Durango semi-weekly herald., 1901-02-21

than any other kansan who ever oc
cup.ed the place. He is said to b,
worth 100000. and admits himself
tnat he does not have to engage II
business To live. He is an old neigh
hor of Mrs Nation. the saloon smash
er. He says that he has quit poll
tics for good and that he would moi
run for an office under any circufn
stances.
DENVER. Colo. Feb. 1S.-John Hay
Valentine. one of the owners of the
Park Floral company. was shot three
times yesterday by Sterling p. Thorpe.
a railroad brakeman. Valentine Is at
st. Luke's hospital and resting com.
fortably today. The doctors say he
Will recover,
Thorpe was a Jealous husband. He
imagined Valentine was Interested
in his pretty wife. He went after him
and scuflle and the shooting follow
ed. Today in Jail Thorpe says 1t is
all mistake. II is known that Val
entine never saw his wife-never
heard of her. in fact She is in n
hospital, hiding from Thorpe, from
whom she wants TO get a divorce.
WICHITA, Kan. Feb. 1S.-The case
of Miss Jessie Morrison. accused OF
numbering Mrs Olin Castle, the bride
of one week, at Eldorado last June.
will come up for second trial at the
March term of the Butler county 1is-
trict court. At the last trial her
case resulted in hung jury, nine be
ing for acquittal aud three for con.
viction.
II is probable that her trial will
last for three weeks or more and she
VIII be her own principal witness
Olin Castle, the man in the case. has
called on Miss Morrison several times
since the last trial and II is believed
that he wants to marry her 1t was
because OF jealousy over him that
Mrs. Castle was killed Miss Morri-
son never denied the killing, but
claims it was done in seIf-defense.
TOPEKA, Kas. Feb. 1S.-Mrs Ma
ton was arrested this morning on
warrants issued for her doings of yes
teday. She was not jailed, however
The city is quiet today. Mrs Ma
ton and the Home Defenders" are
keeping close watch over joints and
drug stores.
Yesterday they spent nearly the
entire Sunday in closing up saloons
by the use of hatchets or threats.
TOPEKA, Kas, Feb lS.--Mrs Ma
tion is being tried this afternoon for
her onslaught on saloons yesterday.
Saloon-keepers are the prosecutors,
and they have secured much legal tai
ent. Excitement runs high
NEW YORK, Feb 1S.-Mrs. Car
rie Nation in letter to Leslie's Week.
~ today says n saloen has no right
ip any place. 81 will smash the sa.
looms in New York, ST. Louis and Chi
cago, Just as In Kansas. But | must
clean up my own home before clean
youis. He breaks all the sins of the
decalogue who sells rum. The mo.
tive which leads him to put this STUN.
bling block in the way of his brother
violates all law. The time for the sa
loon to go has come. An army of
murder shops be cosed. We in self
defense go Out from our homes to the
rescue Of children who arc victims of
this traffic"
LEAVENWORTH, Kas., Feb. 49,
The first murder as the result of Mrs
Nations extraordinary work occurred
here last night when Mrs. Rhodes
Huuson, wife of John Hudson, sa
loonkeeper at Millwood, fourteen
miles fom here, was shot and instant.
ly killed during raid upon her hus-
bands saloon, made by Mrs. Nations
so-called home defenders.
The sheriff arrested four persons.
and others implicated will be appre
hended soon.
The mob that committed the raid
was made up of men only, the women
defenders staying at home. The men
were in disguise.
Hudson had been warned to Close
his saloon, but refused. Late at night
three men entered and asked for
drinks. When served they raped on
the counter rs signal. Hudson, see
ing he was trioked, rushed from be-
iislit iH' pdi anu SldDDeu Ont vi tuc
men. In an Instant a mob of forty
or iifty- rushed into the room. mos
of them wearing masks. Mrs. Hud.
son, attracted by the noise. ran into
the room screaming. She had no
sooner appeared than a gun was fred
and Mrs. Hudson fell to the floor
the top of her head being blown of
Then indiscriminate shooting fol
lowed William Webb, raider, was
shot through the shoulder and anotb.
er man shot in the leg.
Hudson pio ke1 mp his dying wife
and carried her into an adjoining
room, whore she quickly expired.
pEklN. Feb. 19.-The allies have
issued document apparently in the
nature OF an ultimatum. giving the
Chinese court eight days in which to
carry out the demands of the minis
teIs.
If at the expiration of that time
nothing is done, drastic measures will
probably be adopted.
PARIS. Feb. ia dispatch from
Pekin this morning says Ii Hung
Chang and Prince Ching have inform