, 1892-12-15
STATE PARAGRAPHS.
Cheering Intelligence About Sena-
tor John B. Allen.
A Tacoma WOman,s Business
with Various Banks--Visscher's
PensIOn-A Double wedding snd
Other mafaers

A Tacoma WOman's Business
With Various Banks--VIsscher's
PensiOn-A Double wedding snd
other Matters.
Special to the Tribune.
TACOMA, Dec. 16.-The cheering intelli-
gence comes from Washington City that
Senator Allen 'rose in his seat in the
senate yesterday" 1t is expected that a
dispatch from Washington will appear in
the Seattle newspapers every day until the
election occurs by the state legislature
that the able senator is alive and able to
walk up Pennsylvania avenue daily, and
occasionally "rise in his seat"
News comes from Huntsville, Ala, that
Mrs. Annie M.Murphy was arrested there
while attempting to cash forged cashiers
draft fer $3.50 on the National Bank of Com
merce, Of this city. Already it is known
that she has, during the past month,
uttered $2,s95 of forged drafts, all of which
have been made out on the forged National
Bank of Commerce drafts, of this city, to
which the name of Cashier ]. w. Wallace
was crudely forged. In uttering the draft
Mimi, to South Pueblo, Col, to st. Louis,
Mo-, to HOultOn, Me-, and to Huntsville,
Ala. Beside being very slick forger, it is
believed from information in the hands of
Cashier Wallace that she has at times ap-
peared in male attire. At South Pueblo
she was introduced in mems clothes at the
Central National bank by prominent mer-
chant. She then passed under the name of
Howard. Three years ago she left Ia
coma and her husband, who was then a
wood dealer and who now resides here.
She evidently has confederate here.
Col. Will L. Visscher, of Tacoma, has
been granted aM additional pension by the
government.
At Port Angeles double wedding took
place yesterday. John w. Troy and Miss
Minerva Lewis, and Willard Brumfeld and
Miss Mamie Guptl were united in mar.
riage. Mr. Troy was elected county audi
tor at the recent election and Mr.. Brum-
field will be his deputy. The young
couples have always been prominent in
social circles.
In Seattle, Hattie May Barnum, the ID
year-old daughter Of Mrs. Annie Kohney,
proprietor of the European lodging house,
ran away with James Halder, married him
and separated all within an hour. The
couple were walters in the Peoples theater.
Mrs. Kohney's oldest daughter aged 18,
ran away and was married in British Col
umbia six months ago. Seattle society is
stirring things up.
The P.-I. Of Seattle says: Hon. William
Mentzer, Of Thurston county, and Hon. N.
W. Bush, of Chehalis, are the latest entries
IN the race for the speakership Of the state
house Of representatives. Both gentlemen
are said to possess excellent qualifications
for the position which they seek. Mr..
Mentzer has had legislative experience in
another state, and Mr.. Bush is one Of the
ablest and most popular lawyers of Che
halls county.
It is said that Governor Ferry along with
2. b. Johnson and other regents of the
Seattle University, have arranged to knock
out the University building commission al
together and fix it so that the regents of
the University can do the building. The
idea is to crush out every board that
Laughton has appointed.