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STREET tIGnT IN 1uscUmBIi, Ana
Judge Steele, Mayor and Probate Judge,
kIIIcd, and Two Others Wounded.

SHEFFIELD Ala, July 1S.For some months
thoro has been trouble brewing In Tascumbia.
and IL is surprising to many that tho rumors
prevalent have not resulted IN n tragedy ere
this Gossip over roady to invade domestic
life. Inns linked in unhalluwcl intimacy the
names Of Judge John Steele, Probate Judge
OF this lCotuu county. with that OF
Mrs. W. r. Challen, the wife OF n merchant
OF Tascumbia. On Thursday evening when
Mat Stcelc, young son OF Judge steele, met
Mrs. Challen on the street aud he denounc cd
her in bitter terms, calling her names too vilc
Tor print. Mrs. Challen reported tho matter
TO her husband and 10 her brother, Mr.. John
Goodwin. and tho two mon sought young
Steele to punish him, but failed to find him. A
large crowd was on the street last night
following the men so as 10 be witnesses OF tho
tragedy, which they knew must follow the
meeting Of tho principals.
This morning the parties all came down
town armed with the exception OF Judge
Steele. They met at the drug store OF Aher-
nathy Craig, and aftor n few words were
passed tho firing began. The first shot was
fired by tho Hon. John Steele who is Mayor OF
the city, and who felt 1t to be his duty to start
the show. He fred at John Goodwin. but the
ball missed and struck Tracy Alternately in the
right arm. shivering the bone from near the ell
bow to the wrist. This misdirected shot was
answered by one fIom Goodwin. which struck
Mayor Steele in tho eye, entering the brain
and producing instant death. Some reports
say that these two shots were fred simultan-
eously.
At this juncture Mr.. Challen. who had been
in the rear OF the room. either outside or be-
hind the prescription cnse. rushed in whlo
from the opposite side OF the street came Tom
Steele. another son of Judge Steele. armed
with gun. By this time the firing was fast
and furious and only ceased upon the inter-
ference OF tie Sheriff. Then It was found that
Tom Goodwin had fallen with n load OF shot in
his neck. shoulder and arm. Tom Steele was
shot in the calf Of the leg. but it is only q
slight wound. 1t is feared that the rioting will
reopen tonight.
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BABY MkEE'S MOTHER TAINTED.
A Runaway Horse Smashed Things and
Nearly Upset the Presidents Family.

CAFE MAY. July 1S.-As the Presidential car
riaGe. containing Mrs Harrison. Mrs Mckee,
and Baby Mckee, was passing the corner Of
Washington and Decatur streets last night Il
lad in dog cart whipped up his horse and at
tempted to pass tho Harrison carriage. The
boy lost control Of tho horse. which gave a
sudden lurch struck an electric light pole. and
dashed up the street ut n gallop.
Asthe Harrison carriage approached Decatur
street the runaway horse dasned ahead and
barely missed overturnInG tho White House
family vehicle. An instant later the runaway
horse plunged upon the pavement in 'front.' Of
Kennedy's pharmacy. breaking an iron awning
post and tho glass OF n big show window. The
horse was thrown TO the ground. where II lay
kicking aud bleeding. At tho sight OF tho
blood Mrs. Mckee tainted. There was rush
OF pedestrians 10 give assistance but before
service was necessary Mrs. McKee rallied. and
the coachman had whipped up his horses and
turned their heads toward the cottage at the
Point.
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CALLED TILLMAN A LIAR.
Robert +. Lees Cousin ReSents an Impu-
tntIon Upon His YerncIty.


