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The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-25
NINIERESrING QUESTION

An interesting and rather peculiar ques-
ton has been raised in connection with the
recent election in San Francisco. Kalloch,
and several other candidates on the Work
ipgmen's ticket, announced during tie
campaign that il they were elected they
would serve for less than the amount OF
pay allowed by law. The decisions of
several courts are now quoted to show
that a promise Of this kind is in the Ms
ture OF bride, and that Mr.. kallOch and
Others, by promising to work for less
than the legal salary, bribed the people to
vote for them. 1t is understood that the
question will be carried before
the Supreme Court of California, and
that tribunal holds that this promise was a
bribe, the Offices will be declared vacan
and will have to be filled by the Board OF
Supervisors. The Board being in the
hards of the same party, would, of course,
appoint the same persons who had Seen re-
moved. Thus the newly elected ofiicera
would be compelled, by due process OF
law, to accept larger pay than they had
sgreed to work fer. This would pre-: ent
rather sn anomalous condition of sfairs
in this age of retrenchment ard reform.
But whatever the other officials might ssy
or DO, we are satisfied KalIoch wou d bear
it with Christian fortitude.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-25

President and party arrived at McCallistsr
street entrance and were greeted with
cheers.
TIE windows of the houses opposite and
the house tops were crowded with people.
who waved their handkerchiefs and cent
up cheer after cheer SIS the party alighted,
and as the General proceeded along the
pavement, escorted by the Mayor, the en-
thusiasm broke ont afresh along the coz
riders.
Running from the lower entrances to the
Mayors office were ranged the veterans
posted in two lines. This commander, Col
Lyons, stepped forward as General Gran,
and the Mayor reached the corridor ana
said: snow, boys, three cheers for you
old commander" The veterans responded
with enthusiastic hurrahs.
The psrty then proceeded TO the Mayor
ofhce, where a committee OF ladies' wer
waiting to receive Mrs. Grant, and assis
her. Mrs. Grant did not arrive until son
time after the General, vino took his posi-
tion IN the center Of the room. The south
least corner of the room wss left to the Ia
dies and directions were issued to admit tn
multitude. After few of the invite
guests had beea presented to the Genera
the crowd Sled in, shook hands with III
city's guests and passed out the Marke
street entrance. after presentation TO Mr.:
Grant.
All afternoon constant storm OF VIII
tors passed through the apartments ant
all We're greeted with a hearty shake of III
hand, the Gen .Tal declining the suggestion
; OF the Mayor that the hand shaking Nigh
be dispensed with on account of the gres
ru-h, expressing it as his opinion that h
could fight it on that line all summer.
Previous to the salute Of the sand lot
the General reversed the veterans at thei
rendezvous in Merchants Pavilion.
Tomorrow, in addition 10 the PFC
graume heretofore announced, Gen Grar
will visit Produce Exchange during tn
moFniI z.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-25
SOME GOOD DONE

Nr. Vanderbilt has replied to the letter
of the New York Chamber OF Commerce
suggesting that the presidents of the trunk
lines should unite in framing an act to
regulate Interstate transportation for the
consideration of Congress. His letter is
noteworthy by reason of the change CT tone
in respect to the policy OF the New York
Central relative to the murmurs CT the
public. He avows belief that Congress
might take some action which would both
benefit the public and protect investors, /"
while asserting that the railways "are not
and cannot be antagonistic to the public"
1t il evident that the investigation into the
methods pursued by the New York trunk
lines by the special legislative committee
has slresdy induced valuable results, inss-
much as the railway managers have for
saken their former cynical indifference to
wrongs suffered by the public.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-25
Chinese shooting a. the Sky


