Show THE DIVORCE COLOM Mrs James G Elaine Jr Leads the Van SOUTH DAKOTAS NEW INDUSTRY A Crnel Judge Strikes the Colony with Con stcruatlou Eose Coghlans honeymoon I Honey-moon Over Sioux FALLS S D Aug 12 1S91 Special correspondent of THE SUXDAT HEUALD Utah Connecticut and Illinois have in the past shared the distinction of being the banner divorce communities but I South Dakota bids fair to outrival them all In other states and territories where the divorce industry has been worked so industriously in-dustriously those interested have thought proper to preserve some degree of secrecy Here it is altogether different There aro now 103 residents of other states at tho Sioux Falls hotels quietly waiting for the ninety days to expire which shall give them toe requisite residence to begin divorce proceeding against the husband or wife from whom they wish to be freed One Urm of attorneys has twelve cases in which complaints will be filed during the I next two montbs Tho most reputable drms of the city however are declining the cases and advising ad-vising New York attorneys not to let their clients come here as by the conflict between be-tween the law of South Dakota and that of New York tho successful plaintiff in the divorce suit hero when the defendant has failed to make an appearance in the case becomes a bigamist it he or she remarries In New York state while the defendant if a woman retains all her dower and property pro-perty rights in the estate of the plaintiff This however does not seem to affect the ardor of the divorce hunters if they can go homo with the judicial bit of paper in their pockets which announces that they are free to invest in the lottery lot-tery once more they are entirely happy and content I Tbo leaders of the divorce colony here are Mrs James G Blaino jr and Mme 3 de Stuers The action for divorce has not been commenced in the case of either The two are still counting the ninety days of residence before papers can be legally filedMrs Mrs Blaiue had a suite of two rooms at the Cataract She has justreturned from a visit to New York and is in poor health Owing to a fall received from her carriage while in New York she is a cripple and when she walks at all it is with crutches Sho has not been out of her room since her return It is somewhat difficult to approach ap-proach her Her local counsel is exJudge Palmer and he is supported in New York by ex Governor Hoadly De Lancey Nicoll Judge Prior and Colonel IngersolL MRS BLAISE TALKS Judge Palmer said frankly to a reporter rho recently asked for an interview with bis fair client that Mrs Blaine had been cautioned to decline interviews Nevertheless Neverthe-less the reporter was admitted to her presence pres-ence after some trouble She could not raise herself from her chair he says in his account but held out a very thin and white hand to be touched It is too bad she began that you are out here to stir up all of these people who are trying to get outof trouble Are they not unhapn enough You ought to be more merciful I cannot can-not see what you can wish of me I am L only a poor cripple seeking my freedom Surely nothing in that can interest tin public I have no feeling in my case against 0 Blaine family I have nothing to tell you j Come now tell mo how many people have you found here who are seeking divorces I What one hundred and three Now cant you let these poor people ulone If you must have somebody to write up take me It is too bad that they cannot have peace SHE WAS AN ASTOR After Mrs Blaine conies Mme De Stuers ao an object of interest She and her escort or masculine chaperone Mr William El1 L liott have a suit of five rooms at the Cataract Cata-ract At present the couple are at Spirit Lake Iowa enjoying a season of boating Briefly Mine Do Stuers is an Astor her mother being Alida Astor sister of John Jacob Astor who married John Carey an Englishman Her daughter Mme De Stuers is the wife of Baron De Stuers of the Belgian embassy at Paris She came to Sioux Palls about two months ago for tho purpose ol living out tho ninety days before her suit for a divorce cnn begin She was accompanied west by a gentleman gentle-man who has given his name as William Elliott but who is believed to be Elliott Zborowskie of New York City HOSE COGHLAXS HUBBY TOO Outin Salt Lake you all remember tho stir that Rose Coghlans marriage created several years ago The lucky man who is now so much down on his luck was Mr Clinton Edgerly a wealthy merchant What has happened to disturb hill connu bial bliss we dont know but he bobs up asa as-a prominent figure in the divorce crowd One decree of divorce was obtained by Mr Edgerly in South Dakota without any appearance on the part of Miss Coghlan even by attorney Mr Edgerly spent a pleasant six months in Sioux Falls obtained ob-tained his decree and went east It was imagined at tho time that this set tled the case although the validity of the divorce was questioned by local authorities authori-ties Mr Edgerly did not become a permanent per-manent resident of South Dakota Sometime Some-time after he had left Sioux Falls Miss Coghlan wrote to the clerIC of the court of Minnehaha county from Minneapolis She asked for a certified copy of the decree of divorce which was duly forwarded to her Previous to this Lawyer Herschfield of New York sent a telegram to a firm of attorneys at-torneys in Sioux Falls asking if there had been an appearance on the part of Miss Coghlan in the suit All of this was preliminary to the ap pearance of Mr Edgerly in South Dakota this month and the report that the lirst divorce is to be set aside and a now decree secured It is stated that at last he has secured se-cured Miss Coghlans consent to make an appearance by attorney in the case and L thus make the second decree which he hopes to obtain a valid one The current opinion among the Now Yorkers in Sioux Falls is that Miss Cogh Ian is to be married again and that irow she wishes the divorce between her and I Mr Edgerly to bo as valid as the laws of South Dakota can make it Besides these there are a good many other Now Yorkers some who move among the 400 quietly waiting to see what luck their brothers and sisters meet with But there are signs in the air that indicate all the divorce pilerims from Mrs Blaino down are to have rocky sailing the scandal caused by the great number of Dakota divorces di-vorces has risen to something Hue a roar and the bench has been forced to take ju dicial note 01 it Judge Aiken of the circuit court of South Dakota with headquarters here has given it out to local attorneys engaged in the prosecution of divorce cases for New Yorkers and others residing in South Da kota that ho will hereafter throw out all cases where there is the slightest shadow of a doubt that the plaintiff has come to the state solely for the purpose of obtaining a divorce and of then returning to his previous previ-ous home What Mrs Blaine et al will do in the face of this ruling an amused public waits to see 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