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DEATH IN THE FLOODS.
Europe's Terrible Loss of Life and
Property.


From all parts of Europe comes the news
of disastrou- storms and of wild, wet wealth
er. At Aix-les- Bains the season is more like
November than the ordinary lovely weather
Of September.
In Switzerland streams have become great
torrents, and sweep through the valleys with
fury that makes it dangerous for tourists
to venture far in their wanderings.
The people Of many towns in Bohemia,
Austria and Hungary have been made home
less bv foods and the Government authori-
ties are doing all they can to assist them.
The German army Elan9uvres IN Silesia are
seriously interfered with, and, altogether,
Europe has not seen in years more depresS-
ing autumn.
In Holland extraordinary precautions are
being taken for the maintenance of the
dykes, and in the coast towns the whole
population is told to be ready for this work
at a moments notice, no exception being
made in favor of visitors or non-residents,
who are all made liable to forced labor for
the common protection.
The recent storm III the Jura has left multi.
tudes destitute, for whom collections arc be-
ing taken up throughout Europe.
The snowfall in the Upper Alps is phe-
nonenal this season. Several families have
been frozen to death, and in more than one
instance physicians have perished while
Drawing the storm in the effort to reach the
houses Of their patients.
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KILLED BY A RUNAWAY.
Patrick Connorton and His Daughter
> Thrown Over a Precipice.

Patrick Connorton and His Daughter
= Thrown Over a Precipice.
The residents Of Laceyvile, Bradford
County, who saw roaring and plung-
Ing horse attached to carriage in which
sat Patrick Conrerton and his daughter,
Mary, eighteen years old, on the edge
of q precipice last evening, will never for
yet the sight. The horror Of the situation
was heightened by the fact that they we're
at such distance that they could only look
on and await the tragedy that was newt
able. Before move could be made to assist
them tho horse took the fatal leap, and both
Bottom Of the abyss, seventy feet.
The news spread rapidly through the vii
.laee, and soon its 300 inhabitants were
gathered near the spot.
Connorton's wife and two small children
were among the throng, and their Wild cries
and appeals to the excited crowd were pltlful
In the extreme.
A rope was at length lowered into the
abyss, and one of the men descended. For
several minutes not sound was heard, and
The suspense was agonizipg to those who
stood around, ana by strong efforts only was
Mrs. Connorton prevented from attempting
the perilous task of descending herself.
A Jerking of the rope indicated that somo
one was coming up. 1t was the man who
had descended it, and the sad intelligence
which he bore was plainly apparent before
he spoke Both Connorton and his daughter
were dead.
It was evident death had overtaken them
before they reached the bottom Of the ravine.
Not bone - the horses body was left un-
broken, while the carriage was sphntered.
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A SUCCESSFUL PRESCRIPTION.

A Christian worker relates: GA doctor In
q country district was one very stormy
night quietly sitting by his room fire, and
hoping, as he listened to the wind and rain
without, that he would not be called out. A
moment or two late. servant entered with
a note. Looking at It the doctor said:
Seven miles ride; suppose must co.
Silently he rode for the first six miles with
out meeting anyone; then he noticed cart
drawn BY q baIf.statSsd locking horse. he.
Wefit for another mile, wien be noticed a
dark object staggering along in the middle
of the road.
"As tbs doctor came up, the owner Of the
is that you? Iwant you to give me pre-
seription; they say you are real good to the
nothing We'll my friend, what Is it THAT
ails youT said the doctor. I want pre-
scription to keep my legs. from turning Into
but there is Great Physician, friend Of
mine. who will give yod what you WANT
'Oh tell me where he lives that I may 80 to
Him, for I am in danger Of losing both body
and SOUL
"Months passed, and again the doctor
saw the same figure pass on the road but
not intoxicated this time. He came up,
caught the doctor by the hands, and with
tears rolling down bis face, he said, God
bless you" That was all, but the doctor un-
derstood that the Great Physician had dealt
with him and had effected cure of both
body and soul. For Him no case is too des-
perate; lie can save unto the uttermost."-
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South and West.

