The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1898-10-25
PEOPLE you HEAR OF.

Sir ration sykes, who has won mucn
nOtoriety lately through his financial
troubles with his wife, has built a beau
tiful church near his place in York
shire Until a short time ago he was a
ardent ritualist and now he has gone
to the opposite extreme and has remov-
ed all the candlesticks and other ritual
istic parapherna1ia from the church,
much to the disgust of the vicar, who
has appealed for aid to the archbishop
of York.
One of his subjects, named Birkner,
has presented Emperor William with
his estate of Cadinen, comprising a
splendid manor house and an area of
nearly 5000 acres. The estate, which
contains extensive preserves, is one of
the most valuable in the province.
Birkner, who is married but has no chill
dren, first intended leaving it to his
majesty in his last will, but has now
asked him to accept it at once. The
emperor has done so.
Colonel George Escon Sellers Of Chat
tanooga, Tenn, is the man who inspir-
ed Mark Twain with the idea of Colonel
Mulberry Sellers in 1.-THE Gilded Age.
He is nearly 80 years old and day or
two ago, with characteristic eccentrici-
ty, adopted as his daughter Mrs. Lou
lisa. Stodston Grimmer aged 70. He is
wealthy and childIess and does not
want distant relatives to get possession
of his property. Years ago his wife
died and he has since been living at the
house of Mrs. Grimmer.
Senator TilIman is said not to be so
Uneducated as he has been supposed.
His friends declare him to be a good
Greek and Latin scholar and an omni-
verOus reader.
Jokai, the Hungarian novelist, is, like
Tolstoi, a lover of farming and devotes
much of his time to the production of
grapes and a peculiar kind of wine
which he gets from them.
It is said that Queen Wnhe1mina Of
Holland Is engaged to Prince William Of
Weld. The prince is the queens second
cousin and is % years old. His mother
was Princess Marie of the Netherlands,
who married the reigning prince of
Weld in 1871.
According to rumor of reliable source,
Abner Mckinley, brother of the presi-
dent, has been turned down by the I'm
ion League club Of New York When his
name came up for consideration by the
membership committee it was passed
over''-not rejected, but simply ignored.
Then the name was withdrawn by it's
sponsors. It is believed this course was
taken to prevent Mr.. McKinley's posi-
tive rejection at the next meeting of
the committee.
Herr NeufeId, set free at Omdurman
after 10 years captivity, is almost like
the prisoner of the bastile who asked
to be taken back. He has found his way
to Cairo, but only to poverty and neg
Iect. The German consul has money in
hand for him, but it is money given for
his rescue" and as he no longer re-
quires to be rescued it is not available
for his support. He is friendless, or
thinks he is, he has almost forgotten
his native tongue and as in danger of
losing his reason.
Bert Harte's story 'gTennessee's Part
ner'' is said to have been suggested to
the author by the touching and beauti-
full friendship which binds together two
old men who have lived more than 40
years in the mountains on the route in
to the Yosemite They have a little
gold mine, which yields an occasional
$50, an orchard and a garden. One of
the two has not seen San Francisco
since 1855. With all their hermit life,
however, the two old gentlemen read a
great deal and know about what is go
ing on in the outside world.
FUNNYGRAPHs.