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Show A Magazine Editor's Untimely Death. A bright and promising life came to a sad ending the other day. K. D. Walker, editor of The Cosmopolitan Magazine, of New-York New-York city, recently left home to enjoy well earned vacation. He disappeared, and ior a ume nis late was a mystery. But one morning two colored men, rowing on Roanoke Roan-oke river near the railroad bridge at Weldon, Va., found floating down the stream the body of a man, which proved to be that of Mr. Walk- was a broken fish- E. D. walker. ing pole and in the pockets were watch, money and papers. A coroner's jury re turned a verdict of accident al drowning Magazine readers the country over have been niuch mdebted to Mr. Walker for In eomontthly easts of literary good things in the past. He was born in NewHaven wSUQ8 ?'185?- HouatedfM Williams coUege in 1876 and in 18T7 entered en-tered the service of Harper Brothers, finally attaming the position of associate editor of the magazine Three years ago he left Harper's Har-per's to take charge of The Cosmonollten There ,s delayed in the window ol pany at Rome, (la., a faille f rancaise silk aress that is, or was, valued at $300. The rr.T eiprefed t0 New Orleans and as to be worn by a bride at a fashion-ftblemarnage. fashion-ftblemarnage. The express messenger through some oversight allowed it to be damaged slightly, was compelled bv I the company to pay for it. |