THE ASHE VILLE CITIZEN".
TIll WEATHEE:
r pair.
Associated Press.
Leased Wire Reports.
VOL. XXV. NO 279.
ASHEVILLH, N. C, MONDAY Mok'NIXU, JULY 2(, l!H!.
PRICK FLVK CKNTS. J
WRIGHT BECIMS
BLEIT'S FLIGHT
PLEflSli TO HIM
American inventor Great Ad
mlrer of the Intrepid
French Aviator
BUT THINKS HIS OWN
MACHINE IS BETTER
Some of the Official Test May
be Pulled Off During
the Week
(By As-soclatcil Tress.)
WASHINGTON, July 2&. On tho
eve of waking an aeroplane flight
Which he believes Involved greater
dangers than Blerlot risked In erod
ing the English channel early to
day, Orvllle Wright expressed great
pleasure when he learned of the suc
cess of the Frenchman.
"I have said all along that Bler
lot would; be the first to make the
flight across the channel, once he
decided to attempt It," said Mr.
Wright "It was a great flight," he
Added. .
That It was a personal triumph for
Blerlot, however, rather than any In
dication of advancement In the art
of flying, was Wright's Idea of the
significance of the accomplishment.
Ha spoke admiring of Blerlot, saying
that he was one of the most daring
f all aviators.
Patterned After Toy.
- "Hia type of monoplane," said Mr.
Wright, 'Is based on the principles
of he old French toys and on the
' mod Is used by Penaud, to which
Professor Langley's machine was also
similar. The monoplane, however,
has not as good a method of control
as the tbl-planes which we use."
The Wrights are loth to discuss the
comparative merits of the work and
the aeroplanes of others. They take
gTeat pride in their-own machine and
.believe that It surpasses all others.
in speaking of Blerlot'a flight, and
VMhH praising the work of the avia
tor,. Oryllla Wtlght today eald:
"Of coytrse none af, tour men were
" ready "t make- the flight or they
should tiave done so. Count Lam
bert's mother died recently and that
made it necessary for him te give
up the trial temporarily."
His Next Flights.
drvllle will not attempt the official
apeed trial until he has made the
official one hour endurance fllfrht
(Continued on page seven.)
IN LOUISIANA PARISHES
Cattle Have Died by the
Hundred and Malady
Is Spreading.
NO KNOWN ki:mi:iy
(By Associated Press.)
LAKE CHAKLKB. La., July 2 5.
Charbon, a deadly and loathsome dis
ease which afflicts i-.ilil" and which
has killed thousands of valuable
animals tn I.oiii-i ina. It. is attacked
human beings now. and many men
re Under treatment. In Ieeaburg,
the county s. at ( ' ion parish.
eight humans have l. .n stricken. Cp
to date no deaths haw resulted.
Charbon has sfflicl.-d cattle for cen
turies, but has seldom visited this
country. It was known to the an
cients in Egypt .m.l oft-n scnurRcd
the Asiatic and Oriental countries.
It is caused .y a germ which enter
the animal s skin I hi ..n.-li an abra
sion. It multiplies anil causes in
flammation which turns Into tumors
or cancers, which terminates in blood
poisoning.
The d isea.se first made its apliesr
....... Jiii.m i. in Southwest
Biin
Louisiana along the Mermeniau river,
near Lake Arthur and at Iowa, near
Lke Charles. It was not detected In
time and spread rapidly over neigh
boring parishes Oernis from the
dead cattle InfeRted the ground upon
Which the animals had died and were
thus communicated to other victims.
Government Takes Hand.
The United States government,
alarmed by the Inroads the disease
has made, has sent experts from the
bureau of animal indnrtrv to assist
local veterinarian In fitrhting the
plaugue. They are urging cremation
of Infected animals and the vaccin
ation of all others Once an animal
is Infected, there is no known remedy,
but vaccination seems iff etlw In
making them Immune. Strict re
pressive measures were successful in
several parishes, hut In Cameron,
cattle dead of the disease, were al
lowed to lie nnburied upon the pral
rt unit In the marshes and swarms
of flies and mosquitoes carried the
(Continued on page four.)
