The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1891-04-13
NRS.JANRS G.BLANB, JR,
Said to Want a Divorce SO that
She may Marry again.
AN INTERESTING STORY TOLD
About Former sIt. dc ohautel Stu
dent Who Has Already Achieved
Considerable Notoriety-.Prom.
inent People Figure.

u4AIl9 NgNlh1f AbSAb ~ kAAS Nf AN
residence in South Dakota, and that sh
willlive there long enough to obtain al
absolute divorce from the youngest sol
Of Secretary Of State Blaine. She ha
been contemplating taking this step 70
some time, but it has been carefully
kept secret.
Young Blaine's sudden and secret de
parture for Europe few weeks age
under the wing Of Special Envoy Johr
w. Foster, was not altogether in the
interest Of reciprocity with Spain or oI
the diplomatic service. He left the
country, SO It Is aysred, 10 avoid the
serving Of divorce papers upon himself
by his vile. The probable termination
Of the contemplated proceeding has a
romantic tinge 10 1t, in the marriage OF
Mrs, Blaine, after the divorce, to the
man who sayed her life. For some time
there has been rumor current that the
divorce would be followed by the mar
rage OF Mrs. Blaine to one ot the most
eminent professional men in THE city;
but the astonishing and interesting fact
that among their friends this rumor has
already become almost a conviction that
the happy man is DR.. William Tillfng,
hast Bull, to whose akill Mrs. Blaine's
cure is attributed, is now made public
for the first time.
As young Mrs. Blaine Is a Catholic, US
all her family have bsen, and as the
Catholic Church is not supposed to sanc-
ton divorces among IL members and Is
| .,,n,, t,aa-n ,,abtfiual ~ IN Y,Fnhittk than
wonder naturally arises, but Mrs. Blaine
has been assured by Archbishop Corri.
gan, as well Us by Bishop Watterson, OF
Colombus, Ohio, that when her divorce
has been secured a special dispensati0n
will be forthcoming from the Catholic
Church validating it from the stand.
point OF church law and ethics and recog-
nizing her still as faithful daughter Of
the Church. From Bishop Watterson,
at least, WHO was her pastor and tutor
and lifelong friend aud adviser, her
spiritual father, indeed, this assurance
naturally brought great comfort 10 her.
In the selection of her counsel her
friends showed great astuteness. Ex.
Governor George Hoadly, Of Ohio, now
resident OF New York, has never so far
as is known, been associated with di.
vorce proceedings but in two other cases.
These were the suits brought by Mrs.
Kate Chase Sprague against the young
war Governor OF Rhode Island, and the
proceedings between Edmund 81. Pen
dleton, Of Cincinnati, and his wife.
Her attorneys, Delaney Nicoll, Rob-
ert G. IpgeTsoll and, finally, Judge
Hoadley, had advised her that it would
be impossible to procure adiyorce un-
der the laws Of the State OF New York
without possessing criminal evidence OF
young Blains's unworthiness from the
standpoint Of morality. One Of her at
torneys engaged detectives and placed
them on. young Blaine's track in Wash
ington for weeks, with " hat resultG they
are unwilling to disclose, as Mrs. Blaine
herself finally said to them that under
no circumstances would she sue for
divorce from the father OF her child on
such grounds.
Shortly after their first separation,
Mrs. BlRine's friends were strongly in
clined to press her to bring suit against
the Blaines for alternating the affections
OF her husband, the suit to be especially
dire cted against Mrs. Blaine, Sr. That
they have thought better Of this plan
may be understood from tho present at.
titude.
Ex-Governor Hoadly opened the ne.
gotiations with Secretary Blaine through
Stephen B. Elkins, by suggesting that
Mrs. Blaine, Jr., would accept divorce
in any State In which it could be pro.
cured for non.support and make no claim
ior alimony or support II she were given
custody Of her child. The reply to this
intimation was q visit from Emmons
Blaine to Judge Hoadly's office, which
resulted in no conclusion being reached,
and was Immediately followed by young
Rlaine's departure for Europe.
Inquiries were made OF Judge Hoad-
" as to whether Mrs. Blaine, Jr., desired
to have the divorce drawn 80 that she
might remarry, but upon that topic the
Blaiues got no satisfaction, the Judge
simply saying that so beautiful and &C.
complished young woman, with so
many admirers, might want to marry or
mightnot want to marry, and ought to
be at liberty to do IS she pleased. Let
ters have passed between the parties in
terested, in which inquiries haye been
made by the Blaines as 10 the develop.
ment and capacities OF the child, which
Is now q bouncing boy OF about three
years, and intimating also that Mr.. and
Mrs. Blaine, st., propose to have some
thing to say as TO his education.
This Is tho first time the Blaines have
shown any attention to their grandChild,
aud it has caused young Mrs. Blaine's
friends to believe that they intend to
make struggle for the possession Of the
child. It is this conviction and the sud-
den withdrawal OF the Blaine ENJOYS
from the negotiations with Judge
Hosdly, which were conducted through
Stephen B. Eikins, that have, it is said,
aggravated Mrs. BlsineI6 latest indis.
position and now postponed her depar-
ture for Dakota.
When asked the correctness OF the re-
port connecting his name with the ne.
Rotiations above described, Mr.. ElIins
said, reluctantly: "There has been some
thing like this going on, but | cannot
state Just what the present statuB Of
these negotiations is,"
But the status herein described is
Known 10 Dc exact G4'dOVeInOF6 6eOIRe
Hoadly was seen at his office, No. 120
Broadway. He said: ~ cannot discuss
the matter, as my relations with Mrs.
Blaine,s are OF o onldeniai natpre.n
DR.. William 7. Bull 6rst began TO treat
| Mrs. Blaine when she went 10 the New
| York hotel 70 IlYe With her mother,
after she had been forced to retire from
the stage by inARDlmatory rheumatism.
Dr.. Bull Is not only one Of the hand.
soonest medical men In the world, but
be stands undoubtedly atlthe head Of the
surgical branch Of his profession in this
country. He was the Arst American
tsurgeon to perform laparotomy sue
cessiully for gunshot wounds Of the alb.
domen, and has since been In the van oi
the daring and successful operators in
the United etates.
Dt. Bull isa man OF about six feet in
hejghth, erect as soldier, alert aud
1.-THE OF tgIre, With Q ycipe expressive
, Of great resolution and fiTmnesS, large
striking gray eye, Q dropping brown
| mustache, square forehead, straight