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Show IAS HE DBOWKED? Villi Taylor, of This City, Said to Bj Lost on tha Colombia River. i.utsui i.u;i:ioi)it nu.ks.iuo' A Mrnnger riles lu tho onug Man's hvrcctlicarl Telling Her of llcr Low's Death. Four weckaajo two young men loft their lioiiiea In llio Tenth ward In this city to become wanderirj over tho loco of Iho country with no particular desire de-sire ur earn aa lo how ur whero they should travel. They were lull of life, c'arlor; and ambition aud wsro tbor ouhly Imbued with tbo spirit of adventure, lhey wero Will Taylor, u sou of William Tujlor, forcnui of 1'lckard's tsddlo aud harness shop anil "Nome" Klramau, son cf John Kirk-nun Kirk-nun un old nnd well known Halt Laker. On reaching Ban Francisco It seems they ticurtel cmiloyment of souiu kind oil inu of thu sleameta which I Hid tbo waters ot the l'aclllo man and thu Columbia liver, and It li btUoYcd weiu working their way northward. Last night n jcung lady In Iho Tenlh ward, who la e-ild to have been n sweelheart of young Taylor, was greatly shocked and grieved ou re eclvlug a loiter from nu utter stranger announcing tho aid news or her loir's death. The unneloomo com. muulcatlon waa penned at Portland, Oregon, on tbu lDlli lost. It contained Information to tbo ctlect that on tho nlgbl of tho 17th tho caitaln of thu steamer on which himself aud the two young expcrlcncu seeking Halt Lakera wero engaged, ordered 1 aylor on deck as 'nlghlwatoh." 1 ha night waa stormy and ool J ami Taylor Tay-lor bviug unaccustomed to that kind ot work requested that an old hand bd put mi In Ills stead or at lestt that he be given a compuulon. Thu cnplalu, It is Ml J, grew lutlsus and resorted lo a fusllada of cxi IctHes for which old "lata" aro nolo). Having relieved hluiaelf somewhat he wint oil deck. Bomo hours later Ibu steamer Is ssld to , havu struck aesud bar In theColum- lila liter ubou tone hundrid mlliabe-low mlliabe-low Portland, utt oil Astoria, aud toppled over on Itssldi. Young Taylor Is said to have fallen Into tbo river end waa drow ned. Tbo stream Is very wlJu nt this point aud thu writer who signs himself "Bhubal" st)s It was a mile and a half to shore, and that It was Impossible lor Tayloi to havo reached It alive. He aaya Iho ship "laya on her side and Will Is surely dead." He admonished Mhut to go and tell tho )oung man's mother and explain how hu eamoto write to Ml by sav. Ing he round n ltl.er Irom ucr In . Will's bunk. f When young Taylor left ho gave ) his parous no Intimation ol his Inltn- L . lion logo away, and when he tailed to "'"As como homo us usual In thu evening hit q riarotits wiruvory mueli worried. Ho had lien teen last lu Ibu company ol young Klrkman, aud tbu father or tbo Tatter was called ou. Ho said that hu ; understood that his sou badgouo out to a sheep camp as a herder, Mr. Taylor was cot satisfied that his son had chosen that vo- vatlon, and prosecuted his Inquiries faither. Ho Itemed that tho day after the disappearance, Henry Wagner has seen both of the joung meu at Ogdeu, where hu tpoko to them, nnd they stated their destination to bu Ban Krauclsco. A few days later a letter camo from young Ta) lor to n friend lu this city. It was dated etBacrameuto. Later II was learned that hlsuddrces was 412 Until street, Ban 1'ranclsco. The cauto nl his diparturo was a mystery. Ho hod a good home, and boru a good ripulatiuii. Tliero was nothing known that would Inducu him to tal.o such a step. Hu had several limes sugfesled to lh young lauy rtierreu iu mm no wuum ilbu logo to tea for n few mouths, and at ono time lemarltid that hu thought bu would do so without letting his paretita know an) thing about It. Bo far as appears at rtteul, this Is the liolloy which hu followed. Ho paid his club dues a few mouths In advance, and Informed the young lady that hu would be gouo six or seven months. Then hu left. Allltloovera week agon letter camo to his sweelheart, saying that he had engaged with vessel lu go on a six . weeks' voyage, that ho would leavo May 14, aud Iho vessel would call at Portland. Bluco thru no word has been received from him direct. The lather of tho youug man waa called upon by a Nkv, a reporter today, luthe declined to say anything beyond be-yond tho fact that tho allalr had a iry "sus lclous" nnd "crooked" look to lilm and that lending ou auaworto a telegram ho had tent lo Iho writer ol Mlsa letter ho preferred to remain silent, 'Iho news caused a great deal of excitement throughout tlio Tenth ward and further particulars aro anxiously awaited. |