The Omaha morning bee. [volume] (Omaha [Neb.]) 1922-1927, 1923-03-26
Colorado.
> e n a to r.
Succunbs.
Samuel ID. Nicholson Dies of
Cancer of Liver After One
Months Sickness-Un-
conscious at End.
First Serious Illness
by Associated Press.

Denver, March 25.-Samuel D.
Nicholson, United States senator from
Colorado, died here at 9:15 last night.
Carcinoma. or cancer of the liver.
caused his death. lie had been III
for nearly a month.
Sepator Nicholson lapsed into a
state of coma shortly before the end
and he did not regain consciousness
before he succumbed.
The nnalady which caused the death
Of Senator Nicholson was the first
serious illness he had suffered in his
life. In his first appeal to physicians.
medical science was unable to aid him.
For several years preceding his
death. Senator Nicholson had expert
enced slight pains which he had at
tributed to Indigestion, according to
his brother, Murdock A. Nicholson. A
robust. energetic man, the senator
had given slight heed to the condition.
Three months before his death, these
attacks became more frequent and
painful. but it was not until late in
February that Senator ->Nicholson's
condition became such that he ap-
pe3ied Tor medlcal ADVICE.
Started as Laborer.
From a laborer in the gold mines
near Leadville, Samuel ID. Nicholson
rose TO a place as mine owner, mil
lionaire. and United States senator.
And as a self.made man he was
proud that he obtained his education.
as he so often expressed It, in the
school of experience"
- Senator Nicholson was born Febru-
airy %. 1859. in Springfield, Prince
Edward island. Canada. His parents
were Donald NJ. and Catherine
McKenzie) Nicholson. The family
is OF Scotch descent. The father Of
Senator Nicholson was farmer. but
the farm life seemed too prosaic for
the boy and after having graduated
from the schools Of the island be de-
oided to. emigrate to America. Young
Nicholson went to Bay City. Mich,
and completed the grammar school
course in that city. This constituted
his formal acquaintance with school
books. From that time on his text
books were the world and experience.
RumOrs OF tod stfikes.
In the winter of 1881. rumors Of
rich gold strikes I'm Colorado drifted
TO the prairie farm in Nebraska
where he Was milking cows ana do
ing farm chores and fired the heart
OF the young man with a desire to
participate in the Wrestling Of wealth
from the mountains. Leadville then
was Mt its height as n boom town
and it was 10 this town OF ton and
excitement that Nicholson went. his
worn shoes gone. without an over.
coat. and with but n small amount
Of money in his pocket.
Nicholson soon found work as a
common laborer in the Colonel Sellers
mine. Except for a short interval
when he worked in the coal mines at
Trinidad Colo. Nicholson kept at the
hard rock" mining Of Leadville AMI
soon became known as skillful and
reliable foreman. By gradual stages
he vas advanced, holding the POSI-
tions OF mining superintendent and
manager. During this time he Was
connected with the \. Y. ard the
Minnie mine and other valuable prop
critics.
Backs Judgment.
Familiarizing himself with all the
details OF the mining industry and
making n close study OF the mining
situation and conditions in LeadYllie
he began to use his knowledge for
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