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Backbone. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn. ;) 1897-1906, 1905-08-01
DANIEL WEBsTER's scYTHE.

Rock Island, ILL.,, July 24.-Volney
B. Cushing, of Maine, addressed a
union meeting last night in the First
M. E. Church.
Taking up the enforcement question,
Mr.. Gushing said that when Daniel
Webster was a boy, moving in the
field with his father, he complained
that the scythe was not hung to suit
him. His father fixed it for him.
After while Daniel complained that
the scythe was not hung to suit him,
and his father said, Hang it to suit
yourself" Thereupon Daniel hung
the scythe on limb of a tree.
"a scythe hung on tree, said Mr.
Gushing, won't cut any grass. He
would not be a wise man who should
call the scythe a failure. Daniel was the
failure. A liquor law hung on a peg of
official qualification won't close up drink
shops. But just as a strong willing man
can make a good scythe cut grass. SO a
law close up drink shops; It IS a matter
showed with the Maine LIQUOR law, and
as Governor Folk is showing with the
Missouri Sunday law. Prohibition, like
any other public policy, must be judged
by it's success when administered by it's
friends and not by it's alleged failures
when nullified by it's enemies
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ENFORCE THE LAW.

Ex-Congressman Funston, father of
Brigadier- General Funston, who was
fined for alleged inflammatory speech
Immediately following the dynamiting of
three joints at lola, Kas., appealed to- the
district court. He was not surprised at
the decision. He says:
There is not a citizen of Kansas who
believes that I am guilty of disturbing
the peace. We shall win out in the dis
trict court I have received letters from
all over Kansas expressing sympathy
and the belief that 1 am innocent. The
people are waking up. The dynamiting
of the lola saloons was most deplorable,
but at the same time it will answer a
good purpose in stirring the people of
Kansas to action"
Melvin, the dynamiter, is still at Ii
berty, although two hundred men have
searched for him.
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furnish all advertising matter, win
dow-hangers and small paper, and will
pay all expenses except local enter
tainment, the point where the meet
ing is to be held furnishing church or
hall, placing the advertising matter
and paying fee of $500 for each day
meeting and $1,000 for evening meet
ings, the collection going to the State
committee. The liberality of this ar
rangement will be understood by those
acquainted with Mr.. Stewards work.
To those unacquainted with it we may
say that from Chautauquas and popu-
lar lecture courses Mr.. Stewart regu-
larly receives $4,000 per day. The
liberal reduction to this Committee is
because of his interest in Prohibition
work. Last year on his tour through
this state the actual cost, including
car fare, advertising and incidentals,
aggregated $4,000 per day. Therefore
when we ask the local committee to
pay but $500 in addition to the collec-
ton for day meetings and $1,000 for
evening meetings we are making a
proposition the liberality of which is
justified only with the understanding
that the local committee shall put forth
unusual Efforts to secure for Mr.. Stew
art large hearing. A contract to this
end will be required from each point
where he speaks.
The purpose of this series of dates
is not merely to arouse and enthuse
the sentiment of the communities
where the meetings are held, but to
do the groundwork necessary to pre-
pare the people for Mr.. Stewards COM
ing and to follow that up by syste-
matte effort to conserve the results
of his address.
Applications should be addressed to
w. G. Calderwood, Sykes Block, Min
neapolis.
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AMERICAN ARIsTocRAcY.

New York, Aug. accompanying the
American and European types of aris-
tocracy, Colonel Henry B. Watterson who
returned today on the steamer Oceanic
from a trip to Europe said
II observed European aristocracy pret-
ty closely while 1 was over there and
have arrived at the conclusion that for
eign aristocracy is of a much better
grade than the American article. There
aristocracy means lineage and brains.
Here-well, it ranges chiefly from bad
whisky to Standard Oil.''
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PROSPEROUS WILLMAR.


