Durango semi-weekly herald., 1907-08-29


Major Hooper reached Denver safe
ly and is recovering, although 1t will
be ten days before he will re able
to get out and attend to business.
Attorney General CARRIER of Ala
bama took offense at the alleged pre-
mature opinion issued by presidinl
Judge of United States court and with
| drew from rate case Injunction hear
ing.
| II is reported Gov. Buchtel favors
the retention of Aldrioh as commander
Of the soldiers home at Monte Vista
and requested the commissioners &c
postpone their meeting until he could
attend.
| The first year OF the rate regulation
under the new so.called Hepburn law
shows great increase in number oi
complaints, with forty,seven cases In
which charges have been sustained.
| This Is held to answer the declarations
OF Senator Foraker that the law is n
failure.
Mr. Dooley last Sunday talked about
Work" and discusses strikes in a
satlrical vein. He says "a sthrike is n
wurrukin mans vacation" and adds; :;
IF had to he wan iv thin pillars
iv TIL Constitution. which thank Gawd
| haven't, 'tis stril<in I'd be all tn
time durin' In heated term"
Alfonso zelaya, son of the president
o. Nicaragua, who became estranged
from his father because of his mar
riage to Miss Stella Baker OF Wash
ington. daughter of government
clerk, has arrived in New York with
his bride on his way home in Managua
The NicaragIan chief of state has for
given the prodigal and has asked him
To come home. on Tuesday he wilt
sail with his wife for Nicaragua by
way of Panama.
The government. through the depart.
ment of Justice. Is making rigid
examination into the affairs of the
New York, New Haven and Hartford
and the Boston and Maine railroads
Although this investigation has been
going on for month by direct order
of President Roosevelt, II did not be-
come public until the other day. The
acquisition of electric roads in New
England by the New Haven corpora
tian fe tho tuith u,h tnh In,
yestigatlon is most Immediately con
cerDed
Through the victory of Restigoucho
In the United States Hotel stakes OF
10000 at Saratoga Saturday, James
X Keene's winnings broke all records
for overs on the American turf. ag-
gregating s2S2,206 for the present sea
son. To this enormous sum he added
800 when his chestnut colt Peter
ounce came in second In the sixth
race of the day. The highest previous
Winning record for a season wa $279..
1853, which was made by Mr.. Keene
when Domino was the greatest horse
Of his day and won about two-thirds
of the total.
The recent atrocious trunk crime
has brought forth a renewal of the agi-
tation for the suppression OF Monte
Carlo as a cosmopolitan gambling re-
serve, and Max Pemberton, the novel
ist, who views have been sought, Is
convinced that its suppression would
prove a more practical and nobler
work for humanity than the advance
ment of impossible proposition at The
Hague peace conference. Hall Caino
suggests that the powers should buy
out the interest of Prince Monaco.
He considers that, while Monte Carlo
is godly corner OF the earth in the
matter of climate and scenic beauty, II
is morally the plague spot OF Europe.
II am the one who keeps you on
your thrones" said King Leopold to a
member of the royal family who ask
ed him why at his age he works so
hard. especially on enterprises which
cannot bear fruit until long after he
passes away. Il am working for you.
You are sitting on the safety valve of
Europe. am finding an outlet for the
steam Belgium is so active coun-
try, so permeated with Socialistic
ideas, so overcrowded for It's size, that
my one idea is to find scope for Bel
CLAN energy, to find work for the Bel
gian people, to bring prosperity, and
with 1t content. II did not do that
there would be an explosi, that would
overturn my throne, but would moi
stop until every throne In Europe went
| by the board" King Leopold has
taken up his temporary residence IL
| the Chateau of Lormo. Paris. which
he has rented from Nine. Say of tn,
famous sugar refining industry. Thii
residence was built In 1897. The kini
! Ia living incognito
A PRINCESS OF MYTHS.
Pearson's Weekly.
Princess Pocahontas, the red Indiai