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The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-01-30
THE MARKETS
Livestock Mark cts.

January %.
KANSAS -Cattle-Choice ex-
port and dressed beef steers, $1,000
800; fair to good, $4204 500; western
steers, $4,000 80; stockers and feed
ers, $5.00d4.40; southern steers, 1915
q 4.G5; southern cows, 81 50Q3.70; ma
tive cows, 81 250430; native heifers,
s310@ 4G0; bulls, $2.S04410; calves,
$4,000 G.25 Hogs-Heavy. $43004.40;
packers, $420Q4.35; pigs and lights.
$4,000 425. Sheep-Lambs, $6.50QD
ESQ; ewes and yearlings, $450Q5.40;
western yearlings, S5.25M6; western
sheep, s4.25M525; stockers and feed
ers, s350M4
ST, LOUIS-Cattle-Native ship
ping and export steers, $5.3506.10;
dressed beef and butcher steers, $500
d5G5; steers under / 900 lbs, $1,000
4.40; stockers and feeders, $3@465;
COWS and heifers, $325@525; can
ners, $I5O@ $50; bulls, S2.50@450;
calves, S3.250G.50; Texas and Indian
steers, $2.90U5.25; cows and heifers,
$L75a 3.75. Hogs-Pigs and lights, So
q 4.25; packers, S390@4.3O; butchers
and best heavy, s4.25@435. Sheep
Native muttons, $3.25Q5.50; lambs,
$4.GO4G.90; culls and bucks, $2@3;
stockers, $1.75G375.
CHlCAGO-Cattle - Common to
prime steers, $425@G.35; COWS, $275@
$50; heifers. s2.5Od5.25; bulls, s2S5
GAGS; calves, $3q7; stockers and
feders, $2.6OQ475 Hogs--Choice
heavy shipping, $44OQ445; butchers,
$lS5q 445; light mixed, si.25@tSo;
choice light, $4.3o@4.35; packing. $40
i4O; pigs, $3.50@425. SheepA year,
lings, s5.5og6; lambs, s62007; Ahcep,
s4.25Q5.50.
The Nevada County picayune. (Prescott, Ark.) 190?-current, 1908-01-30

Mr. LittIetCn objected to it, declar-
ing that the district attorney by read
ing the former testimony in a disa-
agreeable manner was trying to dis
credit her in the eyes of the jury
when he could not disaredit her in any
way by a direct question.
Mr. Jerome made no attempt to
disguise a tone of complete con
tempt in reading the testimony. Con
tempt also characterized most Of the
questions he put to the witness, whom
he attacked in the loudest voice he
has yet used at the trial Mr.. Jerome
plunged at once into the more init
mate details of the testimony and
made no delicate choice of words in
framing his interrogations.
Mr.. Littleton's objections on the
ground of "Oifensiveness and impro-
priety" frequently We're sustained by
the court.
Everyn's Wits Against Two.
Mrs. Thaw matched wits against
both District Attorney Jerome and his
assistant. Mr.. Caravan, who was ever
at his chiefs elbow with new sugges-
tons She fenced with them as sue
cessfully as she did year ago, and
at times reflected the mood of the
district attorney by answering in
voice pitched in as loud key as his
own. The prosecutors pitiless and ag-
gressive questions often struck fire,
and once when Mr.. Jerome demanded
to know if the young woman had told
Thaw certain things, she replied hot.
ly:
Yes, | told him, but did not use
the language you are using"
Don't argue with me, madam"
shouted Jerome, who then had the
reply stricken from the record.
New Feature in Testimony.
But one new feature appeared in
the testimony of the witness. This
was when she told about Thaw swal.
lowing the contents of a bottle of laud,
anum at Monte Carlo in 1904 in an at
tempt to end his life. Previous to
this, at the Grand hotel in New York,
Thaw had talked of suicide, his wife
declared, and had suggested that she
also should take poison, as both their
lives had been ruined. Mrs. Thaw
said she humOred Thaw at the time
and diverted his mind She was out
of the room when he finally took the
poison in Europe.
why di!n't you tell us about this
at the first trial." demanded Mr..
Jerome.
Because Mr., Delmas said it might
make Harry out too crazy the wit.
ness retorted before the district at
torney could stop her.
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-11-12

