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The Daily Kansas Herald from Lawrence, Kansas • 1

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tlTTr-rr N8AS ii.ii ij JOUDd WHOLE NO. 285. LAWRENCE, KANSAS, FRIDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 22, 1884. VOL. 2, NO.

45. THE GAIUS JEN- no circumsiances make the attack till J. T. STEVENS, KILLING OF KINS Testimonials. Ottawa, Kansas, Feb.

17, 1484. Dr. Carl Neumann, My Dear Rib: Four Liniment and -QKNERAI By Gen. J. H.

Lane and thm Causes Nervine, I will write you, are invaluable that Led to it -Continned INSURANCE AGENT Your liniment with three applications (BY J. If. eiHMMONS) nas nearly relieyeu me ot the pain in Insures against my Bide, and 1 feel now wonderfully USHER-SAVAGE he (Lane) joined him. Lane kept on to Lawrence, arriving about daylight, and kept secreted during the day, his arrival being known to only a few of the people. He sent runners out in all directions gathering in the Free State men, telling them that a Col.

Joe Cook, a military man of experience, had arrived from the mst, and was prepared to lead them againut the invaders that were camped about the city. Tho Free State men always ready to fight when they had a leader, rallied from their homes to Lawrence Loss or Damage une oi the Hundreds or young men who Biade Kansas crazy by the speech. newer. I wish you would send me somthing now for my blood, as you spoke of it on my leaving you. Shall I by and who forthwith left all and lollowed him to Kansas, thus writes of it twenty FIRE, U(MTE0 OR TORMDOES drink the nei vine at any time when I 1.1 At the lowest possible rates, Also years after.

He was fresh from the scenes of di reel thirsty play again at the opera IRON COMPAN Y. house in about 10 days when I shall be pute in the belligerent territory: he Loans Money on Real Estate Security. happy to shake hands with a doctor made a characteristic speech, teeming with invection, extravagance, impetuos Office over Wells-Kargo express, Corner of during that dav. and attacked Franklin Aiassucnusetts anu wmtnrop streeis. who has done me so much good with apparently bo little medicine.

You know what I need so please end me the following night driving out the ity, denunciation and elegance. The ruffian horde that had becn the terror of grass on the prairies is sinced no more PETER BELL, some to try. 1 md money enclosed L. 8. STEELE.

by the winds than was this vast assem that vicinity, and then ma'ched to Washington ('reek, uniting his forces Send by express or mail to Butler, STEELE BELL, FounMHinewp Mo. yours with thanks, F. H. Rome. with Col.

Walker's Wakarusa men in the vicinity of Bloomington drove the Georgians out of Fort Saunders by his Attorneys at Law Real EstateJnsnrance With "Jolly Pathfinders" Theatrical Troupe AND LOAN AGENTS. tactics of making his force appear much larger than it really was. He then Toronto, Jan. 15, 1884. Office on If'mry street near Court House, turned the command over to Col.

Walker and returned to the Nebraska line, Dr. Cam, Neumann. Lawrence Lawrence, Kansas. blage by the utterance of the speaker. They fcaw the contending factions in the territory through his glasses.

The Pro-Slavery party appeared like demons and assassins, the Free-State party like heroes and martyrs. He infused them with his warlike spirit and enthusiastic order for the practical champion of Feeedom' During Col. Lane's address he was often interupted by the wildest applause, or by deep groans for Pierce, Douglas, Atchison and the dough-faces and ruffians who had oppressed Kansas. At the close of the meeting, a collect com kkw iimi'siiim 'mm streets, Dear Sir: I am home and am trying the where he built a ort as a place ot ren Wo buy, Bill, exchange and rent lands plaster, having put it on last Saturday dezvous for the lreebtate men coming and city property. night (this being luesday to Kansas overland through Iowa and took the powder on Sunday morning.

