Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1899-02-01
PROGRESS OF THE MOVEMENT.

PROGRESS OF THE MOVEMENT.
National Chairman Dickie is at work in the
South this month.
The Ohio prohibition convention meets at
Delaware on Washington's birthday.
Miss Jessie Alderman, the w. G. T. U.
round the-world missionary, is licensed Bap-
fist preacher.
Frank S. Regain, the prohibition member OF
the legislature.
Chairman Dickie of the national commit
tee. asks for pledges for the current year.
Address him at Albion, Mich.
Send to Mrs Mary G. Greene WINDOW a;rn, for
a copy of the new medal contest CIRCULAR
Dent forget to enclose stamp.
County conferences are in full SWING sna TN IN
Illinois Secretary A. b.. wilson anu lne
Meneley trio attending them.
John G. woolley declares that almost the NJ
whole body of general secretaries OF the =.
M. G. A. are prohibition voters
Mrs. w. T. Rich, president of the HamIne
w r. r u is editor of the Interurban, the
local weekly published at that suburb.
The Illinois state central committee OF the
prohibition party reports more anu Ia lou S bel
pledges for the work this year than ever De-
FORE
Rev. w f. Crafts says that personal pro-
tests to newsdealers against the sale OF Cd
scene literature usually accomplish the oe
sired result.
Michigan prohibitionists meet at Jackson,
March l. to nominate candidates Tor JustlGes
of the supreme court ana henoeie VI wv
board of regents.
Mr. C. e. Rumsey of Chicago, treasurer OF
the National Biscuit company, has donatsd
s5oo To The National W. C. T. U. His wife
and mother are white ribboners.
The Minnesota supreme court mas oe
cided that it is not necessary, IN the case "
the sale of liquor to minor, TO snow 'n"1
the purchase was for his own use.
now with the United States senate: frlenus
nf prohibition are urged to write their SEN
ators asking further trial of prohibition.
Mrs Smith. of Springfield, Ill, has given
nm her Saturdays for three or four years to
gratuitously drill all school cnilare 1a VINO
would take part in W. G. L. U. contests.
Rev w. Coup, one of the veterans of our
canse' has returned from trip to Indiana,
having made the round trip by private Gull
veyance.
Books and money are solicited for the Hal
lock Memorial Library and Reading Room d. !!
Sioux City, Iowa, where the martyr LOST ms
life. Address Rev. S. P. Marsh, Sioux CITY.
The Recommendation Of Gov, Roosevelt IN IN
his inaugural address that tine sphere re-, ~
which the suffrage can be exercised by WON,
en- be gradually extended has calleo OUT
much discussion.
Lincolns first printed composition written
when a mere boy, was vigorous dsnunc ID
tion of the evils of intemperance among the
settlers on the frontier, and from that time
he was a total abstainer
Mayor Gray of Minneapolis, has raided a
gambling den ordered the saloons closed at
midnight and has forbidden the sale OF liquor
at dances. Deputations are waiting upon MIN
to urge Sunday closing.
Prof PEBBLES, principal of the Minneapolis
Academy, one of the most favorably known
schools of it's class in this state, offers the use
of the magnificent stone building, Whlch IS
the home of his school, for prohibition meet
ings.
The Union Signal of Jan. 26 contains an
excellent programme and helpful Suggestions
for a press meeting. 1t is advised that the
decorations consist of the local newspaper
telegraph blanks, pencils, shears, ink bottles
paste pots, etc.
GLOW the Liquor Traffic Injuries the Farm
err was the topic of number or prize es-
says at the Mclean county farmers institute
Illinois, The contestants were young men
under twenty-five years of age living on
farm in the county.
The New Voice is in receipt of commune
cations mot intended for it, however, from
ing their purpose to capture Cuba and Porto
Rico for the beer trade The saloon is ex-
= panding under Uncle Sans protection.
Fifty-three of the leading residents of Hon
olulu business and professional men, native
Hawaiians Americans and Portuguese, have
petitioned congress to prohibit the imporf a
ton manufacture and sale of intoxicating
liquors. gaming and the importation and sale
of opium.
C.ose investigation i's proving to the kaiser
that the German beer-drinking soldier has
only 80 or IS per cent of the endurance of
the total abstainer and his economists are
calling attention to the bad effects that in
creasing drink habits are having upon German