I. il 8 growing custom on the part of the
Ca zee to go on the roofs of the houses
VII ch they occupy and fire of their pistols.
Recently they nave, on several occasions,
been discovered in that pleasant pas,ime
Firearms are new thiugs to most OF these
people. They have no idea what becomes
of the bal when il ia discharged Probably
as they do no, see ii they think it penetr at es
the vault Heaven ITSELF But the missile
describes parabola 49, goes through some
window, lodges on come roof or wounds OF
kills some individual. This dangerous
practice j. the explanation Ct the stray
bullets VIII oh from time to time have been
found lying about this town.
Already one man has been slain outright
by them. Several persons have been more
or less seriously wounded. Balls have
come whistlins Trough panes of glass
They have lodged ia pillows near the heads
of sleeping women. They have injured
persons on the platforms of street cars.
For tim" it was supposed they were fred
by mischiey ous boys with air guns, because
the report could not be heard. But when
the frequent rf1rsnces TO il in the press
brought no relief, it was evident euous b
that the shooting was being done BY parties
whom journalism does no; reach. The
Chinese being the only class 10 that condI-
ton, suspicion for long time pointed to-
ward them. Now ia several cases the facts
have been brought home TO them. When
ever they are in a wsrlike fervor they
blaze away from the roofs where the dwell
The balls trayel long distance, especially
if fred from an elev stinu, and no explo-
sion i. therefore heard where they strike.
This dangerous recreation ought to be sum-
marily suppressed.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-25
\ LITTLE OF EVERY THING

See me boom.-U. s. GIa,t.
Secretary Thompson will return to Wash.
ington during the first week in October.
King John, of Abyssinia. has sent two
young lions to the king Of Italy.
Eggplant should now be set ont for
spring chickens.-Com,a; ssionr lie Dc.
Grant has come, and the little looms
must get out OF the way.
Whitelaw Reid is said to be engaged to
Miss Huntington, a daughter of c. F. Hunt
ingtoD, the preoidsnt Of the Central Pacific
railroad.
The Hood relief fund now amounts to
nearly So 600; 3 200 have been already in
vested in United States bonds.
Laura Fair IL MORALLY afraid of a
mouse. In pistol practice she can't hit
anything smaller Than q man.
The Zulus bury their dead face down.
ward, and they can't keep an eye out for
grave-robbers.
Rev. DR.. Talmage will be given formal
reception by his congregation on his re-
turn from Europe. A steamer will be
Chartered and, with large number of in
vited guests, proceed down the bay to meet
the incoming vessel.
E1Gov. Gilbert {. Walker, of Virginia,
moved BY domestic reasons, has returned
10 B;nghamton, y Y,-his native city
and will there establish his future home
and re,ume mis- Law practice.
The British Ambassador to France, Lord
Lyons. is An old bachelor who drinks moth.
iug but milk and soda water. He ha, $50
600 year besides his house, and he has
held his place some twelve years.
Mr.. John King, Vice President Of the
Baltimore and Ohio railroad, will hereafter
live in Cincinnati, where he will undertake
the duties of general manager of all traffic
of the Baltimore and Ohio system.
JEFF Davis has written long letter con.
corning his candidacy for the United States
Senate, from which we l-.rr that NJ d rs;s
doesn't want TO be Senator s.uns; n. BID a.
Mr.. Tilden doesn't want 10 be President.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-25
Death OF Daniel lDre "


