THURSDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1949
UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN, LAWRENCE, KANSAS
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Marker Set For Men Killed In Quantrill's Raid
A small granite block, half-covered by weeds and grass, lies in the 900 block on New Hampshire street. Carved on it are the words, "Here, near a score of unarmed recruits were shot Aug. 21, 1863."
The killing of the "unarmed recruits" was the opening event in the raid on Lawrence in 1863 by the famed Missouri border bandit, Quantrill, and his band of pro-slavery fighters.
The raid occurred early in the morning of Aug. 21. The unpreparedness of residents, public officials, and the encamped soldiers was responsible for the easy execution of the attack.
The Missouri raiders, numbering fewer than 300, had passed a camp of United States troops the afternoon before and had traveled through two towns during the night. None of these places sent any message to warn the city of Lawrence of the approaching guerilla band.
After the raiders had arrived and had begun their warfare, the town-speoples thought this was another of the occasional border attacks which were engaged in mainly for plunder and only secondarily to discourage free state forces. The citizens thought that the raiders would take all the valuables they could get, try to kill a few picked men, army leaders and abolitionists, and leave town.
But this was an organized guerilla attack on the town. Quantrill and his followers were prepared to meet resistance. They came with the idea of destroying as much of Lawrence as possible.
When the raiders arrived at Lawrence, they headed for the barracks of the 14th Kansas regiment on New Hampshire street, where they expected the resistance to be centered. Instead, 22 young recruits were just getting up. The raiders shot 17 of them, but five escaped.
Then Quantrill's men separated into small groups and began their one-sided battle, which lasted four hours. They did not especially seek public officials or anti-slavery leaders but killed men indiscriminately and burned nearly 100 homes.
Most of the business district was destroyed. The Eldridge house, where the present Hotel Eldridge now stands, was burned. It had been built on the site of the old Free State hotel, which had been destroyed in a similar attack in 1856. The newspaper offices were wrecked.
After a morning of terror, Lawrence residents saw the Quantrill group meet, as though by a prearranged signal, and ride away. It was estimated that 143 persons had been killed and 30 seriously injured.
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Ashburnham, Mass. — (U.P.) — A nervous motorist who loudly proclaimed his sobriety while seeing a monkey climbing a roadside tree was reported by police. They assured him they didn't suspect him of drinking. The monkey escaped from a nearby farm and was recaptured, thanks to the motorist's directions.
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Endowment Land Tax Exempt
Property held by the K.U. Endowment association can be taken off the tax rolls in accordance with a state law, it was explained at a meeting Tuesday of association representatives and city and county officials.
C. C. Stewart, president of the Endowment association, told the officials that "the state legislature granted a charter to the KU. Endowment association in 1893, authorizing the association to receive gifts in aid of the University and to administer them in accordance with the expressed wishes of their donors.
"In addition to the exempt property, the association has title to some 27,000 acres of land in Kansas on which taxes are paid—216 acres being in Douglas county. This is purely income property on which taxes must be paid."
Tuesday's meeting at the courthouse followed a petition filed in September when the Endowment association requested that 10 pieces of Douglas county real estate be taken off the tax rolls. Total valuation of the properties is $26,270.
Water Scares Soldiers
Fort Lewis, Wash.—(U.P.)—T h e army provost marshal's office arrested a sergeant on armed robbery charges of two soldiers. The sergeant admitted the robberies. He told authorities his only weapon was a toy water pistol.
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CongressKind To Farmers
Washington, Oct. 20—(U.P.)-T he first session of the 81st congress was generous to the American farmer.
With an eye on the farm vote in 1950, congress made available large sums of taxpayers' money for a wide range of federal farm aids.
It's last major act before adjourning was to guarantee another year of generally record high peacetime price supports for most crops and provide assurance that supports can be lowered only gradually in the coming years.
It also expanded other farm aids and set up new programs to help farmers get better housing and improved telephone service.
The costliest of all the farm bills passed—price supports—developed as a bipartisan measure after congress rejected the administration's controversial Brannan plan.
Under the new legislation, housewives figure to get cheaper eggs and pork next year. At the same time, the farmers will be guaranteed peak price supports on major field crops.
Under the new program, the six so-called basic crops will be guaranteed support of 90 per cent of parity through 1950; between 80 and 90 per cent in 1951; and between 75 and 90 per cent through 1952 and 1953.
The first session of congress expanded the federal crop insurance program and put the government in the grain storage business.
The storage program was aimed at expanding storage to hold the big grain surplus piling up.
Congress also put into operation a world wheat pact requiring subsidized U.S. wheat exports to help hold foreign markets.
A $300 million program for subsidy payments to farmers for conservation was authorized for next year, compared with $257,000,000 this year.
A top limit of $500 million was authorized for loans to expand rural electrification. That compares with last year's limit of $400 million.
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