Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1903-11-01

The German Reichstag will discuss
bill requiring the use. Or food and non
lintoxicants in saloons in addition to their
system and restricting the employment
| Of barmaids. The bill was drawn up by
| the Imperial Commission selected by the
ministers Of the Interior and Justice.
One Of the pleasant features Of this edi-
South Dakota w. G. T. U. convention at
Redfield. An earnest and able body Of
| women that, The receipts Of the year
The The officers s were reelected except Mrs.
Eckenbeck, who declined reelection.
Edward q. Blake has been engaged to
promote party interests in Chicago and
Cook County, The situation in some
to re-electing Mr.. Stewart to the Legis-
lature, it seems possible thing, with
proper effort, to send more Prohibition
| members to the Legislature next year:
grow.
The American Prohibition Year Book
for 1904, published by Alonzo e. Wilson,
Of Chicago. is ready. It contains all the
latest statistics and information on the
subject: 1t is the standard in this coun-
| try and is widely quoted in foreign lands.
Every working Prohibitionist should
have it. Price 15c, postpaid. Order Of
Backbone.
| For the first time in fifteen years jail
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upon the violators Of the prohibitory law
at Bangor, Me. The liquor trade Is de-
| moralized, many dealers have left the
they will be arrested at once and be COM
mitted to jail, while others have filed
demurrers. Nearly all of Bangor's two
hundred bar-rooms are closed and most
Of the hotels are dry.
The railroads and other employers are
| doing some good work for the total alb
stinence cause these days. Life insur-
ance companies, too, are gradually
Of Binghamton, n. Y, whose announce
ment appears in our columns, is one of
the strong companies which issues pol
icy which relieves total abstainers of
impaired lives Of the drinking class.
Mrs. Mary Shannon OF Rosedale, Kas.,
smashed the Elite saloon Of that city.
Its owner has been In the habit of selling
sist, but in vain. She found her husband
at the saloon and smashed the mirror and
glasses with bottle which was standing
upon the bar. She then walked out to the
the saloon, declaring, 'Tn smash that
place every time he sells my husband
liquor"
Geo. Hitz, the Independent Prohibition
candidate for Mayor Of indianapoiis; MADE f
teen or more hours day and received
5517 votes. In 1897 the Prohibition can
didate received 1874, in 1899, s45 and in
piete control Of both old party nominees.
Mr.. Hitz carried two precincts. For the
first time our ticket received votes in ev-
cry precinct in the city. Prohibitionists
Conference and Rally took place at Kan
sas City, Oct. 7th. One hundred delegates
were present from seven states and ter
ritories. A strong movement was inaugu-
ro fQd 1nnlSinpr tn nj
| tional Prohibition Convention of 1904 at
Kansas City. The conference arraigned
President Roosevelt and Secretary Hitch
| liquor from cars while en- route from Kan
sas City to Oklahoma.
! This year, in addition to state Prohibi
ton oratorical contests between the col
esr great sectional w al
tons, and national contest, which will
take place at the national Prohibition
party. convention. D. Leigh Colvin, ma
tional president of the inter- collegiate
Prohibition Association, is on trip cover
ing forty one colleges and universities, in
Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri and Illinois.
the eastern states the first Of 1904 Logan
| H. Roberts is visiting Kansas, Nebraska
and Colorado colleges.
The ses Naton "a y T. u +Ss nn
Roosevelt and Congress against the pass
age Of the Barthold bill, now before Con-
gress, for the restoration of the canteen.
Scores of such kilograms were sent to
Senators and Members Of Congress by
officers Of state unions and individual
delegates. A hard fight is also being
made against the seating Of Senator
| Smoot Of Utah. Mrs. Maria Weed Of
Chicago, said that he at one time had
| five wives, and now had three. Mrs.
| Stevens and the other officers were re-
elected. Nearly 1000 delegates and Wis
itors made an excursion OF sixty-o
miles to visit Mother Thompson, the
| Crusade leader, now in her 88th year.
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