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The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-17

for 1873 per cent Of all divorces (per-
.od 1887 to 1900; 49.4 per cent or al
most one-half of those granted to the
husband, and 33.5 Per cent. or one
third, of those granted to the wife.
TIE next most important ground
of divorce is for husbands. adultery
and for wives, cruelty. CT the divorces
granted to husbands GSS7 to 19O6)
2S.S per cent were for adultery: and
Of those granted to wives 27.5 per cent
were for crue ty. Only 10 per cent of
the divorces granted to wives were
for adu terry of the husband. and 1O5
per cent of divorces granted to hus-
bands were for cruelty on the bart of
the wife
Drunkenness was the ground for di-
Vorce in '5.3 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.
The above percentage represent
those cases in which the specified
cause was the sole ground on which
the divorce was granted. Very fire.
quent'y Y. however, divorces are
granted, not upon one ground only.
but upon two or more in combina-
ton.
In many cases in which drunken
ress or intemperance was not recOg-
nlZe1 in the decree of the court as a
ground for divorce it appears to have
been present as a cOntributOry influ-
ence. lntemperance was, in fact. re-
ported as an indirect or cOntributOry
cause of divorce in FER cent of the
divorces granted to the husband and
in Is per cent of the divorces granted
to the wife, and appeared as a direct
or indirect cause in 1875 per cent of ~
divorces. and 26.3 per cent of those
granted to wives and 81 per cent of
those granted to husbands
Few Divorce Cases Contested.
Only Is per cent of the divorces
were returned as contested, and prob
ably n many of these cases the con-
testing was hardly more than a for
maliy. OF those divorces in which
notices upon tie defendant was served
personally 20 per cent were cOnteste /,
While in those cases in which notice
was served by publlcatl0n IN neWSpa-
rers. on V 3 yer cent were contested.
The latter form Ct notice is commonly
emf Logged where the residence of the
defendant is outside the state IN which
the suit is brought. or is unknown. In
about l divorce case out of 3 the
residence Ct the defendant is either
outside the state or is unknown. the
percentage residing outside of tie state
Eeirg 2".6 per cent, ard the percent
age for which the residence is I'M
known being 1916
Ore Wife in Eight Gets A imony.
a imOny was demanded in IS FER
cent of the divorces granted to the
wife. ard was granted in 12.1 per cent.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-17
More Divorces Granted America Than Any Other Country
Washington Leads All Sister States in Marital Failures

Of marriages contracted during the lat
than it was by 259,S13 1t is to be
presumed that considerable number
Of persons in this large total never
contracted marriage. This suggests a
loss to the community heretofore little
considered in connection with periods
of financial depression.
Marriage Rate.
The marriage rate in the United
States in tie year 1900 was 90 per
10000 population. Based upon the
Pdult unmarried (sing e, widowed, or
divOrcedD pOpu alton, the rate becomes
321 per 10000. Indicating that in each
year something over 3 per cent of
he unmarried adult population marry
TIE marriage rate based on the total
population is higher in the United
States than in any other country for
which reliable statistics are available
Put taking the manageable pOpula-
ton as tie baSiS-that is, the pOpula-
ton which is Of manageable age but
not married-the rate in the United
States is not as .high as it is in Hun
gary. is about the same as it is in
S-axOny, but is still higher than in
ary of the other countries included in
the comparison.
One MiIIon Failures
The tOtal number of divorces re-
ported for the twenty years, 1887 to
1906. inclusive, was 945,625. For the
ior1t he
twenty years. 1867 to 1886. inclusive,
the number reported was 32S,716. or
hardly more than one third of tie
number recorded N the second TWEEN
ty years At the beginning of the
fOrty-year period, covered by the two
Investigations. divorces occurred at the
rate of 10 600 a year; at the end of
that period the annual number was
about 5000. This increase, however,
must be considered in connection with
increase in population.
An increase of 80 per cent N pODu-
lat.On between the years 1870 to 1880
was accompanied by an increase of 10
yer cent in the number CT divorces
granted. IN tie reXt decade. 1889 to
1890. the population increased % Ter
cent and divorces 20 per cent, and in
the f. loving decade. 1890 to 1890, an
increase of p Per cent in population
was accompanied by an increase o. IS
"er cent in the number of divorces
In the six years, from 1900 to 1905
population. as estimated. increased
1915 yer cent and divorces 1913 per
cent.
e
he fCrtyyear period divorces were
increasing about three times as fast
as population. While in the first de-
cade 0S10 to 1880 they increased
Only about two and tWothirds as
fast.
The divorce rate per 100000 pOpu-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-17
Out of Order.

