The Monte Vista journal., 1899-07-15
GOSSIP FROM DENVER
AND THE STATE CAPITOL.

The four national banks Of this city
have on deposit fnnds amounting to
nearly $25.O0O.OOO.
Lieutenant Mclaughlin of the signal
corps. who died OF yellow fever at San
tiago. formerly lived in Denver.
A swarm OF bees invaded the city
the other day and held possession Of
one OF the buaiest corners for an hour
or two.
During a heavy thunder storm FRI
day evening. q bolt Of lightning struck
the Denver Clubs building. nearly
soaring the guests out Of their senses.
No serious damage was done TO the
building.
A naval recruiting station viii be eA-
tabllshed In Denver. but the exact date
has not been settled upon. The matter
is now under consideration In Wash
lngton, and when decision NJ to date
h reached 1t will be announced In the
newspapers.
The Tabor Opera House block. which
was taken under foreclosure from Mr..
Tabor by the Northwestern Life In
surance Company, has been sold TO the
Bimetallic Investment Company. in
which John \. Campion IL interested.
The price was $425.OO
The contract for a Colorado yellow
kid. to be exhibited mt Paris ns q gol-
den girl. has been signed by the COM
missiOner-in-chief and the secretary of
the Paris commission. Maude Adams
will be the model and the coat of arms
1L. aUy.lt MI nr nj a
Of the twelve plates around the base.
The transport Warren. which is to
bring the Colorado regiment home
from the Philippines. is one OF the best
of the government vessels engaged In
transport work. Her record shows
,Lat she can make the trip from Ma
nila TO San Francisco easily In twenty
seven days. Including the necessary
stop for coal at Nagasaki. Japan. She
has ample accommodations for the Of
ficers and men OF the regiment and the
hOmcwnrd journey will he In every
way pleasant and agreeable.
Jack" Carrig and kid" Parker.
fought last Friday night bcfor the Col
orado Athletic Club. Parker winning
after six rounds. As a result, both
face twO-yenr terms In the peniten-
tiary. according to Acting District At
torney Daniel Prescott. Mr.. Prescott
decided yesterday afternoon to have
the men arrested. should the fight take
place. and to prosecute them under the
anti-prize fight law. ignoring the Can
non act recently put upon the statute
books Evidence Collector a. A. Hop
kins was Instructed to prepare com.
plants and swear ont warrants. lie
Nd NO. and both Parker and Carrig
were arrested.
Denver will have its first horse show
Friday and Saturday. September 18th
and Both. during the Mountain and
Plain Festival The directors OF the
Mountain and Plain Festival have ret
aside "a. zoo for premiums. and II In
The Intention OF the committee to NC.
cure . nunbcr OF special premiums to
bc offered for special classes. The
general list Of premiums will be lin.
tied for competition TO the Rocky
Mountain regions. horse owners In
!, Colorado. New Mexico, Utah. Wyo-
ming and Montana. The special prises
offered will. however. not be limited
- to locality. Any section = eatitled
10 compete for them.
The Board Of Direction Of the Festi.
val Of Mountain and Plain Ia now pre-
pairing n pictorial souvenir and pro.
9ran Of the Festival and State Fair
for 1870. This will be In half-tone cuts
Of three colors. with covers litho9raph.
ed and embossed on the same lines A.
the souvenir Of 1893. The work Of
preparing the book In now under way.
This off1cinl souvenir will contaiA NO
ADVERTISING matter. II will contain pic
lures OF noatS, photographs Of the
maids Of honor. and the Queea Of the
Festival. whose identity. until the ap-
pcarnncc Of the book. WIN BE- absolute
ly unknown.
II Is stated by recruiting officers here
that one OF the new regiments. the
Thirty-fourth. will hr organised In tho
Rocky Mountain region. and includes
the states of Wyoming. Colorado. Utah.
Montana. the Dnkofna. and Arizona
and New Mexico. II In understood
that whole companies will bc taken
from among the state troops Of the
state named. provided the companies
care TO enlist In body. II has not
been definitely decided as yet. hut II
In believed that the recruits will he
sent TO Fort Logan. where the Thirty.
fourth regiment will br organized asd
equipped. ready for service In the Phil.
ippincr. The colonel Of the regiment
has not yet been selected.
Mrs. Helen l.. Grcnfeli. state super.
intendent Of public instruction. has re.
celvcd the last Of the county reports on
the school census. She has also re-
cclved the apportionmcnt Of school
fund.-. The census report shows that
| there are 1<3IE5 school chiislrrn In
Colorado. Arapahoc county. Of course.
lads the list In numbers. hut several
other counties have thousands Of
school children. The list Of super,n.
tcndeuia was also received. The conn.
county II as follows: Arapal,oc. -, ,3sD:
Archulesa: 40: Rsc.: 2a7: Bent. 7Si:
Boulder. G.4k3: chaHec. l.sii: Chey.
cnne. III: Clear Creek. 1909: Con~jos.
S.&@G: Costilia. 1910: Custer. 90: DEL.
Eagle. OIL: Elbcrt. i.i15: n Psao.
Gtlpin. 2.Hs3: Grnpd. 1a6: 0unuisou.
Je6ernon. 2.06J; kiowa. 20I: Kit Car.
son. zoo: Lake. $3.50: La Plata, 2.0a6i
IArtmcr. 3.I16: Las Anlmas. 6.45J:
Mineral. 1sO: Montezuma. eess; Mont.
ross. l.bss: Morgan. piS: .Otseo, S0n3;
Oursy. go: Park. 7i%: Phillips. 40:
Pitkin. 1877: Prowcrr. i05O: Pueblo
10.4%O: IIio 1slanco. <fls: Rio Oraudr,
l.<6s: Routt. ora: Raeuache, j,S0o: Ean
Junn. 40: Fan Miguel. 7ji: Hsxigwick,
3ss: Summit. 4ts: Teller. @.7s3; Wash.
ington. a5s: Weld. 4.Sit2: Yuma. $40.