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The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-17
CENSUS BUREAU SHOWS NEARLY
A MILLION IN TWENTY YEARS.
Gaining About Three Times as Fast as
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and Drink
Leading causes--Ralse In
Marriage Rate.

Washington and marriage
statistics for 20 years. from 1887 TO
1906 inclusive. are embodied In u com
pilation just completed by the United
States census bureau.
The report Is the second OF It's kind
Issued under federal authority, and
embodies the results OF its predeces.
sor, beside presenting new and more
recent data.
The total number OF marriages re-
corded during the 20 years from 1887
TO 1906 inclusive was le.S32,044. The
number annually reported increased
from 4S3,069 In the year 1887 TO S53,-
400 In the year 1906.
The marriage rate In the United
States In the year 1900 was 93 per TO-
900 population.
The total number OF divorces re
ported for the 20 years. 1887 10 1906.
inclusive, was 945.625. For the earlier
investigation. covering the 20 years,
1857 TO 1856. inclusive. the number re-
ported was 32s.7l6, or hardly more
than one-third of the number recorded
IN the second 20 years. At the begin
ning OF the 40-year period. covered by
The two Investigations. divorces oc-
Cured at the rate OF 10000 year; at
The end OF that period the annual mum.
Der was about $4,000.
An increase OF 80 per cent. in popu-
lation between the years 1870 10 1880
was accompanied by an increase OF 10
per cent. In the number OF divorces
granted. In the next decade. 1880 to
1890, the population increased 80 per
cent. and divorces 20 per cent. and In
the following decade, 1890 10 1900. an
Increase OF n per cent In population
was accompanied by an increase OF 66
-na, Cent IN the number OF divorces:
In the six years from 1890 to 1906,
population, as estimated. INCREASED
l0.b per cent and divorces 2e.3 per
cent.
IL thus appears that at the end of
the 40year period divorces were In
creasing about three times as fast as
population. while In the first decade
(is70 10 1880 they increased only
about two and two-thlrds az fast
The divorce rate per 100000 popula-
ton increased from 30 In 1870 TO SO In
1905, In the former year there was
one divorce for every 3.441 persons
and In the latter year one for every
1918. Since II is only married people
who can become divorced, more sig.
nificant divorce rate is that which is
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-17
KILLED MAN WITH Ak.
Foul Murder in Idaho Caused by
Greed for Money.

Idaho Falls, Ida.-Waldo H. Setback,
a stranger in the community. was kill
ed at an early hour Sunday morning
with an AK. The crime is attributed to
an unknown man with whom Setback
came here from Montana. Setback
carried a certificate OF deposit from
the State bank at Helena. Mont. for
$500. When the body was discovered
this was gone, together with other val
uables known to have been in
Schlack's possession.
The murder was committed in a
room in lodging house and in very
brutal manner. After Setback was
asleep his companion went to the
kitchen of the house, secured a small
ak and dealt his victim FIVE blows on
the head. Setback must have lived
between ten and twelve hours after.
ward, as groans were heard by other
roomers from o'clock In the morn
ing until In the afternoon. The sup
posed murderer got twelve hours
start and trace of him has been lost.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-17
AEROPLANE PIONEER.
KANSAS CITY MAN SHOWED PRlN
clPLE BACK IN 1870.
Frank Barnett Entered q Machine for
Mechanical Flight at the Iowa
State Fair Thlrty.Eight
Years Ago.

