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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-10-02
EaxSAS PACIFIC EXTENSION.

The extension of the Kansas Pacific rail-
road. sometimes called the Arkansas Valley
railroad, is completed from Kit Carson to
the Arkansas river, at point near Las Ami
mas, and will soon be opened for passenger
and freight business.
Leavenworth will certainly receive new
acquisitions TO her already prosperous trade,
when this branch road is fairly opened for
regular shipments Of merchandise. Oar
large mercantile firm are looked upon with
much favor by the dealers OF Southern Colo
RADIO and New Mexico, ard under many dis
advantages TO buyers and sellers, in conse'
quence of difficult routes of transportation,
business acguaintances formed many years
ogo, have been preserved. With the addi-
tional facility now secured for communicating
speedily with each other, We may reason
ably expect sgratiiying increase of trade IL
that direction.
Our Board Of Trade should organize az
excursion party for that region. Let US be
frs, in the field
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-10-02

How she Failure NJ Fisk d Hatch was

How sI.e Failure NJ Fisk Il Hatch was
Announced.
A New York paper, describing the scenes
of the panic in the Gold Room, Gays:
When the Presidents gavel dropped again
their tongues did not stop waggiDg. Rap,
rap, rap, vent the resounding wooden ham,
mer.
81 want yen all 10 understand" said the
gained, SHAT don't call You call you to or
der without meaning ii. Hold your
tongues
The brokers laughed little at this and
then grew soberiy expectant "a the President
held up note end prepared to read it.
"Owing 10 the widespread want of conf
dence caused by the failure of well-knovn
firms" read the President, ''and to advances
made by Us 10 railroad companies, upon
which We can not Immediately realize, We
are unable to meet the heavy demsnds uy.on
Us and are compelled to announce our sus.
pension"
The brokers breathlessly awaited the read.
ing Of the name signed to the note. The
perfect silence was in striking contrast to the
previous uproar. After a pause, the Presi.
Gent readon
although we have no unsettled business
with your Board, We take this opportunity OF
thus announcing the facts"
Again the brokers, and with more impa-
thence, awaited the name.
"Yours. respectfully" concluded the
reader, "Fisk & Hatch"
A prolonged whistle from somebody vas
the fret audible reception of the startling
news, and it was exactly expressive of the
general establishment. The announcement
of failures had been expected, but not Of q
firm which had b.en above the faint of nm.
soundness.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-10-02
.., .,..v x.rIoNAL RANK.

The people of LeaVenwor'h were gfeauy
surprised on the morning Of the 10Th Inst.
10 find that the Firzt National Bank DID not
omen lis doors for business. That feeling Oh
surprise has since grown into an intense iee''
ing Of Indignation. So general is this the
c,.e that we have taken some trouble ID a.
certain the facts in reference to 1t. AS near
az We can ascertain, the bank, which has
generally been conducted On conservative
principles, was in sound condition on or
about the 10Th Of September, with large bal
ances in New York and St. Louis, and amply
sunnlied with currency TO weather the storm.
Daring the week Scott 4 Co. drew out
considerable amounts of currency, and weak
eued the-bank, but still the officers OF the
bank. at a meeting of bankers, on the night
of the 9th, declared they would not c.ose.
The morning Of the 2Gth found the bank
shu, and subsequent events disclose the TACT
that most of the currency then in the bank
was taken out to sustain Scott & 70.
The Interests of the First National were
sacrificed to sustain the credit OF Scott 4 20.
OF course the stockholders of the First Ma
tionai, ybo had no interest in Scott 4 Co. and
the depositors Of the Fire: National, feel that
their interests have been sacrificed and their
rights outraged to help private banking
firm.
Tie intention was undoubtedly 10 make
the public believe that Scott x Go. were
stronger and more secure than the other
banks of the city. The broadside that was
intended to annihilate or disable others, re-
coil.d, and to-day Scott 4 Co. are bending
under tie storm Of Indignation raised by
their attempt to sustain themselves at the ex-
penae of violated law.
We are satisfied that the First National
and all the other banks will he able TO meet
the demands upon them much sooner than
has been anticipated. TIE foregoing seems
to Indicate that Scott & Co. became alarmed
or else they would not have resorted to the
unusual course which they did. We think
their fears were groundless.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-10-02
q WEEKLY TIMES: THURSDAY. OCTOBER 2. 1873.

