D1T0RCE IN SOUTH DAKOTA lUferndBfc taw loiic TJstt to Dalsr Tot till Chant; ia Coidittosa CITIZENS OF STATE BECOME ARCU31I tUhop liar Haa Takea ta Cadael la apaert at Mara RIoroa Ira vlateae Relative la Sp earing Residence. iUTCIIELU 8. D May S0.-(Ppclal.)-6oma years ago when the populist legis lature of South Dakota passed a law malt ing the Initiative and referendum opera tive It was scoffed at pretty generally by the attorneys, and particularly the re pub lican lawyers, but today they have that law to thank for saving- an induMry that la dear to the hearts of the lawyers, partic ularly those who reside In Bluux Falls and are engaged In the divorce business. South Dakota's divorce laws appeared sufficiently Lax to the eastern people, or the distance from eastern scenes was sufficiently great ta lose the notoriety, so that hundreds of mismated couples have been coming here to be relieved of the yoke that galls, and very profitable business has been worked up. Sloua Falls appeared to be the mecca (or those who desired to have the bans broken that were tied so tightly In the east. At the recent legislative session, however, an effort was made to make the securing Of divorce In South Dakota a more diffi cult matter, so a law was passed amend ing1 tha old law and requiring a year's residence In the state tn place of six months as had been required before. This year's residence was going to spoil an Immense amount of business for attor neys, and they fell back on the initiative and referendum to save them a year and a half of grace before the law can go Into affect, if at all. The referendum provides that when a law Is passed by the legisla ture and It goes Into effect without the emergency clause. It can be referred to the !eople of the state at the next general elec tion for adoption or rejection, and this Is what the attorneys have been able to ac complish. Petitions were sent out to all parts of the state to secure the signatures of voters asking that the law be referred to the people, and having secured th names of 4,00) voters, that being the percentage required under the voting population of the state, the attorneys have been able to secure a vote on the new law, and this will be had at the next general election, which will take place In November. 19J3. Law May Sot He Endorsed. Under the circumstances the divorce In dustry will not be closed until the people ay that the new law will stand and the Indications point to the fact that the law will not be endorsed by the people. Bishop Hare of the Episcopal diocese of South Da kota hopes, however, to defeat the ambi tion of the attorneys. The bishop has been a very bitter foe to the divorce Industry In this state, and has fought It at times sin gle handed and now he threatens to pub lish what he calls a roll of dishonor, that of the names of the voters In tha state who signed the petition for the referendum vote; ' The bishop claims that some on the petl- j tlon were forged, and were placed there without the consent of the signer, and In one case this was proven true. Since the divorce Industry was started In South Dakta It haa Increased to a wonder ful extent, and In these years there have been some notable cases before the courts. Including titled gentlemen and titled ladles, who have come to South Dakota for that aole purpose, although ostensibly residents of the state, and this Is what has wrought up such a feeling against the liberal por tions of the law. 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Council iuuffa. viia A' aad Main St. aJfS T8I BOSTON 8T0RE it ' w I wb not entitled tc, when as a matter of fact Just as many divorcee were being 1s- ued in many of the larger eastern cities as In this state, but out here the notoriety was not so great. Many of the bettor class of people be lieved that tth the granting of so many divorces It was having a bad effect tn the residents of the state, and that divorces among the heme people were growing In number by reason of the prevalence of the divorces In the Queen City. The divorcers grew so large In number that they were regarded as colonists, and were always referred to as the "divorce colony." When a stranger arpard In the city and went to the leading hotel. It was a ten to one bet that there was an application for divorce on hand, and the bettors were not far from being right, particularly where the stranger carried any amount of lug gage with him. Divorcers art Swift Pure. In Bloux Falls It is freely conceded that the home life of many people has Iwen broken up by the prosf nco of eastern people Seeking divorces. They with little or nothing to do but