Champ Clark loves to tell of how in
the heat of debate Congressman
Johnson. of Indiana. called an Illinois
representative jackass. The express
sion was unparliamentary. and in re-
traction Johnson said
While l withdraw the unfortunate
word. Mr. Speaker. l must insist that
the gentleman from Illinois is out of
order
How am l out of order?" yelled the
man from Illinois,
Probably veterinary surgeon could
tell YOU" answered Johnson, and that
was parliamentary enough to stay on
the recOrd-SucceSS
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-17

latiOn increased from 30 in 1870 to 80
in 1905 In -he former year there
was l divorce for every 3441 persons
and in the latter year 1 for every
l 21S. Since it is only married People
who can become 1ivorced, more,
significant divorce rate is that which
is based not upon total popu alton.
but upon the total married pOpula-
ton. The rate FER 100000 married
population was 81 in the year 1879
and 200 in the year 1900. This COM
parison indicates that divorce is at
present two and One-half tines as
common, compared with married
population, as it wac- forty years ago.
A divorce rate of geo per 100000 pop
uatiOn is equivalent to l per 1000 mar
ried popu alton. Assuming that 1000
married people represent 500 married
couples. It follows that in. each year
married couples out of every 1000
secure divorce
This does not mean that only 4 mar
riages out of LOCO are terminated by
divorce The rate, it will he noted.
is an annual rate continuous oyer
uring the probability of ultimate di-
vOrces The available data indicate,
however, that not less than 1 mar
rage in II is ultimately terminated
by 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.
Wives Obtain Divorces.
Two thirds of the total number of
divorces granted in 'the twenty-year
period covered by this investigation
were granted to the wife.
Without any reference to the ques-
ton of which party is more frequently
responsible for the marital unhappi-
ness that leads to divorce it may
he said that the wife has a legal
ground for divorce more frequently
than the husband; that is to say. there
are certain well recognized and COM
paratively common grounds that are
more readily applicable as against the
husband than IS against TIE wife. Not
ably. there is neglect to provide" or
nonsuppOrt, which. for the husband
seeking divorce. is hardly an available
ground, although the present inves
tiGation found 6 cases in the state OF
Ctah IN Which the husband obtained
a divorce on that ground. Cruelty,
Though not infrequently the ground
for divorces granted against husbands,
is more generally existent as a cause
for the wife's seeking a divorce. Eve
divorces for cruelty are granted 10
the wife for every one granted to tie
husband
Causes of Divorce.
The most common single ground for
divorce is deserton. This accounts
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-17
A Captain of Industry.

what do you mean by a captain of
Industry" asked the Man from uars
Has it something to do with the mill
itary?"
NO, replied the editor. A caDtai,
OF industry has nothing to do with the
military, except indirectly: that is. ex-
cept as he finds the military useful in
disseminating new markets and Olo pro-
du"tS-Such as embalmed beef and the
like No. captain of industry is a
man whom we select to run orr in
duStrieS"
Indeed" returned the Man from
Mars. That must be quite an honor
able position. Does he pay YOU any
thing for such high privilege?"
The editor had difficulty in keeping
back smile. Hardly" he replied.
"On the contrary, we pay him well. or
rather he charges us we'll for the honor
thus forced upon him.
You say you pay him.
Well of course. we do not pay him
in the form of wages. We pay him in
the form of profits"
THAT is a new system to me-" said
the Man from Mars interestedly. How
does it work."
'Oh, it works all right" said the ed
ltor, so long as the captain of indus
try can find markets to dispose of his
surplus product, for you know all his
profit comes from the sale of the sur
plus over and above what he pays to
labor. OF course, when markets fail
he shuts up his plant
What happens them" pursued the
Man from Mars
Il would ratehr not talk about it,"
replied the editor. 1T might sound too
tic.'-Success Magazine.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-17
A Child Of Nature.