of helpless tenantry, would almost lead
one to think that Her Grace might be
somewhat wanting in true womanliness,
not be perfect lady after our
rule. However, that is aside from the
subject, excep, in reference to our argus
ment that no good breeding can exist,
no matter how closely the minute OF So
cial etiquette may be observed, when q
disregard Of the rights. or even of the
feelings, OF the humblest, ia allowed to
obtain. When people so far forget them.
selves as to be obtrusive and imperti-
nent, it may be necessary to put them
down; but the true lady will do 1t quiet
ly, gently, and with perfect dignity, If
it falls to her lot. as it may to any one
of Us, to tell another unpleasant truths.
the manner will soften the matter, and
the wound be healed "a soon as made.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-10-02
Equal klG a rs.

A recent decision Of the Supreme Court OF
Iowa, deciding the rights Of colored passen.
gers on steamboats,. is Of public interest and
importance. The plaintiff, an educated and
refined colorei woman, purchased a first.
class ticket from Mississippi; river packet
company at Davenport. On going to dinner
she was not allo~ed a seat Al the table, and
was soon afterwards elected from the cabin.
On this, suit was brought for damages. In
rendering his opinion, the Chief Justice said
that rule or custom of n steamboat as .
common carrier, requiring persons Of color
TO occupy sea, at the table in the pantry or
on the guards OF the bost ia not reasonable,
and cannot be enforced also, that perron
of color is entitled to the same rights and
privileges while travelling upon = steamb oat
as a white person, and cannot be required,
hy any rule or custom based upon dislinc-
ton on account of color or race, to accept
other or different accommodations than those
given TO white passenger.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-10-02
OPEN AND ABOVE BOARD.

The Junction City Union thinks there has
been much night work in Kansas politics
too much midnight plotting. IL observa-
tons ON this point are pertinent. 1; says:
The truth is, we need more openness, not
more secrecy III the management OF our pO-
litical affairs. We have had quite enough
OF secret caucusses and acknowledgements
consultations. We have had sufficiency Of
slate making in the back room by the light
of dip candle stuck in a bottle. We have
had, les, winter, enough to "do US, here in
Kansas of midnight consultations around
the Tei, Honse at Topeka and elsewhere,
Open-air meetings and open-air transactions
generally are or should be the political
fashion this season.
The CAUCUS business ought 10 be suppressed.
Last winter members of the Legislature held
caucus after caucus, ard in nearly every il
stance refused to admit those who were
members of the Legislature. We take il
that the people have the right to hear and
see everything that is going on. The enti:
Of corruption have more than once been at.
tanned through the secret caucus. Let u.
suppress il.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-10-02

OF the cities of the Missouri Valley st.
Joseph, Missouri, is the greatest. her sales
last year, excluding dealers with less that
SO, 600 capital, was SIS, 100000. The city
has six banking houses whose aggregate
business last year was as follows Depo-its,
S35, 900 600 notes discounted, s., 500, 600
exchange issned, SIS GOO, 600.
The aggregate Commercial credit of the
four principal cities of the Missouri valley
fog 1873, as shown BY official records, exclu-
sive of dealers uuder SO. coo, vas - fol.
lows Kansas CITY, s., SIC, 600 Sc. 10.
seph, Sl2. $50 600; Leavenworh, 1910, 900;
Omaha, s6.170,0OO. The relative number
men an the same cities respectively, whose
wealth amounted to SIS, 600 and over was a.
follows: kansas City had 10; 81. Joseph
bad IA, Leavenworh had Il; and Omaha
bad 6. OF men With capital Of half mil.
lion Of dollars and over, Kansas City hes
one; 81. Joseph, thirteen; LeavenS orth aud
Omaha one each. The population Of the
came places in 1870 vas a. follows Kansas
City. 81. $50; Leavenvosfh, 10, 1873; Omaha,
l6, O32, ST. JCseph, Is. 562.
Under the above showing ve may be Just
II proud of LeavenvoFth. bat Who can tell
where our metnOpolis would have ssood II il
hsd not been infssaed With lot Of rssiSe.t
sginalan a.a thiessl, Who hays aolsnskea-
slvo RI - dWasfsa ~ gsosth e ~
envs>lssy Ia
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-10-02
ar..ENwGRTu HAN.xS.

