Show COL PICKETT PEYTON BEAD p death caused by am attack of pneumonia died ai the hospital of the dea co nesses home at spokane washington yesterday afternoon colonel W 1 known to every man woman and child in cur cites ie dead Hief rall frame could no longer endure of the world in the hospital of the deacon home spokane the bpark of life flickered out the story in brief of hie is told in the following dispatch to STANDARD spokane wash dec 30 col W L pickett peyton who came here from aden three weeks ago to make this bis home died this afternoon at alie hospital ot the deaconesses home lie was to have delivered a lecture on the new woman last eveylne at the fiant M E church for the benefit of charity but ho was taken ill monday and removed to the hospital suffering arcin a severe ut pneumonia his case was re carded hopeless from the be bad become intimate during stay here with jacob crockett another southerner who has taken charge of the remains and has notified bo father ot the deceased U peyton of ron ceveria ce verie greenbrier county weal virginia it ie expected the body will be sent home lor burial decea pd was a graduate of the university of west virginia and was about 29 years of age lie remove 1 to bodei in 1890 and from there to spokane this month ife made many friends here col peyton left ogden on december 7 intending to make bis future home in spokane washington he was filled with hope and in turning over a new leaf expected to reach the pinnacle of fame in the northwest he was a young man of rare abilities as a public ep aker hie wit and humor having served on many an occasion to convulse an audience in laughter everybody waa hia friend ho was the friend of every was nothing in his composition that was base or mean for his soul overflowed with sentiment that was of the milk of human kindness he will be missed birkett peyton |