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Mayor Tillman of Charleston.
From the News and Courier

From the News and Courier.
1t is one of the possibilities
that Senator Tillman will buy a
house on the Battery in Charles. &.
ton, establish his residence here.
and become a candidate for Mayor
of this city. 1t was also sug-
gested at the Consolidated dinner
on Monday night that Ex- Mayor
Latrobe, of Baltimore, had his
eyes on the mayoralty Of Charles
ton. There is no telling where
the present Movement in this city
will end. That it is humping g
itself, there is not the least doubt.
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hAGRIPPE'S LEGACY.

Worn out and exhausted in body
and mind, with shattered nerves and
pslpitating heart; no desire for food
and no ability to digest 1t; unable to
rest or sleep day or night-ihis is La
Grippe's legacy. Long after the grip
germs have been driven out the poi
soas which they created remain In
The blood, the heart, the lungs. the
stomach, weakening the nerves and
lowering the vitality Of the system
There is one way OF destroying the
seeds OF disease and death which are
IN inheritance from grip. Dr. Miles
Nervine Will do it. 1t gives the shat
tered nerves rest and helps them TO
recover their strength. 1t stimulates
the appetite, streRthens the stomach
assimilation and fills the blood with
the vital elements Of life.
1.-Two Years ago, after a severe at
tack OF the grip, was overcome nth
nervous prostration, heart trouble aud
nervous dyspepsia I was 80 low that
L could not bear TO be spoken to. and
dnring the nervous spasm which I
frequently suffered, L had no control
OF any of my organs. Every remedy
known to my physicians was tried
without success and then my wi o
brought me bottle OF DR.. Miles
Nervine. After using one bottle
could speak a few words At the end
OF three m3nths I could talk quite
naturally and now 1 am completely
cured Of tho trouble"
GEO A. ANDREWS,
Great harrington, Mass.
A trial package OF DR. Miles favor.
ite treatment for the grip, consisting
of DR.. Miles Nervine. DR. Miles, Anti
Pain Pills and DR. Miles Nerve and
Liver Pills will be sent absolutely
free of cost to any person sending
name and address on a postal card, re-
questing 'he sam PIES. and men ton In z
the name Of this paper. Adress
DR.. Miles Medical Co., Etkhart, Ind.
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81 bales of cotton, which had
that day been bought fro n Mr.. E
3 Mobley by Mr.. E B Biggers,
was burned at Springfield last
Msnday afternoon. The .,buyer
was fortunate in having inspred
the cotton that morning. Rock
Hill Herald. .,.ayt q !.
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HOT TINE AT HOT SPRINGS.
Local Political Trouble Causes n
Row With More Deaths Than
Philippine Battle.

Hot Springs, Ark, March II.
A shooting occurred here at
$50 this evening which resulted
in the death of five men and seri-,
GUS wounding of one other.
Thomas Toler chief of police.
j. E. Hart, city detective.
Thomas F. Goslee, police ser
geant.
John Williams, son of Sheriff
Williams.
Louis Henkel, driver of
brewery wagon.
Ed Spears was shot in the
neck and may die.
The Shooting grew out of the
mayoralty campaign under way
here. Sheriff Williams was a
warm supporter of the regular
democratic nominee, while Toler,
Hart and GosIce were supporting
an opposition candidate.
EARLY in the afternoon shots
were exchanged between Sheriff
Williams and his son John on the
one side and Sergeant Goslee on
the other, but no one was injured.
After this both parties determined
to have it out ToIer, Hart and
Gosles were walking south on
Central avenue at about half past
5 o'clock when they met Sheriff
Williams and his two sons, John
and Coffey, and Ed Spears. No
one can tell who fired the first
shot, but in a moment there was
q general fusilade, in which 40 or
so shots we're exchanged. When
it was over, Toler, Hart, Goslee
and Henkel were dead and John
Williams was mortslly wounded.
He died an hour latter. Louis
Henkel attempted to separate the
combatants when the fight opened.
He was shot IN the head and died
instantly.
The mayor, Immediately after
the shooting, appointed Judge L.
D. Belding chief of police.
Deputies were sworn in at once
and all saloons were ordered
closed. There is little factional
feeling outside of those engaged
in the shooting. Order was easily
restored and the city is now quiet.
The sheriff and his son Coffey arc
under arrest and no further trou-
bic is anticipated
Sheriff Williams was rot pres
ent when the battle occurred, but
soon appeared, and on learning of
the death of his son became frantic
with rage. About 90 minutes
after the main battle another
affrsy occurred nearby in which
four or five shots were fired. In
this fusllade Detective Jim Hart
vent down with the whole top of
his skull blown off.
All of the dead men leave large
families.
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Buckfen's Arntoo Sa,y.

