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Show COLONEL DORSEY , DIES AFTER HARD FIGHT fOR LIFE Former Nebraska Congressman Con-gressman and Utah Mining Min-ing Man Called. Col. George W. E. Dnritey. former congressman con-gressman from Nebraska. who served three terms In the lower houa of th national na-tional congress, and who had beed promt- I nently Identified for many eara with the mining Interests of this state, died at his home. First avenue, of atheroma of the arteries, from which he had Buffered for eight weeks. f Colonel Dorse y stepped on a nail eight weeks ago, and whit the Injury was considered con-sidered to be alight at the time. It waa necessary for him to be taken to St. Mark a hospital later. The foot waa am- Futated about two weeks ago and Colonel orsey waa transferred to his horn last week. Colonel Dorsey waa a brother-in-law of Col. I. A. Benton of th Denver Rio Grande railroad, whose eldest sister. Emma Eugenia Benton, he married His Hrt-il die alght aara ago, and he waa married six yeara ago to Mis Laura Hodge, who survives him. There are no children by either marriage. Colonel Dorsey was prominently Identified Identi-fied with th mining Interests of the state, and waa prominent In a social way. He waa 1 yeara old. His brother. H. H. Ioraey. Uvea In Bait Lake City and waa aaeoclatd with him In business- Th arrangements ar-rangements for the funeral will be completed com-pleted tomorrow. 1 |