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Show Sudden Deatii. Mr. William T. Fisk, well known to many of our readers read-ers from businr-bs tutcociation with Messrs. Tucker k McKim, and Mr. E. Connelly, died suddenly yesterday. First accounts reported it to be a case of suicide. Others declared death caused by accidental poisoning from an overdose of laudanum. These prove to have been erroneous. The deceased had been suffering greatly for the past four months from ifdhmtiiatory rheumatism, from which, although bo had received the best medical advice, he succumbed at 11 o'clock in the forenaon of yesterday, from pure .pjhaustioQ. Mr. Fik was, for many years, a well known and highly high-ly repcctcd citizen of San Francisco, and other cities in California. He was a native of Massachusetts, and waB formerly associated with his brother, ; Lyman Fisk, Esq., proprietor of the i "Taylor Hotel," in Jersey Ciiy, New DuriDg his dying hours Mr. Fisk was attended by Drs. Fowler, Hamilton and others, who were unremitting in their efforts to prolong life, but without with-out avail. Immediately that death was announced, Mr. Edward Connolly telegraphed to Mr. Lyman Fisk, who replied that he had the day before remitted re-mitted $250 to his brother. In tho in terim between telegraphing and receiving receiv-ing tho reply, Mr. Connolly bad collected col-lected among our citizens a sum of money greatly in excess of what was necessary to defray the funeral expenses of his friend. This money, so generously gener-ously subscribed, will not be required. The funeral services will take place at St. Mark's church, this afternoon at 2 o'clock. |