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Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-01-21
Satisfaction.
Stern Officer Ton German frontier)--
DO e;,

Stern Officer Ton German frontier)-
Passport, sir!
Gentle Graduate of Yale-Jerushy
John! Forgot all about-that is, / did
not know had to show it here. +
well-hold on, Here! Produces a be-
ribboncd and be-sealed documenD
Here you are at last. Excuse me, / did
not know you were the proper officer.
Officer (tries to read the Latin)-
-Dlictum-Ha-His Emporium-Ha!
(Returns sacred parchment) Yis. sare!
1t is sufficient! Accuse mi! 1t is OF the
high royal household. Special envoy.
Much apolige. Hourly! Go at once.
Graduate (relieved)-Great Scott
That was close shave! That's the best
thing Yale diploma ever did for me.
From the Bohemian.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-01-21
Mice on the pillow.

I'm not so much afraid of mice ~
some women" said she. but / don't
like them in my hair. The other
night l finished biscuit was eating
after / went to bed and naturally left
some crumbs about, not meaning to,
never thinking Of mice.
"Well, about the middle of the night
l heard scampering, and there were
the mice all over my hair, trying to
get at those crumbs.
II tell you, / gave one shrek, sprang
up, lighted all the gas in the room
and sat up the rest of the night watch
ing that pillow"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-01-21
TOLD TO USE cUTIcURA.
After Specialist Failed to Cure Her In
tense Itching Eczema-Had Been
Tortured and Disfigured But
Was Soon Cured of Dread Humor.

II contracted eczema and suffered
intensely for about ten months. At
times / thought l would scratch my
self to pieces. My face and arms were
covered with large red patches, so
that l was ashamed to so out. l was
advised to go TO a doctor who was
a specialist in skin diseases, but /
received very little relief. / tried
every known remedy, with the same
results. / thought would never get bet
ter until friend of mine told me to try
the Cuticura Remedies. So tried them,
and after four or five applications of
Cuticura Ointment l was relieved of
my unbearable itching. l used two
sets of the Cuticura Remedies, and /
am completely cured. Miss Barbara
Kral, Highlandtown, Md. Jan. Q, '0S."
Potter Drug & Chem. Corp, Solo Props, bostsn.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-01-21

Forced resignation of the pastor who
said Il would as leave have a black
snake in my house as a pack of cards,
and / have my opinion of any woman
who uses a powder puff" And yet
black snakes are not inevitably danger
Gus; and as for the woman with the
powder pun the good man didn't actu-
ally express an opinion. He may just
love EN-.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-01-21
Castro Will Return.

Ciprano Castro, former president Of
Venezuela, says: my present inten-
ton is 10 return to Venezuela as soon
as my health will permit | will travel
aboard an ordinary liner. My plan is
to live as a private citizen in my ma
tive land If 1t is desired to take pro-
ceedings against me, | will be there
The idea OF starting a revolution has
DOT entered my head"
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-01-21

The movement in Turkey for more
popular freedom will not go backward.
That is assured The women, in what
is reported to be "ferment of joy"
are appearing openly in the streets,
and having once tasted the delights of
unrestricted promenading and shop
ping no earthly power will get them
back into their harem prisons. And
the stand of the women will settle the
question.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-01-21

: A new apparatus known as the
'Lovitt table" for curing curvature OF
the spine, has been introduced I'm the
women's gymnasium at Ann Arbor. II
is said that of the 1S1 freshmen girls
at the university, 116 have curvature
of the spine, although only eight cases
are considered serious.
The Marinette Knitting mills at
Menominee were partly consumed by
fire, the loss being between $4,000
and $4,000. The fire was caused by
crossed wires and originated in the
rear OF the building, where 10 tons OF
yarn were stacked. The loss is fully
insured.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-01-21