TIE BK,T SALvE in the world for
Cuts. Bruises. Sores, Ulcers, salt
Rheum, Fever sores, letter. Chap.
ped Hands. Chiib aius, Corus. and al
skin eruptiuns, nd positively cures
Piles. or no pay required 1t is guar.
anteed to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price 25 cents per
box For sale by Crawford Bros
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The post Office at Ninety Six
was burned at 3 a. m. Friday.
The fire was incendiary. The
building was the property of Jos.
w Tolbert. ... ...
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LANCASTER. s. q. MARCH % 1899

the hotel. Her body seemed to
be impaled there, but it fell off
into the area way. She was dead.
The woman was identified as Mrs.
Amelia Paddock, of Irvington,
n. Y.
The loss of the hotel is estimated
to be at least 81, 100000. Several
adjoining buildings were damaged
considerably, but the loss on these
is comparatively small. All the
papers and books of the hotel are
believed to have been saved.
The Windsor hotel was one of
the most comfortable and attrac>
tive hotels to be found anywhere.
1t was seven stories high, and al
most square in form, had front
age Of 200 feet on 5th avenue,
and occupied the entire block
between East 46th and 47th
streets. The front centre of the
building was eight stories in
height. 1t had also two wings,
each seven stories in height and
Is feet in length. There were
more than 500 rooms in the hotel.
The building was chiefly of brick
and architecturally simple.
SCORES OF VICTIMS.
New York, March 1S.-The
Windsor hotel fire in this city it is
now said, had scores of victims.
Fifteen are known to be dead and
forty are dying.
1t is estimated that at least fif,
teen bodies are buried in the
smouldering ruins and the number
may be even larger.
Mrs Price, of Macon, Ca, was
the one southern guest. She
showed remarkable presence of
mind and escaped with her life
but is seriously wounded.
Warren Leland. the proprietor
of the hotel, whose wife and
daughter are killed, is not insane
as reported. He is occupying the
room formerly occupied by Kip
ling ut the hotel Greonble.
No bodies were taken frCm the
seething mass of ruins today. Tho
latest estimate tonight is 16 dead,
sc missing and 81 injured.
Mr. Gerry carried policies ag-
gregating 1896, 900 ON the build
ing, and 100000 on the furnish
ings. MIR Leland had policies ag-
gregating 800, 600 on his own
furniture in the hotel. 1t is es-
timated that the loss of guests in
precious metal and gems will az.
gregate 81, 100000. One fami-
ly alone lost jewelry valued at
100000.
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FIFTEEN BURNED
Fashionable Hotel in New York
Invaded by Fire.
hWETII WDLnPDJpo
AWFUL TRAGEDIES,
Blaze Broke Out as the St. Pat
rick's Day Celebration was
Passing-Heroic Rescue
of Women by Fire.
men.

