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The Carlisle independent., 1908-01-30
VICTORY FOR AUDITOR MOORE
Court of Last Resort Cheeks All Fossil bllity of Continuing Work on Build
 ing Without New Appropriation.

There will be no more work done on the new state capitol building until the Arkansas legislature convenes again and makes an appropriation to complete the capitol This was decided when the Supreme Court of Arkansas handed down a decision in the cele- brated state capit or AleXGnd case, in which the court held that Alexander could not be paid any money in con- nection with work on the new capitol by the state, because the fund appro- priated several years ago cannot be touched until the Arkansas legislature renews the appropriation. The court holds that, according to the constitu- ton, state appropriations can be used for two years, and that after that time they cannot be used; that the two years time limit for the state capitol fund has expired, and that it can no longer be drawn upon.
 The decision also holds that it has apparently been the sense of the legis- lature of recent years not to appro- priate or spend more money on the completion of the new state capitol, because of the fact that the last two sessions of the legis, ,ature have failed to produce any such action. Regard ing this point, the opinion, which was rendered by Chief Justice Hill, in part, says as follows:
 There is no mandate for the legis- lature to make the appropriation or act in the premises, and it's silence is as potent as it's positive action. The continuing appropriation of the act of 1903, is in condition with this clause of the constitution and is necessarily void beyond two years; and the legis- lature not having acted since that time, it is the legislative determina- tion that this fund be conserved in the treasury until another legislature ap- propriates it for the purposes for which it was created.
 The decision, then. is based on two principal points; first, that the con- fnuing of any such appropriation is in violation of the constitution, and, secondly, that the legislature itself, which created the fund, has evidenced no further inclination to continue the fund, as it has remained silent in ses- sion since then, and has refused to pass any appropriations extending the first one.
The Carlisle independent., 1908-01-30
Saloon Run for Charity.

Huntington, w. Va.-Holden, a min ing town near here, will, after Feb ruary l, have a saloon. the profits of which will be devoted to charity. Rep resentatives of the United States Coal and Oil Company, operating at Hold ell, have been granted @ license. Re plying to protests against the license, the attorneys for the applicants stated it was not the desire to operate the sa- loon as a money-making venture, but that it is impossible to keep miners because they will not stay where drink cannot be procured.
The Carlisle independent., 1908-01-30
What Hubby Missed.

'I was telephoning the other night, said the girl, "and voice crossed mine, whispering voice. 1 couldn't help wondering what the game was.
 What are you whispering for?' asked.
 .Hush,' she said, still in the whis- per. I'm trying to talk under my breath. I don't want my husband to hear. Please get off the wire. Won't your
 T got off the wire, but I couldn't sleep very we'll that night for wonder ing what it was she didn't want her husband to hear"
The Carlisle independent., 1908-01-30
Basis of the Case.

Specifically the case was one in in which w. B. Alexander of Pine Bluff, a member of the State Capitol Commission, sought to mandamus State Auditor Avery E. Moore to re- quire the latter to pay to MT. Alex ander the small sum of S14 and some odd cents, which Alexander claimed was due him for mileage, etc, ex- penses in attending the business mat ters connected with the new state capitol Alexander had gone to the state auditor and asked for warrant for the money He was refused on the ground that the constitution set forth that no state appropriation could ex- tend more than two years, and that the time limit for the state capitol ap- propriation had expired. Hence, the auditor held, according to his inter- pretation of the constitution, no more money could be paid from the fund or appropriation. Alexander then brought mandamus proceedings against the state auditor, requiring him to pay the money. On the result of the litiga- tion depended the the matter of com pleting the new state capitol for the reason that, should the courts hold the appropriation was not extinct but could still be used in paying any sum, such as that wanted by Alexander, then the commission could draw on it for any amount, and if such was the case, could complete the capitol build ing.
 The lower court decided in favor of Alexander, awarding the mandamus. State Auditor Moore appealed, how ever. The case was submitted to the Supreme Court, about two weeks ago, and oral argument was made. Attor- ney General w. F. Kirby made the ar gument in behalf of State Auditor Moore. The case was taken under advisement .and Monday the decision was handed down. the decision revers- ing the judgment of the lower court and denying the mandamus.
 Case Has Been Center of Interest.
 The state capitol case has been one of utmost importance. It has held the attention and interest of nearly every. one in the state. From state officials all the way down to the common la borer employed in the building of the. new state capitol building, all have waited with intense interest the out come of the case before the Supreme Court. Working men who have been
 
 .n the city idle, waiting to see whethe the Supreme Court would decide in favor of the completion of the state capitol or against it. Opini sn was greatly divided as to the out tome, it being the opinion of many that the court would sustain the judgment of the lower court.
The Carlisle independent., 1908-01-30
Burglars Aged 5, 8 and 2f.