The financial "unpleasantness" is about at
an end in ieavenwoTth. The banks are
meeting all demands, and growing stronger
every day from fresh reinforcements of cur
rency. Ii is probable that they have now
more than thirty li.e per cent. Of their liza
blliiies in cash in their vaults-a reserve
ample 10 meet all demands for currency in
ordinary times. This reserve will increase
every day ii customers pursue n sensible
course, and not draw from the banks more
money than il required TO meet the wants Of
business.
The receipts of currency by express in
this city for tie past two days amount to
800, 900, ami large sums are on the way
hither from Caiciso, St. Louis and New
YORK.
The German Savings p ~ vs.
closed On account OF the a. -. ueialca-
ton, re-openei last Monday in the face Of
the panic, and has since that time given the
public ample evidence OF its solvency.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-10-02

The next event worthy Of special note in
the world Of amusement aud art is the reap
pearaDce of Nilsson, in Traviata, at the
Academy, on the 10Th of the month, and
fashionable New York is expected to turn
out in all its magnifcence 10 do homage to
the fair Queen of Song, who returns to Us
Mile. Nilsson no more, but the happy wife
of NJ. Rouzaud, who accompanies her in
her professional tour. He is a very pleasant,
unexceptionable looking Frenchman, who
apparently doats on his new possession, and
is doubtless willing to shine in the reflected
light of his wife's greatness and be known
as Missions husband. They cay. and OF
course it must be 30, that this was genuine
love match. and that Nilsson refused titles
and no end OF wealth to marry man she
loved.
This is refreshing item in these degener-
ate days of mercenary marriages and do
nestle misery, but if any one living could
afford to ignore worldly considerations and
follow the dictates of her heart, without fear
Of coming to grief financially, surely Nils
son could, and hope she may live long to
enjoy her new found happiness.-Nsr York
Correspondence 81, Louis Globe.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-10-02

Sally Is a pretty waiter girl at the
Tefit, and the other day "Don" cut short
his dinner, and made a desert of 81 ha ira.
Fsc,.-Topska Blade.
A very touching obituary is this from
the For, Scott Pioneer:
Geo Barrel committed suicIde, because his
girl went back on him, and wanted George
TO he single barrel. But rather than not
be double, the single barrel went off, and he
is now cunning in Tie happy hunting
grounds.
The farmers OF Linn county hold .
nominating convention at Farlinville, on the
first Saturday in October. Each school dis
trict will be entitled to one delegate. A full
ticket will be nominated.
DR.. Hals,ead informs us that Tuesday
night, during the severe thunder storm that
passed over the city, MS End6eid rifle was
discharged, the contents going through the
ceilirg and roof OF the house. There il no
explanation Of this phenomenon except that
'he gun was discharged by lightning, one Of
its curious freaks. The gun not being in
jIrsd the Doctor "a curious to knov if the
gun Lurt the lightning.-Neode,ha Pes.
DIR. Hoice, IF Abilene, announces in
to-,iay's p,psr that he il candidate for
Representative. subject, o: course, to the
Republican county convention. Mr.. Hodge
i. well known to TIE people Of the county
and mas many frienhs. lie was one of the
iirst r,en, outside OF Solomon City, that We
became acquainted with in the county, and
We have always found him perfee. gentle
man - S.Iowon Gin Negsuoaer
Thomas Padgett, of S4lina, served his
partner and his workmen very mean trick
last week. The Herald says his conduct sss
odions, and we think il vas. lie drew from
a bank 81 800 Of the firms money which
WAS reserved to pay the hands and lek ios
unknown pssla
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-10-02
An OPEN QUESTION.

