The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, December 10, 1908, Image 5
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.* ]
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
IERALD
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