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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1872-03-28
the CELEBRATION.

Our State exchanges all speak in favorable
terms ofour proposed bridge celebration, and
tell US that when it cores OF large delega-
tons will visit US from all sections of the
State. Our people unanimously approve Of
the action of the City Council in making an
appropriation Tor The occasion, but generally
think the amount appropriated should have
been at least twice as much. Let cur neigh
bors come in. hoa every ,q,rarter-we shall
BE- prepared to entertain them; and let our
exchanges assist US in extending the invita-
tom n everyb,dy in the State. l5a
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a I.isale Jealous.

OMAHA, March 2l.-ln consequence Of
the hestancy of Iowa roads to ignore the
plain illegality of the Iowa Legislature pro-
hibition of he transfer of freight and passen-
gers to Nebraska roads, the Union Pacific
has temporarily leased the bridge transfer to
the highe bidder, Mr.. Geo. W. Homaner,
of this city BY this intermediate agency,
the eastern roads will evade the Iowa act,
and transfer freight and passengers across the
river to the Union Pacific and other roads
here, till the matter il permanently settled
up by the Union Pacific as set forth in its
contract with Omaha.
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THE sEw BUILDINGS ~ CHICAGO

In his criticism upcni the Secretary OF The
Treasury's estimate Of the expenditures fer
the ensuing year, Mr.!.Shernian. as Chair
man OF the EiIaece Committee, does not at
all agree. Among other things, TIE latter
thus. disroscs OF Gre Of BoutwelPs state
ments: The Secretary speaks OF Buildings
in Chicago, 81, Oo0, COO" 'Tt IS true We
may expend Si,00O,eeo ior bnildinss in
Chicago, bat our receipts have been increased
more Than twice s., oco. coo by the destruc-
ton of duty-paid goods IL Chicago, and all
the expenditures ihs; viii he incurred by
the United States in rebuilding Chicago is
more han countcrbalanced by the gain OF
duty paid goods Which must be supplied by
the importation Of others" So it will be
seen that tie government might eHlend, not
four millions, but eiga millions, for public
buildings in Chicago, and yet not spend a
cent more tLan it has gained by tie destruc-
ton of duly Paid goods through the great
Era
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CIVIL Service Reform received a death
wound in the Lower House OF Congress yes
terdsy, in the defeat of the bill appropriat-
ing fifty thousand dollars for experimental
purposes. The House regards the whole
thing as humbug. s--r a.-.
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auuNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.

Robert Bonner, is expanding this week
over hundred thousand dollars in adver-
Using one of the stories in his New York
Lodo.y. For this sum he receives only a
single insertion of his advertisement in the
several papers. Make note of th's, ye who
think you are doing 'bis Thing" when
Won invest ihousandih part III this sum IN
a whole years advertising; make note OF it
and profit by tie example. Bonner knows
what he is doing--hs has demonstrated by
experience that it pays-and the more ex-
tensiyely he ndver.ises, the more il pays.
He sells his paper for sir centsa copy, spends
= hundred thousand dollars in one week in
advertising ii, and makes princcly fortune
by the operation. "As you SOW, 50 shall
Won, ,ean
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CINCINNATI, o., March 21.-The Times
and Chronicles Fort Wayne special says the
express train due there at 3 clock this a.
m, was thrown from the track four miles
west of Fort Wayne. The accident YVES
caused by broken rail. Two baggage cars,
one express car, two coaches and a sleeping
car were burned. An express messenger
named Augherbaugh was seriously injured,
and two or three others were slightly hurt
The entire contents of the express car we're
DESTROYED The safe contained large
amount of money. Nearly all the baggage
and a par, of the through mail al-o was de
sfrOyet
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m, krrn,,akutxc ELECsroN.