MIR. WILLIAM A. PRESSER, 1922
lVl Third Ave, Moline, ILL.,, writes:
shave been suffering from catarrh
in the head for the past two months
and tried innumerable so-called rene
dies without avail. No one knows how
/ have suffered not only from the dis
ease itself, but from NORTH ca ton when
in company of friends or strangers.
II have used two bottles of your med
icine for a short time only, and il
effected complete medical cure, and
what is better yet, the disease has not
returned.
81 can most emphatically recommend
Peruna to all sufferers from this dis
ease"
Read This Experience
Mr.. A. Thompson, Box 65, r. r. 1,
Martel, Ohio, writes: when began
your treatment my eyes were inflamed,
nose was stopped up half of the time,
and was sore and scabby. i could not
rest at night on account Of continual
hawking and splitting.
81 had tried several remedies and was
about to give up, but thought l would
try Peruna.
"After had taken bout one-third of
bottle / noticed difference. l am
now completely cured, after suffering
with catarrh for eighteen years.
Il think If those who are afflicted
with catarrh would try Peruna they
would never regret It,"
Peruna is manufactured by the
Peruna Drug Mfg. Co., Columbus, Ohio.
Ask your Druggist for Free Peruna
Almanac for 1909.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-01-21

bled with kidney
complaint from the
time OF the Civil war.
There was constant
pain In the back and
head and the kid
ney secretions were
painful and showed
a sediment. The first
rarnody IN holm mo-
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-01-21

was Doan's Kidney Pills. Three boxes
made complete cure and during FIVE
years past have had no return OF the
trouble"
Sold by all dealers. soc box. Fos-
ter-Milburn Co.. Buffalo. N. Y.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-01-21
Good JUDGE Of Human Nature.

Jones says he can usually tell
mems occupations from their appear
ance."
Eyes, Jones can. He can spot a col
lector as far as he can see him
Detroit Free Press.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-01-21

Castro will always be able to boast
that the Dutch feet would not have
dared to do 1t II he had been at home.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-01-21
COULD NOT SHAKE OFF.
Kidney Trouble Contracted by Thou
sands in the Civil War.

James W. Clay, 666 w. Fayette St.
Nd, says: 81 was trou-
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1909-01-21

THE MARKETS.

DETRoIT-Cattle-C steers, S. o.
5 so: good to choice butcher steers.
1000 TO 1900 lbs. 81 SOFAS; light 70 good
butcher steers and heifers, 500 TO 800
lbs, SO 75N4 20; mixed butchers fat
cows. Sc 25@3 75 Gamers. 81 25a1 rs;
common bulls, 81 1908; good shippers
bulls. SO 50@ 3 IS.
Veal calves-Market steady; best
calves. 81 5O@7 80; common TO fair, 81
al rs.
sheep and lambs-Market steady.
Best lambs. Sc 50M6 IS; fair TO good
lambs. IS 1905: light to common lambs,
81 75M 25; fair to good butcher sheep,
s3@4; culls and common 81 1908.
Hogs-Market 1Oc higher. Range Of
prices: Light to good butchers. SEA
6 %; pigs. SAGA 10; light workers, S. %
a 60 stays, one-third off.
CHICAGo-cattle-Market 1oe lower;
beeves, S4m7 %; Texans. 81 BOB %;
westerners. S4@5 so; stockers and feed
ers, SO 25@5; cows and heifers, 81 IS
as 80; calves. 81 50a9 90. Hogs-Re-
@6 IS; heavy. s. 75G6 40; rough. IS Is
O. 90; good to choice, heavy, 81 900
SIS 90G6 25 Sheep-Receipts estimate ted
at $4,000; market steady, native, SO 25
a 5 80: western. So 25@ 90; yearlings,
sc 25@7 30; lambs, native, SIS 25@S 10;
western, 50 25gS 10.
East BuTalo.-Cattle-Be steers.
ping steers. s6G6.5o; best /, 900 to 100
ID shipping steers. s5@5.5o; best fat
sS.TS5; trim@ers. 81: best t' rat 6ei fesc
s56O@5.76; butcher heifers, 500 TO 900
lbs, s49L2O; light fat heifers, $3.50
sS.So' best st :, bulls 1E s42o@S; bologna
Hoxs@Msfket Csc lower; heavy, ,s.15
$3.50; best workers s6GD61O: light
s ssS9s sia PlsS s "a $780, roushs $3.50
sheepWMarket CSC lower; top lambs,
s76s377o "a irto good, s,@ 70; c al
y s'aIii ssG7: wethers, s5SoSS7S:
ewes. S565.25 Gull sheep, s250Q350
Best yeals ss.SO@s.7s; medium to
Grain, Etc.
wHEAT-Cash No red. 81 06 bid;
May opened without change at 81 01A
lost &c. advanced to 81 0S, declined to
81 07% and closed at 81 0SA and closed
at 81 oSA July opened at 81 Og1S, de,
TO 81 oOh and closed at 81 OF septem-
Der. 97hc; No 3 red. 81 o.; No. white,
coRNNcash No 3. 61 lAc; No . yellow,
oATs-Cash No s white, sac; May.
53Ac.
:, RyE.ca ss n, Nc. ?. cars at 77hc.
BEANsNcash and February, 50 20
GLOW EHSEED-frlme spot, lOC OAKS
At So so: March, 100 bags at SIS 67h;
sample IS bags at IS 40. 80 at - 25,
"a at IS 10, 20 at IS. is at 81 75; sam
pie alsike. IL bags at So 10, 10 at IS.
TIMOTHY SEED-Prime spot, so
bags at 81 Go.
The validity OF the Illinois direct
primary law was upheld in the super.
Tor court by Judge Ball at Chicago.
who also ruled that Frank J. Loesch's
appointment as special states attor-
ney TO procure fraud cases is legal.
Prices of products from Sicily and
Calabria have jumped in the local mar
ket from 20 70 rs high as $50 per cent
MS a result of the decreased importa-
lions which naturally followed the re-
cent earthquake.
Two carloads OF horses collected for
shipment to Texas points were burned
at fire in a livery barn i'm Colorado
City. Col
New-York tribune., 1909-10-08
ANTI-BLAcK FORCES IN PREsBYTERY
At Least Fifty, H. B. Elliot Says, Who Oppose
Ordination

