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The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-09-09

The fact that Senators Money
and Sullivan have recommended
different persons for census su-
pervisor for the Fifth district, is
causing a hitch in the appoint
ment of such official. Senator
Money has endorsed the applica-
ton of j. T. Longmire, Of RAN
kin county, for the place, while
Senator Sullivan has taken like
action with regard to the appli-
cation Of Robert Bordeux, OF
Lauderdale county. In view of
this state of affairs, Director OF
the Census Merriam has inform
ed the Senators that, unless they
can agree on a recommendation
soon, he will take the matter in
to his own hands and make the
appointment without reference to
their wishes. In case this action
should be taken, however, it ia
believed that the appointee will
be Democrat, as the Democrats
are entitled to three OF the seven
supervisors for the State, and
the Republican supervisors have
already been named Clarion
Ledger.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-09-09
TOM GARNER ACQUITTED.
THE JURY DECLARES HE DID NOT
KILL MRS. MAGGIE cAUsEY.
The Prisoner Held to Answer
the Charge Of Numbering Mr..
Causey--Carried to Jack
son for Safe Keeping.

LAWYERS For State, E. H, Ratcliff and
F. A. McLain. For Defendant, F. H,
Lotterhos, w. B. Nixon, w. A. Par
sons, and E. A. Mcdowell.
JuRoRs-L. NJ. Kinnebrew, t. /. Wal
ters, ]. H. Badon, II. E. cothern, Y.
L. Holmes, Joseph Thompson, B. X.
Knight, J. H. Stallings, E. ". Ashley,
A. w. Moore, Calvin Beard and p.
H. Enochs.
VERDIcT-Not Guilty.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-09-09

Union labor in the United States
will scarcely endorse the arrest
and sentence by United States
authorities in Cuba, Of man
named Ferrer, a delegate to the
Cuban Masons' Union, who got
ten days Imprisonment for having
peacefully urged some carpenters
to join a mason's strike. If
United States troops are used
against labor in this way in Cuba
how long will it be before the
same authorities will take SINH
lar action against labor in the
United States?
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-09-09

PIE. "Who are these preachers !?
- On what meat do those Caesars
feed, that they have grown so
great?' are strange expressions
for love and respect.
Memo should remember that
ministers are men called Of God
and ordained by the churches, TO
preach the gospel and administer
its ordinances. II they are Prov
ing recreant and unfaithful il is
the business of the churches to
revoke their credentials. Touch
not mine annointed, and dosmy
prophets no harm, would make
good reading for Memo.
My friend kindly admonishes
me as follows: ''Bro. s. SHOULD
stick to his pulpit, for he is n
monarch there. - Yes, brother.
| am sticking to the pulpit and |
believe in defending it. In fif-
teen years have preached near
ly two thousand sermons, and
have seen something like one
Thousand persons added to the
churches. To do this have
travelled the distance around the
world. | have been on the road
when the snow flakes fell and the
c Id winds blew, and when the
rain came down in torrents. /
have visited the sick. buried the
dead and reclaimed the erring-
| have encouraged the young
and ministered to the old. And
all this is true with many faith
ful servant OF God. Thousands
are being converted every year,
churches are being built up,
missionaries are crossing the
great deep in almost every direc-
ton, carrying the light Of gospel
truth into the dark places Of the
earth. And let it be remembered
that "our preachers are lead
ing in all this work.
This discussion must close. IL
Memo viii prove or retract his
charges we viii let the curtain
fall. T. G. SCHILLING.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-09-09

IL is now announced that Pres
ident Mckinley will take time TO
go to New York to attend the re-
ception to Admiral Dewey, and
incidentally gain little reflected
popularity for use in the cam
paign.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-09-09

Americans are supreme in an
branches of life, and IL n compe-
tition in typewriters could be arr
ranged between Gen. Otis and
the notorious Gen. Weyler, there
would be no reason to fear the
result.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-09-09