Eighty-two years of existence seldom
constantly busied with varied affairs than
those vouchsafed to Daniel Drew, who
passed awsy yesterday. He belonged to
the pioneers Of speculation In the United
States and outlived his generation, but two
or three OF them reaching to our day. He
was built Of the same sturdy rough mate
rial as the late Commodore Vanderbilt
the men whore native push and persistence
lifted them out OF their earlier pursuits,
who we're never too old for new methods OF
making money, and who nevertheless car
ried through all their affairs, large as we'll
as small, the characteristics OF their early
days. Neither Mr.. Drew nor Mr.. Wander.
bilt was polished by successes out of their
early methods Of speech or ever
lost the homely turn of that grim
humor which was 80 wont to be the out
come of shrewd action, 90 witness the hun
dred "reminiscences that survive OF Uncle
Dan'l" and the Commodore" on the
street." Mr.. Vanderbilt began life as 8
Staten Island boatman, and Mr.. Drew first
catching the eye Of limited public as an
itinerant Snowman, passed on to cattle
driving, hotel keeping, steamboat owning
banking, Wall street speculation on the
largest scale, church and seminary build
ing, the same DanI Drew" as when he
began. He combined pie;y and specula
ton and was dead in earnest ii both. In
the latter be had not been successful Of
late years, indeed, had dropped in not ovel
brilliant circumstances from the line Of
active speculation altogether; but his fig.
ure remains distinctly in the public eye
and it ia not an unkindly estimate that
will be form ed of him now that he has
left the worldly stage forever.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-25
A MONETARY CONFERExCE.

Secretary Sherman has written letter
approving of the proposition for an iuterna-
tional monetary conference TO bring about
the adoption of a currency based on bullion
deT osits as q medium of international
exchange. He remarks that each nation
holds so tenaciously to its own coinage that
the adoption OF any common unit OF value
seems impossible. The weight and fneness
of coin alone measure its value in inte,na-
tionsl commerce, and the value of a given
weight of coin or bullion may be conve-
nIently measured in the current coin of
every country. The Secretary says:
The only practical difficulties that arise are
In liking the relative value of the two metals,
bot of which are deemed necessary for COIN
age and com mt rciaI eXchans es. No doubt
the bullion certificate of any nation of estsb
Esbed credit, issued alone or on the deposit
of bullion to be retained for Its redemption,
would be universally received current
money in all commercial transactions with
out being made "A legal tender or affecting in
any way the local currency of any country.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-25
Milk Injections in the Veins OF MOri'
bOnd Persons.


As long ago as 1859, in story entitled
the Lated Veil, George Eliot tells OF a
wicked woman whose agency IN mysteri-
Gus murder was exposed by transfuslng
blood into the heart of the just-deceased
victim, who revIves for a lew minutes
under the experiment and denounces the
murderer. A simple way OF efecting this
purpose has been revealed by some recent
experiments of Prof Thomas of this city,
whose observations on the intra-venous In
lection OF milk have attracted the general
attention OF the medical profession. Ia one
of Prof. Thomas cases, the patient was
moribund when the first injection Of warm
milk into her veins was made, and the
unanimous opinion OF the assembled physi-
clans was that desth was inevitable. Life
was prolonged elk days by means Of five
injections, varying in quantity from TO
Is ounces. From this and other cases, DR..
Thomas concludes that the injection OF
milk into the circulation in place OF blood
is a perfectly safe and feasible operation,
easier to perform than TRANSMISSION OF blood,
and Of equal efficiency in cases Of exhaus-
ton from proiuse and repeated hemor'
rhages. These experiments are in curious
agreement with those of DR.. Wulfsberg
performed on rabbits and dogs in the labor
atory of Professor Marine at Gottingen.
After bleeding the animals until all move.
ments OF respiration and circulation had
ceased, DIR. Wulfsberg injected milk into
their veins. The operation was Instan'
taneously followed by rythmical contrac-
tions of the heart, and finally by re-estab-
lishment of respiratory movements, and,
what is more singular still, upon their
cessation, after the stlmulant had spent Its
force, life movements were excited again
by repeating the injection. Some OF the
moribund dogs even barked under the
influence of the milk. The microscopic
relations of this subject would be OF no
interest to the general reader. bat the fact
that life movements, whether by excitation
of the nervous centers or by direct irrita-
ton of the heart, can be restored after they
have ceased, in a manner at once 90 simple
and 50 readily spilled, is OF the utmost
practical Importance.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-25
CHICAGO PRODUCE MARKET.