1t was a primitive home in the Ten
nessee mountains. where the kitchen
range is still thing of vague and
distant future. Cindy, the capable.
buxom and barefoot. performed her
duties on the hearth of the yawning
fireplace and deftly raked the Goals
around the baker where the corn
dodgers were browning. A glowing
ember. unseen by all save old Rudd.
rolled out on the hearth as Cindy
stepped forward with the hOt-hooks.
and he sounded the warning.
"Sa-ay, Cindy-"
'Whut, pa?"
You done sOt your fut on a coal %
fire
Say | did pa? Which ut?'-Suc-
cess.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-17

IN other words wives out of 16
asked for alimony. and out of 16 or
l out of s, obtained it, The ,propor-
ton of husbands who asked for ali
mony was 2.S per cent. and the pro-
portion obtaining it was 2'per cent.
Duration of Divorced Marriages.
The average duration of marriages
terminated by divorce is about ten
years. Sixty per cent. OF three fifths.
last less than ten years and 40 per
cent last longer.
The number of divorces occurring in
the first year of married life during
tne entire period 1887 u 1906 was
1885; the number increases to 20
l64 in the second year of married life.
ard reaches its maximum in the fifth
year when it becomes 6S.77O. From
that point on the number diminishes
years by year but does not fall below
the number granted in the first year
of married life until the eighteenth
year lis reached.
The rapidty with which matters
come to crisis in the married ca
reers of divorced couples is more
Gear Y Indicated by the number of
years which e'apse between marriage
and separation. Usually separation
precedes divorce by considerab e
,ength of time: and certain period
must necessarily elapse before Ill
vorce can be obtained after the occa-
sion for It arises. The number of
years from maria &c to separation was
ascertained in cases CT 77O.929 divorced
couples. CT these 9S46O. or 12.S per
cent. sci ara.ed in the first year of
married life. and 106.6S9 in the second
year; in the thirl year the number
falls off to 1912; at the end of the
fifth One-ha,f of the total number of
separations have taken place But it
is somewhat surprising fact that
24,143 MARI ed couples, or 81 per cent
OF the total number. separated and be-
came divorced after the completion
of twenty-five years of married life
Place Of Marriage.
In this report divorces have been
Classified with respect to the state
or country in which the parties were
married. In 1913 per cent of the total
number of cases this information was
not obtained; 6S.1 Fer cent were re-
ported as married in the same state
in which the divorce was granted:
1871 FER cent are married lin some
otter state; ard % per cent as mar
ried in foreign countries The last
percentage can. by no means. be ac-
copied as representing the proportion
Of divorces granted to foreigners.
since many immigrants are married
alter coming to this country. and such
marriages are not diStinguiShabla
rom those OF natives. OF tie divorced
couples known to have been married
in tie United States $50 per cent
were married in the same state in
which ttey were divorced, AMI 21.5
Per cent in other states. OF the d
voiced coup es known to have been
married in foreign countries 369 per
cent were married in Canada: 12.7
Ter cent n ECg and: 16.1 per cent in
Germany: and 10 er cent in Ire
land. The percentage for Ireland is
nOtably small, as compared with the
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-17

The bureau of censu-. HIS just COM
r. eteI a comIilation of the statistics
If marriage and divorce covering a
.. rod of twenty years from 1887 to
.oe. inclusive. This is tie second
t3tistical investigation of thiS char
.rter authorized by the federal gov
eminent. the earlier inquiry being car
rfed out through the agency of ,he
continent (nOW bureaU Of labor, un-
ger the direction Of Carroll ID. Wright
,.-o was then commissioner of labor.
AR Wright has alSo teen associated
Nth the present inquiry, acting as
an exert srecial agent of the census
bureau. The detailed report present
ing the resu Is OF the present inquiry,
ana inc uding also a standardization of
Uerres presented in tie former report,
which IS now out of print, is in press;
but i'm the meantime the census bu-
ra1u has issued d bulletin, prepared
Iv Joseph A. Hi. which presents a
.ummary # the results OF the inquiry
With as much detail as will probably
@ desired by the general public.
Tweve Million Marriages.
TIE total number Of marriages re
,arded DIR ng the twenty years from
l-&1 to 1905, inclusive. was 1882 GA.
The number annually reported an
rs4ssd frcm 4$3.069 in the year 1887.
90 N53.2S0 in the year 1906. The in
crease year ~ year was by 70 means
ynform. lie mar age rate is quick
res pom i've to changes in econom-
e. conditions. \ small increase shown
tor 1898 and an actual decrease in the
uCoeedinG year reflect the influence
+ the panic"Cf 1892. AID normal con-
Cit'ors 10 not appear to have been
restored in the matrimonial market
until tie year 1899. 1t is computed
that if the average annual increase
in marriages during the five years
ending in 1892 had continued for the
IcNt six years the aggregate number
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-17
The Ruling Passion.