anu 10 DC near enough 10 the Judges ana CleIks
to know that they are properly doing their duty.
/ may say here that, as the evening progressed,
l found the whole force of election officials
lamentably ignorant of the law as we'll as shame
fully indifferent to its prescriptions. Hardly one
of the plain directions of the election law re-
garding the method of counting the votes was
observed
When the ballot-boxes were opened and, with
out the preliminary counting of the total, re-
quired by law the process of dividing the ballots
into piles, according to their character as straight
or split ballots, was begun, there was apparent
a great lack of accuracy, though possibly no in
territorial corruption, in the process of sorting.
Nearly one hundred votes, marked at the head
of the column for either the Republican or the
Democratic ticket but Split in favor of either
Mr.. Dahlberg, the legislative candidate, or of
Mr.. Street, placed by the judges or clerks
in the straight Republican or Democratic pile
and were removed on account of objections raised
by myself or my associate Whether these ballots
would have been removed or would have been
counted straight for the Republican ticket or the
Democratic ticket if we had not been present to
raise objection, do not know.
The next serious irregularity which observed
not election officials, who, in company with one
of the judges of election took the pile of split
ballots from the table, carried them to cor
of the room and, surrounding them in such
way as to make it impossible for anyone to
clearly see what they were doing, examined and
manipulated them for perhaps half an hour In
asmuch as the strangers were, perhaps, author
lied watchers and inasmuch as one of the Judges
whose honesty I had as yet no reason to doubt
was with them, and inasmuch further, as I was
unable to detect any attempt at fraud, thought
it wise to refrain from protest, further than to
call the attention of the judge to the fact that
the men who were handling the ballots had no
warrant of law for doing SO. I was informed
with whitening scorn that he guessed I did not
know who the men were.
l am not sure that any attempt was made to
change any of the ballots in this procedure, but
| do know the strangers who had been engaged
in it, as they went out, announced that the vote
for Mr.. Street was sixty-seven. My tally of the
count when it was completed showed eighty four
votes for Mr. Street. 1t is wholly probable that
up to the present time, sixty-seven is the report
of that ward in the computation of the Street
vote and will remain so until an official canvass
has been completed. I frankly suspect that, if
it had not been for the scrutiny of the Prohibi-
ton watchers far more than half of the Street
votes, which were then in the pile of split
ballots would have still been reposing in the
Straight piles and would not have entered into
the informal count and perhaps would not have
been counted at all.
The first violent disagreement between the
md he
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-11-12

strength of the Prohibition party at the baAot-boa
reach the precincts Third, Unless are aolins
have to tell to the readers of The National
Prohibitonist story that l do not doubt many
will find it difficult to believe. For the scene of
this story is not laid in some tough" district.
1t did not take place in the ward of Chicago
where "Hinky Dink' and "Bathhouse John" rule
supreme. 1t is not tale of the "Bowery" in
New York nor of the corrupt wards of Phila-
delphia Pittsburg.
The thing that | am to tell happened in Chi
cago in one of the semi-suburban wards in
polling precinct inhabited almost wholly by peo-
pie of American birth, very largely by well-to-do
working people who own their own homes and
supposed to be the backbone of the American
Republic-the sixth precinct of the thirty-thrd
ward
| assigned as a Prohibition watcher in
this precinct, the precinct in which l live with
the polling place only few blocks from my own
home. | went to the polling place few min
utes before four o'clock in the afternoon four
o'clock being the hour when the polls close and
the count begins. | was accompanied by young
man who was also watcher for the Prohibition
party In view of the character of the locality
| did not believe that there would be any proba-
blllty of an attempt to miscount the Prohibition
vote and looked upon my duties as of pro forma
character. | considered it, however, important
that the counting of the vote should be observed,
inasmuch as Gottard A. Dahberg, the Prohibi-
ton candidate for the legislature was believed to
stand good show" of election and as we were
DESTROYS to secure the counting of every vote
cast for Mr.. Street, the Prohibition candidate
for states attorney
| had known something, of course of frauds
against the Prohibition party before. knew, for
example, that in Philadelphia, when National
Chairman Jones was state chairman of Pennsyl-
that in one instance a Prohibitionist who at
tempted to cast a Prohibition ballot had it taken
from him and spread out upon the floor and saw
the election officials deluge it with tobacco juice,
while he was ordered to get out from the polling
place. knew that in New York in the old days
it was common to divide the Prohibition votes be-
tween the Democrats and the Republicans or
to throw them out entirely if there proved to
be more ballots in the box than names upon the
polling list, so that all "rummie" needed to do
to make sure of the throwing out of the Pro-
hbiton vote was to stuff few extra votes in
the box. But | did not believe that anything
of that sort could be done or would be at
tempted in quiet residence district with almost
saloons.
My confidence was confirmed when | looked
over the personnel of election officials. They
young or middle-aged men, of clean, rep
utable appearance, all of them my neighbors,
some of them my near neghbors, though none of
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-11-12
November IL, 1908
BY A PROHIBITION WATCHER

