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Show COLONEL DEWEY DEAD. Well Known Idahoan Passes to the. Great Beyond. 1 Colonel W. H. Dowey dlod of dropsy , Friday morning at tho Dowey Palace hotel at Nampa. Ho was 80 years old I and n natlvo of Now York. J Colonol Dowey was ono of tho very prominent men of tho state. Ho matlo n fortuno In tho mines or Silver Clt, and moro recently dovolopcd the Dowey mlno at Thundor mountain, which Is now known to bo of great valuo. Ho built two short linos of railway, ono from Nampa to Murphy, tho other from Nnmpa to EmmotL Another momimont Is his Nampa hotel, which was opened threo months ago. It cost $250,000. Ills ostato is ostlmnted at from $1,000,000 to ?l,25O,00P. |