Col. M.M. Price is dead in Paris
U.S. Consul and former South Dakotan a Victim of Heart Disease
A cable-gram was received today announcing the death of Colonel M.M. Price in Paris, France, on Wednesday night, as the result of two weeks' sickness of heart trouble. Hiram Price, his son is attending college in this city, and says his father has been in very poor health for some time. The body will be brought to this country and buried at Davenport, Iowa.
Three years ago Colonel Price, who was then living on his farm at Letcher, SD, was appointed consul by President Roosevelt to Jeres de la Frontera, Spain and since then little had been heard of him. In the McKinley campaign, Colonel Price took the stump in this state and did valiant work. Previous to that he was one of the leaders of the populist party.
Colonel Price was an orator of great ability. He was short in stature, but towered high on the platform. He filled many engagements on the platform, and one of his most interesting lectures was of a Shakespearean nature. He was a close student of the bard and quoted his writings with great fluency.
In his political work he was a fighter and was prominent in many campaigns since 1885, when he located in the territory of Dakota.
He graduated from an Andover, Massachusetts law school and first located at Davenport, Iowa. After the Civil War, in which he served as colonel of the Thirteenth Iowa volunteers, he was appointed consul to Marseilles, France by President Grant.
From the Minneapolis Journal, Saturday, October 27th, 1906~
"A cablegram" it reads "Mitchell, SD Oct 27th--"
From FAG Cotributor: Danny Gagnon
U.S. Consul and former South Dakotan a Victim of Heart Disease
A cable-gram was received today announcing the death of Colonel M.M. Price in Paris, France, on Wednesday night, as the result of two weeks' sickness of heart trouble. Hiram Price, his son is attending college in this city, and says his father has been in very poor health for some time. The body will be brought to this country and buried at Davenport, Iowa.
Three years ago Colonel Price, who was then living on his farm at Letcher, SD, was appointed consul by President Roosevelt to Jeres de la Frontera, Spain and since then little had been heard of him. In the McKinley campaign, Colonel Price took the stump in this state and did valiant work. Previous to that he was one of the leaders of the populist party.
Colonel Price was an orator of great ability. He was short in stature, but towered high on the platform. He filled many engagements on the platform, and one of his most interesting lectures was of a Shakespearean nature. He was a close student of the bard and quoted his writings with great fluency.
In his political work he was a fighter and was prominent in many campaigns since 1885, when he located in the territory of Dakota.
He graduated from an Andover, Massachusetts law school and first located at Davenport, Iowa. After the Civil War, in which he served as colonel of the Thirteenth Iowa volunteers, he was appointed consul to Marseilles, France by President Grant.
From the Minneapolis Journal, Saturday, October 27th, 1906~
"A cablegram" it reads "Mitchell, SD Oct 27th--"
From FAG Cotributor: Danny Gagnon
Col. M.M. Price is dead in Paris
U.S. Consul and former South Dakotan a Victim of Heart Disease
A cable-gram was received today announcing the death of Colonel M.M. Price in Paris, France, on Wednesday night, as the result of two weeks' sickness of heart trouble. Hiram Price, his son is attending college in this city, and says his father has been in very poor health for some time. The body will be brought to this country and buried at Davenport, Iowa.
Three years ago Colonel Price, who was then living on his farm at Letcher, SD, was appointed consul by President Roosevelt to Jeres de la Frontera, Spain and since then little had been heard of him. In the McKinley campaign, Colonel Price took the stump in this state and did valiant work. Previous to that he was one of the leaders of the populist party.
Colonel Price was an orator of great ability. He was short in stature, but towered high on the platform. He filled many engagements on the platform, and one of his most interesting lectures was of a Shakespearean nature. He was a close student of the bard and quoted his writings with great fluency.
In his political work he was a fighter and was prominent in many campaigns since 1885, when he located in the territory of Dakota.
He graduated from an Andover, Massachusetts law school and first located at Davenport, Iowa. After the Civil War, in which he served as colonel of the Thirteenth Iowa volunteers, he was appointed consul to Marseilles, France by President Grant.
From the Minneapolis Journal, Saturday, October 27th, 1906~
"A cablegram" it reads "Mitchell, SD Oct 27th--"
From FAG Cotributor: Danny Gagnon
U.S. Consul and former South Dakotan a Victim of Heart Disease
A cable-gram was received today announcing the death of Colonel M.M. Price in Paris, France, on Wednesday night, as the result of two weeks' sickness of heart trouble. Hiram Price, his son is attending college in this city, and says his father has been in very poor health for some time. The body will be brought to this country and buried at Davenport, Iowa.
Three years ago Colonel Price, who was then living on his farm at Letcher, SD, was appointed consul by President Roosevelt to Jeres de la Frontera, Spain and since then little had been heard of him. In the McKinley campaign, Colonel Price took the stump in this state and did valiant work. Previous to that he was one of the leaders of the populist party.
Colonel Price was an orator of great ability. He was short in stature, but towered high on the platform. He filled many engagements on the platform, and one of his most interesting lectures was of a Shakespearean nature. He was a close student of the bard and quoted his writings with great fluency.
In his political work he was a fighter and was prominent in many campaigns since 1885, when he located in the territory of Dakota.
He graduated from an Andover, Massachusetts law school and first located at Davenport, Iowa. After the Civil War, in which he served as colonel of the Thirteenth Iowa volunteers, he was appointed consul to Marseilles, France by President Grant.
From the Minneapolis Journal, Saturday, October 27th, 1906~
"A cablegram" it reads "Mitchell, SD Oct 27th--"
From FAG Cotributor: Danny Gagnon
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