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' « unegaie to congres i or dissented, allbut lt;) iv-er to interfere.avowing' no pow-Tho clerk, .Mrfive minutes for a decision on thedemand. Pomeroy saidFogg, was cognizant of, and aidedofthe citizens could not bej m the e: , no Frr*Vipe of Reeder who leftr,State Hotel on the night f May 11, 1856. having been warn-j *nl of personal danger. He arrived I May 12 at the American House, S.1 W« Eldridge, proprietor.armsgiven up as that was an individual matter, bu that he would»surrender the cannon which-was under theinto the principal stores under the: pretense that they were scarefor arms. These stores were looted.The loss to the town from thiscause alone must have been $!•,-Kansas■ • r. * r “ !iic Safe tv.Pub-the Committee ofThe cannon had beenBlood’s( ity. and concealed by the Eldridge i s r€* *family until his escane Mnv com.banc »nee a led under Blood's hardwarePomeroy led .Jones and his000. As they were leaving the Ruffians burned Governor)mson S :house. It had already been plundered of everv valuable thing.In the spring of 1857, the erec-to the building and torelion of the Eldridge House was bo-couldfrom his enemies.d he people of Lawrence but observe the increasing number of Border-rulSans on the outskirts/ the city. On the 17th *f Mav,the citizens appointed C. W. Babcock, Lyman Allen and J. A Perry to hear a letter to U» S. Mar-Dona!.son. This• ut the foundation wall where theHe surrend-; cannon was revealed.’ r- 1 it to Tt r • - The P.. r.der-rui- llL uran- did n d w.-h to have to tight feet onto subdue the f*\vn‘, and the ac- | li? footgun on the site lt;f the Free dt-u*Hotel, which was destroyed Ma\ 21, 1856. This new' hotelbrick, four stories,wasfrontingofsetts street, andon Winthrcp street, theion of Jone s was intended to dP-j full length of the lot. The site was* * f -n* lj armtionC Wma i son.thats communicaa large force curnien men had collected in the vic-placepeople o..hem furtherJ awrencctheand■ ' ds* V . ' lt;, ,: ' •atITv.mercyafterbought of the Emigrant Aid Asso-thatciation. Mr.three o'clock when the Border-ruf-undertakinumitv lt;.aw re n eethat thevwere eng;at the tfians assembled at a point on Mas-str et near the present : trill’sthe full cost of thewas over $A0,000. It is* said that the claim ‘for itscourthouse. There they were halt-time in committing depredations upon the cit-» elt;l t0 listen to p* harangue by Gen-destruction by Quan- iwas $60,000, but that ‘Mr, Eldridge was obliged t » accent $1,500 limit placed on claimsizen*L-waning \ug(,rlt;* threa f ( Atch: *: i th:-. i y, hat he i by the legislature of 1 875■ t'grr. iv? -y -.j • y; .--Vw~-^ » * ♦ ' . •* d ■ lt;. ' 7.-a: « ii' ..;C~-».r3 'lt;■ .a —* d u a. akrOirhing unoffendings a 1 a:upon breaking openandpublic boxes£4highway,! of merchan- Ranger, bv God!Boy-, thi s day T am a IvickapooThis day we haveappropriating their con- entered Lawrence withoisetents. It also said that these men , Right:had slaughtered cattle and terri- andfied the women and children of the dared territory.W.,• rnotinscribed upon our banner,one damned AbolitionistThe company building this hotel was composed' of four brothers, ShalorEdwin S., and James M. Eldridge. iCharles Robinson and Oarmi W. IEldridge ThomasBBabcock had promised to take part-Now boys-:,pounded thicomm unica11on pro-the Mar-s h r. 1:s question to “This isKAto askyou recognize them as your posse and feelfor their acts1responsioieMarshal did notf PI v.Thimunicatlonnecessary to do so.epiy t.