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Show DIED IN CONVULSIONS. Hon. George P. Copeland, a Colorado Legislator, Expires in a Violent Vio-lent Hemorrhage- HIS CAEEEE Iff STATE POLITICS. He Was Denounced by His Enemies, But Stuck Uncompromisingly to Senator Woloott. ' . ' - ' . ', At 4 o'clock this morning, in his apartments at the St., James hotel on South Main street, Hon. George F. Copeland was convulsed by a . hemorrhage hemor-rhage of the lungs, and after a desperate desper-ate struggle subsided In the calm slumber slum-ber of death. "' ; ' Deceased has been a resident of Lead-vlllo, Lead-vlllo, Colorado, for twelve years past, where be wa engaged in a general merchandise business. Close application ap-plication to business- resulted In the accumulation of quite an Independence and two years ago be was lured from' the quiet moorings of private citizenship to wear the laurels of the legislative hall. He was avowedly avow-edly a Woloott man and when be assumed as-sumed that attitude in the face of tremendous tre-mendous and ranting opposition from his local papers, more than average attention was attracted to him. He had given bis word, however, and never flinched even - fit the incisive satire and bullying invective of his assailants. as-sailants. ' Mr. Copeland was thereupon ushered into the catogory of ringsters and left his reoord on the annals of the Seventh general assembly, a record that has since been held up to suoh ridicule by the press of the state that were not in ' sympathy with its purposes pur-poses and its ; roster. . As a member of the house of representatives his term of office expired with the adjournment, ad-journment, of the legislature, sinoe which period his health has been failing fail-ing very rapidly. 1 Upon the advice of physicians he came to Salt Lake with a view of improving his condition, but the recent equinoctial Hurry made the experiment anything but agreeable, agree-able, and : it was -arranged that he should continue "his voyage to California this evening. Yesterday he was enjoying the sunshine from the veranda at the St. James and on retiring retir-ing was feeling somewhat improved. His aged father was his companion and was terribly shocked when at 4 o'clock this morning he was aroused to find his son in the fatal convulsion. The remains were removed at once to the undertaking parlors of Win. Skewes & Son where they were, embalmed for shipment to Lead-ville Lead-ville where tbey will be buried. At six o'clock servloes will be held at the embalming parlors that his Colorado friends may pay their respects to a friend and an upright man. |