Kansas City. Mo.-In the fall OF
1870 Frank Barnett OF Kansas City
according TO a memorandum still in
his possession, entered at the Iowa
state fair IN Keoltuk for exhibition
tomatoes, cabbage, onions and a ina
chine for mechanical flight"
In the 3s years that have passed
since Mr. Barnett has not lost his in
tertst In aeronautics For the last is
years he has made his home in Kan.
sas City, and from time to time has
continued his experiments with mod.
els of box kites and aeroplanes.
barring the light. high.power en-.
gines of today" Mr.. Barnett said.
"and the use OF greatly improved
materials. my first machine was the
forerunner OF the present-day aero
plane and demonstrated the same
principles. Eleven years ago con.
structed an aeroplane OF the same gen.
eral type as that with which the
Wright brothers have attained such
success. and a description OF II, with
cuts, was printed October II. 1897"
Mr. Barnett produced copy OF a
newspaper Of that date and pointed
the article.
You will see that stated at that
time the principle that is now uni.
versally recognized, namely, that fly.
Ing through the air Is matter of
projection. Project an object through
the air and II will continue in motion
until IL is overcome by some natural
law like gravity or friction.
MY theory In overcoming friction
has been that the heavier-than-air OBJ
Iect must be pulled as well as pro.
PEELED, and for that purpose my mod.
els were fitted with front propeller
to throw the air away and lessen the
resistance. Now. as for gravity. Il is
easily demonstrated that single
horse power will sustain 200 pounds
IN the air.
In my early experiments did not
nave the advantage of lightweight en-
gines. but today. when energy can be
stored without greatly increasing the
weight TO be carried. the problem OF
ofsetting gravity has been greatly
simplified.
The Wrights are on the right track
and their success is very pleasing to
me- With greater means at their dis
posal than | had and undoubtedly
With greater mechanical ability, they
have carried to successful demonstra.
ton the principle | contended for 40
years ago"
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-17
GETS WAGON LOAD OF COINS.
Jersey Town Makes Rich Gathering
on Tag Day.

Orange, N. with enough dimes
nickels and pennies to fill a small wag-
on slowed away, st. Mary's hospital
does not yet know how much was col.
lected when $50 young women OF the
Oranges armed themselves with boxes
for coin and unlimited numbers of
badges and tagged" every wayfarer
and business man In the city.
81. Mary's has just adopted set Of
plans and specifications for an expen-
sive addition TO the building II now oc.
cupies In Center street. To get a
start toward the first $4,000 needed
before the work can begin the plan Of
tag day" was hit upon. Although II
was new to Orange. It had been tried
with success In other cities, and the
management had high hopes OF its
success. These hopes were more than
realized After $4,000 tags had been
disposed OF hurry call came for more
and several printing plants we're kept
busy all the afternoon.
II each tag represented a contribu.
ton of 10 cents Il is estimated that at
least $4,000 was collected.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-17
TEN THOUSAND ON TRIAL.
Spanish Women Hailed Before Court
for Contempt.

San Sebastian, Spain.-The opening
trial Of 10000 women in Bilbao began
on Tuesday. The women are accused
of contempt of court in signing pc
tition Of sympathy in behalf OF Je-
susa Pajana, who was sentenced to
eight years imprisonment for killing
her faithless fiance. The petition ex-
tolls Jesusa's deed and the prosecutor
caused the Indictment of all the wo-
men signing the petition.
The documents in the case were
brought in court in three vans, and
covered $4,000 pages.
The court room was packed with
beautiful Spanish women. and the
plaza outside was packed with the
remainder of the defendants.
The court resembled a beauty con-
test instead of a tribunal. The JUS
tice and prosecutor were ieered in
the streets by the women. who de.
manded to know where they could
find jalls enough to imprlson them
all II convicted.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-17
Liquor Fia,t in Tennessee.

Nashville. Tenn.--lndications mul
tiply that the liquor question will be
burning one before the legislature
which meets her In January. Advo.
Gates OF a statewide prohibition law
are making sweeping claims and have
opened headquarters here, with for.
mer State Senator |. l.. Pendleton OF
this city In charge Austin Peay.
chairman Of the Democratic state
committee, and close friend of Gov
ernor Patterson, has announced that.
as Democratic state chairman. he
had opened headquarters here to OBJ
pose statewide prohibition legislatl N.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-17
CIRCUIT COURT TAKES RAP
AT THE TOBACCO TRUST
Decree Restraints Certain Tobacco
Firms from Engaging in Foreign
and interstate Commerce IN
al Competition Is Restored.

New York.--The decree OF the
United states circuit court in the gov
ernments suit against the American
Tobacco company and others, which
was fled late Tuesday afternoon, de-
clared the American Tobacco com.
pany, the American snuff company
the r. j. Reynolds company, Pierre
Lorlllard and the Blackwell Durham
company a monopoly and engaged In
an illegal combination.
The decree restraints these holding
companies from engaging in foreign
and interstate commerce until com
petition between them Is restored
The decree denies the receiverships
asked by the government.
An appeal which has been taken to
the United states supreme court will
act as temporary stay to the decree
filed Tuesday.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-17
Soldiers Held Up Train.

oran. Algeria. Soldiers of the for
eign legion, numbering about fifty,
with fixed bayonets. held up a train
recently on its way to this city. Gen
eral Charles l.. vigy, the French com.
mander OF Infantry. who was aboard
the train, alighted and addressed the
men, urging them to remain loyal. No
attempt was made to rob the train
or modest the passengers, and the mo-
tive OF the strange escapade is a
mystery. The men listened to the gen.
'c'5r anu rfYrlr dr'fs'Frrr-i. .s,-rlYr
since been arrested.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-17
Minneapolis Pastor Prepares FuI
Service for Use at His Grave.