A LONG standing feud between the Meur
and Blevins families at Sandborn, Ind cul-
minated in bloody afray, in which two of
the Meurs were fatally hacked with an axe
and Rufus Blevins was shot and instantly
killed.
SECRETARY OF AGRICULTURE RUSK made
an address tc the farmers in Ohio at the State
Fair in Columbus.
Ina fit of anger Charles Drumm, saloon
keeper Of Springfield, Ohio, killed his wife
and then blew out his brains. He leaves
two young children and considerable prop
erty.
GENERAL W. S. RosEcRANs was reelected
President Of the Society of the Army of the
Cumberland, in session at Toledo, Ohio.
C. L. BARNES shot and killed Policeman
Wauless in Denver, Col. The policeman
returned the fire, fatally wounding Barnes.
GEORGE R. DAVIS, Of Chicago, H., has
been elected Director General of the Worlds
Fair.
Two families of colored people were
camped for the night at the ford of the creek
near Evansville, Ind. During the night
creek rose so rapidly as to cut off their eS-
cape, drowning six of the nine.
THR Colorado Republican State Conven-
llOu, al OeuFSI, uOuluIaCS1 oOuu -. 3sOuGt,
Of Arapahoe County, for Governor and
Judge William Storey, of Ouray, for Lieu
tenant Governor.
SAMUEL MURRELL, tho oldest Mason in
Kentucky, died in Bowling Green the other
day, aged ninety-eight years. He received
the Master Mason's aegree in 1915.
DURING an exciting personal encounter in
crowded restaurant-saloou at Chicago. ILL.,,
between two noted gamblers each fatally
shot the other. The contestants were "Bulp'
Haggerty and "Bad Jimmy" Connorton.
THE Oakland Bank at Chicago, ILL.,, has
suspended payment. Liabilities, $50, 000 The
failure also closes the Hyde Park Bank, a
branch of the Oakland Bank. Neither bank
will resume business.
ONE of the most terrific cyclones that ever
visited the western portion of North Caro-
lima swept over the country In and around
Greensboro The tobacco crop in that Sec
ton of the State was almost ruined
WHILE John Gladson and his son James
were crossing railroad track near Oolte-
wah, Tenn, they were struck by wild en-
gine and killed.
THERE were terrible floods at Hot Springs.
Ark, and the valley from one end to the
other is in ruins. The main thoroughfare is
flooded the whole length of the avenue and
every movable object carried away. The
loss to property will amount to s15, 900.
SIX distinct shocks of earthquake were no.
ticed a few afternoons ago at Colun bia,
S. C..
NAPOLEON WHITE was hanged for the
murder of his wife at Tallahassee, Fla.
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COUNT ScHLEINITZ, VINO mai Deen rulna1
bv gambling at Berlin, Germany, committe1
suicide by shooting himself with reVotTer'
TIE army manoeuvres at Rohnstock Aus.
tria. were ended. Emperor William, OF
Germany, led the final attack. Emperor
Francis Joseph, of Austria, was VITA tns
army of defence, which was SUCCESSFUL.
By a fire which destroyed the house OF
;eh f xo hs ol as ad 4aas
and fourteen years old respectively, were
burned to death. The governess and maid
also lost their lives in the flames.
KING OSCAR, of Sweden, visited the United
States cruiser Baltimore, at Stockholm.
ISan election riot in the Portuguese city
If Goa. India, seventeen persons were Killed
and many wounded.
A STORM at Marseilles, France, flooded
many houses, causing great damage to road.
WAYS, and destroyed an immense amount or
oroperty in the suburbs. Three persons
we're killed and several were injured by the
fall of O wall. Heavy rains and Hoods are
reported in other parts OF the south OF
France.
REVOLT having broken out in Cambay
Guzerat, India, against taxation, troops
were sent to the scene to restore order. ln
an encounter between the troops and mot
thirteen persons were killed, twenty were ln'
jured and two hundred were made prisoners
JAMES B. LANG, the Treasurer Of Ontario
County, has been arrested at Toronto, Cana.
Ia, charged with the emoezzement OF Se'oo
Of the county's funds.
The village OF Ruth, in the canton of St.
Gall, Switzerland, has been devastated by
fire. Three hundred houses were destroyed
The loss Of one life is reported. All the peo-
pIe whose houses have been burned are In
destitute condition.
A CONFLICT has taken place between
Turks and Armenians at Van, Turkey, in
which forty were killed. chiefly Turks.
The foods in the Department of the Gard,
France have caused much damage TO prop
arty.
By the derailing Of train between Flor.
,nce and Fiesole, Italy, five persons were
silIed and twenty injured. King Humbert
and Queen Margaret were about to start for
The races, but upon learning Of the disaster
shey abandoned their intention and lmme.
iiately proceeded to the scene Of the accident,
where they personally directed the care OF
the injured.
The epidemic of suicide continues in Ber
lin, Germany. A sensation was created by
The discovery that Major Won Norman Com
nandant of the Cadets School, had killed
himself by taking poison. To make his wors
ioubly sure after he had swallowed the
poison he opened the arteries in his arms.
A COMMERCIAL panic prevails in Lisbon,
Portugal, where the leading banks are trem'
bling. A crisis was imminent.
The United States steamer Baltimore,
which took the body of Captain Ericsson! to
Sweden. has sailed from Stockholm on heI
return to the United States.
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Washington.

