.
THE SITUATION At EEH ORLEANS.
Fifty-Nine New Cases and Seven Deaths ID
the Crescent City-Report from Little
Rock-FedeFaI Prisoners Trans-
ferFed-ToWn DePOpalatsd.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Oct. 27.-Yester-
days yellow fever record in this city
was seven new cases and no deaths.
ALI of the new cases, with q single ex-
ception, are in the southern part OF
the city, where the original case was
discovered. More than a thousand
people have left the city within the
last q hours. DR.. Thornton, president
of the board of health, in an interview
last night, said that he does not antic-
ipate an epidemic; in fact, he can see
no cause for serious alarm. A cold
wave is predicted within SO hours, and
the health officer believes that the
disease has reached its worst stage so
FAR as Memphis is concerned
THE SITUATION AT KEW ORLEANS.
New ORLEANS, Oct. 27-There were
SO new cases of yellow fever yesterday
and seven deaths. The new cases
were developed from various sections
of the city. Cases appear from where
there has never been fever before and
the doctors say that the germs are fly
ing around and that cases are not to
be restricted by municipal or geo.
graphic boundaries,
TIE REPORT FROM LITTLE ROCK.
LITTLE Rock, Ark, Oct. 27.-The
Little Rock board yesterday quaran-
tined against Bald Knob and Wynne,
Ark. At Wynne there are two cases of
suspicious fever, the patients being
children Of a refugee, a railroad man
from Memphis At Montgomery the
official report of the board of health
yesterday gives ten new cases and one
death.
FEDERAL PRISONERS TRANSFERRED.
ATLANTA, Ga, Oct. 27.-By order of
the federal authorities, all the United
States prisonorsin jail at Montgomery,
Ala, have been ordered transferred to
this city. The train bearing these
prisoners left that city yesterday
morning and got here last night.
A TOWN ALMOST DEPoPULATED.
MERIDIAN, Miss, Oct, 27.-Dr. H. S.
Gulley, state health officer, is in re-
ceipt OF telegram officially aunoun-
cling yellow fever at New Albany, Miss.
The dispatch adds that the town has
been almost depopulated.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-29
FRAUDULENT WARRANTS.


Over 100000 Said to Have Been Wrong,
fully Paid on Account Of the Creek In
dians.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-OVer 500, 600
of alleged fraudulent warrants on the
United States treasury on the account
of the Creek nation in the Indian ter
ritory have been discovered by the
government authorities. The alleged
fraud was perpetrated in connection
with the payment of the Creek Indian
nation debts and only the barest de-
tails have reached here. 1t has been
found that many old warrants to
which no consideration had ever been
attached had been renewed and paid
under the process of tribal approval
and that many new warrants had been
issued and paid in the place of the old
ones on which full payment already
has been made.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-29
scHLEGEL ACQUITTED.
d.. BergeF's Slayer Set Free by a Jury ii
the Kansas City Criminal Court.

DE-. BergeF's Slayer Set Free by a Jury In
the Kansas City Criminal Court.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct. 25.-The jury
in the case Of John Schlegel, charged
with the murder of Dr., Lyman A. Der
ger in July last, returned a verdict Of
not guilty on the ground that Schle-
gel was insane at the time of the muir
der, but adding that he had recovered
from such insanity. A. w, Steele, the
foreman of the jury, said after the YER
dict was rendered that Schlegers ac-
quittal was based largely on sen
timent Schlegers letter. which
had such a vital bearing on the
motive for the crime. was not, says
Mr., Steele, taken into consideration at
all, nor was any of the evidence
weighed or considered The reading
of the verdict was followed by a tu-
multi of cheers and scenes Of great re-
joicing, as the court room contained
at the time about 70 persons, most of
them stanch friends Of the accused,
who had been waiting since early
morning for the jury to report
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-29
WINDs 49, LIZ TlpEs.
The Storm Now Raging on the AtIant
Coast Causes Great Damage.

The Storm Now Raging on the Atlantic
Coast Causes Great Damage.
New YORK, Oct. 26.-High tides and
higher winds that drove the sea inland
have caused an immense amount Of
damage along the New Jersey and
Long Island coast during the past %
hours. Many buildings erected on the
sand at the summer resorts were
knocked to pieces and carried out to
sea, and coast line railroads have suf-
fered much loss and delay by wind
which blew at the rate of from So to 80
miles an hour When the high water
reaches its maximum, even greater
damage is expected, unless the gale
subsidies. From down the Long Island
coast the heaviest damage is reported.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-29
WILL Be POSTPONED.
Sale Of Union Pacific VIII Be Delayed On
tll After Congress Meeta.