Minneapolis. MINI. Rev. @. l.. Nor
rill. chaplain OF the Actors alliance,
has prepared his own funeral service
by aid Of photograph. He IL so
s.a,aSs. I'D nd ~ .ss.o. Of the paa.
ple's church, Unique theater, Though
he does not expect 70 die for some
time 10 come. he has prepared his
funeral service because he wants 10
know Just the way his funeral viii be
conducted,
The clergyman went TO Minneapo-
IFS monograph store and closeted
himself In private room. Here he
had placed plano and started the
phonograph going He talked recited
and played on the piano the same
service which he rendered at the fu.
neral OF his relatives and large mum.
Der OF others
II took some time before the sery.
Ice was finished. and then he took the
records and personally placed them ia
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-17
INCREASE in DIVORCE.

based not upon total population but
upon the total married population.
The rate per 100000 married popula.
ton was 81 In the year 1870 and 200 In
the year 1900. This comparison indi.
Gates that divorce Is at the present
two and one-half times as common.
compared with married population, as
II was 40 years ago A divorce rate
OF 200 per 100000 married population
Is equivalent TO two per 1000 married
population. Assuming that 1000
married people represent 500 maryIed
couples, It follows that In each year
four married couples out OF every
1000 secure a divorce.
Divorce rates appear to be much
higher In the United States than in
any OF the foreign countries for which
statistics relating to this subject have
been obtained.
The most common single ground for
divorce is desertlon. This accounts
for $50 per cent OF all divorces
(perlod 1887 to 1906; 49.4 pa cent
or almost one.half. OF those granted TO
the husband. and 1876 per cent, or
one-thlrd, OF those granted to the
wife.
Drunkenness was the ground for
divorce In 5,S per cent. of the cases In
which the wife brought suit. and In
IL per cent. OF the cases In which
the suit was brought by the husband.
or the divorced couples known TO
have been married In the United
States, Ss.5 per cent were married
IN the same state in which they were
divorced and 21.5 per cent. In other
states
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-17
Aaed Author Dead.

New Haven, conn.-Donald Grant
Mitchell, 81 years old, the well-known
author, who wrote under the nom de
plume TX Marvel died at his home
In Edgewood. a suburb, Tuesday. His
Illness dates to August last, when he
suffered an attack OF acute lndiges-
ton, AZ the bedside at the time OF
Mr.. Mitchell's death were his sons.
Harold, OF New Haven. aud Walter.
Of Newark. and his daughters, Mrs
Walter Hart, of Rye. N. Y; Mrs. Ma.
son Hoppin. and the Misseu Elizabeth.
New Haven.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-17
SOLDIERS COMING HOME.
About 5000 Men Stationed in Cuba
and 5000 In Philippines viii
Be Happy.

Washington Orders involving the
movement Of about 10000 soldiers ot
the regular army during the next
twelve months were issued by Gen
eral Bell, chief OF stan, on Tuesday.
These orders include the home com
ing of about 5000 troops in Cuba, as
well as the home coming of about
5000 troops in the Philippines, and
the dispatch of an equal number from
the United States to take their place.
Details regarding the movement and
disposition of the troops to return
from Cuba have been made public
heretofore.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-17
Chief aieey's Body Found.

San Franclsco.--The body OF Chief
OF Police Biggy, who was drowned
from the police launch Patrol, oppo-
site Alcatraz island, in San Francisco
bay, on the night OF November 30,
was found Tuesday morning by the
crew of the freight ferry Transit. II
was floating OF Goat island, face up
ward, with the arms outstretched.
The harbor police were at once mott.
fed, and, procuring launch. Ser.
-eaant. ---QnnaXan- LecnyaEad. the re.
mains. The face is very much disfig.
ured, but the body has been fully
identified.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-17
sehIatter In TroubIe AnaIn.

