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Newspaper
Topeka State Journal
Location
Topeka, Kansas, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1897
Page
3
In Oswego Osage township a long unsettling report recalls the Bender murders tied to a frontier farm near Cheemsvale. The piece details the farm’s decline, the old keeper, a child’s death, and local rumors linking Brockman to the killings while noting the lingering shock across the county.
Reporting on the Benders crime, authorities recovered multiple bodies in a south Independence ground, including a 4 year old girl and her father. The father’s body was buried beneath a hole four feet deep, with a hammer used to crush skulls. The Benders, aided by an outside party, dumped corpses into a cellar before secret burials. Delph Brockman, a neighbor with alleged ties, faced questions in later years amid ongoing murder suspicions surrounding the case.
The famous Lawrence windmill near Mount Oread has been purchased by Treccy Learand of Lawrence. The new owner plans repairs to preserve the historic mill, once a grist mill and later a farm machinery maker, whose history dates to 1863 with Wilders & Palm. The mill, valued mainly as a curiosity, faced potential ruin until this transfer.
In Hays City, a writ and demand were served on Ellis County Superintendent Kirkman by W W W Grass alleging failure to properly take and verify the constitutional oath required before assuming duties. The complaint centers on whether Kirkman fulfilled the oath and affirmation to support the U.S. and Kansas constitutions and to faithfully perform office duties.
Washington February 16 Captain N Hanson, living on a farm near Here, visited Canton to confer with President McKinley on postmaster appointments. He and the president served in the same war and Hanson brought back word that he could get the office if he wishes. Several other applicants are listed as contenders amid the frenzied state. Hanson and the president dined with General Alger.
Mary Hahn of Fredonia, a seventeen year old daughter of Joseph Hahn, ran away last week. She appeared at Dr Hace’s home near Roper on Sunday tired and hungry stating she intended to walk to Neosho Falls. The report notes she was distressed and exhausted during the journey.
A fragment notes a woman fleeing along worsened roads and being identified as the Hahs girl after giving a cruel alias and a different town as her home. The passage hints at a mistaken name and place before resolution.
Winfield Vt Feb 1 9 Saturday at 4 PM at the home of the bride’s parents Mrs and Mrs I B Foster Miss Della Foster and Mr George Cotton of Kildare Indian Territory united in marriage Rev Alexander officiating. The bride a Hutchinson school graduate and valued as an exemplary young woman. She earlier earned a teacher’s certificate before 15 and came with her parents to Union City then to Kildare to join the ground breaking era. Chief Bushy Head awarded her a deed to a hotel corner lot on the townsite. The couple will reside on a claim adjacent to the site now under cultivation.
The Glen Elder Sentinel likely shifts from Smith County to Beloit with Hen T. Beker as editor, boosting Beloit to four papers two Republican and two Populist. W Baker of the Sentinel eyes county printing profits amid Beloit Call changes and talk of moving the Scottsville News to Beloit as a Populist paper.
Newton February report lists Mr and Mrs W Morgan of Hutchinson Major and Mrs E Jankin of Sterling Captain W F Hendry of Nickerson and Lt J Buckwalter of Halatead en route to Galveston for the National editorial relation. They will visit Old Mexico before returning.
Kansas towns carry scattered items from Salina to El Dorado. Notes describe Frank Smith of Missouri Paritic aection crew loss of consciousness, Buck Horst en route to Cuba, Judge Manfora appointing W G Champe editor as clerk, and a cash-strapped Sumner county district missing school funding. Also mention a bank draft fraud and a suicide note tied to Cawker City, with various local jolts across Fort Scott Atchison and El Dorado.
New York on February 16 saw a closed performance of Heartsease by The Macket at the Garden theatre for New York clergy and clergy friends. Charles Frohman and B Diltincham organized the event with only church members admitted and box office staff in black coats. Ministers from New Jersey attended alongside many local clergy, while the Muthixtisis sent regrets.
Widdeford Me Feb 16 Nine hundred looms in the Laconia and Pepperell mill here will be shut down until March 5, a larger halt than expected under the curtailment agreement. Operators not at work will not be replaced, and mills plan to restart with loaded dyeing lines on that date.
Brief in Salt Lake shows the state senate voting 5 to 11 on the Rideout resolution seeking an investigation into the recent senatorial election. Also mentions Bewitts Witch Hazel Salve advertising healing properties and a local address.
President elect McKinley is confined to bed in Canton with influenzas epidemic illness. Doctors say his condition is improving though he cannot receive callers for several days. Mrs McKinley is also ill and unlikely to be up tomorrow.
The Vendetta company threatens court action to force a Saturday show at Crawford Opera House in Topeka. With three booked attractions and two local houses, manager Alden Benedict Romani fights cancellation requests from Mr Crawford. Prof Flint and Dr Pills gain publicity as legal threats loom over Salter and Martin’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin remaining at Grand Opera House.