FLoCR-Demapd Is good at full market
prices, XIX Western spring firm; Xxx
Western spring. 81 7jg5 co. new do. - 50aj 81
extra, 90 2sQsi %.
WHEAF- Market excited, higher, Irregular
and unsettled, bot closed steady; No red,
81 l0iZ; No spring 81 10; No spr ng 81 O51s
cs,-n; 81 o. al t513 Ociob-r: 81 t75sal O71a
November; 81 0i1z year 81 055z December;
No spring CSC.
CoKS-Unsettled, bat generally higher;
market opened stronger and higher. but
c osed at the inside prizes: 3-5sGs554c cash;
3s5zc October; SIR November s114c year;
375 &C Msy; rejected SIC
OATs-Sfronger anu higher at TIC cash
October; 2sH2SIz- November; 25t4c December.
3I5fc Did May: r. c, ed 2iJzc-
EYE-Iu good demand and shade higher
at 5gr.
BARLEY-Strnuse ger aDsi higher al sos.
PUKK-Exc.ted, higher, feysrish. unsettled
and Irregular, market opened strong and
higher, and closed at the irsde prices;
- 20 cash; 50 221Zu9 Is October; IS So Novem-
Der; 30 O2l<o3 o. January.
LARD-U nssttled but generally lower: mar
ket opened higher but closed weak at IS I7EG
O. 20 O-tober;s So III cash; s. 70o5 ~ >oveuI-
Der; y 30 January; saias were made at % So
January.
BULK MEATs-IB good demand and ashade
higher; shoulders Is 10, short ribs IS Is; s. G,
$ -.
wHIsKEy-Steady atslG.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-25
noTyyaE,NOrs

From tee wording CT a communication
published in Sunday mornings paper, a
person might ge: the impression that all
the members OF the City Council had sym
pa;hized with the uuwise policy which has
been 20 severely condemned by the public.
Bat this is not correct. Tao or three OF
the councilmea are eniesvoring to DO their
duty, and very naturally object TO being
c!assed smorg the ohstructionists. We are
inclined to think that the majority will be
Disposed to pursue different course when
they see how unanimously and emphatical-
" their conduct is condemned by the peo-
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-25
TIL: President.

The speeches delivered by President
Hayes to the people along his route Of
travel are highly oomplimented by the
pres OF all parties. The Philadelphia
Record, Democratic journal, speaks as
follows OF his Detroit speech:
At Detroit yesterday he gave assent to the
growing sentiment against the borrowing OF
mosey by the CITY, town and borough au-
thoritIes OF the country In thus making
himself the medium through which wise
conclusions in respect % the necessities Of
loo Al government are placed before the pub
lie the President conf.rs a benefit upon the
country. Ia giving voice to the opinion that
local aothoTitIes should have no power TO
create debts he but utuers the wisdom that Is
born OF bitter experience. II il easy 10 say
that the men OF fifty and one hundred years
age should have foreseen the remote effects
OF system which previous experience had
shown TO be deiusive and treacherous. 10
have done so would imply the faculty OF
learning from the experience of Others. To
do this il the height of earthly wisdom, and
in he direction of public affairs such a de-
gree OF foresight Is seldom If ever reached.
Hence we are now onIy learning that econom-
1ca and elective local government and the
borrowing power do not 40 together.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-25
Disappearance Of James Rcdpa,h.

TAtchison Champion 20.l u
A shade Of sadness would have been
thrown over the Lawrence meeting had it
been known that James Redpath was, at
that time of rejoicing among his old friends,
either dead or a crazed wanderer. This is
now the intelligence given to the country.
Mr.. Redpath mysteriously disappeared
two weeks since, and, up to the 18th inst,
no trace CT him had been discovered. His
complaints of pain In his head prior to
his disappearance lead his friends to think
he may have become insane and is now
travelling simlessly about. Mr.. Redpath
"started in" with Kansas in 1855 or before,
and has always been considered a Kansas
man. Though he had been absent from
the State for years, he registered at the
Kansas Centennial building as a resident
OF Kansas. And this reminds Ia, that, in
the letter written by Martin F. Conway,
and read at the Lawrence meeting, the
writer stated that he had never voted ex-
oept in Kansas, save his frs. vote, cast in
Marylard.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-25
sSrE.-STATr COMMERCE.,

