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Died. Joseph Kemp Toole, 77, of Helena, Mont., lawyer, Democrat, first Governor of Montana (1889-93, 1901-09); of a heart attack; in Helena.
Died. Dr. William Loudon Mollison, 77, mathematician, since 1915 Master of Clare College, Cambridge; in London.
Died. Mrs. Ellen James Van Buren Morris, 84, of Manhattan, granddaughter of President Martin Van Buren, relative of Philosopher William James and Novelist Henry James; in Manhattan.
Died. Samuel Olive. 96, of Ripon, Wis., one of the last of 53 pioneers who met under the leadership of Major Alban E. Bovay in the "little white school" in Ripon on March 20, 1854, and "founded the Republican Party"; in Ripon.*
Died. General Charles Horace Montgomerie y Agramonte, 98, of Mexico City, soldier of fortune, "Dean" of the U.S. colony in Mexico City. General Agramonte was born in Havana of a U.S. father, a Cuban mother. He saw the charge of the Light Brigade at Balaklava, fought through the Indian mutiny, the siege of Lucknow, the Maori uprising, Bull Run, Antietam, Gettysburg, the Chicago riots. He hunted buffalo with General Custer. He was once champion swordsman of Europe, was sentenced to death in the Cuban insurrection of 1868, and tried to enlist for the Spanish War by posing as his own son. He had three wives, including a daughter of Brigham Young. U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Dwight Whitney Morrow lately asked the General how he felt. "I have had two fist fights in the past year," he replied. "I am as good as ever." One scuffle occurred when the General punched the nose of a man who had dared to offer him a glass of orangeade.
*The honor of being G. O. P. birthplace is also claimed by Jackson, Mich.; by Kansas City, Mo.