to Walt until the required time had fa as ml, rather depended upon the local tnlent In the yueen City to Interest them until the time of their departure. Naturally the divorce seekers set rather a fast pace with the money at their com mand. In many of the countlrs In the circuit courts of the state, divorces are not granted with the same freedom as In oth ers. Several years ago Judge Frank B. Bmith, of tho Fourth Judicial circuit, made a ruling which applies to every county In which he presides that has injured the divorce business In this circuit. It had been the custom that when the six months' residence had been completed, for the fair one to appear before the court at any time and ask for her decree, hut under Judge Smith's1 Jurisdiction he will hear no divorce cases except at the regular term of court and then, too, only in open court, where the public has free access to see and hear everything that goes on in court. The cases were very frequent where par ties went to Bloux Falls and completed their residence and would then come over to Mitchell to secure their decree, when ever their time expired. One I.ady Disappointed. An Instnnce Is given of one prominent lady from the east who started her case In this county and made her residence In Bloux Falls, where life was a bit gayer. Her six months' residence expired Just a month after the adjournment of court, but she was not aware of the rifling and she came over to get her decree, expecting to start back east. Her indignation and cha grin knew no bounds when she discovered that she would have to wait until the regular term of court was In session be fore she could be freed from the man she wed In her palmy days. The court was obdurate and the Unfortunate divorcee wallowed her chagrin and went back for her five months' lmprlsmei)t in South Da kota. In several other circuits this same ruling of Judge Smith has been applied, but the time still remains open at Bloux Falls. A year and a half only remains now for the eastern people to come to South Da kota and get their decrees with as little trouble as possible, but It Is safe to say that after that time divorces will como with greater effort on the part of the In terested parties, so far as the matter of residence is concerned. At the election a special campaign will be made on both sides of the proposition one to save the state from the distasteful reputation, and the other to save to the attorneys a re munerative business, that a great many of them feel that they need In their . busi ness. The effecfoY the"srtilatIon today Is very much against the divorce proposition, but how It will be a year and a half hence there la no telling. . EMPRESS WINS. HER LAW SUIT Haadreds of Articles of Emperor Na poleon III Which Eugenie May Recover. PARIS, Juno 1. (Special.) Empress Eu genie has Just won her suit in the case of "Empress Eugenie against Prefect of the Seine." The case has Just been decided before the first civil tribunal. The begin ning of the litigation goes back twenty eight years and the plaintiff founded on a "sonatus consult," of tho first years of the second empire, her "claim of objects apper taining to the private property of Napoleon Iil," as It was legally stated. On Decemb ber 12, 1S67, the personal possessions of the emperor were determined by law. The em press commenced action in 1879 to recover from the Imperial palaces, become national estates since the third republic, certain property w hich it-was claimed had belonged to the emperor personally as distinct from crown property, which has reverted to the nation. Nearly all of the Inventories of collections In various palaces were de stroyed during the days of the commune. Hut the administration of public domains, after years of research, haa drawn up a flnal list of objects now at the presidential palaces of the Elysee at Fontalnebleu. Com piegno, Trianon, Rambouillet and the Louvre which were the personal property of Napoleon III and which the courts have Just ordered returned to his widow. Revo lutions happen and empires rise and fall in France, but French civil law pursues the even tenor of Its wuy without even a break. The list drawn up of articles which the empress, after the dethronement of the em peror, is now entitled to recover contains hundreds of Items, Including siven at the Elysee, lirtv-three at rontalnefclcu. twenty nine at Complejrno, one at Trianon, two at Rambouillet, four at the Louvre- and the rest at the former Musrum of Sovereigns. The FJysee must give. ut various vases, bronzes and pieces of furniture. A book presented by Pope Flo Nono to Napoleon III will "be handed over