| Show I Senator Mitchell Dead 1 7 r I l t 1Y TZdh f Zl oPOpAcav United States Senator John H Mitchell died Portland Ore Dec 8 his death having been due to complications compli-cations which followed the removal of four teeth by a dentist the day before The senator had long been in poor physical condition John HIpple Mitchell was born in Washington county Pennsylvania Juno 32 1835 Ho was reared on a farm was educated in the public schools and at Butler Academy and then studied law In 1860 he went to California In the following year he located at Portland Ore He was elected Republican town counsel In 1861 state senator the next year and United States senator In 1873 He failed of reelection to the United States senate in 1879 but was returned re-turned in 1885 where he served until 1897 Falling again In that year to be reelected ho was returned again to the Senate In 1901 During the interims In-terims he practiced law having been a partner of the late United States Senator J H Dolph for several years and later of Judge A H Tanne His connection with the conspiracy to defraud de-fraud the government of public domain do-main wrecked his political Influence and caused him to enter into a physical physi-cal decline The case against him which has been appealed to the United States Supremo Court will abate by reason of his death Mrs Mitchell is In Paris France where she has spent a large part of her time since the marriage mar-riage of a daughter Margaret to the Duke of Rochefoucauld John H Mitchell Mit-chell of Minneapolis and Lieutenant Hiram Mitchell U S A are sons of the senator I |
