The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1892-03-11

About twenty-five editors of peoples
party papers held a meeting at To
pelza recently, The peoples party
will pursue a different course from
either Of the old parties and
will hold only one convention to
nominate its candidate for congress-
man-at-iarge, delegates to the national
convention and state ticket
A. s. George, age twenty-twO years,
met a terrible death near Huron, Atch-
ison county, the other day. George was
working q feed mill, and was in the act
of changing some belts when the sleeve
of his left arm caught on bolt in the
shafting. He was instantly hurled
around the shaft until the arm was
torn from the body. He died soon after.
According to reports 6lsd with the
board of railroad commissioners the
total earnings of all the roads operat-
ing lines in the state for the past year
have been S53, 22O, 551; deductions for
expenses, S44, O84, 492, leaving a not to-
tai income Of SO, 1856, O5ei dividends, /. 40
per cent, 81, 623, S84; surplus from oper-
alton of year ended June 80, 1891, ST.
532, 1875.
In the district court at Abilene the
other day Judge Humphrey rem icrad
a decision reducing the interest on fore
closed mortgage notes. such notes de-
mand twelve per cent interest IL cOu-
pOns are not paid promptly. The court
/ decided that only the rate of interest
/ specified in the original note could be
/ collected except after default Hereto
/ fore mortgages have taken the fan
/ limit from date.
The several railroads operating in
! Kansas show a total salary list of $50
/ s12, 93s, paid during the year to go, 5s4
| employees. OF the total amount paid by
/ all the railroads the "a. 743 railroad en-
! plOyes in Kansas received SIS, 8T7, 2S5 in
| salaries last year. The Missouri Pacific
road paid 81, SS6. $50 to 5, $40 Kansas en-
! ployes; the Union Pacific paid a daily
/ compensation of s217 to i, 0S2 employees.
a total OF 81, ,S4s, 224 The Atchisou,
Topeka & Santa Fe paid to TO- 34+ en-
! ployes last year S., 100, 22G. The Rock
/ Island employees received annually
$1,000, $50.
Thirty years ago the Methodist con-
/ ference met at Wyandotts (uOw Kan
! sas City, with hfty-siN ministers pres
/ ent. OF that number six, who are still
| still alive, were in attendance at the
late conference held in that city. They
were Rev. Joseph Deuison, OF Iecum-
sch; Rev. B. f. Rowman, of TOpezai
Rev. H d. Fisher, of Wamegoi Rev.
/ W. r. Davis, of Baldwin; Rev. James
Lawrence, of Manhattan, and Rev.
Nathan Taylor. Mrs. Fisher and Mrs
Davis were with their husbands at the
/ Vyandotte conference in 1862 and ac-
The forthcoming report of state
superiD tendent of insurance VIII show
that the ire insurance in Kansas last
year amounted to Sl5=, 425, ,21T. The
premium paid for that amount was ST.
SIS, 223. 81, the average rate being 81 8S
per 81, OOO The losses paid in the
state amounted to $3.50, $50. 90 the aver
| age rate Of loss to the pre- MUM received
| being - per cent OF the above
/ amounts Kansas fire insurance com,
] panies wrote policies to the value OF
s., 40, O95, at a cost to the insured o.
$50. 5S1- IS. Kansas companies paid foi
/ losses S4l, ia -, or about 81 per cent
of the premiums received There ar
ninety-one companies doing business III
the state. OF these eleven are Kansas
companies aud twenty belong to fer
/ eigu countries
At the late G. A. r encampmsnt a
/ Atchison a resolution was adopted toI
the enforcing Of the laws OF the stat
, Eog the benefit OF old soldiers and &
strengthen them where they wer,
found to be inadequate This was ss
pecialIy in relation to aid furnished bJ
/ township trustees under the statute
/ George Wilson, twelve years old, hEg
a leg cut of by an 81" road train a
Kansas City. Kan. the other night
He attempted TO jump on the traiE
/ while in motion, after Jumping on <
> steal a ride for q short distance,
Hon J. r Burton is announced a
: a candidate foE the republican nomina
| ton for congress in the Fifth district
The delegates from Kansas to tn
: ! national encampmeHt sons of Veterans
4 are J. J. Ritnsr, of Atchiaons at lGrg'
1 [ with s. j. Crumbines Dodge City; T. Z
! Feeder, EilenEoods Grant Harrington
/. E5iavvathas A b Callahan, Topeka. 9
: regular delegates
! A JURY was easily secured at SpriEE
deId to Try the case Of sam Mintous on
! Sheriff Dunn some time since
/, A stranger was killed b the cars a
: 1 Atchison the other Gay Hs had IN hi
Z / pocket g card on which was INSCRIBED
e .'E r Spiesr, Briclzmaicers' AID SCI
teEE' Uniop Sc i, Deuverl Col