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MANY ARE LOST Steamer Soo^Clty Founders Off * New Foundland Coast IN A SEVERE STORM ' Ton FkMng Vonaeln Are Bonk and a Moot o- \ Their (Yews Are Lost. * I The Crew vt' the Hteamer, Which f Numbered Kifchtwn, Were Ab+o " \ Drowned. j / St. Johns, N. Jf., Dec. 4.?Wreckage which has come ashore at Cape J ltay leaves little room for doubt * that the sturdy little steamer Soo 1 City, which for 20 years plied as ' an excursion vessel on th?* great t lakes, went down with her crew in t the midst of the gale that lashed , the Newfoundland coast, for two days this week! Tho steamer was in command of Capt. John G. Dillon, of Brooklyn. It is known that no less than 18 men were on board. The Soo City was recently sold by the Indiana Transportation Company to Felix Jaajtson, of Volasco, Texas and was bums taken 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 lirst overhauled in New York. The Soo City sailed from Michigan City on November 1 and readied : Ogdorosburg, N. Y., Noveonber I I lip to that time the steamer was in j charge of Capt. F. V. Dorlty, of t Milwaukee, but at Ogdensburg the t command was turn <\ over to Capt. c Tlll1r?n SJhn wns Inst pprw?rto?l nt t Quebec, November 14. On Wednesday last the vessel was lifted by the i maritime exchange among the miss- j Ing. The steamer's first mate was t John Casey, of Chicago. t Today a d ck cabin and flttirgs i and 16 llf-3 preservers cr.me ashore. ( These all l)ore the name "Soo City." \ During the day life buoys, deck > boards and other greur unquoslfpnably belonging to the si earner w* re j washed in. i Th?* stcrm *hst wrecked t* e Soo ( City was one of the severest in re cent years. It began Tues ^ay night f with a northerly gale that continued for 48 ht itrs. assuming at times t the porportions of a blizzard. The t tame gate caught and drov to pieo- > os no less than 10 Newf mndland fishing vesselR, and while seven of } crews es< aped three were lost, 1 1 -^ith a total of 17 persons drowned.* ] x - ??? ( KILLED HERSELF t I Rather Than Endure the Tortures of 1 a Living Death. St. Louis, Dec. 3.?Mrs. Adelaide . Tl i ? ...u ^ ~ I ~ 1 i ^ v ?. .. A .1 l)?.:iiu, WHO ClttllllCU LO IliAW UIHcovered ft sure destroyer for the < Mexican cotton boll weevil, is dead, < the victim of a self-inflicted bullet wound in the heart. She was known all over the Southwest. She was a 1 sufferer from cancer, which developed as the result of a blow received < while conducting experiments on 1 the farm of Charles P. Taft, at Taft, Texas, two years ago. Knowing that her malady was incurable, Mrs. Dentz had spent the last few months of her life laboriously reducing the results of her experiments to driting. The formula of the compound, which she claimed was a sure destroyer of the scourge of the cotton field, and all knowledge she had acquired through years of study and experiment, were can?fully written out in the form of a letter to her son. The seci|'t of the compound she guarded to the last. While her sister was out of the house, where they lived alone, for a short time, Mrs. Bentz secured a revolver. From a small casket in which she kept her treasured writings and other valuables, she took her wedding ring and placed it on her finger, then fired a bullet I through her heart. TRIES TO ENI) IIIS I JFK Ileenuse His Father Quarreled Often With His Mother. ^ i New York, Dee. 4.? Althought he drank a tumblerful of a Paris green solution last night, it was said, at the prohibition hospital early today that Dion Ilaring, a boy of ten years, is likely to recover. The child tried to end his life because his father and mother often quarrel. When the father upbraided the mother in the boy's presence last nieht he suddenly run to the kitchen and drank the poison. Aec<^?ling to Mme. Haring the sensative little fellow had told her several times that he wished to die because "there were so many lights all the time." He even suggested, said the mother, that they commi*: suicide together. * sui f" FINDS HIM GUILTY flTCHKLL CX)NV1CTKD OF ASSAULT AND BATTHRY >n MIm Iiinton, But lie Hays lie 1m Innocent and Asks for a New Trial. Thomasville. Oa., Dec. B.