St. Louis Post-Dispatch
December 3, 1902
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. from the operating table. By "Reed one $1.00 box of Pyramid Pile Cure, _ > . ey we % g Paks i » ad : Pht. + “4 tA . % _ ie | “Leather Furniture” vd iS ae ee) p2- * “* pee by Graves & elps. #3 een eee ' HE ESCAPED THE KNIFE. As fem Months of Peace After Dreadful Suf- a. _ fering. Opetations’ are becoming a fad; every m™ng man, as soon as he is graduated fom a medica] college, considers himself mpable of undertaking the most serious @ complicated surgical work, and hun- of lives are sacrificed annually to mad frenzy of incompetent men, to mn ®h into work which should only be un- : en as a last resort, and then only ry the most experienced and careful sur- , It ip @ pleasure, in view of these facts, read the following letter from a wom- a who has been saved from one of these sangerous operations. “I know I should ave informed you long ago regarding my ase of piles and the good done me, ‘and f believe I am cured. Last December I ent for your book.- I have never been bered since then, and before I had suf- i for the last eleven years, and at time I wrote I had given birth to a and they came down with the de- of the child by the handful. I ald not get them back, and I suffered ng; and the doctor said nothing an operation would ever relieve me; 5 it I read of your remedy in our daily “Mewspaper and I told my husband to get @ box and I would give it a trial be- consenting to the knife; and, thanks your wonderful medicine, I was saved person suffering from pfles that and myself hear of, we rec- your wonderful medicine. I just “— two boxes of Pyramid Ointment and boxes of Pyramid Pills, and I was, I ppapictely cured, If they ever w the slightest return I will certainly some more medicine, but I hardly k I will need any more, for it will be the 8th day of December since I Rad them, and that makes it ten months | Ing now. Thanking you again and xv you abundant success, I remain, . 8. Hodgson, 105 W. 11th st., Des a if le ‘Cure is sold b for fifty cents a package, i will be to any address upon receipt of y Pyramid Drug Co., Marshall, rite this firm for little book de- the cause and cure of Piles. atin ib LL WIHl Cure Rheumatism, Neu go, Po Stice, Pains, S and itt ills, I awn well acquair ts, and have often ind to ase it, with the resu to give entire sati D. I. BUSHNELL. ECLIPSE CHEMICAL CO., 315 N. Main &t., St. Louis, Mo. General Household Remedy. »ply for sample and stickers. - . + ; offer to the public this week’ a Gphuine Leather Turkish Cok Rocker or Genuine Leath- $22 a piece. It will pay you to pur- chase a nice iece of ,eather Furn itur@ now for a Christmas present. We want you to visit mense as- sortment of Library and Parlor Fur- ‘ ’ niture. | We @re the largest manufacturers "tn the world of this class of goods. ef and salesroom in St. Louis, aoe splesroom in Chicago and New WM. PRUFROCK’S MAIN SALESROOM, AND LOCUST STs. ce ixth and Eighth sts. and Cass ay. UIS. Chicago salesroom, 1219 : oon pe av.; New York salesroom, 43d § ton avs. ' Bes “ 8 P stay et es 4 : Not All Agree That He Is * Sey iy = i Civilly Dead. APPEAL MAY ACT AS A STAY. CIVIL DISABILITY IS A PART OF PUNISHMENT. Attorneys F. N. Judson and F. W. Leh- mann Controvert. Opinion of Judge Ryan, Who Refused Butler as Bondsman. Since Judge O'Neil Ryan of the Crim- inal division of the Circuit Court decided that, because he is under sentence of im- Pprisonment, no further bonds would or could be accepted from Edward Butler, St. Louis lawyers have discussed the question whether, under the law, those men recent- ly convicted on charges growing out of the boodle investigation are deprived of their civil rights. Opinion seems general among the legal fraternity that in all such cases an appea: acts as a supersedeas to the sentence, and that the stay of execution is virtually ex- tended up to the time of the final decision of the Supreme Court. This being the case, the contention is made that no person convicted of a felony suffers the loss of any privilege of citizen- ship until he has formally entered upon his term of imprisonment, Section 2382 reads as follows: “A sentence of imprisonnient for a term less than life suspends all civil rights of the persons so sentenced during the term thereof and forfeits all public offices and trusts, authority and er; and the per- s0n sentenced to ouch imprisonment for =. shall thereafter be deemed , civilly ead.”’ From this it will be noticed that the statute expressly provides that the loss of any civil right shall not become effec- tive excent ‘‘during the term thereof,” re- ferring to the sentence of the convicted person. ATTORNEY JUDSON DOUBTFUL. Attorney F. N. Judson dictated for the Post-Dispatch the following statement relative to the matter: “While I have not examined the statute vncoda inn I am inclined to thin suepension of civil rights in the case one sertenced to the penitentiary is oper- ative only during his term of imprison- ment, and not before. It is a part of the unishment, and therefore it does not go nto effect where an ap is taken and the operation of the sentence is suspended pending the appeal. ‘There is no attainder under our law, and the only civil death provided for is that in the case of a convict —e for life. This seems to have n the view of the Supreme Court in the case of Williams vs. Shackleford, 97 Mo. 3222, in construing this statutory provision for the suspension of civil rights, where the court case of a convict for a y civil der are sus- ended ‘during the term 0 - meant,’ unless held the benefit of his family and creditors a trustee during his imprisonment,’ referring to the etatute roviding for the a ntment of a trustee or the are on of a awe ~ pro - er during - im eters seem to follow that until the im- prisonment a there is no suspension of civil rights.” “T have not made a study of the ques- torney Fred hmann, “but knowledge of the subject | n is oy — u - responded tale vot “the “one ip has been made, out ° e one which Mr. Butler appeared to give bond NOT GROUND FOR DIVORCE. “T recollect that in Iowa a Glvorce Was ted on the ground that the husband 4 been convicted. The 4d 6, however, was held void on the ground because the term of Fupper court held that the conviction vu firmed on the appeal which the defendant had taken. *T should construe the statute as mean- ing that the defendant not. forfeit his rights till he begins his prison term. “His term cannot commence until] the cage is finally disposed of and for the in- terim he is not given credit by a corre- sponding reduction of his penal sentence. “To deprive a man of his civi] rights is in itself part of the punishment that ac- companies the conviction. , ‘There can be no punishment or penalty imposed until such time as the case is brought to an ultimate conclusion in the courts. “Civil rights,"’ within the meaning.of the statute, consist of the ordinary preroga- tives of a citizen, namely, the right to vote, to execute commercial transactions, par- ticipate in legislation, and to individually conduct one’s own property affairs. MAY SERVE AS WITNESS. Doprived of them, a prisoner hag not the right to make contracts, though he had $1,000,000 credited te him on deposit. He could, however, serve as a witness, as was shown recently in the United States Court, when two prisoners were taken from the penitentiary at Jefferson City to testify in a case on trial before Judge Adama. Judge Ryan's ruling was occasioned by the application of Ed Butler to go on the bond of Charles Gutke, former member of the House of Delegates, under indictment on charges of bribery and perjury. Butler appeared in court with Gutke at 10 o'clock Monday morning. . ; After the application had been presented Circuit Attorney Folk called attention to the statute barring persons under sentence from the exeéseise of civil rights, as quoted above. Judge Ryan asked Mr. Folk ff he had looked a 4 the matter and the latter replied that he had. Thereupon Judge Ryan eald: ‘As matters stand at this time (referring to the sen- tence imposed on Butler at Columbia) I am compelled to refuse to take Mr. Butler on this bond. “However, I do not want this statement to be concluded as a final decision in the matter. If Mr. Butler will have a lawyer come here, I shall be glad to hear argu- ments on both sides and then make a de cisive ys Butler did not do as suggested, and hence the temporary decision of Judge Ryan served to exclude him from the privilege of serving as Gutke’s surety. USE PROBABLY WILL SHORT- RESOLUTION IS PREPARED. Regarded as Necessary in Order to - Complete Proceedings Before Short Session Ends, WASHINGTON, Deco. 8—Congressman