The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-18
THE KANSAS CYCLONE GIVES TO-
PEIIA AN EXAMPLE OF WIG
OROUS RATCHET WORK
FOUR PLACES ARE WRECKED
AS MANY TIMES WAS THE TEN
PERANCE ADVOCATE LED
OFF TO JAIL
WILL RESUME WORK TODAY
The Entertainment Opened on the
Court House Square In EARLY
MOrning-Hundreds in the
Hatchet Brigade.

TOPEKA, Kan, Feb. 17-Mrs Carrie
Nation put in a busy Sunday in Topeka
today, and as a result the Capital City
has experienced more genuine excitement
than can be remembered by the Oldest
lnhabitant. Mrs. Nation literally
crammed the day with thrilling episodes;
she succeeded in having the contents Of a
notorious joint smashed; broke into a
cold storage plant where a number of
fine bars had been stored away for safety
and demolished them, addressed a large
mass meeting of men and women and
was arrested four times The last time
that the law laid it's hands upon her was
when Mrs. Nation emerged from the
church where the mass meeting h ad been
held
Tonight Mrs. Nation announces that she
will begin tomorrow morning where she
left off today, and will not rest until all
the joints in Topeka have been closed.
This morning at o'clock, just as the big
bell on the Church of the Assumption
tower was striking off the hour, Mrs. Ma
ton, the famous joint smasher. sailed
forth from the state house ground az the
head of 500 men and women, all armed
with atchetS and axes, and moved on
the joints of the city. Nobody but Mrs
Nation knew what plans she had la.1
In the crowd were a large number OF
students Of Washburn college, some OF
the ministers of the city and a number
of professional and business men.
The crowd marched to the place on
East Seventh street, kept by Ed Muir
ply. When the joint was reached the
work of demolition was commenced with
out preliminaries
Amid the shouts of the crusaders and
the dictatorial commands of the police
men, present trying to protect property.
the glass was soon crashing to the
Ill
Mrs. Nation proudly emerged from the
place only to be arrested. At the police
station she was released promptly ana
hurried back to her work.
MORE SMASHING DONE.
She entered a livery barn, in which
some bars had been stored, and smashed
them. Then, at the head of twenty-five
Of her stoutest-hearted followers she
went to the MOser cold storage plant and
entered in the search of some liquor she
thought had been stored there. This
time Mrs Nation was arrested by the
county authorities. 1t was afternoon be-
fore she was released from j2jl on bond.
She went to the First Christian church
where she was accosted by an officer
with a warrant and taken to the county
Jail again. She stayed this time for two
hours, and finally her bond was signed
d
prominent negro politician.
The gathering of the clans at the state
house grounds was conducted with the
utmost secrecy. Mrs Nation and DR..
Eva Harding were among the last to ar
rive. AS soon as she did she ordered:
Get in line there, men and women.
We must be about the Lords work now.
Get your hatchets ready and follow me"
At the front proudly marched Mrs. Ma
wit b9TPhpt lN-
BEHIND her were Mrs. Rose Crist and
Mrs. Madeline Southland, who accom-
panied her on her trip to Chicago, and
Dr. Eva Harding. Next came six Wash
burn college boys bearing an immense
battering ram. AS they entered Kansas
avenue some of the women wanted to
stop and demolish d drug store which
has the reputation of selling liquor.
Mrs Nation demurred. She had other
plans and meant to enforce them. The
crowd turned the corner at Sixth street
and soon reached the front door of Muir
phys Fashionable joint. Four policemen
stood at the door to guard the entrance.
They commanded the people in very dig
nifled tones to stand back.
Smash, smash, smash called out Mrs
Nation. Don't pay any attention to
them"
The boys with the battering ram came
forward and in less time than it takes to
tell it the big plate glass windows were
shattered into a thousand fragments
Then, with an exultant cheer, the crowd
burst into the building.
Two policemen managed to recover
from their scare by this time and grab
Mrs. Nation. They started off with her
to the police station as rapidly as posi-
bic. She waved her arms and franticallY
called out to her co-workers:
"Oh, keep it up. You can do it without
me. Praise God. Keep it up; keep
smashing. You don't need me-"
After everything in the place was de-
molished the crowd returned to Court
House square and dispersed
While this was going on Mrs Nation
who had been released from the city
prison after being held but few minutes
again started out on her work She
gathered about her some of those who
had gone to the station and led the way
to livery stable where some bars were
stored. She was met at the door by
the proprietor who assured there was
nohing of the kind in the building She
demanded to have the privilege of look
ing however She at last found in a lit
tie room back of the Office several fine
bars. Picking up a leg of a chair she
smashed the mirrors
Mrs. Nation then led the way to the
Moser cold storage plant, where the
of storing their extra stock She man
aged to enter the cold storage plant, but
found herself in the poultry room. She
then tried another place, and got into
the engine room. BY this time Sheriff
Cook and Chief of Police Stahl came upon
the scene and placed her under arrest on
q county warrant sworn to by the cold
storage people, charging her with break
ing a lock.
When Mrs Nation again started for
the center of the city she was confronted
with a third arrest, this time on a war
rant for entering the Murphy joint she
was taken to Jail, while preparations
were being made for holding a big mass
meeting.
In the afternoon, while the meeting
was at it's height, Mrs. Nation entered. a
cheer went up at the sight of her Soon
she began volley of words.
Women, women" she said, as she
suddenly stepped forward with a dramat-
ic gesture. Women, we must be about
the work of the Lord this very after
noon. There are yet some hell holes here
which have not been closed up, in spite