The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1898-05-28

Temperance Notes
Mount Carroll. H.. has voted no
license. the FIRST time In nine years
Charles F. Bough. prohib.uonlsi. has
been elected mayor Of East Liverpool.
O.. by nearly goo majority.
Since the hrs; Of January over 1900
gallons OF liquor have been taken into
the Yukon district under permits grant
ed by the iieu,enant-goyernor Of the
Northwest Territories.
a state branch OF the National Amer
lean Anti-saloon league was organized
In Salt Lake City recently. The presi-
dent Is George r Goodwin. and the sec
Rotary Richard Wake. Il u intended
70 push the organization over the state
as fast az possible
The supreme court % Michigan has
decided that In that state a saloon
keeper Is liable ior all damages which
result 10 q wife hy reason OF the intoxi-
cation Of the husband. and any one
causing or contributing" to the in
tox!catlon Is liable. A declaration 10
recover damages need not allege that
sales Of liquor were made TO the per-
son when he was intoxicated or an
habitual drunkard.
Senator Ravenscroft has introduced
into the Maryland senate bill compel
ling all signers Of petitions for saloons
to live In the immediate vicinity OF
the proposed location. Il also provides
that no saloon shall be located within
400 feet Of sehoolhouses aud churches.
Al present the signers may live quite
a distance from the proposed location.
and the distance from churches and
schoolhouses is placed at 200 feet. The
bill applies 20 Baltimore city.
The prohib.iionists % Wisconsin are
called to meet In delegated convention
in the city Of Oshkosh on wednesday.
Aug. %. lssS, a; o'clock a. m. for the
purpose Of nominating q state ticket.
Iowa prohibitionists will NEE, In dele
gated convention az Des Moines. June
] and 2. for the same purpose. Charles
P. Russell, state chairman Of the pro-
hibitiou part In Michigan. has re-
signed. owing 10 pressure Of private
business. Fred Z. Britten. OF Albion.
has been elected his successor.
The Woodstock Sentinel Review
states that a Masonic banquet was held
In the town OF Woodstock. Ontario ana
that the ioasts were drunk win cold
water and the fact was considered wor-
thy Of comment by one Of the speakers
as indicating the change that Is coming
over society and societies" Com
menting on this statement The Cana
dian Craftsman says: In the city OF
Toronto. and We may say the city OF
Montreal. also. as well as throughout
the greater part OF the Dominion. the
best and most prosperous lodges have
conducted their banquets without liq-
uors for the past quarter Of a century.
In Toronto, for instance. ST. Andrews
Lodge. the mother lodge OF the district
banished liquor from is refreshment
table some twenty-five years or more
ago. and celebrated It's seventy-af,h
birthday a few months ago with a
banquet equal 10 anything gotten up by
the craft. without a drop Of lntoxicat.
Ing drinks"
The New York Voice asked the $50
members OF the faculty Of Vale uni.
Versiiy this question. Would YOU ad-
wise the voters OF New Haven TO vote
yes or no upon the question OF H.
cense' and Why" A stamped envelope
accompanied the question. Seventeen
replies were received. Eve OF which
were anonymous The Voice saws
'Of these. only four are willing 10 say
that they will advise New Haven's yot-
ers 20 cast their ballots Tor ro-license.
two advise citizens 20 vote for license.
fourteen replies indicate that the writ
ers are sorely veXed az the Voice. and
about thirty have returned the blanks
or the envelopes withou; an answer
John @ Tilson proctor and steward Of
the university diulng-hal. where wine
sauces are advertised on the menu
cards says that he has voted no-lirense
az every election Tor the last nine years
;. 5. Curry. Instructor IN the Yale hi
v'niiy school says he always votes for
prohibition. Simeon F. Baldwin. pro-
lessor OF constitutional law. and Ed
Waro G. auckland assistant professor
or evidence. would advise them TO vote
ives " Tho other answers are : ,her
anonymous or evasivc or abusive.