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siderable attention throughout Eu-
rope. He married the Princess Ma
thilde, daughter of Jerome Bonaparte,
in l84i. From the fact that they sep
arated, by mutual consent, five years
later, it would appear that the union
was not a feiicitOus one. As a patron
of the arts, a friend of men OF letters,
and a man of generous Impulses, the
Prince was distinguished. he seldom
appeared in any public capacity, and
he is best known as aScholar. Prince
DemidOf was reputed to be one OF the
most wealthy men ia Europe, and
his vast fortune enabled him togratify
those benevolent impulses which
throughout life distinguished him.
The following anecdOte may be adj
duced as an evidence of the liberal
character of the deceased nobleman:
In Septembek 1917, Prince DemidOff
visited Gibraltar. The United States
steamer Princeton was there at the
time, commanded by Captain Freder-
lex Engle. Prince Demidoff visited
{ his vessel, then anchored in the Bay
of Gibraltar, and, out of compliment
to his nation, was honOred with a
salute. Unfortunately one of the guns
burst, and so much injured a seaman,
Thomas Dennis, of Boston, that it was
necessary to amputate both his
arms the same evening. On hearing
of this accident next morning, the
Prince wrote to Captain Engle, with
whom he was on terms of Intimacy
and friendship, that considering HIM
self {" the indirect, though innocent
cause f" Of the misfortune, he desired
to settle upon Dennis an annuity of
400 French francs, paid annually, in
advance, at the office of the United
States Navy Agent, at Philadelphia.
The accident took place on Septem-
Der 5, 1917, and Prince DemidOfTs in
tended liberality was acknowledged,
on the part of Dennis, by Captain
Engle, in the warm terms of gratitude
which the generous deed excited.
Hon. WILLIAM MONTGOMERY
This prominent Pennsylvania Demo-
crat died at his residence, neal Wash
ingtOn, Pa, on Thursday last. Mr..
Montgomery was born at Canton, in
that State, April IL, 1919, and was
educated at Washington College. He
graduated in 1889, studied law, and
was admitted to the bar in 1912. In
a few years he won distinction in his
profession, and also became a recog-
niZed leader in the Democratic party.
In 1856 he was elected to Congress,
where he served two terms. During
his Congressional career his name be-
came conspicuous in connection with
the so-called Crittenden Montgomery
amendment, which was intended as
a measure of pacification to the
slavery excitement. The latter years
Of his life were clouded by a painful
family misfortune. 1t will be e
membefad that he figured in the
Dinsmore murder trial as counsel for
his W son, who was Indicted for
connection with the crime.
DEATH OF Mrs. ROBINSON ("TAL-
vI.")-Intelligence has just been re-
ceived of the death, on the 18th of
April, at Hamburg, in Germany, of
Mrs. Therese Albertine Louise Rob-
insOn, widow of the late DIR. Edward
Robinson, well known for his philO-
sOphical and biblical requirements.
Mrs. Robinson was born at Halle, in
Germany, January %, 1877. She was
the most learned woman of her time.
Her published works were numerous,
VT among the most remarkable of
them may be mentioned her early
TRANSACTIONS into German of "Old
Mortality" and the BLACK Dwarf :"
and of the ballads of Servia, her
" Historical View of the Languages
and Literature of the Slavic Nations"
" Hel0ise, " /" LIES Discipline, " The
EXiles "-these last three being novels
and "The Colonization of New
England" which was written in
German, but was translated into Eng
lish by the younger Hazlitt. The
German poems of Mrs. Robinson,
translated from the Servian, and pub
lished under the name of "Talvi,"
made a great sensation when they APP
peared.
DEATH OF ZERAH COLBURN.-The
death is announced of Zerah COlburn,
a prominent engineer and scientific
He was a nephew of the well
mathematician COlburn, whose
text books have been in such general
use in Ithe schools of this country.
For a number of years Mr.. Colburn
was editor of the Railroad AdUOcdte.
Visiting London, he became a writer
tOr and subsequently the editor of the
He has written a great va
of pamphlets and small vol
lmes on engineering topics, in regard
% which he vas a recognized author
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