The father of family, all of whom
were devOtees of bridge and much
given to talking the game and holding
post mOrterc over badly played hands.
died rather suddenly. There was diff
ference of opinion as to whether he
should be buried in the family plot or
Cremated. In the course of the discus
sion. the mother said weepingly to her
son:
John, what do you think -
Il leave it to you, mother"
II make it Spades" was the reply
Success.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-17
An Explosion in the Sanctum.

Excitement was intense in the local
room of the ST Louis Republic. An
explosion had been heard apparently
only two or three blocks away, and
one of the best reporters on the staff
had been sent to investigate.
Presently the reporter sauntered in.
in most uncOncerned manner.
We'll. what was it?'' asked the city
editor
"Oh, nothing but a Globe-Democrat
reporter falling down on an assign
ment,' was the reply.-Success.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-17
partment indorsed as follows:

partment Endorsed as follows:
LIST Endorsement.
Asiatic Fleet. Yokohama. Japan.
ID Respectfully returned to the sec
rotary of the navy
q, l have delivered this order to
Mrs. Fyffe, and she refuses to go.
3. Further instructions are re-
quested.
Respectfully,
signed. JOSEPH FYFFE.
Success.
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Mrs. Eyffe Declined

Some years ago it was decided by
the navy department that the presence
of the wives of the naval officers at
the Asiatic station detracted too much
from their official duties SO a gen
eral order was issued to the fleet di-
recting that the wives be sent home.
Admiral Fyffe, who was in command
Of the fleet. received the order in due
time. and it came back to the navy de-
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-17
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statistics which have been
compiled by the United States
census bureau show that the
state of Washington has a
higher divorce rate than any
other state in the union. not
excepting South Dakota. which
tas an exceptionally enient pro
vision. The total number OF
divorces granted in this state
from 1897 to 1906. was 1919,
and from 1857 to 1886 the num-
Der reached The 996 mark. De
auctions from those cures
show that this state had In
1909 a divorce rate of 1874 to
every 100000 poru alton. Mon
tana comes second with 161, and
Colorado is third. with 1873.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1908-12-17
Causes of Divorce.

The most common single ground for
divorce is deSertiOn. This accounts
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-08
AN ALFALFA SEED
New hungarian Variety Being
Sold in Three Counties.
Was Originally Intended for
South America.
HAS A RAPID GROWTH
Seed SOwn on Thursday Up
Fine on Sunday.
The Major Portion of the Seed
Goes to Germany.

Salina, Kan. Sept. S.-Alfalfa seed
from Hungary is now being introduced
into Saline, Ellsworth and Mcpherson
counties. The results of the sowing of
this seed may also be of real value to
alfalfa raisers.
Twenty car loads of Hungarian al
talfa seed were started to South
America some time ago. OF late there
has been money panic in the South
American state to which the seed was
started and the shipment of seed was
diverted to the United States, where
It was finally sold. One car load of
the seed was sent to Kansas City and
a second one is expected to arrive soon.
Ed Lott, a local seed dealer. received
a small invoice of this Hungarian al
falfa seed some days ago from Kansas
City.
NJ. L. Mitchell. deputy postmaster of
Salina. bought some of the seed to sow
on a patch of ground near the city. He
eowed the seed on Thursday and the
Sunday following it was up in splendid
style. A grower at Ellsworth purchas-
ed a bushel and a half of the seed and
sowed it on Saturday and Wednesday
1t was up in fine shape. The latter
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-08
RAILROAD NEWS.
Santa FePlanning tOFind Homes
for 100000.
viii Help to Populate the Great
Southwest.
MORE THANLASTY YEAR
Colonization Department to In.
crease Business 40 Per Cent.
other Items of Interest in Rail-
way Circles.
THAN LAST YEAR

