St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-01
South Dakota Enters Upon
the First Stage of the
DrOuth.
Constitutional Prohibition Is
Now Operative in the
New State.
Liquor Dealers Put Up Their
Shutters and Prepare to
Emigrate.
Rich Beds of Anthracite Coal
Found in Newly Coded
Lands.
Special TO the Globe

PIERRE, S. D., April 30.-All the
saloons i'll Pierre, of which there are
great many, closed and locked their
doors tonight, and they will not be
opened again. prohibition going in force
tomorrow. One of the leading saloon
Keepers nailed long piece of Grape on
his saloon door, upon which was printed,
10 be reSurrected again when the Re-
publican party is defeated"
YANKTON, S. d., April 30.-At mid
night the sale of liquor within the limits
OF South Dakota became misdemeanOr,
to which the severest penalties are at
stached. There is nowhere a disposition
to transgress this law, and tomorrow the
state enters upon the experiment of en-
forced abstinence. The recent decision
of the United States supreme court de-
claring unconstitutional all state laws
authorizing the seizure of packages of
liquor in transit from one state into an
other possesses considerable Importance
to South Dakota, and especially to the
communities therein along the borders
package of liquor being conveyed
against seizure until 1t is
delivered into the possession of the con-
signor. The prohibition law of South
Dakota permits the storage of reason
able quantity of liquor for family use
within mans residence, and this rul-
ing OF the court protects the liquor
while it is in transit from another state
to the residence at which it is to be de-
hvered. The effect of the South Dakota
prohibition law is therefore the aboli-
ton Of liquor manufactures and public
drinking places, and the encouragement
and protection of private drinking
places, where the cOnvivial act must
be performed in solitude. In
Yanktons case the vendor of
intoXicants needs Ouly to erect his bust
ness establishment on the Nebraska
bank of the Missouri river and announce
himself in readiness to fill all orders for
packages of liquor from customers upon
til. Dakota side. The goods are pro.
tested en- route to the residence OF the
purchaser and are exempt from seizure
when once under his roof. The saloon,
however, will be done away with as a
South Dakota feature and this much is
achieved by the prohibition element.
The wholesale liquor house of Adler q
Ohlmen will remove to Superior, Wis,
and the two large breWeries will be
abandoned. The AnheuSer Busch
Brewing company has established an
agency on the Nebraska side of the
river opposite Yankton and several sa-
looms will follow.
CHAMBERLAIN, S. D., April 30.-The
saloon men closed their saloons at mid
night tonight, when the new prohibit
ton law went into effect. There has
been no talk of effort to evade the law
by any of the saloon men, and it is
hardly likely that they will attempt to
do otherwise than adhere strictly to the
law, for time at least. An enforce
ment league was organized here short
time ago. and they propose to prosecute
vigorously all cases Of violation. Con-
sequently the law will be very effective
as long as the enforcement leagues are
determined to enforce it.
ABERDEEN, S. D., April 80.-License
made its exit to-day and Susan B. An
thony arrived Oh an evening train. Miss
Anthony addressed large audience to-
night at the opera house, filling the date
to Michigan by the illness Of relatives.
She commended South Dakota senators
and representatives for the stand favor
able to the admission Of Wyoming, and
made strong argument upon the usual
lines of wOIhan suffraglsts.
MITCHELL, S. D., April 30.-The
saloons of Mitchell after farewell
blowout closed up at IL o'cloek tonight.
All the saIoonkeepers have expressed
themselves to the effect that they will
quit the business.
HURON, S. D.. April 3O-All the sa-
loonkeepers quit business tonight in
compliance with the prohibition law.
which went into effect at midnight.
WATERFOWL, S. D., April 30.-The
four saloons in this city closed tonight
in observance of the prohibitory law,
During the past week large sales of
liquor have been made. and tits asserted
that many cellars will prove efectual
barriers to the drouth for some time to
come. 1t is safe to say that there will
heino violation Of the law while the sup
ply holds out.