rnE APrnoAcHixG ELEcsros.
Via: Is. should work FOR At the arproach-
ing municipal election, should he 10 secure
such an administration as would pu, lie in
to cur public affairs; We need energy in the
city government; We want men Cor public
ofsice,s WHO are endowed With nodicum Of
IT,. quality WITCH we~ccrrc-Iy -dercnri-
nate 'fsnap.'' We could get along With a
little las dignity in the Mayors cfise if We
had a little more digging On tie streets; In
stead of so much "otiuEl rum dig. i.' Us
have little sslaborers come dig
wewant city sdn,inistrs'ion that will
reduce our general :a1es 20 nc; more than
one hall ghaf they are now, and one that
will. at the same time, carry OFT the scores
of special improvements which we so much
need and which would furnish work FOX cur
hundreds Of unemployed lahor.rs. There is
an abundance OF work that might lie done,
and ought TO be done, without addinga cent
TO the general turden OF taxation, TO give
employment 10 every idle nan in the city.
Let such a system =. this be inaugurated and
the beneii; Of it would be Immediately fe!t in
every department of trade.
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CINCINNATI, March 2l.-Prof Wayne
testified to-day, that to explode the boiler
which burst last Monday, it would require
above 60 pounds to the inch. His opinion
is that the explosion was the result Of care
lesness of the engineer.
McIlvaine, the manufacturer Of the boiler,
believed it would stand 500 pounds. He
attributes the explosion to the generation Of
gas The investigation is still in progress.
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The latest item OF railroad news is that
information has been received in Washing
ton to the effect that the Swiss engineers,
Naaf, Riggenbach and Zschokke, are about
TO construct railway TO the sumUit Of
Mount Vesuviuz, similar TO that at Mount
Wacl;nntnn
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SENATOR BEowNLow Gays that OF the
o5,OOo white and A., 600 colored Republican
voters of Tennessee, there are not 500 who
are not for General Grant, Grst, last, ard all
the time.
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Presidential candidates are thickening.
Chief Justice Chase l. again brought forward.
On. special dispatches from Washington give
the det.ils of the latest convention Matching
At the national capital This gathering,
whose omni-partisan nther than non-parti-
can chsr,c,er NAV be gathered from it, hail
inc under both kinss-Demoastic ana Re-
publiean-will meet At farkeEse9rg, Yves
Virgins, o. Tie 18th Of Apc! Judge
Dav. hid bsttee look sharp for hs Colnn-
bus oossnatios, - Trunboll viii eesr him
eli aill more ovse The prospect All this Z,
Of courss, aside from PhiladslPhia.-N =.
H1uld.
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Is view OF the fact that eOnic-reiigious
items are now ali the rage, the Chicago Post
thus idylizes the familiar Bible story ABOUT
Jacobs favorite son:
Little Josef, Caused bis pa much ssiei
For he din't knoT where 10 find him,
He ran like shot from Mrs. Pot, f---
And LEFT hin coat-lzils beniud him. ------
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The threatened storm over the matter Of
indirec. damages seems to have all blown
over, and the latest advices from London in
dictate that the settlement of the controversy
will be left to the Geneva arbitrators, as pro-
yided by the Treaty Of Washington.
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The telegraph says Mr.. Sumner is lard
at work preparing what is TO be his great
speech, on the administrator. II viii IN
doubtedly be an able effort.
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TIE Canadian Government finds much
difficulty in recruiting the ranks Of its army,
,ad il about TO TO resort TO draft. This
will give the skeddadlers Of ga Erst-ra,e
op,ortupity to come home again.
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The name of 3. Blakely, instead Of Post
Company now appears at the head CT The
,.lumn. of the Chicago Post.
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MADISON, Wis, March 2l.-Dr- f. q.
Marshall, Assistant Surgeon Of the VISION
sin Insane Asylum, formally Of the Insane
Asylum, at Kalamazoo, Michigan, died here
last evening, after a painful illness Of one
week. lie, in connection with DIR. Medill,
Superintendent OF the institution, was max
ing post-mortem examination of the body
Of a deceased insane woman. and, having q
hang-na ON one of his fingers, the virus
penetrated his system causing his death.
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WASHINGTON.
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

