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Williams news., 1909-01-09
THE SOUTH GOES DRY

Prohibition of the liquor tra fife was inaugurated in three more of the southern states on January 1It. North Carolina. Ala hama and Mis- sippi have put the legal han upon he beer sellers with the advent of the new year. Speaking of the growth of the prohibition sentiment in the south. the New Orleans Times Democrat says:
 "More than half the territory of the south is dry absolutely. due t. the unrelenting activity of the anti saloon forces; amt in great part nf tn. territory listed as wet the ale of intoxicants is restricted to a small area. In these states, where state wide prohibition will not be come operative, the will of the majority in local option elections has so restricted the sale of liquor that the only strongholds left to the saloons are in the larger cities"
 The same paper in discussion of the effect of the prohibitory law in states here the statute has already beco me operative makes this ob- servation az to conditions in Geor- gia: "No one can reasonably deny that prohibition has brought good to the state. As compared with the previous year. the police records of Atlanta show that the number of arrests for drunkenness decreased 62 per cent, and a decrease of 89 per cent in the total number of police cases. Reports hearing prac tically the same averages in de crease of criminality come in from the small towns and villages. In most communities of the state beer Is now sold. but men cannot obtain alcohol except by shipment from points outside the state. Of course, the blind tiger hnurishes now and then, but. as a rule, the police are aggressive and vigilant in the de- lection of such places. The chari table institutions report a falling nff in cases of lestitution, wife beat ing and aba The books report that there never was time when so many laboring men carried hank accounts. or when the ac- counts were so large"
 The practical results of prohibi ion as the best measure of reguia- ton for the liqnor tra fife appear to justify the "unrelenting activity" of the ''an,i saloon forces" mentioned ny the Times D .mocrat. The peo- pie in those states where prohihi ion has been adopted give no evi dence of a desire to return to the open saloon -Albuquerque Citizen
Williams news., 1909-01-09

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Williams news., 1909-01-09
A DYNAMITE DEBAUCH


 place at Jake Fletcher's cabin on the Armagosa river, near Rhyolite, on Christmas day, says the Austin Reveille.
 Fletcher had been doing we'll on his claim up to recently, when the vein ran out. This left him with out money to buy whiskey. A bosom friend of his named Thomas Robbins. who was spending the h 'Ildays with Fletcher, proposed that they try a dynamite jag. He said he had read of Mexican miners getting drunk hy eating dynamite when liquor failed.
 Fletcher was increduloua, but ex- pressed his willingness to try the experiment. Between them they consumed three sticks of dynamite during the afternoon and evening and became noticeably hilarious in their demeanor. Fletcher was good natured and wanted to sing, but the other man was quarrelsome, and the more dynamite he con- sumed the more troublesome he became.
 This finally aroused Fletcher's wrath to such a pitch that he chal- lenged Robbins to a fist fight. Robbins was staggering slightly, and as Fletcher stood sparring for an opening found chance to take advantage Of Robbins loose guard, shot left hook into the mans ribs and instantly there was a terrific explosion and the body of Robbins shot. through the ceiling as though iG had turned into dynamite bomb by eating giant powder. and the concussion induced by Fletch CTS blow had caused him to ex. plode.
 The terrible catastrophe instantly sObered Fletcher. and he called at a neighhor's ca bin where he told the story of the tragedy and borrowed l lantern, stating that he intended to go that night to Rhyolite and give himself up to the deputy sher if for the crime of manslaughter.
 He was deeply depressed, and this feeling of melancholy must have caused him to alter his pro gram, for instead of going to Rhy oite, he betook himself to the top of peak about a mile away and threw himself from that point into the ravine below.
 They found the shattered remains of Fletcher scattered about in the boughs of the willows that grow near the head of the ravine. He had landed in a soft spot, but the concussion had been great enough to set off the second charge of dynamite.
 The sorrowing miners buried the two bodies in one grave. What makes the sad occurrence more pathetic is that since the death of Fletcher, a miner who went to work on his claim rediscovered the lost ledge and is taking out ore that will run $97 9S in gold. Clarencn Sl-gfri+d, former em plnye at the Dnugias smelter. now resident of Colorado Springs. Col :, claims to ha ve rediscovered the long lost art of hardening copper. While working for the Copper Queen com pany he carried on his investiga- tions and experiments which he now claims have resulted success fully. A company has been incor- porated at Colorado Springs to in troduce the process.
 The people of Wenden, Bouse and Parker, in northern Yuma county, are bestirring themselves in the interest of new county, to be sliced off Yuma, Mohave, Yavapai and Maricopa counties.
 Baumgartner~ & Satori, at the Pullman, keep on hand San Diego and Joe's beer; also Old Taylor whiskey and all other drinks to he
Williams news., 1909-01-09
CURRENT COMMENT

