The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-26

, a complete surprise. We had no idea that
| il was going to take place. Ny information
| Side have heen supplied for the last three
or four days from this Curtis storage-house
| and little IL any has come from Moeser's.
INQUEST IN MILLwOOD CASE.
Leavenworth. Kas.. Feb. 25.-The inquest
over the killing of Mira Rosa Hudson in
the joint raid at Millwood last Monday was
neld to-day and the Coroner's jury returned
a verdict to the effect that she came to hsr
death from gunshot wound at the hands
of persons unknown to the jurors
No attempt was made to learn the name :
Of those who composed the mob Edwara
Hudson. the woman's husband, Michael
LDckner. the brother of the murdered wom-
an: Mathew Goens and Doctor W. r.. ADAMS
were the only witnesses put on the stand ai
show that Mrs. Hudson Is dead ami that
shc was killed by gunshot. The jury was
out only few minutes In reaching Ver-
dict
The preliminary trial will come UP Friday.
when full examination will be made.
First Christian Church, was arraigned In
the Police Court this afternoon. charged
with resisting an officer in the joint raid
which was granted by the Police Judge.
In the case of Baif Stark. ehaged with
being an accomplice of Mrs. Nation in the
smashing of the Brunswick saloon here
on February L. the entire day was un-
successfully devoted TO an effort to obtain
exhausted and a special venire will be-
called for tomorrow.
Stark's attorneys made a motion for a
change OF venue on account OF the alleged
prejudice of the Judge, but this the Court
refused to grant.
MRS. NATION ARRIVES AT PEORIA.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Peoria. ILL.,, Feb. 2.-CarrIe Nation of
Kansas swooped down upon Peoria to-
night. and tomorrow she will be an editor
The saloon smasher comes to the worlds s
center OF distillation in a new role, but
she enters II with the same fearless en-
thusiasin that marks her work with the
NO. didn't bring my hatchet this time
IT Is SO very much in my way when I
can't use IL. ] am going to do my work
here with pencil and paper l hope to
cries and distilleries:, but 1 am not going
TO do any smashing"
.'oh, / think it win be fine to be an edi-
tor. said Mrs. Nation with happy smile.
as she opened her hand satchel fairly bug
ing with copy she has prepared for the
Carrie Nation Edition" of the Journal.
I'm so glad I've got the pages Of q paper
To talk through. My articles are always so
red-hot that I can hardly ever get any one
to print them. oh. I've got lots of copy
while / was coming. And I've got lots of
poetry and letters here that my friends
have written I'm going to publish them.
too Not all Of the letters commend my
smashing. Why, some of the letters are
written from HE'LL
Among the letters which she has received
II one from a Canton woman. whose hus-
band Is spending all his earnings at the
saloons and leaving his family without food
The letter says that Canton is a cursed
city. and pleads for Mrs. Nation to come
and smash the hell-boles. Mrs. Nation says
che win not have time tn go.
Mrs, Nation reached Peoria at 8 o'clock
Tonight and was met at the depot by ". A.
Brubaker and wife. Mr. Brubaker Is ma
tional lecturer for the Prohibition party
and IL to assist Mrs. Nation In her work to-
N nur1 NJ fh<. dam,
and no demonstration
Mrs. Nation was driven to the Metropol-
itan Hotel. where she will make her head
quarters during her stay here.