The National tribune., 1906-11-01
PEOPLE.

There seems to be no doubt of the
truth of the much separation
or the Duke and Duchess of Maribor-
ough. In spite of the attempts at
reconciliation made by King Edward
| and various members of the Marlbor-
ough family. with whom the Duchess
Is on friendly terms. nothing has been
done to heal the breach. 1t is under
stood in London society that the Duke
would be glad to have the affair patched
up. but he has paid marked attentions
70 other women for some time past. and
iatteriy his evident infatuation for
very beautiful woman of high social
position has made it impossible for the
Duchess to longer condone his actions
In order to retain her children. the
youthful Marquis of Blanford and Lord
Ivor Spencer-Churchill. the Duchess has
settled 100000 a year on the Duke
who is to keep Blenheim. while their
town house. Sunderland House, will still
be her home. She is now in Paris but
Is intending to come to America soon
for a long visit.
Mrs. Russell Sage made donation of
$1,000 to a struggling little Methodist
| church on Long Island recently Mrs
sage, who is worth about $7O,000,0 900,
| is not much given to public charities,
and tho it was known she took much
III tHlS cHuTCn, YET ner gilt was
| great surprise to both pastor and
congregation.
NJ. Clemenceau. Prime Minister OF
France, has invited Gen. Picquart to
become a member of his Cabinet. and
will probably tender him the War port
folio. 1t will be remembered that Gen.
Picquart is the officer who fought so
valiantly for the honor of his friend
Dreyfus. For this he was excluded from
the army, and six months ago there was
| hardly chance for his reinstatement.
Recently. however, he was restored and
promoted. Should he become Minister
of War, there is likely to be a wipfne
out of some old scores.
Mrs. Jefferson Davis is supposed to
have left an estate valued at about $40,-
| 600. 1t is presumed that her Missis-
] sippi plantation brought her in an in
come of $4,000 a year, yet she is said
to have been SO badly pressed for money
| during recent years that she supple
| mented this by literary work. Besides
her money Mrs. Davis left fine collec-
| ton of manuscripts, documents and let
ters, all possessing historical value.
Stanley Mccormick, one of the richest
young men of the West and brother
| of Harold Mccormick, who married a
| daughter of John D. Rockefeller. is
seriously i'll from nervous prostration
| in Brookline. Mass, where he went
| about year ago. Mr.. Mccormick took
| a house in Brookline on one of the
| finest sights hoping the rest and change
| from the excitement of his Chicago life
would completely restore him. He was
| improving, but lately had a relapse,
and his condition became so serious
that his family were summoned.
| Winston Churchill, novelist and poll
| tician, says it wasn't so much the nomi-
nation that he and his party wanted as
to reform New Hampshire politics.
Their fight was principally against the
1 Boston & Maine Railroad, which, at the
time the Lincoln Republicans opened
| their campaign. virtually ran the State.
The task looked at first hopeless, as a
| greater part Of the best men refused to
| help him. but as the fight went on he
| kept gathering this element in until
| together they established party which
! he thinks is now force to be reckonedi
with in the politics of New Hampshire.
Miss Helen Could has gone to Paris
| to be with her sister, the Countess de
Castellane. during her divorce proceeds
| ings. Maitre Cruppi. the Countess's law
yer, and great friend of Clemenceau
| is said to have refused a place in tht
| new Cabinet, as he wishes to give al
| his time and attention to the Countess
case. During the Summer she paid so,
penses. as, in spite of all the trouble he
\ has caused her. she is generously and
| sincerely interested in his political
| career.
J. Walter Rhoads. of Pittsburg, own
er of immense iron and steel interests. !
| is reported a physical wreck at 80. HeI
| is worth $4,000, 900 of his own making.J
and is heir to s5,000.00O more. yet heI
bids fair to spend his millions and sev-|
| Of hi 70 oil in, try mol
to get well. 1t is a particularly sadI
case. as his collapse has been brought
! on by overwork and not, like so many
| other young men of wealth, through
| life of dissipation. He was one of Pitts
| burg's bright temperate young men.
who spent 10 hours a day in his Office,
mastering the problems of his immense
| business.
Col. John W. Babbitt died suddenly
at the hospital in Concord, n. H., where
he had been taken for treatment. He
| was born in Keene. n. H. June IL.
1885, and lived there until he went
| West in 1859 with Pixies Peak emil
| grants. He was returning nome IN 1851,
land had reached bloomington. ILL.,.
where his brother Charles lived, when
the first call WAS made for troops and he
enlisted in the Sth Ill. and served three
| months He then helped recruit men
| for the 5Sth H.. in which he became I
Second Lieutenant, and saw his first
| fght at the gap in the line of invest
nent at Fort Donelson, thru which tfa
| rebels broke, hut were driven back. He
| behaved so well on that occasion as to
succeed to the Captaincy of his com
pany. and was wounded in the thigh at
| Shiloh He was so disabled as to be
| compelled to resign. He went back TO
| New Hampshire on crutches. and dur
| ng the Summer helped to recruit Co.
| I of the 9th N H, of which he be"9 ne
| 'aptain. He and his company diSt.n-
| yuished themselves at the firss hSis.
hat of South Mountain. where they
| held the Union right against heavy ct
tacks. Capt. Babbitt was promoted TO
Lieutenant-C Colonel, and at the battle or
| the Wilderness was assigned to the
| command of the 32d Me-, which he held
until wounded through the hip at SPOT
1 sylvania. He was entirely disabled by
this wound, and had to retire from the
| service.
/ He returned to Keene, where he be-
lcame prominent in business and society,
being a member of Post 4. and also OF
the Masons. He was buried with the G.
A. r. Ritual.