OBITUARY.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19349, 9 December 1924, Page 8

OBITUARY.

MRS GENE STRATTON PORTER.

Press. Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. NEW YORK, December 6. A telegram from Los Angeles says that Mrs Gene Stratton Porter, the authoress, died As the result of an accident, through her automobile striking a street car. — Reuter. Mrs Gene Stratton Porter was born in-1868 on a farm in 'Wabash County, Indiana. She was the daughter of Mark and Mary Stratton, and in 1886 she was married to Charles Darwin Porter. She was a specialist in natural history photography. Her novels havfe had a great sale in America, Great Britain, and the dominions. “The Harvester,” published in 191.1, “Freckles,” and “The Girl of the Limberlost” are probably her most popular books. She has written much on natural history subjects. SENOR CASTRO. NEW YORK, December 7. The death is announced at New Orleans of ’Senor Castro, the famous exiled dictator of Venezuela. —A. and N.Z. Cable.

Cypriano Castro, formerly President of Venezuela, was bom in 1862, near San Abtonic, Los Andes, of mixed Indian and South American blood. He was elected a Senator, and supported President Palaccio, ■who was overthrown in 1892. Against President Andrade, in 1899, he led a successful revolution, and on Andrade’s flight he entered Caracas, and wag elected provisional President. The following year he ■was elected full President, and in 1906 was unanimously re-elected with the title of .Restaurador de Venezuela. In 1908 he went to Europe for a surgical operation, and the Vice-president, General Gomez, assumed the Presidency. By a conciliatory policy Gomez restored good relations with the Powers, and Castro, seeking to return, found it impossible to land at any port in the West Indies, or to effect an entrance into Venezuela through any South American country.