-?W. H. Iltcholl, alderman and former coun:y treasurer of Thomaavllle via bund guilty of the chargo of aslault and battery on his former vard, Miss Luclle Linton, who was lis wife's most intimate friend. The erdict was returned by the ury after an all-night session and vas received by the defendant with ittle show of emotion. His wife, lowever, who has been with him hroughout the trial, is almost prosrated. Mitchell was sentenced to 12 months' imprisonment. A remarkable feature of the case ,vaa that although the indictment ivas for attempted criminal assault, lothing in the evidence related to his assault t,u go. The entire ease seutered about v. romantic and untueceasful attempt to kidnap Miss iinton. Neither sido presented evdenco to solve the mystery of why diss Linton, a prominent and wealhy woman, should be the victim oi t would-be kidnapper. "I Am Not Guilty of This." When the verdict was announced Mitchell arose and said: "Judge, I thank you sincerely for four impartiality in this case. 1 hink that the Jury did the be?5t hey could. There has been a web >f circumstantial evidence about me hat I was unable to control. "I am not guilty of this crime. I lave lived two-score and ten years, ind have conducted myself as I bought honest, and honorable. The est of the time that God allows vi 11 bo spent in living down this verlict and prove to the world that tins rerdict is wrong. I will give my rhole life to this alone." Tho verdict came ns a surprise, as t was thought throughout tho morang that a mistrial would be dedared. Colonel Walters, for the State, troso, and In a few words said: "If there has . been injustice done he groat God wivl In His time prove his and make atonement for the vrong done this man." The Judge then spoke, Mitchell standing: Mitchell, I have don? my best. I tavo had no interest in the case )ther than attendant up to the dudes of a judge. If you did thte hlng I do not believe it was th> Will Mitchell I now see. There is mother man called Will Mitchell, who must have done It. A 'Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde.' "The case has been an aggravated mo and your high position does not illow me to make the penalty very light. I sentence you to 12 months." The Jury and Mitchell's friends then crowded around, and to each lie made a cheerful remark and not ano did he reproach. Tears were in the eyes of many in the room. A notice for a new trial was immediately filed by Judgo Roddenberry 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 passenger train as it whirled past the station at 8 o'clock Wednesday night. Victor 10. Henderson, a young man was so hndlv rminerlnrl so ns to m?k.i identification possible only by his hair and a hook with his name written in it, and a letter he had addressed 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 Montreal. 1IOLOS IU5COIU) FOK DIVOKCKS. Peoria County, 111., Takes Palm for Breaking of Marriage. Chicago, Dec. 3.?Aocording to the statistics of Peoria county, Illinois, beats the record for divorces. From November 1, 1907, to November 1, 1908, there was ono divorce filed for every four and two-thirds marriage licenses. The United States census report Rives Illinois the palm for divorces, the State average being one divorce for every twelve marriages. * Mad Dog Hite Fatal. Molena, Ga., Dec. 4.?Zeke Owen a prominent farmer, died Thursday morning of hydrophobia. lie waf bitten on the hand by a dog he ha.l found on his porch. 4 SSCRIBE \ LIQUOR TRAFFIC To Bo Fought at tho Next Mooting of the STATE LEGISLATURE State Leaders in Fight Against Whiskey Uusinmi Mwt at Colunibin and Committee of Three is Appointed to Draft Bill to lt? Presented to Ijcgislature. Columbia, Dec. 3.?Tho conference of Prohibitionists, hold In the Senate chamber this afternoon, decided 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 Representative John G. Richards, of Kershaw, Charles A. Smith, of Florence, and Mendel L. Smith, of Kershaw, was appointed io draft tho bill that will be submitted to the Legislature. The Rev. C. E. Hurts, of Edgefield, president of the Anti-Saloon league, of South Carolina, presided. The conference was lield behind closed doors, and the announcement of its action was made tonight by the Rev. J. E. llarley, 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. linker, secretary of the National Anti-Saloon League, but Dr. Raker 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 liarley sta'ed tonight that every county would bo organized 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?" "It will Ik* 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 others, so that all objectionabl features may be eliminated. Yes, the conference declared for State Prohibition, and wo will try to keep out the drug store bar roomst" The gentlemen named as the committee to frame the Prohibition bill were all present at the conferenc and all four of them are member;; of the incoming Legislature. There were several other members of