The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1903-04-03

pr cent bO-4s ~ the amount Of about
100000 ann.aa-ly IS loans TO the ten
ants The provisions Of the scheme
are % run about 20 years, until All Of
the lands Of the landlords are
purchased by the tenants.
There is enough coal Ii Routt and
Grand counties. Colorado, 10 supply
the country for 100 years, according to
the report OF three experts who have
visited the ground. The coal Is equal
to the standard OF the Pennsylvania
article and is good for cooking, max
ing steam and for coke The old pre-
dictiOn that Colorado would become 3
second PennsylTania proves true. But
the state has what Pennsylvania has
not, gold, silver, copper and other
minerals
A big scandal has developed in the
United States postal department at
Washington which promises 70 equal
/ il not excel the famous Hstsr route"
| frauds under the Grant Rdministra-
ton. Some allege that it began under
| CieTeland's administration and con-
tinued under the Mckinley admins
/ tration aud has existed tive years
under President Roosevelt. The pres
I idsnt has ordered q searching inTesti-
/ CATION under the charge Of Gen. Bris-
| tow, fourth assistant postmaster gen
eral. ring Of politicians in the de-
/ psrtment controlled contracts for sup
/ plies and collected a rake of.
The very Reverend Frederick Will
Il lam Farrar, dean Of Canterbury, died
in London last Sunday. He was y
i years OF age and had for some time
] been feeblein health from creeping par
/ alysis. His Life Of Christ is
| popularity voted as the most not
| able theological work published in
1 England during the present century.
/ Saturated with knowledge of the period
Of which be wrote, as well as guided
| by considerable personal acquaintance
with the scenery of Judea, he related
''the old, old story" with a glowing Op-
ulence and with poetic luxurisnce Of
style, impressing the whole world with
/ his narrative.
In last weeks news summary an
] error was overlooked DR.. Psrkhursi
/ is a minister in New York City, instead
Of Topeka Funston has replied TO DR.
PaTkhurst's attack in very spicy lang
uRge as follows: "By what authority
| is Parkhurst at large on this closed
incident Of Aguinaldo eruption?
/ What might has his opinion against
that Of the highest officers of the
army, as TO the laws Of war governing
stratsgem against the enemyg" This
/ reply IS pertinent and to the point
N Anyone who should tell the truth Il
an enemy and notify him Of intended
movements beforehand would be a 81
subject for the insane asylum.
The attorney general has held that
with the going into effect OF the neE
law effectiDg the liability Of abstract
ors, all the abstTactOrs in the state VII
have to file new bonds. Under the old
laws RbstractOrs were liable for dam
ages only to the persons who employed
them. As they we're usually employed
by the persons selling the land, thi
purchaser was without redress Wheri
mistake was made The new Law
makes the abstractOr liable to any per
son who IS injured by mistake in tbs
abstract. As the law extends the liza
bility of the abstractOrs they will have
to give new bonds
Admiral Dewey has stirred up the
ire of the Germans by what be IS re-
= ported to have said in recent inter
views. In the first place he remarked
that the aggregation Of d vessels OF
the American squadron maneuveriDl
I on the Caribbean sea was an Objec
lesson TO the German Emperor NOR,
than anyone else; that IL would be i'm
! possible for Germany to bring over
navy to this side of the Atlantic tina
could successfully cope with such
formidable naval force Then late
the admiral said that the United State
navy is the greatest in the world and
gave his reasons for the statement, tha
the efficiency Of the American nav
was the intelligence of the American
sailor and gunner. On the other hand
be stated that the German navy wa.
over estimated for the lack of this IN
telligenee. The idea was that sb'
American sailor, in an emergency act
on his own initiative, while the Ger
man sailor waits for orders from hi
, superior officer in the matter Of miEOl
! details. That orders IN the time o.
action are of q general character and
their timely execution depends largely
. on the intelligence of the enlisted men
The incident has stirred up the Ger
man press which scotches the sdmirs
in no complimentary terms Perhap
it would have been polite for the ad
mirsl not 20 have said these things
! but what he did say contains NOR
truth than poetry President ROOse
welt said that the battle Of Ssntisgr
was "a captains fight aud be Nigh
also have said "a gunner's fight