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The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-10

A husband was up some weeks ago for a
particularly brutal assault on his wife, and
the Judge gave him the limit-six months in
the Workhouse. The prisoner pleaded for
mercy, and, womanlike, the wife, relenting,
added her entreaties that another chance
be given her husband. Judge Sidener said
he would release the husband on condition
that he allow his wife to retaliate with a
cowhide for the beating he had inflicted,
the Judge to referee the affair and decide
when justice was satisfied. The husband
asked for a day to consider the proposition,
and the Judge assented. The next day the
prisoner said he had decided to take the
Workhouse sentence, and he Is still in con-
finement.
Made a Personal Examination
of Abused Animals.
A negro was charged one day last week
with cruelty to animals-an offense serious
in the eyes of the Judge, who Is a friend
of all dumb animals. The prosecuting
officers said the negro was driving anlmals
unfit for work, and the negro denied II.
producing a certificate from a veterinary
surgeon to the effect that the animals were
In good condition to be worked. The Judge
decided the disputed question by having the
animals brought into the alley in the rear
of the court, where he made a personal in
spection of them, and then assessed a fine
against the negro driver.
A defendant who had been fined for i'm
p~ersonating an officer pleaded for a stay
of the fine. saying he had no money to pay
1t and would lose his position IL impris-
oned. Observing q twinkle In the Judges
gray eye as he pleaded. he offered 10 work
his fine out In court by singing a few bal
lads, and the Judge. who was in a good
humor, assented. When court adjourned
the prisoner sang a half dozen songs in a
fine tenor voice. which captivated the audi
ence OF ofncials and earned his release.
Judge Sidener has further endeared him
self to the feminine heart by a new ruling
that every woman compelled to attend
court snail be provided with a seat, even IL
all the men are forced out into the cor
ridors to make room for them. The men
are equally warm in his praise for another
ruling, allowing them to doff their coats
and attend the sessions OF court in their
shirt sleeves during the hot term. Com
fort before dignity" is the Judges motto,
and hundreds In these perspiring dog days
heartily appreciate the sentiment.
Judge Sidener has received scores Of let
tiers from all over the country. from ad-
miners, VINO have read of his unique deci-
sions. and who wish to assure him OF their
appreciation of the tustness of his rulings.
In addition. he received copies OF 3ewspa-
pers from all the leading cities containing
marked editorials commencing his deci-
sions. Naturally. most OF these are from
women, echoing his. sentiments on his
rulings In favor Of their sex, and the hu-
nnanitarfan motives which prompted him to
animals and their tormentors.
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-10

the Judge recollects that when he asked her
IT she knew the significance OF the oath
she was required to take before tesi!fying. II
she understood the punishment which would
be visited upon her if she failed to tell the
truth, she replied:
Yes. Judge; I'll be punished by human
and moral law"
And the airing in the court did the COM
plainant little good. 1t simply resulted in
Il dismissal Of the case. wish a lecture from
the Judge. in which he pointed out that per-
sons of character should think not twice,
but many ines before going into the police
court.
The mothers should use Judgment" said
the Judge. 1.-THE fathers. also. ought not
to be so hasty. They should not heed the
trivial q~uarrels of their children.
only about one-ffth OF all who go TO the
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-10
HUGE WATCH BUILT LIKE
A DELICATE TlMEPIEcE

