The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1878-04-20

Our readers, especially Of Ottawa, well rcmcm-
Der Rev. Mr.. Yates, II minister of the gospel OF
considerable rcputc here. He had an unplcas-
antness with his wife and and for several years
they have not lived together as man and wife,
He applied for divorce, and the following from
the Princeton correspondent Of the Chicago Times
throws some light upon the subject;
Yates is Methodist clergyman, 50 years of
age; was married twice, and had eight children
by his first wife; was Il wldower three years mar
rcd the present Mrssl Yates ut Aurora, in March,
1872; lived IN New York, Vermont, Massachu-
sets, and Illinois; has preached at aurora, Chi
CagO Galcna, Ottawa and Wyanct The dlillcul-
ty began while at Chicago. On account Of his
children she threatened to renounce her position
AS mistress of the household, and be merely 4
hOardcr. She left him ut Galena and went to her
friends in Ohio After that she returned occa-
aonally, to keep up appearances but would not
renew her relations rs his wife He did not take
her with him to Ottawa, rs he regarded the mar
rage relation rs no longer existing, from the fact
that She had abandoned him. He wrote her Il
letter. hut did not send her money to come to OF
tawa; if she had come he would have met her at
La Sale, but would not have taken her to his
home, for the church ut which he presided would
not have permitted him to have done so. She
was absent six weeks the first time she left, and
when she returned he was in Iowa. When he re-
turned she was at the parsonage: did not rcmcm-
She did not resume her position rs mistress of
the household, nor did he cohabit with her, His
daughter had charge of the house. He also al
legged that while at tialcna she tried to have the
children put out and break up his household, to
which he refused to consent. Four or five wit
nesscs, members of his family and Others tcSt-
lied as to Mrs Yates leaving for Ohio, and her
statement that her return would depend upon
circumstances that Mr.. Yates did not expect her
return, and refused afterwards to acknowledge her
rs his wife. Details Of the unhappy domestic re-
latons were given, going to show that Mr.. Yates
insisted if any one left his house it must be mis-
wife and not his children, but the witnesses de-
MED that the children treated her badly. The
main allegation on the part of Mr.. Yates against
his wife il willful abandonment An effort was
made, without success, to get evidence to the
jury rejecting upon her character, but the court
Instructed the jury that they were TO pay no at
tcntion to it, The evidence for Mrs. Yates, which
was commenced lust before dinner, showed that
she had not abandoned her husband and had no
notion OF doing so; that she had repeatedly said
she loved him; that in matters of household or
der he preferred to believe his children instead Of
her, and made it unpleasant for her generally.
She denied that she wanted him to Put hi. chill
drcn away, hut contcndcd that she had right to
be obcycd 10y them. The evidence for Mrs. Yates
so far cNoucratcd her that she rot the divorce
and proved her character good and he failed to
make good III, position.