Rev. Dr. Elmer H. Capen, former President of Tufts College, dies at the age of 76.

March 24.—Jules Verne, the celebrated novelist, dies from a stroke of paralysis at Amiens, France, aged 76.

Señor Manuel de Aspiroz, Mexican Ambassador to the United States, dies at Washington, aged 68.

March 29.—Jacob L. Greene, President of the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company, dies at his home in Hartford, aged 67.

William Hammond, a prominent real estate man of Boston, Mass., commits suicide in the Hotel Astor, New York.

March 30.—Hugo Jacobson, the American representative of a French steel firm, commits suicide at the Hotel Breslin, New York.

March 31.—The Dowager Duchess of Abercorn, grandmother of the Duke of Marlborough, dies at London, aged 92.

William H. Muker, once well-known American actor, dies at New Rochelle, N. Y., aged 83.

Dr. William Bodenhamer, once family physician of Commodore Vanderbilt, dies at New Rochelle, N. Y., aged 97.

April 1.—James M. Seymour, former mayor of Newark, N. J., and Democratic candidate for Governor, dies at the age of 67.