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Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1900-01-01

ate.
Minnesota will be entitled to % delegates
to the national convention. The position
will not go a-begging.
H. w. Barker's Aesculapius will cure that
awful headache, % cts. By dealers, or
write the H. w. Barker Med. Co., Elbow
Lake, MINI.
Since our last issue two of our faithful
workers have closed their earthly labors,
J. w. Tousley of Minneapolis and D. Ellis
worth of Hamline The former has for
years, with great effort and with large ex-
pense to himself, kept up Sunday after
noon meeting.
"Spicy."-Mrs. Ella ]. Anderson, Zum-
brota Backbone is worth ten times it's
price. Mrs. J. e. Lewis, Frazee. 81 en-
close a list Of names. A number of these
persons are just becoming voters. Back
bone will set them thinking along right
lines.''-A Subscriber
DR.. Russell, national superintendent of
the Anti-Saloon League, speaking of the
canteen outrage, says, 81 am not yet clear
as to how the voters of the country can
MAKE IuCluSclFcS LEU LII Cuc clcCIlOu III
1900. 1 believe the problem will become
clearer later in the year,
e. ]. Arrowwood is travelling with our
J. w. Leedy, singing at meetings and can
wasting for Backbone. J. H. Buttelman
and ]. M. Elan will take the field in a
few days. Secretary Calderwood is in
Todd county at this writing. The editor
of Backbone will begin two weeks trip
as soon as this number goes to press
There is no denying that the prohib
forces Of the state are stronger than they
have ever been, and today are better pro-
vided than ever with the financial neces-
saries for vigorous political fight To be
forewarned is to be forearmed-State
liquor organ.
Prof. Schurman Of Cornell College, who
was one Of President McKinley's commits.
| sioners to the Philippines, says:
II regret that the Americans allowed the
| saloon to get a foothold on the islands
| That has hurt the Americans more thar
| anything else, and the spectacle of Amer
| leans drunk awakens disgust in the Fill
pinos. have never seen Filipino drunk
ard
| Chairman Jones, of Pennsylvania, say.
| our chances are good in that state fol
the largest straight vote ever cast for
Prohibition presidential candidate. Dur
| ing the past six months the circulation o.
| the state paper-The People-has beer
doubled. The Pennsylvania delegation will
undoubtedly present the name of Dr. s
c. Swallow as candidate for the presi
Dental nomination.
In the recent campaign, John J. irwin
was the Republican candidate for sheriff
Of Hudson county, New Jersey. He ISSUED
two sets of circulars, one directed to the
Christian Endeavors, and the other in
| tended to reach the saloonkeepers ant
make them solid for the Irwin cause But
In the preparatory arrangements the cir
culars got mixed. The Christian Endeavol
circulars were sent to the saloonkeeper.
and the saloon circulars were sent to tn,
young Christians.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1900-01-01

Gen. Horatio G. King, president of
the New York state board that has
control OF the Soldiers Home at Bath
New York, in an official letter to Gov
ernor Roosevelt, says that of the more
than 100000 paid last year in pen
sions to the inmates of that institu-
ton, "it is not an overestmate to state
that at least 80 per cent was spent for
intoxicants."
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1900-01-01

Minnesota will be entitled to % delegates
to the national convention. The position
will not go a-begging.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1900-01-01

Fl. w. Barker's Aesculapius will cure that
awful headache, % cts. By dealers, or
write the Fl. w. Barker Med. Co., Elbow
Lake, MINI.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1900-01-01
PROGRESS OF THE rlOVErlENT

The Prohibition bill which passed the
Georgia House was defeated in the Sen
ate.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1900-01-01

The st. Paul Central Prohibition Club,
although not large, is a power for good
1t meets every Monday night, has secured
the organization of a club in nearly every
ward, and faithfully watches over and
helps these clubs, keeps up steady fire
Of Sunday evening and other meetings In
churches and makes much use Of the daily
papers in reporting these meetings and 9th.
erWise
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1900-01-01
Impending Danger.