FRENCHMAN FLIES
ACROSS CHANNEL
WITHOUT MISHAP
Blet tot's Big Bird-Like Machine
With Motors Humming Arous
ed Dover From Morning 's Sleep
Landed Safely.
(By Associated Press.)
DOVER, July 25. This sleepy sea
port town experienced the keenest
thrill known In a generation when at
sunrise this morning a white-winged
bird-like machine with loudly hum
ming motor swept out from the haste
obscuring the sea' toward the distant
French coast, and, circling twice
above the high chalky cliffs of Dover,
alighted on English soil. A calm
Frenchman, Hleriot, a portly and red
mustached man of thirty-seven, de
scended fro mthe saddle, limping on
a bnndaged foot which had been
burned on his previous overland
flight. Immediitely two compatriots
who had be n waving a big French
flag as a signal for the landing place,
fell upon him enthusiastically, em
bracing him, shouting uudptiundlng
him on the back. They, with a few
English soldiers and others who hap
pened by chance to be on the scene,
were the only persons to witness the
finish of a most remarkable feat.
Took Half an Hour.
Kleriot left Leg Haraiiyes, France,
three miles from Calais, about 4,30
a. in., on one of the smallest mono
planes ever used. llu crossed the
channel in a little less than half an
hour, twice as swiftly as the fastest
mail steamer. Ills speed avjeragvd
more than forty-live miles an hour,
sometimes it approximated sixty
miles. lie kept nbout 250 feet above
the sea level and for ten minutes,
while about mid-channel was out of
sight of both coasts and also of the
French destroyer'whloh followed him,
with his wife and friends aboard.
The wind was blowing about twen
tw miles an hour and the sea as chop
py. The aviator was swathed in a
single garment of drilling, impervloua
to the wind, which covered Mm from
the too of his head to. Ills feet, ooly
his face ahowinff. Me wore also a
cork life belt.
Made Kasy Landing.
An eye witness of the landing thus
describes It:
"Very early In the morning a wire
less message was received from Ca
lais that Hleriot intended to make
the tight. Then in quick succession
came the news that he had left and
was fast making Dover.
DECLARED NEGRO SOLD
WHI5KEUHEN HE DIED
Succumbed to KlTect of
Poison Before He Could
Describe Negro
KUICI DM POSSIBLY I
CHAHI.OTTB-. N. C July 25. Will
Cash, an operative at the Highland
l'ark mill, returned to his home
shortly alter 10 o'clock last night,
and going immediately to his room
fell upon his bed and expired within
:. minutes. His wife hearing him en
ter the house went to him and asked
him if he was sick.
"A negro gave me carbolic at Id for
whi.-key and I thank it. I am going
to die." he said.
Cash save up his Job at the mill
yesterday, and received ti .25 before
going home. After dinner, which was
at 1 o'clock, he went to the barber
shop of I.. T. Horton to get a shave,
and until he returned to his home last
night his wife hail not seen him.
Dr. J. o. Simmons, who was railed,
reached the home after life had left
his body. I'p.m examination he
statetl that all indications pointed to
the 'ruth of the rlead man's state
ment that he had taken carbolic
acid. The lining of his mouth was
badly burned but was not raw.
When Cash entered the house from
I he hack door, Mrs. Hargett wilh
whom the Cash's lived, was in one of
the rear rooms, while Mrs Cash and
Miss Fannie Hargett with Mr. Will
Dye w.-re sitliiiK "n the front porch
The dead man ' walked as if he were
drunk." said Mrs Harnett, 'but I
ilidti't go to his room, for, his wife
left the porch when she hear. I him
and then mi daughter went to him"
Miss Fannie Hargett said that Cash
told her, A" negro gave me carbolic
add for whis Kev anil I drank it I
am going to die." "1 asked him," con
tinued she. who the m-sro was and
he said "I don't know, for 1 had been
drinking before I met him "
Mrs. Cash was prostrated from the
awful shock and physicians were with
her most of the nlf?ht.