Macomb, Ill.--Declaring at meet.
ing here that President Mckinley was
an anarchist, that he had turned more
people loose to prey upon society than
any man In the world and that the
assassination OF Mckinley was all
right, excepting that It did not happen
soon enough, the self.styled Divine
Healer" Schlatter only escaped per
sonal violence from a mob through
the Intervention OF the police. schlat-
ter was forced 10 leave town.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-17
oepew and Carter Working Together.

Washington-Senator Chauncey M.
DeDew, In the senate Tuesday, advo-
Gated the immediate passage OF the
postal savings bank bill in half
hours speech. Senator Carter. of
Montana, went into detail as to the
merits of the pending legislation, and
reciting the fact that the United
States government was the only re-
naming power laying claims to any
advanced methods of assisting the
wage Garner and the small shopkeep.
err not possessing some system re.
lated 10 the plan now before congress.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-17
PREVENTION OF DISEASE.
California Health Board Has Novel
Plan OF Education.

San Francisco.--Acting on the sug.
gestion OF Passed Assistant Surgeon
Colby Rucker of the United States
public health and marine hospital
service, the California state board OF
health has In preparation car for the
purpose Of Illustrating methods OF
preventing disease.
DR.. Rncker's idea is to secure a car
from the Southern Pacific railroad and
install therein an exhibit showing how
typhoid fever, tuberculosis and the
other common diseases could be pre.
vented. The Southern Pacific has
agreed to furnish this car, and both
the Southern Pacific and the Santa Fe
Railroad companies have entered into
an agreement to transport this car
free Of cost over their lines In the
state of California.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-17
WIN Exhaust Coal sunnlx

New York.-That the entire Goa,
supply OF the Pennsylvania coal fields
VIII be exhausted In eighty-four years
was the alarming prediction made by
Professor William Griffin, mining ex.
pert and geologist Of Scranton, Pa, at
the hearing OF the government suit
against the anthracite coal.carrying
railroads for Illegal combination In re.
straint Of trade under the provisions
lessor Grlinth estimdted the total
available supply of anthracite coal for
shipment In 1905 at 2.229 POI $50 tons.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-17
means of the photograph at my own
funeral"
FIsh Smother In cr.s.

Tuckerton. N. IAN unparalleled
sight was witnessed by residents OF
this place when millions OF young ash
commonly called moss bunkers.p m.
vaded the head OF Tuckertop creek
The fish were so thick that they are
supposed to have smothered them.
with dead ones, Another theory Is
that the FISH were killed by gasoline
on the water, II is supposed that The
fish, which were anywhere from two
to four inches long. were being
chased by larger ones and took refuge
In the creek
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-17
Harry Lshr starts New Fad,

Paris.-Harry Lehr, whilom wine
agent of Baltimore. Md, later social
savorite In New York and leader OF
tads at Newport, has new one He
latterly carries string OF beads and
begins TO count them industriously as
though in penance when he perchance
meets some one esteemed a bore. The
fad Is attracting imitation.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-17
RETURNS ARE IN.
Official Figures Received of Late
Election.

New York.-The total popular vote
of the various presidential candi-
dates at the last national election was
made known Tuesday in an official
form by the filing of the last of the
official vote, that OF Michigan. The
total shows the following votes cast:
Taft, Republican, 1851 $40; Bryan,
Democrat, 6.393,1s2; Debs, Socialist.
44s,47l; Chain. Prohibition, 241 ,252;
Hisgen. Independence. s3.1S6 Wat
son, Populist. 33,s7t Gilhaus, Social
Labor, 1921. Total for all candi-
dates, 14,S52,2S9
This grand total exceeds by 1871,
bS1 the total number of votes cast in
the presidential election OF 1904, when
the grand total was 13,510,70S.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-17
Improvement Of Grazing on Reserves.

