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A S Salle* J -' ? ' ESTABLISHED IN 18 MANY ARE LOST '?.? Steainei Soo City founders Off New foundiand Coast IN A SEVERE STORM Tea FisMmg Vessels Are Sank and Most of Their Crews Are Lost. The Crew of the Steamer, Which Numbeied Eighteen, Were Also Drowned. ' St. Johns, N. F., Dec. 4.?Wreck age which has come ashore at Cape Ray leaves ' little room for douht that the sturdy little steamer" Soo City, which for 20 years plied us an excursion vessel on thy great lakes, went- down with her crew in ' ? the midst of the gale that lashed the Newfoundland coast for two days this week. The sreamer was in command of Capr. John G. Dillen, of Brooklyn. It is known that no less than 18 men were on board. The Soo City was recently sold by the Indiana Transportation Com pany to Felix Jackson, of Velasco, Texas and wa3 being ta^en to New Orleans, where it had been planned* to put her in service between that city and Texan ports. She carried no passengers. She -was to be first overhauled in New York. The Soo City sailed from Michi gan City on November 1 and reached Ogdensburg, N. Y., November 11 Up to that time the steamer was in charge of Capt. F. V. Dority, of Milwaukee, but at Ogdensburg the command was turn -d over to Capt. Dillon. She was last reported at Quebec, November 14. On Wednes day last the vesstl was liPted by the maritime exchange among the miss ing. The steamer's -first mate-was John Casey, of Chicago. Today a d.-ck cabin and flttirgs and 16 life preservers cr.me ashore. These all bore $he name-"Soo City." During the day life buoys, deck boards and other grear unquestion ably belonging to .t'je sieau er were washed in. The stcrm fhat wrecked t* e Soo City was one of the severest in 're* cent years. It began Tues'ay night with a northerly gale that contin ued for 4S ht ors;, assuming at times the porportions of a blizzard, The tame ga'e caught and drov i to piec es no less than 10 Newfmndland fishing vessels, and while seven of the crews escaped three were lost, with a total ol 17 persons drowned.* ( KILLED HERSELF ither Than Endure the Tortures of a Living ?eatb St. Louis, Dec. 3.?Mrs. Adelaide Bentz, who claimed to have disr covered a sure, destroyer for the Mexican cotton boll weevil, is dead^. the victim of a self-inflicted bullet wound in the heart. ? She was known j all over the Southwest. She was a sufferer from cancer, which develop ed as the result of a biow- received while corducting experiments on the farm of Charles P. Taft, at Taft, Texas, two years' ago. Knowing that her malady was in curable, Mrs. Bentz had spent the last few months of her life labori ously reducing the results of her ex periments to driting. The formula of the compound, which she claimed was a sure destroyer of the scourge of the cotton field, and all knowl edge she had acquired through years of study and experiment, were care fully written out In the form of a letted to her son. The secret of the compound she guarded to the last, i While her sister was out Of the house, where they lived alone, for a! fhort time, Mrs. Bentz secured a re volver. From a small * casket in which she kept her treasured writ ings and other valuables, she took her wedding ring and placed it ?n her finger, then f-ed a bullet through her heart. ' ' * SLAIN IN HIS CAB. Southern Railway Employee Assas sinated at Durham. Raleigh, N. C. Dec. 3.?The po lice authorities of Durham are baf fled and the city is excited over a recent scries of crimes which reach ed its climax early today in the as sassination of Engineer Jas. Holt, of the Southern Railway, who was shot to death while in the ?cab of his engine in the suburbs of that city today. No cause has been assigned for the deed, and no clue has been found to the murderer. Holt was shot in the back and died half an hour afterwards. * PERISH IN THE FLAMES. One Carried Down and Two-Jump Out of Window. Scranton. Ph., Dec. ?A fir started from an overheated kitchen stove at midnight, burned the Shapi ro block in Princebur^ near here, and the following perished in the flames: Abraham Shapiro, mer chant; his son. Arthur, and daugh ter, Anna, and his mother-in-law. Mrs.i Sarah Blatsk'i. Mrs. Shapiro was carried safely down the ladder and her two sons were saved by jumping from windows. The loss is $15,000. ? 69. n ?