Mrs. Hargett said: "Cash had been
married for two years. He and hia
(Continued on page two.)
"Hastening to the cliff, 1 arrived
there just a moment before the
airship which was flying fast, like a
gigantic hawk. Hleriot swooped ov
erhead, glunclng from r Ik lit to left
and then turned his machine to the
east and came to the ground In the
meadow. It circled with consummate
ease and niuile tho landing graceful
ly, but even though It touched the
land lightly It was slightly damaged."
By his achievement today Hleriot
won the prize of $.1,000 offered by the
London Dally Mall for the lirt flight
across the English channel, and stole
a march on his rivals, Hubert Latham
Hind Counnt Do Lambert, both of
whom hail hoped to make the at
tempt today.
His Own Story.
Hleriot, who speaks a little Eng
lish, described his remarkable tight
very modestly.
"1 arose at three o'clock" ho said,
"and net t to the aeroplane shed.
Finding vi.rytlilng In order on Uie
trial spin, I decided to make tne
flight The French torpedo boat de
stroyer, which was in attendance,
was signalled and it put out about
four tn'les. Then I rose into the air
and pointed directly to Dover. After
ten minutes I was out of slKht of land
and had left the warship will be
hind. For a few minutes I could not
see either coast, nor any boat. I tried
to keep at an averagv height of 250
reel. I might easily have gone higher.
This was about the right height, I
thought, to clear the Dover cliffs
safely.
"The machine dipped toward the
water several times. The drat objects
I saw were ships off the English
coast: then I observed Deal. I veered
to the southward ,. toward. .Dover
Caittla'and then saw friends flourish
ins; a flag In the valley suitable for
landing. I made two circles while les
sening the speed, anil then dived
down, but I came In contact with the
ground sooner thap I expected. Hoth
the macchlne and Vrywtf wire badly
shaken.
'A few persons ipilckly assembled
and I was helped out, as my Injured
(Continued on page seven.)
E
HER HUSBAND HIS NOT
SPOKEN IN FOUR YEARS
He Still Refuses to Speak
Even to Defend the Ac
tion in Court.
NO CA US ft IS KNOWN
(KMrlal to The Citizen.)
NEW YOKiv. N. July 25
A sphinxlike, wooden impenetrable
silence, broken by a single word In
the four years since he mumbled the
responses at his wedding is the rea
son Frank .1. Heekmaii of Anbury
park. Is being sued by Mrs. Lizzie
llei kman for divorce.
For four years Mrs. Beckman has
tried by every artltlce known to wo
man to make her husband talk, but
in her testimony before Itcferee Char
les J Parker yesterday, she admitted
that she had failed. At first she
sipic.zed his hand and chucked him
under the chin, hut the only response
she got was a stony stare.
The I'.eekmans were married In
1905 at 7 o'clock In the morning. At
the wedding" breakfast Beekman, after
murmuring what was taken for an
apol.'iiy, hurried off to work. When
I..' i am.- ...u k in in,- evening his Oi itie
met him at the door with an affec
tionate smile. Hcckuiaii returned the
smile and hurried into the house,
where he sat down, Mrs. Beekman
-tailed the conversation with a re
mark about the weather From this
-he bd up lo a iiievloi of what he
would line for dinner, but she got no
answer to anv of her observations.
At last she wepi. hut even I he tears
failed lo melt her husband's silence
..r to abate the stony stare.
Why H.-. kman has not spoken Is a
mv-tery to .v.-rv one in Asbury park.
A dozen neighbors testified that they
had riot heard him utter more than a
curt "yes" -r "no" in the last ten
years.