I
doubt as to whether they recog-
! nized Tom Garner as the assassin
by going Immediately away from
the scene and telling everybody
they saw that they had just seen
Mr.. Causey kill his wife. II they
had corrected this statement
when the crowd they had called
TO the scene first assembled, per-
haps the result would have been
different; but this they failed 10
do, and it is little wonder then
that the jurors who were instruct
ed by the court to give the ac-
cused the benefit of every doubt
arising from the evidence, should
find room to base verdict Of not
guilty upon the testimony of
THESE eye witnesses to the shoot
ing. Really, we believe the pros
ecution lost by placing these Wit
nesses on the stand.
1t is said that when the jury
retired to consider the case, ten
of the twelve expressed the be-
lief that the defendant should be
acquitted, one was undecided,
and one was in favor of convie-
ton. 1t is further stated that in
discussing the evidence, the tes-
timony for the defendant was not
considered by the jury and the
verdict of not guilty, was return
ed solely upon the states evil
dence. IL these are facts, the
jury must have been of the opin-
lion that the state failed to make
out its case. The jury was COM
posed of good, honest, law abid-
ing men, and while they have
rendered very unsatisfactory
verdict, no one who knows the
men will doubt they acted other
than they honestly believed was
right and proper. Considering
the fact that the supreme court
held that the evidence given at
the trial last year by the now SON
in-law Of the accused was inn
proper, that witness was not per-
mitted to tell how, when and
where he heard Of the murder.
and the state had no other way
of rebutting the evidence of the
witnesses who were introduced
to establish an alibi for the de-
fendant, and consequently the
jury could not r IS upon that
phase of the case. If the law
would permit the state to put this
witness on the stand and allow
him to state to the jury all he saw
and heard that day, few min
utes after the tragedy, and then
let his evidence be followed by
the testimony of his wife, no 9TH
er witnesses would be needed If
they We're not impeached, to
cause a jury to return an un-
qualified verdict of guilty as
charged in the indictment. AS
the matter now stands, we doubt
If the defendant can ever be con-
victed, and the state might as
we'll throw the other case out of
court.
In the prosecution of this case
the state was represented by
Hon. E. H. Ratcliff, district at
torney, and Hon. F. A. Nc Lain,
M. c., who was employed by
Causey Brothers. They are both
very able lawyers, have had
-.
long and successful experience
in criminal practice, and are
justly regarded as the most yig-
orous prosecutors in the state.
The defendant was ably repre-
sented by Hons. F. H. Lotter-
hos, W. B. Nixon, w. A. Par
sons and E. A. Mcdowell, who
were appointed by the court to
defend him. So far as we know,
they did not receive one cent for
their services; but il they had
been paid thousands of dollars
they could not have worked more
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-09-09

Because Of the petty jealousies
surrounding the Otis regime in
Manila, it is a well known fact
that whenever that gallant SOL
dier Lawton, or any Of the other
fighting generals. is about to ac-
complish anything Of Importance
he is Immediately recalled and
put on other duty, and it is ow-
ing to this scheming that the war
is allowed to drag.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-09-09

In the excitement Of the mo-
ment, it has probably not occurred
to most people that in our latest
feat Of expansion, we havs suc-
ceeded in gobbIing fuli-fledged
Mohammedan and all his tribe.
The Magnolia gazette. [volume] (Magnolia, Miss.) 1872-current, 1899-09-09

II is not considered proper in
France to call a man a liar. He
is always referred TO as "con-
trihutor to the dossier.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-25

Pittsburg, Pa, March 24.-Hon. Fran
els Harrison Pierpont, the first Cover
nor of West Virginia, died tonight in
this city at the residence Of his daugh-
ter, Mrs. w. H. Siviter, after an illness
of several days. The Ex-Governor had
been in feeble physical state for sew
eral months by reason of his advanced
age-S6 years-but not until last even
ing, just after dinner, was his condition
considered serious. He was then selz-
ed with a fainting spell, from which
his physicians said he could not re-
cover. He was surrounded all day to-
day by the remaining members of his
family, and at about 8 p. n. passed
peacefully away.
Funeral services will be held at his
daughters residence on Sunday at 4
p. NJ, after which the remains will be
taken to Fairmont, w. Va, for inter-
ment on Monday.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-25
HON. JOHNSHERMAN
Safely and Comfortably Transferred
from the Paris to the Chicago.

Santiago de Cuba, March 24.-Hon.
John Sherman has been safely moved
from the American line steamer Paris
to the quarters prepared for him on
board the U. S. cruiser Chicago.
Mr.. Sherman rested easy during the
night and awoke cheerful and prepared
for the change.
The Chicago arrived here after day
light and preparations were Immediate
ly made for the transfer Of Mr.. Sher-
man from the passenger vessel to the
warship.
He was carried on a stretcher which
was laid on one of the boats of the
Paris while fast on the davits. The
boat was then lowered into the water
and was taken in tow by steam
launch. Two umbrellas were placed
over the sick man in order to prevent
the sun from overheating him. Mr..
Sherman was hoisted on board the
Chicago in the same manner. He was
accompanied by F. B. Wiberg, DR.. Ma
gee and a nurse.
Immediately after Mr.. Sherman had
been taken on board the Chicago the
Paris. with her party of tourists on
board, left here for Cienfuegos.
Washington, March 24.-Mrs. Mccall
lum, Sherman's daughter, to-day re-
ceived cablebram from Mr. Wiberg
saying that Mr.. Sherman would sail
to-day on the Chicago and requesting
Mrs. McCallum TO meet the party at
Fort Monroe on Tuesday. Mrs. Mccall
lum will leave next Monday in order
to be at Fort Monroe when Mr.. Sher-
man arrives. This cablegram evidently
determines the destination of the Chi
cago. 1t was thought the vessel might
take Mr.. Sherman to Tampa.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-25
SITE SELECTED
For the Annex to the State Capital The
Lot to Cost $4,000.

