Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-05-23

the Roman Catholic church. The pa
| per declares a petition signed by thre,
thousand French priests and curate,
has been forwarded to Rome, praying
for the abolition of the rule of clerica
| celibacy. Gil Bias after citing by
name and locality four grave scandals
| within the year. proceeds; after
| having seen, heard and observed We
are able to record that there is scarce
| ly parish in France which has not
had at some time or another an easy
priest, whose manners or whose life
| lent itself to scandal"
New York, May 21.-Mrs. Howard
Gould who demands through the
courts alimony from her husband of
quarter of million a year is going
to see to it that the separation suit
Is made public and it promises to be
Gould was formerly Katheryn Glenn
mons, an actress, and she claims to
have suffered cruel and inhuman treat
ment at the hands of her millionaire
husband. The sensational feature,
conspiracy, on the part of Gould to
ruin her and, this by the aid of the
police department of New York. Dis
trict Attorney Jerome today took up
the matter and with Commissioner
Bingham is going to make an investi-
CATION.
San Francisco, May 21.-The com
mittee OF seven who were to take over
the power of Mayor Schmitz have
resigned in body. The reason given
is that they cannot get the co-opera-
lion Of Spreckles and Heney who are
at the head of the graft inquiry and
without that it would be practically
powerless for good.
Denver, May 21.-The Gardner
Lewis fight tonight is attracting much
attention. Eight thousand dollars
worth Of tickets have been sold. Lewis
IS the favorite this morning at ten
10 seven, but the betting is likely to
be even before night.
Elwood, Ind, May 21.-Marie, the
i-year-od daughter of William Ise-
ninger, hanged herself today in barn
while her mother was engaged in
milking COWS in a lot near by. The
'hild climbed to the loft. where a
piece of leather strap with loop on
he end was suspended from a rafter,
md in some way put her head
through.
Chicago, May 21.-Deaconess Lucy
\. Hall of the Methodist Deaconesses'
lone, astounded the Congregational
ministers union meeting when she as
ierted that 10000 women and nearly
half million men in Chicago are
living in state of open immortality.
United to this was the assertion that
'landestine immortality was spreading
lmong society women to shocking
md surprising extent. The figures she
gave are the result of a personal in
'estigation by Rev. Ernest A. Bell and
herself. For every bad woman there
ire from ten to twenty bad men," said
he deaconess. without the bad men
women engaged in this practice would
ne less numerous
Five miners, including Superintend-
mt Alexander Jacobs, Frank Ferraro,
Jarl Fulchero. Giuseppe Battu, Joe
Rizzi, were burned or suffocated Sun
lay night in the Engelville mine at
Engleville, Colo. When the men fail
ed to come out yesterday morning an
Investigation was started and disclos-
ed the fact that fire, which broke out
in the mine year ago, was still burn
ing in some sections, and suddenly
swept across the incline tunnel, cut
ting off the men and preventing them
from reaching the outside. The point
where the flames crossed the tunnel
was fully three miles from the open
ing and it was necessary to dig a
temporary tunnel around the fire in
order to reach the bodies of the i'll
covered during the day. The Engle-
vile mine was one of the oldest in
the state, having been operated fully
thirty years.
Chicago, May 2O.-Declaring that
Zion would be sold under the hammer
unless he was backed up" General
Oyerseer Voliva, delivered a TRADE at
he tabernacle in Zion City yesterday
aftrnoon such as has not been heard
for several months. He charged in
ternal grating among high eccleslas-
tics, but named no one. Unless there
is some changes shortly" he said,
there will be some removals from
cabinet. | will not stand for under
hand work. There are a number in
Zion City who have adopted down
with Voliva' as the only plank. A
rotten plank. l have worked myself
Up TO my present position and in
tend to keep it."
New York, May 20.-Commissioner
of Corporations Knox has transmit
ted to the president scathing indict.
ment of the Standard Oil company
He shows that the monopoly is com.
plete. He tells how they combined
with railroads to ruin all competition
and proves the company to be most
damaging to public interests in the
world
Silverton, May 20-George Carlow
was found dead in has cabin, about
| two miles from Animas Forks, yester
| day forenoon by w. T. Triplett. In