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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Kansas, (search)
Free-State men take no part in the election of Gen. J. W. Whitfield, delegate to Congress......Oct. 1, 1855 Pro-slavery party meet at Leavenworth, ask the lovers of law and order to obey the laws of the first legislature, and declare it treason to oppose them......Oct. 3, 1855 Free-State party elect A. H. Reeder delegate to Congress......Oct. 9, 1855 Free-State constitutional convention meets at Topeka, James H. Lane president......Oct. 23, 1855 Charles W. Dow is killed by Franklin N. Coleman, pro-slavery man, near Lawrence, on the 21st. Free-State men meet at the scene on the 22d, and Sheriff Samuel J. Jones arrests Jacob Branson, with whom Dow had lived, for taking part. At Blanton, Branson is released by free-State men. A meeting is held at Lawrence, and Branson addresses the people. Fearing a mob from Missouri, citizens are armed......November, 1855 Governor Shannon orders Maj.-Gen. William P. Richardson of the territorial militia to collect as large a force as p
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Missouri, (search)
actise as an attorney, nor be competent as a bishop, priest, deacon, minister, elder, or other clergyman to teach or preach or solemnize marriages unless he shall have taken, subscribed, and filed an oath of loyalty. Constitution ratified by the people, vote 43,670 for and 41,808 against......June 6, 1865 Judges of the higher courts decline to yield to the new judges appointed by Governor Fletcher under ordinance of March 17, as not in the power of the convention. By special order, General Coleman is directed to use such force as may be necessary to establish the new judges in office, which he accomplishes......June 14, 1865 Excitement in Lafayette from political strife and robbery and murder by desperadoes under Archie Clemmens, who is killed by troops sent to quell the disturbance......spring of 1867 Legislature makes prize-fighting for money punishable by imprisonment from six to twelve months, or a fine of $500 to $1,000......Feb. 8, 1868 Monument to Thomas H. Bento