Show sweeping changes in liquor situation in new england states boston april ag conditions governing traffic in intoxicating liquors in many portions of Ne will become considerably disturbed on tho first of may when changes in local option take effect and temperance workers are pointing to the general situation as an index of spreading sentiment against the saloon in massachusetts by changes in alx cities and thirty six towns licensed places or 10 per cent of the total number must abandon the liquor business at ll 11 thursday night in ver 27 cities and towns will legalize tho sale of liquor this year as compared with 92 license cities and towns five years ago when local option took the place of state prohibition in new hampshire an important ruling of the state license will take effect on may 1 whereby druggists licenses throughout the state will be abolished and in rhode island the temperance interests have just succeeded in forc ing restrictive liquor legislation through the house of representatives A more radical upsetting of the 11 quor policy of massachusetts has not occurred in many years than will be brought about on may 1 when three of the largest manufacturing cities ot the state and a number of smaller places after a long period of license will give up the liquor traffic in accordance with the wish of the people as expressed at the polls during recent months one of these cities worcester with a population of over Is shown by statistics to be the largest municipality in the country for the first time since 1892 the worcester voters at the december municipal election decided by a vote of 1058 1 to 9 to close its saloons when this decision takes effect on thursday night the licenses of places including 17 hotels will bo rendered void at the same time a cordon of towns around worcester have gone no license and a greater portion of the district will bo dry april 30 tho second largest of the massachusetts cities to enter upon a period of no license this year is lynn which showed its opposition to the saloon for the first time in 12 years the saloons of the city have paid annually in license leos haverhill another shoemaking aih this year turns against the saloon the cities of lawrence and gloucester and the little town of mid the only license places in essex county the no vote through the state as shown by returns from all but four towns had a majority at the recent elections of A year ago according to the massachusetts total abstinence society there was a yes majority of making the years net gain for no license two cities and thirteen towns changed to license while four cities and twenty three towns changed to no license it is estimated that about 2000 men were employed in the places which will have to the ensuing year STOLEN IN NEW YORK london april 26 the london postal authorities have learned that two bags of mall from this city containing securities and other valuables worth were stolen in new york tho latter part of last month according to the reports received here one of tha bags was destined for st louis and was shipped by the majestic which arrived in new york on march 26 the other destined for brooklyn was shipped by the steamer philadelphia which arrived at new york march 29 batth bags disappeared in transit aft tween the steamers and the pos ces it is stated that they were hand cd over to the mail boats and receipt ed for efforts hara bee a ma de to keep the theft a secret while the investigation ti is going on |