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Show PIONEER WOMAN DIES IN CALIFORNIA & put Stockton. Cal . May 27 Mrs Julia " Brier a member of the famous Jay-hawk Jay-hawk partv ot thirty five members who left Galesburc. 111.. April 1849, to make their way across the plains to the gold fields of California, died last night in Lodl aged 99 venrs Her on Rev I YV Brier, of Lodl. and another person are now the only survivors of that party. 9' En route to the gold fields the party par-ty were fifty two days practically with-out with-out food, and of the entire party three buc limbed to hunger, thirst and fa-tipue, fa-tipue, and one went lnsant from star-vatlon star-vatlon and wandered off In the night g He was taken prisoner by Digger Indians, In-dians, from whom he was rescued lr years later by a United States survey, inc party oo 'apj |