St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-29
Young Blaine Will Make a
Fight in His Wife's Di-
Yoree Suit.
He Doesn't Fancy Being
Charged With Various
Kinds of Abuse.
The Case to Come Up at
DeadWood Some Time in
October.
Several Dispatches From
Northwestern Towns About
the Frost.

SIOUX FALLS. S. D., Aug. est is
now evident that James &. Blaine Jr
will fight the divorce suit to be brought
by mis- wife, who now resides in this
city. To-day Judge John Garland re-
ceived instructions from Mr.. Blaine'S
attorneys in New York to make an ap-
pearance in the case when it was start
ed and to deny the allegation of deser-
ton or adultery if made. The grounds
on which the contest will be made are
not yet fully determined, but the papers
will be drawn within four weeks. The
case will come up before Judge Thomas
in Deadwood the third week in October.
The complaint is ready for filing with
the clerk of the court. The bill merely
sets forth, in terse legal terms, that Mary
Nevins Blaine, for more than ninety
days last past resident of the city of
Sioux Falls, county of Minnehaha, in
the state of South Dakota, was married
to the defendant, James G. Blaine Jr.,
at the city of New York, on the
9th day of September, 1886; that
the issue of such marriage is one
son; that plaintiff has always been a
true and lawful wife to defendant; that
defendant wIllfully and without cause
did, on or about the 18th day of Septem-
Der, 1888, at and in the city of Augusta,
in the county of Kennebec. and state of
Maine, desert this plaintiff. The docu-
ment concludes with prayer for de-
cree of absolute divorce. and asks that
the custody of the child be awarded to
the plaintiff.
A Romantic Story.
The legal typewriter story of the
marriage of pretty Mary NevinS to the
youngest son of the secretary of state,
and the separation of the couple after
two years of welded life, does not fill
one page of lawyers note paper, but
remarkable story of a short bat fervid
courtship, hasty marriage that was in
reality an elopement,a few short months
of blissful married life and cruel part
ing is told between the lines. Scat
tered portions have been given in
the newspapers from time to time,
gossip has detailed fragments of
it, and the world has guessed at great
deal, but the whole has never Ueen told
except by Mrs. Blaine to her attorney in
the privacy of his office. While the
lawyer guards his secret well, the facts
have been given TO the GLOBE CORE
spondent. Everybody at all familiar
| with the affairs of young Blaine and his
sweet-faced wife knows that Mrs.
Blaine'S father is of one of the oldest
and best families of Philadelphia,
while her mother was daughter of S.
Medary, a we'll known and wealthy Ohio
politician who, in territorial days, was
governor of Minnesota. Both Col. Rich
ard Nevins and his wife, the parents of
the plaintiff in the present suit, were
popular IN Philadelphia, New York and
Washington society circles. Their
daughter was given every advantage in
youth, and was girl of varied accom-
plishments. While not handsome. she
possessed sweet face and a graceful
form. Such was Mary Nevins when
Blaine met and in one day was in love
with her.
The Meeting.
Miss Nevins had gone to Augusta,
Me-. to visit her brother, who had
temporary federal position there under
the administration of President Cleve-
land. This was in midsummer, 1856.
1t chanced that young Blaine was an in
innate friend of Miss Nevins brother,
and during her visit to Augusta she saw
a good deal of the young man. At that
time young Mr.. Blaine declared his love
and asked her hand, but no de-
cided answer was given him. Then
Miss Nevns went to Bar Harbor
and joined her parents. They strenu-
ously opposed her marriage to "Jimmy''
Blaine. He was wild. and had no
means of supporting wife, and, fur
thermore, they evidently doubted his
constancy. But probably the greatest
objection to young Blaine was his wild
ness. He had been in turn expelled
from Young's Washington school, Phil
lips academy and Washington pre-
paratory school. Then he was placed
under a private tutor at Augusta
and then it was that Miss New
ins met him. Both Mr.. and Mrs
Nevins did all they could to
part the young people. They hastily
left Bar Harbor. and proceeded to New
York. But thither the ardent w0oer
followed. Monday, Sept. 8, young
Blaine called on her at the New York
hotel. They had long talk, in which
the lover strongly urged the girl to
marry him, and she consented. The
st. Leo's rectory by Father Ducey, an
old friend of the BRIDES family. Young
Blaine had previously secured special
dispensation from Archbishop Cor
rigan. Not member of either
family was present. and the young
WOman'S parents knew nothing of her
marriage until she returned to the hotel
a bride. The elder Mr.. Blame made
his son and his wife an annual allow
ance of 81 800. They lived in a cosy fiat
on Fifty-fitth street. Young Blaine was
a model husband for the first eighteen
months. They we're so obviously happy
that it became pleasant joke among
their friends. And the coming of the
baby made their little home paradise.
The Separation.
The circumstances connected with
their separation all the world knows.
In the spring of 1883 young Blaine suf-
fered a relapse. He spent less time
with his wife and baby, and finally be-
gan to absolutely neglect them. No
open rupture occurred, however, and
they went to Augusta to spend the
summer with the elder Blaines, but in
September the young wife was forced
to return to New York with her
baby. For two OF three days prior
to leaving Augusta she was unable to
see her husband, and neither did she re-
ceiye any communication from him. In
October, 1855, she made last effort to
see her husband. She went from New
York to Augusta, accompanied by her
mother, and to the Blaine house. They
were met at the door by Mrs. Blaine the
elder, who positively refused to let
either see her son. The young wife was
not daunted, but pushed her way into
the house and up stairs to her husbands
room. She was refused admission