Show I 1 A TIRED 1 L ono of the best foremen in america commit suicide M from the san francisco eramo excy T un i yf af he the we duoto uta folio following I 1 ing ni daj 0 O 4 1 il 16 u 1 r der GW I 1 saw W le larum the hade decelie dece aie W was well and aud la to r 1 v several compositors in mil T 1 I ov worked under his ban san francisco CA Cronnie ronile sf buo H LO harrig harris of ogan anu ana jofin J E 5 evans now 4 sit X 21 b V ber meldrum waa was an old ola timer on tho the coast he ile spent one diute iu in utah some time early iu iti the sixties Bix ties having b a v i ng been caught here by untimely snow storms while journeying 11 g to the land of gold ho ile spoke in the most friendly terms of the industry indu etry end and hospitality of the of thia this territory old ho h of if ten went out pf his way to do 10 kindly kind ly actions for utah me men a when ho he met them in california fornia ii either meldrum eldrum was wa 11 more than 45 or he wa a very old inan man for his hi years though in many respect a lovable man and always correct in his habile babits ho be was often in a most melancholy state the tha writer hereof has frequently heard him tho the intention to commit c om mit suicide eu icide and find few among bis his intimate friends fr bends will rill bo be sur though bough i all must be anex un ex pree sibly a to hearod f lie iiii death poor old mel iniel I 1 may bi his Is body find that peace in the 1 graya which he vainly W V meldrum foreman chronicle Chran icle composing rooms ro orns went to a lodging house at no kearny street yesterday morning 11 io aning and paid baying saying that be wag wa 1 for a rohm tired tom gordon a lodger lodge r in the bouse house went to Meld rume room at 30 0 clock last night and found h him irn dead on the bureau was found a bottle and a glass glassy tho former containing a email small amount of liquid which is eup sup chloral hydrate hydra too or some to be va ir dr galloway was c called lied and at a late hour wae was engaged in ter testing biting the tile B oison O 0 on i sn Meld rume person was found nd a fine fills gold watch wake I 1 and various trinkets trin keta deceased attempted to kill himself about nine years ago by shooting ng himself in the abdomen w with ith a pie to tol but did not succeed Bucce ed mr um was as 45 years old at thel theotime time of bis lis death and tho the cause of his suicide is at attributed tri buted to despon from weariness 9 dency demey deceased aswell wae well and favorably the tile meni berR berst of the known among craft 1 a all it over the pacific coast and was one of the most ott popular men in lie hold holi allo position of newspaper foreman in u ho be milo to for several ve yead 4 I 1 before tor for this city and aid wa noted his kind kindheart hearte edina and hia his forbearance with the men under tinder control lie leave leaves a widow wide w and one child residing ing at no leavenworth |