Cameron County press. [volume] (Emporium, Cameron County, Pa.) 1866-1922, 1901-02-21
THE CRUSADERS.
Mrs. Nation Visits the City of
Chicago.
She Did Not WieId the Hatchef, but
Succeeded In Stirring Up Little
Excitement-A Joint at Win
field, Kan, Is Smashed
by Mob.

Holton. Kan, Feb. 12.-The crusade
against the jointists which was COM
menced here Saturday, was contin-
ued Monday. At mass meeting held
in the Methodist church a committee
was appointed to investigate the re-
port that the place owned by Mrs.
Hicks. which was raided Saturday,
was open again Inc committee
found that the repOrt was trua and
temperance workers again raided the
place and compelled Mrs. Hicks and
her son to sign contract snat they
would never again sell liquor,
Topeka, Kan, FEB. 12.-As a result
of Sundays meeting of the citizens
of Topeka, all the joints of the city
are closed. Topeka is practically a
dry town so far as the joints are
concerned. Some of the drug stores
are said to be doing thriving busi-
ness, but the condition is much diff
ferent from a week ago when there
were about 80 joints running openly,
most of them equipped with the fin
est fixtures.
Muscatine, Ia, Feb. 12.-Mrs. Ma
ton arrived here Monday and was
met at the train by 1000 people. A
her to the hotel. The crowd, how
ever, was peaceable and evidently
turned out through curiosity, for less
than 500 people attended her meet
ing at the Grand opera house last
night. After the meeting closed
and the receipts of the evening were
counted Mrs. Nations financial man
ager dissolved partnership with her
and with four of the six women who
accompanied her will return to Kan
sas.
Chicago. Feb. 14.-Mrs. Carrie Ma
tion left Chicago for Topeka last
night. She is under bonds t0 appear
in the Kansas capital to-day for trial
in connection with her operations in
that city. Before leaving Chicago
she announced that as soon as she
had cleaned up things" at home, she
would come back here, and if things
were not properly taken care of by
the authorities, she and her friends
would take matters into their own
hands, and to use her own express
sion I'VE will make souvenirs
Her meeting with the saloonkeep-
ers, which she announced that she
would carry out, did not materialize,
and in default of having them for an
audience she went once more to the
saloon at 800 State street, which she
visited Tuesday night, and in which
her grandson is manager, and deliv-
cred a talk to the people she found
there. 1t was a motley throng, en-
bracing all classes. Mrs. Nation
mounted table and for Is minutes
talked with great energy, urging her
hearers to abandon both the use and
sale of liquor, and denouncing all
those who permitted its sale any
where in the city.
Winfield, Kan, Feb. IA mob of
200 men and women armed with axes,
revolvers and shotguns yesterday
totally demolished Schmidt's saloon,
the finest in the city. Some one of
the mob fired shot from a shotgun
through a door that started a gem
eral onslaught with rocks and guns
on the windows and doors. Emma
Denny received a pistol ball in her
face and was slightly hurt. Although
this was an accident, it enraged the
mob, and the crusaders swarmed into
the saloon. There they found Charles
and Henry Schmidt. After driving
them from the building the mob ere
ated havoc right and left. Cigar cases,
mirrors and pictures were smashed
and those that could not be reached
with axes were shot full of holes. The
mahogany bar was hacked to splin-
ters and all the bottles and barrels
were smashed
Topeka, Kan, Feb. 15.-Mrs. Carrie
Nation was brought to trial here yes
terday on a charge of destroying
property. The complainant was w.
F. Lytle, proprietor of the Senate
saloon, which Mrs. Nation and her
crusaders wrecked last week. The
conclusion of the case was postponed
to next week. After many amusing
passages in the examination of Kelly,
one of the proprietors of the joint
which was destroyed, it was agreed
that Kelly should admit that he was
running a saloon and THAT Mrs. Ma
tion should plead guilty to smashing
it.
Winfield, Kan, Feb. 15.-War on the
"ioints" here is supposed to have
caused the destruction during We'd
nesday night of all but two windows
of the United Brethren church. 1t is
supposed to have been done by par
tisans of the Joint" keepers. Several
warrants have been issued for per-
sons alleged to have been implicated
in the destruction of the church win
dows. The damage will amount to
several hundred dollars, as the win
dows were all stained glass. Rev.
Hendershot, pastor of the church, is
a strong prohibition worker.
The Czar's Gift to Mckinley.
Washinoton Feb. 15.-Connt Cassi-