NO girl can tell today what her name will be year from now. but very few of them are frightened over it.
 In winter the coal takes rise in price and in the summer the ice man lifts things bit If they would only switch we could stand 1t.
 A Kentucky man killed another for refusing to give him a chew of tobacco. It was an awful thing to kill man for. but the victim was certainly guilty of a most atrocious violation of true Kentucky hos pitality.
 Theodore P. Shont's grandson has been named Emanuel Theodore B-rnart Marie Luynes, d'Ailly Due de Chaulnes ct de Picquiny, says the Columbia State. Still, it should be remembered it wasn't the little fellows fault.
 DURING the calendar year 1908 coinage executed at the hints of the U ,ited $ ates amounted 10 $l45.- 499,14S as follows: Gold $131 ,63S, 632; silver. $l2 391, TIT; minor coins, $l ,469,73 This is exclusive of $29,6 ,359 in pieces coined for the Pnillppiues.
 ACCORDING to the Turson Star the Dragoon & Northern Arizona railroad is fast becoming a reality Four miles of track have already been laid, and as all needed mate Tai IS on the ground the road to Johnson will undouhted be com pleted within the next few weeks.
 The American people are hoping tha1 citizen Hheod0rr k ostveli will return from bis African hunting tip n ,ir.t tO take charge of the Paaa ga canal work and make the .iirl fly. | there is any m*n o,. the 4 merIcau u continent that couth d. the joh right. Roosevelt is rhe man --El P.isu Herald.
 The Dnuglass Dispatch demands the Scarf of SiatehnDd" We wifi never be saIi- fled with any such m-ager attire. Better than to make her debut in style that would attract police attention, Ari zona had better keep on the swad ding clothes until the statehood troussrau is completed.-Phoenix Republican.
 U. S. Senator Burrows of Mich igan has written letter to F. D. Smith, superintendent of the Globe public schools, in which he says: II think the indications are thai Arizona will be granted statehood al the present session of congress. although it is impossi bic to forecast what may be the final outcome, but Ihe drift is that way"
 It has been remarked that the greatest day in Taft's life will be Ln, I ha tie east front of the capitol to ta ke the oath of office. Rp,l The great est day will be hat day when he picks up pen and signs the bills granting separate statehood to Ari- zona and New Mexico. which his qnarrtlsome Irrd+crssor and d humpil"us congress are arranging for him to do Tucson Citiz-n.
 That the so called SAlton sea is not sea at all but the acrumula- ton of waste water in the bntiom of a depression 2O0 or more f+ t beIOW sea leVel. IS me Slh:t ment ny f H Newell, director of the United States rtcla nation service, appearing in an appendix of the Smithsonian Institution. "It isnot a new thii g." said he, "but re vival of what has probah fly occurred freuuentiy in peuiuyIc histOryo
Williams news., 1909-01-09
Co You Think
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Williams news., 1909-01-09

No trespassing or shooting on the Phelan place.-S o. Miller.
Williams news., 1909-01-09

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Williams news., 1909-01-09

On the Canyon road trains leave this point as follows: No. 10 at 1 80 p.m.; No. 14 at 5:55 am. Arriv ing from the Canyon: No II at I1:10 m.: No. 15 at II 50 p.m
Williams news., 1909-01-09
SOCIETIES,