To the Editor OF he Tribune.
Sir: Will you allow me, OF your oldest
subscribers and the oldest member Of the New
York Presbytery, to remove a wrong impression
which may have been made, upon a single point, by
your otherwise correct report of the action of that
body on Monday last?
You mention, incidentally, that the membership
is hundred and forty. which is true but IL in
cludes ministers and elders widely scattered, resi-
dent in other states and countries and various
missionary stations. There 15S churches. be-
sides ministers not pastors The enrolment on
Monday. at the semi-annuaI. most important meet
ing of the year was nnety-One ministers and
thirty-six elders, a total of 127. Many Of those
present in the morning absent in the after
noon. when the votes in regard to the ordination
then cast. though a considerable number refraned
from voting.
You also mention that there are about thirty
who stand against the majority" That is incOr-
rect. There are least fifty within the local
bounds Of the presbytery who that attitude.
though from the difficulty OF reaching those who
we're not at the sessions Monday that number Of
signatures has not yet been obtained. The com
pIaint' which IS go up 10 the synod will contain
which have not hitherto appeared upon
the protests" and there are some in full sym
pathy with who cannot be reached From this
showing 1t viii be that the dsproportion be-
tween the majority and minority is by no means
81 great your report would unintentOnally in
dicate. n. B. ELLIOT,
New York. Oct. :. 1903 Union Seminary. 1S43,
New-York tribune., 1909-10-08
AGAINST HASTY LAWS.
Elbridge 4. Gerry Points ont Their
Danger an Child Rescue Work.

