Durango semi-weekly herald., 1903-04-27

| the families live in separate dwellings
by themselves. as against l7.5 per
cent in New York City. 20 per cent in
Chicago. 322 per cent in Boston. Al 4
per cent in St. Louis. 766 in Balti
more. 71.7 per cent in Washington. Gi s
per cent in Cleveland, 74.9 per cent in
Detroit. S5.5 in indianapolis. G2.5 in
Kansas City. 6G.3 per cent in St Paul
and $50 in Minneapolis.
1t is interesting to know how many
of the homes in the United States are
owned by the people who occupy
them and how many are rented. TAX,
ing the total of 16,lS7,715 we find that
1883. .362 are owned and S,365,7 ,739 are
rented. leaving a little more than a
| half million unreported This is de.
cided change from ten years ago. when
| the number of homes owned was
6,066,-4l7 and the number of homes
rented was 6,623.735. That. is during
the last ten years there has been a
falling off of homes owned from Al s
per cent to 46.5 per cent. while the
percentage of homes rented has in
creased from 52.2 per cent to 53.5 per
cent
There seems also to have been a de-
cided increase Of mortgages during the
last ten years, for in 1890 ~ per cent
of all the homes owned were free of
incumbrance. while in 1900 only 6S.4
per cent were unmortgaged. Taking
them from the other point of view 81 6
per cent of all the owned homes were
mortgaged in 1900. 31.1 per cent of
the farms and 80 per cent of the town
homes, while in 1890 only 2S per cent
of all the town homes were mortgaged
and only 2S2 per cent of the farms.
The proportion of incumbered farms
is larger than in 1890 in all the states
and territories east of the Mississippi
river and along the Atlantic seaboard
and gulf states. except Michigan,
while in that belt of states reaching
from the Mississippi to the Pacific
ocean there has been a decided de.
crease in the number OF mortgages.
The most notable changes in this
respect are found in North and South
Dakota, Nebraska and Kansas.
The largest percentage of mortgag-
ed homes are found in the North At
lantic states. ranging from 52.2 per
cent in New Jersey to 42.4 in Yer
mont. There is a somewhat smaller
proportion in Pennsylvania (349),
while in Maine the proportion is con
siderably less (4.i) The smallest num-
Der OF mortgaged homes are found in
the southern states, the lowest being
in Florida Q1.9 per cent? and the next
Inu in, tv,a
cent?, with the exception of Indian
Territory. where the very low percent
age is due to the inability of the In
dians to sign mortgages. The per
centage of mortgaged homes. however,
must not be taken as evidence of pov-
erty or lack of prosperity, because the
largest percentages are sometimes
found in the most prosperous manu-
featuring districts. where wage-earn-
ers buy lots and build cottages on the
installment plan or with the aid of
building and loan associations. The
highest percentages of homes owned
are generally attended by the highest
percentages of homes mortgaged. and
are found in manufacturing cities of
the second and third class
SAN FRANCISCO, Cal, April %
Robert Downing, the tragedian, has
filed a petition in bankruptcy. Liabil-
tiles are placed at $4,000, assets,
none.
NAPLES, April 23.--King Edward
arrived this morning aboard the royal
yacht. He was greeted by a salute of
1Ol guns by the Italian squadron.
Three hundred thousand people gath
cred on the shore The king express
ed a desire that there be no naval re-
view.
NEW YORK, April 23.-Mrs. Leroy,
Harvard's first student which resulted
in the founding of Radcliffe college,
died here today from Bright's dis
ease. She graduated from Harvard in
1888.
LIVERPOOL, April 23.-Captain-A APP
field and equally brave members of the
crew of the American liner Friesland
averted disaster aboard the ship when
lays from Philadelphia, by swinging
themselves below through dense
smoke which was pouring out of the
hatch and overcoming the flames. The
cargo consisted of cotton. tallow, para
fine and resin. The passengers drew
up flattering resolution of thanks.
PERTH AMBOY, N. j., April 23.-
John Crampo was buried here today.
Twenty years ago he married girl
in Hungary. A year later she was ac-
cused of stabbing a former admirer.
To save her from Imprisonment Cram
po himself confessed to the crime, and
was sent to prison for ten years
When he came out he found his wife
leading gay life, so he came to Amer.
ica and spent the rest of his life quiet
ly in New Jersey.
DENVER, Colo. April 23.-The
Post this afternoon prints an elabor-
ate story from the government Indian
school at Fort Lewis reservation
which shows frightful condition oi
affairs existing in that institution
| The superintendent is declared to be q
drunkard, and dozens of the young
wards of the government have been
ruined by DR.. Breen and other employ
es, whose removal Is demanded. The
government inspector, Colonel Tinker
is looking over the ground and is said