Speaking of the notification of the
antl-canteen law, by Secretaries Alger
and Root, the Free Baptist INQUIRIES:
viii our representative bodies
calmly acquiesce in being overruled bv
pett1fogging lawyer, and a wire-puli-
ing executive, or will they stop the
trl1lng with the scored rights of a
free people? It is no stretch of mag
nation to say that the success and
perpetulty of republican institutions
are in PERIL
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1900-01-01

The annual report of the st. Paul Assoc
ciated Charities is out. Of 435 needy cases
investigated Secretary Gutridge attributes
S5, or 10 per cent, to intemperance. Among
other causes are disregard Of family ties
and dishonesty. If all the facts were
known large proportion of such cases
could doubtless also be traced to drink,
either on the part Of the applicant or of
his parents.
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1900-01-01

Mr.. B. F. Parker Is known as the
saloon magnate Of Des Moines. He il
agent for the Gipp Brewing Company.
which operates twenty-one saloons in
the city. While talking to a friend a
rev days ago Mr.. Parker said with
some emphasis:
Il WOULD NOT KEEP A MAN IN
MY EMPLOY If I KNEW HE
DRANK"
Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1900-01-01

Since our last issue two of our faithful
workers have closed their earthly labors,
j. w. Tousley of Minneapolis and D. Ellis
worth of Hamline. The former has for
years, with great effort and with large ex-
pense to himself, kept up Sunday after
noon meeting.
Evening journal., 1900-03-26
YOUNG BRIDES SUDDEN DEATH

MRS. GEORGE s. ALLMON PASSED
AWAY IN BALTIMORE YEsTER-
DAY.
Mrs. George s. Allmon died yester-
day in Baltimore. where she was visit
ing her father, DR.. Edgar b. Brinton,
at No. I'LL East Baltimore street. Mrs.
Allmons death, when announced, was
a great shock TO her many friends. she
having left this city for Baltimore only
on Wednesday in comparatively good
health. Death resulted from acute
Bright's disease.
Prior to marriage Mrs. Allmon was
Miss Annie Cox BrintOn, of Baltimore.
She was married on June 2S, 1899, at
Broadway NJ. E. Church, Baltimore,
after which Mr. and Mrs. AllmOn re-
moved to No. 906 Adams street.
Mr.. Allmon was in Baltimore at the
time OF his wife's death, and is pros
trated from grief. He is manager OF
the Diamond State Car Spring Com
pany, with offices at Seventh and Rail
read, this city.
The funeral will take place from hel
fathers home No. I'LL East Baltimore
street, Baltimore, on Wednesday, ser
vices being held at II O'Clock. Inter.
ment will be private.
Evening journal., 1900-03-26
TO BEGIN NEW wORKRoUsE
THE CONTRACTS MUST BE COM
PLETED WITHIN 200 DAYS.

The work of building the New Castle
County Norkhouse will begin probably
this week by A. 5. Reed and Brother
Company, which was awarded the con-
tract for the erection of the main
building at a contract price of SCI ,00O.
President j. Newlin Gawthrop. OF the
wcrkhouse beard of trustees, went to
Greenbank on Saturday and looked
over the ground on which the new
county institution is to be built.
On Tuesday next all the trustees will
go out to Greenbank and conference
with the contractors will determine
the exact location on which the build
ings are to be built. Ground will be
broken as soon thereafter as possible.
The workhOuse site is on the Will
mington and Brandywine Springs Rail-
way, at the point where the railway
crosses the new" road
Sub-Contractor Cornelius ]. Horri-
gan, who has secured the contract for
furnishing stone. began on Friday to
quarry the rock on the property owned
by the workhouse trustees. All OF the
stone to be used in the building will
be secured on the land and on the Fell
property. at Falkland.
Lynn & Phillips have the contract
to build the underground tunnel and
the pOwer-hOuse. This work will also
probably be started this week.
The tunnel will extend from the
workhOuse to the pOwerhouse. The OBJ
ject of building is to allow prisoners
TO pass from one building to another
without a guard. There will be no
rtruNla or oh l,r hr.fl !.
prevent the escape Of prisoners. The
trustees decided not to build either.
since IL would entail an expense which
the appropriation in hand would not
permit.
The contractors have given bond to
complete the buildings within 200 days.
Evening journal., 1900-03-26
FOLK Will cAsE snrTLEp.

