Died Alone In The House

DIED ALONE IN THE HOUSE
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Not Discovered for Probably Twenty-Four Hours
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MRS. JULIA COLGROVE
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Prominent Woman of Spring St Died Suddenly While Tending He Coal Stove
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All alone in her house, with no assistance at hand, Mrs. Julia Root Colegrove, a prominent resident of this city, died Friday. She was found on the floor, probably 24 hours after her death.

Mrs. Colegrove lived in the upper part of her house, 448 Spring street, the lower portion rented to Ed. Miles, who clerks for Caspar Rinsey. Both Mr. and Mrs. Miles were away from home all day yesterday. They heard nothing of her last evening, but thought nothing of the matter. This morning at 9 o'clock, the sound of a neighbor, Crocker by name, went over to deliver an order for Larkins' soap and found her. An empty coal scuttle was beside her, but the fire in her coal store had entirely burned out. She was dressed, but her bed looked as if she had just arisen. On the side of her head was a big bruise and it looked as if in falling she had struck her head against the side of a sofa. It is thought that she was seized with apoplexy or heart failure shortly after she arose yesterday and while attending to her fire and fell.

The remains were taken to O. M. Martin's Undertaking rooms and Coroner Watts will hold an inquest.

Mrs. Colegrove was about 60 years of age. She was the widow of George Colegrove, who was formerly a druggist here. She had an only child, Mrs. Watscutter, of Oswego, Ill., who has been notified by telegraph. Mrs. Colegrove was highly respected and was a member of the Woman's Relief Corps and of the Rebekahs. It is said that she was shortly to have been married. She was a sister of Tracy Root and had lived in this city for very many years and had a wide acquaintance.