St. Louis.-Three boys, Thomas AL sten, years old, his brother Frank, 8 years old, and Harry Arter 12 years old, under arrest on suspicion, Mon day confessed to the police that they had broken into and footed the saloon of Anton Oppermon With much gus to, Harry Arter stated: q swiped mamma's hatchet and put it under my coat We got into the cellar and took turns chopping through the floor un- til we made hole big enough to crawl through =
The Carlisle independent., 1908-01-30
Death Penalty for Attempted As
 sauIt,

Jackson, Miss.-The lower house of the legislature Monday passed bill providing the death penalty, or life Imprisonment for attempted criminal assault, the punishment to be within the discretion of the jury. This places attempted assault in the same class with murder. Heretofore the maxi mum punishment has been ten years. The bill passed without opposition. It is hoped the measure will reduce the number of lynchings for this crime.
The Carlisle independent., 1908-01-30
S3OO,OOO LOSS IN HOTEL FIRE
Flames Famed by Gale Treaten Many Business Buildnqs-Two Firemen
 Are Injured.

Chicago.-Fanned by a 40-mile gale, a fire, which broke out in the Hotel Florence, 163 Adams street, early Mon day, scattered burning embers about the southern portion of the loop dis district, endangering a score of struc- lures and causing a loss estimated at $300,000. Twenty guests of the hotel which was four-story structure, were aroused from their beds by po- lice and firemen. All of tle inmates are believed to have escaped.
 Adjoining the burning structure on 16-story building of the Corn Ex- change National bank The new sky scraper was given a severe test, but with the exception of some temporary woodwork, resisted the flames success fully. Two members of the Fire De- partment were struck by boards which fell from a burning scaffold on the fifteenth floor of the bank build ing One of them, Edward Wake; field, a truckman. was knocked un- conscious. The other, Herbert Scan Ion, pipeman, escaped with slight bruises.
 The wind drove the flames directly against the bank structure, which formed a complete barrier to the spread of the fire, but at the same time acted as chimney to carry burning brands, sparks and embers hundreds of feet into the air
The Carlisle independent., 1908-01-30
Merchant kiI,e".' s.,ot.

Pc D. 1.s,, 1.s ., .--lxiIss.-Sunday night, enile' he and his wife were sitting by the fire near window, J. T. Arn- old, who runs store at the Butter field Lumber Company's logging camp, about IA miles east of Norfield, had his head blown off with buckshot by some person or persons unknown. Part of the load of shot also struck his wife, bu she is still alive.
The Carlisle independent., 1908-01-30
Shippers Must Pay Fares.

Jefferson City, Mo.-The Missouri Supreme Court Monday, in an opinion by Judge Burgess, decided that the law requiring that free return trans portation be given to shippers with each cahload of live stock by the rail- roads of this state, is unconstitution- al. on the ground that it is a discrimi- nation in rates against other ship narS
The Carlisle independent., 1908-01-30

Thousands of American women in our homes are daily sacrificing their lives to duty.
 In order to keep the home neat and pretty, the children we'll dressed and tidy, women overdo. A female weakness or displacement is often brought on and they suffer in silence, drifting along from bad to worse, knowing we'll that they ought to have help to overcome the pains and aches which daily make life "a burden.
 It is to these faithful women that
The Carlisle independent., 1908-01-30
Don't Delay

The season of coughs and colds is not yet past-they will be prevalent for some months to come. Do not neglect or experiment with them. Use the safe and sure remedy-Simmons Cough Syrup. It heals the soreness and stops the cough.
The Carlisle independent., 1908-01-30
Indian Murderer Slain.

' El Paso, Tex.-"Blind Joe," the In dian who killed Tom McLane, the Texas cowboy, who caught him skin- ming a stolen beef near the Mescatero reservation in New Mexico, was over. taken in canyon near Alamogordo, N. M., and when he showed fight, was riddled with bullets.
The Carlisle independent., 1908-01-30
Better Qualifications.

"Yes," said the political boss well have to give Crookley this nomina- tion."
 "But," protested the unsophisti- cated one, why not Goodley? He's better able to fill the office"
 Perhaps, but Crookley is better able to get it.'
The Carlisle independent., 1908-01-30
in1portant to Mothers.
A New Excuse.

