The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-07-14

Death came in consequence of a
complication of diseases. Last Feb
ruary he was taken i'll with grippe
and winter cholera, and the effects
brought on kidney trouble, which with
an attack of organic trouble of the
heart caused his demise. He did not
take to his bed until Tuesday of this
week. On last Sunday he attended
church. His passing away came very
suddenly and Unexpectedly, even
though the doctors recognized that
he was critically i'll.
Services will be held at the house
this evening at $40 o'clock. They
Estey of the First Presbyterian church
of Topeka and Rev. w. W. Gilpat-
rick of the Presbyterian church of
Beileville, Kas. The body will then
be taken to Belleville, Kas., on the
Rock Island train at o'clock. In
terment will take place there on Sum-
day afternoon. The pail bearers in
Topeka will be Attorney General c. C.
Coleman, Judge T. +. Carver, Judge
W. A. Johnston, ]. G. Larimer, Capt.
Clad Hamilton, and n. 81. LOOMS.
Mr.. Close was born in Bellevue, O.,
December 1, 1857. He was educated
at the Bellevue high school and the
Ohio Wesleyan university. He gradu-
1888 he came to Beatrice, Neb., and
was there admitted to the bar after
reading law in the Office of King &
Sloan at Sandusky, o. At Beatrice he
engaged himself for a time in the real
estate business with Caly Bros, and
then removed to Red Cloud, Neb., still
| in their employ.
In 1885 he came to BeIIeville, Kan,
which he has called his home ever
since. There he set up a law practice,
and a arc
in his profession. He was county at
! torney in Republic county from 1887 to
1891, and was president of the board of
education in Belleville. He named him
self candidate for district judge OF
Republic county but was carried down
when Bryan ran the first time. All his
| life he was a strict Republican and for
many successive years was a delegate
to the state convention. He was very
prominent in all political affairs of the
| Fifth congressional district. In Janu-
airy, 1903, he was appointed assistant
attorney general under G. G. Coleman,
and has been recognized as a very COM
| petent man in his position. During the
last hours of his Illness, while delirious
| he spoke necessarily concerning the en-
| tanglement of the First National bank
and the states money. The watchers
beside his bed say that the look of sor-
row on his face concerning the condi-
| lions which are now presented by the
matter, was almost pitiful. He SEEM
| ed to be hurrying back and forward
| between the bank and the state house,
said Mrs. Fry, his sister-in-law who
was with him, land he talked about
the matter a great deal. What if we
had our money in that bank, our all, as
some people have, was one of the
things he repeated many times"
Mr.. Close was married in 1887 to
Anna Laura Schnebly of Mt. Vernon
| o. With his family he has always been
very affectionate and kind and those
who sorrow at his departure are almost
| heart-broken. His wife and three chill
dren survive him, Jay F. Close, Jr., age
II; Mary NJ. Close. age Is; and Anna
Laura Close, age 8.
Mr.. Close was quite wealthy. He car
| ried considerable insurance, owned part
| of a business concern at Belleville, &
| farm in Republic county, and for many
years had a well-paying law practice.