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THE MORNING NEWS. I
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J. H. ESTIEE. President. I
RUSSIANS SANK
JAPS’ TRANSPORT
MANY SOLDIERS DROWNED.
they WOIL.II NOT SURRENDER ON
RUSSIANS’ DEMAND.
Russian Admiral Makes n Report at
the Sinking of the Kinshin Maru
liy Torpedo Boats—Some SSOO Men
Went Dfttvu Wltli the Ship After
Their Officers Had Snrrendered.
Other Evidences of the Activity of
the Nladivostok Squadron.
IN THE far east.
Japanese torpedo boats were
sighted off Port Arthur, and a few
shots were exchanged between the
Japanese and the Russian batteries
ashore.
Passage of the entire Japanese
army across the Yalu river is look
ed for at an early date.
Japanese commander asserts that
the Japanese gunboat that steamed
up the Yalu river silenced Russian
batteries and sustained no casual-
giving an account radically
different from that furnished from
Russian sources.
Japanese soldiers aboard a trans
port preferred death to surrender,
even after their officers had sur
rendered. They defied the Rus
sians, who demanded that they give
up. and the Russian torpedo boats
sent them and their steamer to
the bottom.
The Russian Emperor is said to
be indignant over the wanton sink
ing of the Japanese transport, and
the destruction of the soldiers
aboard the vessel. It is said that
he will have the Russian admiral
court-martialed.
St. Petersburg, April 28.—Russian
torpedo boats, belonging to the Vladi
vostok squadron, sank a Japanese mili
tary transport, the Kinshiu Maru, of
4,000 tons, during the night of Aprif
26, with ali on board, with the exception
of seventeen officers, twenty soldiers,
sixty-five of the crew and eighty-five
Coolie carriers. The others, who re
fused to surrender, were sent to the
bottom with the ship.
The official report of Rear Admiral
Yeszen to the Emperor is as follows:
“During the night of April 26, two
Russian torpedo boats met at sea, the
Japanese military transport Kinshiu
Maru, of 4,000 tons, laden with rice
and other military stores, and about
1,500 tons of coal. The transport was
armed with four Hotchkiss guns of 47
millimetres.
“The Russians captured on board
seventeen officers, twenty soldiers,
eighty-five military carriers, or Coolies,
and sixty-five of the crew, who sur
rendered. The remainder of the men,
who were to form a landing party and
who were left without officers, ob
stinately refused to surrender or go
on board a Russfan cruiser. Further
more, they offered armed resistance to
the Russian. In the end they were
sent to the bottom with the trans
port.”
Another Steamer Sink.
Admaril Yeszen reports that besides
the sinking of the Japanese steamer
Goyo Maru at Won San (Gen San),
April 25, the Russians sank at sea the
same evening the Japanese steamer
Nakamura Maru of 220 tons, whose
crew were saved.
The satisfaction of the people of St.
Petersburg at the exploits of the Vladi
vostok squadron is tempered with ad
miration for the bravery of the Japa
nese soldiers, who were on board the
sunken transport Kinshiu Maru, and
who preferred to drown rather than
surrender.
Rear Admiral Yeszen’s full report
says that 200 men went down with the
ship.
The admiralty admits that the men
tr ted heroically, but holds that Admi
ral Yeszen hud no other alternative
than to sink the transport, since he
could not spare a prize crew or ham
per his swift squadron with a slower
steamer. It is pointed out that the
officers on board the Kinshiu Maru ap
preciated the situation by accepting im
prisonment rather than death.
Crow Sent Ashore,
in the case of the smaller Japanese
transport sunk by the torpedo boats at
V on San, the crew were sent ashore
'' cause there w'ere no accommodations
for them on the torpedo boats.
Hie crew of the Japanese steamer
Nakamura Maru, as well as the Japa
ncse of the Kinchiu Maru, who sur
rndered, have been taken to the Rus
sian cruisers.
1 Admiralty here professes ignor
’"'e as 10 the future plans of Admiral
"szen, hut it is believed he is in com
munication with. Vladivostok by wire
! ss biography, and is not likely to be
■ rprlsed by the Japanese squadron
to prevent his return.
CZAR DOES NOT LIKE
SINKING OF TRANSPORT.
