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could be called he had passed away. He
was unconscious for a short time prevl-
Gus to his death. Around his bedside
We're gathered the members Of his family,
Judge Oliver Wendell Holmes being the
only surviving son, Mrs. Oliver Wendell
Holmes, Jr., and Edward J. Holmes,
nephew of the poet. Although the poets
death occurred shortly after midday, it
ala not become known until a late hour
Tonight The house was darkened and
police guarded the entrance to prevent
the household from being disturbed.
Oliver Wendell Holmes was born in
Cambridge, Mass, in August, 1909, being
the third of five children of Rev. Abiel
Holmes, whose father was a surgeon in
the Revolutionary army. Among the
schoolmates of oliver were Alfred Lee,
afterward Bishop of Delaware, Margaret
Fuller and Richard Henry Dana, Jr.
His first attempts at versification We're
made while student at Phillips Andover
Academy, while he was preparing for
college. 1t was a translation from the
first book of Enid" He graduated at
Harvard in 1929. among his classmates
being William III. Claiming, James
Clarke and Benjamin r. Curtis. He de-
liyered The commencement poem. The
next year, when it was proposed to break
up the old frigate Constitution, Holmes
published Boston paper his lyric pro-
test, beginning:
SAY, tear her tattered ensign down."
1t saved the ship from destruction, and
gave the young poet a wide reputation.
w Whlle studying law the following year
he wrote several of his best-known
humorous verses. He afterWard studied
medicine, and spent three years abroad,
receiving his degree in 1886. In that year
he published his first book of poems, con-
tanning forty-five pieces. In 1889 he was
chosen Professor OF Anatomy and Ply
siology at Dartmouth. he married
Amelia Lee Jackson in 1910, daughter
of Judge Charles Jackson OF the Massa-
chusetts Supreme Court. In 1917 he
became a Professor in the Harvard Medi-
cal School, and about that time branched
out as a lyceum lecturer. He was the
author of several scientific as well as
political and other literary works, too
numerous to specify, but perhaps his
most brilliant and popular production
was 1.-The Autocrat Of the Breakfast
Table" His son, who bears his own
name. born in 1911, retired after the civil
war with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel,
and was afterward admitted TO the Boston
bar. In 1882 be became Professor in the
Harvard Law School, and the same year
was appointed to the Massachusetts Su-
preme bench.
DEATH OF A SAN JOSE CAPITALIST.
SAN JOSE, Oct. Z. = Captain Nigel
OOyly, capitalist, who has resided in
San Jose for twenty years past, died this
afternoon OF uremia, his acute illness
having been Of only one weeks duration.
The deceased was born in France, and
was % years of age. He came to the
United States at years of age, and early
IN life took to the sea. At the outbreak of
the war he took position as navigator,
and was attached to the Pacific squadron.
he was the youngest navigator in the
service. Alter he left the war service he
was engaged in the merchant marine
service, and twenty years ago retired,
since which time he has resided in San
Jose. A widow and four children survive
him.
FUNERAL OF PROFESSOR SWING.
CHICAGO, Oct. THE funeral services
OF the late Professor David Swing were
held this afternoon i'll Central Music
Hall, where he had preached SO many
years. The services were attended by
5000 people. and fully as many more
were unable to obtain admission.
COLONEL CHIvINGToN'S REMAINS LAID
AT REST.
DENVER, Oct. THE remains of Col.
John NJ. Chivington, who died here a
few days ago, were inferred in Paramount
Cemetery this afternoon under the aus
pices OF the Masonic Grand Lodge of
Colorado. He was an honored member
of the Grand Lodge of Masons, the
Grand Army of the Republic, and the
Colorado Pioneers Association. Colonel
Chivington was one of Two surviving
charter members of Colorado Command
cry, No. l, knight Templars. Ex-G ov-
ernor Evans is now the sole survivor.