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Show INHALES ILLUMINATING GAS AND ENDS HIS LIFE SAN FRANCISCO. Feb :i. Willi his head thrnst Into the envelope of a small balloon into which a stream of illuminating illumina-ting gas was pouring. C A. Farrai. agud I HO, wan found dead today on the roof of the house where he lodged lie had been missing for two days, and it. Is believed be-lieved that ill health led him to lake his own life. Fnrrnr was under contract with an amusement hall to send up a balloon overs' night from the roof of his lodging house. A searchlight at the hall, located a block or two away, was directed at the gas bag for tho edltlcatlon of the patrons of the place. For the lust two nights no balloon had appeared. Inquiries at tho house failed to locate Farnir until his room-nmlo took up the search today nnd climbed to the roof, to tind the body with the head shrouded In the balloon envelope. Fnrrnr had been dad many hours. |