WASHINGTON, March q.
Mr.. Carpenter called up his bill to extend
the time for the construction Of the 81. Croix
Railroad, and moved to non-concur in the
House amendments.
After considerable discussion the bill was
laid over, and The tariff bill was taken up.
Mr.. Frelinghuysen addressed the Senate
at length.
Mr. Morton offered an amendment repeal
ing all laws creating or imposing taxes on
domestic products, and on stamps, except
those on spirits, fermenied liquors and to-
bacco.
Mr.. Sumner said that the expensive ma
chinery OF the Internal Revenue Department
ought alec to be reduced By Congress wi,hou,
waiting for the action Of the Executive.
Mr.. Sherman said that reduction in the
machinery would undoubtedly be accom-
panied by a reduction of revenue.
Mr.. Johnston argued in favor Of free
trade. .
Mr.. Sawyer gave notice Of an amendment
retaining the present duty on rice.
Mr.. Hill fayored reduction of one half
of the Internal Revenue list before any gen.
eral revision Of tariff.
Mr.. Sherman proposed to limit the de-
bate to the amendments pending at the
time, and said he would call up the motion
tomorrow.
The Nice-President announced Messrs.
Anthony and Casserly as 4 Committee Of
Conference on the bill providing for the re-
porting and publishing Of debates.
Senate went into Executive Session, and
soon after adjourned.
HOUSE.
A bill was reported from the Committee
on Commerce incorporating the Asiatic Com
mercial Company, for transportation and
of commercial business with the
Asiatic countries.
A debate ensued, and the bill was finally
tabled by large majority.
Tie Senate amendment TO the Chicago re-
lief bill was taken up.
After discussion by Hazleton, of Wiscon-
sin, Killinger and Conser, ::agains. the bill,
and Blanchard, and Dawes in favor of its
passage, the bill was referred to
the Committee on WAYS and Means with
leave to report any time after the next Mon
day.
The army appropriation bill, appropriat-
ing SIS, 54S, 797, was discussed by the Com
nittee Of tie Whole till adjournment.
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.n'. p'n stuck compan, viii lie ioTmed,
and THAI Mr.. Fi>hback will own a control .
ing interest.
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LOUISVILLE, March 20.-The Ohio Falls
Car Works, At Jacksonville, Indiana, we're
destroyed by tire this afternoon. The fire
was discovered among some shavings in the
planning mill. IL is supposed to have caught
from a spark from smoke stack. The fire
spread to the remainder of the works and
the lumber yard in the same enclosure, all Of
which were consumed. These works we're
the most extensive and complete of the sind
in the country. The buildings alone covered
five acres Of ground, besides a number of
sheds and lumber yards, and contained a
large amount OF machinery of the finest class,
with large quantity OF car material. Some
200 men were employed and the works did
On immense business and had orders at the
time of the fire for 1000 Cars. Sixteen pas
senger coaches were nearly finished and q
number of freight and other cars we're con-
sumed. The loss will reach $500, 600; insur-
ance about 100000, mostly in Northern
Some $50 men were in the
shops Mt the time, nearly all of whom lost
their tools. Several persons had narrow e.
cape from heate during the fire. Ono man
is missing and it is feared that he was burned
TO DEATH
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NASHVILLE, March 2l.-The warehouse
Of Z. Morgan, at Shelbyvill, Tennessee, was
entered last night by burglars, and Michael
Murphy, the clerk who WAS sleeping in the
store, was stabbed to death. The safe was
subsequently, blown open and robbed OF
$1,000 and the house burned. Murphy's
body was found in the ruins burnt almost to
n cinder
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OLD John Rsovn aid, ITS mighty big
thing for q man to do oil be can"
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COUNCIL BLUFFS, March 2l.-A tele-
gram received in this city, from Senator Har-
Ian from Washington, states that the Union
Pacific directors have acquiesced in the de-
cisioR Of the Government directors, tina,
Council Bcufs, and not Omaha il the legal
terminus of the Union Pacific
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=
paruyn wsxss j, va. idle lo .,,,, "a.
dus,ries could thrive without prsect, ,n
There was an impression abroad thu,
American manufactures, xere maxine eno,-
nous profits n. beleiveJ ,bi, m h. ,rron.
eous, and he asked Mr.. Anthony 10 s,.;.
his opinion OF the AVERAGE motif. of mann.
featuring in Rhode Island dnr;ng the last
i've yean.
Mr. Anthony aid he tbo,,oh, r. con3 not
b more than eishs Der cent
Mr.. Morrill, said DURING the var some of
the New England manufscsur.rs had made
larg profits chiefly by the ere,t RE n ~
val of the raw material thev had On hand
profits on an average did not exceed eirht
Fer cent.
Mr.. Scott could not state the average
Throughout the state, but said that in his
region-Juni.ta IRON region-very few Of
those Who had eseaba.1ned manufacturing had
been able TO maintain themselves through
the period OF depression that had came on
the trade.
-. 3, f.vo, ~ . t.r;N vh;ch vonl Drosec,
American industry he did mot favor . pro-
hibitory tariff. bot one which would produce
healthy opupesition besveea American and
foreign products. The tariff could peyer be
regarded As settled, il must Be adjusted from
time to time. Psssins to details. he was in
favor Of placing tea and coffee and coal on
the free list, and reducing the duty on salt
and on textile fabrics.
The question vas then taken on Mr.. Scot,'s
amendment putting forth tea and coffee on
the free list. 1t was agreed to-yeas, So;
nays, Is.
Mr.. Morrill, moved to strike out the sec
ond section Of the bill reducing the duties 10
per cent On cottons, woolens, silks, iron,
steel and other metals, earthenware glass
ware, leather, rubber, oil cloth, etc.
Mr.. Sherman favored the motion, ard
said that if Morrill, had not anticipated, he
should have moved on behalfof the commit
tee to strike out section second and also to
retain the duty. on rice and other articles.
He argued the question repeating the duties
on tea and coffee as now settled, and he adj
vised business men of the country to make
their arrangements accordingly, but putting
these articles on the free list would strike
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I.ssre.si.g from Pananss.

