Washington sentinel., 1901-04-20

still furnishing fees for the lawyers, bu
producing no revenue to the State.
The liquor interests of Michigan
won victory when the committee re-
ported out fayOrably the Humphrey
drug bill, which has passed the Senate
is sure to pass the House and will soon
be law. While it Is not all that the
trade would desire it is a step in the
right direction and will make whisky
selling by the drink in drug stores
dangerous work
In the Circuit Court at WaslingtOn
Ind, April II. Mrs. Lawrence Allen was
awarded judgment for SI,I6o against
COnroy. a saloon keeper. Mrs. Aliens
husband was killed during a drunken
fight in Conroy's saloon and she based
her claim tor damages on the tact that
COnrOy sold her husband liquor until he
became almost helplesslI drunk and
demanded damages because, as she
alleges. Conroy was therefore indirectly
responsible for her husbands violent
death.
The Wine, Liquor and Beer Dealers
ASSOCIATION of the Fifty fourth district
Of Brooklyn held a secret meeting last
week to take action against Siranshan
bill which has passed the Senate and is
now in the Assembly OF New York.
1t authorizes magistrates and other
judges to close saloon upon the com.
plant OF any citizen and to keep it
closed until the case has been decided.
The liquor men contend that the bill
is unconstitutional because it provides
a penalty before the guilt OF the party
IS determined by a competent court.
Both sessions OF the anti alcohol
held in Vienna, April II, we're
very stormy, partly owing to the fact
that many of the delegates justified
moderate drinking. Strong attacks were
made upon the medical profession for
the use of alcohol, and there
we're mutual recriminations between
he medical and non medical elements
oi the congress. and between the mod
crates and the total abstainers. After |
IN animated debate it was unanimously |
Igreed on the evidence of statistics that
ieliElum tremens is durable. An equally /
opinion was recorded that
very dose OF alcohol administered to
hlldren is poisonous.
After several days of comparative
inactivity, Sheriff Pearson's liquor
equities last Saturday afternoon made
he largest single seizure thus far
ecorded when they swooped down on
ne Pearl Street Pharmacy, in Portland,
le.s and in a passsgewaY extending
nder an adjoining building found
quOrs, bottles, apparatus and ingredi.
ats for the manufacture of whisky
alued at $500 A three horse van
as necessary to transport the seized
pods to the liquor room at the City
all. And this is how prohibition
-ohlbits in Mainel
With the recent advent Of local
'tiOn in Rockbudge County. Va,
mes the pas ing of one of the most
nous distillerles IN the county. The
lgleman distillery plant, operated for
e past fifty years, has been torn down
ID leVeled. The building was located
ID built over 100 years ago, about two
lies from Kerr's Creek, aad was FIRST
ed as blacksmith shop and that old
lie, a tilt hammer, John Wiley, a
scendant of the first settlers in the
eTr's Greek Valley, the Wlleys, who
med all the land in that quarter, was
: builder and owner originally, and
: use of the place is recalled by an old
iident OF that locality. Some so years
o the present owner came into possess
N and ever since the building has
en- used as The Engleman Disul-
y" 1t was of massive build and
ectly over the waters OF Kerr's Greek,
not far from the scene of the great
gedY, the Kerr's Greek massacre, by
) Indians, near Big Spring.