Speaking of the determination OF the Al
Gibson banks, to pay out currency on de
mand of depositors, and comparing that
course with the course adopted by the
Leavnwor,h banks, the Champion finds cause
for much local qualification. At first glance
one may think that suspension for few
days, or even the payment OF checks for
a limited amount, is an acknowledgment OF
weaknessup the part of banks adopting the
policy, but a deliberate second thought viii
convince one that The measure is now caienia-
ted to promote the business interests Of a city.
Ia Chicago, the adoption OF that course
~as strongly advised by the immediate repre-
sentative in that city of the currency bureau
Of the Treasury Department, and fully ap-
proved and endorsed by gentlemen best qua
lifted to form an Intelligent. judgment as to
its consequences. In ST. Louis, the solid old
bankers accepted tie course TO protect the
mercantile interests of their city.
1t is feet worth considering that dis
patches were received by Leavenworth mer-
chants from their Eastern creditors, ofer-
ing Eve per cent. discount and payment
of charges, wherever remiitances were made
in currency by express. The immediate re-
suit Of such Transactions would be drain Of
currency from the west.
The suspension in Leavenwor!h. qualified
~ II is, will be only temporary. Early next
week The banks expec. to resume regular
business transactions. There is no panic
here. No alarm :s felt. Dispositions feel
perfectly secure. No one questions the
ability cf our banks TO pay every dollar due
dspesiiou. Curssncy ID coming hefs in
- Il lsayiae. - u ths cd ths visdan
,GEeaep.ge ~ - erneu1nnui. 80.
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l,erSls Of :. leeocil-shovers. =

Ii the Cimarron Ners is to be believed, the
business Of editing newspapers in the city Of
Las Vegas, n. NJ, is attended with con.
siderable danger. There are two weekly pa.
pers Published there, and the Ners says:
Mobbing newspaper offices appears to be
an ordinary pastIme in Las Vegas. A
couple Of weeks ago, the Adrertiser office
wac attacked and partially destroyed by a
mob, and on last Sunday. Louis Hommel,
editor Of the Gazette, was brutality assaulted
in his Office by a crowd of ru!lians, knocked
down, or rather shot down hy pistol ball
grazing his temple, and otherwise mal,reated
The assault on Mr.. Hommel seems to have
been provoked BY his denunciaiions of the
mob liz attacking the Adre,tissg Office. We
are not fully informed as to the cause Of ,hi,
violence, hut certainly no circumstances
would justify such lawlessness.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-10-02
THE TkMEA-

Merchants are reminded Of the superior
facilities Offered by THE TIMES for adver.
tising during the Fair week and the week
preceding. We suggest to our business men
the propriety of Publishing their special adj
yer,isemenls at least one week before the tx.
position opens. Those who intend
coming TO Leavenworth during the
Fair, viii then have an opportunity OF
seeing the inducements offered by the varl.
Gus dealers before reaching the city.
THE TINES reaches many thousand read
era, within a radius Of two hundred mile:
oil the city, and there is no advertising me-
dunn so certain of bringing largere'nrns as
daily morning newspaper.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-10-02
CHICAGO.

Last Thursday the Chicago Interstate In
dustrial Exposition was officially opened
with appropriate ceremonies. Speeches were
made BY distinguished members of Congress,
and prominent citizens, and the Exposition
is in full blast. The building is of brick,
iron and glass, eight hundred feet long by
two hundred feet wide, and has a floor sur
face of two hundred thousand square feet.
Its cost was about quarter Of million OF
dollars, the capital being furnished by a
company OF business men OF Chicsgo who
were anxious to promote the industrial and
mechanical arts. 1t is claimed that the ex'
hibition will outsbine any similar display
oyer given in the United States.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-10-02
BANha OPEN.

Yesterday the doors OF the German Saw
ings Bank were thrown open al the appoint
ed hour, and individuals having money IN
the keeping of that institution received their
cash on presentation of checks. There was
no run on the bank, and no signs OF uneasi'
ness upon the part of the bank officers. The
banking house of Insley, Shire & Co. was
opened yesterday, for the transaction Of
regular business, and kept open all day.
There was nothing Ike run on that bank
either, ,eposi,ors seeming to realize that
Their money was perfectly secure.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-10-02
sketch OF she Cisy OF snrevepors