Misunderstanding to Secre-
tary Wilson OF the department of agri-
culture, the regulation of grazing in
forest reserves has resulted in "a de-
oided betterment OF much Of the re.
served range and in consequence Of
this Improvement it has been possible
to increase the allotment OF stock on
number OF the older reserves. AT
the same time investigations in range
Improvement through reseeding, new
melhods Of handllng stock, the eradI.
cation OF poisonous plants, and the de-
struction OF prairie dogs brought i'm
portant progress toward still better
future use OF the forests by stockmen.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-17

What is to be done when the
worlds supply of whalebone Is ex'
haustedg" inquiries contemporary
The gentlemanly purveyors of celluloid
will have something Just as good.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-17

The daughter of Lombroso IS com
ing TO this country to study our pris'
ons. We may be thankful, after all
the other Nominations against It, that
she isn't coming to study our society.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-17

In prehistoric times, says a Chicago
lady lecturer, woman was mentally the
superior OF man. Is she arguing that
something has happened since?
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-17

Some one has reported seeing sea
serpent of Newport, but maybe, after
all, II was Just the back bone Of winter
wiggling into place.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-17

With three-year-old emperor China
should have no fear OF the sovereign
talking too much.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-17


Rockville, Conn, has the distinction
OF being the first town 10 arrest an air
ship for disorderly conduct.
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-17
easier to get out Of a spell Of il.

A man in Chicago has been ordered
by the court not to speak TO his wife
for two weeks or allow her to speak
to him. Which one was the plaintin9
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-17

A Chicago burglar broke into hos
pitalpital and took everything but the
patients temperatures, we presume
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-17

Mrs, Langtry is so years old--a fact
shown only by the records
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-17

The simp!lfied spelling board wants
us TO spell Il Diet" OF course that
The Utah County Democrat. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1898-1909, 1908-12-17

With apologies to the hen, why is
green hat?
Scranton Wochenblatt. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1865-1918, 1908-04-30
GuSIduo.

= Die 8sb6rben In ct. gstsrsburs
buben iid eubshltis sntidlonen. ssssn
bic 5iibrsr Der uotorii6en Ssite Der
nSObannitsr1 pesen 8erleumouns unb
Ylaspbemie seri9tlid uerSusebsn.
- aaiier Bilbelm bat oem 8ilbbausr
Sobannes @6s ben auftras ertbeilt,
fur bas adillsiou auf Sorfu, mo oas
aaiierpaar sur 3eit wsilt, cine 3OlOful'
Stutue bes Gdilles beriuitelleu.
-Sn 8ien lit I'M sllter pon IL.
Sabreu groi. SsopOlo SdrOtter b.
striitsli. cine Der aorppden Der mebisis
d'dirursiiden Safultdt Der bortisen
llniusriitdt, aus oem Sebsn seihieosn.
- aus 3ofio pirb ssmslbst, baB
Der Saiier feline @inwillisuns 3ur
9srbsiratbuns oss PrinSsn Eafeba
nit Der grinseiiiu Tiuue. Der dlts.
itsn Eodtsr bss aaiisrpaurss, sssebsn
bat.
- Inter einorudspollsn @sremonieu
puros in 5lOrenS Stalien, bon Ssul
amsritauiidsn 8otidafter in &om,
Serru @riscom. Der @runoitein su Der
amsritauiidsu ct. Samss @piseopal'
tirde sele8t.
- auS ueri6ieoentn Gbeileu bee
bsuti6sH Rsides wirb idwsrer Sduee'
fall semslost. Sn Sdlespis'Solitein
mo oas Ebsrmomster msbrere @rat
9alts auSsiste, liest Der Sdnee mebl
als brsi 3oll tief.
On isiner smtswobnnn9 ar
DOmnins Street, SOnoon. itarb Oh
Senrp Campbell 8annsrmau, Der frii
bere Prsmisrminiitsr @nslauos, on eiuel
Iuuswisrissp uno idmsrStOften Sranf'
bsit, bic i'm bereits felt 0o9eu ans
Eager seiehelt.
= Sm sllter BON iiebensis Sabrer
lit in Srauffurt q. 80. Der PbiIautbrot
Sburlss &. Sallsurten aus benz &ebsr
Seidisbsu. @r mar einerIber Setter Del
ralliuucs Ssraslite llniuerislle", Oes
beOsuteuben Sereins ;ur gbpsbr bss
sntiiemitismus.
= @iuer Der @lun;punfts Der Subsl
ieier aus slrlaB bes 6Oidbrisen Re'
sierunSS Subildums Saiier Srun
Soiepb's ueripri6t Die Serenaoe A.
psrOsn, msl9e 5000 9Sisusr Sdussr al
Dem Gage. OH Welaem bic Oeuti6sl
Siiritsu osm Saiisr 9rutuIiren, it
S6Oubrunu su usranituIten beabiid
tiseu.