the league here also. The conference brought to Columbia a number of prominent men from different sections of the State. The president of the League in this State, the Rev. C. E. Hurts, is one of the strongest young Baptist ministers in the State?strong in character, ability and personality, as well as physique. Mr. Hurts is the son of a Baptist minister and a graduate of Furman University. Prominent among the Prohibition advocates is the Hon. C. C. Featherstone, of Laurens, who was here today. Mr. Featherstone recently announced that he would be a candidate for Governor in 1910 on th-.1 platform of State Prohibition, fo' which he has been contending for years. Ho made the race on that platform in 1896 and came very near success. The two Smiths who wero appointed 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. Smith, of Florence, is new to politics, but a veteran in good works. He is a merchant of Timmonsville and was recently elected to the House from Florence county. He has served several terms no * U/s T "fc H fin |*i UDIIM'III ill 111'" OlUltJ I>fl |IIIHI Convention, and is chairman of thu board of trustees of Furman University. Mr. Mendel L. Smith, of Camden was here in attendenee on the Supreme Court, and was also invite] to the Prohibition conference. Mr ? un- i- xi? TT - ouiiLii, wiiuu in me nouse, or wnicf: ho was speaker for two terms, stooc for the State dispensary, but now it a Prohibition advocate, and support ed Prohibition in tho county con 1 test. He has been sent back to th' House from Kershaw and Is pledger to introduce a Prohibition bill. H< says the House has a majority foi Prohibition. Mr. Smith was asker today if he had any announcemen , to make with regard to tlvo Ouber r natorial race in 1910, since tw< ? interesting statements had recent); I been made with regard to candidate ' in that yn>ar, but he only smiled hi NOW T( A WRECKED LIFt a beautiful ani> wealthv uihl jubt divorced Who Won to llnrc Ueca Married Again liwtt Week, Took Her Own IJfe. Now York, Dec. 3.?The beautiful young woman who waft found ahot to death In her room at the Clarendon hotel In Brooklyn yesterd&y was positively Identified today a* Mrs. Lillian Falconer Doty, who recently returned from Sioux Falls, S. D., where she secured a divorce from her husband. The woman comes of a rich and fashionable Now York family, whoro Alexander Falconer, the father, made a groat fortune. New developments occurred today, which showed conclusively that the woman had committed suicide and concurrent with these came other revelations. The woman armoured a divorce from Mansfield Doty, a Wall street broker, on November 13, at Sioux iralis, ami was to havo boon marricrl this week, but the uamo of her fiance is being guarded with jealous secrecy by the family. Owing to the fact that the woman could not be identified when found the body was taken to the morgue, where it was examined. The garments were found to bo of costly texture and fashionable in design; the Jewels found upon her person were such as to Indicate wealth, refinement and culture. The examining coroner's physician found a number of bruises on the body, i which have not yet been accounted i for. Mrs. I>otv registered at the Clarendon on Tuesday as Mrs. Falconver, I Sioux Falls, S. I). When tho maid found herself uunblo to arouse the J inmate of the room yesterday, she notified John Hill, the manager of j tho hotel. A bell boy was sent up | the fire escape to the window to tjake a survey of ,tt*e room, and J when he peered into the apartment he nearly fell from the aerial perch from astonishment and horror. Tho body of the woman was found on the floor, a gaping bullet wound in her right temple and her gaimentn soaked in blood. The room was lltored with clgaretto 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. AWFUL MESS IN BERKELEY. Grand Jury Makes a Presentment That Ixvoks Had. Columbia, Dec. 4.?That the two recent occujmnts of the office of county treasurer and the present supervisor were short, and that their shortages have not been collected for any prosecutions instituted, and the office of Probate Judge is used as a public restaurant, are the charges made in the recent presentment of thje Berkeley grand jury. On this presentment Judge Aldrich passed orders requiring the two ex-treasurers and the supervisor to show cause why th,eir bonds should not be escheated, and requiring the clerk of court to see to it that the probate judge's office is not used as a restaurant. Copies of the presentment where ordered sent to tho governor, the comptroller general and