The contest over the will of the late
Governor Charles Polk has been ended
after forty years litigation. The will
which was drawn in 1858, disposed Of
a farm on the Delaware bay shore, in
Kent county, to certain of his rela-
tives, but before the executor, William
A. Polk, settled the estate he died. A
contest over the ownership of the farm
soon found its way into the court,
Theodore A. Polk being complainant,
and Mrs. Joseph S. Truitt, defendant in
the suit The matter came before Reg
lister Harrington, of Kent county, for
final decision on Saturday and he end
ed the contest by awarding letters OF
administration on the late governor s
estate to Mrs. Truitt. She is a niece
of the deceased.
Evening journal., 1900-03-26
EPWoRTH LEAGUE REcEPTIoN.

The Epworth League Of Union M. e.
Church will tender a reception to the
new pastor Of the church in the Sun
day school auditorium Friday evening.
Rev. c. A. Grise made the announce
ment at the church service last night,
and added that he would be glad 20
meet all the members of the church on
the occasion. He has served the Union
people satisfactorily for one year, and
will therefore be returned to Union by
Bishop Andrews. presiding officer OF
the Wilmington NJ. E. Conference, to-
morrow.
Evening journal., 1900-03-26
YOUNG MURPHY HEARD FROM

HE REPENTS HIS HASTY DEPART
URE AND TELEGRAPHs FOR
PARDON.
On Thursday evening last Robert
Murphy, driver for Fell & Josephs.
mysteriously disappeared from his
home No. 207 Madison street. Prior
to his departure, Murphy drew his
wages from his employer and, after go
ing home and dressing he ate his sup
per and left for parts unknown.
This was the last heard Of him until
this morning, when a telegram was re-
eeived asking his girl wife's forgive
ness, and requesting her to go to
Salisbury. Md. where he has secured
employment This Mrs. Murphy is un-
able to do. as she is confined 10 her
bed by nervous prostration, caused by
her husbands absence.
Miss Alice Reynolds of Chesapeake
City is visiting friends here
Evening journal., 1900-03-26
Better
and Brighter

The EVENING JOURNAL
is not the Evening Journal
of six months ago. It's a
bright, clean, up-to-date
newspaper, publishing all
the news that's fit to print.
Compare it's local news SER
vice with the other Will
mington dailies. We lead.
Evening journal., 1900-03-26
WILMINGTON GIRL BURNED
NET SHOCKING DEATH AT HER
PHILADELPHIA HOME.

Residents of Wilmington We're shock
to learn of the death of lit
tie Norma Mines, aged s years, for
merly Of this city, which occurred Fri
day morning as the result Of burns
received at her fathers, John G. Mines
residence, No. 1445 North Sixth street,
Philadelphia.
Little Norma's father went out Fri
day morning about o'clock to pur-
chase something for the morning meal,
and while he was gone Norma began
raking the range In doing so a hot
coal fell out. and alighting on the
calico apron of the child. set fire to
her clothes. Before assistance arriv-
ed Norma was enveloped in flames and
was so horribly burned that she died
a few hours later at st. Mary's Hospi-
tai.
Evening journal., 1900-03-26
DIED AT THE HOSPITAL.