Olmstead of Pennsylvania, chairman of the House elections committee No. 2, has promised the attorneys of George C. R. Wagoner that he will introduce a resolu- tion in the House authorizing a rapid proceeding to oust James J. Butler as the representative of the Twelfth Missouri dis- trict, According to the resolution, each side will nave 15 days for taking testimony and the contestee will have five days to-file a reply, This is regarded as necessary in order to complete ‘he contest before the shert session adjourns. The notice of contest specifies the charges of fraud. It alleges that when all of the fraudulent votes have been rejected, @& larga majority of the legal votes in the district will be found for Mr. Wagoner, the contestant; that more than 600 legally reg- istered voters were refused the privilege of voting by the judges and cl ‘of .e] tion; that more than 10,000 illegal ifPiots were received and counted by the ks and judges for Butler; that the parties casting these illegal ballots were not resi- dents of the city of St. Louis, but had as- sumed the names of voters who were dead or had removed from the city, or who had never existed, the names being registered from immoral houses, saloons, stables and vacant lots; that the names of more than 2000 legal voters of the district had been wrongfully and illegally stricken from the registration lists. \ ° It is charged that more than 100 ballots in each precinct of the district were re- turned and counted for Butler, when, in truth, the parties whose names were 80 voted had either removed from the district or were dead or had never existed; illegal votes were counted for the contestee, But- ler, in the different wards of the district aa follows: One hundred and fifty votes in the Firat precinct of the Fourth ward, 400 votes in the Second precinct of the of the Fourth, 200 in the Third precinct, 200 in the Fourth Thee gg 800 in the Fifth precinct, 100 in the ixth precinct, 300 in the Seventh precinct, 2.0 in the Eighth precinct and 200 in the Ninth precinct of the said ward; 1300 in th Fifth ward, 200 in the Third precinct an th precinct of the Sixth e Twelfth precinct of the Thirteenth ward; in the different pre- cincts of the Fourteenth ward; 150 votes in the Ninth precinct of the Fifteenth ward; 1400 votes in the different precincts of the Twenty-second ward, in the Twenty-third ward, 150 in the Thirteenth recinct and 150 in the Twelfth precinct of he Twenty-fourth ward, a tota! of 8800. It is further charged that in the Fourth, Fifth, Sixth Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Twenty-second and Twenty-fourth wards, in nearly all of the precincts, the judges and clerks of election officiating at the poiling places were.in a conspiracy, the purpose of which was to make the returns of election show a large majority in favor of Butler, and to this end the judges and clerks permitted repeaters to cast fraudu- ES ae cincts. It is charged in this connection that the judges and clerks made no attempt to count and canvass the votes polled in these pre- cincts, but made up and certified to re- turns, giving Butler a large piurality in each precinct, without regard to the votes cast. The contestant asserts that a legal and correct count of the ballots will show that he received a majority of all of the votes cast in these precincts. t is also onarges that in these precincts a large number of ballots were placed in the box by persons in the conspiracy, without their having been offered either by levitimate voters of by repeaters. The first precinct o fthe Twenty-second ward is cited as an fllustration, In that precinct there were $95. votes counted for Butler, eight for WwW ner and one for H. H. , a total of votes, while as a matter of fact the total registered vote of the precinct was but 208. The contestant asserts that the Nesbit law, under which the election was held, an unfair and partisan law contrived and enacted and used to cheat and defwud the candidates of the Republican pa of thelr just rights and privileges at public eleo- tions, and was so used to cheat and de- fraud this contestant, and that the law was used to secure Butler’s election and return to Congress. HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT WEDS. Now W. T. Elsea Asks Divorce From Young Wife. Wiliam T. Elsea, who married Miss Georgia