_ FINDS HIM GUILTY ! -, MITCHELL CONVICTED * OP AS SAULT AND BATTERY On Miss Lin ton, But He Says He Is Innocent and Asks for a New Trial. i Thomasville, Ga., Dec. 5.?W* rf? Mitchell, alderman and former coun ty treasurer of Thomasville was found guilty of the charge of as sault and battery on his former ward. Miss Lucile Linton, who ^was his wife's most intimate friend. The verdict was returned ?by the jury after an all-night session and was received by the defendant with little show of emotion. His wife, however, who has been with him throughout the trial, is almost pros trated. Mitchell was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. ,A remarkable feature of the case was that although the indictment was for attempted criminal assault, nothing in the evidence related to this assault charge. The entire case centered about a romantic and un successful attempt to kidnap Miss Linton. Neither side presented ev idence to solve the mystery of why Miss Linton, a prominent and .weal thy woman, should be the victim of a would-be ^kidnapper. / "I Am Not Guilty of This." When the verdict was announced Mitchell arose and said: "Judge, I thank you sincerely for your impartiality in this case. 1 think that the jury did the bebt they could. There has been a web of circumstantial evidence about me that I was unable to control. "I am not guilty of this crime. ( have lived two-score and ten years, and have conducted myself as I thought honest, and honorable. Th? rest of the time that God allows will be spent in living down this ver dict and prove to the world that this verdict is wrong. I will give my whole life to this alonef^' The verdict came as a surprise, as it was thought throughout the morn ing that a mistrial would be de clared. Colonel Walter?, for tthe State, arose, and in a few words said: "If there has been injustice done the great God will in His time prov? this and make atonement for th<: wrong done this man." The judge then spoke, Mitchell standing: ? Mitchell, I have done my best. I have had no interest in thef case other than; attendant up to the du ties of a judge. If you djid this thing I do not believe it was th. Will Mitchell I now see. There is another man called Will Mitchell, who must have done it. A 'Dr. Jekyl and Mr.. Hyde.' "The case has been an aggravated one and your high position does not allpw me to make the penalty very light. I sentence you to 12 months." The jury and Mitchell's frienc's then crowded around, and to each he made a cheerful remark and not one did he reproach. Tears were iu the eyes of many in the room. A notice for a new trial was im mediately filed by Judge Rodden berry for the defense. * KILLED BY TRAIN. Young Man Ran Down on Way to '?. -\ "Dance. . Montreal, Ga., Dec. 4.?Struck and killed by an Atlanta-bound pas senger train as it whirled past the station at S o'clock Wednesday night. Victor E. Henderson, a young man was so badly mangled so. as to make identification possible only by his hair and a book with his name writ ten in it, and a letter he had ad dressed to a brother in Louisiana and failed to mail. Henderson was twenty-four years old and farms near here. He was on his way t ? a country dance, a mile from Mon treal. * HOLDS RECORD FOR DIVORCES. Peoria County, 111., Takes Palm for Breaking of Marriage. Chicago, Dec. 3.?According to the r-tatistics of Peoria county, Illi nois, beats the record for divorces. From November 1, 1907. to Novem ber 1, 1908*there was one divorce 'filed for every four and two-thirds marriage licenses. The United States census report gives Illinois the palm for divorces, the State av erage being one divorce for every twelve marriages. * Two Men Killed. Huntington. W. Va.. Dec. 7?In a fight betwe 'n a dozen deputy mar shals and a gang rf alleged moon shiners Saturday 4G miles south of here Deputy Sheriff Littieral and Wm. Vinson were killed. Littieral was kill d by Wm. Vinson who \wn himself shot and killed by the olfi cers. The drpuUfs itrrcsted Jos. Vinson, Morris'Bates nn l*Wm. Vin son. Jr.. and ;>re enroute to this ci'y. Vinson and his men have Ir en defy ing arrest for several nipntns. Mad Dog Bite Fatal. Molena, Ga., Dec. 4.?Zeke Owen, a prominent farmer, died Thursday morning of hydrophobia., He was bitten on the hand by a dog he had found on his porch. * WAR IN HAYTI THE PRESIDENT FLEES TO A FRENCH SHIP. Loyal Citizens and Soldiers Dis . perse Angry Mobs Who Pillaged Stores and Residences. ' Washington, Dec. 4.?The revo lution is on in Hayti, and the in