Charles Herman died yesterday at
the Delaware Hospital of blood poison
ine. which resulted from having a
finger cut OFF by a saw while at work
on his farm near East Lake.
Evening journal., 1900-03-26

N-N-Ae 'Aiyi hiA lANNNiMiNAlE 1 ED
HIMSELF BY IDENTIFYING A
HAT WHICH THE SERGEANT
SHOWED HIM.
An amusing case was presented 10
Judge Ban for trial in Municipal Court
this mcrnlng. 10 was the aftermath OF
jamboree, in which John Evans. coll
orol, indulgcd On Saturday About 2.3O
o'clock yesterday morning Evans was
seen hurrying along Lobdell street
minus his hat and badly intoxicated.
by OFFICER Kelley. Regarding the ne
gro's undue haste as suspicious. the
officer set out aftor him. and in a short
time had him rounded up and In the
police station, making a charge against
him OF drunkenness. Shortly after
ward PatrOlman Kelley received "A
complaint from Edward Fritz who
lives at No. 1923 1.obdell street. to the
effect that his chicken coop had been
entered during the night ana a chicken
and duck killed Onicer Kelley was
seen Cn tho scene, where he saw the
two inanimate fowls, whose necks had
been mercilessly wrung. while beside
them, calmly reposed a hat OF the gray
felt orders The chicken, duck and hat
We're all sent 20 the police station.
Yesterday morning armed with the
hat, Sergeant Lucas proceeded TO
Evans cell. After a few minutes con-
versation, the hat was produced.
whcroupon the prisoner swooped down
upon it. declaring that It was his prop
erty.
rs that your hat?" asked Sergeant
Lucas.
Yes. sah," answered Evans.
You're sure Of that?" again ques-
toned ihe sergeant
Deed I am. sab. Dat am de hat
done lost last night. sah."
Sergeant Lucas then left the cell
! feeling eXultant over his success.
| Evans, however, knew nothing OF the
receipt Of the fowls: neither did he
know whore his hat had been found.
Sergeant Lucas gave this testimony. as
regards the identification OF the hat,
during the trial this morning.
! Holding up the hat, Assistant City
i Solicitor Cahoon asked: rs that yours.
Evans?"
! "No, sab. My hats a cap with
! strires on it, an it's hangin on
T-tchor ever my bureau at my house
now"
did you not tell Sergeant Lucas
that IL was yours?'
"Yes, sab. ] did, but he am always
j jokin and a feller never can beliebe
him. so / was jus foolin' when l said
Ii was mine
A laugh followed this speech and it
was necessary for Judge Ball TO rap
4 for order The plaintiff. Edward
4 Fritz. said that he did not see Evans
but was awakened by his wife. who
said that someone was ia the yard. He
went down to investigate. when ne
discovered the dead poultry, which was
of special breed. He would not have
taken $40 for the pair. Circumstantial
evidence was strong against Evans,
! but as he wished TO summon witnesses
o. 10 prove an alibi, he was held in 5000
/ bail for this evenings session Of court
b Michael Fahey and Thomas Hamil-
ton, both young men, were arraigned
Cn the charge OF assault and battery
committed on Matthew Jacobs, an ell
= derly man.
Mr.. Jacobs stated that he was talk
ing 20 young woman at Second and
! King streets yesterday afternoon when
{ Fahey and Hamilton passed, making
some remark as they did so. The two
s men followed them to Second and
{ Walnut streets, where Hamilton struck
5 him and knocked him down. Fahey
e was dismissed while Hamilton was
= fined $50 and costs.
Evening journal., 1900-03-26
soDALITY Received.

F At St. Mary's R. C. Church last even
ing Rev. George j. Kelley received
fifty young women into the Blessed Vir-
gin Sodality. Vicar-General John A..
Lyons preached the sermon.
Evening journal., 1900-03-26
WON'T CARRY SLAUGHTERED
BIRDS.

The Delaware Railroad Company has
directed its agents not TO accept pro-
tected birds for shipment. under the
contract to furnish 10000 crows and
blackbirds for New York milliners.
Evening journal., 1900-03-26
TRAINMEN's NARRoW EscAPE.

