The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-02-24

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raeass % 3 lawsuit
rsesA are some % The elemsDts that
go - a greater or less extent Into nsaT-
u every Application Ior divorce. asla'
,.ssn al IN al they afford richer ma
90 for story OF the pains and psEgs
- sovA ard jealousy. OF GOODNESS and cru
s5sw thar vas ever devised BY tna novel
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ytes.as life, mixed u with terms too
ssssse t. lie reprinted. and those who con-
6sr~n newspapers for publishing scandal
as matter have little idea perhaps OF
rhat i held out from respect TO public
morals aud 6scenoy.
S.sns.lues a case occurs that Is told
4 fax words, and In the dull routine OF
saa@t ne il sinks to the level OF the COM
rseno.ac.. But beneath the surface there
i. ne suggestion OF sadness. tina chord Of
rafhos thai II evoked when one thinks 20
sasch only the key Of news. Such A case
/. that Of Mrs Eta 81. Draper. who. in
eoun.alat FLED yesterday IN the superior
ronrt. asks 10 be divorced from her hus-
tand. r. l.. Diaper.
Ars. Draper states that they were mar
rtAs a. Wilbur. Or. November 70. 1s7s. and
tasf she has ever since borne herself to-
ward her husband as true and dutiful
sfs. but that on his part he has entirely
nsglecse3 20 support her. She has been
compelled 70 hire out as a domestic In varl-
Gus families take In sewing and do other
hard manual labor. and has had 20 sup
rort not only herself and the four chill
dren bat her dereilct husband as well.
ghe asks for divorce and the custody OF
the four children.
On her application Judge Jacobs granted
bar an order restraining her husband. F.
I. Draper. from interfering with her care
ard cuhody % the children pending the
suit
Another r0utlne case which mas reach
ell lts close Is that OF Annie Erickson. who
il now legally separated from her hus-
band Henry Erickson. Judge Jacobs hav-
sng awarded her a decree OF divorce yes
sertay on the grounds OF cruelty and fail
uFe 20 support. The court also gave Der
the entire community property.
SUI another case, which, as mentioned
the other day. was taken under advisement
ty Jadge Jacobs. reached a settlement yes
seriay when the court awarded Mrs. Mar
sarsf Georgiana Johnston decree OF d.
voree from her husband. George Johnston.
They we're married In Victoria. n. c., on
June -, isee After two years OF married
ifs he abandoned her. A unique feature
Of tire case r. that she came 20 an American
court Cor redress Judge Jacobs. after pa
tlsntiy weighing the question whether her
object in coming 20 Seattle merely for a
divorce would cut any figure IN the case,
&C. her free from the yoke that had grown
sgrdsnsome and gave her leave 70 resume
her maiden name OF Margaret Georsina
Evans