Special to the Register.
CHARLESTON, w. Va, March A-The
committee provided for by the Legisla-
ture to select a site for the new capitol
annex met here to-day. 1t is composed of
Governor Atkinson, President Marshall, Of
the State Senate, Speaker Mckinney, OF
the House of Delegates, and R. E. Fast
and A. L. Mansfield, chairmen of the Sem
ate and House Finance Committees, re-
spectively.
All of the members were present After
examining all the properties facing Capitol
Square, the committee selected the
square facing the capitol across Lee
street, from the south, and between Hale
and Dickinson streets. The lot selected
fronts Lee street on the north, Dickinson
street on the east and Hale street on the
west. 1t is owned jointly by W. E. and
j. Z. Chiffon, w. a. Ohley, J. H. Huling
and B. S. Morgan. The price to be paid
for 1T by the city of Charleston is $4,000.
The size of the lot is 129 feet frontage on
Lee street and $50 feet fronting on Hale
and Dickinson streets.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-25

ton of that session. He was appointed
Collector Of Internal Revenue by Presi-
dent Garfield, and held the Office until
the First and Second districts were con-
solidated and thus legislated. him out
of Office.
Governor Pierpont became member
of the Methodist Protestant Church
when eighteen years of age, and has
usually been a member of its import
ant conventions, and several times rep
resentative to the General Conferences.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-25

and mountains. The rebels were put
ting their bolos in front, believing that
the Bolomen's charms will avert the
bullets. The polos of the FflipinOs
greatly outnumber the rifles in their
hands. The rebels are further said to
have admitted that they could not stand
the American shells and bayonet
charges.
The escaped Spaniards corroborated
the stories told of food shortage among
the rebels, and they added that their
hospitals are short of supplies.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-25
A PIONEER,
Who Railroaded With Carnegie, Scott
and Pitcairn, is Dead.

Hollidaysburg, Pa, March 24-Major
Oliver M. Irvine, civil engineer, and
major of the Seventy-sixth Pennsylva-
MIA volunteers during the civil war,
died here last night, aged 66 years.
Deceased was a pioneer railroad man
and served with Andrew Carnegie and
Thomas A. Scott on the old Portage
railroad a half century ago, and was a
fellow employee of Robert Pitcairn when
the Pennsylvania railroad was in it's
infancy. He held the office of county
surveyor in Blair county and was
known as one of the veteran railroad
men of the State.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-25
GLASS COM BIN E.
The Big Tableware Trust a Sure
Thing u. 5. Glass Co, and Roohes-
ter lumber Co., in 1t.

PITTSBURG. Pa, March 2i.-The long
talked of glass tableware combination
VIII be consummated in New York to-
morrow. Options on 50 per cent. Of all
concerns in the country have been Sc
cured The principal stumbling blocks in
the way of the combine have been the two
large concerns, the United States Glass
Company and the Rochester Tumbler
Company. These companies having finally
come into line, the projectors headed by
H. Sellers Mckee, left for New York to-
night for the purpose of closing the deals
The combination will be capitalized at
between $4,000 and 81, 0o0. 600, the ex-
act figures TO be agreed upon in New
York. When the consolidation is COM
pleted there villa be slight advance in
prices, but trade conditions are expected
10 be put on q frmer basis.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-25
MISS CDCKRELL,

Daughter of the Senator, to Christen the
Battleship Missouri.
Washington, March 24-The Secre-
tary of the Navy has invited Miss Mar
ion Cockrell, daughter of Senator Cock
rell, of Missouri, to christen the bat
tleship Missouri, to be launched next
October Miss Cockrell is a very &C
complished and popular young woman,
and her friends are already promising
that the occasion shall be a notable
one
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-25
SHOT TIE JUDGE.