W " y lElNININVI " I.1lN-lAI y
A shifting engine in the West Yard
collided on Saturday night with some
freight cars. The caboose was demol-
ished and Engineer Thomas Decamp
and Fireman Holton r. Yarnell were
pinned in the wreck. They were res
cued by the train crew with axes.
Evening journal., 1900-03-26
no CURF al CON IN ONE nAY

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets.
All Druggists refund the money If it
fails to cure. e. w. Groves signature
is on each box. 25c.
Evening journal., 1900-03-26
A PURE, VEGETABLE COMPOUND

No mercurial or other mineral poi
sons in Cascarets Candy Cathartic. only
vegetable substances. late medical dis
ccveries. All druggists, 10c., Csc, SOC.
Evening journal., 1900-03-26
.DEFUNCT FOWLS
IN CITY COURT
Circumstantial Evidence Points to
John Evans, COIOred, as Being
Their Assassin.
SERGEANT LUCAS A JOKER

FOR THIS REASON. THE PRIs-
ONER SAID, HE INCRlMINATED
HIMSELF BY IDENTIFYING A
HAT WHICH THE SERGEANT
SHOWED HIM.
Evening journal., 1900-03-26
SPECIAL SERVICES
IN ALL CHURCHES
Large Congregations ThrOnged the
Methodist Episcopal Places of
Worship Yesterday.
BISHOP ANDREWS PREACHED

AND CONDUCTED ORDINATION
SERVICES IN EPwoRTH CHURCH.
a. VISITING MINISTER'S OCCUPIED
VARIOUS PULPITS-NuSSIONARY
ANNIVERSARY LAST EVENING.
Evening journal., 1900-03-26

Miss Alice Reynolds Of Chesapeake
City is visiting friends here.
Evening journal., 1900-03-26

HUIU = IN UIU IIdUIIIUU THuL mIn-
listers Of all denominations are especial
ly partial to the toothsome chicken.
On Saturday a conductor on an Eighth
street car. having an inquisltive mind.
kept account Of the number Of fowls
that were carried on his car from 8
o'clock until noon. The number was
enc less than 2OO-199. Whether these
chickens had any connection with the
annual convention of the Wilmington
NJ E. Conference now in session can
not be stated.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-03-22
A CARD FOR DUVAL.

Two populist and democratic county
conventions were held Saturday. One
was in Kingman county, the home of
W. L, Brown, the populist candidate
for Congress, the other was in Ford
county which has no candidate. In
Kingman county Brown got the dem
ocratic endorsement by majority of
one we are informed and the popu.
lists allowed him to select his delegates
after u fight. In Ford county both
populists and democrats instructed
their delegates for Claud Duval of this
city, as we are told without division.
In the first conventions of the season
Mr., Duval getting instructed delega-
tions from 90 for away from home, it
is a good showing for him. We believe
the prospects for Mr.. Duval are the
very best.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-03-22

PErroMNa Great of the United States If you will
not Justice righteousness independence that
Won will least put equality with yourselves and extend the
ame constitution guarantees We have been
and but ask nothing mercy only justice
TuE BpNEyoLENr Down. dogsl Justice has
nothing TO do with IT, would understand for
only.
the whole matter In the of
the republican OF mmunies and
Rcans the pledges Of zone RB
md one desny mren pocamaons of prosperity" lib
rights privileges become
rhetorc instead Of example 0 American justice and eng
be made "warnnga Iepelant warming
the which otherwise might wish to under American
be allowed enough
Cuban
with the same Spanish mpeded trade coonasm
CubanB Fpnos
ened aspiring anything that might interfere with the inter
ests Obbes WashngtonChago Inter
Republican.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-03-22

Good CItIzenshlp.

