Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1903 — AM HISTORICAL BUILDING. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

AM HISTORICAL BUILDING.

Old f aoonic Hall ( Neoiho* Confederate Capitol of Missouri. During the Civil War Neosho, Mo., was the scene of many stirring events, Situated on the* line between the North and the South, it would -be one day In the hands of the Federal forces ahd next In the bands of the Confederates. It was here that the seceaders met, and on October 21, 18151, In the; old Masonic Hall building, of which we give an illustration, and whiqh, is still

sending, signed the article-9 of secession. The body was composed of the deposed Governor Jackson and 39 members of the Confederate wing of the House and 10 members of the Senate, and the following Is the title of the bill passed: “An Act declaring ties heretofore existing between the United State-s and the State of Missouri dissolved.” During the consideration of this measure the town was defended by Price’s army, which was stationed on the hill tops surrounding the place. The only dissenting votes to the passing of the bill were those of Charles 11. Hardin In the Senate and Isaac X’. Shambaugh in the The passing of the act was greeted with applause and the roaring of the cannons of Price’s command. The building has been removed from its original site, to give place to the city’s growth, but it still stands In a fair state of preservation and is an object of much interest to strangers who visit the town.

OLD MASONIC HALL.