Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1896-03-06
WESTERN LIBERAL.
LoRDsBURG, MARCH 9, 1896.
Bob Williams was in from Stems

ldli VI sHOW yesterday HOIuluB.
Walter Payne Of Silver City was in
town the FIRST Of the week, having
drove in by the way of Clifton.
Mr.. aud Mrs. S. P. Simpson arrived
in townsSunday and are visiting with
Mrs. Simpsons aunt, Mrs. w. H.
Small.
Presiding Elder Clayton was in the
city Friday and went up to the River
to hold the regular quarterly meeting
on Sunday.
The latest quotations are: Silver,
smelter price, 6sl; London, 81 SIG d.,
copper, 1l.Oo; lead, smelter price, 3.12i;
Kew York open market 3.l5 to 1925.
On the second page Of this paper
will be found the call for the republic
a county convention and for the
mass meeting In this precinct to elect
delegates to that convention.
Henry Foster died at the Astor
House in New York last week. Mr..
Foster was a cousin of County Com
missioner Thomas Foster, and was the
chief swner of the Silver City water
works and of the Standard mines at
Gold Hill.
Mrs. o. r. Smyth received a tele-
gram Friday announcing the death Of
her brother.in-law DR.. NJ. A. Dunlap,
at Centertown, Mo. DR.. Dunlap has
visited Lordsburg a couple OF times
and has many acquaintance here who
are sorry TO learn OF his death.
Mrs. II. e. Hoffman, Mrs. W. H.
Small, Mrs. S. p. Simpson, Miss Anna
Marshall and Mr.. II. Brockington in
tend to start at daylight this norm
ing to drive to Silver City. 1t is to be
hoped that they will not run across
any Indians In the mountains.
Last Thursday Charles McPeake, a
Southern Pacific brakeman, at Alton,
went between the tender and the
FIRST car, going in from the lreman's
side, to uncouple the engine. The
other brakeman gave a back-up sig
nal. The engineer, not knowing that
McPeake was in the train, backed the
engine. McPeake was caught and
crushed. He lived but a few minutes.
He left a wife and one child, who live
in Ell Pase.
The case Of the government against
the estate of Senator Stanford to col
lect $l5, 1000, 600 claimed to be due
from the Central Pacific road, was de.
clded by the supreme court of the
United States Monday. The decision
was in favor of the estate and now the
dead senator's immense fortuHe will
go to the great university. The de-
cision also frees Huntington's fortune
from a similar claim and his money
will go TO his utch-prince-step-son-in-
law, who will blow it against the reu-
lette wheel.
The Rev. S. x. Hailani, who held a
series of meetings in Lordsburg last
week, on his return to El Pass was in
tervlewed by a Herald reporter with
the following result; S. X. Hallam,
of the Christian church returned last
night from Lordsburg, where be had
spent a week in %eyangelistic services.
He had full houses from the first ser
vice. Even on Sunday evening, al
though raining hard the house was full
His labors had been preceded by a
series of sermons by Rev. q. f. Good
son of the NJ. Z. church, which had
aroused the people on the subject OF
christianlty. All churches worked to-
gether in harmony for the conversion
of eouls. The result was 10 CONVEX
sions and many others expressed the
purpose to lead a better life. He or
ganized a Christian church of nine
teen members, twelve Of whom he
baptised, also an Endeayor society of
twenty-five members with a number
more to be added at the neXU meeting.
There were some In attendance at the
meeting that had not been in Il church
before for many years.
The Engineering and Mining Journ-
al prints the following synopsis Of the
annual report Of the Arizona copper
company; The annual report states
that the reorganization of the com
pany having been completed during
the year the rearranged securities
which have been issued now appear in
the balance sheet. The capital ex'
penditure during the year has been as
follows: Balance of outlay on new
store building at Clifton, chargeable
against capital, S9,675; balance OF out.
lay for new boilers, furnaces, fixtures
for store at Clifton, etc, S2S, 7l5, to
gether, s38, $3.50. Against which there
has been realized for old scrap iror
used, IS, 730; balance S29, $50. The
free profits for the year are s2S6,O7
and the net surplus for the year il
S1o5, 450. Out of this surplus the di