St. Petersburg, April 29, 2:09 a. m.—
The operations of the Vladivostok
■ madron have revived the spirits of
' hfl r,p °Ple of St. Petersburg, who have
,r en downcast since the destruction of
Petropavlvosk and the consequent
‘onflnement of the remnant of the
Port Arthur fleet to the harbor. The
" 1 the navy is doing something
an character appeals to
'■c popular mind, which has been un
ible to appreciate the reason for the
JSatennab Jftofnina
inactivity of the fine ships of the
Vladivostok squadron.
It is generally recognized that Rear-
Admiral Yeszen cannot do more than
frighten .the Japanese and compel them
to exercise greater care in their mili
tary movements, as the sinking of a
few transports or even cruisers, can
have no permanent effect on the-result
of the war. Moreover, he is bound by
his instructions not to risk his ships
unduly, the intention being to keep
them safe for an attack with the Bal
tic fleet when it arrives in the Pa
cific.
St. Petersburg is loaded with rumors
regarding the sinking of the Japanese
military transport, the Kinshiu Maru.
One report has it that 2,600 men were
aboard the transport when she went
down, but the Admiralty insists that
there were only 200.
It is said that the Emperor is high
ly indignant over the affair and that
he will relieve Yeszen and order him to
be court-martialed. This report lacks
confirmation in responsible naval cir
cles, where it is reiterated that no
other course could be pursued and that
the admiral only fired when the Japa
nese categorically refused to surrender
and adopted a hostile attitude.
VLADIVOSTOK SQUADRON
HAS SLIPPED BACK HOME.
London, April 29. —The Daily Tele
graph’s Tokio correspondent asserts
that the Russian cruisers slipped past
the Japanese squadron during a fog
and regained the harbor of Vladivo
stok.
This is the only additional news that
has reached London concerning the
Vladivostok squadron. No further de
tails have been received regarding the
sinking of the Japanese transport
Kinshiu Maru, which incident is much
commented on here as proving that
the Japanese placed too great confi
dence in their command of the sea, and
there is .no doubt that it will induce
greater vigilance or. their part. There
is some inclination to criticise harsh
ly the action of Rear Admiral Yeszen,
but most -of this morning's papers pre
fer to await particulars of the affair
before passing judgment upon it.
The report that the Japanese have
occupied Kiulien-Cheng has not yet
been confirmed.
According to the Standard's Tien
Tsin correspondent the whole country
outside the great wall is abnormally
flooded and any movement of the land
forces is impracticable for the present.
A special dispatch from Port Arthur
says that the demonstration made by
Japanese torpedo boats, .covered by a
Japanese squadron, off Port Arthur
yesterday morning was for the purpose
of creating a scare and inducing the
batteries to waste their ammunition,
but the Russians refrained from an
swering the Japanese fire.
The Copenhagen correspondent of
the Morning Post says there are ru
mors that Russia is negotiating for the
purchase of the Danish liners Hekla,
Norge, and Island.
CRUISE OF GUNBOAT
UP THE YALU RIVER.
Tokio, April 28, 7 p. m. —The Japa
nese gunboat Maya, escorting a fleet
of torpedo boats, entered the mouth of
the Yalu river on Monday and moved
toward Wiju. Enroute it fought a se
ries of small engagements w'ith the
Russian forces protecting the right
bank of the river. These encounters
transpired frequently throughout Mon
day and Tuesday.
Admiral Hosoya, commanding the
third squadron, in reporting the oper
ations, says:
“Our detachment reached the Yalu
river Monday, and while going up
stream the enemy's field guns opened
against us without effect. We discov
ered a force of the enemy on an island
in midstream and when we fired on
them they fled.
“On Tuesday the enemy’s cavalry, 109
strong, attacked our launch. Our
torpedo boat No. 69 replied and the
enemy fled into the mountains. From
Antsu Shan we replied to the enemy's
guns and silenced them after half an
hour. There were no casualties on our
side.”
LOOK FOR THE ARMY
TO CROSS THE YALU.
Paris. April 28.—The Temps corre
spondent at St. Petersburg telegraphs
as follows;
“A Russian column is about twenty
miles from Won San, where the Japa
nese garrison has fortified itself. The
Vladivostok squadron supports the
movement of the Russian column.
“Some skirmishes have occurred on
the right bank of the Yalu. resulting
favorably to the Russians. Thus far
only the advance guard of the Japanese
has crossed the river, but the passage
of the entire Japanese army is immi
nent.
TORPEDO BOATS DREW
FIRE OF PORT ARTHUR.
Port Arthur, April 28.—Japanese tor
pedo boats were sighted at 1:10 this
morning, covered by a Japanese
sqaudron. A few shots were exchang
ed without damage, after which the
Japanese ships disappeared southward.
