St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-02
CHECKED BY AIKENS.
q South Dakota Judge Puts
His Foot Down in the Mat
ter Of Divorces.
APhiladelphian Refused a De-
cree on the Ground Of
Non-Residenee.
Doubts Expressed in Regard
to the Case Of Mrs. James
G. Blaine JP.
The Edgerly-Coghlan Case, 1t
Is Rumored, Will Be Tried
Again.
epecial to the Globe.


IoUX FALLS, S.
- D.,Aug. Judge
70 A k n S to-day
rendered a d e
A cision in the di-
Va Yorce suit of Mann
%M NJ against NJ an II.
III >NSA~->s \ (which has caused
film Ee[S Y ENIrS. j. g. Blaine
FEI IN EN4sl HJr., to doubt her
ll@WE y ability to secure
IAN ANM%13S EgY the freedom h e
NANtN%9%fGi much desires
WV IS * from her marital
INV a95#T relations. Mann
E7%$fSI came to Sioux
SSG-@F F5RT(AEa Falls from Phila-
u !. u. { !: : 8: !. :: ]. !. !. !
k.Hz/|ST( E%OH delphia on the
',lz%5fSX\S% 22d of February,
Fl h/WE and after the eX-
g4@AAzzlN piratiOn of t h e
iF|FW customary num-
NkN1N ber of days, his
" NJ application was
~ called up and the
hial began. No appearance was made
by the wife and Judge AikenS. after
thoroughly examining the plaintiff,
announced that he was unable to grant
Ehe divorce for the reason that in his
opinion Mann did not intend to live
in the state and that his affidavit of
''gOOd faith" as to his residence in South
Dakota was a blind. The judge outlined
his idea, that in cases where it was eVi-
dent there was an evasion Of the
Spirit of the Law,
no decree should be granted. 1t was
fraud upon the state, and it was doubt
full if the decree would stand judicial
investigation. In consequence of this
There is CONSERVATION among the pill
grims in the divorce colony, and they
are preparing to overcome the difficult
ties with which they are confronted by
going into business and renting
cottages so as to identify them
selves more closely with the
state and the duties of citizenship.
The influx Of people seeking divorces
was so great in June and July that it
became a matter of newspaper COM
ment and involved in the gossip BAN
died about reflections upon the bench
and upon the law which permitted such
traYesty. So judge Aiken concluded
to call halt. The number of wealthy
people spending ninety days here for
martial freedom is very large-pre-
cisely how large nobody knows, as
there is a great deal of secrecy in the
bringing of suits. The leaders of the
colony here are Mrs. James q. Blaine
Jr. and Nine. De StuerS, a niece of
John Jacob Astor. The action for di-
YOTce has not been commenced in the
ease of either. The two are still count
ing
The Ninety Bays
Mrs. Blaine was seen by your cores
pOndent this morning. She said: "lt
is too bad that you are out here to stir
up all these people who are irving to
get out of trouble. | have nothing to
talk about. | am only poor cripple
seeking my freedom. Surely nothing
in that can interest the public. l nave
no feeling in my case against the Blame
family" Mrs. Blaine's apartments are
luXuriOusly furnished, and she has with
her her sister, Miss NeYins. Since to-
days decision there is pretty
general opinion that Mrs. Blaine's
divorce will not be granted. Her
residence in the state is, of course, not
taken up in good faith. This shaky
state of things, your correspondent
mentioned to Judge Palmer, Mrs.
Blaine's attorney. He did not feel
alarmed. however, and said with en-
phasis: Mrs. Blaine's divorce will be
granted. Ii Mr.. Blaine Sr. interferes
it may change the result, but that l do
not think will happen. Mrs. Blaine
will win her case on the very best of
grounds and by pure Justice. l have
not the slightest doubt OF It."
The Papers in the Case
will be filed in all probability this
month. 1t is stated that the grounds on
which the application will be based will
be desertiOn, cruel and inhuman treat
ment and habitual drunkenness. No one
expects the case to be contested by the
defendant, yet Judge Aikens may con-
slider it an easy way in which to obtain
a national reputation and to protect
the ermine upon his bench to deny the
application. After Mrs. Blaine comes
Madame de Stuers as an object of inter
est to the searcher after matrimonial
errors. She and her attendant or es-
escort, or masculine chaperOne,
Mr.. William Elliot, have asuite
of fine rooms at the Cataract
hotel. At present the couple
aIe at Spirit Lake, To-, enjoying a sea
son Of boating. Briefly, Nine. de Stuers
is an AstOT. her mother being Aida
AstOr, sister of John Jacob Astor and
William. and who married John Casey,
an Englishman. Her daughter-Mme.
de .Stuers-is the wife of Baron de
Stuers, of the Belgian embassy at Paris.
L
months ago for the purpose of
living out the ninety days before
her suit for divorce can begin.
At the court house File Ne. 1912 is the
divorce suit Of Thomas Turner vs.. Hen
Tietta Turner. Mrs. Turner resides at
No. 3S2 Atlantic avenue, Brooklyn. Mr..
Turner was until lately wealthy fur
niture dealer at YOnkers, n. Y. Mrs.
Turner has filed her answer alleging
thet her husband is taking advantage Of
the law to secure a diuOTce by fraud.
Mrs. Turner offers the deposition of
Peter ). Buchanan, of Brooklyn. who
sWeaTS that she has been
Abandoned by Turner
and that Turner sent his son, Thomas
j. Turner, to his mother to offer her a
large sum of money not to contest the
divorce. She sV ears that her husband
is worth upwards of 100000. that his
yearly income is at least St, 900, and that
he is the owner of 10000 acres of land
at AshYille, n. c. Henry w. Austin,
the author of "VagabOnd Verses. ."WhOse
residence is Boston, is here awaiting a
divorce from Alicia Austin, whom
he married in Medfield, Mass,
in August, 1885. He claims
that in December, 1887, she will
fully deserted and abandoned him
Young Edward (. Pollock, son Of the
New York ship supplies merchant, and
a a,member Of the Manhattan Athletic
cluG; Gas his rooms at the Leveridge
block and dimes at the Cataract house.
lie has completed his necessary term
pf residence, and his case will shortly
be called, although no papers have yet
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