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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-30
MILLIONAIRE SUICIDE.
w. B. Travers Shoots Himself Through
the Head.

New York, Sent. 30.-W. B. Travers,
a millionaire man of leisure, son of the
celebrated wit and Wall street operator,
W. R. Travers, committed suicide by
shooting himself through the head in
his apartment in Madison avenue. The
suicide is inexplicable, Mr.. Travers be-
ing in the prime of life in fair health
and the possessor of a large fortune.
Mr. Travers married Miss Lily Har-
rirnan, a sister of Mrs. w. K. Wander
bilt, Jr The couple separated three
years ago, Mrs. Travers going to Paris
to live Mr.. Travers was an uncle of
Mrs. Clarence Mackay. He had two
Geneseo. New York, and Mrs. Walter
Gby, now living in Paris. Since his
separation from his wqife he had lived
entirely alone with the care of his
valet. Martin Moon.
When Mr.. Travers arose he appeared
to be on excellent spirits and after
breakfast told his. valet he would not
require his services during the day.
Shortly after noon a maid found Mr..
Travers lying dead on his bed with a
revolver by his side. He had placed
the nuzzle of the weapon in his mouth
and sent a bullet through his brain. He
left several letters, all relating to bus
cause of the suicide. Mr.. Travers new
er engaged in any business except
When, about six months ago as an ex-
pertinent he became a partner in the
banking house of Hugh Eddy, the af-
fairs of which however. engaged little
of his attention. Mr.. Travers was 40
years old, was a member of the Kniek-
Tennis and Racquet and many other
clubs
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-30
KICK Them OUT.
Kansas May Get IntoInsurance
Row.
Mr.. venner Asks Luling TO Gust
New York Life.

Clarence H. Venner, the New York
banker who has a habit Of stirring up
trouble for the big fnanciers when
they get into a tight place, has writ
ten a letter to Charles H. Luling, su-
perintendent of insurance, asking that
Mr.. Luling refuse to allow the New
York Life Insurance company to do
any business in the state of Kansas 50
long as John A. Mccall and George
w. Perkins retain the positions of
president and vice president, respec-
lively, which they now hold
Mr. Venner enclosed copy of a
letter which he has sent to Mr.. Nc
Call, demanding McCalfs resignation
He has written a similar letter TO
Perkins. In short, Mr.. Venner seems
to be determined to remove few
scalps.
yenner is the man who made lot
of trouble for the Rock Island a few
years ago. He wanted to throw the
Rock Island into the hands of a re-
liar capacity in other sensational
financial deals.
/. Venner's letter to Mr.. Luling is as
follows:
tention to the enclosed copy of my
letter of September 22nd to John 4.
Mccall, ESQ.,, demanding his resigna-
ton as president and trustee of the
New York Life Insurance company. I
have requested the board of trustees
to join in that demand and. in a per-
sonaI note to Mr.. George W. Perkins
have suggested that he also resign
as vice president and trustee.
whether these designations will be
rendered or Messrs. Mccall and Per-
kins, with or without the support Of
the trustees, will defy the wishes of
the policyho1ders and public sentf-
ment by holding on to their offices,
which they have SO outrageously
abused, until they are removed either
by vote of the policyholders or by a
court, at the instance of the attorney
general of New York. remains to be
seen.
s'That they have both been guilty of
gross official misconduct has, I think,
been concIusive1y proved by their own
testimony and that of the company's
treasurer, Mr.. Randolph, given before
the committee of the New York Iegis-
lature appointed to investigate the life
insurance companies and now sitting
here for that purpose.
my letter to Mr.. Mccall does not
mention all the acts of himself and
Mr.. Perkins which require censure or
would be ground for removal from
their Offices.
IF it is within your power to dc so,
respectfully suggest that it becomes
your duty, in the interests of the
policyholders residing in your state. to
notify the New York Life Insurance.
company that 1t can transact no BUSH
ness in your state SO long as Mr.. Mo-
Cali remains as president and Mr.
Perkins vice president of said CONF
pany. Respectfully yours,
&C. H. VENNER.'s
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-30
BURNED IN THEIR BEDS
Two Men Lose Their Lives in Saloon
Fire.

