Show former governor of washington dead san tego cal the death from pneumonia of eugene semple former governor ot the territory of washing ton occurred saturday governor semple was a son of the late chief justice semple of illinois and v as born in 1840 at the american ie gation at bogota in the united states of columbia where his father was then the american minister president cleveland appointed him governor 0 washington and when it became a tate he was the candidate of the democratic party for the same place but was defeated by the republicans |