WILLIAMS LODGE, NO. 15, I. O. O. F. meets w every Wednesday night at : 80 o'clock in L O. O. F. hall Visiting brethern cordially invited.
 J. H. Ellis. N. G.
 John Klock. V. G.
 H. A. Hicks. Sec'y.
 Joseph Blum berg. Treas WILLIAMS REBEkAH LODGE No. 10, meets every Friday night at 80 in I. O. O. F. hall.
 Miss Mae DeMotte, N. G.
 Mrs. K. w. Williams, " G.
 Mrs. Harriette Adams, Sec.
 Mrs Lizzie Kennedy. Treas
Williams news., 1909-01-09
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Williams news., 1909-01-09

~-~=e z~ AraIa' H1H.:.o: E E .. E., <--' < No. 75l, Meetings held every 2nd and 4th Tuesday in each month. Visiting brethern invited.
 J. D. Raudebaugh, P. W. F.
 FEE. Fousha. W. F.
 H. C. Sanders, W. V. P.
 A NJ. Fousha, w. Sec.
 J. II. Hudson, w. Treas. GRAND CANYON LODGE No. IA, K. of P. 1 Meets every Thursday evening in O. o. F. hall. Visiting brethtTn cordially welcomed.
 F. E. Fousha. C. C.
 A. NJ. Fousha V. c. e
 K. NJ. Reese. K of R. and S. PROFESSIONAL.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-26
INSIDE CREDITORS OF
ROAD TURNED DOWN.
Decision in Northumberland
Trolley Case.

TRENTON, Feb. 26.-In an opinion
filed yesterday Vice-Chancellor Walker
deals in an exhaustive manner with the
affairs of the Trenton, Lakewood and
Atlantic Railway Company, of which
former Senator George Vanderbilt, of
this city, was promoter. and enters an
order rejecting all claims of so-called
inside creditors as claims against the
corporation. which is in the hands Of
John NJ. Dickinson as receiver.
The Vice-Chancellor calls attention
to the fact that the company was
conceived and exploited by MI. Van
derbilt and treated by him as his iu-
dividual enterprise. He promised the
stockholders and directors that they
were not liable for anything on any
account. He agreed that whenever he
sold the Dad he would give each Of
the stockholders 81. 200, the rest of the
profit from the enterprise to be his
1t appears that the directors work was
purely ~perfunctory, and done in a
friendly way to help Mr.. Vanderbilt to
conform to the corporation laws of the
State. Mr.. Vanderbilt has testified
that there was nc intention on the part
of the directors o a subscriptions on
the stock carried in their names.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-26
RAILS MAKE A
RISE IN MARKET
THAT IS BUOYANT
Specialties Suffer Losses When
Reaction Follows Large
Sales.

NEW YORK. Feb. pa lively de-
mand for stocks was in evidence at the
opening and a buoyant rise in prices
was the result. Union Pacific and
Reading rose III. Atchison and Della
ware and Hudson ~, Southern Pacific
and Z. S. Steel l, and st. Paul, North
ern Pacific and Canadian Pacific large
fractions. Great Northern Ore Certi-
fcates and Allis-C Chalmers preferred
fell a point.
IL a. m.-The rise in prices encoun-
tered opposition after it had proceeded
a little further, large offerings of the
metal industrlals outside the steel
stocks causing a general reaction. AL
though these specialties suffered severe
net losses, the railroad stocks retained
a fair Measure Of their advances. The
market rallied later.
Noon-Business dwindled to small
proportion with a further rise. but the
advances were well held. Consolidated
Gas rose 3, Canadian Pacific is, At
lantic Coast Line and Wisconsin Cen
trail preferred 2, the common, Kansas
and Texas preferred and Central
Leather preferred III, American Car
preferred rs and Baltimore and Ohio,
Norfolk and Western, Southern Rail-
ways, American Car, Pressed Steel Car,
Republic Steel preferred, North Amer!-
can and Western Union a point or
more. Minneapolis. st. Paul and Sault
Sainte Marie preferred sold at a decline
of 4, Toledo, st. Louis and Western,
Pressed Steel Car preferred and Ten
nessee Copper 2 and Westinghouse
Electric 1. Bonds were firm.
1 p. m.-There was scarcely any de-
mand for stocks, but sales were at i'm
proved prices. Republic Steel preferred
gained 2 points. P%ittsburg. c., c. and
st. Louis III. Erie first preferred and
Southern Railway preferred N, and
Wabash preferred 1.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-26
THE pRnnuCE MARKET.