New York, March 1.-The
Windsor hotel, one of the finest
and most famous hostelries here,
and thehome of Mckinley when in
this city was burned down this
afternoon.
The fire caught on the second
floor and the building was rapid
ly consumed.
Many of the guests on the top
floors had to jump to the pave
ment and some sustained fatal in
juries.
Six dead bodies have already
been recovered and a score or two
are badly injured.
The fire was the most spectacu~
lar that could be imagined. When
it broke out 5th avenue was
crowded with people watching the
st. Patrick's Day parade, which
was passing the building, which
stood at 47th street and 5th
avenue, as the fire broke out, and
every window in the front of the
hotel, facing 5th avenue, was
filled with spectators watching the
marching men and floats in the
street. An unusually large num-
ber of people packed the streets
and interferred with the move
ments of the tiremen and police.
In addition to regular guests of
the hotel the windows we're
crowded by a large number of
spectators. residents of this city,
who had congregated there to
witness the parade.
Soon after the first alarm was
given people on the lower floors
of the hotel, those who had easv
access to the street and stairways
began to pour out of the building
in great numbers.
Some of them stood upon the
narrow window sills and beckoned
to the spectators that they were
about to leap to the streets. The
men collected upon the sidewalks
ready to render any assistance
they could Some of the women
dropped to the streets. In most
cases the efforts to catch them and
break their fall we're unavalling,
and broken limbs were the result.
As soon as the firemen could get
their scaling ladders into position
they climbed the sides of the
building and entered at every
window where there was an un-
fortunate guest appealing for as
sistance, and many cases of heroic
rescue were witnessed by the
throng in the streets.
At the corner of 47th street
ard 9th avenue, directly across
from the hotel, is the home OF
Miss Helen Gould and, at her
direction many of the injured
were carried there aud were treated
by physicians and nurses, whom
she had sent for.
The FIRST horror occurred JUST
fifteen minutes after the fire broke
out. A handsome woman appeared
at the window of q room on the
fourth floor. She held out her
arms 10 the crowd below. Then
che wrapped her hands as If in
supplication and in q moment
climbed TO the window aud leaped.
Sbs turned about like . top and
Gkruok fha iron ra;i;uo - ksora IL
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The Oregon Arrives at Manila.
The navy department was ad-
vised last Saturday of the arrival
at Manila of the battleship Oregon,
and the Iris. The Oregon is re-
ported in fit condition for any
duty.
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beauty Is Blood Deep.

Ueaa bloed means . clean skin. Ne
,sslty without IL, Cascarsts, Candy Catbar-
&c clean your blood and keep it clean, by
iSs ss Y the .Ss s. s:t 'Ps sn dT'ns sad =. %
,ApisA, pinplss, boRs, bletches, blsckheads.
and that sSdy biiioxs complexion BY taking
GAssAfsts sr-bsauty, for ten ssnts. AN drug
eEstA ntkSfaction ssarantssd. Zoe. DO. 200.
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Gov Ellerbe has been notified
that orders were issued on the 18th
instant by the war department
directing the return of the Second
South Carolins Regiment to Sa-
vannah for muster out.
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Doa't Tobacco Spit and Smoke Iosr LIZ, Away.
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mag
netic. full 81 lite, norve and vissr take No To-
Bss' the weadsr- worker. Mat makes vesk men
ssroaG Al drussiass, - or u. Cure suArAn-
eeed Booklet aud seapis fres A6Areaa
stestinx Rsnssdy o" chicago or Now Yorn
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dealt Out Death and DeYasta
ton in Three States.
II DEAD, MANY WOUNDED.
Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia
Suffer Considerably-Large
Amount of Property
Was Destroyed.

A series of wind storms swept
through portions of Alabama
Mississippi and Arkansas today
ooing an immense amount of props
erty damage and killing a mum ber
OF people. The storms covered a
radius of several hundred miles.
destroying telegraph wires and
cutting off communication with a
large part of the affected country.
IN ALABAMA.
Birmingham, Mar 19-The cvs
clone yesterday was very destruc,
tive in Cleburre county. Lewis
Cofee's residence, strong double
log house, situated on a little hill.
was in the path of the storm. 1t
was swept away and the timbers
scattered for mile. Ten of it's
eleven occupants were instantly
killed, except the body of the ba>
by, which was found under the
ruins of the chimneys, the corpses
of the victims we're carried half
mile and nine of them we're found
together in heap. Every body
had been stripped of its clothing.
In the same neighborhood, the
residences of j Fl Wilder, JH
Carson and Steipmau and Stansell
were wrecked and all occupants
injured.
Near Heflin,a a white woman was
killed and five others of the fami-
ly injured. About fifty buildings
we're destroyed A; between 90 and
25 persons injured and score of
farms devastated. The path of
the cyclone presents terrible
scene of havoc.
The little town of Sellers was
demolished and number of small
dwellings at Hazel Green were
blown down.
On the plantation of Samuel
Curry in Chiffon county eleven
tenement houses were blown down
and two negro boys killed Sew
enteen other negro tenants were
injured.
IN GRORGIA.
Hickory Flat, Mar 1S-A tor
nado struck this place today de.
molished the school building, two
churches, and twenty-five dwell
ings are blown down or unroofed.
Several persons received painful
injuries and one young lady was
killed. Trees were torn up by
the roots, twisted off like reeds
and all fencing leveled to the
ground.
Atlanta, Mar ia special to
The Constitution from Waynesbo-
ro, says in the vicinity of that
town four people were killed, sew
eral houses demolished and much
damage done. Eleven houses
were blown down on Walker Me-
Calhern's farm six miles from
Wxynesboro.
| IN ARKANSAS.
Little Rock, Mar 1S-A lorna
do passed over portions of Jeffer
son and Deshs counties. At Rob
Roy FIVE houses we're blown down
and one man was killed.
4 At Dumas nearly all the houses
In the town were blown down or,
damaged. Several persons were
wounded but % far 40 heard from
no lives were lost.
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TEJLLER STAYS REUOVED.
Building Commissioner Brady Sustained by
the Appellate Division.