1oUoBeotho8 IfO0 Ionowos
NEW YORK, March 2O.--Panama paper,
of the 9th, announce that Manuel MuillI
Zorro has been chosen President of Colon
bia, and that ex-President Guittiere is dead
Hinton X. Helper was at Panama en- route
to the United States.
A rupture between Honduras and San
Salvador il feared.
Two Americans, Capt. Cunningham and
lMr. Simpson, were severely wounded by
Nicaraguzn soldiers, for neglecting to re-
move their hats in the presence of religious
procession at Nicaragua. Both had teen in
the country bat fortnight, and neither IN
derstood the Spanish language. The Amer
ican Minister il moving in the matter.
Severe shocks of earthquake at Areguipa
Peninsula, February 1G. Seven persons
were drowned BY the up-e,ting Of a boat Of
the British steamer Bogota. at E,en, Febru-
ruary IL.
The first steamer OF the new French line
between Valparaiso and Panama, arrived in
the Pacific. She picked up at sea seventy
three persons who escaped in boats from the
burning French bark Oriental
The telegraph now completed between
Buenos Ayres and Meadoza brings VAL
paraiso within two days communication with
Buenos Ayres.
The new treaty between Brazil and Para
quay provides tor the cession to the former
of all the territory comprised within the
margin Of the river Apia upon the recosni-
ton on the part of Paraguay OF its war debt
to Brazil Of $3.50, 600, 600. Brazil guaran-
tees to protect Paraguay against all foreign
or domestic attacks, and will maintain IN
Paraguay permanent military force tor ten
years. The treaty creates great alarm among
South American Republics, and ambulance
against Brazil Is openly talked OF.
An Issesvsew With Stokes
NEW YORK, March 22.-The Brooklyn
Eagle publishes an account Of an interview
with Stokes, the murderer Of Fisk, who says
Hank Smith was made Police Commissioner
by the money of the Erie ring, for the pur-
pose Of securing control of the police in case
Of need. He charges that the indictment
against himself for conspiracy, was put up
job between the Erie ring and District At
'orney Garvin, and procured on the evidence
Dt prostitutes and discharged English CON-
Victs, and that over SIC, 600, 900 Of fraudu-
lent vouchers now exist in the archives Of
he Erie Company. Stokes Gays that he has
.een millions divided, and the spoils were
apportioned whenever a divide up
was made.
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NEW YORK.


WATERrowN, March 2O-The house of a
farmer named Robert Bowles was destroyed
b. fire on Monday night. The family we're
obliged to leave the house in their night
clothes and several had their limbs badly
frozen. Mr.. Bowles was 20 severely burned
while attempting to save his children that he
died the next day. Besides the large amount
of property burned number of government
bonds were destroyed.
A New Loan-Diea In . Densisa's Chair
New YoRK. March 20.-General Sickles
stated to-day that he had negotiated loan
Of two million dollars at five per cent. for
new Erie bonds on securities rating as high
a 20. The new loan can readily be paid
of with earnings in very short time, and
it is only needed to tide the Company over
rugged places left by five years Of Jay
Gould.
Mrs. +. Shashoak, residing on Twelfth
street, died in q dentists chair Of DIR. New
broush on Thirty-fourth street, to-day, from
the administration of laughing gas.
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Nr. Beecher ON Parties and the Presi-
81 r.. deney.
NVorJ Do>cLo. h. Let

