The Monte Vista journal., 1899-08-19

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
/ committees are At work, each in Its
special line. and money In being libef.
ally subscribed toward the necessary
expenaeA This Is the one day tha4
does not appeal to the appetite Of the
animal man; II b particularly appro-
ments enclose 10 much Of beauty.
should have chosen sentiment rather
than uttity ~ its leading motive.
The Soldier Home commissioner
are In recipe Of most encouraging
news from the counties Of the state
regarding their payment OF &Sl3S per
month for the support Of each Of the
old soldiers maintained In the home
tr0se county has sent q draft to cover
its proportion for two mouths. Pu-
eblo has notified the commission that
It viii pay 500 per month. Other
counties are ready to act ~ soon -
their boards meet and the legal for
malities can be compiled with. Com
missioner Smith, secretary Of the
board, says be 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, 1SO9 either In q large auditorium
or canvas tabernacle located a. near
the center Of the city ~ may be con-
venlent and suitable for all concerned.
The tabernacle will most probably be
used with ground for campers. Rev.
Seth c. liees and his son Byron,
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-
forehnnd-giving special railroad rates
and provisions made for all wishing
to attend. Write Kent White. Secre-
tary, S54S Champa, Denver. Colorado.
George W. Blnzer, superintendent Of
the Elizabeth public schools, was shot
and instantly killed on the street mt o
O'Clock Wednesday night by W. l.. HOl-
land. editor OF the Eye. n 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 il supposed
to have grown out Of articles recently
published In the Eye. which has been
conducted by Holland for two months
past. The subject OF these articles
WAS a condemnation Of the town board
for having issued n certain saloon H.
cense. The articles appeared under
the heading OF Cameron and were
signed Hand Andy" Tho belief ex-
lists In many quarters that Holland
wrote the articles himself. II ID also
stated that Holland had been threat
ened by Blazer and others.
The Union Pacific In getting ready to
make some extensive Improvements on
It's line between Evanston and Ogden.
The first work will be the replacing Of
twelve steel and wooden bridges with
new steel. These bridges will be larger
and stronger. and will be constructed
upon the most modern plans aud Of the
best material Obtninable. The building
OF these new and stronger steel bridges
is neccssltated by the recent purchase
Of eight twelve-wheel locomotives for
service between Evanston and Ogden.
The company thought Il hest to
strengthen the bridges on this district
before bringing the monster freight en-.
Rincs from Cheyenne. where they
are now In service between that city
anc Sidney. Nebraska. In addition to
the new bridges the road will be rclnId
In many places with heavier steel rails.
Sidetrncks and station property will he
improved, etc.
DIR. ". J. Holland Of the Carnegie
museum. Pitfsburg. Pennsylvania,
who has large force Of people work
Ing the grent fossil quarry near Lar
amie. says that DIR. J. l.. Workman and
Mr.. Arthur Cogshnll. formerly Of the
American Museum of Natural History,
who have charge Of the work In the
quarry. have discovered and cxhumesl
monster fossil dInoxnur In n pcrfcct
state Of preservation and have ObtuIn-
ed nearly the whole OF this perfect ape-
cimen OF one Of the mammoth dino
saurs which existed In Jurassic times,
He has already more complete rcS-
torntiou Of the species than all the
other Institutions Of the country CON-
bineti. The animal IL called double
rafteretl." and had q long neck, tall
and hind legs and short f0r~iegx, the
whole length OF the animal leing six
" feet. II stood twenty feet high At
the hips. the thigh hone az fesnuy BE-
Ing ak feet long and nfteen inches In
diameter. and II had q head like q
frog.
Nanitou was thrown Into the Rrrat.
est excitement last Thnrsday by the
killing VI Nr. Gus Mckenzie, q Team.
stopping ut the BARKER hotel. He w
Killed v che dining room during the
dinner hour BY George Mccormick,
Exactly how the murder occurred Il
NOT known. for while everybody In he
room testides To having seen Il ret
none VIII take oath that they saw the
man struck down or aaw anything
thrown at him. Il h presumed. nov.
ever. that the colorrd walter threw a
water hottie At Mr.. Mckenzie OF hit
him blow with the bottle. Il ~.
pearn that Mrs. Mckenzie thought M
she had been insulted By H. heo6
walter. George Grove. ard Nr. ~.
kesnte. when abe told him OF II. n.
tackled Grove. Mccormick came1. hia
AID with the results above sta6d. NJ.
Mckenzie wss Q wealthy cott6n com.
psessor at gainesville. Texas. and NE
death At the hands of q negrU sru,,eed
the other Texans II the hotel asd IN
Nanitou TO high pitch of rxcieems1e
and thefe was u1t1rh talk Of violent A..
tSou. svea of lynching.
Tha Rocky Mountain News ssss.
Cousteffestiae has become 70 spaeesi
throaghout the Wild r~wssrs a ~
Coaosado tsonatainn that the eoyern.
meat has become alarmed. A ~ d n.
ssructsona rrgartling the d~tertioa a
counterfeit coins r~sched the tocai =.
crrt service agent yesterday from heed.