The Appellate Division the Supreme Court.
by the unanimous opinion of justices Charles
II. Van Brunt. George G. Barrett. Edward Pat
tcrson. George /" lugraham and Chester b.
Mclaughlin. Jr.. dismissed on Tuesday the
writ Of certiorari by which Lawrence WELLER.
secretary OF the Tenement House Commission.
sought To DO restored TO a 1000 civil service
cerkship in the Depart nent of buildings, from
which he was removed more than a year ago
by Commissioner Thomas j. Brady. President
Of the Board Of buildings. Brady removed
WELLER in May. 1898. altera hearing upon for
mai charges. The chief charge was that Mr..
WELLER. when called upon Tor a statement OF
tina duties he had performed under Supern-
t"ndeut Constable. withheld important infor
nation.
The opinion says that Mr.. WELLER admittedly
had great powers Of diSCretloary kind which
sh ,uld have been promptly disclosed. but that
his statement OF his duties did not disclose
what an extent Of hover he used. bur. on the
contrary, left Commissioner Erady entirely
in the dark regarding the facts On this point
all the Justices concur in saving: The failure
Loyalty to respond to such a request or to fur
nish full and accurate information a. re-
CURED was. in our Judgment. substantial
cause for removal
The decision being unanimous permits Of no
Appeal,
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"MAMMY" JEEFERSON'S WARDS.
To Lose the Care Of Two White Children
Because of Race Prejudice.

New ORLEANS, La. July 1o-The case Of
NANNY" Lizzie Jefferson. the old colored
creole nurse who had adopted the two little
girls. Annie and Luce Gaow. came up in the
State District Court to-day on writ OF habeas
corpus. The girls. aged - and II. are the chill
dren OF V. Galow, killed by lightning eleven
years ago At his request their old colorcd
NANNY took charge Of them on his death and
has since supported them comfortably on tho
proceeds OF her bakery and restaurant. The
mother attempted to recover the children but
the Recorder gave them to their colored nurse
on the ground that she was both better ahle
and better fitted to care for them than the
mother. who had married again.
A second attempt was made by the mother
to recover the children, and writ OF habeas
corpus was sued out before Judge st. Paul
In the court Nanny" argued hor own case
with tears in her eyes. and argued 1t SO well
that Judge st. Paul refused to give the chill
dren to their mother. declaring her not a fit
person: but he further declared that ON ac-
count OF the strong race prejudice existing in
Louisiana and the feeling against having a
negro as guardian Of white children. he could
not leave Annie and Luee IN the care Of their
old nurse hut would be compelled to place
them IN some asylum. Tho mother was not n
1T person to care for them. and the race preJu-
dice prevailing in Louisiana would not allow
the cOlOrcd nurse to do so. The children were
placed temporarily In charge OF Nanny "
until some arrangement could be uado for
placing them in al asylum.
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HEAVYWEIGHTs OUT FOR A PRISONER
Grand Rush to Win n S12 Pool in tho Grim
inaI Court Building.