New York, Sept 30.-Two men
were burned to death as they slept,
and third was SO severely burned
that he died in a hospital, another is
in a dangerous condition and three
others severely burned in a fire in a
two story saloon, restaurant and lodg-
ing house at No. 221-223 West Third
street.
The two men who lost their lives
occupied a room in the rear of the
building. They were overcome by
smoke and burned to death in their
bed. All the occupants of the house
were sailors and Iongshoremen except
one woman, the housekeeper. Those
who suffered death and injury were
suffocated and burned within a few
minutes, the fire being extinguished
before the damage had exceeded
$4,000. The first known of the fire
outside was when McCIelIand, his;
clothes on fire, dashed down stairs
from the lodging house and ran into
the saloon. The bartender drew his
apron around the flaming man and
finally succeeded in smothering the
flames. McCIelland's condition was
such, however. that he died within an
hour.
McClelland was the only lodger to
get 10 the street Dy the stairs. Inc
others, as they awoke in the sitting
smoke found the stairs blocked by
flames. Some of them succeeded in
reaching windows from which they
were rescued.
Four of the dodgers who were un-
able to reach windows had a narrow
escape from death in the flames. They
had made their way to the roof of the
building through the skyIight only to
find the burning building separated
from those adjoining by chasms a
dozen feet in width on both sides.
None of them dared attempt a leap
which might have landed them in
safety or sent them to death on the
stones below. They were surrounded
by flames and the roof on which they
stood was scorching their bare feet
when their plight was called to the at
tention of the fire department. and
they were rescued
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-30
SPECULATION KILLED.
BY the High Rate Asked for Money in
New York

New York Sept. 3O.-Large pending
syndicate transactions have co-opera-
ted with the continued drain on cash
reserves of the banks to raise money
rates to The highest of the year and to
kill speculation this week in the stock
market Forced liquidation up to this
time is light, however. Nevertheless,
some large financial transactions in the
Immediate future here. the rise in the
Bank of England rate and of foreign
money markets generally and the pro-
bIem of their effect on relief for New
York by gold imports, serve to unset
tie confidence in the future course of
money. The effect of the universal re-
ports of business prosperity is thus null
lifted in the stock market.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-30
THE STEP FORWARD.

When the announcement was made
this morning to friends, patrons and
employees of the State Journal that an
edition for Sunday morning would be
printed tonight, with full and COM
plete news. telegraph reports and
features. it made the sensational news
paper event of the year.
The announcement came as such a
surprise that the reading public was
almost taken off its feet. The people
soon steadied themselves, however,
and later in the day the Topeka Cap
ital announced that it would on next
Monday morning commence the pub
lication of a seven-day paper.
Thus does the action of the State
Journal in leading do good to the public
by inducing followers and imitators.
We commend the enterprise of Arthur
Capper, who is one of the great news
paper men of the west and who is a
personal friend of the editor and pro-
prietor OF this paper. Both of us are
owners of our own properties and both
of us are striving for the upbuilding
of the best city in the best state in the
Union. Mr.. Capper is a publisher of
numerous papers and periodicals and
has made a success Of them all.
In adding seventh paper to our own
six issues, we are not doing this for the
purpose of crowding out the old time
and well established Topeka Capital,
which we conceive is an excellent
morning paper; but the time has come
when there is room for US both.
The State Journal will say, in pass
ing, that this year is its most prosper
Gus one in all its history. and the cir
culation breaks all former records.
We make our money here and we
propose to spend it here for the up
building of the community and the
comfort of our family and friends.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-30
TO NEWSDEALERS AND
NEWSBOYS.

The State Journal Office will not be
open Sunday mornings, but papers
may be secured by newsboys, news
dealers and hotels at the wholesale
rate of Y cents per copy at the Nor
ris News Stand. No. SG3 Kansas ave-
nue., just south of the transfer station
and Immediately opposite the State.
Journal Office. Any orders left by
newsboys, newsdealers or hotels at the
State Journal Office before 10 O'Clock
Saturday night will receive prompt
and careful attention and the papers
delivered in season.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-30
BUYS sss, 400 IN BONDS.
state School Fund Commissioners
Authorize More Purchases.