NEW YORK, Feb. 26.-Butter-Barely
steady on top grades: other Qualities
weak; prices unchanged. Receipts, 6,l15.
Cheese-Firm, Unchanged; receipts. l,10f.
Eggs-Firm; receipts, 1880. state,
Pennsylvania and nearby fancy selected
white, %; do. fair to choice, 21u2S; BROW
and mixed, fancy, 81; do. fair to choice,
2602615; Western frsts, Is, seconds, 2512.
Fiour-Receipts, 1858; sales, 2,000. Quiet,
patents, 5.50a5.S5; winter straights, S.15Q
BIS; Minnesota bakers. 4S5@46; winter
extras, 3.S5G440; winter patents, 5.2565.60;
winter low grades, S.75di3O; Kansas
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. $4,000; sales. S0O.oO
Following the strength of cables. wheat
opened active and much higher this morn
ing at new seasons records for both May
and July. Commission houses and shorts
were large buyers. May, 1.2lB41.A 5-l6.
Rye-Firmer; No. 2 Western, SO f. o. b.
New York.
Corn-Receipts, nil; sales, nil.
Beef-Steady.
Pork-Firm.
Lard-Firm: Western, s.sOde.so.
Sngar-Raw firm; fair refining. 1924
centrifugal, 90 test, S.731k; molasses sugar.
2.9S1s; refined steady; crushed. 535; pow
dered. 4.75; graduated, 465.
Petroleum-Steady; refined all ports,
Coree-Ffrm; No. 7 Rio, 81; No. 4 SAN
tos. 9.
MoIasses-ouiet; New Orleans. 2Sd42.
Later in the day New York offered
Amalgamated down TX points, but sup
lported the Harrimans and other issues,
which caused an irregular close.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-26
CONTRACTS FILED.

These contracts were filed in the county
clerks office today:
II. w. Rising, owner. with H. r. Rising,
contractor, mason and carpenter work,
Same owner with Prentice & Bremen,
contractors, steam heatfng work., $l4S,
same premises. Same owner with Prentice
& Bremen, contractors, plumbing work,
$500. same premises. Same owner with f..
M. Fowler, contractor, painting work,
$3.50; same premises.
Julius Stahl & David Bauman. owners,
with z: | Oakly, contractor, carpenter
work. $9,369; Academy and Halsey streets.
Same owners with Ding & Teuscher, o n
tractors, cornice work, SEQ; same prem
ises. Same owners with the Standard Paw
ing Company, contractors, concrete work,
$98; same premises. Same owners with
Elias Berla, contractor, plumbing work,
LII; same premises. Same owners with
Fl. II. briggs Company, contractors, thing
work. s115; same premises. Same owners
with G. L. Pitts Company. contractors,
roofing work, SIP: Academy and Halsey
streets. Same owners with Hay Foundry
2,4S5; same premises. Same owners with
Newark Glass Company. contractors. plate
glass work, SOB. same premises. Same
owners WITH G.. 8. Clark''s Son & Co., con-
tractors, mason work, SS,s4s; same prem
ises.
Frank Taekino, owner, with ]. E. Amo-
rose. contractor. plumbing work. $3.50;
F. Angelic and G. Angelic, his wife,
owners, with J. E. AMBROSE. contractor,
plumbing work. $500; White street, West
Orange, N. J..
Bertha L. Lee. owner. with the Zwigard
tors, carpenter work, $3.50; Seymour ave-
nue.. Same owner with o. ]. O'Rourke,
contractor, mason work, $1,1sO; same prem
'ises.
The Trimble Hat Company. owners, with
David Henry Building Company, contrac-
tors, all the work. $S,425; Orange, N. ].
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-26
LOAN BROKERS
|. HIT IN DECISION
OFsUPREMECOURT
Denies Right of Benevolent AS
ISOLATION Member to AS
sign His Claim.

