Omaha daily bee., 1908-08-03
CANDIDATESSECURE SUPPORT
Iowa Districts Lining Up Behind
Their Favorites.
POLK COUNTY. DIVORCES BAD
Failure TO Pay Costs May Affect
Position Of Some Applicants
who Are Living I'm
Omaha.
,oIK COUNTY DIVORCES BAD
Broom a staff correspondent.

DIES MONIES, Aug. 2.-(Special)-Judge
James A. Howe of the c:strict court OF
this county who has been discussed as a
possible candidate for the vacancy on the
supreme bench and for which position his
friends have been boosting him, made a
formal statement today concerning his
candidacy in which he states that he will
make no campaign himself for the position
but appreciates the efforts OF his friends
and will gladly accept the position II 1t
comes to him.
Information reached Des Moines today
that the Wright county bar association has
endorsed Robert Healy tor the position and
his own county OF Webster also endorses
hIm for the position. The Sioux City
Journal has also suggested that It would
be the neighborly thing ror the Eleventh
conversational district to join with Healy's
district, the Tenth, in support Of his candi-
dacy. However, Judge Coyle of Humboldt,
and Judge Church of Jefferson both in the
Tenth district are candidates for the pos
ition.
Omaha Woman Stin Married.
An Omaha woman, whose name the dis
trict court clerk here refuses to give out,
has written for a copy Of her divorce de-
cree granted some years ago. She will be
informed that she has no divorce decree
cominE and that IL she wants to be sepa-
rated from the man she must go all
through the courts again. She is still a
married woman.
Recently the district court here dis
missed a large number of divorce cases
in which the DEGREES had been granted,
but were never filed. The custom has
been to grant a decree and give 1t to the
attorney OF the winning party to BIO filed
with the clerk. The attorneys have car
ried the DEGREES around in their pockets,
refusing to file them till they are paid
for their services, The decree has no legal
standing unless filed. The case of the
Omaha woman Is one OF that kind. She is
still married and unless the court con-
sents to reinstate her case and allow the
old decree to be filed she will nave to sue
all over again.
A large number of divorce cases have
been handled in this way and scores OF
people who think they are divorced are
still married. It is believed that some OF
these people thinking themselves divorced
have again remarked. In some cases the
defendant knowing that the divorce was
granted and supposing that the decree was
filed has remarked and liable to prosecu-
ton for bigamy.
PrOhibitiOnists Tuesday.
Hon. Eugene W. Chain, the prohibition
candidate for president. will speak in Des
Moines Tuesday next at the Young Mems
Christian associations auditorium in his
tour through the state and the prohibition.
lists of the state at that time will hold g
conference here. lLE
An increase of more than 200, 900 tons II
the output of the coal mines in Poll
county is anticipated by coal men for the
year ending June 30, 1908. For the previous
year the output was Lac, SIG tons and foI
the ear just past It is anticipated that 4
will be about 1,75o.dOO tons.
New mines are about to be opened By
Blount-Evans. Gibson Coal Company, Key
stone, Valley Union, Calib Jones, Beck anC
Anderson Coal company. The Keystone
new mine would be opened now but 70
the fact that it sank a shaft on Walnu
creek which it was forced to abandon be
cause of quicksand.
Grant Club to BuiId.
The Grant club OF this city. the laTges
republican organization in the state and L
which most of the prominent republican
OF the state belong, has voted to erect
new home on High street between sixtl
and Seventh. within three blocks OF tn
present location. The directors have &C
copied the plans of the building and tn
work Of erecting the new building wi
begin in a few weeks.