The state school fund commissioners
have authorized the purchase for the
school fund of the following Kansas
bonds, aggregating $S3, 400 in amount:
District rs, Pratt county, $400, per
cent.
District IS, Leavenworth county, ST.
900, 5 per cent.
District 16, Republic county. $500, 5
per cent.
District 54.- Republic county, $500, 5
per cent.
District 81, Republic eeunty, $780, 5
per cent.
District s. Rush county. $4,000, Az per
city of Burlington. s1e,5oo, Az per
cent.
District Is, Atchison. $500, per cent.
Sedan, waterworks, $500, AZ per
cent.
Council Grove $1,000, Az per cent.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-30
WEATHER Is STILL CLOUDY.
People Are Carrying Umbrellas in An
ticipation of Trouble

The same clouds that have been
hanging over the city for the past two
days are still in their places or else
another lot of the same description
and the weary pedestrian winds his
way through the heat of the day car
rying the extra burden of an umbrella,
fearful to leave it at home lest the
threat come true and he receives a
drenching. So far there has not been
enough rain to moisten the dust on
the city pavements. Only two sta
tions in the state report fair weather
so the condition in Topeka must be
the prevailing condition over the state
though there has not been more than
a trace of rain at any point in the
state.
Cloudy weather prevailed this morn
ing in central and eastern Kansas and
southwestern Missouri, with clear
Light showers have occurred in east
ern Kansas and southwestern Missouri.
The day temperatures have fallen over
Kansas and western Missouri with but
little change in the night tempera-
lures.
The maximum and minimum tenn
peratures for the "a hours ending at
o'clock this morning as reported by
the government observers over the
state We're: Baker, 1886; Concordia,
5000; Dodge City. 80-64; Fort Scott,
1850; Macksville, 1856: Mcpherson.
1864; Manhattan. $3.50; Usage City,
$3.50; Russell. S2-5S; Topeka, 80-62;
Toronto. 1850; Wichita, 1862.
The hourly temperatures for today
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-30
COBURN'S HOT SHOT.
SAYS Shawnee County Census Returns
Tell Own Story.

Secretary F. D. Coburn. of the state
board of agriculture, says he is not go
ing to engage in any quarrel with
County Clerk Newman of Shawnee
county. about the population returns.
He said this morning when asked for
a statement:
There is nothing to add. The hys-
teric abortion and grotesque tumble of
contradictory nlisinformation, not cor
rect as to even one township. certified
to me as the official returns of Shaw
nee county is here, open to ALL aud
tells its own story. It is worth study
ing
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-30
.Jananese Can.t Get Out.

Toxic. Sept. 30.-Snow is falling on
Sakhalin island aud owing to the i'm
passable condition of the roads the
japanese troops still remaining at
Aiexandrovsky cannot be withdrawn
overland into japanese territory
Strong gales constantly prevailing,
make it next to an impossibiIity to re-
move them ON transports before navi-
cation completely closes. which will be
within a few weeks. and preparations
will be made to winter the men there.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-30
weekly Bank staten,ent.

New York. Sept. 3O=The statement
OF averages of the clearing house
lows:
Loans s1.071,6SO, 500. decrease S4,-
SlOs00; deposits s1.0SO. 465. 100. de-
crease S2.730, 700: circulation s54,066.-
lUO increase $353,SO0; legal tenders
) $3.50, 800. increase S470. 700: specie
Si,506,0O0. increase S1.O51.e0o: re-
serve $27T556.3O0, increase s1.522.-
800; reserve required $270,116,275. de-
crease S6S2,6T5; surplus S744O 625.
increase S2.204,975. ex u. S. denosits
Ss,56S, soc. increase $2,164,15O.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-30
Drainaae District oaicers.

