The Anaconda standard., 1898-02-15

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obtain a permanent cure. Upon said
date. May 2, 1897. at the request and at
the instance of her husband, with his
unqualified approval. in fact. at his
earnest solicitation and entreaty, she
left Butte, Mont, for Kansas City, Mo,
to procure treatment from a specialist
in diseases of women; this specialist
was well known in Montana and was
recommended by their friends her hus-
band previous to her departure had
considerable correspondence with this
specialist relative to her physical trou-
BILE. and had made arrangements with
him to treat her on her arrival in Kan
sas City; on her arrival in Kansas City
the specialist upon examination finds
her afflicted with antiyersion of the
uteris, endometrits. chronic ovaritis,
with thickening of the broad ligament
one of the ovaries being bound down
as result of the adhesive Inflammation,
she was suffering severely from the re-
ffex neuresis caused by the pelvic trou-
BILE; her nervous system very much dis
turbed. in worse condition even than
the local diseases. she takes a room in
a modest private boarding house, a
place recommended by her physician.
she mingles with the boarders. some OF
whom are patients of her physician;
she becomes attached to a little girl
the daughter of her landlady, and
begins to improve in health; her hus-
band. all this time. and previous to her
going to Kansas City, encourages her
TO try and get we'll; writes affectionate-
ly to her: she is hopeful. In few
weeks his letters become less frequent,
she becomes apprehensixe of the cause
and is very much disturbed: she re-
lapses into her former physical condi-
tion. Soon she receives a letter from
one in whom she reposes great conf
dence. telling her of her husbands at
tentions to other women; she believes
this information to be true; she dis
closes it to her physician and her com
panions. she becomes moody and mel
ancholy; she is irritable and quck-tem-
pered: she suffers greatly from insom-
mia and hystefia. her conversation is
not Ineligible Coming to the break
fast table after night spent in Sleep
lessness and tears, her head aching, lips
parched, eyes swollen, no appetite, TAX
ing but little nourishment of any kind.
Frequently during this period. as late
as two and three hours after midnight
1t was observed she had a light in her
room and was pacing the floor; she
asked for ice water when inquiry was
made as TO why she was up; suffered
and complained of a terrible and con-
stant pain in her head; absent minded.
falling to respond until spoken to sew
eral times by those surrounding her;
she was very anaemic-neryous in her
action, her conversation very much dis
connected, she jumped from one sub
ject to another: she seemed to be suf-
fering from some troubls which de-
pressed her very much persisted in tell
ing this trouble to her physician and
those around her; frequently tele-
gfaphed to her husband in single dar'
expressed a desire to die: threatened to
commit suicide by jumping off the Han
nibal bridge into the Missouri river;
sought to ascertain how much of the
medicine prescribed by her physician
was necessary to take in order to effect
death; reluctantly got out of the way
of a speeding cable car in Il crowded
thoroughfare, expressing her lack of de-
sire TO escape from injury; asked for
80 pounds of candy from a merchant
with which to treat a child friend and
cOmpanion, undergoing a constant de-
sire to return TO her home, finally gives
way to her desire and starts for Butte,
saying to the one who kindly accom-
panied her to the depot. L wish this
train would be wrecked Ii | can be the
only one killed She reaches Butte
Sunday, July %, 1897; others occupy her
home; she goes to a lodging house and
knocks at the room which her husband
had informed her he occupied while
she was away: she ascertains he does
not room there: she goes TO the place
where he is employed and asks for him.
her husband Is sent for but fails to re-
spond TO her request to come. she sends
again and again but he does not come.
she goes into an adjoining restaurant
and inquiries as to his wherea bouts; she
goes out upon the street. where she
meets an old friend OF herself and hus-
band she conyerses with him, her face
is flushed, she is excited and almost
hysterical, haggard in appearance; she
gpIiaifS fha aGGiGfannp M this frtpnl n
procure her husbands return. offering
to forget and forgive IL he Will but re-
turn, she goes to her sisters home,
taking the car to do so. finds her out
Of the clty-an excursion to "A neignoor-
ing village is the cause of her ABSENCE
she returns to the city and meets her
friend again. importunes him to renew
his efforts to gain her an audience with
her husband. Finally she aseertains his
whereabouts and, accompanied by an
officer of the city, she visits the room
which he is occupying With a female
performer at one of the vaudeville thea
ters. He denies her admission. she inn
piores and entreats him to come home:
her efforts prove futile. she goes To II
lady friends home. That night she
meets her husband at the home of her
sister; he leaves her at late hour. she
remains in Butte Mont. In two or three
days she obtains and takes possession
her husbands adulterous intercourse
with the woman before mentioned;
daily she implores him to return, offer
ing again and again forgiveness So
licits many of her friends and the
friends of her husband to try and pre-
vail on him to do So lie promises to
return to her tomorrow, next week,
but violates all such promises. however,
leading her all the time to believe that
he will. that it Is impossible for him
to do so at the present time, but soon he
expects to be free from the environ
ments that are enslaying his manhood
and will join her and reunite them
selves in their former happy home.
She is under a constant state of anx-
iety and worriment, spends her nights
in sleeplessness and her days in crying:
no appetite. no n0urishment q terrible
pain in the top Of her head. Her ef-
forts in trying to regain her husband
never relaxing. She obtains a letter
from her husbands mother and father
in which they advise her to blow her
husbands head off. to shoot his heart
Dni The i'll advice af zaa aIQtG friends