What do you mean by coming home at this time in the morning."
 Tain't my fault, my dear. They'd all gone, and 1 didn't have any one to talk to!'
The Carlisle independent., 1908-01-30
FACTS FOR SICK WOMEN.

For thirty yecrs Lydia E. Pink hams Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy for female ills, and has positively cured thousands of women who have been troubled with displacements, inflammation, ulcera- tion, fibroid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that bear ing-down feeling, hatulency, indiges- tion, dizziness, or nervous prostration. Why don't you try it
 Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women to write her for advice. She has guided thousands to health. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Carlisle independent., 1908-01-30
A Feat.

Do you imagine it possible for a camel to go through the eye of a needle?"
 "Oh, I wouldn't be surprised. You know how large my wife is?"
 Yes"
 Well, she goes through my pock- cts ularly"-Houston Post.
The Carlisle independent., 1908-01-30
Not aJust as Goodv-It's the Best

Not "Just as Good"-Its the Best
 One box Of Hunts Cure is unfailing- ly, unqualifiedly, and absolutely guar .,scc.cou to cure any form of Skin Dis ease It is particularly active in promptly relieving and permanently curing all forms of itching known.
 Eczema, Tetter, Ringworm and all similar troubles are relieved by one application; cured by one box.
The Carlisle independent., 1908-01-30

It is vain to be always looking to- wards the future, and never acting to- ward it.-Boyes.
The Carlisle independent., 1908-01-30

Talk is cheap-unless lawyer is handing it out.
The Carlisle independent., 1908-01-30

She-You (shriek) brute, before we married (shriek), (shriek) you said mamma could come and see us as often (shriek) as she pleased.
 He (meekly)-Yes, dear; but she has ceased to please.
The Carlisle independent., 1908-01-30
LYDIA E. PlNKHAM'S VEGETABLE COMPOUND

comes as a boon and a blessing, as it did to Mrs. F. Ellsworth, of Mayville, N. Y., and to Mrs. w. P. Boyd, of Beaver Falls, Pa., who say:
 "I was not able to do my own work, owing to the female trouble from which suffered. Lydia E. Pinkham's Vege- table Compound helped me wonderfully, and 1 am so well that can do as big a days work as ever did. wish every sick woman yOuld try it.
The Carlisle independent., 1908-01-30

By the way. are you acquainted with any man who fatters his wife!
The Carlisle independent., 1908-01-30
oNIY oNE ..RRoMO oIrININEn

That is LAXATIVE PROMO QUININE. Look fo the signature of E. W. GROVE. Used the Worl over to Cure a Cold in One Day. 25c.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-12-12
PROPOSALS FOR PURCHASE OF
WATER WORKS BONDS AND
STREET IMPROVEMENT

Sealed proposals are hereby in
vited by the City OF Bisbee, Cochise
County, Territory Of Arizona, for the
purchase of bonds to be issued for
the Construction of Water Works in
said city in the sum Of One Hundred
and twenty-five Thousand (s125,000)
Dollars, and for the Improvement VI
Streets in said city In the sum of One
Hundred and twenty-five Thousand
($125.000) Dollars. authorized by the
vote of the qualified electors of said
city. owners of real or "srscnal "rp"-
erty within said city subject to taxa
ton, on October ri, 1908, in conform
ity with an Act of Congress, approved
March 4, 1898. entitled, IAN Act TO
amend an Act to prohibit the passage
of local or special laws in the Terri
tories, to limit Territorial Indebted.
ness, etc" Said water works bonds
are to be numbered serially from one
to one hundred inclusive, for the sum
of $3.50 each, dated the End day of
January, 1909, and said street inn
provement bonds are to be numbered
serially from one TO one hundred in
elusive, for the sum of $3.50 each,
dated the End day of January, 1909,
all said bonds shall become due TWEEN
ty-fve (25) years after the date
thereof, and bear interest at the rate
OF six per cent per annum, payable
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-12-12

This Ordinance shall be IN force
and take effect after its passage, post
ing and publication according to law.
Passed by the Mayor and Common
Council Of The CITY OF Bisoee on De-
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-12-12
ACTOR KILLED BY OUTRAGED
HUSBAND KNOWN IN PHOENIX