According to an advance number of the
Financier, of New. York city, there are
343 state banks in the United States
whose surplus and undivided profits ex-
ceed their capital. Of these there are
four in Minnesota. Of these three are in
Kandiyohi county, the two state banks
of Willmar being among them. The
Kandiyohi County Bank of Willmar has
a percentage of $50 per cent. and the
Bank of Willmar 1883 per cent. Will
showing made by their institutions.
Many of the enemies of the saloon will
also rejoice, for Willmar has the honor
of being the largest city in Minnesota
having no saloons. At the spring cleo
ton it voted down license for the fourth
consecutive time. So far from finding
supposed necessity of the liquor revenue,
to the citys welfare, thevictory was won
largely on the splendid business record
present prosperous condition of the city's
finances.
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gard of truth which characterizes
their business, have sometimes even
quoted Lincoln as opposed to prohi-
bition, whereas he was not only it's
staunch friend but championed it up
on the platform, notably in Illinois in
1854, in which campaign in fifty
counties Major Merwin accompanied
him.
The great value of the present tour
of the state by Major Merwin lies
in this, that he brought to the people
message almost direct from the lips
of Lincoln himself. His direct quota
tions of what Lincoln said at various
critical periods of his life come with
special significance at this time.
Many of these statements were made
concerning the liquor traffic and Ma
jor Merwin showed very plainly that
Lincoln, from his very first appear
ance in public, had at heart the pro-
hibition of the liquor-traffic; his posi-
ton on this great question was really
the source of his power and that had
he not been compelled to take up the
question of slavery, he would have
been as strong champion of the cause
of prohibition as he was of the black
man. Major Mervin says:
Feeling it important that the people
should know exactly what Mr.. Lincoln
said, I have quite fully quoted from notes
facts as to his status on the question
Of total abstinence and the prohibition
Of the liquor or-traffic have, been Sc. entire
numerous biographers that they seem
like a new revelation to the present
atud1 Of M the nrobem in Of
ance, was led to see how futile all ef-
forts at permanent reformation must
% the Of the rnker he enG te
greed of gain on the part of the saloon
keeper behind it to perpetuate it. His
his transcendently convincing logic,
coupled with the pleading pathos of his
appeals to the people to vote for prohi-
in the counties he canvassed clearly
demonstrated. His first printed paper
was a plea for the temperance cause,
ciples all his life.''
We are continually hearing of the
great influence that this direct mes
sage from Lincoln, through Major Mer-
win, has had over some people who
would otherwise be out of sympathy
with prohibition. On two occasions,
especially, he reached a great many
people for good. On the 4th of July
he spoke to three thousand people
at Hatton, N. D. We learn from some
who were there that he spoke for two
hours and held the great throng in
tensely interested all that time and
many were drawn to an interest in
the suppression of the liquor traffic
who were not before interested. This
is the more remarkable when it is
known that the speaker is seventy
six years old.
Perhaps Major Merwin's greatest
speech was his shortest one, made to
the students of the Summer School in
the chapel of the University of Mime
sofa. President Northrop, Prof. Kiehle
and Prof. Haynes of the University
faculty were present. This address of
twelve minutes is seldom equaled, for
oratorical power, quality of thought,
vigor of expression and beauty of SEN
timent displayed in so short time.
After saying that in a fifteen-minute
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T / d e n t / a l
f r i e n d of
Lincoln, may
almost be
said to have
CO instituted
an epoch in
the history
of the Pro-
b i b i t ion
m o V e ment
in the state.
S a | oonistS,
with t b a t
utter diSre-
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Is it right to belong to one of the
political parties? Yes, and no.
In the sense of being the property
Of the party-its slave and tool-NO!
In the sense of affiliating with it so
as to work, through the organization,
to reach the righteous ends you have
in view-YES!
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Nebraska Prohibitionists nominated
their state ticket on the Sth inst The
Pennsylvania state convention will as
semble on the 22d.
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Twin City
PROHIBITION RALLY.
oliver w. Stewart will speak at
ence and Chautauqua at the
State Fair Ground
FRIDAY AUG. 1e,
at and 7:45 P. M.
Admission Free.
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MerWin at State 'U'
LinC0In's Friend Tells the Summer School
of the Great Ref0rmer's Pr0hi-
bitiOn Principles

The recent thirty-day tour of Mime
sofa by Major J. B. Merwin, the con-
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sofa, viii be avail
able for points in
Northern Minneso-
ia during October
and November. He
will hold two or
three meetings ev-
cry day on the fol-
lowing terms: This
Committee will
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Stewart Is COminq
Northern Minnesota's Opportunity-Twin
City RalIy-PrOsperous WiIImar

