Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1900-03-01
VERTEBRAE.
Excelsior went for license.


in it's history
John G. Woolley will give month to
work in Oregon.
As result of the Republican mulct law,
Iowa must provide an asylum for inebri-
ates.
Speaker David B. Henderson, like his
predecessor, Speaker Reed, favors the bal
lot for women.
]. n. Hector, the "Black Knight of the
country in May.
w. ]. Dean has been elected president of
the Minneapolis Methodist City Mission and
Church Extension Society
A ten thousand dollar guarantee fund
was raised at the recent convention Of the
National Woman Suffrage Association.
The presence of women at the jackson
day banquet of the Democratic Society of
Denver, prevented the serving of wine.
Boston Prohibs will hereafter hold an in
formal banquet once a month, and the
state committee will meet on the same
date.
From ten to fifteen barrels of beer are
sold daily at the National Soldiers Home
of Milwaukee. The beer sales amounted to
$68,OOO last year
The Headlight, the Colorado state paper,
will be more than doubled in size. The
prosperity of our papers is one Of the most
substantial signs of eur progress.
Ninety per cent. of the voters of the De-
lance, N. j.. M. e. church, and 80 per cent.
of the Medford NJ E. church, in the same
state, vote the Prohibition ticket
Virginia Prohibitionists met at Richmond
on Washington's Birthday, and elected del
egates to the national convention, and NOM
mated presidential electoral ticket.
The Minneapolis Presbyterian ministers
meeting recently discussed the canteen and
saloon in the PHILIPPINES The policy of
the administration was unsparingly con-
demned.
Aided by the national committee, H s.
Warner, sof Ohio, has taken the field as
organizer Of the national intercollegiate
Prohibition Association. Minnesota is in
his itinerary.
There has never been such interest in
Prohibition party work in Kentucky as to-
day. n. S. Bonsib raised $3.50 in one week
:
Cong. district.
The college Prohibition clubs will have
their national convention and oratorical
contest in Chicago June 26, Immediately
preceding the national convention of the
Prohibition party.
Enclosed find draft for $500 promised
you for free circulation. Although we
sometimes feel somewhat discouraged, let
us put more trust in the Lord, and labor
with faith, and hope."-G. K. Volstad,
Lyle.
Under the recent decision of the Supreme
Court, large numbers of Iowa saloons are
closed. Des Moines is one of the dry
cities. The ministers and saloonkeepers of
that city have been engaged in a hot fight
for several months.
Alonzo E. Wilson, of Chicago, who has
travelled quite extensively in the South,
says that there are more saloons in the
state of New York than in the whole dis.
trict south of the Ohio river and east of
the Mississippi river.
Volunteer speakers have pledged the ILL
nois committee over $50 speeches. The
state candidates will take the stump and
every Prohibitionist in the state who can
make speech will be asked to help. The
state fund has reached $4,000
Hale Johnson, late candidate for Vice
President of the U. s., has been chosen IL
inois State Chairman, vice o. w. Stewart,
elected national chairman. The Prairie
state is likely to have to fill that place
again after the national convention
The National Fund has passed the $4,000
mark. The number Of contributors is 1885.
The Fund should be quickly run up to $780,
600. Many have pledged cent day for a
year. Pledges should be sent to Oliver w.
7 Stewart, 1414 Manhattan Building, Chicago.