Washington sentinel., 1901-04-27
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pared for an addition to his malt mill
and storage house.
Jacob Schmidt, OF the North Star
Brewing Co., OF St. Paul, Mimi. has
purchased the ST. Paul Brewing Co e
plant, in that city. It is stated that a
stock company is to be formed to inn
prove and operate the plant.
The Honolulu (HawaiD Brewing Co.
has completed the construction OF
modern brewing plant, and commenced
brewing the first lager beer ever pro-
duced in Hawaii. E. J. Waterman is
the breWmsster.
The Claussen Brewing Co., OF
Seattle, Wash, has been incorporated
by H. J. Clsussen, VIM. De Curtin and
j. J. McCafferty; capital. $50 600, and
succeeds the Standard Brewing Co. OF
that place.
James z. PilIiod. president of the
Toledo, Ohio, Brewing and Mailing Co
has secured control of the Maumee
Brewery Co.'s plant in that CITY. The
Maumee plant will be used only for the
production of ale and porter.
The Home Brewing Co, OF Rich
mond Va, is having handsome Office
and storage house built at Petersburg,
to cost $4,000. 1t is to be equipped with
a refrigerating machine. A similar
building. but less costly. is to be erected
later at Suffolk, Va.
The Columbus Brewing Company,
Columbus, Ohio, at its annual meeting
elected the following directors; Philip
A. Efier, Martin Heiman, Louis GOetz,
John IF. Mccarthy, Michael Leis'ein,
Ferd. Baumann. d. 7 MintOn, Charles
A. Engle and Charles w. Isaly, After
the election banquet was er ioyed.
A. Fitger & Co, brewers, Duluth,
MIMI, began brewing IN their new
reconstructed plant last month. The
new brew house is built of stone, iron
and concrete, being absolutely fire proof.
The old brew house is being remodeled
into a bottlinR house. An additiOnaI
refrigeTating machine, it is stated, will
be added soon.
Julius Keer, of the Joseph Hensler
Brewing Co., OF Newark. N J., died in
that city recently, at the age OF 73. Mr.
Keer was born in EmmeTich on the
Rhine, Germany, and came to this coun-
try in IS4S. He was prominent in social
circles, a member ofnumerous societies
and one of the organizers of the German
English school in Newark.
Every saloon keeper in Sistersville,
w. Va, has one or more slot machines,
and everyone OF them has been indicted
on from one to five counts. Indictments
have also been returOed against all the
Sistersville saloon keepers for opening
their places before midnight on the day
Of election. The law provides that
saloons must be closed all of election
day. The saloon keepers opened at 6
p. m. after the polls had closed. The
court holds that election daV does not
end till midnight.
The John F. Betz Germania brew.
erY, Broad street aud Columbia avenue,
Philadelphia. has been acquired by the
Henry Hess Brewing Company, OF that
city, recently Incorporated. the new
management taking possession on April
8. This brewery has an annual capacity
OF Ioo, 900 barrels of lager beer, and was
erected and remodeled by the brewers
engineer and architect, Otto c. Wolf,
of Philadelphia, The officers of the
new company are: President Hermann
Henry Hess, SON of Henry Hess,
formerly president and now receiver OF |
the Consumers Brewing Co.; secretary,
Clinton o Mayer, OF the law firm OF |
Greenwald & MAYER; treasurer, z r. |
Watson, president Northern National
bank.
i. s. Stoeckle's Diamond State |
brewery, at Wilmington, Del has been
greatly improved by the addition of
new stock house and enlargement Of the |
brew house. New equipment was also |
put in, including new fermenting and |
storage tubs, new De La Vergne refrig
Grating machines, etc. The work was 1
done after plans made by Fred. WundeT, |
brewery architect Of Brooklyn N. Y.
Kansas has Carrie Nation and her |
hatchet, but Arkansas will have her |
topper tags il the bill passed by the
Senate of that State becomes law.
When it comes to freak legislation it /
is doubtful If the Sunhower State can
hope to equal this measure which pro-
poses to license every dram drinker in
the State at the rate OF S. year. The
illmakes it unlawful for any person TO
.hiI Intoxicating liquors as beverage |
until he takes out license and contrib.
utes the FIVE dollars to the State treas
ury. AS every dram drinker will not
care to produce his license every time
ne indulges in alcoholic stimulation, II
will be necessary, Of course, to furnish
him with a "toper's tag" duly num-
bsred and countersigned same as dog
tag, which may be worn in a conspicuous
place as evidence OF the right to drink
under State authority.
The special committee OF experts
of the English Society for the Study OF
Inebriety has made a report, which is
causing great discussion in temperance
circles. It declares drunkenness is not