The Monte Vista journal., 1899-07-15

Recommendation are such a. may
break down state border lines and open
the recruiting stations to any and all
applicants who are able to pass the
examinations, unless enough applicn-
.tions are made at once to insure max
Ing the regiment typical Colorado
AFFAIR and made up Of such elements
~ Roosevelt had.
The Rocky Mountain News says:
1t u likely that the transfer Of the
trains Of the Colorado and Southern to
the Santa Fe tracks will not be &C.
compliahed without some trouble with
residents along the line Of the old Gulf,
south Of Denver. Yesterday the air
was full Of rumors and reports. II
was stated on seeminly good authority
that the Santa Fe trains had already
commenced running between Trinidad
and Fort Worth over the Colorado and
Southern tracks, and that next Satur-
day the latter roads trains would run
over the formers tracks between Den
yer and Pueblo. The plans for the old
Gulf line south Of Denver were said to
be one train week over the track be-
tween Pueblo and ManitOu Junction.
tween Denver and Colorado Springs
resident Of Eastonville at the Brown
last night, ut 10 likely we will 90 into
court and ask for a injunction or man
damus, compelling the road to give us
adequate train service. The idea. One
train week south OF ManItOu June
ton. and only one train a dny with
Denver! Why. II must he all a mis-
take. But we will wait until the
thing IL placed into effect and then
make our wants known" At the Of.
fice Of the Colorado and Southern the
rumors were denied. That the trains
Will run over the Santa Fe tracks with
In week or ten days is generally nd
initted md that the Santa Fe will use
the line between Trinidad and Fort
Worth seems true beyond question. for
II would save II haul Of about 400
miles In business between Denver and
Galveston and Gulf points.
Governor Thomas has named the
new board OF lunncy commissioners, rs
follows: DIR. W. W. Grant. Arapahoe
county. six-ycar term: n. u. Owen. Gil.
pin county, four-year term: Ira ID.
Chamberlain. Pueblo, two-ycar term.
The board il equally divided between
the three fusion parties. DIR. Grant be-
Ing Democrat. Mr.. Owen n Silver Re
publican, and Mr.. Chamberlain a Pop
ulist. Compensation provided for the
members IL $500 year and travelling
expenses. The board of lunacy COM
missioncrs was created under the law
for the government OF the insane asy.
lum passed by the Twelfth General
Assembly. II will have exclusive
charge OF the institution Mt Pueblo.
make the appointments Of the superin-
tendent, medical stan and other en-
ployes. award all the contracts for sup
piles and handle all the appropriations
made for the asylum. The commits.
sioners succeed what was known as a
board Of trustees. whose business tao
tics were NO loo~e under the old law
that many scandals In the management
OF Affairs have occurred at intervals for
several years past. The new law
gives the commission more powers,
while nt the same time II draws the
lines 10 tightly that 1t is claimed there
can be no repetition Of the old scandal
The hoard will meet and organize on
July Ia. II is generally understood
that the board is opposed to the rp-
tention Of Dr. ThOmbr, and he will bc
one Of the first matters considered.
Thombs holds that he Inns four years
yet to serve by reason Of his appoint
mcut under the old law. The new law
does not repeal that statute. he holds.
and he will night hard TO stay.
The greatest religious gathering ever
held In the state will assemble In Den.
yer during the week OF the Festival OF
Mountain and Plain. A call hna b~en
issued signed by the lending ministers
Of the city OF nearly every dcnomina-
Ia U,u In, 80.
held several nights during the Festival,
In Temple Emanuel. Here Jew and Gen
tile will meet on m equal footing;
Methodist will elbow baptist. and
Presbyterian will sit side by side with
Cniversalist. The object OF the gath.
erings will bc for the moral uplifting
OF the community. II II stated In the
call that the topics will bc partly no
Geological and partly religious. and the
men who will discuss them will bc fair.
minded. 4 programme has not yet
been arranged. but the committee
which signs the call will have charge
Of this. II In urged by the commit.
tee that the matter bc taken up by the
papers all over the state and agltatetl
to awaken interest In the PROPOSED
meetings among the religious and non.
religious. Nothing Of the kind has
ever been attempted anywhere In con.
nection with Q season Of festivity such
~ that Of the Mountain and Plain. and
the experiment will h. watched with
great Interest by the religious world.
Religious papers everywhere will take
the matter up. and II successful the
plan will no doubt l,~ followed In many
states. The project II wide In its
scope a. well N original. The deuom.
nations represented by thoae who si1n
the call arr In their orier ~ fojlswp;
Christian. Congregational. Methodist.
Jewish. Episcopalian. Presbytesiap.
Universsllst. Unitarian Ard Baptist.
-The smciter strike. 10 NJ opas,ou
win bc all over In two weeks." aalA
W. r. Hynes. secretary Of the etate
Board Of Arbltratiou. at the cooclusIon
Of the secret meeting OF the hoard ri.
day afternoon. II hase my opluIou.
not upon any agreement rrechcd. buf
upon what saw and heard st the
meeting" This secret meeting OF IN
board lasted for three hours ana vns
attented only By the three hoard mem.
bcrs. Governor J. b. Grant ard AZ.
torney Cohen. reprrsentiug the smelter
men. Governor Grant conferred with
the smelter managrru in The morning
and announced that the stnelters were
closed now and would never oueu
again II the unrn insisted that deaiinev
hc carried on with any union In order
to eject q settlement. Attorney Co
hcn could make M promises. but
seemed 10 think that tho men would
not Insist on the recognition Of the
union. Scores Of Idle smeiter men
1lnRPflnR ON the Olltaitr NJ fhm rrwS>.