COLUMBIA. July 1S.-.At the political meeting
Mt Marion yesterday the farmers candidate
was told by n reporter that he was an in
fernal liar" Capt Tillman at every meeting
abuses the Charleston NerS and Courier. Yes
terday, after attacking tho paper for some
time, ho asked the audience TO compare the
NTrs and CO,Ti7's reports with the actual
proceedings as they observed them. and notice
the misrepres entation by tho newspaper
Shirley c. Hughson, ncOusin OF Gen. Il. L. Lee
and correspondent Of the Netrs and Courier.
sprang to his feet, eXcaiming:
Capt Timan. if you mean to say, sir. that
have over misrepresented you, you are an
internal liar and tho truth is not in YOU"
Tho two men stood glazing at each other, and
the audience began to sway with excitement
A chorus of voices shouted. Put him OF tho
stand! Put him of the stand" and there was
q rush for the platform. Gen. Earle q ell. Bon
ham. and other friends of Hughson who wero
on the platform advanced and placed them
selves Mt his side while q score or more anti
Tillman men crowded on to the stage with
open knives, pistols. and other WEAPONS.
Three or four policemen with drawn clubs
Rrasped the railing of the platform and started
toward Hughson, who stood with one hand on
his hip pocket and deflcd them to touch him.
He was surrounded by friends and the police
men were forced back to the ground and a
con 3ict was averted
TiIlmap left the meeting soon after without
replying to HuGhson's charge. He EXPRESSED
would have him assassinated before the end OF
the campuign.
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mt and laundry Messenger Boy Doyle. who
yelled ra ut tho negro cleaners rs he hurried
down 10 senl an alarm, was tho prime cause
OF their getting out on the narrow roof OF tho
eighth story One of the negroes who beard
noyle's cry ran up stairs ami told Hatricl
Kelly. boy employed IN the restaurant.
and helped In the last efforts made
by the. Western Union employees. to
ouench tho blpze. and then ran NJ stairs 70
on the ninth floor. This is part OF tho mansard
roof The rooms there are used some for rec
ords and somo for tho bedrooms OF the res
tqurant servants. Besides Kelly. there were
eight persons there They wore Sarah Della
nev, Annie Hogan. Annie Slattery, Ellen Keat-
George Smith, aud James Shiels They would
not believe young Kelly at first. but soon they
and then they became thoroughly scared.
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themselves and wait for the fremon. who had
got ladder IN on tho roof Of 2ul broadway.
lie htemen stuck the Inddor IN toward the
two men and they were horod down.
Nathbone had lost tho purity he started with
from the operating room. llo managed TO find
another window, and sticking his head out lOr
breath no saw that lis only chance OF escape
was to swing out on to tho iron ratings OUTSIDE
tho building which suppoit wires entering on
tho sixth floor along the north side. He leaned
out, caught ono OF the iron rods, and got u foot
ing on some narrow planks that Just CHANGED
TO be on this series OF rods. This, support for
tho wires looks from far down in tho street like
n secure iron scnilold hung up there along tho
buildings side. but to n man upon 1t II doesn't
look secure. lInthbono worked his way around
to the corner whore on tho roof of tho building
s Dey street wore some llremcn. They threw
him Z rome; He fastened it to rod and then
slid down. his only hurt being skinned hands.
NINE REFUGEES on A LOFTY PERCH.
Away up on the roof OF tho eighth story. on
the north side Of the building. were group OF
women and men gcsticulating frantically and
shouting. though nobody below could hear
their cries. They wcro workers In tho restaur-
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next flremnn's voice shouted to him. Kelly
climbed buck from tho ledge and found Capt.
l'innS aud Frank Harmon Of 10 Truck. They
had come M the stairs through the fire and
smoke, and they thought the six women and
three mon had better 20 down that way.
The women were so frightened that they re-
fused. Then l'inns and Harmon, helped by no
three other men. drove the women through tho
broken window to tho staircase ind mado
thom, go down tho stairs. Firemen John
q Nell and John Ferris PLAYED hose on them
as they went along, wettlng the whole party
through to tho skinto keep them from catching
fire.
Another escaro was made to tho roof Of
Doy street. The iron rod supports for wires
north side and by which Rathbone. The
OPERATOR got away, also run around on the
rear OF tho building. Perched on them tho
one white man, names unknown. but all elm
nloyees In the restaurant The ilremen had
got u ladder on tho Dey strset roof by this
time: and they raised It to a place whence thew
reached out and grabbed, first, n woman then
another. and then the man. Ono OF the women
had got out OF bod only moment before the
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trivel to get through tho limos on pleas that
they belonged in tho buildings there. But so
many fingered and ilnpedod the tlremen that
Inspector Steers ordel ed chem driven away
Nevertheless, thousands saw tho fire. The AS
tor House and tho ollico buildings were filed
with SPECTATORS M their windows. aud streets
near by were lammed. Three upper stories OF
lremen on adjacent roofs were throwing
water up Mt the windows. but not in many
cases getting higher than tho sixth story. \
stand pipe was set IN on broadway. Its lengths
EXTENDED to their furthest, and it's ozZle point
ing ut an angle, discharglnR ceaseless stream
nj the seventh and eighth stories. by and by
tho llrcmen got lengths OF hose hauled up on
hugo streams on tho ninth floor. ipes were
run UP through the interior, and TINT thoy and
tho Others threw ont immense quantities OF
CrotOn was apparent 10 oyery one Tho water
came out in torrents from the main entrance
and every now and then. from u brokenIwindOW
or u tholo in tho slate OF tho mansaTd roof Il
wicked burst OF iiamo would DO followed by q
Iurnchlng guBh OF water.
There were times when the spectacle Of this
above the street. was grand with smoke ami
trr. At last whom tho blalc caught the towor
and burned tho wood in and on It's iron frame
tho picture was splendid. No stream was
thrown to spoil tho magniilcSnca OF the scene
for thoIO was no alllrular dnmRge to be done
by letting tho wood burn out. except the de-
Ftruction OF tho famous midday time ball aud
the loss u that monitor Tor so many watches.
DROWNED OUT TENANTS.
by 10 o'clock the nrnmen had their foe where
they wanted II. More than one OF the fighters
said that only the increased water supply
made possible by tho new Runeduet nrspaptsd
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THE WESTERN UNIONS LOSSES.
Gen, tckert; and his assistants think that
placed and repnirs made for between $4,000
ana Sl0lOOO. The switchboard cost $4,000
Although 1t will 10 two months, before the
be mon in the building to-day sending aud
receiving messages. They will occupy rooms
making ready yesterday nlternoon. None Of
the OPERATORS will Lose, work The 1900 EN-.
tnore haTT'I been "nyihineO IT" 10 U Stir the
current q business. lerhaps Mr. Gould
other distinguished occupants OF offices will
be inco1venicnccd for q wcek, but not longer.
i will be, mGny months. though, ,hefore tho
reropiod, and it may ho that never will some
OF the most valuable papers be placed. Tho
damage to tic building which. apart IRON the
$sU,OO0 or $l0O.OUn in tho teiegraphinG depart
ment is slight The company has no, insur-
ho9cht It Was 0G Psrhsps they VIII
try and mako 1t hreproof when they repair the
lion showed iHat GOOD doS OF The iron mfr frame
work Of tie building had been heated, to an
almost white heat, md IN to A. o'clock yes
terday afternoon some OF 1t WAS still hot.
BORROWED ELECTRICITY.
~ h he work OF nrep9Frng tsmpHrn E i3cilos
Union was b. no means confined 10 this city.
No soorer did the extent OF the disaster be-
come known through III" country thnn hun
runy in all tho largo olllces within a radius OF
u thousand miles of the metropolis began
working like, beavers to supply from their own
offices the electrical energy which could no
longer come from New York. In other words.
much OF the damage caused by the fire IN New
delrhiq; tittsluiEh Chicago. Bmrlialo; Al
mos in The Western Union office, on
chemical battery coils supplied the greater
part Of tho electric current used 70 operate AL
tho hundreds Of circuits radiating from the
metropolis. twas inp,ssiblo; even i the ma
terlal had been instantly available. to set up
and connect enough now battery to operate
the lines from tho Temporary offices, in Jersey
INV and IN town. The power had TO como
from Tho other ends Of The lines. Philadelphia
snut over enough electricity 10 operate all tho
lines running TO that city. Washington and
Boston and all tho Othur cities did the same
thing.
Fireman james 7. Potter OF 80 Fngine In
John street was so exhausted after tho FIRE
that no became III, and AZ night he was taken
TO Chambers Street Hospital
In OF sickness send for doctor II necessary bat
always employ tie "hanitas' DisnfectAntA -Adh
hub Punch IL the standard punch Of the world. Gro,
Ger Al
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Tho sWiftest train. run between New York and
Warrington via jersey Central, heading and b. and
o. arOr care IN AL I!ApL station tOVI Ot Liberty e.
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alarm got TO her. BY the time tho fremen got
her 10 The roof below she was hnl. naked.