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PHOENIX, Dec. l1.-(Special.)-
To avenge the wrong he believed was
done him, Adrain Won Plank was
shot and mortally wounded in Baker
field, Cal, last Monday afternoon by
e: Newton Blacker of that city, who
broke the door into Won Planks room
and found him there with Mrs. Black
.er. BIacker fired four bullets into the
body OF the man whom he believed
had brought dishonor upon his home,
and as he walked out of the natel, in
formed the clerk tFat he would prob
ably find a dead man in room No. 79.
Won Plank is well known in Phoe-
nix, having been here several months
last summer as one of the actors in
the Raymond Whitaker company. He
came here from Bakersfield, and when
the company went TO pieces returned
there. On account of his handsome
face, Won Plank attracted more or less
attention among susceptible women.
1t is not known, however, that he fig
ured here in any serious love affairs.
Employees of the hotel in. Bakers
field rushed TO Won Piank's room az,
soon as Blacker announced that there
was a dead man upstairs, anil found
the actor desperately woruded. with
four bullets in the upper part of his
chest, all penetrating the lungs. He
was Immediately removed TO 4 hos
pital, and Tuesday night it was an
nomeed that he could not live.
Blacker left the Eosel after taIDg
his wife from Won Plants room, aud
went to his home. 4 few E.:nutes
later he was placed E.dcr arrest Wy
Sheriff Kelly. He made no resistance
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-12-12
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF THE
COUNTY OF CocHISE, TERRI
TORY OF ARIZONA.

In the matter Of the estate of Mary
L. Rouzer, deceased.
Notice of settlement OF final account
and hearing petition for distribution.
Pursuant to an order of this court.
made and entered on the End day OF
December, 1908, notice is hereby given
that Ellen E. Smith, the Administrative
of the estate of Mary E. ,Rouzer, de-
ceased, has presented for settlement
and fled herein her final account OF
her administration, and has also flee
herewith her petition praying that
the residue Of said estate be distribut-
ed to the persons entitled thereto. and
that Tuesday, the 18th day of Decem-
Der, 1908, at the hour of 10 O'Clock a.
m, Of said day, at the court room
OF said court, at the court house IN
the city Of Tombstone, County of Co
chise, has been duly appointed the
time and place for the settlement OF
said account and the hearing of said
petition, when and where any person
Interested in said estate may appear
and file objections in writing to satd
matters and contest the same.
Dated this End day of Decembe-.
1908.
j. e. JAMES.
Clerk Of Said Court
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-12-12

and gave up the gun with which he
did the shooting. Pm your mar, Mr.
Kelly" he said Il shot H1n Plank
He was with nay wife and br7ke into
his room and attacked hla'. E,4
fought back ha /. bit shot him"
He asserted that he learned a few
days before that his wife was keep
ing appointments with Won Plank at
the hotel and he was awaiting a
chance to catch them together
Blacker almost sobbed with emotion
when he spoke OF his wife. He saiu
they had lived together for seventeen
years and had two boys. He never
knew her to do anything wrong be-
fore. They came to Bakersfield from
Indiana.
Won Blacker completely exonerated
Blacker in an ante-mortem state
ment. He also says it was not the
woman's fault, but in the same
breath admitted that Blacker's accu-
sations were correct Van Plank
said: HE smashed in the glass, and
before l had time to raise hand he
shot me down"
Mrs. Blacker is- an attractive look
ing woman. she was seen at the
home of Assistant District Attorney
Irwin in Bakersfield, where she has
taken refuge With her two children.
She said:
MY husband was terribly jealous
of me, and he always carried gun
with which TO hin me and any one
whom he saw me with. Won Plank
called me up aud asked ne to cali
at his room in the hotel. AS our re.
lations had always been proper, I &C
ceptedS
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-12-12
TREASURE
SEEKERS CONE HOME
Crew Looking For Spanish
Gold, Return Empty Handed,
Were ShipWrecked.

NEW YORK, Dec. 1.-THE Harvald
treasure seekers, as they have come
to be known, returned empty handed
tonight from Kingston. JAM, on the
steamer Admiral Dewey. After the
first chartered vessel, the old-ume
racer Mayflower, was abandoned. the
men set out again on their mission.
which was to recover the gold sunk in
z Spanish galleon of the coast OF
jamaica. They crused in the se1ooh-
er Sea Gull, returning TO Kingston
November so. The prize hunters are
Stephen Moves. Harvard, 90; IL. l.
Corbet. 'O3; Buck Harrison, '04, and
Roger Derby, 'O5.
They said tonight that, with the as
sistanee of two divers, they had To-
Gated several wrecks, presumably in
cIading tnat of the valuable galleon.
but the hulis were buried so deep be
meath the sand Of the ocean bottcm
that q satisfactory eXa-nination was
Impossible. They DID not care to dis
cuss their future plans If they had
any.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-12-12
ORDINANCE NO 40.