mh @%sI
The national prohibitionist. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1907-1911, 1908-11-12

talying upon an improvised tally sheet which was
being used, also contrary to the provisions OF
the law. A large number of the votes that were
being handled were split against Wayman, the
Republican candidate for states attorney, and in
favor of Street. Rightly or wrongly, suspected
that the official who was making the tally,
Republican election judge by the name of Wilson,
was giving Wayman credit for votes where he
received none. I therefore directed my colleague
the other watcher, to stand behind the official
in question and watch his marking
He had been standing there but two or three
minutes when Mr.. Wilson turned and ordered
him to get away. The watcher made no reply,
but did not go. In moment the order was re-
peated with the threat that if he did not get away
he would be put outside. The watcher consid-
ering himself my subordinate, made no reply, and
it was cup to me-" l reminded Mr.. Wilson that
the law prescribes that the watcher has right
to be near enough to observe whether the off
Gals are performing their duty and that this
young man was not nearer than such perform
ance of his duties required, stating also that
should request him to continue to occupy the
position which he occupying. Matters went
on for the call of few more names and Mr.
wilson DTOKe out dgdl1l ucHldHulllS llIdt TIC
watcher who stood behind him should be put
out and insisting to me that it would make me
nervous to have anyone watching my work in the
same way. I replied that, if l working
honestly, I should not be embarrassed by OBJ
servation
This threw the gentleman into towering rage
and he sprang up with the apparent intention of
assaulting me. Whether it was my somewhat
able-bodied appearance recollection of the
dignity due to his office that withheld him from
the assault am unable to say At least, he re-
Trained and turned instead to the police officer
present, with the demand that be elected from
the room for insulting him. The police officer
declined to interfere unless the presiding judge,
a weak sort of fellow, named Wright should
direct him, assuring me, however, that he would
take pleasure in putting out if that official
instructed him to do so. Such instruction, how
ever, was not given and the count was resumed
my colleague maintaining his position behind the
embarrassed official.
Strange things sometimes go through our
minds and as | sat there in that dingy, smoke
filled room, wrestling with these representatives
or misrepresentation of the law, remembered
a series of jingles which bore the name of
Bourbon Ballads and were published, I think
in the New York Tribune more than thirty years
ago, and I recalled, with vivid distinctness, the
plant that was put in the mouths of certain polit
ical corruptionists who objected to the presence
of United States soldiers who were sent into
some of our cities at election time, saying,
cording to the poet:
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-28
LAWRENCE TO Be RELEASED
Nothing So Far to Connect Him
With the Death of His Wife
Inquest Will Be Held Today

Ihere have been no new DEVELOPMENTS
IN the Lawrence case, and judging from
the way the case now stands. Richard
lawrence detained at police headouar-
ters ON suspicion of having caused his
Wne death, Will be given his liberty
within short time
,County Attorney Harris said Yesterday
.naI the question OF holding a post-mor-
teIn examination would not be decided
unIli after the coroner's inquest which
VIII hkeiy be held today
~; }. > Gordon, after an examination
OI the body of the woman. reported to
me county attorney that death was not
que 10 violence, as was first suspected
mere was one wound on the face but il
was not OF such a nature as TO have
piayed any part in the womans death
IL is impossible to determine the cause
OF death, and unless it was from natural
causes, the authorities say il must have
Deen due to poison. An examination of
the contents of the stomach might aid
IN determining this point but it is ar
Sueu, the case would be as far from So
luton as before, because there are no
witnesses by which il could be proved
tered
The inquest today is expected to thro "
put little additional light upon the case.
The authorities will be guided in their fu-
lure action by what is brought out at
TINS hearing.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-28
HISTORY MUST
Be MODIFIED
Stanford Professor Has Found
the Key to inscriptions on
EtruSCan TOmbS.