There has Just been finished st tina An~r.
lean Waltham watch factory a mammoth
watch, the largest in the world tn nr,,.,
this gigantic timepiece cost several tsor-
SAND dollars and several weeks time. Spe-
cial machinery and tools were rro,,ir-d ro-
Its construction. Tn watch Is q model OF
quarter-plate watch, enlarged ten times.
perfect in every detail and highly finished.
The diameter of the pillar plate Is II
Inches. and the movement is III inches
thiek' The balance wheel Is s5 inches IN
diameter and the breguet spring, which
controls its action, is s feet long. .s Of a
centimeter thick and % of a centimeter
Wid When running the balance makes
a vibration In Z of a second. The pallet
stones are Of sapphire and exquisitefy pol
ished- The actuating. or main, spring 10
q feet long. II OF a centimeter thick and
% centimeters wide.
The mammoth model IS as completely
jeweled as a watch Of the finest grade. The
plate Jewels. which are as large as the
smallest movement made, or about the sizs
OF a scent piece, are fine rubies. about 10
lines in diameter. but pushed with san
phires. The polish of the wheels, pinIons
and other steel work Is perfect. and tho
dsmaskeening on the plates is most beau
tiful. The pendant and winding crown ar,
of fine bronze. brilliantly polished. Every
portion is made on the exact scale OF the
watch 1t represents. No dial has been made
for this movement, as 1t is designed to
show not only the action OF the train, but
the stem-winding and stem-setting mechaa-
ism as well.
The movement stands on a bronze ned
estal, and from its base to the tip Of the
winding crown is 25 inches.
and steel in the calendar year 1901 was
sio2. Ssi.575. as compared with Sis, SO 80 In
1eca
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-10

city prosecutors and ask for q summons
against somebody who. It Is alleged. has In
jured them present a case serious enough
FOR the court. The major portion are dr.
houlties which arose through children IN one
way or another. II all the tales of woe
which women take to the Prosecuting At
torneys were heard In court, It would tsks
six police courts to try them.
As 1t is. three are kept busy snouxn.
Many important police court caseA such an
sanitary cases, upon which Immediate action
Is necessary in this hot weather, are delayed
by the fact that these cases OF n~eighhoriy
disagreement. which when sifted, have no
foundation in fact. precede them on the
docket The ST. Louis citizens ought to
take care OF their children, but should
avoid fighting for them unless the situation
Is urgent"
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-10

forefathers is more beneficial to the COM
munity than a strict adherence to the tech
nical phraseology Of the latest statutes and
ordinances"
Judge Sidener is a Hoosier by birth, al
though from the gallantry marking his re-
cent decisions in favor of the fair sex
many of his admirers throughout the coun-
try have marked him as a product of chiv-
alrous Kentucky. 1t is only due to the
accident of birth, however, that he is not a
K~entuckian, as he possesses all the quail
f~ications that have made the sons of the
Blue Grass state as famous as its daugh-
tiers. He is courageous. gallant, an ad-
mirer of women, a good Judge of horsefesh
and a sportsman. He Is a Republican in
politics, which is the one blot IN his es-
cutcheon from the Kentucky standpoint.
He is a candidate for the Republican NOM
ination for Judge of the Court of Criminal
Correction.
He Was Educated in Wabash
College at Charlottesville.
Judge Sidener was born on a farm near
Charlottesville, Ind, October q. 1854. Ac-
cording to his own admission he never saw
a locomotive until he was II years old. He
received his early education in the district
school and completed it in the Wabash
College of Charlottesville. He studied te-
legraphy and worked at railroad and COM
aaSs a. AA AAAS AOAhS NONN NAA@
In Chicago He was ambitious for the bar.
In his leisure moments he studied law. He
was admitted to practice in Charlottesville
in 1888. He came to st. Louis in 1894 and
accepted a job as lineman with one of the
local electrical companies. He continued his
study of the law and in 1894 was admitted
to the bar here.
The first case he handled was one which
attracted the attention of the local bar.
He succeeded in having the Supreme Court
reverse itself in the case-th2t of George
Smith. arrested for a trivial offense.in whose
behalf he had made application for a writ OF
habeas corpus. The Supreme Court had pre-
viously held II unconstitutional to inquire
into the validity Of an ordinance in habeas
corpus proceedings. Sidener. however, at
tackled the validity of the ordinance under
which his client had been arrested, and the
Supreme Court decided in his favor.
In November. 1899. he was appointed by
Mayor Z~iegenhein to succeed Judge Pea
body. who's term had expired. In 1901,
when Mayor Wells had succeeded Ziegen-
helm, Secretary McConkey Of the Mayors
office preferred charges against Judge
Sidener, alleging misconduct in ONCE. He
was tried and acquitted of the charges.
Decision Affecting Wife's Right
to Search Husbands Pockets.
Some OF the decisions which have brought
Judge Sideaer into prominence are unique
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-10
soME Of J1pef sioeNER,s cHARscfERis1lc coNcIusIoNs.

