Show r I LORENZO DOW IS DEAD I Pioneer miner Passes Away at His Home In ITew York j New York bet 14 Lorenzo flow > is dead at his home ia ihis > city aged 72 years He was born frj Park When the gold fever broke out in lS4ff he went to the Pacific coast and for several I sev-eral years was engaged there in prospecting pros-pecting for ad in operating mines I I He then crossed the Sierra Ncvadat I mountains and pitched his tent on = the alkali lands which are now covered by the business part of Virginia City Ho became interested = la Uid sliver m ne of that region and contributed largely I to > their devfopntene Later he settled in Kansas He became be-came prominent In Its early struggles and was acute in the free soil agitation I tion He I was the first mayor of Topeka To-peka Kan and for many years he was a member of tho supreme court of Kansas During the civil war 3Ir Dow was alt inventor and was engaged In the manufacture of a waterproof cartridge It was known as the Dow cartridge and was used extensively In the arms for muzzleloadine guns After the war Mr Dow went to South America where he engaged ins in-s mining enterprises He also conducted a considerable business in II II exportation op mahogany and othei I native1 woods Returning to1 this country coun-try Mr Davv settled in Colorado where lie again engaged l ini mining The town of Stivorton was luezeiy developed I I through hs efforts |