Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1892-03-10
miscellaneous.

About twenty-five editors of peoples
party papers held meeting at To-
peka 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-large, delegates to the national
convention and state ticket
A. S George, age twenty-five years,
met a terrible death near Huron, Atch-
ison county. the other day. George was
working feed mill, and was in the act
of changing some belts when the sleeve
OF his left arm caught on a 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 filed 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 $50, 22O, 551; deductions for
expenses, S44. O64. 1872, leaving a net to-
tai income of So 156, O59; dividends, l. 40
per cent, 81. 623. S64; surplus from oper-
alton of year ended June 80, 1891, ST.
So, 1875.
In the district court at Abilene the
other day Judge Humphrey rendered
decision reducing the interest on fore
closed mortgage notes Such notes de-
mand twelve per cent interest if 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 full
limit from date.
The several railroads operating in
CT, Dol co1o 1;e% ofG
S12, 93S, paid during the year to 90, 5S4
employees. OF the total amount paid by
all the railroads the "a 743 railroad en-
ployes in Kansas received SIS. 377. 2s5 in
salaries last year. The Missouri Pacific
road paid So. 336. $50 to 5. $40 Kansas en-
ployes; the Union Pacific paid daily
compensation of S217 to 1,9s2 employees,
q total of 81, 34S 224 The Atchison,
Topeka & Santa Fe paid to TO- 344 en-
ployes last year s., 1919. 226 The Rock
Island employees received annually
81, 2o9.5 $50.
Thirty years ago the Methodist con-
ference met at Wyandotte NOW Kan
sas City, with ffty-six ministers pres
ent. OF that mum Der six, who are still
still alive, were in ate ndance 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 at the
Wyandotte conference in 1869 and ac-
companied them at the late one.
The forthcoming report of stats
superin tendent of insurance will show
that the fire insurance in Kansas last
year amounted to S1S4, 495. 21T. The
premium paid for that amount was 81
s73 229. 81, the average rate being 81 SO
per 81, 900. The losses paid in the
state amounted to $3.50, 800 %. the aver
age rate of loss to the premium received
being II per cent OF the above
panies wrote policies to the value of
So. no, O95. at cost to the insured of
$50. SCI. SIS. Kansas companies paid for
losses SAL. ia AZ. or about 81 per cent
of the premiums received. There are
ninety-one companies doing business in
the state. OF these eleven are Kansas
companies aud twenty belong to fer
eign countries
At the late G. A r encampment at
Atchison a resolution was adopted for
for the benefit of old soldiers and to
strengthen them where they were
found to be inadequate This was es-
pecially in relation to aid furnished by
township trustees under the statute
George Wilson twelve years old, had
a leg cut off by an 81" road train at
Kansas City, Kan. the other night
He attempted to jump off the train
while in motion, after jumping Oh to
steal a ride for a short distance
Hon. j. R Burton is announced as
a candidate for the republican nomina-
ton for congress in the Fifth district.
The delegates from Kansas to the
national encampmentS Sons of Veterans.
are L j. Ritner, OF Atchison, at large
with S. ]. Crumbine, Dodge City; F. P.
Feeder, Fleetwood; Grant Harrington.
Hiawatha; A. B. Callahan, Topeka. os
regular delegates
A JURY was easily secured at Spring
field to try the case of Sam Minton, one
of the parties charged with killing
Sheriff Dunn some time since.
A stranger was killed by the cars at
Atchison the other day. He had in his
pocket card on which was inscribed,
''E r. Spicer. Brickmakers' and Set
ters' Union No l. Denver. Col"