Watts in December, 1899,- while he was a student at the Montgomery City, Mo., High School, filed suit in the Cireuit Court here yesterday for divorce against her, stating that she had refuse@ to live with him or be known Dy his name. Elsea stated in his petition that he and hs wife were married at Moberly, Mo., and that on the day. following the marriage -he left her with her consent, at the home of her father, and returned to Montgomery City to continue his studies in the high school, He remained in school unt}! Apri! 12, 1900. He then found, he says, that she was indifferent to his plans for their future and that she was known by her maiden name, #rinter Dies in Asylum, Spécial to the Post-Dispatch. SEDALIA, Mo., Dec. 3.—Frank IL. Stearns, for several years foreman of the Evening Democrat here, died at the Ne- vada insane asylum last evening, aged 36 years. His wife left St. Loulsg yesterda to visit him, but he died before she arriv He was reared at eenville, Ill., and was one of the best-known printers in the West. CHARITY MIRFCTORY OUT. Provident Association Prints Hand- book of Benevolence A directory of city charities has just been published by the St. Louis Provident Asso- ciation. It is entitled ‘‘The St. Louis Direéc- tory of Charitable, Philanthropic and Hu- mane Societies.” It contains a list of charitable and prlantatonte societies and institutions In St. Louis, the names of the gonsuls of foreign governments in St. Louis and the names of the city institutions, It also contains a review of the work and lent and Ulegal votes in all of these pre- WHITE RIBBON REMEDY ae &. yh o ie on % a s + ch ae sie pe. . = oe ie ;4 " . — * } & ‘ pire ree" a tgp yn @ omg, ges ah egy peas Sree anne & pel yy pagippes on ‘ is ; ss ¢ A Judge Wood Decided in Favor of Ken> nard Building. 4 conte in ot ‘ been set it as a private alley. ol _ "Dental Officers Elected. The following ghee were elected at the meeting last t at the Linde! the St. Louis Dental Society: Dra = eee > After the evidence of the plaintiffs had: been’ taken ‘late yesterday afternoon in the of Marie and Henry Antho the Merchants’ ng Co. and others, inst rd Building Co., Bugene f and Mary L. Abadie, Judge Wood sus- ——--— —_— —— mee tie t+ PS eon } «“ if rol + x _ - ae mi _ vce tanta Ati THE CHILDREN ENJOY Life ont of doors and out of the games ment which they receive and the ~—e pera yo Fyn the ” ee greater part of that healthful development which is so essential to their happiness when grown. When a laxative is needed the remedy which is given to them to cleanse and sweeten and strengthen the internal organ on which it acts, should be such as physicians would sanction hehe its component parts are known to be wholesome and the remedy itself free from every objectionable quality.. The one remedy which physicians and parents, well-informed, approve and recommend and which the little ones enjo acm ® its eet es its gentle action and its beneficial effects oe yrup of Figs—and for the same reason shou 1 = ond 4. — mira te it is the only laxative which d yrup>of Figs is the only remedy which a easan naturally without griping, irritating, 4 scsntter te oe ed = te Bote system effectually, without producing that constipated habit which results from the use of the old-time cathartics and modern imitations, and inat which the children should be so carefully guarded. If you would have Ghass grow to manhood and womanhood, strong, healthy aad happy, do not give oy Pea we be are not seeded, and when nsture needs assistance in the way of a ative, give them mple, pleasan oe ee . Figs. = Raetisac err | ts quality is due not only to the excellence laxative principles of plants with pleasant poner Spel my rm a also to our original method of manufacture and as you value the health of the litfle ones, do not accept any of the substitutes which unscrupulous deal- ers sometimes offer to increase their profits, The genuine article may be bought anywhere of all reliable druggists at fifty cents per bottle. Please to remember, the full name of the Company — CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.