JAPANESE OFFICER
GIVES HIS WAR VIEWS.
Liao Yang. April 28.—Maj. Togo Tut
zozero. a member of the general staff
of the Japanese army, who is a prisoner
here, having been captured at Wiju,
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THE SENATE AND HOUSE
CLOSED SESSION'S BUSINESS
DEMOCRATS CRITICISE
LAVISH EXPENDITURES
Senators Show How Repub
licans Suffer When a Com
parison in National Econo
my of the Two Parties Is
Made.
Washington, April 28. —With brief an
nouncement and a sharp rap of his weil
worked gavel, President pro tern. Frye
adjourned the Senate sine die at 2
o'clock this afternoon, the hour fixed
by resolution by the two houses of
Congress. The occurrence was devoid
of unusual incident.
The greater part of the day was de
voted to a political debate, which was
participated in on the Republican side
by Messrs. Allison and Aldrich, and on
the Democratic side by Messrs. Gor
man and Culberson. The President
and his cabinet occupied the President's
room during a part of the debate, and
some of the President’s advisers were
among the most interested listeners to
criticism and defense of their chief.
Mrs. Roosevelt and other members of
the President’s family occupied seats
in the gallery towards the close of the
session, and they, too, found entertain
ment in the proceedings.
The only important acts of legisla
tion during the day were the presenta
tion and acceptance of conference re
ports, on the Panama canal govern
ment and emergency river and harbor
bills. Neither report aroused debate.
Mr. Allison, chairman of the Com
mittee on Appropriations, submitted a
series of tables, prepared by the clerks
of the Appropriation Committee, show
ing an increase of 628,000,000 over the
appropriations for fast session. Mr. Al
lison said the appropriations were, in
the main, for the conduct of the gov
ernment, and he expressed the opin
ion that they would not be criticised.
Expenditures Tremendous.
Mr. Culberson presented a review of
appropriations for the past twelve
years. He said the total expenditures
under the Roosevelt administration had
been $2.640,000,000, or $211,000,000 greater
Continued on Fifth Page.
SPEAKER CANNON, TO WHOSE POPt LARITY THE HOUSE PAID TRIBUTE.
SAVANNAH. GA.. FRIDAY. APRIL 20. 1004.
RIVAL VIEWS UPON
ENORMOUS EXPENSES.
How Heavy Expenditures Impress
Hemenway and Livingston.
Washington, April 28.—The Republi
can and the Democratic view of ap
propriations made thus far by the Fif
ty-eighth Congress, were presented to
the House to-day by Chairman Hem
enway of the Appropriations Commit
tee and Representative Livingston of
Georgia, the ranking Democratic mem
ber of that committee.
“Good Government Housekeeping” is
the caption chosen by Mr. Hemenway
to represent his views.
“A Congress That Has Done Nothing
But .Spend Money,” is the heading of
Mr. Livingston's summary.
Mr. Hemenway declares “our nation
al government is the most economical
ly administered of any in the civilized
world.” A table to substantiate this
statement is given, showing the per
capita expenditures of the leading na
tions. The highest given is New Zea
land, where the per capita expense is
$30.38. the lowest is the United States
with a per capita showing of $7.97.
The total appropriations made by
this Congress aggregate, according fo
Mr. Hemenway. $781,754,629. Of this
sum $26,801,843 was to pay deficiencies
for prior fiscal years and $56,500,000 is
set aside for application to the sinking
fund. This leaves the total appropria
tion for the expenses of the govern
ment for the year 1905, $698,272,786. The
total estimated revenues for this period
are $704,472,060, or an excess over ap
propriations or authorized expenditures
of $6,199,274. Basing his opinion on the
fact that the actual expenditures of
the government are about 5 per cent,
less than the appropriations made by
Congress, Mr. Hemenway predicts a
surplus of $40,000,000.
Mr. Livingston in his statement com
pares the expenditures of Democratic
congresses with Republican Congresses
and adds:
“The appropriations for each of the
fiscal years 1895 and 1896, as made by
the Democratic Congress, do not ma
terially vary, as will be seen, one
from the other, and average only $494,-
619,602 for each.
“The table also shows that appro
priations for federal expenditures made
under a Republican administration by
Continued on Fifth Vage.
MINORITY LEADER’S
TRIBUTE TO CANNON
House Adopted Unanimously
Resolutions Presented by
the Democratic Leader as
a Compliment to Speaker
Cannon.