surgents are about masters of the situation. Port au Prince is in the hands of the revolutionists now, but beforeUhe city fell there was great trouble and strife. The troop3 Friday morning fired into a mcb, that began to loot stores and dwel lings Just as soon as it was known that President Alexis had fled from the city. Twelve men were killed. The trouftle began shortly after the president had been escorted to the French cruiser by the French minister. The people from the Belair and the Salines sections of the city in vaded the business1 quarter and be gan pillage. Thfy ' divided into bands and worked their way down one street and up another. By 10 o'clock eleven stores were looted, nine belonging to Syrians while Haitiens owned the other two stores. Their proprietors stood by helpless. The loot was hauled into the street, where its division resulted in fights among the mob. In which four were killed. . . It is feared that the disorder would spread over the entire city but General Puidevln saved the sit uation. He armed a body of citi zens and a small detachment of loyal troops and with them fired on the looters. The general then got together a number of courageous citizens and rounded up also a small detachment of loyal soldiers, and marched on the looters. The Pillagers were unaware of his approach and their first intimation that they were to meet any opposi tion came to them in the shape of a volley from General Poidevin's band. Eight of the looters teilhat the first fire. The crowd quickly dispersed. While this was going on in the business district, another mob was looting the rich residence section of the city. ,. This success seemed to satisfy the crowd in t^he suburbs, for they then dispersed without committing any further depredations. At 11 o'clock a seminary of priests was surrounded by the menacing crowd demanding that General Col con .be turned over to them. The priest's reply was that the general was not there. Word reached G3n eral Poidevin of the threatening sit uation at seminary and he hurried forward at the head of his detach ment'of citizens and soldiers and on his arrival the crowd dispersed. At midnight the 4?y was compara tively quiet. ? NO WEDDING BELLS. Pickpocket Got Both Marriage Li cense and Railroad Tickets. Chicago, Dec. 3.?"Love may laugh at locksmiths" on occz?iion. but a pickpocket is a diffeernt prop osition. And when the pickpocket gets ' the marriage license and the honey moon railroad tickets?well this was the experience of Marion G. Lewis, of Indianapolis. Lewis is a traveling man. He also is a successful suitor for the hand of Miss Estelle Elizabeth Lawrence, 5547 Madison avenue. The wedding was set for yesterday afternoon a; 4 o'clock, at the church of the Re deemer, Fifty-sixth street and Wash ington avenue. Shortly before the appointed hour Lewis notified Miss Lewis he had lost his wallet on the train: abo the tickets and the marriage license. "Postpone the wedding? Well, not if Lewis knows what he is do ing." If Mr. Forsythe, the best man would just see that the church ar rangements were all right, h would get another license, and be right out. But at the county building Marriage Clerk Salmonson insisted that the bridegroom was not known to him. and it took Lewis 15 min utes to establish his identity. It was just 5 o'clock when the bridegroom reached the church. He had nego tiated some loans, more tickets were bought and the coupl? departed for New Orleans after the ceremony. * AWFUL MESS IN BERKELEY. Grand Jury Makes a Presentment That Looks Bad. Columbia, Dec. 4.?That the two recent occupants of the office of county treasurer .and the present supervisor were short, and that their shortages have not been col lected for any prosecutions insti tuted. and the office of Probate Judge is used as a public restaurant, are tin' charges made in the recent pre sentment of tlue Borkeiey grand jury. On this presentment Judge Aldrich passed orders requiring th ? two x-treasurers ami the supervisor to show cans'* why tlieir bonds should not be escheated, and requir ing tii" clerk of court to see to ;t that the probate judge's office is not used as a restaurant. Copies o;' the presentment where ordered sent to the governor, the comptroller gen eral and the attorney general. * K S. C. TOES DAY, DEC LIQUOR TRAFFIC To Be Fought at the Next Meet ing ot itifc STATE LEGISLATURE State Leaders in Fight Against Whiskey Business