Kansas City daily journal., 1895-07-13
GILBERT H. BAXTER DEAD.
oNE or THE OID TIME RAILROAD
MIN GOIS ro MS Lose REST.
For Nearly Thirty Years lie Had Bcen To-
Gated in Kansas city and Connected
with Various Iines-IIis Great
ropularity.

MIR Gilbert II Baxter, travelling passen-
ger agent of the Burlington route, and one
Of the best known railroad men In the
West. died at Dr llnllay's private hospital
al o'clock yesterday cvenius.
II was not known that he was III until 10
O'Clock Wednesday morning. when he was
found iu q dclirious state wandering about
the hal OF the Midland hotel. He was
known TO be indisposel for a few days,
but he had said his trouble was Of no im-
portance, aul he had had no attention
His death will come as sad surprise to
his many friends. both here and all over
the West wherc he Is SO well known
Mir Baxter came i'm the city from trip
week aso and went to his room at the
hotel. lie failed 10 show UP at the Bur
liugton offices. and II was supposed he had
left the city. The people at the hotel were
informed that MIR. Baxter was not feeling
well, and was remaining In his room most
OF the time. lie came down stairs each
day. and while he was not well he assured
them he was not In need OF any attention.
and declined their proncrod services. He
was averse to receiving medical attention
at any time.
Tuesday morning about o'clock he came
down stairs and left In a hack, but it is not
yet known where he went or at what time
he returned to the hotel He was delirous
at the time, aud the exposure caused his
disorder to take a more serious turn. At 10
o'clock Wednesday morning he was found
wandering about one Of the upper balls hy
chief Clerk Mathis. lie was dclirious and
it required but a glance to show Mr. Mathis
that he was a very sick man. He was
taken to his room. the Burlington officials
notified, and Mr.. Gilbert Harris went to
the hotel to care for him.
He called DR. George HALEY to attend 10
the sick man and it was found that he was
suffering from severe attack Of pnenmo-
sole N,f#.l nHs..f.t
days, and that he was In very desperate
condition. The long delay had enabled
the trouble to fastcn itself strongly on
showed him the desperate fight he would
have to make to combat the disease. Dur
ir- the day he was treated constantly un-
der Dr. Halley's direction and given every
attention that medical skill was able to
employ, but the trouble was slow to yield,
and it was midnight before the patient
was quieted and able TO sleep. At that
morning he would have a chance for re-
covery.. The watchers and his physician
hoped for the best, but their fears of the
worst were apparent.
seTs PgF1F % ha s c py Passonger pas 54'
side and nothing that would minister to
his comfort or give him advantage in the
Gid Baxter as he is known, has been
fSnnectiGd Win the Rassg@nssr zen ti tEaliiS Of
years, and with one exception is the old
est passenger agent on the road in the
West. He is known in every city from the
Gulf to the British Possessions, and from
the Mississippi to the coast, and no man
ever had a larger circles of warm friends
than he.
leon Baxter was one of the pioneer
,tad men of this city. He came here
SoS ire iT9fn Lii zen ~ an M N: G Wigrf m tn ne ,siI7 wS
/. road service was as city passenger agent
of the Wabash, with which road he, re-
friend friend Of +. A. Ford now general pas
senger agent of the Pennsy ylvania railroad
Va t..1,Y, 4 .N,s.t
made general passenger agent of the Mis-
souri, Pacific he appointed Baxter as gen
He remained in THAT position until Ford
became general passenger agent of the
Nandaia line. when he took BAXTER with
him as general Western passenger agent.
During his connection with the Nandalia
line Mr. Baxter made his headquarters at
Denver for some two years. but with this
Exception always made his home in Kan
&as CITY from the time he engaged in the
II was seven years ago that Colonel
Dawes appointed him as travelling pas
which position he held until his death
Among The early associates Of Mr.. BaH-
as Joseph Gibbs w. II. Hutton, D. w.
Hitchcoek, Z. s. Jewett and Henry Gar,
to dstinotivey Western business, his long
connection with Western roads and his
agents and he had business transactions
and an extensive acquaintanGe in the East
genial and hospitahle disposition and made
, ana retained friends wherever he went.
He was a charter member of the Elks
lodge in Kansas City and was a Knight
of Pythias of long standing and left con
siderable insurance in the latter order.
For some years he made his home at the
Victoria hotel, but for the past two years
Lived at the Midland. He never married.
The only family connections he leaves are
,Wo Ststcrs--one married and one single
WI We're notified at once OF his illness
and are expected to arrive here this morn
ing.
8 S. Jewett, passenger and ticket agent
of the Missouri Pacific yesterday received
the following telegram from r.. y. Ford.
general passenger agent of the Pennsyl-
YanIa:
~ saw a statement in a Cincinnati pa
per last evening that our old friend GI
Baxter was dying of pneumonia. ! hope
1t is not true, If he is etill alive and CON
sctous. please convey to him my best
wishes and strongest hopes for his early
recovery. If he has crossed the line, please
convey to his family my heartfelt sym
pathY for their great loss"
b. L. Winchel. of Denver, general pas
senger agent Of the Union Pacific. Denver
& Gulf. yesterday sent n telegram of in
quiry with earnest solicitation.
IL. c. Orr, assistant general passenger
agent Of the Burlington, last evening re
ceiyed from u. O. Ives, of st. Louis, gen
eral passenger agent, the following mes
sage:
"'The Burlington road has lost one OF
its most conscientious and capable officers
and | feel that | have lost a true and per-
fectly loyal assistant Give my heartfelt