An Ordinance amending Ordinance
No. 112, entitled, "An Ordinance
amending Section II, of Ordinance
No. 1o7, said Ordinance No. 1o7, be-
ing an Ordinance for the protection
of persons and property in the City
of Bisbee from damage by fire."
Be it ordained by the Mayor and
Common Council of the City OF Bis
bee, as follows:
Section 7.
That Section l of Ordinance No.
.112, entitled, AN Ordinance amend
ing Section II of Ordinance No. 107,
said Ordinance No. 107, being an Ordi-
nance for the protection of persons
and property in the City of Bisbee
from damage by fire." be amended 10
cad as follows:
That Section II of Ordinance No.
1917, of the City of Bisbse, be amended
and the same is hereby amended TO
cad as follows:
All buildings or structures of any
kind hereafter erected within the lin
its of the aforesaid fire district of the
said City of Bisbee, and in all addi-
tions or enlargements thereof and all
"NuitiNiiS " u SHI~-i SSiAiSAiN u "HS
)nlldlngs or structures already con-
structed IN said hre limits snail have
their outSssS walls and party walls
-nade OF Dllck, stone, ADOBE or othef
lon-comousuDle material and such
outside walls and party walls shall ex-
tend from the foundation to the top
and through the roof of said build
ings; provided, however. that all de-
ached DulldlnSs erected Tor residence
purposes and not trontlng or aDutting
on Nam Street, Old subway, Railroad
avenue, brewery Avenue, u. X
street, Review Avenue, Scberer Ave
nue., within said FIRE district, need not
have the outside walls and party walls
extended through the roof of said
buildings. The roof shall be coyereu
with tin or some other on-eom5=sti-
bic material, provided, however. that
al detached buildings erected for res
idence purposes and nor fronting or
admitting on Main Street. Old 81 bway.
Railroad Avenue. BraSe:y avenue. ".
K. Street, Review Avelue. Scherer
Avenue, within said fire district. NAV
have the roof covered with red wooa
shingles. TIE walls of all buildings
within said fire limits shan be so
constructed as to separate all the
wood work OF the interior 9I exterior
OF such building or addition an1relv
from any part of the interior or ex-
terror of any adjoining building anG
It shall be unlawful to erect or at
Tempt to erect within said fire limits
any building or structure other than
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-12-12
SECRETARY METCALF OF THE
NAVY MAKES HIS REPORT

nance of ships, but says it is not fur
ther desirable TO develop other navy
Yards, at least until that at GuantaH-
amo shall have been equipped, the
last named station being regarded as
of the first military Importance and as
a natural strategetic base.
II is deemed highly desirable to ac-
auire by purchase Or to construct
dock in San Francisco harbOr. With
the acquisition of such q dock, ana
the bringing up TO high efficiency OF
the Yards at Bremerton and Mare Isl
and. another navy yard on the Pa
cific coast will not be necessary for
some time to come.
The navy dep&ftment being large
business organization, Mr.. Metcalf
suggests arrangements of the duties
of any bureau are exceedingly diff
cult and complex. and necessarily
rests with congress, but those VINO
speak of the millions unnecessarily
spent annually by the lack of econom-
zeal administration DO not realize that
a comparatively small percentage OF
the annual budget goes for repair and
feet. The greater part is expended
for the pay and provisioning of the
navy anu GOt p9s
fuel, and expenditures on account or
increase of the navy. So far as con-
Germs the last named item, the depart
ment has long been an exceedingly
economical purchaser, the contract
price of our latest battleships being
hardly more than the actual cost or
labor and material and incidental eX-
penses, and very considerably below
the limit fixed by congress. The sec
retary says also that II would be ditn-
cult to find In any large manufacture
ing establishment, or other industrial
organization, greater coordination
than exists among the heads Of the
great bureaus and onices of the navy
department.
The secretary recommends that
congress authorize at its approaching
session the construction of four bat
telships, four scout cruisers, ten de-
stroyers, four submarines, three col
Hers, one repair ship, one ammunition
ship. two mine-layins ships-these
two ships to be converted from cruis-
ers now on the navy list.