Oliver w. Stewart, who needs no
introduction to the people of Mime
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! ! ! & & E ] ] ] ] ! /
ish patriot. His SSs
eloquent story W##NMs
of the struggles W
for freedom in #a
which he has .smassasa b..
borne part and |ssSs
his op m istic ~
portrayal of 28ssAaz ss"
present condi-
tions opened bloody yet glorious
past to our vision and thrilled us
with hope for still more glorious
future.
Col. Sobieski's father was count of
noble blood in Poland, who was exc
cuted because of his part in the up
rising of 184S against the Russian
government. His mother and himself
were Janished and their property con-
fiscated. Later they were banished
from Italy also by the Viceroy, Max
imilian, because of the part they took
in a patriotic demonstration. After
three or four years in England, where
his mother died, Col. Sobieski, then a
boy of twelve, came to America. At
ter serving as a drummer-boy in the
Civil War, he went to Mexico, where
he fought with the people against the
government. Meantime Macmillan
had become governor of Mexico and
Col. Sobieski commanded one of the
regiments which captured him and
commanded the reserve squad which
executed him.
Col. Sobieski moved to Minneapolis
in the sixties and was elected to the
Legislature on soldiers ticket. He
had been won to the prohibition
cause by DR.. Satterlee and intro
duced bills prohibiting the liquor traf-
fic, giving the ballot to woman and
abolishing capital punishment. He
has since devoted nearly forty years
to the literary and prohibition lecture
platform.
This hero Of many struggles was
the guest of honor of the State Ex-
ecutive Committee at Dorsett's. His
address greatly moved the score or
more present. After stating that he
had never voted for a successful can
didate for governor or for county
office, he said:
Notwithstanding this, can look you
in the face and say that we have entered
fight-not between Cog and Magog-but
are science, history, the moral convic-
en-. On the other are appetite, greed,
sin, shame and degradation. If 1 doubt
ed the outcome of such. a warfare. as
this, I would turn my back on the Bible,
the church and all that we call good.
No, believe with all my heart that the
victory will come. So talk, talk, talk;
pray, pray, pray; sing, sing, sing; but
most Of all, vote, vote, VOTE and or
ganize our forces and we shall win
Col. Sobieski believes that the day
of Russian despotism has passed and
that the dawn of freedom is at hand
in that country of sad history.
81 cannot tell you," he said in his st.
Paul speech, what exceeding joy fills
my heart to know that I can speak of
that ancient country as the crumbling
despotism of Russia
Asked by the editor of Backbone
what he thought of the Gar, he re-
piled quietly;
eff that gentleman lived in Minneapo-
lis, he could possibly get job in a dry
Yet this great-hearted man cherishes
no grudge against his old enemy, but
hopes for the largest welfare of that
great country.
IF Won want tO kill a cauca inst
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If you want to kill a cause just
souse it in the icy bath Of pessimism
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F. w. Emerson has accepted the secre-
taryship of the Kansas State Committee.
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OF Royal Blood
Col. John SObieski, a Lineal Descendant
OF King John OF Poland. Addresses
Several Minnesota Audiences

The event of the month in Mime
sofa Prohibition circles has been the
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the Twin Cities
of Col. John So
bieski, the Pol
lsh patriot. His
eloquent story
of the struggles
for freedom in
which he has
borne a part and
his opti m istic
p o r t r a y al of
present condi-
The Washington times., 1905-09-07
THE SAENGERBUND
ARRANGES ADJUSTMENTS
Preparations Under Way for Giant
Oyster Roast Down the River.
Events Planned.

The program of amusemenIs for the
coming season opened on last night
at the annual meeting of the board OF
directors of the Washington Saenger-
bund. which was held in the SaengeI-
bund Hall, 81 c street northwest, in
cludes twenty-five performances. These
performances. it is said. will exceed the
excellent program OF last year.
The amusements scheduled for the sea
son include musical events, theatrical
performances, balls. carnivals and festi-
walls. and. in addition, there will he an
oyster roast TO take place the last OF
October or the first of November at
some place on the river to be selected
later. Adolph Levy, who has charge or
the river trip. VIII again be in command
of the boat. He will have his crew pick
ed out by the middle of next month. On
the trip last year he selected President
Frank Claudy for cabin boy and assign
ed the other officers of the board to the
positions OF deck hands
The oyster roast. which is given every
year, is one of the events of the season
as the members In charge never fail to
surprise the crowd with some clever
skit or burlesque. This time il is not i'm
probable that the signing OF the Rus
sian-JaPanese treaty at Portsmouth will
be made the basis of some good h,,mor
ed fun.
With the exception of the balls.
dances, theatric performances and car
nivais, all the celebrations are set for
Sunday
october % will witness the first num-
Der on the program, a musicale at Saen-
gerbund Hall This will be followed by
the Christmas and New Years festival
combined. Ii will be held on the night
or December 81, and continue until the
dawn of the New Year
The hfty-sfxth anniversary OF the
society VIII be appropriately celebrated
on April p. 1906 The celebration &c
called the Stiftung Fest.
The Washington times., 1905-09-07
NO DIFFERENCE.
Old People Just as Happy ais You


