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Show HIGH IN HIS PROFESSION. The Late John J. Dickey Mourned by Telegraph Men of America. John J. Dickey, who died at Omaha last week, was one of the most capable aBwagMM w in n i few JOHN J. DCKEY telegraph men in America. His official position was that of superintendent of the fifth district, central division -of the Western Union Telegraph company, com-pany, in which function he disclosed remarkable powers of organization. Mr. Dickey was a native of Rushville, 111., and learned the rudiments of the telegraph art at Ottawa. He was one of the first to recognize the value of j the telephone as a commercial instrument instru-ment and did much to establish the. first telephor.ic exchange in Omaha. His funeral was attended by representatives represen-tatives of all the large telegraph oSces of .he Western Union. |