The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1874-04-30
Appropriation by the House
Committee.
All Parts Of United States Con.
tributing to the Louisiana
Sufferers.
The Arkansas Troubles not Yet
Ended.

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army clothin for the destitute people in the
oyertiowed region on the Mississippi. The
cost to the Government will be $50 900.
The Secretary has asked Congress 10 sppro-
pirate that amounsfo meet the expense.
Governor O.born has teIegrsphed TO Sens-
tor Morton, 1.-The Republican party of the
Vest is in mourning over the veto"
REPORTS UNFoUNDED.
| Reports were in circulation to-day that the
Freedman's Saving bank hsd closed Its
doors, but they we're unfounded. During the
forenoon few depositors called at the bank
with their check books for the purpose OF
settling their accounts. but fearing a run on
the bank the managers applied the rule in
their charter, which authorizes the bank
to require sixty DAYS notice previous to the
withdrawal of deposits. Dsposi,ors requir-
| ing money for current business purposes
| were accommodated.
ORGANIZED.
The District of Columbia Legislature Iae.
and organized to-day. Gov. Shepherd sent
a message recommending that body to ad-
! journ until Congress dispose of the investigs
| ton now being conducted. The message
was referred 10 a special committee.
Washington, April ga Cabine; meet
ing to-day was quite important.
| The House Committee on appropriations
completed the pension bill app;opriating
S29. O00, 600
The Presiden. sen, the following nomiaa-
ton to the Senate: Joshua Richey, Register
| of the Land Office at Boonville, No.
President Grant has received dispatch
from Baxter, of Arkansas, saying that an
armed instruction exists in that State and
asks for aid to protect the : late against do
mestic violence.
| Gov. Baxter .elegraphed for and on the
10Th of April, hut understood the President
never received the requisilion. Brooks has
also made a similar request and has two law
yers in Washington looking after his inter-
ests. Baxter las lawyers on the way here.
| The question who is the actual Governor
will be presented to the President for his de-
| csion, unless some other mode o. settlement
| shall intervene.
The President has nominated Samuel 7.
Burdett of Missouri, Commissioner of the
General Gand Office, vice Durmorant, re-
| signed
Since yestefday morning. not more than
| fifty depositers Of small amounts have ap-
piled 10 the Freedmen's Savings bank for
the Withdrawal of funds. In all other re-
spects business is progressing as usual.
FRAUD.
The House Committee on P0s.oftces ard
Post 4 dads to-day heard a statement from
the Postmaster General in regard TO the
charge preferred by Congressman Stone, that
the law had been violated by the Po-ioiiics
Department ia connection with certain
mail contract IN Texas several years $50.
The Postmaster Generals explanation show
ed that he had acied in accordance with the
law then existing, fortified hy the opinion of
the Attorney General al TO it, proper con-
struction. The law was subsequently chang
ed, but until the matter complained of had
been consummated.
New Y ork, April % IA letter from
St. Petersburg gises some Of the particulars
of the disorders in Poland, growing out of
the attempt to force the inhabitants to at |
tach themselves to the National church. |
Tie Priests Of twentysix Parishes in the |
government were all thrown into prison for |
refusing t0-carry out the orders OF the Rus |
sian Greek church. The inhabitants have |
refused to recognize the Russian Priests or |
to attend the churches, whereupon they were |
sent there by force. In some place the |
peasan;ry stoned the Priests, and in the VII |
iage If Cariif Resistance was made to the |
military and several soldiers and officers
wounded by pixies and stones. The |
soldiers fired on the Inhabitants, and large |
number we're killed. In the village of Pratt
ain similar disturbances took place, in
which many officers and soldiers we're killed,
and some 81 peasants shot down. The pris-
ons of Siedlar and other towns are crowded
with prisoners. Besides the arrests which |
we're made the inhahi'an's Of these districts
we're sentenced TO be beaten, the men fftv
blows and the women twenty-five, while |
children received ten blows each without |
distinction Of aae or sex. Some women who |
were violent in their language received as
many as 80 blows.
JUMEL ESTATE.
The case of George Washington Bowen |
against Wilson Chase. for the Junel estate,
was up again TO day before Judge Blakeiort,
on application by Chas. OCoDnor for an
iniuntion 10 restrain Bowen from further |
prosecuting his claim against the es;ste.
FoRGER ARRESTED.
A man, giving the name OF Henry S. Carr,
was arrested to-day, for attempting TO Pur
chase So, $50 in gold from Hoar Bros, with |
forged check of Greenbaum Bros whose
clerk he claimed to be. He WAS detected |
from the fact of his being an American, while
all the employees of GEeenbaum Bros. We're
known to be German.
Little Rock, April 27,-No material
change between the two beiligerent Govern
ors, or the United States forces. Blxter's
men to-day removed an old siege piece from
the lower end Of the town where it was used
l. al IN he
and stationed it at the corner Of Markham
and Scott streets. II isa Ga FOUNDER and
has been cleaned out for action. Baxter's
forces increased by the arrival of one COM
pany to-day. A portion OF Brooks forces now
occupy Benjamin block, opposite tie State
House and were drilling to-day. Both
sides are expecting reinforcements to-
night; people generally Seem
to be satisfied that the legislature should set-
tie the pending difficulties, though the Brooks
side say the legislature will not meet in ODE
dience to Gov. Baxter's call. Both sides
have sent delegatesto Washington to presen;
their eide of the question.
At Bouahton, on the Cairo & Fulton r.
r, hundred miles below this city, fifteen
citizens followed a gang Of horse thieves on
Sunday morning las', and got into fight
with them, and killed three and Lost one Of
their own men BY being killed and had an
other wounded.
New Orleans, April 17.-Resnin;ions Of
public meeting in West Baton Rogue states
that 3, 600 families of that Parish have been
rendered houselees by the inundation. At
Bashear city one Of the lower railroad en-
bankments is the only thoroughfare. The
merchants nearly all built barges connecting
with the embankments and faised their
store Aoos:. Small boats are in 6 eat use.
Col. H. Z. Hodges. quarter master U 5. A.,
received yesterday and turned oser to the
distributing committee for the euferers BY the
overflow q, 900 sack coats; $1,000 forging
crp-; %. 0CO pair shoes and LOCO blankets.
The Cotton Exchange sends 900 con-
tributed BY citizens of Savannah.
Advices from Teche county report . crew.
asse, with the water still rising. The indi-
cations are that Morganis Texas Railroad
will be partly submerged.
New Orleans, April 2S.-Among the CON.
triSutors for the overflow sufferers are from
Washington City, $40. 900; Manchester, n.
Il. 81 900; Bath. Ne. 1000. The distrbu-
ting committee are working energeticly get
ting of supplies to al accessible points in
the OVERLOOKED districts where assistance il
required.
Monroe, Apsil 2s.-The river vas on .
aand. Reports Of The overflow accumulate
nth from ahovo and below. ProVioua din.