Age cannot wither nor custom stale
the Infinite variety of life
When the right food makes one new
each day there seems as much si,nple
happiness when one Is old as when
young. but bounding health is the
requisite and right food produces that.
happy woman of =. tells her ex-
perience:
For three years" she says. Il was
greatly troubled with q nervous affec-
ton OF the stomach, which at last
brought me 10 such "A condition that |
could neither eat nor sleep with any
sort OF comfort. / grew very Respondent
and felt that my hold on life was very
uncertain. IL was difficult for me 20
ind food that 1 could digest NJ doe
tor kept me on "a diet or rice for q, long
time, bat II did not seem TO give me any
strength
Il am glad that at last I decided 10
try Grape-Nuts food, for IL has done a
wonderful work for me Before / had
used up the first package | began to
take a new interest In life. and rapidly
Increased Ia health and strength. MV
stomach has regained it's normal tone
and In siic two years that Grape Nuts
has been my only food. / have not had
a sick day. [ am II years old and
Grape-Nuts has restored TO me the
pleasure or living. ] am sorry / did NOT
begin sooner TO use K. ! cannot praise
II too highly" Name given by Postum
Co, Battle Creek. Mich.
There's a reason.
20 days trial is sufficient
The Washington times., 1905-09-07

that the growth IN number and capitali-
zation Of national banks does not rep
resent so much addition TO the banking
business OF the country. Many of the
smaller national banks that have been
formed since March. 1900 are Teorgan-
lied State institutions. coming under the
Federal law because of the new induce
ments offered by that law. But the old
State banks could not issue circulation;
the new national banks do. This Is the
essential difference and il is differ
ence which is pointed 10 as highly sig
nificant
another Phase or TINS question thlt Is
receiving much attention is the immense
amount of lawful money which Is re-
quired to be held In the vaults CT nationr
al banks as reserve. In cities Is. and In
smaller places IL per cent of deposits
must be held as reserve. But national
hank notes are not permitted To be held
as reserve At present $3.50. 009, 0J0 is re-
quired TO be held as reserve by banks.
The Washington times., 1905-09-07
ALEXANDRIA NEWS NOTES

ALEXANDRIA. Va. Sept "A curl
Gus and what might have resulted in q
serious accident occurred IT the home
Of Mrs. Ida johnson in Mohi gomery
street yesterday. Bertha Clegg. little
girl, Mrs. Johnson. and Miss Julia Boil
ton were descending stairway when
the child. who was about two steps from
The bottom. slipped and fell. Mrs. john
son, who with Il baby in her arms, was
following. becoming frightened. also
fell. landing Upon the girl. Miss Bolton,
who was the last to come down the
stairway, by strange coincidence,
slipped and fell, landing on top Of the
others. None OF them were seriously In :
jured, although at one time II was
thought that the Clegg girl was badly
hurt.
The Washington times., 1905-09-07
.DEEP-SEA SERPENT,
40 FEET IN LENGTH

RENO, New. Sept. THE weIl-pre-
served remains OF a deep-sea serpent.
forty feet In length, have been found
IN South American Canyon. on the de-
sert of Humboldt county, in this state
The find was made by the University Of
California.
With the skeleton is the complete
mead, including even the big Droboscis
or the monster that a. one time swan
the waters that covered what is nov
a barren desert waste
A big shipment of fossils, weighing
more than fifteen tons. has been boxed
up and as freight cousiened tn rbe IN
Versity of California
The Washington times., 1905-09-07
DAMAGES AWARDED.

