Show INDIANA STATESMAN GALLED CALLED had been prominent figure in con can 1 gress for washington Washing tom benjamin F Shi shiely felY senior senator from indiana and foi fol M years rs a prominent figure in congress coo greas died march 14 at a hospital here lie ile had been many months from a complication of diseases and for more than a month had been unable to beit abrin actively his official off acdal duties ut wae was 68 58 years of age benjamin franklin shively wai was born on a farm in st joseph county indiana on march 20 1857 the eon son of the rov rev joel shively a preacher during three terms in the house and the seven yeara years he had bad been in the senate senator shively had devoted his activities particularly to foreign 1 affairs and tariff legislation at the time of afi death he ans was ranking decoct cutic alac member of the foreign relations committee of which he bad had teen been acting chairman airman th during tho the critical period preceding and following the american occupation of veru cruz |