Show NEARLY ASPHYXIATED I + Narrow Escape of Charles Wikin son of Cedar City V 4 H BLEW OUT THE GAS + V WHILE OCCUPYING A ROOlSI AT T W AJ V Fortunately For Him Es Ens a Forutely H H Strong Contttion V and the Transom Over His Door Was Open Physicis Bd a ffard Time to Resuscitate Eiin 4 V There are two reasons why the material ma-terial malteup of Charles Wilkinson does not occupy a slab at the morgue first he has a strong physical constitution constitu-tion and second the transom to his room at the Walker house was slghty open Two physicians are laboring to resuscitate him from the effects of asphyxiation as-phyxiation 1r Wilkinson Is a welltodo farmer from Cedar City He arrived In town Friday accompanied by his daughter and sonInlaw F A Cameron The party went to the Grand theatre lat nIght and enjoyed the opera Mikado returning quite late and It Is presumed the old man was quIte sleepy when he retired to hIs rom No 121 Mr and Mm Cameron occupied room 18 which is peru by I It has been 11 Wikinsons custom I for years to take some exercise before I bret and he never changes this rule even when in the city When hIs daughter therefore rapped at his door about 10 oclok and received as reply she did not feel alarmed thinking as a matter of course that he had taken a longer walk than usual She called again once or twice before noon but no i response About 1 ocock In the afternoon after-noon she made known her suspicion 1 that something mIght be wrong and the hotelkeeper brought a stepladder and took a look through the transom He dIscovered the occupant lying on the bed froth oozing from his moUth and nostrils The door was forced open and the window raised to allow the gas to escape Dr G Y Parelee was hasty has-ty summoned and he called to his assIstance Dr Hanchett The two physicians worked for several hours without any marked improvemnt or the faintest sign of recovering consciousness con-sciousness Last evening however he began to rally and though still Incon scions the physicIans expressed the opinion that he was out of danger The affair was of curse purely accidental ac-cidental and Is best explained by the I daughter Mrs Cameron She sad her father was in the habIt o extinguishing extinguish-ing Jamp by turin down the wick and then turning i up again I is quite Ukely he turned out the gas before I be-fore retiring and then involuntarily turned i on Had not the transom been open slightly he would undoubt edly have been dead before discovered |