The state herald., 1899-08-18


1 committees are atwork, each in its
special line. and money is being liber-
| ally subscribed toward the necessary
expenses. This is the one day that
| does not appeal to the appetite of the
animal man; 1t is particularly appro-
PIRATE that the city, whose .envinon-
ments enclose so much of DeHutyT
should have chosen sentiment, rather
than utility as its leading ,motive- -.
The Soldiers, Home commissioners
are In recipe of most encouraging
news from the counties of the state
regarding their payment of SS.33 per
month for the support of each of the
old soldiers maintained in the home
from the respective counties. Mon,
trose county has sent n draft TO cover
Its proportion for two months Pu-
eblo has notified the commission that
1t will pay 500 per month. Other
counties are ready to act as soon as
their boards meet and the legal for
malities can be complied with. Com
missioner Smith. Acretary Of the
board, says he believes the necessary
funds will be furnished by the coun-
ties in the way Indicated and thta the
ties In the way indicated and that the
ner until the state funds are available.
The Colorado State Holiness Asso-
citation will hold their sixth annual
meeting in Denver, from September L
to 10. 1899, either In n large auditorium
or canvas tabernacle located us near
the center of the city ns may be con.
venient and suitable for all concerned.
The tabernacle will most probably be
used with ground for campers. Rev.;
Rvrnn
Quaker evangelists of Providence,
Rhode Island, are engaged for the
meeting. Full information Will be
given through the press, preachers and
circulars sent out by the secretary
upon application, week or more be-
forchand-giving special railroad rates
and provisions made for all wishing
to attend. Write Kent White. Secre
tary, 23iS Champa, Denver, Colorado.
George w. Blazer. superintendent of
the Elizabeth public schools. was shot
and instantly killed on the street at 0
O'Clock Wednesday night by WI. IIol-
land. editor of the Eye, local paper.
Holland disappeared after the shoot
ing and has not yet been arrested. He
formerly lived in Denver. The cause
of the sensational tragedy is supposed
10 have grown ont of articles recently
published in the Eye, which has been
conducted 10y Holland for two months
past. The subject of these articles
was condemnation of the town board
for having issued a certain saloon IL
cense. The articles appeared under
the heading of Cameron and We're
signed Hand Andy" Tn, belief cx-
lists In many quarters that Holland
ln Al. Ia to .ttS
stated that Holland had been threat
ened by Blazer and others. -fr
The Union Pacific is getting ready to
make some extensive improvements on
It's line between Evanston and Ogden.
The first work will he the replacing of
twelve steel and wooden bridges with
new steel. These bridges will he larger
and stronger and will he constructed
upon the most modern plans and of the
best material obtainablc. The building
of these new and stronger steel bridges
is necessltated by the recent purchase
of eight twclve-whcel locomotives for
service between Evanston and Ogden.
The company thought IL best TO
strengthen the bridges ON this district
before bringing the monster freight en-
gincs from Cheyenne, where they
are now In service between that city
and Sidney, Nebraska. In addition TO
the new bridges the road will lie rclald
In many places with heavier steel rails.
Sidetracks and station property viii he
improved. etc.
DIR. w. j. Holland OF the Carnegie
museum, Pittsburg. PENNSYLVANIA.
who has large force OF people work
Ing the great fossil quarry near Lar
annie, says that DIR. ]. l.. Workman and
Mr.. Arthur Cogshall. formerly of the
American Museum OF Natural History,
who have charge OF the work In the
quarry, have discovered and exhumeL
n monster fossil dinosaur In perfect
state OF preservation and have obtain
ed nearly the whole OF this perfect spe-
cimen of one Of the mammoth dino
saurs which existed In Jurassic times.
He has already n more complete RES
toration OF the species than all the
other institutions Of the country COM
bined. The animal IL called double
raftered." and had long neck. tail
and hind legs and short forelegs, the
whole length OF the animal being six
ty feet. II stood twenty feet high at
the hips. the thigh bone or femur be-
Ing six feet long and fifteen inches In
diameter. and II had head like
frog. =.
Manltou wns thrown Into the great.
est excitement last Thursday by the
killing OF Mr.. Gus Mckenzie. n Texan.
stopping at the Barker hotel. He was
Killed In the dining room during the
dinner hour by George Mccormick.
Exactly how the murder occurred IL
not known, for while everybody IN the
room tcstiiies To having seen Il W.,
none VIII take oath that they saw the
man struck down or saw anything
thrown nt him. II Is presumed. how.
ever. that the colorcd walter threw n
water bottle nj Mr.. Mckenzie or hit
him n blow with the bottle, Il M.
pears that Mrs. Mckenzie thought, that
she Ind been insultcd by the head
walter, George Grove. aud Mr. Me.
komic. when she told him OF H.. nj.
tucked Grove. Mccormick came To his
aid with the results above stated Mr.
Mckenzie wnE n wealthy cotton com.
prcssor AT gainesville. Texas. nnd his
denih NJ the hands OF negro aroused
the other Texans IN the hotel ana IN
Mnnliou 10 n high pitch of excitement
and there WINS much talk of violent nc.
'lon. even Of lynchlng.
The Rocky Mountain News snys,
'ouni"rf"iilng Inns become 81 general
throughout the Wild Processes or tn,
Colorado mountains That the govern.
mont hns become alarmed. a set OF In.
siructlons regarding the detection of
counterfeit coins reached III. local W.
rtct service pgput yUstertlty fran bo.l