The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1907-05-16

Friday. The boy will he named
Alfonso, and his title will be Prince
of the Astrurias. The Pope is the
godfather. If the little prince can
survive all the fuss and furry that is
being made over his advent into the
world, he will be entitled to no
small amount of congratulations be-
cause of the survival.
The San Francisco confagration
of April, 1906, swept away not only
every dollar of profit previously
made by the insurance companies
out of underwriting since 1860, but
cost them $79,77s,174 besides, ac-
cording to statement made by the
president of to National Board of
Underwriters at their annual meet
ing in New York Friday. He said
carefully compiled figures showed
the total property loss by the catas-
trophe to have been in round num-
bers $3.50, 100000. The loss to 243
insurance companies was SITS, 508,-
$50, and in addition to this there
was large amount of reinsurance
in foreign companies, which would
make the fetal loss to insurance COM
panies throughout the world between
1920, 900, 900 and 1927, 200, 900.
The Rutland Herald is barking
at the Dartmouth College professor
who resides in Norwich, vt. who
has bought the only license to sell
liquor in that town and announces
that no liquor will be sold there I'M
der authority, as that would be det-
rimental to the welfare of the Dart
mouth students. The esteemed con-
temporary calls this a notification of
statute law. We take issue. There
is no section of our statutes that
states in substance even, that Gq-
uor shall be sold in town voting
for license, nor that purchaser OF a
Iiquor-selling license must sell liquor
The statute law regarding liquor
selling has been complied with in all
its requirements in the town of
Norwich. If the results do not
meet the approval of a majority of
citizens in that town, that is not
necessarily q notification of any
law, but in this case only q nullifi-
cation of the wishes of majority of
the Norwich voters.
The Herald states, There was
no question about the validity OF
the vote. They said by their bal
lots that they approved the sale of
liquor for at least one year in that
town. for so much money. To re-.
cover the license money into the
treasury would not satisfy their &C
ton. They desired also the privi-
lege OF purchasing liquor at their
pleasure"
Their desires may have been
many, but the question upon which
they cast their ballots was not
Shall liquor be sold in this town.
but was "Shall license be granted
for the sale OF intoxicating liquor in
this town." 1t was voted in the
affirmative, and license was granted
The requirements are all fulfilled
and the town is richer by the
amount of the license fee and un.
doubtedly better off without the
open liquor-sel!ing.
There are other towns in the state
that voted for license, yet hav,
no licensed selling of liquor, no on.
caring to buy the license. Woult
the contemporary say that the law i
also nullifed in those towns?
The matter simmered down il
that the professor has bought hi
license, but is not obliged to sci
liquor any more than a pharmacies
Is obliged to put up prescription
after having obtained license t.
do so, or a teacher is obliged t.
teacher is obliged to teach afte
having received certificate.
If the whole trouble is that peopl,
cannot get their rum as handily a
they wish, why not say so? Object
ing to the professors method be
cause it is qualification of law
doesn't go.
They are having hard time il
finding a jury for the Haywood
murder trial in Idaho. In that bis
country, not only good men ar.
scarce, but men of any description
are far from abundant. The sher.
if, in service of the venire, has al
ready covered several thousand