sketch Of she Cisy of Shreveport.
Shreveport. where the yellow feverhas
been creating such terrible havoc, is the
second city in Louisiana, both IN popula-
ton and commercial importance. It being
er country. Before the war it had about
three thousand inhabitants, but on the
close OF the war many northern men went
into business there, and the place became
an active, enterprising business city,
rapidly growing in population, until it is
now estimated to have between 10000
and Il, 900 inhabitants. ltowes its COM
mercial importance to the fact that il oc-
cupies the only available site on the Red
River for such place, there being no
good landing place on the western side
of the river within hundred miles. The
Red River valley is the richest region in
the country for the production OF sugar
and cotton, and this makes Shrev.p ort
one of the greatest markets in the valley
of the Mississippi or its tributaries. for
those staples. Shreveport is something
like five hundred miles up the Red River
and is one hundred miles west of Vichs-
burg. 1t is at the head of steamboat nav
igation, and fifteen miles below the great
Red River raft, which is one of the most
remarkable formations in the world, be-
ing a macs of drift wood, over forty miles
long and entirely choking up the great
stream, which is over 1900 miles long,
Or, including the South Fork, 9, 100.
This raft turns the water of the river O.
yer the adjacent country, forming great
bayous, through which, at high water,
steamboats, pass round the raft. 1t has
been forming for many years, and is now
being removed by the national govern
ment. The work is prosecuted by BLAST
| ing, and when the improvement is COM
| pleted, steamers will be able to 60 with
out interruption up to Fulton, and al
high water the river will be navigable as
far as the confluence with the branches.
Shreveport is on high ground, forming a
bluff at the river bank, and is well sl;ua-
ted for drainage. The whole country a.
round is fiat, and for miles and miles
there is one continuous succession OF
marshes, swamps and bayous for over
one hundred miles 10 the west, there be
ing one chain of great bsyous formed by
the raft. Though at low water q great
surface is exposed TO the action OF the
| sun, making the surrounding country
subject to malarious influences in the hot
season, Still the health of the city has
generally been good. This is the third
time the place has been visited by the
yellow fever to any extent since it was
settled, the first time having been in
1853, and the second in 1867. There
has however, never been anything like
the terrible pestilence which is now de-
vastsliIg the place.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-10-02
uUY EXCHANGE.

The merchants and manufacturers OF Leav-
enworth can render the banks Of the city
Just service, and at the same time do good
turn for the business interests of the city, ny
buying exchange On New York or other
Eastern banks fer making remittances. The
shipment Of currency 10 creditors directly
drains tie West of ready cash. All the
banss OF Laavenworth have large currency
balances in New YORK, St. Louis and Chi-
cayo, and it is certainly the part of wisdom
TO draw on the balances instead OF shipping
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TIE VITAL ELEHEHIs.

The Pittsburg Commercial has now learned
the precise nature Of the vital elements oil
the Virginia Democracy, and cites the kich-
n,ond Eagu.rer as its informant. In the
course Of an earnest appeal to the members
of that marty to contribute of their substance
toward the sinews OF war, the EHqe"e' en-
couragingly says:
"a very small sum-not more tnan
enough. indeed, to buy 4 julep or bag OF
smoking tobacco-from each member oil the
party who can afford 1t, and will give, II
viii in The aggregate BE- ample for the &C.
c,siou -
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-10-02
We believe th.t an honest IA,

We believe that all honest farmers will
agree with US that they can accomplish no
hing without the cooperation Of others,
who are not farmers. II We who are me-
chanics would not buy the farmers produce
how is he to find . market for his surplus
productions? If the farmer would not hire
US who are mechanics and professional men,
or buy of those who are merchants, how are
We and they to get living? So, it will be
seen, all of our interests are one; that each
and all OF us can get along better by work
ing together: thu. no one class of laborers
can accomplish any great result without the
aid aud corporation of other classes OF
vorkefs.-Osdge Chronicle.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1873-10-02

Alta meeting of the Board of Trade
last night, committee was appointed to
canvass the insurance companies, merchants
and property owners on Commercial street,
sith q view to raise $1,000 of the cum re-
qnired to purchase q steam FIRE engine. As
this is needed second TO nothing in our city,
and as Commercial street will be more ms
terially aided BY an engine than any other
part of the city. We hope to see the business
men and insurance companies, especially do
their utmost to advance the purchase. -iteh.
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THE rsEslDExT,

j, would be quite interesting, just nov, ia
learn how those papers which have 90 often
accused President Grant of making hia
friendships With the speculaiors Of Wall
street, reconcile, in their own minds, thess
charges with his course during the recent
financial panic; his action having been
wholly ON behalf of the rroduoen and the
legitimate business interests OF the country,
and against the gambler and .peculators
who produce noshing.-Pasbugh Commer-
cial.
The firm and answering oourse Of Pea.
dent Grant during the financial troQblss -
besa highly approved Hi nost hitt9 -
nia havsbsn fissa 70 aanizs - pask,
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