The Taney County republican. (Forsyth, Mo.) 1895-1992, 1896-03-19
MISSOURI STATE NEWS
Death Of 11r.. G. /. rlllsy.

TO be moro than ho could bear.
Mrs. Filley was woman Of many excellent
Qualities. She was daznined in appearance.
with wavy. snow-white hair and . face full OF
Intelligence. In quiet way she wns q re-
former and q philanthropist. and many OF tho
charities she dispensed viii nevcr be known 70
the public. She mover permitted wine or In
toxicatinR liquors to bc served to her hus-
bands guests. but whatever the time, or how.
ever great tho number Of callers might be.
shc was always ready with coffee and other
light refreshments.
She read widely, and was . charming con-
Versationalfst. little story which she wrote
for her Sunday-school class at Christ Church
cathedral, st. Louis, has recently been pub
lished. 1t is entitled "The Chapel Of the In
FAINT Jesus; or, What Nobody Ever Told Me-"
Mrs Filley WAS born In Lansingburg, N Y,
In 1890 and was q Miss Anna Elizabeth Adams
She was Of Scotch and Knickerbockcr Dutch
ancestry, and WAS connected with the Adams
family, so prominently identified with the po-
lftical and educational affairs of New England
and of the nation.
Interesting Firs Insuraoce Figures.
The fire insurance business in Mis-
souri, during 1898 is illustrated by the
following figures, taken from the forth
coming report of Mai. James r. Wad-
dill, superintendent of the state insur-
ance department, the first figures rep
resenting the risks written, the second
the premiums thereon, and the third
the losses paid:
Companies Of Missouri, $50 7sl ,5ei, s,o1 9oo5o,
S06.7N.4.
Companies Of other states. sss,lso,ss5. ss.41s.-
826 12. 4l.745.42s.O2.
Branches of foreign companies, Ses, ,ss2 433,
a 22o, 20, $3.50 ,205.76
Totals. ssd5.s14e79. s4.o34. 49, 40. e. 4s1,s7iea
Increase over 1891, s16,s37. .i2o SCI .0o755.
Decrease of losses paid from 1894 el. .O13 891. n
Losses D816 1929. 90 O2 ,f
written.
Losses paid 1894. Till per cent Of premiums
written.
Losses paid 1895. 5oss per cent. of premiums
written.
Average premium per 81 900. 1893. si2.50
Average premium per 81 900, 1894 &14.09.
Average premium per 81 900. 1895, $l3.49.
Alleged Gold Discovery.
Excitement prevails in the north.
west corner of Ray county over the
discovery of what is said to be rich
gOld-bearing quartz.
The find was made on Rocky Ford creek.
Samples OF the ore taken from q prospect hole
we're sent to an assayer ut Salt Lake City,
Utah. and his report has been received, show
Ing that the ore would run S120 in free gold co
the ton A company was at once organized,
with ample capital to operate mine
and n 10-stamp mill, and operations
number of experienced miners from Colorado
are on the ground, and pronounce the ore
taken from o number of prospect holes as be-
ing rich in both gold and silver. Zinc has also
been found In the new diggfngs. Rocky fork
is in a wild and almost inaccessible scction, III
miles from Richmond and four miles from tho
st. Joseph branch OF the Santa Fe railway
Old settlers say that the Indians always
Claimed that gold existed In the hills alon,, the
creek, and frequently showed samples taken
therefrom.
Died.
DIR. A. Small, who was medical di-
rector of the confederacy, at his homo
in Sedalia.
Martin Van BrOcklin, who was con.
consulting engineer with Eads on the
st. Louis bridge.
d. S. Wilcox, merchant of Long.
wood, Pettis county, after a weeks ill
ness with pneumonia, aged so.
Rev. Franklin Jenkins, aged 81, died
at the home OF his son, near Columbia.
Rev. jenkins was the oldest primitive
Baptist preacher in Missouri.
Two Children Terribly Burned.
Two children of William Fortny. a
Boone county farmer, were terribly
burned the other day.
Or o of them has since died, but It is believed
the other will recover. Fortny and his wife,
who live four miles southeast Of Columbia lert
the children In the house In charge Of half.
grown boy while they were attending to soma
work on the premises. The boy went into an
adjoining room, and while gone one of the chill
dren fell into the fro. The other child endeay.
ored to pull her from the flames. and the CLOTH
ing Of both became ignited. When their par
entS, attracted by their screams reached them