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TJI E CO T R I KR
THIS BROKEN ENGAGEMENT CAUSES MUCH DISCUSSION
Nr iiasfcjar o . . nw.umn.
CHEVMJER
TKNTANOVE
I' pitf t.-e ixji an.itio.i of Mrs Lut ille lilniklmrn Iine. daughter of Senator Iilackhurn. that her engagement
with Chealier Trent.move. the Italian sulptr. was broken by herself because the chevalier etnbarassed her by his
. (U of tait in p-einaturely announcing their betrothal, society is busy p-eparing other leasons for the bleach
that came so unexpectedly.
Js Marriage . . .
. . . a Success?
Some iertinent e iilemv on the sub
ject of whether marriage is very much
f a success or a good deal of a failure
is furnished b the records of Iiucas
ter county.
It will probably not be so very sur
prising to those who read the daily
newspapers to learn that one marriage
in six in this county turns out badly,
that is to say, the records show that
for every five marriage licenses issued
there is one application for a divorce.
The number of marriages in Lancas
ter county has been increasing each
year. So have the number of divorces.
The iKTCentage of increase is slightly
in favor of the divorces. Not all of the
applications for divorces, however, are
from persons who were married in Lin
coln. In si number of instances the
applicants are persons iho come to
Nebraska because here a year's resi
dence only is necessary. In other cases
the parties are bona fide residents
whose marriage was solemnized in
some other state. In still other in
stances Lincoln people have gone to
Council Blurts to marry because the
Nebraska statute does not allow mar
riage to follow divorce until after six
months have elapsed.
Marriage licenses are issued in the
oliice of the county judge, where Harry
(I. Abbott enacts the role of Cupid to
the sighing swains who seek legal per
mission to wed. Here is what his
record shows for the past five years-
1.S97 4G.
1S9S -jys
1S9 543
1900 600
1901 606
Divorces are granted by the equity
branch of the district court. The rec
ord is kept by the district clerk, and
Deputy J. S. Baer has made this tran
script for the past year:
Number of Applications Granted 117
Number of Divorces Granted 86
Number to Women 76
Number to Men 10
(Number Dismissed 6
Uefused 1
During 1900 there were ninety-nine
applications tiled and seventy-one 'di
vorces were granted. Of these fifty-
two were granted to the wife and nine
teen to the husband. Most of these
were on the grounds of desertion or
non-support, one generally including
the other. Drunkenness as a cause of
divorce is seldom pleaded nowadays.
Cruelty is a much more prevalent
cause. Only in a few cases is adultery
charged. The real causes are gener
ally shrouded In mystery. Time and
again the woman, asked why her hus
band left her, contends that she does
not know why. No more is told than
is thought necessary to secure the de
cree. In many or the cases there is
plain evidence that the couple have
agreed to disagree and while collusion,
in the strict legal sense of the term,
is not capable of being proven, yet it
is patent that it exists.
Some years ago It was a very fre
quent practice for attorneys to file
petitions one hour and get the divorce
the next. Under the rules of the court,
where service upon the opposing party
is not waived, the case cannot be called
until after four weeks have elapsed.
It is generally comparatively easy to
secure the signature of the defendant
to a voluntary appearance. These were
filed at the same time as the petition
and the case could then be heard at
any time.
Cases were found to exist where the
court had been imposed upon, and
most of the judges in recent years have)
refused to take up cases as soon as;
they were filed. They must awaitl
iiieir teiuiu. xiieii iuuiiie iiuui iui(
hearing divorce cases is between 1 and,
2 o'clock in the afternoon, although
now and then one drops in in the morn-f
ing. Most of the women are Impressed
with the solemnity of the occasion, and!
each is generally accompanied by twol
or jiioie leijiiiuut: iiicuus iu ottj.iujr uci
nerves.
The county judge marries a consider
able number of those who make appli
cation for licenses to him. This is usu
ally the case when both parties live
outside the county, and the parties do
not care to expend some time hunting!
up a minister, xne nanuiesi soiemiuzer
is wanted. He is the judge.
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