How Beekman managed his court
ship is a inil'Tv In Asbury park, aj
thoiiKh Mrs It.ikman asserts that al
though he was not loquacious It did
not s. em to give hint pain to speak.
Mrs. Beekman may have f.-ii then
that she was able to do all the talking
for the pair, hut after her marriage
(Continued on page three.)
SPEED-MAD MOTORISTS DISPUTE
CROSSINGS WITH ENGINE, RESULTS-
Two Are Dead and Five Others May Be Cripples for Life Remarkable Similarity
Between Two Widely Separated Tragedies With Reckless
Haste Behind Them Both.
SAVANNAH, Cta., July 25 -Three
men were Injured, one perhaps fa
tally, when an automobile moving at
thirty-live miles an hour and tut en
gine on the Seaboard Air Line railway
met at right angles Just outside this
city late this atftorndjon. The in
jured are:
J. W. Judaon, elfetrlclan, shoulder
ibroken, ankle broken, many abrasions
and cuts, and terkapa seriously in
jured Internally ; f-
Peter ,yubyi! (sonduetor. badly
bruised and tu4 (mm Injured
Internally.
'F. Von Olsten, badly bruised. .
Three men were the only occupants
of the automobile and were speeding
out the Augusta road. The engine,
mowing away from the city,, also
moving rapidly was hidden by build
ings and trees, until within n short
dlstnce of the grade crossing towards
which each wen- rushing.
The engineer and Judaon. who was
at the wheel of the car. saw the dnr
IS IN IDE TOILS AGAIN
Dr. Cline Caught by Chance
in West Virginia Town Is
Held for N. C.
(SlMM'lal lo The .Citizen )
WADESHOKO. July 25 The notor
ious Dr. A. E. t'lli.e. who kept things
lively In these pails a good part of
last year, has imain been heard Iroin.
A few days an" he was recoKnlzcd at
llluton, West Virginia, by Miss Emma
Hose, of this pl;e : who has elm rge
of the A'eslern I'm m Telegraph (.mo
at that place rime at first denied his
Identity, hut lab i owned np and
begged Miss l;..y not to expol-e lilltl.
A short tine aii-r being recognized
by Miss Hose, i". was arrested on
a charge of I . ; . i 1 1 y and Is now in
Jail at Hint. .n. H is not known how
many living iu.- he hits bill it is
probable that Hi number Is not le-s
than half a d . r..
Nl;;lt) KIM". MOTIIEIt.
MACtiv c..i Ii Iv 25. While seat
ed at the dinner table today Adolphus
DaillelK Shot at. I Killed nis molliet.
Itachel Itroittilii 'i and faintly wound
ed his step fail. . Major Hrouchton
All parties at- lored.
ITALIAN Ii' ISKK IIKKK..
OLD POINT '
25. The Italian -ed
III Ham). Lo. I.'
proceeded to V i
lired a salute '
she approu. le i
fortress rehje.n
MFOUT, Va , Jnlv
'ilser Ilrurla arriv
'ls today and lulei
Ik for coal. She
i enty-one ;-iiiiw a
r tress Monro. The
as the l-a.lriirla
passi
wm
WASHINGTON July 25 Forecast
North Carolina: l air Monday; Tms
day partly cloinlv: not much chain:.
In temperature; l.ht variable winds
i.
Getting Ready For Fail Business.
ger simultaneously too late for either
to stop,
Tim enr wns caught by the engine
pilot and hurled thromrh the ttlr.
The occupants were thrown out anil
the cur wrecked.
II AM MOS'H, Intl.. July 25. As the
result of a collision between a rail
road train nnd tin automobile at
Minister at eight o'clock yesterday
morning two lmys are dead, tint of
whom was cut to pieces, und two men
aw sortowtly injured, '-'''''"'f
The dead are:
Itlchartl Flagg, uge fifteen. Hills
dale, Mich., cut to pieces.
Harris DU rhardt ( tine sixteen. Mis
hawaka. son of owner of auto, died
In hospital.
