The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-07-07
EX-SENATOR IS DEAD.
John I. Mitchell Pas es Away at
His Sumner Home.
IA NOTABLE DEMOCRAT.
.hiei Without Regaining consciousness.
Surrounded by Members Of
II His Family.


the age Of 81 years. The funeral wll
be held Z Saturday afternoon at go
O'clock. Interment will be on the fam
Sly lot at, Forest Home cemetery. ,ftr.
Senator Mitchell was. prior to the bank
failures OF 1893 one OF Mlwaukces
sczhhiest citizens His vast forrunr
was largely depleted, however, in his de-
termination TO make good the losses slIs
Snised through the collapse OF the bQpk
ais father. Alexander Mitchell. founded,
although, at tho time, Mr.. Mitchell was
nst actively Identified with the lnStipl-
lion It's believed that he slll hayes
fortune worth proximately $l.WuJHp
Popular with Old Soldiers .t VI
The news Of the death spread rapidly
wednesday evening, and cNpress!pus OF
Step sorrow and OF great admiration for
che man who n gone were to he heard
app1 all sides. There will be mona t9
7HsS the genial warm greeting and tht
Kindly pfesence of "Oomrade Mitchell
more than the old veterans Of the lAy!l
war, both in and out OF the Soldiers
home. .H' 10
For many years Mr.. Mitchell was the
resident manager OF the national board
II managers Of the National Home fot
Disabled Volunteer Soldiers. and 10 that
position endesrcd himself to every one
~ Tue &UrD IltliDtIH Oh inc MIH hHh''
camp, No task was too irksGiBc for Mr.
Mitchell. when an old cOmrsde was 10 be,
Benefited or "A sufferer FROM some home
lrouhe t0tnforted He was man unf'
touiradG,i brother and sponsor FOR each
and ell, and there Was no prouder mo-
mort n aenator Mitrhcll's long and use
full hfe tlrln when no wns invited. one
yfrr ago by Gov Cornelius Wheeler Of
The Milwaukee branch, 10 deliver the Me-
mortal day address TO the veterans ut thH
bone. which was also the OCCASION Of the
sedicaton of the monument in the home
,emptcry. Never was there n moro in.'
simctyG, Impressive or more tender ndr
dress and tribute 10 the veterans uf the
Juion drthirs delivered there.
Seriously I'll for Some Months mfr
Senator MitcheH's fntal Illness dntr.
tom an, Operntion performed about thre
0onths ago for complicated Intestinal
disorder from which he had hcen surrey
fne for poina time previous A ceI-ultb4
G'on Of physicinns and surgeons deter
mined upon surgical operation for n
sicppnre in the bowels, aud Dr, Nicho,,l,
Srpn Of Rush Medlra college performed
Che 0peTalIpn 1t was regarded rs SAC.
e-rssful, relieving the patient from In
srnse suffering, hnd prolonging his lfp
Following tbc operation Mr. Mitchell raj
Acd and wns able to be up and about
mas home for som" time Within n few
week, AOwsveF, heart complications he.
rrioped and late saturday afternoon Mr
Mitchell suffered a sudden collapse
The dcgsth Of Mr.. Mitchell removes
second vice president from the Marine
RstionaI bank within month, his
ss~s,n John Johnston, having been thu
sher Of the two vice presidents.
John Lcndrum Mitchell. H.,
John Lendrum Mitchell vas born in
Milwaukee. October 10. 1872 His par
mis- weta Alexander and Matths Mitch.
III. lie was the only child pf three to,
rr,ive. the others dying In infancy
H,s fntber ~as ~ sturdy Scotch stock.
and his mother wins Of n prominent Yer
mont falaly. Some Of the peculiar and,
sarong ch1roc erstics which distinguished
Alexander Mitchell wers notably Inherit.
III by he son, making him II man 0f
NH. and OF strong fOrceful character
lie ncgilred the rudin,ents Of ah educa
non 10 The pubic schools Of NJ lw aukes.
aud later took complete course IN the
niIit0ry. school NJ Hampton Conn nfiet
Which hr went abroad and sindird In thu
sft0t institutions Of learning IN Dresden,
Gnnlch ana Genoa When The wnr Of
thc rebellion broke ON, MIR Mitchell
sarlcncJ home and ~ thu age Of 10 "a
bsie1 with Go / Twenty fourth WIS
-nnsin Ndluuicrr iufhmry JBnuhry II
iSGS I'm was promoted 10 the brsl 'i,al
trnnncy aud tran frrr"l 10 to. T. NJ tho
sane regiment. ia lunr NJ fhe slurH
frnr hN NVHs drtailed fOt driy On IN.
gtnh If t,ciE RpuS3rau. and patlIpat,iI
the battles aui rugpgrurul, IN Nd,
reg meH' hcludiue Pduyyl'e Sbrftst-
s"ro. HpNer.s Gap anj the oaupslafu
about chattanooga Seriously Impaired
sycNgM Compelled hlm . resign vi,
F0mmlTIhD. ..U
Entera Political Field e
81 .MAchGiI entered polftlns 10 1872,
when he bccnWc candidate on ,hG
Dsmoctbfic ticket for the STATE Scna,t
% which has vas triumphantly elected
Hs ans re elected IN 1875 In 1884 5
Sc served as president of the .,,h0oi
soard prradent of thu Wisconsin state
Agricultural society, aud ptenaent of fhe.
Northwestern Tr9tting Horse Breeders
iSSOglufou.
Owning Irrgo AMI highly improYsi
farm within five miles Of the city, Son.
OF Mitchell delighted u pass his lri.urn
ime thats, where he had ItO acres tinlts
sultlyaYpn, He loved good stock ana
missed the bAt IN order ~ sifuuf,,. tifr
,eirnce or farming, hn p"eurnd IN" c4tnb.
ishm"DL OF a short course IA agriculture
Of the state university. offering nh the
snue fine twenty helolntships 70 panr
soys He atto, III 1887, pln reed a standing
order with the superintendent IT MuWau.
bee schools 10 supply at his expense ~,
,ecessary books 10 every scbool ,hiId
whose parents were known n b. IA,
,cor 10 purchase them
in fSI Mir mitchell VIVA appointed
~ Congress a iuatuhr ~ the board Qt
manager, ~ tbr National Home, FIR
DishhLnd soldrrs. ana IN 1895 h. was
th','te1 wee president OF th,. board 10
lSbl hr "ne r.rr,tl ~ Congress frum