the attorney general. PERISH IN THE FLAMES. i One Carried Down and Two Jump Out of Window. Scrnnton, Pa., Dec. 3.?A fire I started from an overheated kitchen stove at midnight, burned the Shapl ro f)iocK in j'rinceourg near hero, and the following perished In the flames: Abraham Shapiro, meiehant; liis son, Arthur, and (laughtor, Anna, and his mother-in-law, Mrs. Sarah Blatski. Mrs. Shapirc was carried safely down the ladder - and her two sons wero saved b> " jumping from windows. The Iosj I is $15,000. * [ engaging smile. I Another Geubernatorial posslbili 1 ty arrived this afternoon to attend * the Prohibition Conference?thf -1 Hon. John G. Richards, of Kershaw * j Captain Richards, for he is also ar 1 j oflloer in the National Guard, hai ' I been sent to the House from Ker r shaw for Ave or six terms, and is f 1 leader in that body. He Is commit -'ted to the passage of a Prohibitior - j bill, having always supported th< t State dispensary as a step to Pro / hibition, and being himself alway, 3 a total abstainer.?News and Cour 3 ier. ' ) THE MORE TAXES r To Be Levied To Moot The Treasury Shortage. SPECIAL TAXATION Will be Keeortrnl to to Meet tiao Hi1 travagnnc??? of the Republican Ad- s ministration, Which Him Hquan- s dered the Money of the People j With u lavish llund. ' ] Washington, Dec. 4.?Now that ( the election is over Republican poll- 1 tlclans are speaking frankly concern- 1 ing the nation's flnancea. A ronowr.l 1 of special taxation is considered ea- , sential by Republican loaders In i congress to meet deficits and con- 1 stanrtly growing jcxpemhlturos, and an internal revenue duty may again , be imposed on many, if not all ar- , tides so taxed during the SpanlshI American war. ' A deficit that today aggregates $50,000,000, and by June 150 next will total $100,000,000, has hroug.'t i Representative Tawney, chairman of the house appropriations committee, and others charged witli formulating , the great money measures here in advance of the assembling of con Kimtt iu COIlSlUCr TIIO HVtUUtlOn. Messrs. Cannon, Tawney and Payne have conferred on the Buhjuct. Mr. , Tawnoy ban talked tho matter over with President Roosevelt and Sec- < rotary Cortelyou. He has requested Mr. Gortelyou to prepare some data Indicating tho ( revenues derived from articles sub- j jected to the war revenue tax and to Indicate others that may eventually ( Ik; placed in the list. It has become ( evident to the leaders that a revl?>- ( ion of the tariff will not materially , increase the revenues. While lower , duties may bring larger imports In ( some instances, iu others there wl.l be a falling off of importations, aud thus the books will about balance. , Secretary Cortelyou has given no | intimation as to what his suggstions ( will be, but they aro certain to include a tax on coffee. Three cents a pound is the figure mentioned. This was tho rate imposed up to 1 882, when it wns placed on the free list. It is also the almost unanimous sentiment that tho tax on beer should be doubled, making it $2 a barrel. It is already virtually settled that there shall bo no diminution of the rate on sugar, as it is the best revenue producer tho government has. A renewal of tho war revenue act would almost exactly offset the deficit. Tf l.-.... ..V. ? * iv uivsiiKiiu jiiiu n^u iroHHiiry a trifle more than $100,000,000 n year. In four years $46,000,000 were collected on legacies, or an average of $1 1,000,000 per annum. Hoor was the big monoy-bringer of tho war revenue law. The added dollar a barrel realized $30,000,000 a year The tax of ton 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 b<vcause of their expensivenoss, but bocause of their inconvenience. A two-cent on telegrams and tel ephpne messages. Hife insu<ranc) policies were taxed six cents for every $100 of value. Chewing gum was assessed four cents for every dollar's worth. One cent was collected for each palace or parlor car seat sold or berth occupied. Railroad and steamship tickets were taxed from $1 to $3. Honda, certificates of stocks, proprietary medicines, notes, bills of exchange, bucket shops and brokers' transactions bills of sale, agreements, drafts, express receipts, bills of lading, leases, protests, almost every form of legal , document were compelled to bear a > tax stamp. National banks with a capital . stock of $25,000 paid $50, and $2 ror each additional thousand do!-1 , lars of capital. Brokers and pawn brokers were taxed $f>0 and $20 rer Kpectively. Theatres, concert halls $ and museums paid $100. A circus ' paid $100. All other shows con. trlbuted $10. Each billiard table or bowling alley was taxed $5. . The tax on tobacco and snulT was I doubled, being raised from six eetns 5 to twelve cents a pound. The tobacco dealers were taxed from $6 , to .