The Elbert County tribune., 1899-08-17

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used with ground Tor campers
Satt, q ;tees and his son Byron
ouaker evance1ists of providence
Js,,od, Island. are engaged Tor tnc
naetiny Full information VIII pe
giyen through the press. preachers hiiu
,Jrculnrs sent out by the secretary
upon application, week OF hioie "
fnreband-giving special railroad rates
and provisions made for an "ishins
20 attend. Write Kent White. Secre-
tary. 23is Chanlpa. Denver coior'oo'
,.oorce w. Blazer. superintendent OF
tho Elizabeth public schools. was snot ,
and instantly killed on the street NJ
o.clock Wednesday night by II. ioi-
land. editor of the Eye. local paper.
UolInnd disappeared after the snoo'-
ing and has not yet been arrested ie
formerly lived In Denver. The cause
of the sensational tragedy is supposed
IN have grown ont Of articles receh's
published In the Eye. which mas ptvn
conducted by Holland FOR TWO mon hs
mast. The subject of these ar,icies
was n condemnation of the town po".u
for having issued n certain saioon u
cense. The articles appeared under
the heading OF Cameron and We're
signed Hand Andy" The belief ex,
ists i'm many quarters that Holland
wrote the articles himself 1t Is also
stated that Holland had been threat
ened by Blazer and others
The Union Pacific is getting ready to
make some extensive improvements on
lis line hetween Evanston and Ogden.
The first work will he the replacing OF
twelve steel and wooden bridges with
new steel. These bridges will be larger
and stronger. and will be constructed
npon the most modern plans and OF lhe
best material obtainable. The building
of these new and stronger steel bridges
| is necessltated by the recent purchase
of eight twelvc-wheel locomotives Tor
I service between Evanston and ogden.
The company thought it 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 be relaid
in many places with heavier steel rails
Sidetracks and station property VIII be
improved, etc.
DR.. w. j. Holland of the Carnegie
museum. Pittsburg. Pennsylvania,
who has II large force of people work
ing the great fossil quarry near Lar
annie. says that DR.. J. l.. Workman and
Mr.. Arthur COgslall formerly of the
4 American Museum of Natural History.
who have charge of the work In the
quarry. have discovered and exhumed
n monster fossil dinosaur in n perfect
state of preservation and have obtain
ed nearly the whole of this perfect spe-
cimen of one of tile mammoth dino
saurs which existed in Jurassic times.
10 4 Lot.
toration of the species than all the
other institutions of the country com
bined. The animal is called double
raftered., and had n long neck, tail
and hind legs and short forelegs the
whole length of the animal being six
ty feet. 1t stood twenty feet high at
the hips. the thigh bone or femur be-
ing six feet long and fifteen inches in
diameter. and it had a head like a
frog.
Manltou was thrown into the great
est excitement last Thursday by the
killing OF Mr. Gus Mckenzie, Texan
stopping Mt the Barker hotel. He was
killed in the dining room during the
dinner hour by George Mccormick
Exactly how the murder occurred Is
not known. for while everybody in the
room testities 10 having seen II yel
none will take oath that they saw tn,
man struck down or saw anythin,
thrown at him. 1t Is presumed how
ever, that the colored waiter threw Z
water bottle at Mr. Mckenzie or hi
him n blow with the bottle. II an
pears that Mrs. Mckenzie thought tha
she had been insulted hy the hea,
waiter. George Grove and Mr.. Ne
Kemle. when she told him of IT, at
tackled Grove. Mccormick came to hi
aid with the results above stated. Mr.
Mckenzie was n wealthy cotton com
pressor at Gainesville. Texas. and hi
: death Mt the hands of negro arouse,
the other Texans In the hotel and II
Manitou TO a high pitch Of excitemen
: and there was much talk of violent nc
: tion. even of lynching.
, The Rocky Mountain News saws
Counterfciting has become so genera
throughout the wild reccsses of III
5 Colorado mountains that the govern
ment has become alarmed 4 set of IN
structions regarding the detection o
counterfeit coins reached the local So
J cret service agent yesterday from head
{ quarters of the Treasury Department
$ with the suggestion that 1t be circulat
: ed as generally ms possible among tn
D residents of this section. No particr
p lars are given regarding suspecte
0 counterfeiters. but 1t is desired tllat tn
:. public be educated in the detection a
e spurious coins 50 as to aid the goycrr
: ment officials. This much of tho con
f munication WAS made public last ever
e ing: The following is II test for deter
mining whether n coin is good or bat
Use the liquid as near the edge of tn
: suspected coin MS possible. as that
o the part most worn. \ drop of III
/ preparation will have no effect on gcr
i uine coin, while 1t can he plainly see
o on the counterfeit. Heavily plate
n coins should he scraped slightly befoi
Y using. Test for gold-Strong nitri
+ acid. 6ia drachms: muriaiic acid, !
It drachm or IL drops; water. : drachm
t Test for slver-24 grains nitrate {
e silver; 80 drops nitric acid; ount
o water. The above tests should conforl
1t with diameter. thickness and W light I
l. the tests used at the mint
Western railroad managers say III;
y never before have so few men been id
y on the lines in the west and that wag,
!, are higher than for many years. II
u Union Pacific and Burlington increa
ed recently the size of their furnitur
grain and coal ears and arranged n ne
schedule with the orders of engineer
nremen. conductors and brnkemen. :
y that they are earning more to-day p,
: mile and by the hour than ever befor
= Nearly every road between the Rock
e mountains and the great lakes is kee
ing Its men on the go all the time b
i cause of the big increase in buslnes
y Wages are certainly much higher tha
!. they have been for years. said a raj
= road man yesterday. Engineers n
: now earning from S1s5 to $50 p,
r month, where they used IN mike SIT
i flrelnen are making from S13J to 81
y Mhere lleY usnl To nlnln Slol 1