Show uret diarte cleg in europe of a malady of standing F bret harte the american author died suddenly tuesday night at the red bouse camberley Cam berley near aldershof aldershot Alder shot england from hemorrhage caused by an affection of the tl roat francis bret diarte author was born in albany N Y aug 85 1839 of mixed english german and hebrew ancestors s father a professor in the albany female college died when the boy was qu te young and in 1854 he family removed to california dur ing the first three years of his life in california he turned his hand to what ever promised h m a livelihood first as a school teacher then as a corn a miner and an express mes in 1857 he became a compesi tor on the golden era shed in san francisco where a few sketches from his pen attracted the attention ot the editor who immediately took him from the case and installed him at a desk as one of the writers for the period cal after that his rise was steady until his name became a house hold word |