Meet at Colum bia and Committee of Three is Appointed to Draft Bill to Be Presented to Legislature. Columbia, Dec. 3.?The confer ence of Prohibitionists, held in the Senate chamber this afternoon, de cided to ask the General Assembly to pass, at the coming session, an iron-clad State Prohibition law, and a committee consisting of Senator J. C. Otts, of Cherokee, and Represen tative John G. Richards, of Kershaw, Charles A. Smith, of Florence, and Mendel L. Smith, of Kershaw, was appointed to draft the bill that will be submitted to the Legislature. The Rev. C. E. Burts, of Edge field, president of the Anti-Saloon League, of South Carolina, presided. The conference was held behind closed doorsi, and the announcement of its ? action jyas made tonight by the Rev. J. E. Harley, Secretary of the League. It was intended originally to hold also a mass meeting tonight in 'the hall of the House to be addressed by Dr. P. F. Baker, secretary of the National Anti-Saloon League, but Dr. Baker could not be here and the meeting tonight was called off. The open convention, set for tomorrow, was also abandoned, as several of those present this evening desired to return home. There were about thirty-five present this afternoon. Secertary Harley staged tonight that every county would be orga nized for Prohibition. "Is it intended, Mr. Harley," said the reporter, "that the proposed bill shall be an iron-clad Prohibition law without any options whatever?" i "It will be a straight Prohibition bill,"replied Mr.Harley, "with no county options or anything of that kind at all. The gentlemen named as the committee' will draw up the bill along the. lines laid down by the conference, and submit it to oth ers, so that all objectionabl features may be eliminated. Yes, the con ference declared for State Prohibit-' ion, and we will try to keep out the drug store bar roqma" > The gentlemen named as the com mittee to frame the Prohibition bill were all present at the conference, and all four of them are members of the incoming Legislature. There were several other members of the League here also. The confcrence'brought to Colum bia a number of prominent men from different sections of the State. The president of the League in this State, the Rev. C. E. Burts. is one of the strongest young Baptist min isters in the State?strong ~in char acter, ability and personality, as well as physique. Mr. Burts is the son of a Baptist minister and a gradu ate of Furman University. Prominent among the Prohibition advocates is the Hon. C. C. Feather stone, of Laurens, who was here to day. Mr. Featherstone recently an nounced fhat he would be a candi date for Governor in 1010 on th-.* platform of State Prohibition, f o ? which he has been contending for yeara He made the race on that platform in 1S9C and came very near success. The two Smiths who were appoint ed on the special committee are big men in more ways than one, and this seems to be a good State and a good time for Smiths. Mr. C. A. Sm!'h, of Florence, is new to politics, but a veteran in pood, works. He is a merchant of Timmonsvillo and was recently elect ed to the House from Florence coun ty. He has served several terms as president of the State Baptist Convention, and is chairman of the board of 'trustees of Furman Uni versity. Mr. Mendef L. Smith, of Camden. was here in attendence on the Su preme Court, and was also invite 1 to the Prohibition ronf^renee. Mr. Smith, while in the House, of which he was speaker for two terms, stood for the State dispensary, but now is a Prohibition advocate, and support ed Prohibition in the county con test. He- has been sent ' -"ck to the House from Kershaw and is pledged to introduce a Prohibition bill. He says the House has a majoritv for Prohibition. 