St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-05-03

than Washington W. I. BISHOP.
Irving Bishop, the famous mind
reader. who, having failed to
correctly interpret the thoughts
of the terrestrial beings who
in succession promised at the altar to
love, honor and obey him, has chosen
for his last spouse ''the flower of
Clifford "Kapuauilani'' Taber-Bishop.
an American woman long resident in
the Sandwich islands, whose king gave
her the title "Kapuouilani,' literal
translation of which is flower of
heaven" The story of Bishops
checkered matrimonial career as
tolu by himself is exceedingly ro-
mantle. When about sixteen years
old he married the daughter of a
prominent clergyman of Boston, the
fruit of this first union being daughter
who is now in her teens. Almost inn
mediately after his marriage Bishop
went abroad, leaving his young and
susceptible bride to pine alone in the
chilly and rheumatic atmosphere of the
Hub. AS might have been expected
Mrs. Bishop, who had married in haste,
REPRINTED AT HER LEISURE,
and shortly after her child was born
was induced. as Bishop claims, by base
forgeries to secure divorce, and mar
ried egain. She is still living in
Boston with husband No. 2, and the
daughter, in whose veins runs the
blood of the mind-reader and whose
name she bears. Undaunted by his
first failure, Bishop cast about for new
love and found one in the person of
Mrs. Helen Georgina Loud, wife of
Bostcnian named Thomas j. Loud.
Mrs. Loud and her mother went abroad
with the mind reader. Without having
gone through the formality of securing
divorce from her husband, Mrs. Loud
and the love-sick Bishop HE'D them
selves to Glasgow. when they entered
into Scotch marriage in the form of a
civil contract Subsequently Mrs. Loud
returned to Boston and secured di-
vorce from Loud. Bishop then crossed
the briny and completed the contract
made in Glasgow by marrying the fair
Divorce, Miss Helen G. Mack, erstwhile
Mrs. L. j. Loud. The second venture
PANIED out no better than the first. A
meddlesOme motherinlaw began dab
bling into the family affairs of the newly
welded couple with the invariable
result. Bishop and his wife Quarreled
and finally separated. Mrs. Bishop.
went to Detroit, Mich, secured
rooms at the Kirkwood hotel,
and signalized her advent in the
city of the straits by publishing to the
newspaper reporters, the alleged short
comings of her husband. Subsequently
she instituted proceedings for divorce.
Bishop engaged Tim Campbell, the New
York congressman. as his attorney, filed
cross bill, packed his grip and started
for the Sandwich islands. There, at the
court of
THE DUsKY KING KALAKAUA,
he met Miss Mabel Clifford Taber. She
hailed from New Bedford, Mass, and
was the guest in Honolulu of John III.
Cummins, the Hawaiian sugar king.
Miss Taber was a favorite in Kanaka
society, and King Kalakaua bestowed
on her the pet name Kapuauilani.
Bishop fell head over heels in love with
the young woman, poured in her willing
of matrimOny and induced her to ac-
company him back to California. Ar
irving in San Francisco, he eagerly
scanned the newspapers for pointers as
to the suits for divorce. He came
across an item to the effect that his
crossbill had been suecessful. and on
the order of his attorney. Gen. Barnes,
of San Francisco, entered into a mar
rage contract with Miss Taber. They
Travelled and lived together as man and
wife and only recently learned that the
marriage of Mr.. Bishop and Mrs. Bishop
No. had not been annulled by
the courts as had been understood.
When in st. Paul last month, Mrs.
Bishop No. 8 was stricken with rheu-
matte fever and confined to her room at
the Ryan, during Bishops engagement
here. 1t now transpires that Oh March
90. a decree of divorce was granted by
New York court in the case OF Bishop
and wife No. 2. the decree, however,
stipulates that Bishop, although
FREED FROM THE CALLING BONDS.
could not marry again under the laws
of the state of New York. But
love laughs at law and to avoid all flu
ture trouble, and at the same time
square himself with the slower of
heaven" the great mind-reader con-
Guided to make Mabel Clifford 'sKapu-
auiiani' Taber-Bishop his wife in the
eyes ofthe law.
This will be nay fourth MARRIAGE"
said Bishop, land l trust it will be the
happy end of all my troubles