JERSEY CITY. Feb. 2s.-The su-
preme Court has handed down a de-
cision of interest to every member of a.
mutual benevolent association and
money loan brokers in the State. The
court says:
THE right of a member of a beneficial
organization to designate a beneficiary
is limited to the class with whom the
association may lawfully contract to
pay benefits, and therefore the assign
ment, BY a member, of a benefit pay
able on his death, to a person not
within the class enumerated in the
law under which the association was
Incorporated, is void, and cannot be en-
forced by the assignee"
The decision was made in the case of
John ]. Ryan, a lieutenant in the Jer-
sey City fire department, against the
Firenlen's Mutual Benevolent Associa-
ton No. 1, Jersey City. The associa-
ton, organized under an act of 1875.
agreed to pay to members or to a bene-
fciary designated by the members of
the association, death benefits to the
mount of 5000. In 1904 Cassidy, who
owed Ryan $50, assigned his benefit
certificate to Ryan.
Shortly after the assignment Cassidy
died and Ryan claimed the $500. The
association refused to pay, and Ryan
instituted suit in the District Court.
The case was tried In the First District
Court before Judge James S. Erwin,
who decided in favor of the association
on the ground that members had the
right only to designate as benefciaries
a certain class of persons. wife, father,
mother, son, daughter or sister.
Ryan, through his attorneys, Assem-
blyman Joseph P. Tumulty and George
Cutley, look the case to the Supreme
Court. Edwin Smith, of the firm of
Edwards & Smith, represented the asso-
citation. The decision of the Supreme
Court, which was written By Justice
James j. Bergen. affirms that of Judge
Erwin.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-26
WHEAT PRICE SCARS
NEAR GATES RECORD
May Delivery Sells for III ga
Per Bushel.

CHICAGO, Feb. 26.--New high record
marks for the season were established
today in the wheat rit, when the May
delivery sold at 1.17& per bushel and
the July at 1.05A. This price for the
May delivery is within four cents of the
best mark reached during the emo
able Gates campaign in 1906 when the
price touched 1.2119. The high prices
prevailing for the future deliveries are
due to a large extent to the constantly
advancing tendency in the price of the
cash grain which is being eagerly
sought by millers at all of the leading
grain centres in this country. Conges-
ton in the May delivery brought about
by manipulation by several leading OPP
orators on the board here, however, is
responsible partly for the advances.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-26
THE. COTTON MARKET.

NEW YORK, Feb. 26.-The cotton mar
opened steady at an advance of 2@5
points. with March relatively steady OF
and reports that notices were
being promptly stopped by leading spot
Later positions sold of to a
net loss of a point or two right after the
call. but the strength of March and on
tinued dry weather in the Southwest
brought in considerable support, and dur
the middle of the morning the market
was steady. with prices 2 to 7 points net
higher. March notices were estimated at
from 10000 to 1900 bales.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-26
FIRST STEEL SLEEPER RUN.

PITTSBURG, Feb. 26.-The first steel
sleeping car built for the Pennsylvania
railroad was inspected here by local
officials. The announcement was made
from the local offices that the Pullman
Company. which built the cal, had
been informed by the Pennsylvania
that hereafter only all-steel cars are to
be built for its use. The all-steel car.
which was built at Pullman, will be
thoroughly tried out at every point
along the line and will reach New
York tomorrow morning. The Pennsyl-
vania needs the all-steel sleepers for
use in its New York tunnel. All-steel
dining cars are now being used.
The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-26
TAFT JERSEY BANKERS. GUEST.

ATLANTIC CITY, Feb. 26.-When
William H. Taft is President of the
United States he win receive an invi-
tation from the New Jersey State
Bankers Association to become its
guest at the next annual gathering to
be held here on April %. He was the
bankers guest two year ago in this
city, and they have hopes that he will
again come to the annual meeting after
he has become the chief magistrate of
the nation.