4 0GoGYs
Henry Ward Beecher in the last number
OF the Christian Union, makes strong ar
gument in favor of party organization. Mr..
Beecher considers it machine for carrying
into effect the mind and will of the majority
of the people; machine not to be reduced,
disintegrated, destroyed, unless it whelly
fails to answer the great ends for which it
exists. He believed that while one, reading
The reports, would think the party hopelesaly
divided, the unseemly contentious have not
spread to the rank and file. On the subjec
OF the Presidency he Gays:
The fact is that there are about seventy
excellent gentlemen in Washington and else
where who wish to be President, and - but
one can rule at a time, it i serious question
who the unfortunate wretch shall be. Sew
eral of us here at home are conf
IDENTIFY looking for the same position. Oh,
10 he president of the United States! Ala
for the sixty-nine at Washington and the un-
counted eIpectants at home! The party is
like a northern sugar-camp. Hundreds Of
trees are tapped and running, and the caul-
dron is bubbling and boiling. But when the
nominating convention shall have boiled
down the floods of sap, all the trees will find
their contributions sugared OF to one cake,
and then, alter some hesitation, they will put
out their leaves again, and 60 on growing a
If nothing had happened. But, besides the
call which every man has got to be the next
President, there is vast deal of disturbance
created by the question, who shall own the
President, who shall manage the party, who
shall apportion the affairs and influence?
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PrrrsBURe, March 22.-The Southern
Express train on the West Pennsylvania
Railroad was wrecked at Connemaugh Fur
mace, seventy five miles east of Pittsburg, at
. o'clock this morning. The cause was
broken rail. The engine and six of the front
cars kept the track, but the three rear palace
sleepers, went of and two Of them Wa en-
iirsly destroyed. Two passenger were
killed-Miss Amanda Hartman and Samuel
Jseobs, of Baltimore-and fourteen injured,
some OF them severely. Among those hurt
is H. c. Frost, of Hannibal, No.
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PHILADELPHIA, March ga hre this
morning in Lemons 4 Slocum's Ethiopian
Open House. destroyed the interior and the
roof Loss estimated at 100000.
CINCINNATI, March 20.-Grif6n Taylor's
residence in Clifton, occupied BY his son-in-
law, Edward j. Miller, was totally Destroyed
by ire this afternoon. Most Of the furniture
and all the marble mantles we're carried out
and saved. Loss, 81, 900; fully insured.
The small frame residence Of Edward
Dexter, East Walnut Hill, burned this after
noon. Total loss, $1,000. The wind has
been high all day.
RoNDoUr, March 20.-The Plattskill
Falls Hotel, the new mountain house near
Sangerties, burned yesterday. The building
was owned BY K s. Pomeroy. Los., $24,-
600; insurance, $4,000. The origin Of the
fire is unknown.
LOUISVILLE, March 21.-The large dis
tillery Of Geo. Deveson, near Csmpbellville,
together with the bonded warehouse adjoin-
ing, containing some i've hundredbarrels Of
sour mash whisky were totally destroyed by
the FIRE on Monday last. Loss s45, 0O0-in-
surance S37, 900.
ST. LOUIS, March IA special to the
Democrat from Centralia, Missouri, says
FIRE there tonight, destroyed the Masonic
Hall, Flagg's Hall, one hotel, two drug, one
hardware and one dry goods store. Loss e.
timaied at S35,0O0-insurance light Among
the losers are $. w. Eerly, Casner. J.
Middleton, f. L. McLain, F. Kemper and
Dr. Stevens. This is the fourth time Gen.
tralia has been nearly destroyd.
NORTH ANDovER, Mass. March 22-
One of the mills of the North Andover
Mill Company, owned by Gen. Vim. Sut-
ton, was totally destroyed by fire, together
with the machinery, this morning. Loss
$4,000. Insurance S2S, ZOO. The mill
EMPLOYED lbs operatives.
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LAWR ENCE.
The Co,orea Ce.ve.sie..

>, LAWRENCE, March 1.-THE State Rspub-
nc.n Soiored Convention assembled here
Yesterday to select delegates to the National
hePaonSan Convention, at New Orlsans
On ne I0h 81 April next. D. Morton, of
fort Scott, z: II. Langston, Of Lawrence.
and W. ID. Matthews, of Leavenwor,h, were
About ? O'Clock this morning fire broke
out in q tenement on New Jersey street, in
this city, occupied by q colored family and
the father and three children were burned to
death, only two Of the family escaping.
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The No Kick Case.

WAsHINoroN. March 2l.-The Supreme
Court has dismissed the KU Klux cases from
South Carolina upon the Governments plea
Of want ofjurisdiction.
The Committee on Charges against Secre-
tary Robson, this morning. decided to give
= full hearing to the parties pro and con-,
and adjourned till Monday next.