Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1895-02-08
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tinged to a greater extent with the OK.
t%raordinary and contradictory.
The coroner's jury has not rendered q
verdict yet, and may not for some time.
1t is possible there may be further de.
velopments in the case, and of a sensa-
tional character, in the course of a few
days. The bodies OF the six unfortunate
persons are at Sterling awaiting dispo.
sition at the hands Of relatives who have
not yet been heard from. Judge Dryer,
who owns the farm upon which Olson
lived, has telegraphed B. F. Melton to
assume charge Of the property, and he
has done so.
The Polyglot Petition.
Mrs. j. A. Barnes, secretary of t be w
CT. U. of Bismarck, asks the TRIBUNE
to reprint the following petition, with
the hope that every lady who reads the
paper will cutit out and follow it's direc-
TONS:
A great meeting of the National W. C..
L. U. will be held in Washington, D. c.,
February 18th and 18th, in connection with
which the polyglot petition will be pre-
scented to congress-. The petition has been
and IS yet in circulation among the women
OF all nations, and it is the intention to
present it simultaneously to all the rulers
throughout the Christian world. The petit
ton has already attained immense proper
tons, millions of names having been Sc
cured to it. The ames will be pasted on
muslin and wound around a great roller.
Probably no other petition so varied in it's
circulation, so representative in it's charac-
ter, and so historic in its status, has been
projected. There will be also in Washing
ton, February 18th and 18th, a white rib
bon WOmen'S meeting, and those who at
tend it will 60 in time for the first.named
meeting. The petition is the res ult of the
great temperance movement throughout
the world, and the meeting will be adj
dressed by the leading members of the w.
q. L. U. The local union in the District OF
Columbia is working hard to prepare for
the great petition, and will form its guard
OF honor. We here give the petition in
full. Any one can cut it out, attach to a
sheet of paper and circulate it until time
for forwarding to Washington:
POLYGLOT PETITION.
Honored Rulers, Representatives and
Brothers:
We, your petitioners, although belong
ing to he physically weaker sex, are
strong of heart to love our homes, our
native land and the worlds family of ma
IONS.
We know that clear brains and pure
hearts make honest lives and happy
homes, and that by these the nations pros
per, and the time is brought nearer when
the world shall be at peace.
We know that indulgence in alcohol and
opium. and in other vices which disgrace
Jul social life, makes misery for all the
world, and most of all for us and for our
children,
We know that stimulants and opiates
are sold under legal guarantees which
make the governments partners in the
trafhc, by accepting as revenue a portion
OF the profits, and we know with shame
that they are often forced by treaty upon
populations, either ignorant or unwilling.
We know that the law might do much,
now left undOne, to raise the moral tone of
society and render vice difficult.
We have no power to prevent these great
%iniquities beneath which the whole world
groans, but you have power to redeem the
honor of the nations from all indefensible
completely.
We therefore comet to you with the united
voices Of representative women of every
land, beseeching you to raise the standard
of the Law to that of Christian morals, to
strip away the safeguards and sanctions of
the state from the drink traffic and the
opium trade, and to protect our homes by
the total prohibition of these curSaS Of civi.
lization% throughout all the territory over
which your government extends.
NAMES. RESIDENCE
The most remarkable cures of scrofula
on record have been accomplished by
Hoods Sarsaparilla. This. medicine is
unequaled for diseases of the blood.
Take only Hoods.