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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Ingalls, John James 1833- (search)
s. to Atchison, Kan., in 1858, and became a member of the Wyandotte Convention in 1859, secretary of the territorial council in 1869, and secretary of the State Senate in 1861. He was State Senator in 1862, and in the same year was defeated as Republican candidate for lieutenantgovernor. In 1873-91 he was a United States Senator, and in 1887-91 was president pro tem. of the Senate. On retiring from the Senate he engaged in journalism and lecturing till his death, in Las Vegas, N. M., Aug. 16, 1900. Eulogy on Senator Hill. On Jan. 23, 1882, he delivered the following eulogy on the occasion of the death of Senator Benjamin Harvey Hill, of Georgia: Mr. President,—Ben. Hill has gone to the undiscovered country. Whether his journey thither was but one step across an imperceptible frontier, or whether an interminable ocean, black, unfluctuating, and voiceless, stretches between these earthly coasts and those invisible shores —we do not know. Whether on that August morning
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kansas, (search)
peka......Nov. 2, 1899 Two men hanged by a mob at Fort Scott......Jan. 20, 1900 Indian famine relief committee organized at Topeka; 41,483 bushels of corn and $8,700 in cash was contributed through the committee, which also reported over $25,000 raised previously, mostly through the churches......April 5, 1900 Conflict between sheriff's posse and two train robbers, both outlaws killed, at Goadland......Aug. 10, 1900 Death of ex-Senator John J. Ingalls, at Las Vegas, N. M......Aug. 16, 1900 Adoption of constitutional amendment making the Supreme Court consist of seven members......Nov. 6, 1900 Republicans gain full control of the State in 1898, with William E. Stanley for governor, who is re-elected......Nov. 6, 1900 Law creating court of visitation declared unconstitutional......1900 Good roads congress at Topeka......September, 1900 Carrie Nation wrecks liquor saloons in Wichita and other Kansas cities. Is arrested......Feb. 4, 1901 Kentucky Kentuc