THE NEW SIGNAL CODE WORKS SMOOTHLY.
For the first time the new fourth alarm sig
nal was sent ont The first alarm brought
Engines g. 4, and 30, and Trucks and 10. and
they got TO work the driver OF Engine 4. from
Liberty street. put his tam &c. a fuel wagon
and supplied the engines with more coal.
Meanwhile. in response to an alarm from box
- at broadway and Maiden lane, Engines -.
I: 10. and T. with Truck 10 and the Chief Of the
OF Engine 81. from John street, Mt once fell to
his prescribed duty OF carrying around the
coal wagon, At the same time and without
any special order, Engines 2. 81. and 81. with
Trucks and and the Chiefs OF Bat
taIi Ions 8 and 7 held themselves ready
alarm was forwarded from box 35 To this
there came Engines 81. y 81. and 20. with
Truck 3, and the Chief of the Fifth Bait alton.
Upon the ringing of the third alarm Engine SO,
up on Great Jones street, moved according
to schedule. to Engine rs house In Chambers
street, and Truck ;: from Charles street. went
TO tho quartz OF Truck /. in Chambers street.
And then the fourth a. arm was sent In. 1t was
rung from box "a. at Nassau and Beekman
last from up on Fifth street, answered It, to;
Eother with Truck, 90. from Mercer street. and
the Chief OF the Fourth battalion. Through
this same signal Engine Is, from West Tenth
street. went to the house OF Engine 3d. on Elm
street. and Truck Is. from Attorney street.
that comDanys district.
DELuGING TIRE TEN-sToRY BUILDING.
The various alarms brought big force Of
lie closed Broadway from above Fulton street
TO below Cortlandt. and neither cars nor wag-
ons wont through there from shortly after A.
n. until 10 O'Clock. Hundreds OF people con-
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In cases sickness send for doctor necessary but
always employ tho "sAnitas' DiSinfoctantA -AIG
Hub Punch Is the standard punch OF the world. Gro.
ceTt aud dTURgiSlB.-AdI
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ErFErTs 0N TlIN NEWs.


