| Show nation topeka saloon mrs carrie nation tuesday at day light with three ass stants armed with hatchets smashed the senate saloon the finest in topeka doing dan a e amounting to 51 the women forced entrance past a negro guard who fired a warning shot into the cell ing but no attention was paid to it in fifteen minutes the joint was in ruins just as the women were leav ing a policeman arrived and arrested them mrs nation was discharged on a charge of disturbing the peace and trial for destroying property was set for thursday the occurrence created great excitement and people are taking sides on the question the owners of the saloon secured a fresh supply ot liquor an 1 gave a broken piece of alasi with each drink as a souvenir th sheriff of the county urged to action attempted to arrest he owner of th baloon but was barricaded out and utter breaking in had to overpower over powe the two proprietors and two guards all four were placed in jail on a double charge of running a saloon in violat iori of law and res sting an officer it Is expected the agitation will re suit in a more str ct enforcement ol 01 the law A number of members of the legislature which is now in session are in favor of a resubmission of the prohibitory issue to popular vote |