Washington, April 28. —The closing
to-day of the second session of the
House of the Fifty-eighth Congress was
made notable by the demonstration
which was evoked by a resolution of
fered by Mr. Williams, the minority
leader, testifying to the courtesy and
fair and impartial manner in which
Speaker Cannon had presided over the
House. The resolution was not of the
perfunctory kind, but was expressive of
the kindly feeling which men in the
House of all parties entertained to
ward him. In a graceful speech the
Speaker declared his appreciation of
the resolution.
Many conference reports were agreed
to on bills which had been in dispute
between the two houses, including that
on fhe bill for the government of the
canal zone.
The only debate of any importance
was on the bill providing for the res
toration to the naval academv of
three cadets who had been dismissed
for hazing, the House voting over
whelmingly against it.
When the resolution for adjournment
was presented. Mr. Williams of Mis
sissippi, the minority leader, remarked
I that while the Democrats personally
I would feel very glad to get back to
their homes, they would regret for a
long time the "non action of the ma
jority of the House that seems anxious
to leave the post of duty, and leave a
situation bristling with legislation that
ought to be considered.”
, Mr - Payne said that he felt assured
“that after seven years of uninterrupt
ed Republican rule the country will say
that every Important interest has been
carefully guarded by the Republican
party by the legislation of those seven
years.”
The time was within five minutes of
the hour set for adjournment when Mr.
Williams, amid impressive silence, was
recognized to present a resolution ex
pressive of the appreciation of the
House for the fair and impartial man
ner in which the Speaker had presided
over that body. The resolution refers
to the sturdy common sense and genial
good humor which have been displayed
by the Speaker, "and which have In
duced the members of the House itself
In a degree almost unprecedented, in
imitation of him, to display the same
sterling American characteristics in
their deliberations and mutual deal
ings.”
Same Plain Citizen.
Mr. Williams said that It was a great
thing to be a speaker of the House of
Commons of the American republic,
but that it was a greater thing “not
to permit the fact of promotion to
that place, one of the most exalted in
the world, to turn one’s head in the
slightest degree or to reflect one from
the course hitherto pursued, of being a
plain American citizen, with extraor
dinary common sense and a reirfark
able fund of that most characteristic
of all American qualities—genial
humor."
This utterance provoked voiciferous
applause from both sides of the House
and the galleries. Mr. Williams then
convulsed the House by referring to
a conversation he, once had with the
Speaker, in the course of which he
said, "Mr. Speaker, I will always think
that you are as fair as I believe you
will be.” The Speaker, he ftaid, re
plied: “John, 1 am going to be as fair
as I can, consistently* with the exigen
cies of American politics.”
Mr. Williams declared that the
Speaker did himself injustice when
he put that limitation upon his state
ment, “but,” Mr. Williams said, “it
w*as characteristic of the frankness
and candor of the man to put in the
limitation.”
Adopted It I ni nlmonaly,
The resolution was unanimously
adopted on a rising vote and the
Speaker was escorted to the rostrum
amid frantic applause. He was visibly
affected when he thanked the House
for the resolution, saying it touched
him more than he could express. He
said, among other things: “In the na-
Continued on Fifth Page.
WOMEN ARE CARRYING
THE WAR INTO AFRICA.
(Tin rue* Made of (lie l,lcfnliotinM
of Eore 1 aii Official*.
Chicago. April 28.—Charges of gross
immorality on the part of consular of
ficials located in Liberia were made by
Miss A. A. Klein, one of the speakers
at to-day's session of the Florence
Crittenton Mission, in a talk on "Pre
ventive and Rescue Work for Girls in
Africa.”
Miss Klein has been in Liberia as a
missionary of the Lutheran Church
stationed at Muhlenberg, but almost
infinitely removed, she explained, from
the civilization of that city. She said
foreign consuls, when on their way to
the interior on business, frequently
stopped at her mission station, where,
she said, they would speak lightly of
their licentious excesses. Native wom
en, she said, were regarded by those
consuls as legitimate prey, criminal
assault was common, and in many in
stances unconcealed.
Miss Klein declared the natives, at
least in the vicinity where she was
stationed, uphold a high standard of
morals. Adultery is punished by
stoning to death and the natives live
closely according to the Mosaic laws.
The conditions she described, she said,
had greatly impeded the work of the
missionaries.
Miss Klein specifically exempted the
Rev. Ernest Lyon, the United States
consul at Munrovia, the capital, from
the charges made against the other
consular officials and paid a high trib
ute to him.