'Mr. Smith' was asked today if he had airy announcement to make with regard to the Guber natorial rare in 1010. since two interesting statements had recent' ? beim made with regard in candidates in thai year, but he only smiled his engaging smile. Another Geubernatorial possibili ty arrived this afternoon to attend the Prohibition Conference?the Hon. John G. Richards, of Kersbaw. Captain Richards, for he is also nn officer* in the National Guard, has been sent to the House from Ker shaw for live or six terms, and is n leader in that. body. He is commit ted to the passage of a Prohibition bill, having always supported th' State dispensary as a step to Pro hibition, and being himself always a total abstainer.?News and Cour ier. * EMBER ?, 1908. A WRECKED LIFE A BEAUTIFUL AND WEALTHY GIRL JUST DIVORCED 1 J Who Was to Have Been Married Again Last Week, Took Her Own Life. New York, Dec. 3.?The beautiful young woman who was found shot to death in her room at the Clar endon hotel in Brooklyn yesterday was positively identified today &4 Mrs. Lillian Falconer Doty, who re cently returned from Sioux Falls, S. D., 1 where she secured a divorce from her husband. The woman comes of a rich and fashionable New York family, where Alexander Falconer, the father, made a great fortune. New developments occurred today, which showed conclusively that the woman had committed suicide and concurrent with these came other revelations. i The woman secured a divorce from Mansfield Doty, a Wall street broker, on November 13, at Sioux Falls, and was to have been married this week, but the name of her fiance is being guarded with jealous sec recy by ithe family. Owing to the fact that the woman could not be Identified wh?n found the body was taker to the morgue, where it was examined. The gar ments were found to be of costly texture and fashionable in design: the jewels found upon her person were such as to indicate wealth, refinement and culture., The exam ining coroner's physician found a number of bruises on the body, which have not yet been accounted for. Mrs. Doty registered at the Clar endon on Tuesday as Mrs. Falcomer. Sjoux Falls, S. D. When the maid found herself unable to arouse the inmate of the room yesterday, she notified John Hill, the manager of the hotel. A bell- boy was sent up the fire escape to the window to !}ake a survey of {tvje Iroonii and when, he peered into the apartment he nearly fell from the aerial perch from astonishment and horror. The body of the woman was found on the floor, a gaping bullet wound in her right temple and her gar ments soaked in blood. The room was litered with cigarette butts and a cigarette box nearly empty was found in her Russian leather satchel. Mrs. Doty was married after a rapid first courtship in "The Little Church Around the Corner," in 1902. Her married life was stormy and? In her divorce petition she alleged cruelty. DREADS TO MEET TILLMAN Because of the Massacre of Negroes at His Home. . Washington, Dec. 4.?A dispatch from Springfield, 111., says Shelby M. Cullom, dean of the United States Senate and for years one ot the prominet members of that body, recently left Springfield for Wash ington with trembling flesh and with fear in his heart. ' The venerable statesman is ter ror-stricken over the prospect of hU coming meeting with Senator Till man. For years Cullom and Tiilman, as widely separated as the poles in their political ideas and methods, have been warm personal friends Outside the halls of Congress the two, by mutual consent, have avoid ed all political discussion, save one subject?the negro. The Iiilnois Senator, from the home of Lincoln, the emancipator, has taken keen de light in lambasting his Southern friend on the floor of the Senate, in committee, and in private, because of his hatred of the blacks. Just before Cullom left Spring field, be was talking to United States District Judge J. Otis Hum phrey, of the meat packers' "im munity-bath" fame. "Well, Senator," said the judge. "I suppose you will be glad to get back to Washington, wheiv- you can busy yourself with- the affairs of state?" "Not by some sight," emphatical ly responded the Senator. "Why, I thought you found your greatest ptoasure in your official du ties," said the surprised judge. "Official duties be blowed," e:-: claimed Cullom -jfrth emotion. "Since this Springfield race riot, I have not spent a happy moment, sleeping or awake, because of dread of what Ben Tiilman is going to do to me the remainder of my life." * TIMES TO END HIS LIFE Because His Father Quarreled Often With His Mother. New York. Dec. 4.?Althonght h drank a tumblerful of a Paris green solution last night, it was said, at ilv prohibition hospital early today that Dion Haring. a boy of Ion years, is likely to roeovr. The child tried to end his life be cause his father and mother often quarrel. When the father upbraid ed the mother in the boy's presence last night he suddenly run to the kitchen and drank the poison. According to r.ime. Haring tie sensative little fellow had told her several limes that he wished to die