In Kansas City a hearse carrying the body of Uncle Char ey Christy was struck by Car No 62 as it crossed a street near Porter road during a funeral procession to Kimwood cemetery. The wreck overturned the casket, splintered the rear wheel, and shattered glass, though no riders were reported injured.
Russell Harding Mads named general superintendent of the Great Northern replacing J M Barr who resigned. Mads had long ties to the Missouri Pacific and was involved in Gould line projects to Kansas with Wichita as a former Missouri Pacific Kansas head. Mrs Wordin lectures on child study tomorrow at Commercial Club rooms.
The National Farmer's Alliance Supreme Council met in Washington with delegates from over four score states. President Mann Page of Virginia presided as reports from officers including Secretary Treasurer Southworth and Lecturer Vincent were presented. Prices for agricultural products and farmer distress dominated today's discussions.
Western Union telegraph supports fight coverage with expanded facilities between Reno and Carson City. A large newsroom room is rented for newspaper reporters and the amphitheater will cover 900 feet square to host about 30,000 spectators.
Deputy Sheriff Rokgeett of Williams captured Janes Parker, the Nelson train robber, 20 miles north of Peach Springs. He offered no resistance as he was found in Diamond creek exhausted with frozen feet and blisters after 30 hours without food. He will be taken to Prescott for trial. train robbers face death in Arizona.
Washington reports the Kansas delegation will not pursue further local measures in this session. They will await a less hostile White House and the new tariff bill before pressing agenda items. An agreement targets a quick push of a new judicial district bill after McKinley’s inauguration, subject to an extra session.
The twelfth annual National Editorial Association convention begins in Galveston Texas with several hundred delegates arriving on special trains from east and west. Officials greet visitors at Harmony Hall as OH Thomas of Mechanicsburg PA presides, while mayor Fry and chamber leadership offer welcomes. Copyright details and committee appointments follow as speakers John Hicks and W J Pabor are slated to address journalistic topics.
The Paltaded Phi Engineering Co. will ship a massive overland smokestack to San Francisco and then Japan for a Yokohama electric plant. The 175 foot tall steel stack weighs about 99,000 pounds with a diameter of seven feet three inches. S. N. Ishida, a Japanese engineer, oversees the contract for the Yokohama project, with several Philadelphia firms also winning machinery contracts for the plant.
Senate defeats Armstrong quot bill on temperance ending to drinking clubs. The measure would have made the existence of drinking clubs impossible if enacted, marking a decisive setback for proponents and a relief for opponents.
Willard Scott Hart, a Santa Fe auditor, was injured in Leavenworth while attempting to board a Burlington train with three friends. He slipped on a tie and fell, breaking his ankle, with doctors Neely and Walter tending to the fracture. The group planned to catch the Santa Fe train but pursued the Burlington instead. Hart will be taken home to recover.
New York Herald dispatch from Rio Janeiro reports Col Marecia Caesar seeking more troops to quell the uprising of fanatic bands led by Conselbeiro. Rebel forces grow daily as supporters flock to Conselbeiro, with headquarters moved to a strategic point in the surub province. Allegations point to President Moraes and the Duke De Montpensier as factors in sustaining the revolt.
William G. Pittenger an engineer for the Union Pacific railway died suddenly of heart disease at his home on 2 South Fremont Street. He worked Sunday, fell ill about a half hour after starting work, returned home, and died before the doctor arrived. He had long resided in the city and had 20 years of service with the railroad.
The contest for the federal building elevator went to a Chicago firm, but Postmaster Arnold has not been officially notified of the award and does not know the successful bidder's name. He expects work to begin within a few days.
The annual meeting of the Lumber Manufacturers Association of the Northwest is set for February 24 at Treeria. Topics include tariff impact on lumber and New Kinley administration penalties, plus plans to entertain eastern visitors who have not seen the West.
Masons at Salina Kansas hold the thirty ninth annual assembly of the grand council of royal and select masters with anticipated 700 attendees by Wednesday. Informal meetings preceded the session as Grand Master Cornahin delivered the annual address and elections yielded Frank E. Davis as grand master. Also the grand chapter of Royal Arch Masons met with Grand High Priest Bus ear delivering the keynote address.
A seven ton lava block from Maul Island arrives as a monument for the Bampel Chapman Armetrotur. Ges. vemueuretat, born to missionary parents on Maul, served in the Civil War and founded Hampton Normal forti tute for the Todians, later superintendent there. Vas Gantt died in 159. The lava weighs seven tons and comes from Maul Island.
London reports British expedition moving toward Tani City to punish the Benin king for the killing of Consul Phillips' girl. Casualties cited include Comusasilar Penchand killed in Sapelo fighting. Patients suffer indigestion and headaches and are urged to take DeWitt's Little Early Risers.
Capitol lodge No 70 of H will host a social dance in their hall on Kansas Avenue tomorrow evening. Admission is 20 cents per person or 40 cents per couple. Charles Bennett, Optician, offers solid gold spectacles at 3.50 with best lenses fitted at 79 Kart. ave.
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