In the circuit court for Alexandria
county. Judge Nicol presiding. the cases
of the Misses Curtin and of NJ. L. Price.
jr.. against the Washington. Alexandria
and Mt Vernon Railway Company
for damages alleged 20 have been sus-
tanned in a railway accident at Spring
Park on March /. came up for trial. A
verdict was rendered for Miss Carrie
Curtin and damages In the sum of S1z5
allowed her.
In the case of Mr.. Price the Jury re-
turned verdict allowing him $50 dam
The Washington times., 1905-09-07
PROHIBITI0MiST'S SON
Is KILLED BY ALCOHOL

MOUNT VERNON. N Y. Sept. -
Fletcher Wilkinson, son of the late
James Il Wilkinson noted as prohi-
biticnist. died today in the Mount Yer
non Hospital from acure alcoholism. He
was arrested and charged with intoxi.
catiCn, and when Judge Gay called his
rsme in court this morning Sergeant
Marsh announced that the prisoner had
died during the night
Wilkinson was thirIy-fye years old
and single
The Washington times., 1905-09-07
Committed Suicide
By Standing on Head
Other Attempts Failing, Peter Ardne, InCar-
Cerated in Padded Cell, Adopted Unique
and Original Method for Ending His Lite.

sanity and recommittcd. Ardine sue
ceeded In decorating his arms and body
III attempts TO sever a vein. Then he
gas placed in 4 stra.t-jacket-
Thus SECURED. Ardine would jump from
his cot and stand on his head in a cor
ner. Believing that this would DO him
no harm, The Keepers RETAINED from
StraDping him to the cot. During one
OF his frantic actions, after he had
jumped from the cot and had stood on
his head for a few minutes, "A blood
vessel was ruptured and re died.
The Washington times., 1905-09-07

PATERSON. y. J.. Sept. 7--Baffied
in repeated attempts at self-destruetion,
Peter Ardine, thirty-two years OLD.
stood on hts head in a padded cell until
a blood vessel burst, causing death from
hemorrhage.
Ardine jumped into the Passaie river
Monday night, was rescued and taken
to Jail During the night he inflicted
several wounds on his body and had
otherwise tried to XIII himself.
After having been examined as to his
The Washington times., 1905-09-07
Placing the Limit.

Il these new issues are made vailable
as basis for bank circulation. and IL
the present tendency to absorb more and
more OF the present dept into bank capt.
tai and make Il the basis of note issues
goes On. the question Is where the limit
VIII be found in bank circulation.
Bank circulation. based on Govern
nent bonds. has the best security in
the world, the faith of the Federal Gov
.erament But. it IS urged by those who
question the desra biiIty of unlimited eX-
,pansion OF this circulation. and co-ordi-
rate extension of this pledge. faith.
even OF the United States Government.
might ~. some time OF financial stress
meet difnculty in removing 10 the treas
Jury vaults he mountains of gold that
might be demanded 10 maintain the
parity OF shis immense circulation. to-
Kether with the silver certificates, treas
ury notes and subsidiary coinage out
-starGing.
The per capita circulation September
] was 81, 40. The United States has the
largest per capita circulation in the
world except that Of France; and fl Is
expi3Incd that the French computation
OF per capita il arrived a by dividing
tee entire stock OF n.one- by the poptI-
lation. while tle per capita in this coln-
try is determined by dividing the amount
IN actual CIRCULATION by the population
II the French computation were ~-~lied
10 this country, II is calculated that
our per capita would exceed that OF
France
The Washington times., 1905-09-07
LIGHTNING KlLLSIN
CROWD AT RACES

RICHFIELD, Utah. Sept Atlas
Bean was killed. Dwight Bean was IA
tally Injured. and twenty others were
seriously hurt by lightning which struck
IN the center of crowd Of !. 20C persC:as
al the horse races AT the fair here
More imam 200 persons were thrown To
the ground
The Washington times., 1905-09-07
WEDDING CEREMONIES.

MISS Eleanor Violet Gaines and
Thomas Oliver Monk. both OF Washing
ton, we're married by the Rev. ". J.
Morton at Christ Protestant Episcopal
Church yesterday evening.
Miss Flora NJ. Nails and BENJAMIN
Baggett. Jr.. We're united in marriage at
the home of the bride in south Lee
street yesterday evening. The Rev Dr.
Fisher. CT the Baptist Church. offlciatefl
al the wedding ceremony.
The Washington times., 1905-09-07
DEATH OF MRS. DAY.

Mrs Sailie p. Day. wife OF Elicit Day.
died at her home. so south Alfred
street. this morning. Mrs. Day was
twenty-nine years OF age and was the
daughter of ]. W. Ward. of Albemarie
county. The body will be sent TO North
Garden for interment