We loan money on long or short time Nebraska, and returned to Lawrence KANS. ana it am its work completely, am and organized the Free State men for LAWBENC a slowest rates on farms and city proper reeling pretty well, but my back is tern their demonstration against Lecompton, ty and chattel security. bly sore. It was a terrible blister: it resulting in the liberation ot all the took, it appeared, a pint of water, and Free State men held as prisoners by the left my skin as loose and soft, and made We have abstract books of the titles lands aiad city property in Douglas county and will make abstracts of title authority ot acting tfov. Woodson, and me terrible sick on bunday.

iiut my the disbanding of Woodson pro slavery mouth is better. 1 have every faith in ion was taken and ever 15,000 was subscribed." It was the monster meetings, inspired with Lane's enthusiasm that eventually made the administration at Washington change their tactics through fear of losing the Presidential militia from Missouri, which car at low rates. the remedies. Will soon, and ried such consternation into the ranks let you hear howl am getting along. of the pro-slavery party in Kansas and Missouri, and made Lanes name a My wife and friends are very happy that I have found a man and a remedy that household word in Kansas and one of have helped me so soon.

Should be election then pending, resulting in the administration changing their tactics and adopting the Free-State policy, and the appointment of Gov. Geary to carry terror in Missouri. irlad to hear from you any time at your Gov. Robinson in the trash he calls leisure. Engines, Boilers, Repairs, Castings, MILL MACJMEKY, "The Man and The Hour," ignores Lane's prenence at the battle of Frank GO TO R.

W. LCDHQTOff-'ft Mt ELDliWGE HOUSE STABLES For your Livery. BEST STOCK IN THE CITY, Wtnthrop street. Back Eldridge House. out this policy, thus assisting in the work of making Kansas a Free outr with respect, J.

W. MOREY, State. Andreas, in his history of Kansas Mr. Frank M. Finley has a bad couch says of Lane's oratory, "No man of his left him after an attack of typhoid fever time, possessed such magnetic power (a mild attack).

Also he has been trou over a vast miscellaneous assembly bled with catarrh in the head. If vou men. as he with the possible exceotion i r.i tt a J. EBBS. think you could do anything for him let him know, lie is not to flay bad iust 01 rawitj xiuiiry mm o.

o. jr remiss, Eli Thayer (one of the heroes Gov, CARPENTER BUILDER, enough to be disagreeable. He has been Robinson worships) in a letter to SHAFTINGS. I'lEHS, GEMS, Adams, Secretary of the State Histor trying several remedies, but no cure that is, not wholly. If the plasters wil do, send with full directions.

By that Estimates made and satis5actinn Guaranteed. ical Society, dated Worcester, Mass time I will be entirely well, and that Mayzisc, iy, reiernng to ac tions in the summer of 1856. says will be enough to satisfy anyone, for I Col. J. Lane was in Indiana, ad have been suffering since the fall of.

fiesidence Lawronce, corner 18K8 sixteen years; that all of mv ac dressing large meeting tor the pur Bridge and Kim 1. FKONTS STORE pose ot securing an army to accompany quaintances know. 1 have never had lin as it he was not there, notwithstanding there are any quantity of men still living that was in that fight, and can testify to Lane commanding them on that occasion. This kind of stuff is what he calls "putting some things on record as he views tiiem, thinking it will be just like some fool historian fifty years hence" to accept his wild and garbled statements in prefereuce to the facts given by the newspapers at the time of their occurrence. Col.

Eldridge did not lead this emigrant party, before Lane left or after, as the following card will show: A card, Tomka, Aug. 15, 185b'. We, the undersigned conductors of a company of emigrants' into Kansas, would hereby inform the public that we have succeeded in achieving a safe and peaceful passage through Iowa and Nebraska and on a new road which we and our company have opened, have arrived and are now encamped in Topeka, the seat of government of Kansas. Along the road we have established colonies and towns for greater convenience to emigration, viz: Plymouth, situated three miles rem the line between Kansas and Nebraska, which will be important to immigrants in crossing the Iron-tier as a post for supplies. Lexington, him through Iowa to Ivansas.

