Durango semi-weekly herald., 1906-12-17

today while returning from the palace
, He fell on his head and was rendere
: unconscious. His condition arouse
apprehension.
WASHINGTON, Dec. l4.-it ia re
! ported today that correspondence ha
been begun between the United State
and Great Britain, looking to a con
cert of the powers to investigate tn.
Congo. The state department vii
neither affirm nor deny the report
In matters of this character no pub
lie mention is ever made of suci
plans until an actual agreement II
reached among the governments In
cluded in the movement PresIden
Roosevelt has become interested II
the matter. and in this connection II
was learned today that after the pres
ident had refused twice to see Kowal
sky. agent of Belgium, he finally as
scented to an interview with him a,
the earnest solicitation OF wei
known journalist and magazine
writer. A brief interview followed
at the end of which the president re
ferred Kowalsky to Secretary oi
State Root.
| II developed today that Col. Garrett
the dismissed messenger of Senator
Morgan's committee, may have TO face
| n Inn Inn IL,
with his relations with Kowalsky.
BALTIMORE, Md, Dec. 14.-In an
authorized Interview printed here to-
| day Cardinal Gibbons says:
! The American public does not un.
| derstand the situation in France. II
| believed that my countryment would
| knowingly see great organization
| unjustly deprived of its property, tens
OF thousands of honest men and wo.
men robbed of their just income, hun.
dreds of thousands of people brutally
| wounded in what they hold dearest
and most sacred-all in the name of
liberty-would knowingly see tens of
thousands of priests and nuns turned
out of their homes for no crime but
that of loving God; / say II my coun-
trymen can see and recognize all this
| injustice and refuse genuine sympa-
thy to those who suffer, then | will
leave life without faith in American
love of justice, liberty and humanity.
But the American people have not
had these things put fairly before
| them Our own press has been 10 a
| considerable extent the reflex OF the
Partisan anti-clerical press. Most
people over here have little concep.
ton of the French anti-clericals. They
look upon the leaders OF this party
as enlightened statesmen, seeking to
preserve the republic from an aggres-
sive clergy. There have been honest
and sincere lovers OF republican gov
ernment among the anti-clericals. |
| admit; but the majority of them
have far less love of the republic than
they have hatred of religion
WASHINGTON. Dec. IA Santa
Claus has been barred from the
mails. Break the news gently to the
children, but the postoffice depart.
ment has issued fraud order
against Santa Claus, and he will be
unable this year to learn what many
| trusting and longing hearts want dur
ing the season Of good cheer.
1t has been the practice Of many
philanthropic persons to secure from
| the postoffices throughout the coun.
try some OF the scrawling little mis-.
sives, and make the childen's hearts
glad by supplying many of the wants
set forth. Postmasters receiving let
ters addressed to Santa Claus gener-
| ally laid them aside, and patrons who
could AFFORD IT would do good turn
by aiding the most deserving cases.
Nov all letters so addressed must
be forv arded to the dead letter office
where they will go through the form
al process OF being opened and being
examine When II is possible - re-
turn the letters to the writer's 1t will
be done.
2rwithstanding this order, Santa
C,arH OF course will receive some of
his letters. All given for mailing pur.
pc c5 ere not mailed, and In exchange
u condolences many parents learn the
contents Of the communications. bu,
The effect of the strict enforcement OF
department policy will cause many Ill
tie hearts to ache which otherwise
would be made happy.
SALT LAKE, Dec. l4-Senator
Clark's new railroad from here ia
Goldheld New, was opened today
The first train left Las Vegas this
morning for Rhyolite, New. That is
now the end of the line. which will
be extended to Tonopah by next
June. The new road is private
venture Of Senator Clark and Is no,
part OF the Salt Lake and Los An
geles route.