TEE House conferees on the Tariff bill ac-
cepted the Aldrich reciprocity amendment
ACCORDING to the Census Bureau the total
In 1850 the population was 40, 40. Net in
crease 19, 251 or 47.60 per cent.
SPEAKER REED attempted to keep Demo-
cratic members in their seats in the House
by ordering the doorkeepers to lock the
doors. Mr.. Kilgore OF Texas. smashed enc
door and walked out, while other members
turned the k:y in another door and also left
the House.
CONGRESSMAN De HAVEN, of California,
has mailed his resignation as a member of
the List Congress to the Governor Of the
State, to take effect November 3, the day
before election. Mr.. De Haven he's been
nominated to judicial office and hence his
resignation as Congressman.
The Senate in executive session confirmed
the nomination of Theodore NJ. Schleier, Of
Tennessee, to be Consul at Amsterdam.
The President has signed the River and
| Harbor bill.
CHAIRMAN GAMBLER, of Massachusetts,,
| from the Special House Committee on the
Worlds Fair has reported to the House q
resolution providing for the appointment or
q subcommittee to inquire into the progress
Of the details for the holding of the Ezposi-
ton in Chicago.
THE President has sent to the Senate thu
appointment of Colonel Edward V. Fillum.
surgeon, to be Chief Medical Purveyor with
the rank of Colonel from August %, 1880,
vice Colonel Baxter, appointed Surgeon
| General.
SENATOR ALDRIcH and Major Mckinley
united in telegram to the President at
Cresson, Penn, that the Tariff bill would be
reported back immediately, making it posi-
BILE for Congress to adjourn by October 1.
FROM the House Indian Affairs Committee
a bill was reported to pay s6,2ll, ia to the
Choctaw and Chickasaw nation Of Indians
for title in fee simple to 6,201 ,633 acres OF
land in the Indian Territory, being land
| which the Indians IN 1865 ceded to the
United States for the especial purpose o1
locating other friendly Indians and freed
men thereon.
THE President made ths following nomina
tions: Judges os Probate in the Territory
of Utah-Francis L. Daggett, of Washing
ton County; Henry Shields, Summit
County; Charles A. Herman, Tocele County;
Jacob johnson, San Pete County: Stephen
" Frazier, Rich County; Charles Foote,
Juan County; William Goodwin, Cache
County; Hector W. Haight, Davis County
Thomas S. Watson. Wasach County.
TIE executive session of the Senate wa:
confined to the consideration of the nomina
ton Of George B. Nancy, of Tennessee, to be
| Minister to Uruguay and Paraguay, who
was confirmed.
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COLON DEVASTATED.
The Metropolis of Central
= America Reduced to Ashes.
Riotous Looters Shot Down by
I. the Soldiery.

F. A most disastrous fire broke out at Colon
tAspinwalD, in Colombia, very early on re-
cent morning. 1t consumed the greater por-
ttion of the town, destroying threc-fourths of
The place, including the most important busi-
fness houses
s. The fire commenced shortly after mid.
might. 1t originated in the back of
THE store Of Rathbun & Pratze, on
FBoiivar and Fifth streets, near
ethe Electric Light Company's building,
(which was entirely destroyed. From the
fstart to the time VIXEN it burned Itself out
enear the market the fire fed on immense
Quantities of alcohol spirits, petroleum, and
sother inflammable materials and was en-
ttireiy beyond human control. Without in
Eterruption the flames sprang up in three dl-
Erections-southerly through Bolivar
fand Front street. sweeping away every
ebusiness place. store, and private residence
Fin the way: westerly through Fifth street to
the Royal Mai! premises, Panama Railway,
land General Superintendent's Offices, leaving
enothing but tie walls standing OF tie latter,
rand northerly to Fourth street.
). In all about $50 buildings were destroyed,
siucluding the Postoffice, Supreme Court, AL
Fcaldia, Municipality Prefecture, the agencies
lof all the steamship companies except the
French Company, the Pacific Mail and Royal
Mail Offices and part of the wharf, every
business house Of Importance on Front street,
land all the hotels.
b. The iphatitants were panic-stricken for
while, but order was soon restored. The
fire was got under control about A. NJ, but
la pile of lumber belonging to the Boston Ice
company, containing about $50, 900 feet, was
Fstill burning.
= The total loss is estimated at about 81, ,500,-
1000. The total less of the Panama Railway
Ealone is calculated at 500, 900.
ts The cause Of the fire has not yet been as
tcertained. Some believe it was accidental,
while others think it was Of incendiary
Srigin. The burned property is guarded at
present by soldiers. Only few Of the prln-
scipal business firms were partly insured.
b Several steamers were obliged to leave the
Wharf during the fire. The United States
fore the FIRE broke out. At last accounts the
FIRE had been completely subdued. About a
Hundred cars Of freight in the railroad yard
(were consumed.
i Owing to the riotous behavior Of a mob OF
Hooters the military opened fire with ball
cartridges, killing and wounding several
spersons. Reinforcements Of police have been
dispatched. A supply of food has also been
Esent. Everythingis reported quiet now.
N Colon, OF Aspinwall, is the seaport of the
UNITED States of Colombia, on the Atlantic
Fade Of the Isthmus of Panama. The town
Scoptains about three thousand inhabitants.
hs It is the Pacific end Of the railroad con-
meeting Aspinwall with Panama. The rail-
road depot is near the centre of the town,
land is connected with the wharf and the
steamers by a track which has apparently
not been injured.
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FLOODS IN CHINA.
ucavy Loss of Life and q Railway
EmDanllment Destroyed.