The New York Chamber OF Commerce
has ssnt letter to William II. Vanderbilt
and II. J. yewett, sug costing tina. the Presi-
dents OF the trunk lines Cf railroads should
cause 10 be prepared = hi regulating inter-
state communication in regard to the mat
ter Of freights, either by railroad or by
raj! and water combined snd present it al
The next Congress. Il is further suggested
tkst the bill, when prepared, should be
presented tor criticism to the representa-.
tive commercial bodies 10 the several cite:
on the sesboari who are directly intereste,
in the matter
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-25
The Regulation of Railroads
New York Times.

A msterisl point is gained when mag
mates OF the railroad world conceie both
the legitimacy and the expediepcy Of legis-
lative interference with the interests they
control. The concession max. an advance
in an important controversy. Even 30 late
az the Last regul-r session of Congress the
Reagan bill, regulating inter State com.
merce and prohibiting unjust discrimina-
roads as though any genuine attempt At
regulation we're an assault upon corporate
rights The attitude thus maintained in
Congress was in harmony with that uni
formly maintained in Etate Legislatures
where granger influence made itself felt
on this subject. 1t msy be, As Mr.. Wander
bilt alleges, that the hostile meas
ures adopted in some Of the West
ern States have reacted prejudicially
to their promoters. He should have
added that, as in Wisconsin, the measures
we're not persisted in, without essential
modification, when their mischievous
character became apparent. In other
States, too, the legislation is upheld as
locally useful, without seriously hurting
the corporations it affsc.f. But the wisdom
of particular measures is of less moment
III an the judicial affirmation of the consti-
tutionality Of the action objected to by the
companies. No principle is more clearly
settled than that which secures to State
the right OF imposing conditions upon vast
powers acquired under chsriers granted BY
The State. For all local purposes the right
40 uneauivocally established is amply
sufficient. L. enables the people of . State
n enforce whatever provisions are REQUIRED
for the protection Of its traffic against
unjust discrimination or harsh exaction
pract;ced by its own corpor-
atoms. However effective As re-
CARDS local action legislation
of this character fails to reach the
interstate aspect of the question. Con.
press alone can fully satisfy the want, and
the Reagan bill hiss fully shown that the
body is not doubtful Of its jurisdiction in
the premises or unwilling to exercise it
without waiting indefinitely for the con-
currence of the railroad managers. Mr..
VsnderbiIt's letter il . distinct admission
of the constitutionality of . principle
heretofore resisted BY the clses for whom
ne speaks; and, unless tie Chamber Of
Commerce il misinformed, his opinion il
shared by the heads of other corporations.
We are, therefore, great deal nearer the
understanding which must procede any
thing like permanent legislation than We
were before the Reagan bill received the
sanction of the House Of Representatives.
The question of right may be considered
sestled. The manner in which the right
should be exercised i the point now 10 be
discussed,
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1879-09-25
The Tekke-Turcomen.

Sr. PETERSBURG, September 23-An Of.
fetal telegram from Gen. Lamakin, CON-
manding the Russian expedition in Central
Asia, states that an advanced detachment
Of the expedition against the Tekk--Turco.
mans passed on to Capt. Don't the 4th inst.
at Bosnia and Berama. No Turcomans
were encountered and only 80 Kebet has
remained at Artchmen, the rest OF the pop.
ula,ion having decamped. 1t is announced
that the Tekkes we're assembling at Galprs
to resist the advance of the expedition.
LONDON, September 23.-The Viceroy Of
Indis confirms the report that the Russian
advance column of the expedition in Cen
trail Asia has been defeated by the Turco
men at Goktope, with a loss Of 200 killed