The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-02-23
KANSAS BLEEDING AGAIN
MRS. CARRIE NATION CONTINUES
OPERATIONS.
Her Husband Threatens Divorce Pro-
ceedings if She Keeps on-Carrie Gets
Small Satisfaction in Chicago.

WICHITA, (Kan), February H.
David Nation, husband of Carrie Ma
ton, the saloon smasher, wants his
wife back in Kansas and he is so de-
termined to have her here, that he
threatens to sue her for divorce unless
she returns.
Mrs. Nation deserted her husband
at Topeka last week to go on a lectur-
ing tour in the East and ever since that
time Mr. Nation has been saying mean
things about Carrie.
Word reached here from Medicine
Lodge today that he was contemplating
seriously suing Mrs. Nation for divorce
and that at once. He has consulted at
torneys on that subject, and today he
notified his wife's attorneys in this
city that he would not be responsible
for any more lawsuit bills she might
encounter.
Mrs. Nation will return to Medicine
Lodge after she has completed her
Eastern tour, and not before, divorce
or no divorce, is the word that comes
from her tonight.
CHICAGO, February 13.-Mrs. Carrie
Nation left Chicago for Topeka tonight.
She is under bonds to appear in the
Kansas capital tomorrow for trial in
connection with the destruction of pro-
perty in that city. Before leaving 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 authori-
ties she and her friends would take
matters in their own hands, and, to use
her own expression, 1--WE will make
souvenirs"
Her meeting with the saloon-keepers
which she had announced did not mate
rialiZe, and in default of having them
for an audience she went once more to
1,N 10, H., Gfaf hot oh l., 4
visited last night and in which her
grandson is manager. Mrs. Nation
mounted table and for fifteen minutes
talked with great energy, urging her
hearers to abandon both the use and
sale of liquor and denouncing in the
most unmeasured terms all those who
permitted it's sale. AS she eft the place
she accOsted a woman who possessed a
rich black eye.
My, my, what pity! Who gave that
to you?"
You'd better ask your grandson"
was the retort. He knows as much
about the giving of it as 1 do
Tonight Mr.. Nations meeting at Will
lard Hall was attended by about 300
people, nearly all of them temperate
people, who applauded everything she
said. Her talk was not long, and in
closing she declared that she did not
want any hatchets used, and that she
believed in peaceful means of closing
saloons as far as possible.
Now | am going back home for a
few weeks" she declared as she closed,
and, as l have got through out there
and will not be long, 1 will be back
here again, and if the authorities have
done, and if it is necessary we will go
nothing we will see what is best to be
done, and is it is necessary we will go
to smashing things. We will make
some souvenirs, I tell you"
She departed with the assertion that
the rum power in this city and other
large places in the United States was
tottering to it's fall.
During her stay Mrs. Nation made
Intellectual attempts to Interview the
city officials. She also made unsuc-
cessful attempts to interview prisoners.
WINFIELD, Kansas February 10
A mob of 200 men and women raided
Schmidt's saloon, the finest in the city
at an early hour today. Some of them
fired a half dozen shots with shotguns
through the front door, that started a
general 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 served to enrage the
mob and the crusaders swarmed into
the saloon. There they found Charles
and Henry Schmidt. After driving them
from the building through the rear door
the mob created havoc right and left.
Cigar cases, mirrors and pictures were
smashed and those that could not be
reached with axes We're shot full of
holes The mahogany bar was hacked
to splinters, bottles were broken and
barrel ends knocked in. This was the
work of a few minutes.
The Schmidt'S ran to the front door
and attempted to defend their property.
Rev. Charles Lowther prevented Char
les Schmidt from entering the place by
striking him with an AK. The blow was
a glancing one and made only a scalp
wound. AS he fell to the ground
Henry Schmidt made gun play in de-
Tense of his brother that nearly cost
him his life One of the crusaders fol-
lowing up the preachers attack, had
raised an AK to strike Henry Schmidt,
when a companion wrested the weapon
from his hand.