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Show COLONEL DEWEY DEAD. Well Known Idahoan Passes to the Great Beyond. Colonel W. H. Dewey died of dropsy Friday morning at the Dewey Palace hotel at Nampa. He was SO years old and a native of New York. Colonel Dewey, was one of the very prominent men of the state. He made a fortune in the mines of Silver City, and more recently developed the Dewey mine at Thunder mountain, which is now known to be of great value. He built two short lines of railway, one from Nampa to Murphy, the other from Nampa to Emmett. Another monument is his Nampa hotel, which was opened three months ago. It cost ?2o0.000. His estate is estimated at from $1,000,000 to Sl.2o0.0U0. |