81. Paul. oct. AT to-day's session of the CON
vention of the American Humane Association here
President Stillman read a paper prepared bv Ei-
bridge T. Gerry of New York on ''Hasty Iegisla-
ton in Child Rescue Work" The writer thought
there had been much legislation along this Iine
He said. in part:
% The ,1 first Society for the Prevention of Cruelty
York IN 1876, and for a long time the laws then
sister states Tor the prevention OF cruelty TO chill
dren within their own limits. The results were
TO every humane instinct that every effort Was
urged 10 enforce the law rather than TO improve
II. But as time rolled on, with the rapid growth
OF our nation and the extension of our societies
entire continent. the legislatures began to tinker
with their former laws with a view Of improving
the same and extending the scope Of their provis-
ions Too often the average legislator began TO
introduce bills TO reform existing laws. either TO
gratIIy the WlShes OF MS constituents or his own
vanity by furthertng the peculiar views Of those
work. without possessing either the educaton or
experience absolutely essential in the drafting OF
This American Humane Association meets an
fact a convention of our societies for the pre-
yention OF cruelty throughout the United States
which they are sailed upon IN their several locali-
most familiar with the existing law and its prac-
teal working is entitled TO weight with every
Legislature when II raises that voice against hasty
legislation.
In an address on How Best to Cure Juvenile
Deinquency." Z. Fellows Jenkins pointed out that
the best cures" come from influences en-
DiUyed without Tie Cnllu knOWleQSe. lie said
The cure f5r delinquency lies in the selection of
worthy ancestors Tor the children of the land. 1
ana quite serious. We do this by directing,
aiding and advising The children of our generation
that their progeny will profit by IT: that theirs in
turn VIII gain and that, excluding the element Of
viciOusnesz that must he expected the ultimate
result OF lahors VIII not be in vain
The election of officers resulted as follows. Dr
William o. Stillman of Rochester president;
Albert Letingwell of East Aurora, N Y, first
vice-presldent Mrs. Caroline E. White of Phila-
delphia, second yice-president; r. w. NewhaH OF
San Francisco, third vice-presdent: Nathaniel J
Walker, of Albany, secretary; George A Scott of
Chicago; oscar A. Trounstine of Cincinnati; Mrs
Lawrence GrOnlund of Oakland, Cal; Thomas D.
Flynn of New Orleans; John H. Holmes of St
Louis; DR.. T J. Beatty OF salt Lake City; Mathew
McCurrie OF San Francisco; H. Clay Preston. Of
Brooklyn William Rutherford, of Philadelphia.
and John Heap, of Washington, assistant secre-
taries Edgar Mcdonald. OF Brooklyn elected
treasurer
The American Humane Association will hold it's
meeting next year with the International Humane
Congress in Washington. This was decided at
to-day's session.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-08
COLONEL sAcKETT ON INTERVIEW.
Did Not Say There May Have Been Waste Of
Hudson Fulton Funds

To the Editor OF The Tribune
Sir: In article published in your issue OF to-
day respecting the disbursement of funds Of the
Hudson-Fu Celebra ton Commission there is
statement the inaccuracy Of which is calculated 10
do harm and injustice. refer 10 the following
preston which the article declares was used by
as secretary OF the commission.
Il know" he said you cannot make 1t too strong
that there has been graft There wdB haze been
some lraste in the careless Of money. but there
has been no graft
The recollection of your experienced and able rep
resentative who interviewed the subject
quite at fault in attrbutng 10 me the words above
italicized | have neither said thought thar
there has been. that there may have been, some
waste in the careless use OF money" the part of
the commission. anything of like import be-
Heve and whatever l have said the subject has
been intended reflect that belief that directly the
contrary is true and that this will be established
10 the publics satisfaction when the commission IN
due course renders full OF the great
committed TO IT, HENRY W. SACkETL
New York, oct T. 1903.
New-York tribune., 1909-10-08
THEATRICAL NOTES.

Admiral Seymour, Admiral Won Roster ard
guests will occupy boxes at the performance Of
THE Midnight Sons" at the Broadway Theatre
tonight.
Lima Abarbanell. the Vienna opera singer, viii
take the leading woman's part in The Love Cure
now playing at the New Amsterdam Theatre. be
ginning on Monday night Miss Elgie Bowen, who
has been playing this part so we'll will have an
important role IL another of Mr.. Savage's oper-
ettas.
Miss Marie Tempest viii follow John Drew at the
Empire IN penelope" later I'm the season. She
viii be succeeded by Miss Billy Burke in a new
play by the French authors Of Love Watches"
.'Kabale und Liebe" Friedrich Won schiIler's
drama. viii be acted at the German Theatre to-
night.
Orrin johnson and Frances Ring are winning a
deserved success in a Master Key now playing
the Bijou Theatre
The theatre which the Shuberts are building
at 39th street and Broadway it is expected viii be
finished by January /, 1910.
Charles Frohman will present Henry Bernstein's
play, Israel, Atlantic City on Monday
night This viii be followed in the same place by
The Harvest Moon" Augustus Thomas's play, and
The Bachelors Baby" by Francis Wilson.
Your Humble Servant" by Booth Harrington
and Harry Leon Wilson will open at the Lyceum
Theatre. Rochester. tonight.
The Fires of Fate" Conan Doyles new English
play viii be produced later in the by Charles
abr
New-York tribune., 1909-10-08
OBITUARY..
JUDGE ROBERT r. BISHOP.