from Kontalnobleau palace. A landfcnpe by PauHny Is to be returned by Coinplegne museum. From the Trianon the en. press mill recover a tastel portrait of Eouh' XVI. ar.d from the Ixuvre a Gobelin tpetry. Among other objects are the hilt of sword given to Bonaparte after the Ksypttan,rarrpal(m, a sword worn by Mm afterwards on stxto occasions, a saber, six fowl'nir pieces Bid a cari-lnf, hav ing also beloriped to Napoleon I, ard the bit of the horse which he r-de at Waterloo; eastern sabers and saddles p'eked up on the hatth Held after the en sai; inert of tho Pyramids; tho trl-color hat which Napoleon wore when he bade farewell to Fontalne bleau aftrr signing his nbdlratton; a snuff box and gray coat havl'ig belonged to him; the hat which he wore during the campaign of l&M; another from St. Helena; a walk Ingstluk which belonged to him; a casket which belonged to Saint Louis, f jt which Na.x-lcon III had paid $:,!; the sash of the Order of Belnt Esprit, worn by Louis XVI. Deserted lowit Tor as. Our state is so young that many are still In active life who assisted tn laying its foundations, and yet we have many de serted villages. There are probably few of the older counties n tl.r stale that have not their deserted villages. Dcs Motrin county I ns several the ie important 'f which was Kossuth, a town of soma t-reli ns In tt-e noili rrn patt f the county. It biastd of a flue a-ad.'iny. where ll.e lusher branches wet teul,t. It v a place of some commercial Import ance. W hen the iron horse sought Its way northward from Burlington It pasaed two miles to the- eastward of Kossuth. Medl apolis begun, and It soon became apparent to iledlMixjlU that It was most Important that Konsuth) be wiped out Many of the hours were gradually moved from Kos suth to the railroad town, and today prae tlcaJljrx nothing rcmalflJ e KoesuUv-iui'-Uoanon llawkM's. IS FOR CAPITAL P0SBB1IESI Fnblio Executioner, Anatola Deitter cf Paris, Gitm Hig Viewi on Sosjt. - s GIVES INFORMATION ABOUT HIS DUTIES lie Has Twe Gallletlnes Dalit la 1KT1 as So Qaalais as He Presses the Bnttoa Details of Uasn. ketta's Deatk. - PARIS, June l.-Opeclal.K-Incredlble though It may seem, the startling discov ery has Just been made that Anatole Delb hr, the public executioner, Is strongly in favor of capital punishment. Unfortu nately for him, his occupation Is gone. or. at least, for the nonce Is in 'abeyance. Parliament pawed a resolution some time ago In favor of abolishing capital punish ment, and pending the discussion of a bill on the subject all criminals sentenced to diath ore reprieved. Anatole Deibler, dur ing his enforced leisure, received the Journ alist who claims to be the first to have ever had an interview with a public executioner since 1S4S, when, seemingly, the gentlemen who work the gulllotlna by pressing a button were more easily get-at-able. Ana tole Deibler is the son of a former exe cutioner, who died lately, and whose fsther was tn the profession before him. The present Anatole hod much more pleasant and curious Inf6rmatlon-to give about his art and his Instruments than any of his predecessors. He has two g-ulllotines, both built In 1S71, the previous machine having been burned during the days of the com mune. Each of the instruments cost pm. The triangular knife, which weighs fifteen pounds, is worth $10. The total weight, when It falls with Its castlron back, is ninety pounds, and it drops from the height of eight feet. The Journalist was given the knife to hold, and published a picture of himself handling it rather glnperly and. looking decidedly uncomfortable. When the Dntton Is Pressed. What are Delhler's Impressions when he presses the button? He says that he has not any. At first he felt a "little qualmy," but It Is "all a matter of habit." He looks upon the business much as a surgeon looks upon a surgical operation a necessary evil. Indeed, he has a deep sense of his useful ness to society. Out of the 112 criminals whom he executed only one had reached his 40th year. All of the others were from 18 to 2. How many more crimes they would have committed during a long life time if he had not put them out of the world is an Interesting question propounded by Deibler. The publlo executioner Is the mildest looking of men dapper, neat. In significant, with washy-blue eyes. He has been twenty years tn the business, having at first acted as an assistant to his father. He was appointed the chief executioner eight years ago and his average number of executions has been under eight. His salary is $1,200 per year, plus tl,600 for ex penses. He says that If his office should be abolished he haa means