At meeting of the directors of the
Shunganunga drainage district held
last night at J. G. Sinners store in
Walnut Grove, the following officers for
the district were elected: President e.
J. Hurley; vice president, DR.. W. R.
Whitney; secretary. ". w. Fisher;
treasurer, J. c. Sinner. The fifth mem
Der of the board is w. L. Osborne.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-30
ALL RECORDS BROKEN.
Heaviest Clearing House Balances
Ever Known in New York.

New York, Sept. 3O.-Today's bal
ances of the clearing house banks
amounting to $33, ,995. .79S break ali pre-
Xious records by over s., SOC, 900 and re-
fleet the present weeks syndicate oper-
ations and next weeks heavy disburse-
1nents for interest and dividends The
Bank of Commerce had credit bal
ance today of s2T BOG. 600 and the Ma
tional City bank d debit balance of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-30
Commencing tomorrow morning the STATE JOURNAL.
will be printed for
Seven Days in the Week
Every Day in the Year
all for
Ten Gents a Week
We have accordingly arranged to issue
We have accordingly arranged to issue
An Edition for Sunday Morning

thus enabling readers the
week.
This edition will have the excellent night telegraph report of
the Publishers Press secured by the STATE JOURNAL to
supplement its all week day superb day service of the Associated
Press.
Associated with the TOPEKA STATE JOURNAL in secur-
this extra Saturday night telegraph other
Sunday Maine California Minnesota Louis
all exchanging with each other protected by
trained expert correspondents Washington New York Boston,
Philadelphia Chicago hundreds of other
cities in the employ of the Publishers Press
Association.
the complete of Is 900 words Sat-
lrday night the STATE JOURNAL by of powerful
cooperation syndicate service thirty forty big Sunday
papers the different largest cities presents Kansas readers
by paper the first te such attractive splendid
features named in part below
Two full pages best comics.
Three fine wo1nans pages.
Fiction, illustrated, by well known authors.
Serial story by Booth Harrington
foreign and gossip.
Special features proflsely pictured
excellent youths page with clean charming stories and
bright illustrations.
Etc. Etc, Etc, Etc. Etc
keep the STATE journal the head of the
list the best daily newspaper pnbished in Kansas.
will be made keep the edition for Sunday
pages sometimes 16:but the will be there
and be well told We would rather print 20 well balanced pages
"a % 'Estued" and padded although the STATE
JOURNALS press building and ready in November,
clip and also print coor something not
vet attempted by Kansas dailes
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-30
THEY LEFT $40 FOR STATE.
Paving Company Didn't Use All the
Appropriation.

This morning the Warren Bitulithic
company completed their job of paving
the walks in the state house square,
and drew from the treasury $500 in
full payment, leaving $40 of the ap-
preparation for seed, or for manners.
The $40 will return to the state
treasury.
The total amount of work done was
$3.50 square yards. and the price was
$3.50 per square yard.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-30
stong Must Go Back.

George Stong, who broke jail in
Douglass county, Nebraska, and made
his escape on a railroad velocipede to
the home of his mother at Norton,
Kan, via the Burlington tracks, will
have to go back to Nebraska to an
swer to the charge of grand larceny
of the velocipede.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-30
Fight Declared q Draw.

Spokane, Wash. Sept. 30.-Boomer
Weeks, a Spokane fireman, outpointed
and outfought Frank Gotch, the Iowa
wrestler, in a twelve round bout at the
Spokane Amateur Athletic club last
night Weeks f1oored Gotch in the
tenth, but Gotch stayed the twelve
rounds, and theszbout by agreement
was called a draw.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-30

Detroit, Mich., Sept. 30.-At a meetine
here of a committee of Michigan mem
bers of the Royal Arcanum. it was de-
cided to raise $4,000 to fight in the
courts the sliding scale of rates recently
adopted by the society.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-30

Cape Town, Cape Colony, Sept. 30.-A
tornado last night struck Malmesbury,
a town of 5000 inhabitants situated 35
miles from here and reduced It to ruins.
A number of persons were killed.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-30
insurance Co,nbine Broken Un.

Jefferson. O.. Sept. 30.-The fire in
surance agents of Ashtabula county,
2S of whom were recently indicted on
laws by maintaining an association to
regulate rates, have decided to dis
band.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-30
MAIL DRIVERS WIN.
strikers Are Granted Their Demands
by the Contractors.