Mr. I hay anything that took hold like this, and er should be good authority that Lane KUHN BELL, anything you send, the money will be was organizing parties to come to Kan forth-coming. Send to Frank M. Finley sas. more especially as Thayer, in the Toronto, Unt.

fly J. W. Morey, House and Sip Painters imagination of Governor Robinson GOVERNOR'S PROCLAMATION one of the two men without whom Kansas would have been made a Slave AND Statb of Kansas, Executive Department, Topeka, Jan. 3, 1884. State: but from whom other people dif PAPER HANGERS.

fer. and are stupid enough to believe Whereas, a vacancy exists in the of fice of Congressman, in what was here Shop on Massachusetts Street, Second door that Kansas would have been a Free State if neither of the two General SfflachineWork, South of Plorson's Sons' Holler Mills. tofore known as the Second Congres wonderful heroes had never sional District or the state of ivansas, lived Estimates furnished on all kinds of House composed of the counties of Allen. An 1 Lane was the leader oi tne party derson, Bourbon, Cherokee. Crawford, Painting1, Deuerutlng and Paper Hanging.

KUHN BELL. emigrants known as Lane's army that Douglas. rrankhn. Johnson, Labette. came to Kansas through Iowa and Ne Linn, Miami, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson and Wyandotte, caused by the braska that year and continued as such IEKMAM HASE, till they reached the Missouri river op death of Hon.

1). C. Haskell, late Rep about twelve miles from Plymouth and at a convenient distance therefrom for protective purposes and the remis posite Nebraska City. Near that place resentative or said District: Pumps Pumps! AND Lane left the party and went to Um Now. therefore.

I. G. W. Ghck. Gov sion of supplies tor immigrants: and Bend some eight or nine miles up the ernor of the State of Kansas, do hereby Hoi ton on Elk Creek, three miles from river and put up at the house ot Dr, order that an election be held on batur Skinnersville.

Blanchard. After crossing the Mis dar, the First day of March, A. D. 1884 The roads between Nebraska City and eouri the main party went into camp to nil said vacancy; and the respective twelve miles south, ot Uity, bherins or the counties of the afore Topeka are generally excellent and where small expense will render them safe and easy andwe would hereby invite all emigrants to Kansas to adopt it in and elected Mr. Dickey for their leader.

186 Mass.St. said District, to wit: Allen, Anderson Cruin, FRUITS, VEGETABLES, BUTTER EGGS Lawrence They sent a letter back to Lane by Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Douglas, Col. Bam alker, who had gone from franklin, Johnson, Labette, Linn, Mi the transmission hither of their families and effects. ami, Montgomery, Neosho, Wilson aad Lawrence to meet them with an escort a n. 1 it ot mteen men, Pegging oi mm to go back east, as his being with them would Wyandotte, are each hereby; directed to give due notice of said election as re- RECEIVED DAILY give the invaders from Missouri, known uired by the Constitution and Laws ot MERCHANT TAILOR.

M. C.DlCKERV, Calvin Cutter, Conductors of Emigrant Trains. I again quote tlov. Robinson: "Mr. Shimmons says the case came be as Kansas militia, under Gen.

Richard the State of Kansas. son, an excuse for attacking them, In testimony whereof. I have here Their theory was that without Lane unto subscribed my name, and caused to Winthrop Street, opposite Opera house. they would be an emigrant party and Fresh Lake Fish, Fresh Bulk Oysters, Fresh Michigan Celery, Fresh Dairy Butter, bo affixed the ureal heal ot the btate. would not be disturbed.

With Lane Done at the City of Topeka. the day A Foil lice of Cloth How on Hand. fore the grand jury. Very likely, but it had become partizanand apartizan of Lane selected the jury, and no one supposed that an anti-Lane jury would be selected, and no other would indict Lane, whatever the facts under the they would be a military party or army and year farst above written. open to attack.

uoi. walker found IL. o. I (. W.

L1UK. A Perfect Fit Guaranteed. By the Governor: Lane at Dr. Blanchard's and gave him the letter and the news of how the territory was overrun with bodies of armed men and the prayers of the Free State then existing circumstances." James Smith, Secretary of State. This is another Btraw to show the ani F.