Stanford University, Cal. Dec. pa
discovery which viii have important
results in the world of science has
been made public by Professor George
Hempl, professor of philology of Stan
ford, in the course of a lecture before
the Standard Pathological association.
The key to the ancient inscriptions on
Etruscan tombs and columns, so long
a mystery to archaeologists, has been
discovered by Stanford's professor of
philology. according to the statement
made by him.
Professor Hempl became widely
known some time ago by solving the
inscription on German runes. He de-
clared that his find will have far
reaching results upon ancient italian
history and upon the disputed facts OF
Latin grammar and etymology. But
fifty inscriptions out of mass OF S,Oeo
have thus far been deciphered by him,
but the translation of these, he said,
has been enough to show that the his
tory of Italy. as written at present
must be greatly modified when his
work is completed. The popular theory
that the Etruscans and Romans were
entirely different peoples is entirely ex-
ploded by this discovery, declared Pro-
fessOr Hempl- AS made clear by him,
the languages of these neighboring ma
lions was alike in all important re-
spects save its writing, and the con-
ciSsion he draws Is that the two ma
tions sprang from the same race Dr.
Hempl showed that the Etruscans We're
the outgrowth of the Trojans after the
fall of Troy. and thus. in an indirect
manner. the story OF Virgil's Aneid re-
ceives scientific confederation. In dis
cussing the remarkable discovery made
NV III Vlf
ident of Stanford university, said:
DIR. Hempl has made a most i'm
portant discovery. The deciphering of
these EtrusCan inscriptions overturns
the popular idea that there is no con-
nectiOn between the Romans and the
Etruscans. DIR. Hempl. with his key
to the Etruscan inscriptions. will make
enormous changes in our views of the
ancient history of Rome and Greece
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-28
District Court,

Saturday was probate and motion dav
IN the district court, and Judge j. A.
Howell made the following orders in pro-
bate matters:
Estate Of Daniel ]. Costley, deceased:
petition for order to purchase
Estate of Daniel ]. Costiey deceased
petition for confirmation OF sale of live
stock; granted.
Estate of Daniel ]. Costiey. deceased:
position for approval, allowances and seq
tlement of account; distribution, continu-
ance OF administration, and reduction of
administrator bond: granted
Estate of Daniel j. Costley, deceased:
petition for approval. allowance and set
tieInent of administrator account; COM
mission to administrator attorney fees.
ETC. ana partial distribution; granted.
Estate of Mary A Mccullough. de-
ceased; petition for letters of adninistra-
ton; granted
Estate of William a. Chamberlain, de-
ceased; petition for order to mortgage
property 10 pay debts; continued.
Estate of Thomas KeOgh, deceased; ne
ttIOn for letters OF administration and re-
opening of estate; granted
Estate of Griffith Williams, deceased;
petition for approval, allowance and set
tlement of final account; continued
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-28
New Attraction at the Louvre.

The celebrated Mertz Columbia or
chestra is now playing at the Louvre
during the lunch hour and from :
o'clock on in the evening.
This is the orchestra for which the
Louvre management has been negotiat-
ing for some weeks past, Mr.. Willie. the
proprietor, having MADE a trip to the
east especially to secure this excellent
music
He did so with the idea, as usual. of
providing Salt Lake with the best or
chestra obtafna BILE.
In connection with the orchestra Miss
Sutherland and Miss Tibbets. the two
well known singers, have been engaged
to render selections every evening. Such
a combination of high-class musical
features will make the Louvre Raths-
keller more popular than ever.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-28
Boys CHOIR sings CAROLS
Feature of st. Mary's Vesper Ser.
vices Is the Beautiful
Music,