Kansas City, Mo-. Sept. S-The
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe railway
expects to send between so and 35
per cent more settlers into its south
western territory this calendar year
than 1t did last year. If it does it will
mean the transplanting of more than
100000 people from states that are
not tributary to Kansas City into
states that are. During 1907 the
company placed $4,000 people in New
Mexico alone and the total number of
new settlers along its lines in the west
and southwest was 10000. The per
cent of increase has been maintained
so far this year.
c. L. Seagraves of Chicago,
colonization agent for the road, has
given out these figures. Practically
all of this traffic comes through Kan
sas City. In addition to the regular
bi-monthly homeseekers' rates to the
Texas Panhandle. the Pecos valley
and other districts. the coIonist one
way rates to California went into effect
last Tuesday to last sixty days. The
crowds at the Union depot are now
the largest of the year.
Last Wednesday morning a home
seekers day train No. 5 left Kansas
City in six sections and No. /. in two
sections. There were sixty coaches
and approximately $500 passengers
on these trains. They came mostly
from the middle west-Iowa, Mis-
souri,, Illinois. Minnesota, Wisconsin,
Michigan and Ohio. Few came from
the east.
Texas will get a large proportion of
the immigration this year" said Mr..
Seagraves. 1.-The removal of restric-
fInnG 10 dc in Ill n 10
making that an attractive district.
THE settlers are of a mixed class.
There are Americans and foreigners
who have been in this country a few
years. Most of these foreigners came
from the Scandinavian peninsula, Ger
many and Bohemia. They understand
farming and bring property with
them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-08
OLD NEGRO REMEMBERED.
Disabled for Work He Receives Pen
sion From Illinois Central.

Chicago, Sept. S.-Omcials of the
Illinois Central Railroad company at
the Chicago office approved today pen
sion papers which will provide for the
remaining years of Austin Dunbar. an
old negro who worked for years in
New Orleans for the company. Dun
bar was injured four years ago in an
accident and Incorporated 1or manuai
abor. He knew nothing of the PEN
sion plan of the company for the bene-
fit of old employees and no application
for a pension was made for four years.
When the plea finally came there was
difficulty in proving MS years OF serV-
ice The records of his work as a Sec
ton hand and helper in the cotton
sheds were examined by the officia;s,
the pension was made retroactive and
back pay amounting to several hun
dred dollars, together with the certain
~ of his monthly pension, will gladden.
the disabled worker who is now ~
years old and lives in Hammond, Iowa.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-08

ond round. After that it was almost
useless. At that 1 think 1 won a mile,
1 am willing to fight Attell forty-f1ve
rounds, winner to take ALL"
An Associated Press reporter visit
ed the Englishman in his dressing
room after the contest and carefully
examined the right arm which Mora1
claimed was broken. The arm was
badly swollen around the thumb but it
was not possible to verify the claim of
a broken arm.
Moran's face was much battered
and the left eye was nearly closed as
the result of Attell's almost eeaseless
prodding. On the other hand. Attell
emerged from the fight without a
mark. AtteIl gave out this statement
after being informed of Moran's chal-
lenge for a return match:
"I will fight no one forty-five
rounds. 1 want to live a while yet.
But L will give him a return match for
any number of rounds UP to twenty
five 1 beat him at every stage
An examination of Attell's right
hand disclosed the fact that the mid
die knuckle had been disjointed.
A resume of the fight by rounds
shows that Attell had more or less
advantage in nine rounds, Moran was
given six and the balance show even
hOnOrS.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-08
FIGHT DECLARED A DRAW
AtteII of America and Moran of Eng
land Battle Twenty-three Rounds.

Colma Arena, San Francisco, Sept
S.-Abe Attell, the champion feather
weight of America, and owen Moran.
England's premier boxer IN the same
division, fought draw battle at the
Colma open arena Monday afternoon
in the presence of about 5000 specta-
tors. The battle lasted twenty-three
rounds and at its conclusion Referee
Jack WEIGH unhesitatingIy grasped
both lads by the hand. signifying that
the fight was a draw. The decision
seemed to please the crowd ana there
were cheers for each fighter. The
fight. on the whole, was rather tame.
but this was offstt by the cieverness of
both fighters. 1t was a very even one
and was marked by Moran.s agrees
siveness and Attell's cleverness in
blocking and his all-around work from
a defensive standpoint. The consensus
of opinion would seem to indicate,
however. that the Californian did not
show his best form of former contests
and that he lack the dazzling speed
which made his opponent a marvel or
cleVerness.
After the fight Moran declared:
II broke my right hand in the sec