The Associates Press did all lis business in
and tho Postal News ASSOCIATION did business
In n smaller degree with tho WO-toIu Union
Company. but did not hnvo their offices in the
building. All the valuable ilb,ary and records
OF Tho Associate !rcss and most O their
papers were DESTROYED. I heir typewriterS and
tho various devices for mani OldinE dispatches
TO the newspapers wore ruined. Agent William
tho shape ol books and papers All tho Gocu-
ments relating 10 tho history of the Associ-
Ated Press since la are gone. Most OF tho
burned records cannot be replaced. Tho
agency was moved 10 Jersey city, whore
tho Pennsylvania Railroad Company gave tho
Associated Press the use OF u large room on
the third floor OF the nuiding and built tables
Union furnished 1t with one Western and ono
Southern wire and two rr three shorter limos,
and before noon considerable work was done.
About u O'clock n second Western wiIo Was cut
in. Most of The market news that outside
cities got from New Ork came through tho
Associated lIess. Newspapers ont Of the city
suffered good deal Tor lac, Of the usual press
kilograms
l0r Two hours in 'ho morning thero was 10
telogrnphi' communication on Ions H. Iud.
The circuit with Aow lur, city bong destroy
ed the com bInrd batteries an Long Island
were n I strong enough in work Tie wires.
ThpTe was no means Ol keeping track 0f tho
trains on tho Long Island liallroad. No acct
dents occurred. Finally 100. cell artery MAS
Office of the superintendent Of Telegraph and
a current OF sufficient strength Was raised 10
work the wires.
No pools on the races wore sold In Puritan
Hall Long Island City There was no nowS
Ia Ssll them on.
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The dllIIcUItv OF transmitting teleCraphc
messages into and out OF tGo city mad OF
course, great ciIeyt on business outside OF
Inconvenience aud damage from 1t cannot DO
estimated. A Sun reporter met one gentleman
to whom tho clogging OF tclcgraph.c business
mennt direct loss OF $4,000 Iio was about to
close an important business transac on by
which no was galnor In the sum named Tho
noon yesterday and the st0ppage Of the wives
simply rendered IL lmnOss be,
Los Angeles herald., 1890-09-10


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Los Angeles herald., 1890-09-10
CoIic Stones Mounted in Gold.

Travellers who have penetrated into the
easternmost parts of southern Russia find
some strange beliefs as to the power of fish
charms. Many fish found in those coun-
tries have two small hard round bones on
the sides of the head. They are believed
to have the power when worn by the
owner to prevent collie, and they are termed
collie stones The more wealthy of the
peasants have the collie stones mounted in
gold, and they are worn upon the neck as
a valuable addition to necklace The
bones of the common bullhead are much
used among the Russian peasants as
charm against fever. Among European
nations in the Middle Ages doctors of med
icine had faith that two bones found in the
tench have medicinal virtues. The bones
were applied to the skin in cases of fever
The tench is an European fish and the
United States fish commission are endeav-
oring to introduce it to American waters.
New York Sun.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-09-10
The COrpOratiOn and the Rats.

