The Times and Democrat from Orangeburg, South Carolina • 1

ESTABLISHED IX 1SGU. s. wkdxksday. 11, WII.W Mil. lxU'TlIlT s.VVS.

Commissioner Douthit asked for the A NEW PLAN ro. CUT OFF HIS HEAD. Such is the Political Fate of the Dispensary Committee. CAUSE OF THE REMOVAL Cheap Liquors Marked and Sold as More Expensive Grades and Certain Makes Systematically Boomed. Another dispensary sensation was sprung Tuesday after having been a brewing some time.

It was the usual semi-annual revelations with some extra frills. Commissioner Douthit was "Removed for Caus" It was a fierce game while it lasted and tiaally Robinson, Miles and llas. l-don voted to remove Douthit, while Roykio and Williams voted to give him a lurtlier show and to go more fully into the case. Then Haselden moved to make the suspension of Outzs permanent, but before action was taken an adjournment wes had. There was a committee appointed to look into the contraband room, consisting of Haselden and Robinson.

They went right into things. Their summary made nine pages and there were several hundred pages of affidavits bearing out the summary of the committee. Tne meat of the report against Pouthit is, it seems from the testimony, that under instructions from Commissioner Douthit one firm's labels were ordered' to be place on another firm's whiskey, and that high grade labels have been placed on lower brands ot goods. In this connection Superintendent Bryant testifies: "Yes, 1 put up whiskey in bottles with one linn's whiskey with another firm's labels, but it was under instructions from Co Douthit." lie further testifies that Lanahan's labels were placed on the goods of the Wilson Distilling company. Gantt says: "Yes; whiskey i-i bottled with one firm's label an another firm's whiskey.

I have known him to put a label on whiskey where the liquor called for by the lab-1 was cheaper than the whiskey actually iu the bottles. put up one corn whiskey with labels of XXX.i' King testifies that whiskey was put up last Saturday and the XXX i liu! was used, but the firm name "Wrsu. Distilling Co." was struck off. Earnhart, assistant superintendent testified: "I have never known him put a label on whiskey where the lain was cheaper than the whibkey. Ilavi i i Known rum to put on as nigh as an XXX label on rover whiskey which I have heard is goods.

1 have never kept a record of these changes. This has been a practice dur ing Mr. Douthit's administration. They put up rover's whiskey Saturday morning with "Wilson labels, but the name "Wilson" was struck off. C.

II. Charles, assistant bookkeeper says: rover wnistoy is classed as A corn whiskey and the difference in the price of and XNX corn to con sumers is $1 per gallon." Ihe report ot the committee says: "We conceive it to be our duty to report the facts to the board as they really appear, but in our finding the conclusion cannot be escaped that this scheme of changing the labels on whis key shipped out could have been de vised for no other purpose than to create way for collecting more money for goods sent out to tho local dispensers than the same were invoiced ior to tli immissioners; and, further, to create the impression on the members of the board that certain brands arc becoming more popular, they being hard to kcei in stock. He hud that this practice ot chang ing labels is not only wrong tor the a sons stated, but it is absolutely iride fcnsible from any standpoint and con travenes the spirit and letter of the law and candor compels us to add, it has unquestionably worked a fraud on the people of South -Carolina. We further find that the practice of substitution of orders has been in vogue under Mr. Douthit's administra tion.

Orders have been substituted when received from the uty of Charleston, and elsewhere, in the State." It was reported that Mr. Douthit gave the printing of the labels to the Record. Bids were called on a lot of ten thousand, and instead of thelO.OOO lot the Record printed and Mr. Bryan states that on that size order the price should have been twelve per cent, less. After that no bids were called for on printing and they all went to the Record.

The report shows a discrepancy of $1,100 in the contraband room. Commissioner Boykinmade a fight against the committee going beyond its authority. Mr. Douthit was given a hearing and explained the matter. He said that the liquor was in vats and there were no labels on hand, and that the labels used were of goods of the same value and that rover's corn was tho finest he ever saw.