Texas lawyer Takes Desperate Means to
Secure Approval OF an Expense Bill
DALLAS, Texas. March M.-At Sweet
water, F. P. Woodruff. a lawyer. attacked
and shot Judge John H. Cochran in cham
bers, with revolver. the trouble growing
out of the courts refusal to approve a
bill of expense in a lawsuit. Judge
Cochran attempted to defend himself and
a bystander named R. P. Watts was shot
in the hip. Watts and Judge Cochran are
in a critical condition. Woodruff is IN
der S3,000 bond.
Judge Cochran is an ex-Speaker Of the
Texas House. and was q candidate for
governor in "a.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-25
EX-GOv. P|ERPONT IS DEAD.
Passed Away Quitely at the Home
of His Daughter

IN PITTSBURG, YESTERDAY EVEN
ING+HE HAD BEEN IN A FEE
BILE PHYSICAL STATE FOR SEW
ERAL MONTHS, OWING TO HIS
ADVANCED AGE, BUT NOT TILL
LAST EVENING WAS HIS con-
D-TION CONSIDERED SERIOUS.
THE REMAINS TO BE INFERRED
AT FA1RMONT MONDAY = A
SKETCH OF HIS NOTABLE
CAREER.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-25
NEW MEXICAN AMBASSADOR.

Washington, March 24.-The new
Mexican ambassador, Senior Don Man
uel Azpiroz, who succeeds the late
Senior Romero, arrived in Washington
to-day.
He is a man of quiet and dignifed
bearing, beyond middle age. with gray
hair brushed back from his forehead
He speaks English fairly we'll
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-25
TO MAKE CIGARETTES.

Trenton, n. j., March 24.-Articles of
incorporation of the Egyptian Tobacco
Company. with a capital of S1,500,000,
were filed this afternoon. The COM
pany is authorized to engage in the
manufacture of cigarettes. There are
twenty incorporators in different towns
in New York State.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-25
GARMENT MAKERS.
Six Thousand Of Them TO Strike IN
Philadelphia for Higher Wages.

Philadelphia, Pa, March 24.-six
thousand garment makers In this city
are preparing to 20 on strike to-mor-
row at noon. They demand higher
wages, a fair price for government
work and the abolition OF sub-contrac-
tors.
Nearly 1000 Of the strikers are vss-
men. The movement has been care
fully planned Every meeting Of the
workers has been secret.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-25
ROOSEVELT TO ATTEND.

Albany, N Y, March Ex-Governor
sible, attend the proposed reunion of
the Rough Riders to be held in the
West June 4. He can make no definite
promises because he does not know but
that business of State may prevent his
attendance.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-25
THREATS OF LYNCHING.

Special to the Register.
CHARLESTON, W. Va, March PA
report was received to-day that Frank
Van Stavern, who was shot by Policeman
Karnes, of Hinton, Tuesday night, has
died. The feeling against Karnes is very
strong. as Van Stavern was very popular
and the shooting seemed unprovoked.
Karnes was taken to Union and placed in
jail on account of threats to lynch him
in Hinton
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-25

Texarkana, Ark, March 2A.-Details
of the wholesale lynehings reported to
have occurred in Little River county.
Ark, are slow in coming. Three more
dead negroes have been found in Red
River bottoms between New Boston,
Tex, and Rocky Comfort, Ark. Two
of them, Joe King and Moses Jones,
have been hanged or shot TO death.
The third body was stripped entirely
naked when found.
A justice of the peace had an inquest
over these bodies to-day and verdict
was returned by the jury declaring that
the men came to their death from
natural causes or were frozen TO DEATH
The verdict is regarded as grue-
some joke.
There is some doubt as to where
these lynchings occurred. It being near
the State line, and was either Ia Little
River county, Ark, or In Bowie county.
Texas. The inquest was held by a
Texas justice of the peace.
Joe King is ore Of the negroes wha/
was whipped by crowd of .whlN
Wednesday near Rocky Comfort Just
after the lynching of Duckett a con-
stable went to Kings and told him that
Duckett had been lynched for the as
sassination Of Farmer Stockton. King
replied that he knew all about the
Stockton killing and said that tho
farmer ought to have been killed sooner
and also intimated that others would
be killed before the matter was settled.
A crowd of indignant whites soon had
King in charge and took him to the
woods. where he was thoroughly whip
ped and released. 1t is not known
where or by whom he was afterward
strung up, but he no doubt fell into tho
hands Of one OF the lynching parties
that were organized after the plots OF
the negroes to start a race war were
unearthed.
Johnson was whipped by the >sarao /.
crowd who took King in hand, and as
he has not been accounted for since, it
is believed that he met his death at
the end OF a rope somewhere in the
vicinity of Red river
Many sensational reports are reach
ing here to-day from the scene of the
disturbance, but very little authentic
information can be gathered. One re-
port states that the whites are still out
in organized posses hunting tho lead
ers in the negro revolutionary plot with
the avowed intention of stringlng them
up wherever found. Another report
states that the negroes are recovering
from their panicky terror and are Sc
curing arms and threatening vengeance
on the whites. II this proves true Sc
rious trouble may result.
Gen. Duckett, the first man hanged.
was a power among the negroes and
had many followers. A colored man
who arrived here to-day from Wilton
says that every negro in the neighbor-
hood of Rocky Comfort and Richmond
have left their homes and are afraid
TO return. A large number Of them
have crossed Red river and gone into
Bowie county, Texas. He says that
more negroes have been killed than
have yet been reported.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-25
ANOTHER FAILURE.

