The age-herald., 1901-10-20

last, and they were joined at the tenn porary altar by the bridegroom and his best man, MT. Everett Colby of New York. who had been a classmate of the Rockefellers at Brown University.
 The wedding ceremony was conducted by the Rev Dr. James Gs Vose, pastor emeritus of the Beneficent Congregation al church of this city, and witnessed by small gathering of the relatives of the couple and the more intimate friends of the families Dr. Vose married the par ents of the bride of today, and, by the way, Mir and Mrs. Rockefeller, ST., were the first couple he married after his or dination. The day fixed for this wedding was also the thirty-f1fth anniversary of Senator and Mrs Aldrich's marriage, and the young people had chosen the date on that account. Dr. Vose read the Protest ant Episcopal marriage service.
 
 Eugene Cruger's will leaving the re- mainder of his fortune to his third wife is now being contested by his first wife. It presents to the attention of large assemblage of persons who either knew him or his family, picture of the face that kills with Eugene Cruger in the chief role. 1t does not seem so long ago that Eugene Cruger impepsonated the role of the Heavy Dragoon in the soci-
 
 Patience at Chickering Hall. At that time he was considered one of the hand soonest men in the city. Tall, athletic, elegant In manners, Eugene Cruger was a noticeable man. His matrimonial expe- riences were varied. His first wife was Miss Speden from the South. He left her and his three children. She secured a divorce and now contests the will in or der to obtain heritage for the children. Cruger afterward married Miss Meta Kane and they were divorced. He went to Europe and 1t Is claimed married a Miss Olga Salomea Heitz.
 The contest brings out certain facts. The Cruger of old times and the Cruger of today are very different people, I have spoken of him as he was, the evil dence shows him wasted by disease, thick of speech, wrecked in mind, a vic- tim of paresis At times moody and tac- turn, forgetful of names and faces; at others, exciteable, fierce, tumultuous. Drink too began its inroads upon his splendid physique. From a temperate man he became a habitual drunkard. Be- fore his time he passed to the grave. The contest for his property allows nothing to go unobserved. His career is made as open as book. Nothing is held back. It is charged that he was not legally married to his last wife and furthermore, experts attempt to prove the will to be forged. The Crugers, one of the oldest and most reputable families. are passing away.
 Mrs Pierre Noel the beautiful wife of Pierre Noel. was a Miss Billings of this city and a granddaughter of Abram Wakeman. She was quite belle in her time. Her husband belonged to the old French set in which were the Brugiens, La Montagnes, Gebhards, Montants and Couderts. Their marriage was not made in heaven and it ended in divorce. After the divorce she went abroad and made a debut in London in "Cavalieria Rustici- ana" and scored great hit. Besides beauty she has superb voice, highly trained. Last summer she sang in con- certs at Newport. and a few nights ago appeared in this city in Cavalierta, with immense success.
 One of the most cultivated and charm ing women in society is Miss Mary Field daughter of the late Maunsell Field With her, at present. visiting her rela- tives for the first time in years is her cousin, the Princess d'Arsoli Massimo, a