The Injured arc;
E. l. Eherlianlt, vice president and
general manager of the Woolop Man
ufacturing company at Mlshiiwukn,
Injured by Jumping.
SUTTON'S SISTER WILL
BE CALLED TO STANO
Is Not Vindictive but She
Wants Justice Done Her
IJi'otlier's Memory.
(By Associated I'resw.)
ANNA I't IMS. Md . July 25 "I am
not vindictive; all I desire Is to ilctr
in v broili.-r's name of tin di--.gi.icc
o sun l.le."
So spoke tonight Mrs. Itos" Siillon
Parker, sistt r of I. It iilenaiit .Iiiiiich N,
Sutton, of Portland, Oregon, the Ii
Cllinslailies of Whose death the colli t
of iinpiirv will continue to luvesllgaie
tomorrow
With tin- "pcl.lio; of the s, . olid
w..k of Uie iu est i,-a ! ion tomorrow,
die pendulum is ...iid to H.vnic,
and wiln. I will le called on "the
Other -llle" lo f flit.' I lie . ol id
suicide,
Mrs. Parker will perhaps b" tic
principal witness In lhat rewpect. II''''
l. -llliioliy Is exp. il. il lo din. lo.- s. v -eial
inipoitanl poini. in ivf u I a l i:i
of the filicide Ih.'.ll based on the
fails ohl. illicit bv In I and lot riech. t
in llicit ind. fal lira I.I. w .1 i. iluriuv: tic
,,. ' I . .. ',.,ii-, '.-. h I. I. i .. ii 1 1.1 In I h
I . -.p. hi n of lie . a . -In" will
I ,!!... I i let I . -1 if'. 'Ilil'l the I'lll.lill-
i'i- t u o ..r !hr. til',., wi'ick" on
ii id nr. .Iispos.-d of. I'roli - or . li
ber' P Coleman. oT 'le .N.i v 1 1 Acade-
C , IIMl I.C lltell.lflt Tell, p III! , I . I'mIT.
ji ol III. inalille co' ;. f, v.lll pl'i'hah.'v
I,, v itle ':.."-. lolliof row.
Tli. 1 1 1 . i n i r ',' in. hi-.. I v t,. ocriipv I w o
or ilir-. .i. now, iin.l lien adj. urn
oll'd ll 'ii 1 1. W h II S.IMO'OII I'. C
i-..l I'. S N.. and I.I' oi. 'limit Harold
If I tl "t id.' tn nine corps, who
have I."- Ii !-ail. poena. 'I a w Itn.-fis. s,'
at . . x " ' ' . 1 lo at rlv.
M III l l K'll Ml IIIIITl.
KTAI'NToN', 111.. Julv 2(. The
body of Mi. IImuv Johnson was dls
Ititerred this week afb r having; been
biirj. d in, a ' I ; t ht . months and an
autopsy rcwab .1 that the woman'
skull had bi-'ll fractured. title eve
was l.iai I., n d and there were cuts
on her hand- and arms. Following
this finding. Johnson was arrested on
a warrant 'hatging murder. John
sou, who i: u.aliliv, said he found
his Wife dead in be I and he denied
knowledge of how she met her death
Arthur Carlson, nge twenty-six
cliittilTenr. Mlsluuvaka. hack siirlneil
The accident was due to a collision
with the Chlcngo-linllaiiaiHillH limited
on the Monun. The train was laic
ami going tit a terrlllc speed.
Mr. HIm rhnrdt. who Is wealthy, had
been nl iJike Forest, III., with his son
and tint I'lagg hoy, and started back
to Mlshawaka In his automobile
early.
At MunsleT. llx miles south of
Hammond, th road crosses Oirt Mil-
runtl tracks lit a deep cut. The au
Utinnbtie was mnnlnir at high,
speed toward the out when Eherhttrdt
saw the train approaching rho rut
at the snme time. The machine was
oniv thlrtv feet from the crossing nt
the time.