. A wife has a right to search her husbands pockets when be falls to provide
. hr with sufficient means to properly supportt the houehold.
= A dog has a legal right to bite my one III leases. annoys or matreats IT.
. A wife is justified il. asautng her husband whe he, without pevocadon APP
. phesI roane epthets to her. - %&N- =
q In the case If a teamster charged with cruelty to animal In working q team
. unfit for work. where he testimony of the prosecuting officers vas offset by that
. OF the driver and the ahdavt OF a veterinary surgeon h made g personal exan-
. frauon of the animals m imposed fine >
. He has declared thai omfort should be considered befre judicial dignity;
. whGefoeh he has decreed thtn thes summer men ma appear in his courtroom in
. He has established rule thati in all asses and on III occasions women are to Z
. be provided with seats in his ceurtroom,e even If al the men having business there q
. in are compelled to retire to thu corridors an nteroem for lack Of aeommoda- Z
o TONS z
. Where a husband was convicted OF brutany assauIung his wife. the Judge gave =
. him thu choice of gong to the Workhouse Tor six months. the limit, or of allow Z
. ing the vito to chashse him until the Judge. as referee was satisfied with the =
. punishment inflicted. The whte-beNer after a days elaboration. chose the Work .
. house. q
q When a defendant had been fined fort mpewnahg ar officer and peadedf for q
o lnincy OIL the ground that he had no money with which to pay his Inc and i'm .
q pEsonment would j@pardfze his situation, the Judge. learning that the prisoner .
Q had a splendid Tenor voice nj that it was hist first oTensea allowed him to work .
o tut his fine in court after the room was cleared, by singing several popular =
= ballads .
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eastern and Northwestern States. Ana
August will be an extremely evil month Tor
summer resorts. theaters, hotels and ch,-
dren- GUSTAvE MEIER
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-10

2 MISTAKES OF PARENTS IN TAKING UP Chill DRENS QUARRElS.
. Judge Tracy notices that mothers reto too jealous in takhgu u their ch1trsns
. quarreE; that the mothers enlist heir husbands. and that seious encounters
O follow
o The Judge charactafzes such action on the part Of the elders az mistaken tdg
q nent or plain stupidity.
D Such is one phase of muhphaNd human nature as IT appears to III soco0sr
o of Judge WtsIzenusa at the Dayton street tribunal Not a week passes but b
= must pass OF cases of thsk kind The title onesa are The Innocent causes Their bat
g ties are assumed by the parents The mothers use sharp words d ths fthsD
q use thr isis and smImss YHrors
The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-08-10
His Leniency to q
New Offender.

In the majority Of cases the persons who
appear before me are charged with minor
o~fenses, which do not require any great
amount of legal knowledge or judicial wis
dom to dispose of. / am always lenient to
a first offender, except in the case of a
wife-beater or one who mistreats a dumb
animal. There is absolutely no place in
my sympathy for such offenders.
In determining the merits OF the cases, I
do not depend upon the statutes or ordi-
nances. A little common sense and judg-
ment Of human nature. exercised with ju-
dicial discretion. is. in many instances, OF
more value than tones of legal lore. 1t
has been my experience that a judicious
Interpretation Of the conmon law OF our
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-20

the streets, sightseeing and gradually
Io .4.dld t 1l way to 1hea Crystal Palace.
where they augmented a metropolitan
c edSssoa even mora numerous than them
Fully 10000 peHonk witnessed the Gun
e eaef eri Both ne beamsgecayed an ovation on
enteflng me fed Among the South
ampton PLAYERS gas the wen known q
.; Fry Sheff1eldswon the toss and kick.
ed on. Inc contest immediately entered
On an exciting stage. The first five min
afes play mad to be stopped in order to
aIloW injured players to be attended to-
NO very serious injuries, however, were
sustained, and after being bandaged the
men m ho We're able to resume play The work
or poth teams was magnificent, but the
attack and defenst were SO equal that
al nan Tune no score had been recorded
IN tchaanglng ends the game became very
fast; The ball was mostly in the Shelf
neld MALT of the field. BY a Combined
rush OF the forwards, however. the
hoTtnerners secured the first goal
Inc Southamptons in turn adopted
forcing tactics and shortly before the
close OF the game equalized matters. The
IdsI rev minutes saw a desperate strug-
gle to obtain winning point, but the
great game ended in a draw 1t will be
re-played April rs. - 70
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-20
ST. THOMAS HAS EASY TIME.
Saints Take One-Sided Game From
the Central High School
Players.

