The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1895-05-10
THEY'RE WE'D NOW.
Mrs. Allen Sells and Simon
- Greenspan Married
9-7z
At Kansas City Last Night at
9:25.
AFFAIR IN DETAIL
AS Witnessed by a journal"
Reporter Present.
An Exploding Lamp Interrupts
the Ceremony.

No trumpets heralded the marriage Of
Simon Greenspan and Mrs. Allen Sells at
Kansas City last night. There were no
wedding bells to peal forth the joyful
news There wasn't even a wedding
march. 1t WAS just plain, every day
wedding, as though the bride and groom
were ordinary people instead of the rich
est woman in the state and one of 10
pekas favorite sons 1t would have been
'quiet wedding" had it not been for a
lamp explosion in the hall during the
ceremony.
The wedding occurred at the home of
Mr. and Mrs, Ed. West, at 337 West La
fayette street in Kansas City, Kansas,
The place is a modest residence in an
unpretsntious part of the city, in
what is known as Edgerton place.
Mrs. West is sister OF the late
Allen Sells, being the youngest of the
family of eleven children, and is
a charming lady. Her husband holds
an important position with the big whole
sale grocery house of Long Brothers
There was no one at the wedding ex-
cept Mr. Greenspan and Mrs. Sells, Mr.
and Mrs West aud their three children,
the minister and his wife and a STATE
JOURNAL reporter. The service was late
in commencing, being deferred until
S:35 p m.
The brief time prior to the service was
spent by Mr.. Greenspan on the lawn
with the West family, while his pros
pective bride completed her toilet up
stairs. Simon was in his happiest mood
and talked freely to his friends about
his hopes and aspirations. The only
noyance to the merriness of the occasion
was the big crowd of hoOdlums who
gathered outside How they found out
that there was to be wedding nobody
knows, for even the neighbo didn't
suspect it until it was over. Several
times the more bold ones walked into
the yard and asked for money.
Simon felt that it would be better to
be- liberal and he gave the leaders
of the gang fifty cents when they asked
for contributions. Then the boys would
go away and be gone for ten or fifteen
minutes. Mr.. Greenspan was not long in
detecting that he was making of himself
what he would call ''a good thing" and
when he had disbursed $3.50 in this man
ner he concluded it was time to stop.
This announcement was greeted with
derislve jeers from the gang, and they
soon became so uprOarious that Mr..
West walked two blocks to the nearest
telephone and called a policeman. The
man at the station promised to send an
officer right over.
When Mr. West returned "de gang"
was still there
"3etter sit down on the grass, boys" he
said, 'you haven't long to wait. The
policeman will be here in few minutes,
and it's bad on your feet to stand up"
I'VE don't care for no policeman" >"
grOwled the rabble. but they were visi-
bly, affected and they waited for a time
just to show that they weren't afraid,
and then walked off with as much dig
nifty as possible, as much as to say, "we
don't care for yer wedding nohow'
The crowd had disappeared when the
officers came.
Every glad to see you," Simon said
when JOURNAL man arrived. These
Kansas City reporters have been around
here all evening. / suppose they'll try
to make sensation out of this"
sits an event of great deal of inter
est in Topeka" said the reporter.
"Oh, yes; 1 suppose so. Mrs Sells is
so we'll known there. Pm one of the old
settlers myself l went there thirty four
years ago aud have lived there ever
since: You want something about my
life, suppose. Well you can say l was
born in a town called Cincinnati which
Is now suburb of Leavenworth. That
was 80 years ago. aud 1 came to Topeka
when was four years old. You MIC ht
say that have loaned more
money In the last year than anv bank in
Topeka and l haven't got $4,000 worth
of delinquent paper on my hands. | Or
ganized the original charter companies
that built the first railroads around
Topeka, the line from Leavenworth to
Topeka and Topeka west, and also what
Is now the Missouri Pacific from Topeka
to Fort Scott l was also instrumental
IN building the sugar mill and the cotton
mill, but Pm not particularly proud OF
those ventures, SO | don't know as Won
need to speak of them.
81 propose to stay in Topeka and make
1t my home as l have in the past
have unlimited confidence in the future
OF the city. It's bound to grow. l have
figured out that S2OOO,O0O will be ex
pended IN improvements in ToDek,
within year. You have no conception
OF the amount of improvements that arr
going on.
Il was out driving the other dav witt
Mrs. Sells and we counted fourteen new
residences being built that will cost from
$2,oOO to $4,000 each. Mind you. thi
was all IN the territory west of Topeks
avenue and south of Tenth street Witt
tne Santa Fe working 1900 men and 3O(
freight cars standing in the wards in baC
thrive ~
Il think the dam will be built I will
venture TO say that if the council will
give me the contract they have given
these Dam companies I could raise th,
money for the enterprise insida of thirt,
days That $4,000 guarantee year !
big thing for the council to promise
q "ll pay the interest on $4,000