of his own upon which he can live. He Is a man of retiring disposition, does not car to go Into "so ciety" very much, has only a few Inti mates, with whom he plays a quiet game of cards. When asked whether he would favor the American Idea of executing crim inals by the use of electricity, he said that each country had Its own peculiar fancies and that it was probably as well for each nation to cling to the customs well estab lished historically. Death of Osmberta. Xe Coeur de Gambetta" la the title of a very Interesting work, by M. Francis Laur, which has Just been published. It gives an account ,of the great tribune's long friendship with Madame Leonle Leon and contains many Important historical features. Gambetta took the lady to whom he was devoted and whom he would have married If death had not out his career short In the flower of his age. regularly Into his counsels and relied Implicitly on her Judgment. It will be remembered that a flood of controversy has swung round the point of the precise olrcumstances under which Gambetta died. Stupefaction took place on the part of the public when It was learned that he was In danger of losing his life, and after he had expired all sorts of sensational rumors were cur rent. M. Laur settles this question quite conclusively. First, there was an accident, which was nothing but pure accident, and complica tions followed which proved fatal. It was on the morning of Mondsy, November J7, 1872, that the trouble which was the cause of the eventual disaster occurred. Gam betta was at his villa at Vllle d' Avray and a great friend, General Thomas, had called on him. Gambetta had asked him to stay to luncheon, but he had an en gagement at Versailles. So after he had left. Gambetta, by way of beguiling the half hour's Interval preceding the meal, went up to his bedroom to fetch a re volver for practice, of which he was very fond- Ho was notoriously careless and while . handling the weapon It went off. sending a bullet right through the palm of his right hand. Madame Leonle Leon, alarmed by the report, rushed out of her own chamber and found Gambetta bleed ing profusely. He did his best to reassure her and she assisted him until doctors ar rived and stopped tho hemorrhage. They were to have been married privately In three days and now the wedding would have to be postponed a little while, but the disappointment was taken gaily enough. The wound was healing rapidly and Dr. Lannelongue's notes were very satisfac tory. But he remarked as strange that when the wounded hand uas resting on a cushion outside the bed Gambetta imagined It was reposing on his brenst and had to look at it to convince himself of his error, neinnlasr of the End. Gambetta lunched a little too heartily on that day and from that moment grew worse. Abnormal abdominal pains devel oped, and on the following day his faco was slightly congested and he had no relish for food. He was, however, able to move about the house and four days later he drove put, a very Imprudent proceed ing, as he contracted a chill, Fuverish symptoms supervened, and friends who called that evening went home anxiously. Several Unys later Dr. Lannelongue spoke of a perforation of the intestines, but his medical colleagues did not agree with him. He had suggested an operation, but the proposals were rejected at various con sultations, and he even received a hint not to return. Erysipelas declared it self on the abdomen. On December 30, tea with klrach and also some grogs were given to the patient. Gambetta soon grew indifferent to everything and a high fever set in. On the morning of December SI all the doctors except Iwtnnelogue gazed In silence at the sufferer who was dying. Coffee and champagne were given to him. but he could not retain them. Ha was warmed with hot water bottles. At 10 o'clock that evening the symptoms grew more alarming, but Gambetta was still conscious. His last word was uttered at a quarter of eleven, and he expired a few minutes before midnight, going out with the year. During the whole of hie Illness not a murmur passed his lips. Two hours be fore he drew his last breath he had thanked Dr. Lannelongue with a sign and I a smile. - His friends remained all that night In the death chamber and when the sad news was spread about Paris tn the morning every train brought crowds of sympathizers to La Jardlea. Two wogya ffUjfl a cap olpa tiip TTFR OMAHA STTMUY BEE: JUNE o m' iff j I KsJ o K"5 ), IflMr 4asp!