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Show Telegrapher Roloirra'i Untimely Death. Telegraph operators and those interested inter-ested in electrical affairs all over the oonntry were grieved the other day to learn of the death of Mr. J. W, Eoloson, one of the New York night managers of the Postal comnanv. whose demise at - . F a Brooklyn hospital hos-pital was due to injuries received in a collision while riding a bicycle. bi-cycle. Although bnt 31 years of age, Mr. Roloson hadaohieved fame in his chosen Iprofession.andup to last spring was accounted the fastest sending J. w. roloson. operator in the United States. At that time, however, the distinction was wrested from him in the New York tournament by a young man named Pollock, living at Hartford, Conn. Despite this, however, Mr. Roloson, Rolo-son, was generally conceded to be one of the most excellent and accurate telegraphers teleg-raphers in the country. He was widower and leaves two ions, one 7 and the other 6 years of age. |