Ho was charged with pushing Mercantile Club liquor and said that he suggested this liquor a cheap screw top. He gave explanations of all the charges, but they wcro i not satisfactory to the commissioners. BUKNED AND SUNK. ii ii 1 Ttal LSS th5 Mollry Llne Steam' er Leona and Her A dispatch from New York says the Mollory Line steamer Leona was burned and sunk at her wharf in New York Thursday night. The cargo, consisting of tobacco and 8,000 bales of cotton, and worth over $250,000, is a total loss, and the damage to the steamer is It is believed that the Leona.

which sailed from Galveston September 27, caught tire at sea several days ago, since which time she had proceeded at full speed, with battened hatches, for this port. At U.aO this afternoon the Leona came racing up Eastlliverto her pier, where haste was made to debark the passengers and open the hatches. An hour later an army of men was vainly fighting a fire in the steamer's hold. Finally the shin was scuttled. As soon as the Leona made fast to her pier, about 1 o'clock, the officers of the vessel, commanded by Capt.

Wilber, ordered the members of the crew to try to put out the lire in the hold without exiling the lire department. This was soon found to be iniossible and an alarm wassent in. Ry lit) o'clock ten streams were playing from tire and six streams from fire boats. The firemen had a hard time to get at the flames as the boat came into her dock sterumost, leaving'the burning portion out in the water. The lire at first was confined to the forward hatchway, di-rcctly forward of tho foremast.

The hatches being lifted a tremendous volume of smoke came out making it impossible for the firemen to see. Soon tons of water wero pouring into the doomed vessel, and the ship beg an to list to starboard, settling a little us she did so. At o'clock about seventy firemen, with the chief and deputy chief, were on the boat working to keep the lire from spreading toward the stern. It was found to be beyond the efforts of the firemen, and an order was given to open the for and aft port holes in order to allow the water to and make her settle. The water already pouring into the boat was managing to run along the bilge keels until it had reached aft, and the ship showed evidence of listing to starboari.

Most of the firemen finally left the ship by sliding down a hose which was fastened to the wheel. About half dozen men who were on the starboard side of the boat were unable to got to the pier, and kepton working as if nothing was happening to en danger their lives. They continued un til the ship was partially submerged be side her pier. The men were thrown into tho water. Deputy Chief Duane and Fireman Thomas MeFariane, of Engine 12, had to battle for life, and were rescued with difficulty.

Several of the tiro boats engaged in the work of rescuing tho firemen were nearly carried down by the sinking of the Leona At 7. HO o'clock a report that shook the deck plates forward showed tin-presence of gas and possibly powder in tho forward hold. Another report came about fifteen minutes. later, and a third in about ten minutes. The explosions were not serious enough to cause a lurtncr miiow oi water.

At about 8.1.") the flames were under con trolat the main hatchway and the en tire work was confined to the forward hatch. The flames were so persistent that they were not under control for a long time and the New Yorker was kept at the boat playing on her all night. I he cause of the lire is a mystery The boat left Galveston on Wednesday, HUitcmbcr J. It was said by one of the passengers that three days ago the hatches were battered down, and upon pieslions being put to Capt. Wilber he find the cause was the high seas.

rom that time the ship was kept at full speed. I he passenger said that on several oc casions he had detected smoke, but had not thought particular about it, as the aptaiu said all was well. Capt. Wil ber denies that the ship was on lire at sea. ana tiic nrst lie Knew oi the lire was when the hatches were lifted to-day titer arrival.

Praises a Southern Boy. The incident of Pewey's praise for he Charleston boy is reported in the New York World of Friday by Lavinia art, a young woman reporter who in rviewed the admiral. Miss Hart had just rnterred to JJowoy as a hero: 'You really must not call me a icro, he said modestly, alter all -I" ''Was scared t) death all through the I said timidly. said the admiral, re lieved. ho continued, 'here comes one ol the real heroes ot A lanky youth in uniform hove in ht.

'That said the admiral, 'has worked himself up nut of the ranks. Now he's chief quartermaster. He'll ie heard from some day. His name's Mehrtens and lie steered theOlympia through the battle of Manila. 1 as the lad saluted, and was pacing, "where do you come 'Charleston, South I arolina, 'What, cried tho admiral.

