The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-02-25
Kansas Whisky Peddlers Are
Profiting by Mrs. Nations
JOint.Smashing Crusade.
EMPTY FLASKS IN EVIDENCE.
Alleys of Topeka and Other Towns
Towns Said to Be Strewn With
Them-Wichita Temperance
People Meet.

REPUBLIC SPECIAL
Topeka. Kas, Feb. %-Ths reign Of
whisky peddlers. known as "Bootleggers,
is on In the cities and town of Kansas.
In Topeka. Hutchinson. Lawrence. VIM
field. Arkansas City and other places, the
''BoOtleggers'' are reaping a harvest.
Every morning more than two hundred
empty whisky TASKS could be picked up in
the back alleys in Topeka.
Winfield. u town of 5,ceo population. can
beat Topeka. Three hundred empty whisky
bottles can be gathered in the alleys OF
that town every morning.
At Arkansas City. yesterday. a Boot
legger'' boasted that he had sold forty
seven pints of whisky for Si1. declaring that
his profits on this sale would beat any other
business he could engage in.
The war cry against the "Bootl9sger
was sounded In many churches to-day, and
the suppression of this individual il the
question of the hour.
DEMAND THAT SALOONS BE CLOSED.
REPUBLIC SPECIAL.
Wichita. kas.. Feb. 2i.-Two thousand or
more people attended a mass meeting OF
temperance people in the Auditorium this
afternoon. and resolved that the saloons
should close in Wichita.
Resolutions calling upon the Mayor. City
Council. County Attorney and Sheriff. were
passed and demanded in mild terms thar
the officers should take some immediate
mittee WAS appointed to wait on these cffi-
GERS, and see that they carried out the
law
The Reverend Lynch OFT, of the First
Methodist Church. delivered the principal
speech of the afternoon. He discouraged
Mrs. Nations methods but urged that all
good citizens should unite ON closing tie
saloons.
AS the officials all stand in unison here
regarding the saloon question. favorinS
their running the meeting this afternoon
Will probably have no effect on the closing
of the Wichita saloons. Chief of Police
Cubbon had understood that radical plans
would be proposed at the meeting and Fad
ten policemen I'm the house to prevent any
trouble that might arise. Most of those
In the audience were women. Unless more
drastic resolutions are adopted than those
this afternoon II Is more than likely that
saloons will continue here.
MRS. NATION DEMANDS RELEASE.
Topeka. Kas.. Feb 24.-Mrs. Carrie Ma
tion. tiring OF Jail life. has written Judge
Hazen letter demanding release.
Il want you to quit YOUR fooling" shS
writes. ''and let me out of here. II YOU
cause me to miss my engagements 1 won't
feel like a ministering angel unto you. It
Is time you recover yourself before the
devil. your master, makes a clean sweep
with YOU into hell. You know you are per-
scouting one OF Gods children who loves
You for Jesus's sake. Let me out that
may go about my business of saving such
poor devils as you. Write or come to see
me right on"
Judge Hazen has ignored the letter, pla-
cling ii in the waste basket with dozens Of
others received on the subject from differ
ent parts of the country. Some of these
letters threaten the Judge. One from Bun
ker Hill. Kas., says committee of fifty
will administer a coat OF tar and feathers
10 the official IL Mrs. Nation Is not released
by February q. and another from a woman
i'm Douglass. Mich, says:
I'VE now propose. II Mrs. Nation is held
longer. to raise the greatest army of women
the world has ever known and wipe man
out of existence. 1t is our intention TO be-
gin with you"