Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1892-03-12
Miscellaneous.

Miscellaneous.
The postmaster at Clearwater has
become violently insane caused by the
grip.
Hon. ]. T. Burton is announced rs
a candidate for the republican nominal
ton for congress in the Fifth district
A heavy snow storm visited portions
of northwestern Kansas on the 9TH.
The snow was reported to be ten inches
deep at several points.
During storm ut Topeka the other
morning an electric light wire fell and
caught carriage driven by j. II. Wood
ford. One of the horses was instantly
killed and Woodford was knocked
senseless.
The supposed gold find north OF
Atchison has turned out to be a vein OF
galena. A great deal of land in the
vicinity has been leased, and an inves-
tigation to learn the extent OF the vein
is now being made. Samples OF the
ore show q very large per cent OF
lead.
A new born babe was left on the
steps of the convent at Atchison the
other morning. 1t was in basket. to
which was attached note in which
the writer. representing herself as
silly, sinful girl Of sixtee n years, asked
that tho mother superior should take
care of the babe.
The heating apparatus Of smoking
car on a Santa Fe train exploded east
of Topeka the other night with ter
rifle crash, pi!ing all the passengers
and seats in heap and completely de-
nolishing the car. Every one in the
car was more or less injured, Altman
Richards ana Alexander Erickson, OF
Topeka. perhaps fatally.
The several railroads operating in
Kansas show total salary list OF $685.,
S1o, 93S, paid during the year 10 80, 5S4
employees. OF the total amount paid by
all the railroads the "a. T43 railroad en-
ployes in Kansas received SIS, S77, 2S5 in
salaries last year. The Missouri Pacific
road paid 50, 1886, $50 to $50 Kansas en-
ployes; the Union Pacific paid daily
compensation of s2l7 to 1,9S2 employees,
a total of s1,34S, 224. The Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe paid to 1884 en-
ployes last year S., 100. 32G. The Rock
Island employees received annually
&1,209,5 $50.
The report of the state superintend-
ent of insurance gives in detail the
business of the twenty-nine life insur-
ance companies operating in Kansas in
the year 1891. The total number OF
uolicies in force at the commencement
of the year was 1918; number added
during the year, 8, 542; in force Mt end
of the year, 9l,O0O. The total amount
of policies in force at the commence
ment OF the year was $50, $3.50, $50; writ
ten during the year. 81, ZOOS, OS9; in
force at end Of year, S40,Ol5,94T Pre-
miums received, 1854, 25ZOS; losses
paid, SS17, 924.b4.
Thirty years ago the Methodist con
ference met at Wyandotte (now Kan
sas City, With fifty-six ministers pres
emit. OF that number six, who are still
still alive, were in attendance at the
late conference held in that CITY. They
were Rev. Joseph Denison, of Tecum'
sch; Rev. B. F. Rowman, of Topeka
Rev. II. d. Fisher, of Wamego; Rev.
w. r. Davis, OF Baldwin; Rev. james
Lawrence, of Manhattan, and Rev
Nathan Taylor. Mrs. Fisher and Mrs
Davis were with their husbands ut the
Wyandotte conference In 1863 and ac-
compauied them at the late one.
A statement prepared by the secre
tary OF the board Of railroad commits
sioners shows the earnings OF the vari'
GUS railroads operating in Kansas fol
the year 1891. The Santa Fe passenger
traffic earnings per mile of road were
Sl,878 o.; on freight traffic, s3,740 OS
Rock Islands passenger earnings pei
mile of road, 81, ESQ. 50; freight earnings
Sc. 9g7.sE The Union Pacific earned
ss,79l.Sl from passenger trafice pei
mile Of line aud from freight 81, sos IS
The Missouri Pacfic's passenger earn
Tags for each mile of rond amounted to
e1.O9L Os; freight earnings, $1,000. So
The summary of all the roads reporting
to the Kansas commissioners show
that 81, 6is, 9SS passengers were carried
an average distance Of A.7s9 miles