Charleston ly be proul of her con tributions to this Killed by Boiler Explosion. Ry the explosion of a boilerat Draco's I. in -1 saw mill near irevuions, in houisa county, A. ampbcll, a well known far mer, and a Negro were instantly killed. Another Negro was fatady injured, and the owner ot tho mill, Mr.

Robert Hruce, so badly scildod that ho may die. AN AWFUL CRIME. Young Woman Ravished by Num ber of Black Savages- SOME OF THEM CAPTURED. The Law Will Take Them Speedily to the Gallows- Shocking Story of Bruta'lty. Carried to Columbia- A horrible crime was committed in Darlington county, near Lamar, Monday afternoon, for which at least three Negroes will pay the penalty with their lives.

Two of them are now in jail, aud if there is no attempt to lynch them made before court convenes two weeks from now, they will be convicted without a doubt and hanged, for they have confessed the commission of the blankest crime that has ever darkened the fair name of Darlington. If the other party is caught he will doubtless be spared the suspense if waiting two weeks to meet his doom. The details of the crime are too horrible to be published, but they have been told over and over again all over Darlington county it is sufficient to say a highly respectable young lady of Lamar has suffered at the hands of several black brutes, and she now lies in a dangerous eonditiou tearfully mangled and bruised. The two Negroes who are now in jail admit the commission of their fearful deed and say that it was accomplished only after a terrible struggle with their victim and only after they had choked her into insensibility, and that when they left her they thought her dead. Two of them only were present, the others having gone away and had not gotten back in time to take part in the deed as was their intention.

One of the black brutes now in the custody of Sheriff Scarborough bears on his clothing stains of blood from his victim, and this Negro now owes his life to the tact and skill of the deputies who secreted him from an angry mob and carried him to Darlington through the swamps under cover of the darkness. The people are aroused for miles around, and justly so. The third Negro, one of those who as4aulted the unfortunate girl, has not yet been captured, but he will be if he iain Darlington SQun.ty, ituu no nappens 10 tail into tne nanus of any of the present searching party his hours of life will be but few more. A dispatch from Columbia says one of the principals in the Lamar outrage affair Edward Luckie, and four Negroes charged with being accessories to the foul crime in that they stood by and saw the deed committed and did not offer to interfere, are now within the walls of the South Carolina penitentiary for safe keeping. The four accessories are Jim Washington, Daniel and Ed Mack and Lucius Stuart an aggregation of ugly looking, sullen X'.

-groes, who look like Georgia turpentine toughs. The other principal, who is at large, is very black; is about 18 years old, has a broad forehead; has high wide cheekbones; has a scar over his left eye, and his clothing was spattered with mud when last seen. When last heard from he was fleeing toward Timmonsville. The sheriff never expects to ges hold of him if he is run down anywhere in this section of the countiy. Passing: of the Horse.

Within the last nine years horses have been mustered out of service by the Metropolitan Traction and Third Avenue companies, and in their places electricity has been substituted as a motive power. There remain today 3,100 horses in harness on the street car lines of the city, and that number will be diminished by sever.il hundred before the year is out. Five years hence, the officials of the Metropolitan road say, the horse will be a thing of the past as motive power on ne streets oi lork. orx Post. Don't Want Them.

There has been some talk of establishing it colony for Negro farmers in New J-. v. 'He scheme does not receive li.u i rom the newspapers of the section in which the colony is proposed to be planted. The New Jcrs-v newspapers are always ready to give a word of advice respecting the in the South; but. they do not desire to have the Negro in New Jerscv.

Fifteen Hundred Killed. It is estimated that fifteen hundred persons perished in the earthquakes in I Asia Minor around Aidin. Ihe first shock occurred at 4 o'clock on the inoriiit'g of September -0th and lasted forty seconds. The effects were appalling. Whole villages were completely destroyed.

Tho earthquake was felt as far as Scio, Mityleme and Symrna. He Was Disgusted. "No," said the convicted saloon keeper, "I won't have you to defend another case for me." "But," his lawyer protested, "you know you were guilty and you know, toe-, that the evidence against you was overwhelming." "Oh, 1 don't deny that, but after having the case postponed four times you mn Out nf flvoneoa A lawrr what ain't got no more resources than that can't git fees from me." I western UNIONS ANSWER. Has Disciplined Those Responsible for Bogus Cotton News. President Lekert of the Western Union Telegraph company telegraphed the followiug statement to President Parkei of the New Orleans cotton exchange, in reply to the communication of the latter official published this morning: New York, Oct.