Miss Ellen Spencer Mussey of Wash
ington, D. C., discussed “State Laws
Pertaining to Adultery and Illegiti
macy.” One great defect in the laws
of many states, she said, is that an
illegitimate child cannot inherit from
its father even if the father has ac
knowledged his paternity.
Mrs. Kate W. Barrett said that in
New Jersey and Pennsylvania young
girls are carefully protected by the
laws governing criminal seduction and
in their adiminstration, but in the
South, she said, it is almost impossible
to secure conviction under the law.
The report of the children's home in
Alexandria. Va., maintained by Mr.
Crittenton, showed there are forty-two
children sheltered there.
$40,000,000 MIGHT
WORRY THE BANKS.
French Banker* Talking Ahont the
Cnmtl Payment*.
Paris. April 28.—Some of the most
important details of the payment of
the $40,000,000 to the Panama Canal
Company for the canal concession aro
still open. This is due to the desire
to effect the payment without causing
a disturbance of the French money
market. Some of the leading financial
Institutions, including the Banque De
France. - which Is a government inst i
tution. represent that the sudden
dumping of $40,000,000 on the French
market may cause a disturbance.
Therefore it has been considered ad
visable to make the payment, so far as
possible, by trade bank balances, thus
avoiding the shipment of $40,000,000 in
coin.
As J. Pierpont Morgan is here he
was consulted as to how the plan could
be carried out. and it was at first ex
pected that he would undertake the
transaction. However, it Is considered
that others probably will carry out the
Ulan.
When the correspondent of the Asso
ciated Press saw Mr. Morgan to-day
he said the matter had not yet assumed
sufficient definiteness to permit him to
speak.
sl,ooo,oocTon account
WANTED BY PANAMA.
Washington. April 28.—The govern
ment of the republic of Panama has
indicated Its desire to have $1,000,000
of the amount to be paid that country
on account of the canal purchase trans
mitted to J. Pierpont Morgan & Cos.,
their fiscal agents at New York, the
remaining $9,000,000 to await the ar
rival here of the Panama minister in
June next. The Treasury Department
will comply with this request.
MANY MINERS BURIED
IN A SPANISH MINE.
Thr Hortlr* of Fifty H*vf Bern Hf
fßTfri-d.
Madrid, April 2*.—The cave-ln of a
coal mine at Tocina, Seville, to-day
buried many miners.
Fifty bodies have been recovered.
Ten of the miners were rescued, but
all of them are badly injured.
HOTHSCHII.D INDICTED.
Former Bank President Is Held on
Two Counts.
New Tork, April 28. —Two Indict
ments tor grand larceny in the first de
gree were reported by the grand Jury
to-day against David Rothschild, for
mer president of the Federal Bank.
The Indictments were based on two
notes, one for SIO,OOO and the other for
$5,350 which, It is alleged, Rothschild
discounted.
Former Alderman Louis Minsky,
whose name has been mentioned in
connection with the F'ederal Rank
case, was arrested to-day at the of
fice of the Minsky Realty Company, of
which he is president, on a charge of
grand larceny. The arrest was made
on the complaint of Mayor Weiss, a
tailor, who alleges that on March 19
last Minskv induced him to draw S6OO
from another bank and deposit it with
$l7O more in the branch of the Federal
Bank.
MINISTER TO SAN DOMINGO.
Roosevelt Hus Appointed Thomas C.
Dawson to the Place.
Washington, April 28.—President
Roosevelt has appointed Thomas C.
Dawson of lowa, at present secretary
to the United States legation at Rio
Janeiro, Brazil, as United States min
ister to San Domingo. The office has
Just been provided for by legislation
and carries with it a salary of $5,000 a
year. The President tendered the mis
sion to Gen. E. C. O'Brien of New
York, one time commissioner of nav
igation. but personal interests im
pelled him to decline it.
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RUNAWAY PULLMAN
SCATTERED WHISKY
FURNISHED FREE DRINKS.
WILD COACH DEMOLISHED A CAR
LOAD OF “COHN” AT COLUMBIA.
TUil’ty-Slx linrreli* of Dispensary
Liquor Smttrml Over n Faetory
Suburb and Furnished Drink* for
500 Operative*—Whinky Flowed
in Stream* and Scooped Up In the
St root*—Thrilling Ride of Pullman
Employe* on a High Tre*tle at 40
Mile* an Hour.