EmDanlment Destroyed.
The Department Of State at Washington
has received from the United States Lega-
tion at Pekin, China, report relative to the
recent heavy floods in that country. There
port says that the foods have been the most
serious ever known. 1t is supposed that an
area CT 5000 miles and population Of several
millions were affected by them. Many people
have been drowned. Tens Of thousands are
refugees from their homes, living on
charity.
One result Of the foods, the report says,
may have far-reaching consequences. Near
Lutai, Which is a point on the railroad from
Tongku to Tongshnn, the railway embank-
ment has been destroyed by the people for
several miles. It was alleged that
the cmbankment damned up the
water snd flooded the country.
Forcible possession was taken of the embank-
ment, which was cut in many places; the
trains were stopped, and the employees driven
away.
The Tongshan colliery has shut down, 5000
men being thrown out of employment, and
the operation of the railroad is, of course,
suspended. The destruction Of the embank-
ment wos wanton, and unnecessary for let
ting of the water. All these proceedings in
dicate IN antirailroad excitement which
may result in postponing indefinitely any
further railroad enterprises in China.
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PATENT OFFICE STATISTICS.
The Commissioners Report for the
Last Fiscal Year.

The Commissioners Report for the
Last Fiscal Year.
Commissioner Mitchell, Of the Bureau Of
Patents, has fled at Washington, with the
Secretary of the Interior, q preliminary
statement of the operations Of his Office for
The fiscal year ended June 80, 1890. The re-
port shows that applications and caveats
we're received rs follows:
Applications for letters patent, 4Q20l; for
design patents, 1908; for reissue patents, III;
:or Registration of trademarks 1917; for reg
stration of labels, S6S: caveats received,
.339. Total, &c, l4O, as against A., n7 for the
previous year. The number Of patents
rranted, and trademarks and labels regis
cred is shown rs follows: Patents granted,
including reissues and designs, p, S51: trade
marks registered, 1882; labels registered. 3O4
Total, 81, 1893, as against 22,941 during the
previous year. The receipts OF the office for
The year were 81, 81, 203, and tho expendi-
ures s., ,0Sl. .113. Surplus, 1865. .03O as against
surplus of S1SGS50 for the last year. The
balance in the Treasuryof the United States
III account of the Patent Fund is shown to
~ So, 100, 556
The report also shows that, while the mum.
Der Of applicants for patents, etc. received
Turing the year increased from 80, 7O2 In 1881
% q, $40 in 1890, the number awaiting action
los decreased from 1913 on July l, lSS!} to
1855 on July l, 1S90-that is to say, the office
lurinr the last year disposed of 1896 cases in
excess OF the number disposed Of during the
Eevious year.
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DANGEROUS COUNTERFEIT
Bogus Two-Dollar Silver Certificates
in Circulation.