Last week was revival week for the
good citizens. MeetInga were held each
evening of the week except Saturday
which were very well attended and the
air was rife with the bnleful influences
Of the saloon, the liqutr traffic, Ioints
and other similar resorts, or course
all the speakers were against them ON
general principles and most Of them
for particular reasons 1t was u con-
tinuatlon Of the same propaganda that
has been carried on fer more than a
year, Yet there are probably as many
joints In the city now as there have
been at any time during this period,
and equally as many lewd resorts.
Vice seems on the rampage, But white
oil this Is admitted by thegood citizens
apparently they have no plans for oper-
atiDg farther than year ago. In the
city elections they have no plans.
They probably do not half of them
know who Ia Tor and who is agalnst
them, In the coming election II they
takeany part az all they will find them
selves trcked again as they were last
year. Their committee of seventeen
Is promising some things hut II has
been promising for year. To be sure
1t 10 raising fund now, which Is OF
course of the FIRST Importance, and If
properly used may effect something, "
strikes us that If they are not to make
an attempt At getting better officers a
little something in the way Of punch
Ing those we have might be proper
For example the Queen City hotel, was
enJoined nearly Il year ago. 1t con.
tinued in operation up to the time the
grand jury met, and then suspended
tora few weeks, when the mistress
evidently got u tip there was only one
Indictment against her and returned
II common reports are to be rehed
upon the place is again open red and
wide. We are informed that a cutting
scrape took place there one night last
week in which one young man hardly
Of age slasbed another with a razor
three or four times across the face,
jaws and throat In nearly fatal man
ner. No arrests have been made up to
time of this writing and apparently 1t
will be hushed up, While we admit
that prosecuting officer is frequently
blamed for not prosecuting when in fact
1t Is impossible or nearly 30 for him to
do 1t, 1t does seem that such resort
as this operating in the face of an in
junction and while its mistress is
already under bond for trial, could GER
tainly be shut up, 1t appears that
nearly every body has quit expecting
any thing from the city authorities, but
what about the county attorney?
While we scold the good citizens for
not accomplishing ANYTHING, we would
not have then quit even what they are
doing. II all efforts in that line were
relaxed, the town would soon be unin-
habltable for decent people, The
question of license or prohibition, as
we see it is not properly involved In the
matter 1t is simply, are we to have
a decent town.
Hutchinson gazette., 1900-03-22

SOMETHING happened last week In
this State which is suggestive Of few
things, political and otherwise. The
lumber dealers like the cattlemen,
grain men, and others feel and know
that the railroads are feeding on milk
and honey, roast beef and plum pud-
ding, while they, the foresaid shippers,
ill their bellies on the husks fed upon
10y the swine, 80 to speak. They feel
sort Of melancholy creeping down
ward thrOught the thoraX and seek
remedy, They look about and see
that legislatures have passed laws cal
culated to relieve such distress as
theirs. Then while the people weep
and howl they have heard the courts.
made Of such superior clay, that they
cannot be touched" by the people,
plan people, knock the law all into the
waste basket at one fell swoop and
two or three stronger words, They see
the uselessness Of such abortive efforts,
and therefore have, like the sons of the
desert, turned their faces toward the
East with their prayers, and suppica
tions to him who is higher than legIsla-
ture, Congress, governor, executive or
anyone else except cOursts with whom
his authority is apparently co.exten-
sive, j. p. Morgan of Wall Street.
The petitioning committee is com
posed Of II. q, Taylor of Lyons, e, II.
Burkholder Of Hlllsdale and j. N. Gun
ningham of Emporia, They evidently
think that as it is Morgan who is the
final arbiter and adjuster Of all such
difficulties, they will save the usual
expense of court costs and attorneys
fees, and perhaps they are right. But
what countryl What a government!
When creatures made in the image of
man from all over the United States
must get down on their skinny ham
bones, and pray to vulture-phizzed
gormand lin his mercy" to give them
their rights because a government that
gave life to every corporation he oper-
ates is too busy killing "niggers" on the
other side Of the earth to do 1t and has
no inclination in that direction any
way. That sweet little chubby.hsted
babe of yours, the sweetest, purest,
lovliest thing on this earth, are you
raising him to give as a sacrifice TO such
a government Would you send him to
defend its policies? If there ever was
a government worthy such a sacrifice
1t was something entirley different
from anything on earth at this day.