4, ISM. John M. Parker, President Cotton Exchange, New Orleans. Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your message of yesterday afternoon in which you charge that the quotation seivice iast Friday ''was no less criminal than if it had been the result of wilful and corrupt deception," and in which you demand that the "official or officials whose ct of duty permitted such conditions, and the operator or opera tors who sent the dispatches without notice of change should be known to the world and promptly dismissed." In answer thereto, and with all respect to the members aud officials of your exchange, aud with every desire to give to them assurance of precaution against the possibility of a repetition of the circumstances of last Friday, I beg to say: First. That we cannot admit that any criminality can be attributed to the action or omission of any official or operator of the company.

The explanation already sent to you frankly and exactly states the of the confusion in the reports and that cause must be free from any imputation of the charge of intentional neglect or wilful misrepresentation in'any form or degree. Second. It is tho purpose of the Western Union Telegraph company and its officials to eusure to the New Orleans cotton exchange, and all other exchanges, the most efficient and reliable telegraphic service possible. Your long experience makes you cognizant of the intricaees of that service and will also confirm the fact that for more than .0 "years it has been performed with exactness, reliability and promptness. This result has only been reached by the education-of men especially adapted to it.

Third. The instant dismissal of the uen of any of them who were on duty last Friday would not accomplish any good purpose, but might on the contra ry, by the necessary substitution ot in experienced men, put the correctness of the service in peril, to the equal aisad vantage of the exchange and the com- pany. In the absence, therefore of any possible suspicion or dishonesty or mo tive or act ion, and because of our wish and purpose to preserve the high quali ty of the service that has always been rendered, with the one accidental exception last i'riday, we must request you and the members of your exchange to be hive that we have applied such discipline to the officials and operators in the commercial news department as will best guarantee the improbability of any interruption imany way to the excellence of the service. Fourth. This decision has been reached "fter the most careful examination of all concerned in the service of Friday, and with due consideration ot the importance of the service to your exchange.

While appreciating the conditions dictated your message we cannot but believe that your own reconsideration of the subject will lead you to coincide with us. (Signed) Thomas T. Eckert, President. She Objects to Mormons. The New York American Female Guardian Society Friday adopted resolutions, which were read by Miss Helen Gould, opposing the seating of Congressman-elect Huberts, of Utah, and characterizing his practices of polygamy as an attack on the sanctity of home life.

Miss Gould, after the meeting, handed the reporters tho fol-I Ming statement, signed, "'II. Miller Gould:" "1 am glad to have an opportunity protest against the seating in Congi'iss of a man who advocates and iiraetici liolvtianiy. Our country has been noted in the past for the beauty of its home life, and the chivalry and respect sin wn by man to woman. It would be sad, indeed, to sec a man who stands for the Oriental 1 art in among our lawmakers. I carncs 1 hope that men will feel willing to write their Congressmen urging them to r'se in protest against Mr.

Roberts being seated when Congress Mules Lost-A cablegram from General His to the war department Friday brings word of the loss of several hundred horses and mules on the transport Siam. Tie message follows: SteanicrSiam, which left San Francisco August 10 with for-ly-Dvo horses and mules, encountered a typhoon on the 1st instant, Northern Luzon, in which ail but sixteen mules were lost. The animals were killed by the pitching of the ves-s il and lack of air frin nccesrary closing of hatches. No casualties among passengers. She Deserves It.

sailors of Dewey's flagship arc The going to make Miss lleleu would a present that she will appreciate highly. It is in tho form of two 4.7-inch shells from tho wreck of tho Rcina Christina, Admiral Montojo's flagship, mounted in Leghorn marble. Upon each shell is a statuette of Liberty in ivory. The mounting Naples. and carving were done at as at p.

idy at la-' as at J. at for E. hey at call year Jot- 2, hey rous Lea Ison ai.d no de- iclle rod a line 1 of for Sold rs urth as Jap. cuts oiler int'l iT.it save iv -a fin- your Yuu hcct iron now the neck 5c a jlOc seen alll to liuoiicuuon oi io owing I ask that the public suspend iud, nient as to me until mv sine oi the ease it will be very is presented to it, as soon. For three weeks two members of the State board of control, assisted by two expert accountants and a stenographer, have been at work preparing the case against me.