New York, Sept 3o.-The strike of the
drivers employed on United States mail
wagons in this city which has been in
progress for several weeks, was settled
today. The strikers get all they de-
raaf1d
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-30

Chicago. Sept. 3o.-Foreeast for Kan
sas: Showers and cooler tonight; Sun
day generally fair and cooler: probably
showers Sunday; brisk southerlys shift
ing to westerly winds.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1905-09-30
Emperor Gives Up His Vacation.

Vienna. Sept. 30-Emperor Francis
Joseph has given up his usual autumn
shooting excursion and will remain m
Vienna to deal with the Hungarian
question.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-17

Thirty-one members of the South
Carolina Editorial association, trav-
cling in style, with two special cars,
passed eastward over the O. r. & n.
last evening after a delightful visit at
the Lewis and Clark fair.
The party was in charge of Presi-
dent Aull, of the state association, and
was accompanied to Pendleton by Ri
naldo NJ Hall, the popular advertising
agent of the O. Il. & y. company who
pointed out to the party ali the points
of interest along the Columbia river
along the line of the O. r. x n. to
this place.
The party came west by way of the
Southern Pacific and after viewing
the fair, the coast, Astoria and other
places of interest in Western oregon,
is returning home over the O. Il. &
N, Short Line and Union Pacific.
They will have made a delightful
journey of $500 miles when they dis
band at Ashevlle. where the party
assembled on starting westward and
all spoke in the highest terms of the
treatment accorded them on every
railway line and in every other city
they have visited i'm their long trip
across the continent twice.
1t is worthy of note that every edi-
torial party which has visited the
Lewis and Clark fair this season, in
Guiding the National association, the
Idaho association, the Kansas associa-
ton and the South Carolina associa-
ton has passed over the o. r. n.
and Union Pacific lines, either going
or coming to the fair. which fact
speaks much for the treatment ac-
corded by this system of roads to the
newspapers of the United States.
The South Carolinians were amazed
at the magnitude of Umatilla county
Industries and wanted affidavits to
show that one man farmed 1000 and
1900 acres of wheat land and owed
90, 900 head of sheep. Although some
of the old estates in the south were
of immense size, yet they were sur
prised that farms of such magnitude
were handled by individuals in this
state.
They were a bright, energetic, rep
resentative body of men, all of whom
spoke encouragingly Of the South and
the revival and expansion of southern
industry.
Mr.. Hall. who accompanied them to
this place, returned to Portland last
night on No. g. delighted to have
spent a pleasant day with the party
Today Mr.. Hall will address the I'LL
onians on the celebration of Illinois
day at the fair. at 10 o'clock, attend 9
Tuxedo luncheon at .. take in the
Trail with a party of Illinoians from
3 to 5 and from to 10 tonight VII
attend to the duties of his busy OFFICE
in the passenger department OF the
o. r. & n. He is the busiest man IN
Portland during the fair.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-17
MAY FLOOR WITH ASPHALT.
Proposition Regarding Repairs on
Main Street Bridge.

Because of the fact that but three
members of the council aside from
the mayor We're present last evening,
no meeting of that body was held.
After waiting in vain for over half
an hour for one of the absent broth
ers to appear it was finally decided
to have 1t entered upon the minutes
that quorum was not present, and
that no meeting was held.
Those present lt the meeting were
entertained for a half hour or more
by Frank Reese. who has been want
ing TO oil the streets of the city.
During the discussion the subject of
replanking the Main street bridge
was brought up, and it was recon-
mended by Mr.. Reese that the same
be covered with asphalt. According
to his statement the bridge could be
covered with two-inch coat of as
phalt, which would last for years and
would cost brft a little over $4O0. An
appointment was made to have Mr..
Reese meet with some OF the members
of the street committee and look at
the bridge today with "A view to as
certaining definitely il it could be
covered with asphalt with success.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1905-08-17
GENERAL NEWS.

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total number Of aeries now is 1882.
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