because "there were so many fights all the time." He even suggested, sail the mother, that they-commi suicide together. * A POISON MYSTERY A WEALTHY MAN RECEIVED A DAINTY LETTER. In Female Hand Enclosing Two "Stomach Trouble" Powders, Which He Took and Died. San Francisco, Dec. 4.?The most amazing poison mystery which has confronted the police since the fa mous Botkin poisoned candy episode is, now baffling them in the attempts to solve the puzzle of who admin istered a death dealing poison to Henry Boas, a member of the weal thy New York family of that name, who is dead at his home here. The only clew upon which the police are now pursuing their inves tigation is contained in a letter writ ten in a dainty hand and containing two powders which the recipient of the message is urged to take to cure his indigestion. Death followed in two hours accompanied by the most violent pain. The following is a copy of the letter: "Mr. Boas: 'Dear Sir: Having been requested by some friends of your as well as of mine in San Jose to send you m-' recipe for stomach trouble, I take pleasure in so doing. The two powders which I enclose to you are not only a relief, but a cure for that] ailment. It is composed mostly of pepsin, which I suppose you are aware is the greatest of all remov ers of albumen from the food which gathers in the alimentary canal leading to the stomach. "If you will take the two powders mixed together and follow by a glass of whiskey, before retiring I can as-, sure you of a cure. (Signed) "Charles McHaur. "San Jose, Cal." The police are convinced that the death was carefully planned and they can trace many features similar to that in the famous unraveled poison mystery in the case of Dr Wilson in Philadelphia last summer. Six weeks ago Boas broke off his engagement to Miss Anna Gallagher, of San Jose, to whom he was engag ed to be married. Coroner's physicians will make an examination of the stomach to de termine the nature of the poison which was administered. Boas died in frightful agony. He had gone *o bed after' swallowing the fatal draught and writhed in pain until relieved by death. ? * MANY' LIVES LOST In Severe Storm Along North At lantic Coast. Halifax, Dec. 5.?More than half a hundred -seamen have lost their lives off the upper North Atlantic Coast during tho past few 'days as the result of a storm of unprece dented severity, and ^t is possible that the turbulent sia has claimed even a greater toll of J^es. The reckoning, itemized as accurately as the meagre reports will allow, is rendered as follows: December 3, seventeen member; of the crew of three fishing schoon ers, drowned off the New Foundland coast. December 4. twenty-eight mem bers of the crew of th<~- s..earner "See City." which is believed to have sank in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. December f>. sevent members of the crew of Barge No. 101, which wen; down off the coast of Nova Scctia. * THEY, SOI.I) QUAIL _ And Was Made to Pay for Violating Law. Charleston, Dc. 4.?The evening Post says warrants for the arrest of W. J. Uanion, manager of the Charleston Hot3l. Melchoir Stelling, manager of the Palace Cafe, and J. E. Bager, steward of the Argyle Hotel, were sworn out this morning by James Henry Rice, Jr., of the Audobon Society of South Carolina, before Magistrate O'Shaughnessy. charging the defendants' with vio lating the State game statute which prohibits the selling of quail or par fridge. Before Judicial Magistrate Baker this morning th? def< ndants pleaded guilty and were sentenced $5 each or five day.- Ln jail. They promptly paid their fines. * PENNILESS AND STARVING. A Pathetic Tale That Comes From New York. New Fork, Dec. 4.?St. Vincents hospitaJ had a pathetic case in Mrs. .Mary Schrumm. a Hungarian widow, who collapsed on the sidewalk last night from starvation and exposure, with a sick baby huddled to her breast. Finally unable to drag her wary feet she pitched forward among ;> crowd of holiday shoppers at Fifth avenue and Fourteenth street. The woman was in a serious condition today, but with proper care it is hoped that &he will recover. Fatal Landslide.. Rome. Dec. 4.?A landslide at Mount San Luciano, near Agordo, today wrecked the villages of Pra and Lagunaz. The bodies of twenty seven dead and ten injured persons have been recovered. * $1.50 PEB ANNUM. MORE TAXES To Be Levied To Meet The Treas ury Shortage. SPECIAL TAXATION Will be Resorted