Mr. F.horlmrdt nnd the chauffeur,
who were In the front scat. Jumped
and were saved. The two Wmys wjr
entcri In tin. rear sent of tho for,
........ auklrh wns ii helivv leather cover.
This prevented thctn rom fcettlri
out nnlckly,
OF ITS1ATIC FURY
Washet 1 Them Off Deck and
Washed Two Back Atfftin
Three Drowned.
PKNSACOI.A. Fla.. July 2G. With
her rlKKliiK daniHKed and her suIIh
tout iilmoit to shreds, the lishlurf
schooner Mlnnltt W., urrlved In pelt
toiilKhl and reported tho lout of three
ol In r lew In the Kiilf hurricane of
last Wednesday and the miraculous
escape of Iwo others. Those tltowiicl
were Italians.
The master of the Minnie W. re
ported that he was bound for home,
l'i liai ola, iiavlllK been to the lisllllli;
banks about one iiuiiilreil miles wc.
of Calveslott, when he noticed tile
dlidiirhani e by his lowerlnK barome
ter He alletnpleil to steer out of the
term but evidently K"l 'atiiihl In the
i.iy center of It. The wavvs ran
mountain hlxh. and for an hour II"'
lev striiKkTed on deck holding to
lb,' mavtH when the decks were
aivaslw A" ItnMTvnse Hvave wtruck
line vessel, ejomplctcly KUblllcrKlm:
Ii. r. l ive of tin- no II Wclc w.lnliel
from their posillotis and went over
liard. A wave follovvlnie cast Iwo of
the men back aboard, but the otht i
lhr'c were never Seen iicain.
Temporary r-'palts were m.'ido to
the vess. 1 wh. n llu- fury of the storm
had abated and she stalled for home.
Ill a i i.l . i ! a ill. I l ot ..lie I 11 1-
U .known to have b.-eM at the
iitK banks. Itelwccn a dozen
twenty "!' r, tit and nothing has
hem d of tin in.
IIhIi
aiut been
nnTritiriTinci m a nti
I VylJil r Xj IV XL. .CO IfLAUZi
! NO HEADWAY
WASHINGTON. Julv 25 Allhoturh
t hi tariff conferees held Iwo sessions
tod.-i',, one ftoin 10 a rn . until 1 fi.
; m.. and the other from x p. m.. until
'i p m . llu- hide and leather situation
i is Just us hadlv entariKled torilcrht as
)l was wlnn the conferees adjourned
1 yesterday.
, k'i far an the conferees are con
cerned they nrit fluhtlfiK wth horns.
i Tutu the senate members are assured
of Hiirflcient votes to adopt a cotif.r
nii e report cairyinir hides on the free
ll-f, thev will not iK-rmlt this question
to be brought to a vote. The house
members have exhibited no sluns of
vveakeuini; nnd many of them have
ussumcil lhat It will be Impossible to
reduce ieulher goods below house
rates.
PRESIDENT FIRM
IE
IT
Maintains That This Is Typ
ical Case Underlying The.
ory of Protection
PRICES WILL CO UP
AFTER BILL IS PASSED
He Does Not Expect Any Rer
ductlon In Cost of Liv
ing From Revision
(Ry A'sis-latil Pmw.)
WASlllNUToN, July 26. flundnn
brooKlil no cessation of President)
Tuft's turlff iictlvltles. llo had a con
ference wlih house und acnat laad
ers w hich covered practically the n
tire day. Kven th cuslomary Suit
lay nrtcrnoon rldn through the park
wits cancelled.
Although he admitted frankly tn
sew Tit I of hia callers today that tha
situation was not all that could b d
sln d the president c pressed the h ;
ili.it another twenty-four hours would
miff Ice tn slralBhlen out tho tatiRls In
the conferencB and that th ruport
of tho confereci would b prosentsd
In the house tin Tuesday Hunt. , It
furlher Is hoped nt the whlts housa
that the report will bit accompanied
by a deflnltn plan of action which,
will he nculsced In by the house and
senntn und that conirress may adjourn
by thn lust of tho wwk, .