A pistol shot fired in the basement OF the
Criminal Court building Just before O'Clock
yesterday afternoon Weakened the court
squad from its afternoon slumber and
brought all the elevators to the basement with
n bang. At least fifteen policemen weighing
from 250 pounds upward tumbled over each
other to see which could reach the scene Of the
explosion first. there being standing stake Of
Sl2 for the heavyweight OF the squad tipping
the scales at go or more who shall make the
first arrest. The money has been In the hands
OF John Morris. tho stakeholder. for more than
six months.
When the policemen arrived in the baseme nt
q cloud OF smoke floating toward the ceiling
near the bootback's chair showed where the
shot had been fired. but there was nobody
waiting to be arrested. The policemen locke ed
carefully at tho floor and. seeing no signs OF
blood. took fresh courage and began, syste-
matte search They looked under the stair
way. behind the boothack's stand and in
every corner and alleyway Of the big base
They were about to abandon the hunt when
a small boy wit h bla lacking box strapped across
the Me te acne Moor
Stephens OF the Sanitary Department, dexter
ously putting out his foot. broug hit him to the
floor and In an instant the seven heavyweights
were upon him. Before he had time TO regain
his feet they had gone through his pockets and
The boy was Luigi Gilcennina. one OF the
regular bootblacks In the building He tried
to explain that tn" revolver was loaded only
with blank cartridges. and had been discharge
was not to be so easily deprived OF the first
prisoner it had made in six. months. and
bore him in triumph before Magistrate Cor
ncll in the Centre Street Police Court The
Magistrate believed the boys story. and n
srected hole in the bootblacK's trousers.
| Policeman stephens stood proudly by the six
| discunsoIate cops III the background.
81 think the hoy has been frightened out OF
| a years growth already" said the Magistrate.
"and discharge him."
Morris. the stakeholder. was asked later il
| the money had been paid to Stephens for
making the arrest.
Nav" he said, Why. he only weighs 24O
pounds and wasn't in the pool at all. Them
kind Of people don't give al honest cop a
phuure ~
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MOURNERS ON THE MAJESTIC
The Widow of Senator sanford Arrives-
Miss Aborn's Cofiin Aboard.

Mrs. W. i. Sanford. widow OF w. t. Sam
ford. tho millionaire clothing manufacturer
and Canadian Senator who was drowned
on July 10 while fishing in Muskoka Lake.
Ontario. was a passenger on tho White
Star steamship Majestic. in yesterday from
Liverpool and Queenstown. Mrs. Sanford re-
ceived a despatch telling her Of her husband
death as she was boarding the steamship in
Liverpool She is accompanied by her daugh-
tiers. Mrs. 4. Tudor whose husband is a Cap
tain in the English Army and Miss VI. Sanford.
She was met at Quarantine by party Of rela-
tiyes who went down the bay on the revenue
knoxville, Tenn. DR., Naux. Mr.. Evans OF tho
Toronto Mail and Capt. Tudor. The cuurtr-
sizes OF tho port hal been extended to Mrs. SAIL
ford at the request of Premier Laurier. and her
baggage was not inspected.
Rooms II and 81 on the Majestic were con :
ycrted into mortuary chapel for the body of
Miss Dorca5 7. Aborn. sister OF Mrs. William
J.. Strong, who died at the Hotel Bristol. in
Paris. on July !. and for whom there will be- a
service ut -. IhOmass Episcopal Church this
morning Mr.. and Mrs. a. X. ,Shattuck. the
son-in-luw and daughter Of ex-Nayor Strong.
aud the Rev DR.. j. Wesley Brown, pastor OF
st. ThOmas's Church, accompanied the body
OF Miss Ahorn. and made frequent visits to the
mortuary chanel on the voyage.
some OF the passengers on the Majestic
and Mrs. j, Hampden Robb. Col. J., ]. McCook
and Oswald Sanderson. Bishop Warren has
recently made a tour OF South America. He
saw the President OF the Argentine Republic.
who has decided no longer to compel the
soldiers Of the country to attend mass. The
tween Church and state in the Argentine Re
public will not be SO close.
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Point Disputed Between Jersey City and
the Pennsylvania Railroad.

Point Disputed Between Jersey City and
the Pennsylvania Railroad.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company recently
notified the Board Of Street and Water Com
missioners OF Jersey City that a stand pipe was
about to be erected in its freight yard for an
additional locomotive water supply and re-
quested that meter he provided to measure
the water Some official wrote to the company
that there was bill due for two meters pre-
viousy furnished. and unless that was settled
another meter would not be furnished. James
b Vredenburgh counsel to the com pany. sent
a letter to the Street and Water Board yester-
day quoting a decision OF the Surrcme Court
ON the subject. The Board of Public Works
had sued the Red star steamship Company for
the cost of meters furnished and the Courts de-
vSlOn was
The Board OF Public Works Of Jersey City
cannot charge water consumers witt meters
put in by them to regulate the supply without
the consent of the person charged. nor impose
the penalty Of cutting or tho water for nom
payment Of the price Of the meter"
The letter closes with q request for permits
sion to connect the new stand pipe with the
public water supply. II permission is refused.
the matter will lie taken to court.