G. ALFORD. mus of the Gov. He did not want a Grand FOL. "ALWAYS LEADS NEVER and Dressed Poultry.

Vegetables of All Kinds people were for his return to Kansas, that he might lead them out of the LOWS," Jury to investigate the killing of Jenkins unless that jury could be composed of Lane's enemies, such as wanted to --Hardware, Tinware, troubles that were surrounding them on The ever increasing popularity of the air sides. He concluded to come to ynch him, and when Ed Monroe and a Chicago Alton railroad is shown by its their assistance with all possible speed. latest announcement, that two sleeping crossed the Missouri in a skiff a few few others, with revolvers in between them and their victims, went cars will hereafter be run every day in miles below Civil Bend, his horse swim It OT AMERICAN" Sewing Maolfc ming the river and joined Col. Walker to Lecempton to induce Gov. Denver to put Lane in the hands of persons that the week, between Kansas City and Cihicago.

on trains leaving Kansas City 28 Masvachusetti Street. I who had crossed on tne ferry at City) a few miles south of the river in the evening. The great secret of the would murder him. Robinson admits that Lane could not have been indicted on the evidence as given before the Jus phenomenal success ot the (Uicago and with John Brown and Harris btrat- APPLE and PLUM BUTTER ton left the emigrant party- camped on Money to Loan Alton company in attracting such a large share of the travel to its lines, is always the prairie and in- company of Uol, Walker and his escort started for Kan in Bulk. leads, never follows its competitors in tice's court, unless the jury was packed with Lane's enemies.

Col. Walker was the Sheriff at the time and could not have empaneled an anti-Lane jury if the introduction of any invention that sas, they rode day and night, stopping On Real Estate Security. ENQUIRE OF I. N. VAN HOESEN, Lets Chemical Wwks.

will add anything to the comtort of the at intervals lor a short time to let the horses feed on the grass. Lane, Col. Walker and Harris Stratton arrived at traveler. "1 his company claims th proud record of having first broujrht in he had so desired, for the? reason that outside of the Pro-Slavery party, there were not enough anti-Lane men in the to use the three leading luxuries of Topeka during the night of the second county to impanel a jury from. FOR THE VERY BEST OF STAPLE AND ANCY GROCERIES, modern railroad travel, namely; Pullman Down Go The Prices I TO BE bleeping cars, Dining cars and Kechn- day after leaving the Missouri river the rest of the jaarty having been left on the way, giying out with fatigue and unable to keep up with Lane.

Walk mg Chair cars. It is still the only line running two Jralace ileclining (Jhair For Sale. A number well-bred roadsters I have a complete stock of Bnnt Sta TTflrciMS SafliHRS IRridlps cars, free of extra charge, in both morning and night trains between Kansas mares and geldings. 1 Also a thoroughly reliable family mare. Prices to suit the times.

Credit proper security er says ne was so. completely used up that he fell from his saddle several times between Topeka and his house (nine miles west of Lawrence on the Cal Uity and Chicago Kansas City and ot. WHIPS, Which I am Selling at Louis Chicago, and the? only line will be given. BED-ROOK PRICES 1 running two rullman ralace bleeping cars in its trains between Kansas City I ifornia road) and Lane helped him in his saddle aeain. The Col.

stormed at Sam'l. A. Rioqb. We use the Roedjr Springer Tor HASE. HERMANN and Chicago.

I employ the Bt Workmen and Guarantee all (roods. The highest market price psid for With such a record, and such ample Hides. his home and laid up tor repairs, with orders from: Lane as soon as rested, to go to Bloomington on the Wakarusa and muster the Free State men preparatory to an attack on Fort Saunders, but under sion Ballance, which is superior to all other preseription scales and therefore can warrant correct weight at Sfraflon's South End drug store. 2-11-lw and palatial accommodations, it is no wonder that the Chicago Alton i tfm HENRY ZIESENIS, aCDOEA, KANSAS. OPPOSITE ELDR1DOH HOUSE.

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