Show iN IEN i E. E DIES IN NEW VORK OEll AFTER AJR A MONTUS MONTU'S ILLNESS i President of Eastern States Mission Succumbs After J. J Eventful Career J Ii The body of Elder Ben Ben- E. E Rich dent of ot the c eastern stern states mission of ot K the Mormon church who died In New NewYOrk NewYork NewYork r York at 10 o'clock Saturday night will arrive In this city Thursday acco panted by the widow and other members of ot tho family President Rich who had been Ill III for tor four weeks of ot a complication of ot kidney and heart trouble had been In a critical condition for tor several days and his death was expected hourly since last Monday Monda when his son Dr Orin L. L Rich who ho had charge of ot the tho case announced that there was wu evidently evidently- no further hope that his father would recover Mrs Diana F F. F Rich and her son on Benjamin Benjamin Benjamin Ben Ben- jamin I L 1 Rich arrived In New York Saturday Sat Sat- He died a few fen hours later L. L W. W Richards Cha 8 has been placed In temporary temporary tem torn charge charp of tho the eastern states mis- mis al Ben E. E Rich was II a eon son of ot Apostle Charles C. C Rich and Sarah Rich His father was a pioneer The father Cather was the forebear of ot an an unusually large Jarge family having had two fifty-two children Thero There are living JIving descendants of ot Apostle Rich Ben E. E Rich W was B educated In the schools of ot Salt Lake He moved to Ogden when he was 20 ZO years of or age e and was county recorder He managed tho the Equitable Coop Coop Coop Co Co- Co- Co op store and then went on a mission to England After three years there he re returned returned returned re- re turned at the tho head of a colony of or Mormon formon immigrants who settled in Utah and Idaho He moved moed to Rexburg Ida and purchased the Rexburg Press Pres which he renamed the Silver Sliver Hammer Ho He moved the paper to St. St Anthony Ida and for a time owned the Rexburg Rexburg- Standard also He was a a. candidate for tor tho the Idaho state senate on the Republican ticket and andI kvas was a a. lieutenant of ot former United States I 9 Senator Fred T. T Dubois Dubols He was defeated defeat defeat- ed cd In his race for tor the state senate Ho Ha was a a. delegate from Idaho to the Republican national convention in fn St. St Louis in 1 6 and when the silver sUver plank was killed he left the convention He supported Bryan in the national campaign of ot 1896 stumping Utah and Idaho He came to Utah in 1596 to manage the campaign of ot Frank J J. J Cannon for Cor the tho United States senate He was sent to the southern states as t president of ot that mission field in 1898 1598 and continued Inthe in inthe the mission field until his lUs death He lived JIved at Chattanooga Tenn for tor eleven years though retaining his legal residence In Utah returning to this state two or three times each year ear and always alwa's returning to vote ote In general elections He spent a afew afew afew few weeks each summer at his home in Centerville M Mamon amon Church Official Dies at Eastern Post PostA FY rm r Lop a S S'S A f S 'S BEN E. E mOH |