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Show DEATH OF MRS. FREMONT. -Brilliant Woman Practically Unknown to Present Generaipn. " The announcement at the death of Jessie Benton Fremont in California, with whose early fortunes both she andher- husbnd,;-Geijf Jbhn ; C.- Fjre-fnont; Fjre-fnont; were closely identified,''' will hardly affect the present generation, which knows little . about": this once brilliant woman. Indeed, the interest in her life nowr is purely reminiscent; but her death will bring up many interesting in-teresting memories to those whose recollections go back half a century and who will recall, her as the handsome, hand-some, dashing, high spirited wife of Lieut. Fremont and daughter of Senator Sen-ator Benton. She was the young lieutenant's lieu-tenant's -support and inspiration in that famous exploration which made him known all' over the country as "the Pathfinder." She was the. wife of the first Republican candidate for the presidency, and had Fremont been elected she would have had a brilliant court at the White house, over,-which she would have presided in queenly style. She was honored at European courts, 'where her wit and beauty made her a social sensation. She" was the belle of many cities, a general favorite fa-vorite in an unusually wide. circle of distinguished acquaintances;' and a born social leader, but the defeat of her husband'-s political ambitions and other misfortunes which overtook him I m.JESUE BENTON FPEMQN7 deprived her of the opportunity to fill positions in which she would have shone. The society queen, once dethroned, de-throned, is soon forgotten, and subSi was Mrs. Fremont's fate. |