• tr:is c w-d14 notHe knew thato nre a gun.this is the happiest day of mv life Me have entered that damneI %j town, and taught the damned Abolitionists a Southern le-son thatwill remember until the dayv, e willnerships, but begged to be relras-ththev die. Anddeemitwasintention of the Border-ruffiahs *to wipe out Lawrence under author it*slavery peopleof law. Tne Pro- ; par.v hadid now, uoys, go in again, with our highly honorable Jones, and test the strength of that damp* Free-State Hotel*and teach the Emigrant Aid Com-«»Jt beed. Gains Jenkins sold his wen-stthe Eldridges. Thish -telthe prid1* of t;\\:'to beme town, said the best west of St, Louis. John J. Ingalls wrote tnat it w .s tl e K s' west of Ohio, and that “It was opened Friday evening, December 31, 1958, by a New Year’s inaugur-;ation bad, and that it had all thereceived ther c ji cSt2*: * i 4,4 * 1ourapplt; in:me r.v- f a r rst-e . s !,♦*:*and cost $75,000)untenace o£theapprobation of thePresident,r“Appointments” ii j T , .included the first hotel bar in the-hou . hope vmiI | town, permittedJ u s t iu ♦and favorable presentment of the herselfv /• k. A t t m* m ^ -v. ^ -■?grand;ury, tne c ncurrenct* o: Govern r. md the orders of1 n -thoys,he respect \ by every gentleman. factwhen a woman takes * upoii the garb of a soldier byride, then sheofinof thespuetha* 1 .aw r-’ , w.-i prohibition, and that a log cabins t ro n sr 1 \nrespect.Marshal. They were prepared toS'*•arry out their purpose arms of the Unitedhands.with thfiVin their NowThe, people • *dav bvLawrenceconscious% •: f • ^cordons ofd a vA\v e r e the tight-c arry mg ais no longer worthyTrample her under your feet as youwould a snake! Come on boys!dutv to vourselves:.v 0^:- % :V ^Yourthe summer of 1856 bv 10prominent womenwho armed withofadovourandaxes.hatchets, knockeda into 12 Lawrence,hammer-.cut thenddutvvour*I km wSouthernvou will do. If one♦ ks of casks, and broke the bottles.. +V LIdare.-♦and beforee n i nmI man or womanV 1. Jhese Border-ruf- vou. blow them to hell with a chunkAugust Annals recordsOn28.thatoitildei\V• nans about theirCifI t By them of cold lead.*»their horses had been: Eldridge is rebuilding for the third time, the Eldridge House at Law-*r lOJkstores and dw* n, brokentheirj and robbed, travelers on the public mous and th.The consumption of whiskey by Jn‘V the Missourians had been enor-irenee.Iandrobbed.! highways intercepted I Free-state men and women abusedand murd- 1 under the! and assault*' d, maimse supplyinexhaustible. Most of the men in the Pro-s!avt rv ranks were dS.. +* m. -influence of whisky.seemed to re ! 1868, a new ruiMmg♦ * Andreas History r r*i- t*- Inw a son the site of the old one, bv Cf Ithestructureis a three*• ;; r ■ v “ Wfall in th - name ur.d v th th. There was an element in I.awrer.eeI sanctionUnited States.of the government o*£thewho wanted to resist Jones and who was erected atEldridge. The newpresent Eldridge House story brick, 100 by 117 feet,cost of $52,000.1' - •' -'' lit! •*and IaOntheof' On its completion, Colon**! Eldridgen0va voung manfrom IiljnoKto Gen. G\Na m edIVanton’s bridge. (\ tne19th day of . were disgustd with the action| Pomeroy. Then men this faction | sold his interestverned by the ma-! Deitzler who leased it forE. A. Smith. Mr.was murdered near intended to be1 -1 *ivI*a term I♦ r*i1 fjoritv and do nothing rash, but of ten years m. rning a young man named j more than one of them have said Smith after managing tm* h rt, from New York, was mur- to the writer that a firm front by for a fewf ri lt;4years, sub-leased it to
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Lawrence Daily Journal World
Lawrence, Kansas, US
Sat, Aug 22, 1925
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