PITTSBURG. Pa. March A-Another
effort was made here to-day by the sewer
pipe and fire brick manufacturers to the
Ohio valley to form a trust. Like the
preceding efforts. that OF to-day was an
Hounced to have been failure. because
of thA few interests represented
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-25
WHAT THEY EAT.
A Sample Bill of Fare of American Sol
diers in the Philippines.

A Sample Bill of Fare of American Sol
diers in the Philippines
Washington, March 24.-Mail reports
have been received from Manila by the
subsistence bureau of the War Depart
ment saying that the supplies sent from
the United States, including all kinds
of vegetables, arrived in good condi-
ton. There is little or no complaint
among the troops, says the reports, the
men having something else to think
about. A large number of sample bills
Of fare gathered from among the
troops, one of which is given as a sam
pie, as follows:
BREAKFAST.
Beans.
Oatmeal.
Salmon.
Sugar, bread and tea.
DINNER.
Beefsteak.
Beans.
Gravy.
Potatoes.
Stewed Onions.
ST gar, bread and tea.
SUPPER.
Boiled beef.
Rice Soup.
Potato Salad.
Sugar, bread and tea.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-25
HAS THE REVOLVER.

CANTON, Ohio, March zls--T'he revoiv~s
with which K ~ said Annie r. Geosge shot
George d. Eaxton on the evening 81 Ooa
tober 7, 1896 Is IN the possession OF Prosa
ecuting Attorney Pomerene, and viii bs
produced IN evidence AZ the time Of the
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-25
STILL LYNCH|NG NEGROES.
Whites in Arkansas Breaking Up a
Race War Plot.

THREE MORE DEAD BODIES Dis
COVERED IN THE RED RIVER
BOTTOM - THEY HAD BEEN
HANGED AND SHOT FULL OF
HOLES-A TEXAS JUSTICE OF
THE PEACE RENDERS A YER
DICT THAT THE BLACKS DIED
FROM NATURAL CAUSES OR
WE'RE FROZEN TO DEATH
GREAT EXCITEMENT PREVAILS
AND THERE Is STILL DANGER
OF A RACE WAR.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-25
CANADIAN BIKE TRUST.

TORONTO ONO. March pa schems
TO consolidate the Canadian bicycle manu-
featuring concerns Is nearly completed.
r. VI. Ja1ray. Of London. England, l. tas
ortginator Of the schema
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-25
ANOTHER Fierce BATTLE
Fought Between the Americans and
FilipinOS.

1T WAS A SWEEPING VICTORY FOR
THE AMERICAN FORCES-ONE
HUNDRED AMERICANS KILLED
AND WOUNDED-THE INSUR-
GENTS, LOSSES PLACED AT
FROM THREE TO FOUR HUN
DRED-THE NEWS CAME AS A
SPECIAL CABLE TO THE NEW
YORK WORLD.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-25
MCCOY BESTS CHOYNSKl.
The Gid Given the Decision at the
End Of the Twentieth,

BUT HIS ANTAGONIST WENT THE
DISTANCE AND WAS ON HIS
FEET WHEN THE GONG SOUND
ED-MCOY BESTED HIS OPPO-
NENT-WAS THE FAvORITE IN
THE BETTING FIERCE BAT
TIE FROM START TO FINISH
EACH LOOKED LIKE A WINNER
IN THE EARLY ROUNDS-THE
BATTLE BY ROUNDS.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1899-03-25
X-G0V. PIERPONT,
The War Governor of West Virginia,
Dead at the Home of His Daughter
in Pittsburg.

Special Bulletin.
Pittsburg, Pa, March 24.-Ex-Gov-
ernor Pierpont, of West Virginia, died
here this evening.
Pittsburg, Pa, March 24.-Ex-Gov-
ernor Francis H. Pierpont, of West
Virginia, one of the last of the war
governors was taken suddenly i'll at
the home of his son-in-1aw, VIM. H.
Siveter, of this city, last evening, and
is sinking rapidly.
The physicians have but slight hopes
of his recovery. Mr.. Pierpont is 84
years old.