Omaha daily bee., 1902-04-06
WOMANKIND THE KEYNOTE
Affairs Of the Heart Dominate Social Life
Of Parisians,
SUIT FOR SONS DIVORCE STlRS SENSATION
Jealousy over American Girl PrOves
20 he the Real Cause
for Russian Army
Tragedy.

Copyright, 1902, by Press Publishing Coz
PARIS, April 5.-(New York World Ca
blegram - Special Telegram. THE suit
brought by Prince Amadee de Brogllo to
annul the marriage OF his son, young Prince
Robert de Broglio, is the sensation of the
social world. Prince Robert, who is only
81 years of age, fell blindly in love some
months ago with Baroness Deslandes. She
was divorced and about 30 years old, but
he determined to marry her at any cost,
and did finally in spite Of the violent OBJ
lection of his powerful family, clandes-
timely and without bonus, In London.
The elder De Broglio's contention is that
there virtually was no marriage, since 1t
was without consent, without publication
and has not been entered on the French
civil registers.
Maitre Labor, Of Dreyfus fame, will de-
fend the young prince. He argues that the
marriage in London was legal from the re-
ligious standpoint, and that an annulling by
court would only delay the civil cere-
mony. He quotes letters the prince wrote
about his affection for the baroness as
proof of the young mans profound feelings.
Proof of His Affection.
In a letter to the Count d'Haussonville
ms hhNiNt wv gOhhb pa lhNts WIN hdu ut-
serted the army temporarily in order to
gain his parents consent to his union,
wrote: IF you decide not to consent to
my marriage you will render me unhappy
all my life. l shall not return to France,
and l shall roam about the world, carrying
always my incurable grief, like a soul in
torture. What do you wish, then? My
death or my desertion? Since l must speak
plainly, be convinced, dear uncle, that it
would be veritable despair for me to stain
thus the glorious name that my ancestors
have bequeathed me, and to abandon my
country, but nothing will Ia me alter my
decision. l prefer to abandon all rather
than forever separate from her."
Explorers Romantic wedding.
A few days ago at the town hall Of Poi
tiers Jean Eugene Jules Robushon, the ex-
plorer, contracted a marriage replete with
romance.
He set out from Fontenoy-le- Comte in
1893 and journeyed over the majority of the
South American states on foot and without
any resource except fishing and. hunting.
Mr.. Robushon fell i'll in the Madre de
Dios and would certainly have died had it
not been for the devoted care Of a pretty
Indian girl Is years old. After his r%estora-
tion she asked to share his future adven-
lures. He consented and became so at
tached to his little companion, Maria
Magarite Hortensia Guamiri, thai he
brought her to France with him. Here
they were married. They will return to
South America in a year.
Cause of Russian Tragedy.
The real cause of the Russian army trag-
edy at Kieff, in which Captain Sofronoff of
the general staff deliberately walked into
a messroom and shot Lieutenant Grodsky
dead in the presence of a dozen fellow Off =
GERS, is better known here than 1t is in
Russia.
The rivalry of sofronoff and Grodsky for
the affection Of Miss Waltman, an Amer
lean, was the talk Of Paris six months ago.
They fought a duel in the Bots de Boulogue
and Grodsky was severely wounded.
The girl nursed him until he recovered,
thereby causing gossip, which increased
when she Unexpectedly ran away to Russia
with Sofronoff, probably marrying him on
the way. Grodsky, however, obtained a
ransfer to the same regiment at Kieff and
the tragedy gives color to the rumors that
he renewed his attentions to his former
sweetheart.
She has arrived here and is stopping with
friends under her maiden name. Sofronoff
is now in jail, but as both he and his Amer
lean wife are personal favorites of the czar,
1t is likely the captain will soon be set at
liberty.