to to Sleet the Ex travagances of the Republican Ad ministration, Which Has Squan dered the Money of the People With a Lavish Hand. Washington, Dec. 4.?Now that the election is over Republican poll- ? ticians are speaking frankly concern ing the nation's finances. A renewal of special taxation is considered es sential by Republican leaders in congress- to meet deficits and con stantly growing jexpendtftures, and an internal revenue duty may again be imposed on many, if not all ar ticles so taxed during the Spanish American war. A deficit that today aggregates $50,000,000, and by June 30 next will total $100,000,000, has brought Representative Tawney, chairman of the house appropriations' committee, j and others charged with formulating the great money measures here in advance of the assembling of con gress to consider the situation. Messrs. Cannon, Tawney and Payne have conferred on the subject. Mr. Tawney has talked the matter over with President Roosevelt and Sec retary Cortelyou. He has requested Mr. Cortelyou to prepare some data indicating the revenues derived from articles sub jected to the war revenue tax and to indicate others that may eventually be placed in the list. It has become evident to the leaders that a revis ion of the tariff will no*t materially increase the revenues. While lower duties may bring larger imports In some instances, in others' there wi.l be a falling off of Importations, and thus the books will about balance. Secretary Cortelyou has given no intimation as> to what his suggstions will be, but they are certain to in clude a tax on coffee. Three cents a pound is the figure mentioned. Thi3 was* the rate Imposed up to 1SS2, when it was placed on the free list. - It is also the almost un animous sentiment that the tax on beer should be doubled, making it $2 a barrel. It is already virtually settled that there shall be no dimi nution of the rate on sugar, as it is the best revenue producer the government has. A renewal of the war revenue act would almost ex actly offset the deficit. It brought into thje treasury a trifle more than $100,000,000 a year. In four years $46,000,000 were col lected on legacies, or an average of $11,000,000 per annum. Beer was the big monoy-hringer of the war revenue law. The added dollar a barrel realized $30,000,000 a year. The tax of ten cents a pound on tea was the next item in importance, bringing in $10;000,000 a year. It is desired to avoid, if possible, all the numerous stamp taxes, not be cause of their expensivmess, but he cause of their inconvenience. A two-cent on telegrams and tel ephone messages. Life insurance policies were taxed six cents for every $100 of value. Chewing gum was assessed four cents for every dollar'.- worth. One cent was col lected for each palace or parlor car seat sold or berth occupied. Rail road and steamship tickets were taxed from $1 to $3. Bonds, cer tificates of stocks, proprietary med icines, notes, bills of exchange, buck et shop? and brokers' transactions bills of saie; agreements, drafts, ex press receipts, bills of lading, leases, protests, almost every form of legr.l document were compelled to bear a tax stamp. National banks with a capital stock of $2.").000 paid $50. and $2 for each additional thousand dol lars of capital. Brokers and pawn brokers were taxed $50 and $20 re spectively. Theatres, concert halls .and museums paid $loo. A circus paid $100; All other shows con tributed $10. Each billiard table or bowling alley was taxed $5. The tax on tobacco and snuff was doubled, being raised from sl\ cetns to twelve cents a pound. The to bacco dealers wer.: taxed from to $24, according to volume of bus iness. The tax on cigars and cigar etts was proportionally increased. * Kisses Come Hi?h. Huntingdon, W. Va., Dec. 3.? Miss Eulie Johnston, a stenographer, brought suit against G. C. Rickets, a wealthy merchant, for $15,000 be cause the latter as she alleges, slipped his arm about her waist and stole a kiss. At the tri il the yoi'.ng woman testified she bad had.nervous dyspepsia for eight months as a re sult. Sin." was awarded $3GO by the jury. ? Cat Found in Mail. Augusta, Ca.. Dec. :).?Among the many strange tilings found in the local mails was a cat. The feline was mailed to an address in Mich igan without, sufficient postage and has been adopted by the postal em ployes. The animal was packed in a small box with very little food and no water. ?