I'll after Congress Nests.
NEW YcRK, Oct 26.-The Union Pa
eiae reorganization committee yester-
day made the following announces
ment: 'The attorney general has no
titled this committee that he proposes
to ask the court for an adjournment Of
the foreclosure sale Of the Kansas Pa
eife and Union Pacific railway proper
ty to December IS, so as to postpone
final disposition until after congress
shall have met. This action is no
doubt taken to free the administration
from embarrassment"
A Washington dispatch says: At
torney General McKenna was shown
this statement and asked if he had
notified the committee Of his inten-
lion, as stated, to which he
replied that he had. He also
said that the application would
be made to Judge SanbOrn at st. Paul
for the postponement of sale, not
of the main line only, but Of
the Kansas division lines. He fur
Their said the government had been
very attentive to the situation and
very DESTROYS to have sale open to all
bidders-one that could not be com
planned of, and for that reason desired
the postponement to enable bidders to
prepare, and had reasonable assurances
that there would be bidders other than
the reorganization committee at the
sale.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-29
BLIZZARD IN The WEST.

High Winds and snoH Suspend Railroad
Traffic and Damage Property.
CRIPPLE CRZEs. Col Oct 2I-Not IN
years has there been such a blizzard
here as that which prevails at the pres
emit time. High winds that GENE in
streaks like waves Of s typhoon are
drifting the Snow 90 that sidewalks IN
places are almost impossible. Traffic
on railroads is suspended and
telephone wires are down. Can
vons are ehoked with snow, and
it is impossible to see 100
feet on account of the binding storm.
Considerable damage 70 property has
been done. Mining operations are
seriously impeded by the storm which
has been raging 10 hours and continues
furiously with 40 sign OF abatement
soon. The weather is very cold, and
it is feared there viii be great suffer
ing among the poor
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-29
MAIL FRAUDS
The Chief Of the Post Office Inspectors Dis
cusses bis Report.

The Chief Of the Post Office Inspectors Dis
cusses bis Report.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26.-The chief Of
the post Office inspectors, George NJ.
Hanlitt, will in his forthcoming re-
port to the postmaster general give
some interesting information about
the notable eases which have been
worked up by the post office inspectors
during the year, In discussing his re-
port MIR. Hamlitt said last night:
NiIety-nine per cent Of the scOundgels en-
gagged in all kinds Of questionable enterprises
who Prey upon the public conduct their BUSH
ness through the United States mail The in
geHuity often displayed by these smooth gen
tlemen is nothing short Of marvellous They
are res0urceful prolific in ideas and fertile in
imagination, often possessing the. keenest Of
intellects, which, if employed in legitimate
channels, would gain for them enviable promf-
hence. The last year has been fruitful IL one
way that is gratifying, namely, IN crushing the
bucket shop" business ia Chicago, which is q
sort or gambling second only In Importance to
the Louisiana Lottery company Of former days
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-29
NO TROUBLE EXPECTED.

President Mckinley Looks with Much
Favor Upon Spain's Cuban Policy.
WASHINGTON, Oct. g. Developments
in Cuba within the next 80 days will
definitely determine President McKin-
ley's attitude on the Spanish question,
but he expects no trouble, The admin
istratiOn looks with much favor on
SPANS change of policy, and believes
that the ministry is sincere in its en-
deavor to bring about speedy termi-
nation Of the strife in Cuba by grant
ing substantial reforms. While not
fully advised as to SPANS reply to
Secretary Sherman's note presented by
Minister Woodford in September, its
general character is known to the au-
thorities here, and tits not anticipated
by the president that any friction will
arise between the two countries as a
result of the exchange of notes. There
is the authority of cabinet officer for
this statement
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1897-10-29
A sANKER HoRsEwHiPPEp.

The wife Of a SLOAN Springs, Ark, shoe
maker AvenEss Alleged Wrongs.
SLOAN SPRINGS. Ark. Oct, 25.-R. S.
Norris, cashier of the Bank Of Sloan
Springs and a married man, was
called from the bank II the shop Of
Ben Sapp, a shoemaker, and WIS met
by Mrs SaPp who piled a horsewhip
about his face and shoulders. Mrs.
Sapp claims that Morris went to her
house and insulted her It is known,
however, that Morris had a mortgage
on the premises and demanded pay
meHt on pain Of immediate foreclosure.
This, il is thought is the real founda-
ton Of the troubIe.
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IS THE MYsTERY soLVEof
Kane or the DEAD Ohna Found Near Kan.
saa CITY D ReHs CAR.

KABsAs CITF, No. Oct 26.-The mys-
terry of the murdered little girl whose
body was found on q sand bar in the
Missouri river has, the police believe,
been solved. The father Of the child
is under arrest in Liberty and win be
brought to Kansas City Tor safe keep
ing, The name Of the child is Belle
Carr. The fathers name is William
Carr, He is a farmer and laborer Of
Clay county. He was arrested Mon
day two miles from Liberty. BE re-
sisted arrest and had to be overPcw-
cred and handeuffed- The grand
mother of the child and two neigh
bors positively identified the clothes
Of the dead child The stepmother adj
mits her husband took the child away.