$24, according to volume of bus? iness. The tax on cigars and cigar . ens was proportionally increased. v Fatal Landslide. i Homo, Dec. 4.?A landslido at ? Mount San Luciano, near Agordo, - today wrecked the villages of Pra s and Lagunaz. The bodies of twenty seven dead and ten injured persons * have been recovered. HORRY t WAR IN HAYTI rilK PKIOHIDKNT PLKKH TO A FIIEN(1I HI UP. [?jral CIUkmm and Hold lor* 1>Uporft* Angry Mobs Who Pillaged fkortvt and ltoMidenco*. Washington, Doc. 4.?The rcvoutton la on In Haytl, and the In urgvnts arc about master* of the iltuation. Port au Princo la in the lands of tho revolutionists now, but >efore the city fell there wan great .roublo and atrife. The troop** Friday morning tired into a mob, hat began to loot utores and dwe?ings Jupt as goon na it whh known hat President Alexia had fled from he city. Twelve meu were killed. The trouble began shortly after he president hud been escorted to the French cruiser by the French minister. The people from the Tlelalr and Iho Salines sections of the city invaded the business quarter and began pillage. They divided into bands and worked their way down >110 street and up another. I > .. ? i\ - 1 - ur im o ciopk eleven stores wcru looted, nine belonging to Syrians while Hnitlens owned the other two stores. Their proprietors stood by helpless. The loot was hauled into the street, where its division resulted in lights among the mob, in which four were killed. It is feared that the disorder would spread over the entire city hut General Poidevln saved the situation. He armed a body of citizens and a wtnall detachment of loyal troops and with them tired an the looters. 'fho general then got together a number of courageous citizens and rounded up also a small detachment :>f loyal soldiers, and marched on tho looters. The Pillagers were unaware of his approach and their llrst Intimation that they were to meet any opposition came to them In the shape of a rolley from General Poidevln's band. lOight of tho looters fell at the first (ire. The crowd quickly dispersed. While this was going on in tho business district, another mob was looting the rich rosidenco section of tho city. - i iiih success seemed to satisfy tho crowd In tho suburbs, for they then dispersed without committing any further depredations. At 1 1 o'clock a seminary of priests was surrounded by the menacing crowd demanding that General Colcon be turned over to them. The priest's reply was that the general was not there. Word reached General Poldevln of the threatening situation at seminary and he hurried forward at the head of his detachment of citizens and BoldierH, and on his arrival the crowd dispersed. At midnight the city was comparatively quiet. NO WKDDIXG BICLLS. Pickpocket Got Both Mnrrlnge License and Itailroad Tickets. Chicago, Dec. 3.?"Ixjvo may laugh at locksmiths" on occasion, but a pickpocket Is a diiTeernt proposition. And when the pickpocket gets tho marriage license and tho honey moon railroad tickets?well this was the experience of Marion G. Lewis, of Indianai>olis. Lewis is a traveling man. Ho also is a successful suitor for tho hand of Miss (Osteite Hlizabeth Lawrence, 55 4 7 Madison avenue. Tho wedding was set for yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock, at the church of the Redeemer, Fifty-sixth street and Washington avenue. Shortly before the appointed hour Lewis notified Miss Lewis ho had j lost his wallet on the train; also the tickets and the marriage license. "Postpone the wedding? Well, not if Lewis knows what he is doing." If Mr. Forsythe, tho best man would Just see that tho church arrangements were all right, he would got another license, and bo right out. But at the cosnty building Marriage Clerk Salmonson insisted that tho bridegroom was not known to nun, and it took I.a-wis 15 minutofl to establish his identity. It waa jnst 5 o'clock when the bridegroom reached the church. He had negotiated some loans, more tickets were bought and the couplo departed for New Orleans after the ceremony. * Oat Found ill .Mail. Augusta, Oa., Doc. 3.?Among tho many strange things found in the local malls was a cat. Tho feline was mailed to an address in Mich igan without sufficient postage and has been adopted by the postal employes. The animal was packed In a small box with very little food and no water. 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