. Daily Colonist (1893-05-26) . rieinto town at l(l:;iU. Hetui-ning, uot later, ahe was borriliud to find thatill her absiiice .Mr. K rk had taken hia life. Tlie body waa lying (ui the bed iu muchthe same poviiion MrKirk had occuiiiedwhen tho members of the family had lastspoken to him, wlult) in tho riiht band waaclutclied the liuife. The matter was atoricerepotted and the urrangeinents for the in-qiicat speedily conipleled. At no time has i! r. Ivirk been .subject todpsporident fits, and he hid only a fewhours before hia death, in conversaiion withhis foromuD, told him that he wo
. Daily Colonist (1893-05-26) . rieinto town at l(l:;iU. Hetui-ning, uot later, ahe was borriliud to find thatill her absiiice .Mr. K rk had taken hia life. Tlie body waa lying (ui the bed iu muchthe same poviiion MrKirk had occuiiiedwhen tho members of the family had lastspoken to him, wlult) in tho riiht band waaclutclied the liuife. The matter was atoricerepotted and the urrangeinents for the in-qiicat speedily conipleled. At no time has i! r. Ivirk been .subject todpsporident fits, and he hid only a fewhours before hia death, in conversaiion withhis foromuD, told him that he would bo atI he otiice during the day. He has, so fur ascan bu learned, been free from financial orother troubles which . might naturally belooked for as a inotivu for suicide, and thoonly nuguestion containiug the olpment ofprobability that has )et been advanced isthat, in a paroxysm of pain, the sulfererended his life. The funeral has hern arranged to takeplacQ to-morrow at,2 oclock from the resi-dcuco ou the E.:(|uiiualt Our lii>,VK. This popular c imedy was again enactedat the Victoria theatre last evcLing by ihecompany of local amateurs who latelygave such an acceptable preaentMion of thel>l ly. The hnusu was well filled, the at-tendance incluliog a great many who pudthe actors the compliment of a second viait,and theaudience was quite as appreciativeas could be desired. Tho characters were,as a rule, admirably Mr. Miss N. Powell, who gracefully act-ed the iruereatiig parts of the heiressand her poor cniiin, each reciivi-d thetribute of a , b.)iii|iet, .Misslihoilcs and .\1 Powell provi-d very ciiiert:iiiiirig in the humble but im[)ortarit piiriaof tho (^ouriy .Magnates .•^iater uiid thebulging hniisc alai-c!. Mr. .Scaife ami . were, as Roman fathers, ((uite as^tlny-heartcd aa could have been in-airid,ami til- in which they relaxed upond!s.;; how lliey had ill-used and riiia-jirl;.;
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