Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-02-20
Mrs. Nation Will Not Promise to
Keep the Peace.
WRITES MOST OF HER TINE.
VIII Conduct Her own Case-Court
Refuses 60 Quash the Indictment
Against Her-Jointists Warned.

N"PSn", MANI rtp eV'~lhISs (dIIlc
Nation and her two companions. Mrs.
Crlst and Miss Madeline Southland, are
still confined In the county Jail. Mrs.
Nation stolidly persists that she will
not give d $4,000 bond to keep the peace,
and VIII remain in Jail, The other two
women are undecided, but it is thought
viii secure bonds in day or two, They
occupy the hospital ward at the jail,
large bare room, rs by 40 feet, This
furnishings dle not different from those
o. the other Cells, except that comforta-
BILE beds have been provided There. are
also two tables for writing and Mrs.
Nation has lmprovised a cupboard.
There has been a constant stream Of
visitors, and yesterday afternoon Mrs.
Nation sent down word that she was
not TO be disturbed.
Mrs. Naticii receives a large number
OF letters ana kilograms daily She
spends the gleater part of her time in
writing, She has received orders for
articles fro.n two western magazines.
ANA has been spending much of her time
preparing item She will receive Sac
for one ard has already received
check for so for the other. The arti-
cles viii be about 1000 words in length.
The cases against the Nation crusad-
ers for malicious destruction of proper
ty at Murphy s place Sunday morning
win be cali q In the district court to-
day. II is a criminal charge and will
be tried by jury The defendants are
Mrs. Nation, Mrs. Crist, Miss South
ard. c. r. Mcdowell and Dr. Eva
Harding. They will probably be tried
separately. Mrs, Nation will look after
her own case. The other defendants
have secured counsel.
The cases were to have come up this
morning. but the attorneys for the de-
Tense asked for a continuance until
1880 this afternoon in order that an APP
plcaton for change of venue might be
prepared. The change of venue will
probably be refused.
REFUSED TO QUAsH INDICTMENT.
Wichita. Kan, Feb. 2O.--Mrs. Nations
attorneys presented a motion In the
district court to quash the indictment
against his client on the ground that
the building injured harboTed a NUS
anCe and that his client had right to
abate IT,
In denying the motion Judge D. NJ
Dale ruled today that il makes no diff
ference whether the property destroyed
Is used for saloon, bank or grocery
store.
UnIer this ruling the only point at
issue Is whether the accused broke the
glass windows as alleged In the com
plant.
The complaint in one case Is made by
the owner o. the building who was not
the proprietor Of the saloon,
JoINTlSTs ORDERED TO LEAVE.
Winfield Kan, Feb. 20-Jolntists
We're given until noon today TO remove
their fixtures from the city. They re
fused to do 50. The city marshal has
armed 100 deputies under instructions
10 preserve order and prevent destruc.
ton of proI city at all hazards.
MAYOR ROSS POWERLESS.
Wichita, Kansas, Feb. 2O-At meet
ing Of the w. c. T. U. last evening a
large committee was chosen TO wait
upon Mayor Finlay Ross. They called
upon his honor and asked him what he
intends to do about closing the saloons.
He told them he was powerless. They
passed q resolution that the saloons
must go, although before deciding on
further action they concluded to await
the result of mass meeting called
by the ministers for next Sunday.
In the meantime the call for the bust
ness mems meeting to check violence
has been largely signed
HUDSON GET OUT WARRANTS.
Kansa City, Mo-, Feb. 20.--A special !
to the Star from Leavenworth, Kan,
says
John Hudson, the bartender, whose
wife was killed in Tuesdays saloon raid |
at Wildwood, came TO Leavenworth to-
day and swore out warrants for the |
four farmers under arrest here, charg-
ing them with murder In the first de-
gree. Hudson says he knows who fired |
the shot that killed his wife. and that |
he will make his name known at the |
proper time. Thomas Mcnamara, Mrs. |
Hudson's cousin, openly accuses one of |
the quartet with firing the fatal shot. |
The coroner's Jury Will not sit on the |
case until next Monday. In the mean
time the coroner is busily engaged In |
gathering evidence against the raiders. /
and several additional arrests will, II Is |
said. follow. 1t is said today that none |
OF the raiders We're temperance people, |
and that they took advantage OF the |
reform movement to pay an old grudge. /
William Webb, who was wounded In |
the raid, Is reported in serious con-
dition today and may not live. He Is
60 years Of age.