1t is calculated that 5000 rats have been
killed during one week at the Birmingham
Market hall, and the slain have been found
everywhere, under stalls, in poultry baskets
and flower pots, and even in the open
streets. A provision merchant in Philip
street opened his doors the other morning
and found thirty-one rats lying dead near
to a butter tub, in which there was water
The manner in which the animals decom-
pose under the new treatment is peculiar
The body swells first of all, and within
five days collapses again and becomes per-
fectly fiat. The rats killed a week ago
would be perfectly unrecognizable but for
their heads.
The bodies have lost shape altogether
If this method of destroying the vermin
had not been discovered the city would
have been put to a considerable expense.
So extensive were the ravages of the rats
that the market and fairs committee had
decided upon lifting the flooring of all the
markets and re3aying them with cement
That would have meant an outlay of many
hundreds of pounds. The corporation
paid to its market officials penny for
every rat destroyed, and few years ago
the number annually killed reached 1000
representing in itself sum of e16.-Pall
Mall Gazette
Los Angeles herald., 1890-09-10
"Whoa, Therei Old Benzine."

A firm in Munich is making carriages to
be propelled by gas generated from ben
zine Several of the new vehicles are in
successful operation, and the company is
securing patents in all the big nations of
the world. On the country road they go
at rate of ten miles an hour, but in the
crowded streets they move about as slowly
as horse car. The motor is placed in the
rear over the main axle, and the benzine is
carried in receptacle under the seat. 1t
holds enough for trip of eighty miles
The gas mixture is ignited in cylinder
by an electric spark. The motor is
started by simply turning lever. A link
chain belted to a wheel on the rear axle
applies the power. In its make up the
carriage is something like a tricycle., hav-
ing only three wheels, and is guided pre-
cisely the same way.-New York Journal.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-09-10

When the czar,na smokes.

The czarina of Russia, who is one of the
vassals of King Nicotine, smokes in some
what indolent and almost oriental fash
ion. Stretched on the silken cushions of
broad low divan, at Gatschina, she follows
dreamily with her beautiful dark eyes the
rings of blue smoke that her crimson lips
part to send upward into the perfumed air
Of her boudoir, boudoir which she calls
her "den," and which is copied from one
of the loveliest rooms of the Alhambra,
with palms raising their banners against
the gorgeous colors and diapered gold of
the walls. Heavy hearted and anxious as
the charming sovereign Of all the Russias
often is, her mind filled with grewsome
fears of a cruel death for those she loves
best, she finds in the cigarette her greatest
solace, and she spends many an hour, her
SMALL patrician head crowned by it's
wealth of brown braids, reclining among
the gold embroidered pillows of her couch,
sending little clouds of smoke upward to
the ceiling and slipping exquisite Caravan
tea at $40 pound. The latter is brought
TO her in service made by the goldsmiths
of the Deccan, who provide work beside
which all the best that Europe can furnish
appears clumsy, vulgar and inartistic.-
Paris Letter.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-09-10
Speed of Wasps and Bees.

A writer in The Scots Observer says that
he has sprinkled individual wasps and bees
with rose colored powder, and has found
that thus handicapped they could with
ease keep up with the fastest trains when
speeding down ''Shap Summit" the steep
est gradient in the country. Nor were
these carried along in the rush of air
caused by the train. They would come in
and out of the window, sometimes disap-
pearing for minute or more, but fire.
quently returning again and again. At
distances of from five to ten miles they
dropped behind, when Others took their
place
Los Angeles herald., 1890-09-10
Inefficiency of Sand Filters.

Drs. Frankel and Piefke, of Berlin have
recently made an exhaustive study on the
filtration of drinking water through sand.
Their experiments conclusively prove, that
the danger Of infection from impure water
10 only slightly reduced by filtration
through sand, bacteria passing through
at all times, but in larger numbers just
after the filter has been cleaned, and again
after it has been in use for some time
Medical News.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-09-10
Call No Man Fool.

Never call novice a fool because his
work is not up to your standard of excel
lence, for probably had he your experience
he might be able to give you points about
your work that would cause you to justly
consider yourself the fool. And bear in
mind it is not always the smart, bright
fellow who readily takes hold Of thing
that excels in a pursuit, but that it is al
most invariably so of the plodding, unfut-
tering, thoughtful man.-Exchange.
Los Angeles herald., 1890-09-10
About Keeping Eggs.

Eggs are said to become unwholesome
when kept in refrigerators; a fungus forms
in them which is easily found by a micro
scope, although it is not noticeable to the
taste. This fungus constitutes danger
when we consider. how many eggs are con-
sumed by all classes of society, and people
of delicate constitutions ought to be par
ticularly careful that they eat fresh and
mot kept eggs.-Exchange.