Irl(Viit In Finn. ;
President Tun, It wtiw learnml to
tiny, has not rocitdnd In any way from
his demand fur trm hides. Ha la
authentically represented as regard
Inn freu hldea as a typical ran tin
derlyltiB lh whole prlnclpls of dawn
ward revision and If frea hides thoultl
be lost, llllle of eitrournifement U tha
rear rilslonlsls rufnalna.
' Juat how thn huub shoe and finlehad
leather schsdule In tli turirf bill ara
t h r-vUed, whin there ara no diN
fiwmoas betwavn ha hoiaa 4 an
at fr th eonttrtm to aot upon,
was ono of thtr nuvnilnv snbJecM un
der tllMfusslon at the whits housa to
day. AlthotiKh noma of tha housa
lender are loath to astablish tha pre
cedent, they hitve informd tha prU
dent that It would be etttlrrly poant
hl for th ronferei-a arbitrarily to
clmtme thn leather whediiln to tha
lower prlcea asred upon In tha bar
gain for frea hldea, and lhat tha)
c limine ontilil ll prntwtd : In " that
house BHaliiHt an Inevltitbln paint 0
order by tho adopt lun of a rule pro
viding that polnla t order ahould)
not ll BRfllnst that particular Item. i"t
Will llrlng No Hellef.
It ran dellnllely be statetl that thai
president' cbiaf eonnorn now is a ta
iJT.'i.n.riri.-in- - ------'.""
Cunt Inued on patta wsvon.)
FORMER MISTRESS OFl
WHITE HOUSE DIES AT
E
Z.icliiiry Taylor'H DaughteB
Wih Nt.lcd for Ikauty, i
in Hit D;iy. , ,
WAS TWICK MAUIUEli
(It)' AhuhIiiIciI rresm.)
WINCH KMTKIt. Va. July U5. Mr
Klljtl.h Taylor liandt blue, dauKhlr
of (leneral Zaihary Taylor, twelflhi
preshli-iit of the United States anil !
ti r-ln la of Mrs. Jeflernori Uavls,
du d ul her home 'hero today, afpnl
-ii; lit y -fl vo years. '
Mrs. I liiiidi l.l.oi was th thlrit
daiiKhter of Oenernl Zachary Taylor,
and was horn nt I'orst Hnelllii. Minli.
Dealh was due to hear failure, (ol
lo wiliif a lotlK period of lllticsu Hll
wlil b" burled hen- nexl Tuesday.
II 1.1. IlulellldKe ...iw.l lei- nU
cation In Philadelphia. At the atta
of nineteen years she married M.'i)oB
William W. S. lillss, who wa.-. a mem
ber of her father's st iff In the Mexi
can war, and who later became III
private Kccretarv. After her fnlhsr'a
Itiauifiirat ion. Mrs. liliss, or "Mlsa
Petty." u-c fli wiim iK.fittl.iiTy called,
became mistress of the white house.
It w.LM said of her that h "did th
honors of the etabll"hineiit wll;h tha
arth'ssiiess of a rustic belle and tha
Kruen of duchess." Nhe had a wlda
ac.iialntnnce with ptibllf men of tha
day and was noted for her it.cauty and
charm and tho splendor of her en
trrtalnments. '
After the death of her fathe, al)W
teen months followlntr hia fnaoitii
riulon, and the death nt her huabantf
In 1S53. she upeht several yeara II
retirement, later marrying Philip P
Handridirn, a member of a prominent
Virginia family, whose death occtirred
twenty-elKht years ago. "J - 1
Mrs. lnilrldR-e Idest alsterr fiaraht
Knox Taylor, was th flrst wife of
Jeffenwin rarH, prenldtnt of tha
Southern Confederacy, J
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