Newton. Mass. Oct Robert Roberts Bishop.
associate justice of the Superior Court of Massa-
chusetts, and candidate Of the Republican party
for Governor In 1882 when he was defeated In a
memorable campaign by General Benjamin F.
Butler, died from pneumonia at his home in this
city tonight
Judge Bishop born in Medheld in 1884. He
fitted for college at Phillips Andover Academy, and
was graduated from Harvard Law School in 1851
He received the honorary degree of Master of Arts
Irom Dartmouth College in 1873 He was State
senator from 1878 10 1882. and was President Of
that body for three years
Judge Bishops law practice was concerned
largely with important railroad litigation. He was
Tor three years engaged in the notable case of the
'Berdeu bonds" involving S20OO0OOO. in the or
gahizaton by the bOndnOlders of the New York
& New England Railroad. He was appointed Judge
in 1855
New-York tribune., 1909-10-08

now the widow, OF the great Liberal statesman the
late Sir William Vernon Harcourt and a daughter
OF j. Lothrop Motley, the historian and for many
years the representative OF the United States at
The Court of St. James's. Robert HarcOurt. as
a younger son, inherited at his fathers death
a legacy of $4,000 well his beautiful place
In the New Forest, known Malwood Lodge. lie
will likewise inherit all his mothers property at
her death He spent five years in the diplomatic
service after being educated at Eton and Cam
bridge abandoned diplomacy for journalism served
on the stan Of the defunct London Tribune
as Parliamentary correspondent and dramatic
critic. and has produced two very good and sue
oesstul plays, Of which in particular, An Angel
Unawares." ran for a long time at Terry's Theatre
in London. with Miss Fannie Brough in the title
role Moreover he is next in the line of succession
TO ali the magnificent entailed property OF the
Harcourt family in Oxfordshre. notably Nuneham
Park. picturesquely situated the banks of the
Thames. and now owned by his half-brother and
senior. Lewis Harcourt. Minister of Public Works
in the present Cabinet. and through his marriage
with Miss Mary Burns. OF New York, a nephew of
J. Pierpont Morgan.
Miss Margery Cunard is cousin of the present
Sir Bache Cunard, and a great-granddaughter of
Sir Samuel Cunard, the first baronet OF the fam
lily and founder of the Cunard Line. The Cunards,
need scarcely mention, of American origin.
Sir Samuel's father having been Abraham Cunard,
eminent merchant of Philadelphia. The sec
ond baronet, Sir Edward married an American
wife. namely. a daughter OF Rache McEvers. OF
New York, and the Of this marriage. the pres
ent baronet, Sir Bache has wife a daughter
Of the late +. F. Burke, OF New York Miss Mar
gerry is the daughter OF William Samuel Cunard,
the elder brother of that Ernest Cunard who, six
years ago, married the daughter of James Nc
Pheeters. Of Baltimore. after her divorce from
Edward Padelford. OF Washington.
M
New-York tribune., 1909-10-08
Died.

