Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-08-01
DIVORCES IN
THIS DISTRICT
ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY
GRANTED ON COMPLAINT
OF WOMEN,
FORTY-nNE GRANTED ON
COMPLAINT OF HUSBANDS.
Report for Period Of Two Years-1.O50
Marriage Observation-Disclosures
al of Courts.

Inc CLERK of the district court who, at
tine request of the Bureau of Labor, is
computing a table of the business tran
sactednin the district court here during
the ear of 1898 and 1899, has completed
q portion Of the work. One thing which
tine bureau desires to know is the num-
Der OF divorce DEGREES granted and the
sex Oeithose to whom they were granted.
Inc bpoks of the clerk show that in the
two years 140 DEGREES were granted on
complaint Of women, the number being
equally divided for each year, which is
aboutian average of one every five days.
husbands were released from
as amy women in the two year-1S in
1893 and % in 1899.
Another peculiar showing is in the
marriage license line, there being only a
difference of n in the number issued
in each year.. In 1898 there were $50 of
these licenses and last year 529.
The figures of the report so far as com
plete are as follows:
Business for 1898:
Civil cases pending OF December 81,
1887 ........ .791
Civil cases begun in 1898 ..............72
Criminal cases pending December 81,
1881 ........... ........... ............ ~
Criminal cases begun by filing infor-
nations in 1898 65
Criminal appeal cases from lower
cOuTL ...... ........... .............. IL
~ " 81
Commitments to- reform school ...... 5
Convictions for misdemeanors ........ 6
Criminal cases dismissed .............. sc
Tried and acquitted 4
Executions issued during the year,. SO
DEGREES of foreclosure ................ 81
Orders OF sale 70
Marriage licenses $50
Divorces granted ON complaint of wife 20
Divorces granted on complaint of hus-
Udnd ......... 10
Business for 1899:
Civi cases begun 769
Criminal cases begun ................ 80
Criminal cases by indictments......... 32
Convictions for felony ............... q
For m~iSdemeanors 5
Sent to reform school ................. 9
Criminal cases dismissed .............. 81
Tried and acquitted ................. IA
Executions issued ........... .......... "a
DEGREES of, foreclosure ............... II
Marriage licenses issued ..............5 500
Divorces granted to wives ............ 70
Divorces granted to husbands ........ %
Naturalization for 1898:
Austria f........... .l4o
Belgium ..,......... ................. 3
Bohemia '....... l
Canada ......... ....... ..............llI
.......... .......... '......... D
England .........
FINLAND ......... o.
France ........... ....... .............. ~
Germany H. 46
Ireland ,,,..,. .......... ............ 437
ftaly $3.50. ....... 20
Norway ....,,.. .......... ............ 10
RUSSIA ............ ....... ...'.......... .
Scotland ............. .'...'...."..''' 20
EWedtn ......... ............... ....... ~
Switzerland .......... ................. ?
WdleS ....... =
All other countries .................. ii
Naturalizations for 1899:
Canada ............. ......... ......... 90
England .......... ........... ......... ~
Finland ......... ........... ........... d
......... ....... .............. .
reland......, .......... .......... Is
italy ....... .............. ............. .
RUSSIA ........... VI
| sweden ......... ............ .......... Il
All other countries ................. z