Divorced. Sometime Lieutenant Osborne Wood, son of famed Governor General Leonard Wood of the Philippines, at Wilmington, Del., by Katherine Thompson Wood, who charged adultery.

Died. Richard Bret Harte, 35, grandson of the famed author, in Paris, by gas, after leaving a letter indicating despair at being worsted in love.

Died. Clara Morris, 79, onetime emotional-tragedienne, for years a member of Augustin Daly's famed stock company, until her retirement in 1895 one of the most popular of American actresses; at New Canaan, Conn., of heart disease. Cried Sarah Bernhardt, after seeing a performance by Clara Morris as Camille: "Mon Dieu! This woman does not act, she suffers!"

Died. The Dowager Queen Alexandra, consort of Edward VII, at Sandringham (see p. 11, COMMONWEALTH).