Their charges," with the evidence in support of them, were read when I was not present. An at tempt was made to pass judgment on the report of Messrs. Haselden and Kobinson, without opportunity being given nie to -ay a word in my own defence. The injustice of such a proceeding was so strongly pointed out that finally I was accorded the mockery of a semblance of a hearing. 1 was called before the board and a brief verbal summary of the charges against me was made, and I was expected in a few minutes to reply to charges which had been prepared after three weeks work.

I can either disprove or satisfactori ly explain every charge made against me. J. Pjuthit. wn.i. swiNii Til THE Ol'I'ICK.

At the afternoon session Col. John stone appeared and read' the following. which he presented to Jthe board lor it consideration: Columbia. S. Oct.

To the lion. State Hoard of Control: Your resolution of his date has been famished to Mr. J. H. Douthit, com missioner, our client, who has iur nished us a cony.

You will pardon us for suggesting that you seem to be laboring under a misapprehension as to the position taken by Mr. Pouthit through his attorneys. We did not ask for a rehearing, but for a hearing, which you know full well he has never had. We confess that we do not clearly understand whether by your resolution you have adopted the report of your committee, or whether you base your action solely on some alleged admissions of your commissioner. And we respectfully ask that you inform us io writing whether or not your resolution is to be construed as an opinion of the committee's report.

Definite information from you on this point will largely determine our advice to our client. Mr. Douthit does not personally desire to hold the position of commissioner since it is apparent from your action that ho is persona non grata to a majority of the board of control. but as now advised he must reluctantly insist on retaining the place until law fully removed. Ho admits your right to remove him for cause, but that cause must be found by you to exist after a full and fair hearing.

That to say, you must judicially determine the existence or sufficient cause. This judical determination of sufficient cause can only be had after a fair hearing As he has had no opportunity to vin acate himself and his official conduct ne can not, as now advised, recognie your right to remove him, and for the purpose of securing a hearing of botl sides ot this unfortunate matter, he will, for the present, continue to act and perform the duties of tho office of commissioner. Mr. Douthit stands ready to disprove every allegation made against him violative of either correct morals, the regulations and instructions of your hoard, or the laws ol this State. llespectully, Geo.

Johnstone, Geo. E. Prince, Attorneys for J. H. Douthit, Commissioner.

MURDERED AT SUPPER. A Bride and Groom Shot by a Reject ed Suitor. A (special to the St. Louis Post-Pis patch from Montgomery, says Frank Walker and his bride were murdered today by Charles Rankin, a dis .1 i i i appointed lover, who then Killed him self. A child was seriously wounded by the shots that killed the couple.

All concerned in the tragedy were prominent residents of Montgomery county. I lie lnuruer occurred at, the home of took, nine miles east of hero, where the couple and their friends had gone to cat the wedding supper. Walker, who had no relatives, work ed around the Hmii. Tuesday after noon he and osiiorn drove to Montgomery and were married. They then drove out to the Cook home, where a supper was prepared.

A com of wcll-w ishers gathered. he bride and groom sat side by side at the head of the tabic in front of an uncurtained window, when Hankiu shot the couple, firing with a shotgun through ic window. Roth were instantly kill ed, their heads being riddled with shot. A child, a member ol the Cook family, was badly wounded. No one saw the murderer and his identity was unknown until his dead body was stumbled over outside the house.

A letter left by Rankin reveal ed the fact that he was a rejected suitor of Miss Goshorn's and that be committ ed the murder because she married another. Threatened With Lynching. A special to Tho News and Observer from Lumbcrton, N. says: Reuben Ross, colored, was brought hero Thurs day charged charghed with committing rapo on Mrs. Hetty Ingram, a respect able whito woman of Lumber Bridge.