A feature of the Sunday services at St
Mary's cathedral was the singing of the
newly organized sanctuary choir at yes
pers. This choir consists of 100 little
boys In honor of Bishop Laurence Scan
Ian the choir is called the ST Laurence
choir The singing of the Christmas
carols by the boys of this choir was a
very pretty ovation. Especially BEAUTIFUL
was their rendition of the CAROL "Hark
the Angels Singing" by Bordese. The
solosts In this choir were Arthur Lee
cuyer, Thomas Hanrahan Vernon
Stephens. Harold Stephens Heyhood Kill
leen, Theodore Killeen, Don Callahan
and Edward Callahan. Rev. Father w.
K Ryan preached the sermon at the
vesper service.
The principal mass at st. Mary's was
celebrated at II O'Clock Sunday forenoon
by Rev. Father Michael Curran. Rev.
Father Collins preached the sermon. The
o'clock mass was said by Father Bren-
nan. and at 3 o'clock Rev. Father w. X.
Ryan said mass and preached the SER
mon Bishop Seaman celebrated mass in
his private chapel
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-28
HALF OF SOUTH
ABSOLUTELY DRY
VAST Stretch of Territory in
Dixie Entirely Bereft
of Liquor.
REST is NEAR PROHIBITION
NEW TEMPERANCE LAWS Eff
FECTIVE in MANY STATES,

Washington. Dec. pa wave of prohi-
hilton has swept with such remarkable
effect over the south that the new year
cnens upon vast stretch OF territory alb
solutely bereft of liquor. while the area
wherein prohibitionists have triumphed,
marks the battle ground for impending
fights on the question
More than half the south's territory is
dry absolutely, and in the remaining
area the sale of intOXicantS is restricted.
II is evident that the cities are the only
remaining strongholds for the saloons. and
il is unlikely that this condition will not
be modified except through a radical
change in political thought, through fall
ure 10 enforce the laws against the traf-
fic and. perhaps other obstacles which
follow in the wake of prohibition.
Georgia for a year has been experiment.
ing with near prohibition" law forbid
ding the sale of liquors containing more
than per cent alcohol.
Statewide prohibition laws become eff
fective on Jan. l in North Carolina, Ala
bama and Mississippi. Prohibition advo-
Gates in Louisiana have suspended their
fight TO test the new Gay-Shattuck law
for the regulation of the liquor traffic.
Tennessee is the chief center of inter
est among the other states where state
wide prohibition fights are in progress
The prohibitouists assert that a state
wide bill will pass the legislature which
they expect to organize and control.
state in the union. with 119 counties, has
but four In which the sale of liquor is
not prohibited.
Virginia presents a string of victories
for anti-saloon elements, as prohibition
now exists in eighty of the states hundred
counties.
In Texas. where more than half the
counties have accepted prohibition the
voters will be called upon TO vote upon a
constitutional amendment for prohibition.
In Arkansas two-thirds of its area, or
seventy-five counties, are dry and the
question of statewide prohibition will be
presented 10 the voters for discussion.
The results of prohibition generally are
cleaned from reports indicating a great
decrease in the record of arrests for
drunkenness, an increase in the bank de-
posits of laborers. fewer cases of wife
abandonment and decrease in criminal
ity generally. The difficulty of enforcing
the prohibition laws, however. is conceded
10 be one of the chief obstacles 10 its
absolute success in many states.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-28
Ogden Briefs.

General Superintendent J. II. Young If
the Southern Pacific. whose headquarters
are iu San Francisco, passed through Og-
den yesterday on fast mail train No. 3.
on his way east
II. Z. Van Housen, superintendent of the
San Pedro road. with offices in San Lake
City. came n from the east yesterda J
and went west on Southern Pacific train
No. 3 He occupied special car No. 103.
COnStGble-elect AlOnzO Rogers has re-
ceived word of the death of his only son,
Edgar Rogers. which occurred at Sheri-
dan, Wyo-, on Dec "a Death was due
to some sort of an accident, the details
of which are lacking
Depot Master c. J. Cunningham whose
appointment to the trainmas tership of the
Short Line at POc9tellO was announced
in yesterdays Herald. will leave to take
up the duties of his rev position today.
Mr. Cunningham was kept busy yester-
day receiving the congratulations of his
friends Clarence r. Heath. assistant to
Mr. Cunningham. viii act as depot master
for the present.
Several ears in an oaStbound freight
train were wrecked Saturday evening as
the train pulled out of the local yards at
Ihirtieth street. The helper engine was
running up behind the train. which had
already started. with the intention of cou-
ping on during the run. For, some reae-
son the train stopped suddenly and the
helper engine crashed into the rear. Con-
siderable delay was caused by the acct
dent.