The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1877-03-01
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terest upon its endowment fund shall be
used exclusively for paying the teachers OF
the institution, and that all other expenses,
including the erection of all necessary
must be paid by the state, and it
is argued tina; in accepting the endowment
from the general government the state ac-
cepted the conditions of the act, and
entered into obligations TO support
the college except as to the sal
aries of professors. The college
asked for about thirty-two thousand dol
lars, and the bill as it passed the house
was cut down to little over eighteen
thousand, twelve thousand OF which is to
be appropriated to the construction of a
new building giving the managers Of the
institution, for the current expenses. six
thousand dollars, where they asked for
twenty thousand.
The senate yesterd ay passed. with some
slight amendments, the house bill, intro
duced by Mr.. Stillings as a substitute for
Mr.. Wheat's bill, to enable counties to sell
property bid in by them, for want Of other
bidders, at a tax sale, but
REFUSED TO PASS
a bill prepared and introduced at the re-
quest of the Governor, to create the Office
of land-commissioner, to have charge OF
and dispose Of the school lands OF the state.
The purpose of this bill was TO create an
Office similar to that of the commissioner
of insurance, with a corps of assistants, and
the whole school land business of the state
was TO b transacted in this department
The bill didn't meet with much favor, and
only one senator. believe, voted for it.
HOW ABOUT THE KANSAS?
The House Committee on Insurance made q
report yesterday, favorable to the Depart
ment of Insurance They consider it well
managel, and think there is a growing ne
cessity for it. The Commonwealth, COM
menting upon this report szys that under
the old law bogus companies filled the state,
but under the berehcient influences of the
department no bogus institution of the kind
has been able to do business in the state.
To the people Of LeaveIworth, who have
so recently read the interesting story OF the
"Kansss Fire Insurance Company" Bro.
Bakers comments upon the Insurance De-
partment will sound like little joke.
The INSANE ASYLUM.
The Committeeon Charitable Institutions
have submitted their reports-majority and
the condition of affairs az o.
and l send copies of both re-
ports, together with DR.. Knapp's memorial.
The testimony is not all printed yet. The
charges Of RIGHTEOUSNESS against the Super
inteDdent are contained in the following
paragraph from the report:
That from the statements of several of the
employees and Others, he has been attempting
to prostitute his position for Iicentious pur-
poses. That at times when he should have
been attending 10 his duties, he was locked up
in certain rooms in the asylum with one OF
the female employees, and at one time when
caught he showed marked signs of guilt, and
tried To explain the matter away by saying
they We're catching rats" At this time all
the lights were turned out except one, and il
was turned down very low; which was unus-
ual at that hour. The statements further show
that this woman was unmarried, and that she
had miscarriage, that the superintendent
tanned this woman in the employ of the aSy-
lum for Il long time afterwards when rumOr
was rife Of immoral and improper conduct on
her part. And that the statements of the en-
ploycs show further, that he attempted to
lure to destruction and Seduce an innocent,
fatherless girl, and that for the accomplish
mcnt Of his designs he firsi made her present
of "A hair switch and afterwards offered her "a
pair of ear rings; and AT the time the rings
were offered he made propositions and demon
which she Indignantly refused.
ABOUT VOTING BOMBS.
Two bills have pissed the senate during
the last few days, to repeal the laws Of
'74-'76, regulating the voting OF bonds to
railroa ds, and TO provide, in effect, tina. any
county, township or city may vote bonds at
pleasure, to aid in the construction of a
The Leavenworth members of the
House will insist upon amending the bills,
before they pass that body, SO that their
provisions may not apply to cities or town
ships already having a railroad Indebted
ness equal to five per centum of the assess
ed valuation of their property. This will
exclude Leavenworth, and is an amendment
that should be made. There are many
counties in the state with no railroad debts,
and which can afford 10 pay literally for
railroad facilities; such counties should
have the privilege of voting bonds. within
limits, but counties which have,
like Leavenworth, rs much bonded debt
as they can carry, already, should not be
allowed 10 take on any greater burdens.
THOROUGHLY KILLED.
The bill to farm out the state funds to .
ring Of national banks went to the house,
this morning-having passed the senate
and before the clerk had concluded the
reading OF the bill, q motion to indefinitely
postpone further consideration of the meas
nre, was carried by a very large majority.
The bill is an "orphan" in the house.
w. S. B.