Lynching is threatened for tho crime. Adopted in Anderson to Punish Ravishers. ALLOWED TO MAKE CHOICE. And He! Preferred to Suhmit tn Surgical Operation Rather Than be Hanged on the Spot. A special dispatch from Anderson, S.

to the Columbia State says Wednesday afternoon as a young lady pupil of the graded school, a daughter of one of our most highly respected citizens, who lives about a mile and a half from town, was returning home from school shorn. o'clock, and when iu sight of home, she was accosted bv a hv tha name of Tom who made an in- leeent proposal to her. followed hv indecent exposure of his person, young lady fled, screaming, toward home and outran the Negro and ra eaped his clutches. Ihe affair did not leak out until Thursday, when a party of determined men set out to capture the Negro, which they did. They gave him his choice of lynching or submitting to a certain sur gical operation.

lie accepted the lat ter, and the operation was thoroughly, successfully and scientifically performed. The Negro was carried back to his home and told he must clear himself of these parts as soon as he was well enough. This is the Anderson plan, aud it beats lynching. TAKEN FROM A WRECK. Crew of a Sinking Schooner Ticked Up by Steamer.

The Riitish steamship Rhodesia, Capt. Rates, from New Orleans to Hamburg, arrived at Lambert's Point, Thursday morning, having on board the crew of the schooner Can ie A. Laco of Rath, who were picked up in tho gulf stream, shipwrecked, Tuesday. The crew is composed of Capt. J.

Frank Skolield, whoso wifo is with him, and eight men. Their experience was a most thrilling one. The Lane, which was a thre masted schooner, sailed from Apalachieola for Noank, Sept. 10 with a load of lumbci, and had good weather up to about Tuesday of last week, when northeast winds set in. She labored heavily in the sea afterwards, but had no accident until Sunday afternoon.

A'l hands wero at dinner when the ves sel suddenly shipped a heavy sea and shifted her deck load of lumber. She immediately began to leak, and when the pumps were first put to work sho had 1 1 inches of water in her hold. At clock Sunday night thcro were 7 of water, and the crew took to tho deck house. Here they remained until Tuesday inorr.ng, when a life boat was sent oui, from he Rhodesia in charge of Chief Olli Jewell, and they wcro taken on 1 the British ship. In the attempt to hoist the life boat to tho deck, after the party had been rescued, it was sinasiico ny the heavy rolling sea and lost.

Lapt. liates says that tho wreck of the Lane 5s right in the track of vessels plying along this coast and is very dangerous to navigation. Most of the Lane's crew reside in Baltimore. Their names are as follows: Mate 0. 'an Lippeloy, Tldward Jones.

L. C. George Dolcman, John son, r. A. Keeler, Uluirles Albert and Jos -ph Locust.

Notorious Robber De.id. Worn out by years of confinement. resulting from his long career in crime, "Jimmy" Logue, the famous ex-convict who is believed to have stolen nioro money than any other thief ol his timo and who was perhaps the best known ink robber of the ace, died Wednesdav in the county alms house, at Philadel- diia 02 years of age. lie sought religi ous consolation belore fie died. Logon is supposed to have had a fotuno at one time of about (Hill, all other icople's money.

11c started his career of crime at the age of 17 and snoot morn than 20 years in prisons of a number of slates. His aptness disidaved itsrlf in discovering where large sums of money were to be obtained, lie was connected with three bigba-k robber ies in Philadelphia nnd also oner.itpil xtensively in other cities. One of the argest robberies he made was iui Wash ington, It. where he played his fav orite game of sneaking through a roof trap. His victim iu this case was Naval Constructor Isaah Ilansronibo.

and his booty was Chloroformed ty Burglars-Two masked burglars Wednesday ca tered the residence of C. A. Trainnum at Knoxvillo and al ter chloro- orniing his sister, Mrs. Kimbrough. searched the room where Trainnum, who is treasurer of the Brotherhood of Lo comotive Engineers, had Kcvcral hundred dollars concealed.

They secured some of it, but Mrs. Kimbrough had hidden the larger part which they did not discover. Ihe woman is in a pre carious condition and it is tcarcd sho will dio from the effects of tho drug. Tho police have put bloodhounds on the trail of the robbers. .1.