( aaMifrl! A. W) J) o O 1 rjrr - r 1 jrf o wagd yg """" ' Q lT--' - Q O I : 1 n OOOGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOGOOOGOOOO other day In Apollo, a new muslo hall only recently opened, and were nearly eaten up. - The spectacle was much more sensational and one might say sanguinary than had been Intended by the program. The two women were tight-rope dancers and were supposed to perform a series of clever feats on a rope stretched across the stage, and under which there was a big cage with two Hons. The top of the cage was left open so that the lions could see the women performing over their heads, and the public could at the same time enjoy the delightful sensation of terror. The lions as a rule took no Interest In the feats of the tight-rope walkers and some times even dosed off while they were In progress. Perhaps they could not see the sense of the exploits. However, they sud denly awakened 'from their Indifference. The rope snapped In twain In the middle of a performance and the unhappy women fell literally Into the Jaws of the lions. The wild beasts naturally did not under stand the situation and mauled and clawed the women terribly. One of the women had presence of mind enough to remain pros trate on the floor of the cage, and suc ceeded 1n crawling out. while her com panion was so Imprudent as to stand up and was mangled by the lions. The audi ence was In a panic, women screamed with terror and fainted. After considerable ef forts the remaining woman was finally rescued from the cage. Her arms and breast were terribly clawed and bitten, but she had escaped with her life and seemed cheerful over It. She even took her com panion by the hand and with dramatlo self-composure came before the curtain and saluted the spectators. Aa Interesting Law Bait. An Interesting law suit has been attract ing unusual attention before the Paris cor rectional courts. The main subjects of debate were whether Don Antonio d'Or leans, a grandson of King Louis Philippe, had been struck and made to bleed with a parasol by a former woman friend, Madam Guggenheim, and whether he owed her a sum of 10,000, which it Is alleged she lent to him. The suit snd the counter suit both lawyers declared were scandalous and should never have been started. A year ago the prince happened to be coming out of a shop In the Rue de la Palx, when he was attacked by a woman, who struck him twice with her parasol until he bled. Tha woman turned out to bo a former friend with whom he had been on very Intimate terms for more than seven years. He brought a suit against her for the alleged aasault and she brought a claim against him for 110,000., This sum she alleges that she loaned him and that It was a loan Is proved by the fact that his secretary paid (5,000 for one year's Interest on It. The dis cussion in the courts did not do much to clarify matters. The lawyer of the one party did his best to Interrupt the other parly and the court Joined In by adjourning the case for the purpose of giving both parties an opportunity to settle matters out of court If possible. t An extraordinary case in which a man named Gersalnt Is accused of forcing his sister to swallow needles and pins Is re ported from Tassin in the Rhone depart ment. Neighbors heard Mile. Gersalnt pleading with her brother, "Don't torture me," and informed tho police. Tha girl when exam ined told aa extraordinary story, declaring that her brother had systematically mixed pins and needles with her food and bad forced her to swallow them. The story waa at first discredited, but a doctor who was called declared that the I girl waa virtually a living pin ouahlon. 2, 1907. ' w - --r- -w pins and needles from her body and she was taken to a hospital, where It Is be lieved that she will recover. The brother and sister Inherited con siderable property from their parents, the terms of the will being that In the event of the death of one of them all of the es tate should go to the survivor. Tho brother has been arrested. A terrible story of a young woman who was burled alive Is reported from Sabazan She waa supposed to have died a few days ago and a burial permit having been given as usual she was Interred on the following day. The grave digger, however, left the grave only partially filled, thinking there was no hurry and three days later an In habitant of the village passing' by the cemetery stopped to look at the grave. He waa surprised to hear loud knocking ap parently Inside the coffin, burled as It was under only a light layer of ground. Not only did the knocking continue, but he also heard the young woman calling out and moaning. He hurried for assistance, but though tha young woman was rescued alive, she did not long survive. The Machine Aae. 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