Columbia, S. C. t April 28. —A runaway
Pullman coach on the two-mile trestle
of the Seaboard Air Line Railway,
which penetrates the cotton mill village
south of this city, ending its wild ca
reer by crashing into a freight car
loaded with thirty-six barrels of corn
whisky consigned to the South Carolina
dispensary, furnished excitement and
free drinks yesterday afternoon to 500
women and children and a few men.
The ear brakes were released by an un
known negro mischief maker and the
car tied down the trestle at forty
miles the hour. In the car was D. C.
Murray, the negro porter who lives in
Jersey City, and Joe Robertson, his
helper, who lives here. Failing In ef
forts* to put on brakes they retreated to
the rear of the car.
The box car with the whisky had
been temporarily shifted to the main
line and the brakeman on It Jumped
to safety when he saw the Pullman
charging down on him. The freight
car was splintered and the full whisky
barrels were volleyed in all directions.
Instantly a crowd of mill operatives
collected with cups and other utensils
and began to drink the whisky flow
ing from broken barrels and forming
numerous puddles. The little children
drank out of their hats. Then a man
appeared and shovelled earth Into the
puddles while the crowd jeered him.
Within an hour the wreck was cleared
and the debris removed. The heavy
Pullman was little damaged.
ROOSEVELT NAMES
CRUM ONCE MORE.
Negro Colleclor I* Again Awarded
to Charlcton.
Washington, April 28.—President
Roosevelt to-day directed the reap
pointment of W. D. Crum as collector
of customs at Charleston, 8. C. The
President has received positive assur
ance that the Senate will take up
Crum's case immediately on reconven
ing next session, and that it will be
disposed of finally.
Until he is confirmed, Crum cannot
draw any salary, but It is said that his
friends have arranged to see that he is
provided with ample funds. Should he
be confirmed, the government, of
course, will pay him the back salary.
F!r*t Thing Next Session,
Washington, April 28. —Senator Alli
son, chairman of the Committee on the
Order of Business in the Senate, in a
public statement issued to-day, gave
notice that if the nomination of W. D.
Crum to be collector of the port of
Charleston, S. C., is again sent to the
Senate, it will be pressed to a conclu
sion regardless of other business. The
statement is as follows:
“The Committee on the Order of
Business, at a meeting to-day, decided
that if the nomination of Dr. Crum Is
again made and sent to the Senate, it
will be taken up immediately at tho
opening of the next session of Con
gress and made the order of business
until disposed of, the minority senators
having given notice that its considera
tion at this session would require a de
bate of at least two weeks.
"This action was taken because it
was impossible to complete the consid
eration of the case at this session."
TOO MANY 7 CHILDREN
IN TAYLOR HOUSEHOLD.
Celebrated Tenneaaeenn and Hl*
Wife Are Divorced.
Knoxville, Tenn., April 28.—Mrs. R.
L. Taylor was granted a divorce from
former Gov. Robert L. Taylor in the
Chancery Court to-day, after the de
positions of a few witnesses had been
read. The question of alimony was
referred to the clerk and master for
settlement.
Mr. Taylor has served three terms
as Governor of Tennessee, and haa a
national reputation as a lecturer. Mrs.
T&ylor was Mrs. Alice Fitts-Hill, of
Tuscaloosa, Ala., before her marriage
to the ex-Governor, three years ago.
Both had children by former mar
riages and they, it is alleged, caused
the unhappiness.
MET DEATH IN TANK
OF BOILING GREASE.
Luray, Va., April 28.—Cleveland Jef
ferson, an employe of Smoot’s tannery
at Sperryville, accidentally fell into a
large tant of boiling grease, his whole
body being submerged. He managed
to crawl out of the tank, when the
flesh began to fall from his bones. His
fellow workmen procured a barrel of
cold water, into which Jefferson was*
placed, and In this he was carried to
his home some distance away. He died
soon after reaching home.
COLLIER CAESAR ASHORE.
Tugs gent to Vessel's Assistance la
the Tortugna.
Washington, April 28. —The com
mandant of the navy yard at Key
West telegraphed to the Navy De
partment to-day that the collier Caesar
is aground on Loggerhead buoy, Tor
tugas group. The tug Massasoit has
been sent from Key West to her as
sistance and Admiral Barker has been
directed to send another boat to aid
her.
The Caesar, which is commanded by
Naval Captain Frank Wright, Is a
collier of 5,016 tons. The Caesar was
bound from Pensacola for Lambert's
point in ballast when she grounded.