Central high had little chance in the
game with st. Thomas yesterday after
noon, for the Saints, refusing to feel
frightened at the excellent record made
the scholars, started playing real base
ball right at the getaway and never
stopped until the game was over.
The Centrals came to st. Thomas tout
ed a mean team, but in the second round
the Saints took their measure and from
then on it was all easy picking. Coach
Conway, after the game was a sure Win,
used the rest of the play trying out his
experiments.
Tomek pitched the entire game for the
Saints and his work on the gilt-edge or
der. Thirteen Of the scholars famed the
ambient.
Shepard worked on the slab for the
high school boys, but the Saints were
too fast for the little pitcher, and all aft
ernoOn it was swat and swat again
Shepard's support must be blamed for
the one-sided score. The pitcher was
fast in his class, but his support was
ragged.
The high school opened with stick. but
Tomek famed two and the third died on
the beginning sack. 1t was the same in
the second and then the Saints started
Sheran opened with a home-run drive
and Capt. Doyle and Fleming followed
with hits for half the diamond Then
followed a bundle of singles and doubles
and nine men were across the plate be-
fore the trouble ended.
In the third the Saints pushed two more
around the sacks, and in the fifth added
four extra ones to the already big list
In the fifth the high school players
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the St Louis team and consistent hitting
by the Pittsburgs gave the second game
of the series to the visitors by a score of
10 to T. Popp pitched we'll for the home
team, but was miserably supported At
tendance, 10000. Score.
R.HE.
Pittsburg ............22 020OO1 3-IU 10 4
st. Louis ...-........0 0 2 0 0 l "a III
Batteries-Popp and Ryan; Chesbro and
O'Connor.
Earned runs, Pittsburg 2, st. Louis 9;
two-base hits, SmOot, Clarke three-base
hits, Chesbro; stolen bases, Smoot, Dono-
van, Wagner; hit by pitched ball, by
Chesbro 8; wild pitches, Popp; double
play, Kruger to Farrell to Hazelton;
bases on balls, off Popp l, off Chesbro l;
strike outs, by Chesbro s. by Popp 2; left
on bases, st. Louis 10, Pittsburg 5; passed
balls, Ryan l, OConnor 1; time of game,
1850. Umpire, Cantillon.
TMeIman Had Poor SUPPORT.
NEW YORK, April 9-Philadelphia
defeated New York to today, making it
two straight in revenge for the victory
gained over them by the New Yorks last
Thursday. The local team had eleven
nIts to the visitors eight, but their bat
ting was untimely and their fielding very
poor and faulty, seven errors being re-
sponSlble for the outcome of the game.
The Philadelphians punched their hits
when the New YorkS punched their errors
IN the sixth inning. Attendance, 1900,
Score:
RHE
Philadelphia ........1O 0O140OO-6 6 4
New York ..........2 0 O1010 90 Oh z
Batteries, Salisbury, Voorhees, and Doc
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-20
REAL GAME AT LEXINGTON.
WiImOt's American Association
Team to Play Prairie Leaguers
This Afternoon.