HEwTTT-on Wednesday October g 1900 Jessie ffs-rr-
only daushteF o George p and Jessie u Hsu.ltt-
% Week st. Montclair n J on Friday Octoba-
Saturday morning
A9DGMAN-On Tuesday. October s. Charles A.. heiogst
husband Of MARY + Hodsman. AZ Tqezahoe. ~ =
a. lao m. at hts late residence. Train leaves
Grand Central station 1872 inteFmsnt private
vice. 9eo.sd =. . husband OF DIVA = Hss. I1assal -
81 ana 5th ave. October - a. 10 O'eOck In
tsrmeHt at sleepy Hollow csmstery. TarrytoEn- sDs-
o'clock Immediately after the services az ts ehuEeh
iiisINAs the Home FOR hs Agsd cHuTsa c5srifr
beth Irwin n the sssrb ysar ~ b4r az FnraI rs--
vices on Friday october $50 a. the Homss
NO @o4 Herkiner st.. BROOKLYN
JANEs-On THURSDAY October 1909. Isabella ". wife
o[ Sinclstr W James Relatives and friends are ins
her daughter. Mrs George vs.. Murray. Napier
near Broadway Chester Park. Long Island saturday
venisnce OF family
k1SEA' MS55 , Rss rssaes @ & 70 ss9 Bed E ave- Poey
Kane Funeral sunday. 2-3O p
KAyANAGH-on A,i wedasssay evening oss9sss ias
Funeral service az her late residence No 10 West f5z
Interment WoodIaVu-
NGRATH-on WEDNESDAY. October 8 1900. Iawreuces
Saturday. go a n
EAIINGER-sudden.y. October 8. Rev wilbur Fs
beloved husband OF Laura Meminger- AGED o. year
Funeral services At The Gospel Taseruaes Chgreh 4aa
Tyrone. Penn. Chicago papers please copy
MEYEROu October 8. 1909. Christian Franz Meyer. IN
the 18th year OF his Services AZ hls late Residence.
No. 3l9 Court St, Brooklyn, On Friday evening. .
o'clock
MILLER-suddeny, october g. 1893. Charles H MI
ler Funeral services 2SO p n, October s. AZ No -
Lott at. Flat5ush-
PAYNE-At his residence BaypOTt Long Island.
Tuesday. October Albert Payne Intereut az
convenience % family
PoTTs-At Poughkeepsle. \. Y october 1904 re.
Rev Arthur Potts. IN the 18th year o. 1is ag--
Funeral services VIII be held No 70 South Ham
HtOu St. uehkeepse. n Y Friday. Octoher
s. 3 o'clock D. Relatives and friends are in
vfted Interment Greenwood Cemetery. In Brook
lyn. Saturday
sEcoR-su5deny, at the home OF her daughtsr Ms
Edward T!iden. Freeporr Long Island, " r.. ca
THURSDAY October 1879 Fanaie-tantou Paine, widow
or William Secor and daughter of the late Henry p
and Caroline J. Yeomnns- Prayers a. the house az
Holy Trinity Church Broo zn on saturday October =
at ll30 a n. Enira ,N y and Provtdencs Or -
papers please copy
SHAW-At Yolkers. y. Y. Wednesday. October s.
1893 Sarah A widow 0f samuel shaw and daughter Oe
the late Rufus s and PhFbe COdelD King Funeral
services late residence No ID North BrOadway-
Friday. Sth inst. al 2 m Carriages VII meet
the Hudson River train leaving New York az f55
STREBEIGH-On Thursday. october :. 1909 Babylon.
Long Island. Harold. tr aged OF HaroiI
and Blanche Strebeigh- Funeral service Babylon
Saturday morning az 10 O'Clock
New-York tribune., 1909-10-08
SELL TWO COLLECTIONS OF PAINTINGS.

There was representative throng OF art lovers
present last night at the Fifth Avenue Art Gal
leries when the oil paintings belonging the Mary
A Stone and Maurice Champeau collections were
sold. The bidding was brisk from start finish.
A of Schreyer's entitled ''WaIIachian Horse
men brought $4,000 the highest price of the even
ing. 1t was knocked down TO a Colonel Ford. A.
Vyants The Old Fallow' brought S4O0, as did
also WeiIand's ''ChiIdhood's Happy Days" which
was purchased by Martin Beck. The total Of the
sale $1,000 From the two sessions of the
sale of antique furniture some S100 was realized.
After to-day's morning and afternoon sessions the
library of NJ, c. Hoffman will be sold in the even
ing
New-York tribune., 1909-10-08
MRS. ALFRED LANeDoN RIvEs.

Richmond. Va, Oct. Mrs. Alfred Langdon
Rtves mother of Princess Troubetzkoy the writer
died to-day at her home. Castle Hill AIbemarle
county. after long illness Mrs. Rives was a
MISS MacMurdo. Of this city. and connected
with many of the oldest families In the state Her
husband died in 1903. He civil engineer. and
at one time superintendent of the Panama Railroad
The daughter, formerly Amelie Rives married
Johh armstrong Chaloner. whose attempts TO have
himself declared sane in this state have brought
him so often into the news. She divorced her hus-
band In 1895. and the next year married TO
Prince Pierre Troubetskoy, OF Russia.