W. Dickerman, publisher of the United
States Treasury Counterfeit Detector, has
issued card descriptive of new counterfeit
two-Gollar silver certif1cate,N OF which b.
says:
This new counterfeit is exceedingly dan
gerous. 1t is check letter c, and bears the
small round carmine seal. 1t was discovered
by Miss A. C. Smith, of the Redemption
Division of the United States Treasury De-
partment at Washington. This counterfeit
is we'll executed and is liable to deceive even
the experts in handling money. The blue
figures, or Treasury numbers, are clear
cut ard closely resemble those on the
genuine notes. The color is excellent: the
black and green inks are also good, but wher
compared with the black and green inks of 9
genuine note, it will he seen that the inks on
The counterfeit are little off color. The
portrait Of General Hancock is we'll engraved
The same might be said Of the geometrical
lathe work and parallel ruling. The fine i'm
print of the Bureau of Engra wing and Print
Ing and the small letters and figures in the
border of this counterfeit are we'll engraved
This counterfeit is numbered B 1,!GS, 361
The check letter e is wronS---it should be A
No attempt to initiate the threads or fibres
running lengthwise Of the genuine silver
certificates has been made"
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THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

THE Democrats of Massachusetts, met in
State convention at Worcester and nomi-
mated William E. Russell, of Cambridge, for
Governor, by acclamation.
MAYOR GRANT. of New York city, asked
the Police Board to make recount OF the
city's population.
Ex-UNITED STATES CONSUL GENERAL
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN PEIxorTo, to Lyons,
France, died at his residence in New York
citv, of consumption. Mr.. Peixotto was
born in that city November 13, 1884 lie
was regarded as representative American
Hebrew.
DION BoUcrcAULT, the great dramatist and
actor, died at his home in New York city OF
pneumonia He was born in Dublin, Ireland,
in 1922, and during his lifetime wrote thirty
five plays.
CHARLES MILLER, candidate for Governor
of Pennsylvania on the Prohibition ticket,
has written letter withdrawing from the
ticket. Pressure of business Is assigned as
the cause.
V1cE-PREs1DENT WEBB, of the New York
Central Railroad, said that none OF the late
strikers would be taken back to work.
Miss MABEL BEECHER, the nineteen-year-
old daughter of one of the wealthlest far
mers in Pennington, Conn.,, committed sui
eide by drowning.
THE bodies Emile Ross, the nineteen-year-
old actress, and her lover, GuStave Koch,
who committed suicide almost simultaneous
II in New York city, were cremated side by
Side at Fresh Pond, Long Island. Thousands
of Germans followed the funeral.
THE Coroners Jury found that signal
nan was to blame for the accident near
Shcemakersville, Penn.
Mrs. MARY ALENA WRITTEN, of Vest
port, Me-, aged sixteen, shot herself dead.
She had been married three months.
A FIRE in the Eagle Oil Refnery's works
in Bayonne, N. j., caused loss of $3.50, COO.
WILLIAM WALTER PHELPS, United States
Minister to Germany, arrived i. New York
city on leave Of absence.
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Foreign.

THE state Of affairs in Switzerland is bor-
dering on anarchy.
GovERNoR-GENEgAL LORD STANLEY, Of
Canada, gave ball at the Citadel in Quebec
IN honor Of Prince George of Wales.
JOHN DILLON andWilliam O'Brien, mem
ners OF the British Parliament, were arrested
n Ireland for conspiracy and advising ten.
ants not to pay their rent.
SIX boys and girls have committed suicide
1t Vienna, Austria, through chagrin, when
obliged to return to school after vacation.
CHOLERA has broken out among the 1tal-
Ian forces at Massowah, Africa.
THE arrested Irish leaders, Messrs. Dillon
md O'Brien, were released on bail.
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FIVE HUNDRED DROWNED
The Turkish Man-ofWar Ertosroul
Founders With All Her Crew.

Cable dispatches from Hiogo, Japan, state
that the Turkish man-of-war Ertogroul has
sfoundered at sea. Five hundred Of the crew
were drowned.
Osman Pacha, whose success in holding
back the Russians at Plevna gave him high
rank as fighting general, was on board and
was lost. He had been on an official visit to
Japan, having been intrusted with special
mission from the Sultan to the mikado.
Ali Pasha, one Of the few Turkish generals
who entered the army as O private soldier,
accompanied Osnan as an envoy Of the Sal
tan to the japanese Emperor.
The progress of the Ertogroul since she
left Constantinople for the East many
. months ago has been o most undignified
land ludicrous one. She left Turkey short
Sf money, it being understood that
supplies were to be sent for her use
to the ports at which she was to call. The re-
suit was that her sojourn in those countries
was indefinitely prolonged, in consequence of
the officials at home not being able to keep
\, their promises
There was not powder enough on board
to enable her crew to fire the regulation
ssalutes She was wooden frigate built
cruiser of 2344 tons burden. built in 1863,
and carried forty-one guns OF small callbre.