— is printed on the front of every pack- age. In order to get its beneficial effects it is al- ways necessary to buy the genuine only. —_ —_ ——E— Please present your Savings Pass Books at Window No. 7, Friday, December 5th, or as soon thereafter as practicable, for credit of any interest that may be due you. Open Mondays until 8 p. m. : . CCRED BY FOURTH AND ST. LOUIS UNION TRUST COMPANY [ie a INTERNALLY, EXTERNALLY and ETERNALLY 4 Is the plan on which Some specialists treat their patients. If I can- 7 te “\ — ie nediy Go 4 ye By a: specified ti and # n an sician o refuse to handle it at all. .* OE cure Varicocele, Piles and Hydrocele without pain or detention from business in ONE TREATMENT. FOREVER. BLOOD POISON in twenty-seven to ninety days. Lest Manhood in three to twelve weeksand Stricture without knife or sounds. Perfect and rmanent results are guar- anteed in writing, and charges for seni ment low. Censultation at Office or by Letter PREE and Solicited Every answer, in plain white envelope, strict) nfid L, same day you write. ADDRESS OR CALL ieee ential, on the Or COOK MEDICAL CO., W, A, COO*K, M. D,, 610 OLIVE ST., ST. LOUIS. Hours: 8 a. m. to 8 p. m. Sunday, 10 to 12:0. No taste. No odor. Can be given in glass of water, tea or coffee without the patient's knowl- e. fhite Ribbon peeer will cure or destroy the diseased appetite for alcoholic stimulants, wheth- er the. patient is a confirmed inebriate, a “tppler,”’ social er-or drunkard. Impossible for any- one to have an appetite for alcoholic liquors after using White Ribbon Remedy. Indorsed by Members of W. C. T. WU. Mra, Moore, press superintendent of Wowan’'s Christian T@mperance Union, Ventura, Cal, writes: “I have tested White Ribbon Remedy on vey obatinate drunkards, and the cures have been many. Im many cases the Remedy was given secretly. 1 cheerfully recommend and indorse White Ribbon Remedy... Members of our Un:os are delighted to find an economical treatment to ald us in our temperance work.’’ : Druggists or bye 1, $1. Trial Fie et sts.; ixth and Washington av, Cf W. A. COUR, M. D, Inclose stamp for free book. —— te i _ UPTUR Purely vegetable, mild and reliable the Liver and Digestive Or iy le. Regulate rt best medicine in the world for ” a ae the Of all d'sorders of the Stomach; Liver. RBowels Kidneys, Bladder, Nervous Diseases, Loas of Appe- tite Headache, Constipation, C. stiveness, Indiges- tion, Billousness, Fever, Inflammation of the Bow- eis, Piles and all derangement of the internal vecera. PERFECT DIGPSTION will . plished by taking RADWAY’'S PILLS. Be ry DYSPEPSIA Sick Headache, Foul Stomach, Billousneses will be pi Ry — met a is eaten contributes 8 Tt.¢s for the suppo rs 9 body pport of the matural waste of Sold by all Druggists, et Cured without in. No until cured. Send for booklet. Guoo ured. Hours, 10-4 Sunday, 10—1. Monday. 10—¥. W. A. LEWIN, M D.. G06 Weshinsten antes st. Senin, Ma — IM VIGOR VITALITY FOR M @ have Positively n, excesses, u 1 Back P Ap mina H dache, Unfitn o Marry, t ation, Btops Prematuren &, Stops 3 Sen teget desp ey ta ee ke small n. n t tes the brain and @ box, 6 for 62. 1. . moneys refunded. with 6 boxes. Cireulars free. Address, B Remedy Co., San > ~ - and cloped organs. Price 26~cents per box. or sen y mali on receipt of price. RADWAY Bt reet, New York. & OO,, 55 Elm FOR SALE BY RABOTEAU & CO,, 700 NORTH BROADWAY. Or breasts shrunken from est indorsement sufficient to make E >. Regular price, $1.00 advantage of this we will ee ree to , sending 10 cents to pay for cont of , DR. CHARLES CO., '° ASK Stace - me. wa! mer at “lywio” - in buying Kitchen Utensils look for be | (pasted on). If you don't Gnd it ask why they @ Keep Agate Nickel-Steel Ware! Kind That Is Safe. . MALE B oe - Tansy. Penn al; not a single betiaate cases relieved Wiison Drug Co.. 5% Those suffering fre nesses which ishop Sattei they were lovely. They certainly were at all It me. They were exc ly good. 1900. Mary Helm, in employ.ot Batteriea, e made biscuits from Presto and e4th, : “ » > rs = tea wet = yi er Ye a) Piha y eee ie re Sod te Ste ae SCM = ome SRT GR ee ga gin ge Pena le Ra a ee says of —— : 4 » ¥ 2y ¢ , s 2 eS \& a a2. ¥ . > aS woth Pe, % o> A o ry . - 4 ' uot. Hp, a a ’ t - « > 4 *; aN P * F: | ee Si Sha oe wy i Pa ee Cat its | 6) J ey oe te he 2 Bie ae cal a . oe, ow 3 > ag eae hus ) Gaeeee meer or oA : ° Se Ree. Oa erry: OD Gar oy mee. Ta ee On Nh: Rae CP a ery eS ah PURSE SR hie eS ee, bs re he , ¥ Laine ’ “ s ; te, 7 a CL oe ; > att - E sales ue gape re ss? “f ‘ ny ‘9a ze se or ae lees COO
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