This afternoon the st. Paul fanatics
will have their first taste of real base
ball for the 1902 season, for this after
noon Billy Egans fast aggregation of
Minneapolis American association team
at Lexington park.
The Prairie Leaguers are picked men,
the cream of the minor league talent of
the West, and individually are very
strong. In fielding, batting and general
all-around work they are far ahead Of
any of the teams organized to go against
the league clubs in former seasons. They
e1 perience and not subject to stage
fright. All have good records, and may
be expected to give a good account of
themselves.
Lefty sporer played last season with
the Flandrau Indians; Gehring finished
the season with st. Paul, after setting
a fast pace for Litchfield; Lynch was
with Aberdeen, in the South Dakota
league, and afterward with Seattle, in
the Pacific league; Carrisch was backstop
with the champion Fort Dodge team:
Delaney played with Seattle and Grand
Forks: Page was the fielding star of
the Milton, S: D.. club, winners of the
pennant in the North Dakota league;
Egan was captain of the Litchfield ag-
gregation and this season has tempting
offers from st. Cloud, Winnipeg and Sc
attic; Featherstone and Boecher We're
on the Aberdeen team. and Anderson
was with Fort Dodge; Billy Williams is
the local colored boy. who has numer-
GUS offers open for his acceptance.
The one weak spot which may develop
in this organization is the item of team
work. In this alone will the Millers ex-
eel the bushmen. However. it is safe
to say that the game will be a fast
one. and exciting from start to finish.
The two teams Will line up as follows:
apolis-Ouillan, If; Phyle, 9b;
Quigley, Cd; Werden, ID; Mcfarland, Of;
| Morrissey, IS; Wilmot, IF; Beyers, c;
Luther. p; Corbett, p; Cellet. D.
Prairie Leaguers-Page, sV Feather
| stone, rf; Beecher, If; Williams. Id;
Egan. Sb, Anderson, CT; Delaney Oh;
| Carrlsch, c; Lynch, C; Gehring, p; Spor-
er, d.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-20
MlLLERS TURN TABLES
UNIVERSITY TEAM is EASILY DE-
FEATED BY IL
Collegians Start Well, but Steady
Work of the Professionals Proved
Too Much for the Crack Univer-
sity PIayers-MilIers Had Batting
Clothes On.

In an exhibition replete with snappy
play the Minneapolis league team yes
terday defeated the University of Mime
sofa team by a score of to 1. The
contest took place at Northrop field and
there was large turnout of students as
well as other admirers of the game.
For the first time since the Millers re-
ported to Minneapolis the Wilmotians
gave the fans an opportunity to judge
the strength of the team. The men did
not play horse for minute, all applying
their best efforts to make creditable
showing. 1t was the first day the Millers
showed their true form and probably at
no time have they made a better i'm
preston on the local followers of the
game.
The university men, too, showed signs
OF great improvement in all departments.
While quite few errors are charged I'D
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-20

Third race, two-year-olds. four and a
half furlongs, selling Bismarck, 2 to ],
won; Mystic Belle, 4 to 5. second; Gin
1:28
;, Fourth race. the Arverne stakes for
I'M year-olds, seven furlongs2Oom
Paul 3 to 5, won: Delagoa, 7 to 10. sen sen
ol =; EDDIE Busch. to ], third Time.
half furlongs. selling-Niaxus. 2 to /
won; Mackey Dwyer, 4 to ), second; Ken
naId, to l, third. Time, O:55.
seventy yards-Himseif. to ! won
agnes tisn ID: even, second; Intrusive, 3 10 >,
third. Time, As As. %
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-20
DOM PAUL WINS IN A DRIVE.
DelagOa- Forces Leader Into IA Close
Finish in the Arverne Stakes
Racing on AGueduct Track.

NEW YORK, April loom Paul with
Fl. Cochran in the saddle ran good
race in the Arverne stakes at Aqueduct
today. He picked UP 1T pounds, and
giving much weight to his field won in
a driving finish by a neck Reformer
broke on his toes and opened up a gap
Of ten lengths going up the back stretch
Turning for home. Dom Paul began to
close At the further pole he was ap-
parently winning easily. when Delagoa
who was badly interfcred with and
knocked back right after the start came
up on the outside and challenged. From
there to the wire it was a pretty finish,
Dom Paul winning.
Himself, in the sixth race at a mile
and seventy yards, took the lead at the
fall of the flag. held it throughout and
Won easily by three lengths.
Sir Florian and Dom Paul both broke
the track record for seven furlongs each
covering the distance in 1:2S Sumna-
res:
First race. seven furlongs, selling-sir
Flcrian, even, won; Lanceman, 6 to I,
second; Satire, 2 to 1, third Time 1:2S.
Second race, handicap, five and a half
furlongs-Flying Buttress. to l. won;
Neither One. even, second; Master, to
5, third Time, 1907 2-5.