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The Penn's Grove record., 1897-07-09
THE NEWS %EPlToMIzEo.
washington Items,

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The Comptroller oftbe Currency received
information Of the failure OF the First Ma
tional Bank OF Mason, Texas. Bank Ex'
aminer Johnson was placed in charge. Inc
bank had a capital of CSC, 600. and at the
date OF its last report its liabilities amount
ed to about 8 5000.
The San Francisco and the Raleigh V
been ordered to Tangier for protection Of
American citizens from annoyance in Mo
rocco.
The Senate Foreign Relations Commit
tee reported o resolution empowering the
President to .'employ such means or exer'
else such power as nay be necessary" to
force Spain to settle the claims OF two
naturalfzed Americans for arrest In Cuba.
The formal protest of japan against the
annexation of Hawaii to the United States
was made public.
g.. Secretary Sherman's reply to the protest
ofJapan against annexation OF Hawaii was
made public.
CONSULT General Lee was ordered to re-
turn from Cuba to Washington to consult
with Minister Woodford.
The reciprocity amendment to the Senate
Tariff bill proposed by the Finance Com
mittee was approved, II so was the sec
tion relating to retaliatory duties.
President and Mrs. Mckinley left for
Canton, Ohio. to observe the Fourth OF
July.
President Mckinley nominated Asa W.
Tenney, of Brooklyn, to DO United States
District Judge.
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THE NORTHWEST oELucEo.
Floods and Tornadoes Do Enormous
Damage.

Floods and T~ornadoes DO Enormous
Reports of damage and loss OF life by q
storm that was general come from parts of
North Dakota, Iowa, Minnesota aud Wis
consin. 1t had its origin in the Lake
Superior region.
The total loss of life is hard to estimate.
however, as conflicting stories keep coming
in. 50 far as known fully twenty-five
lives have been lost.
The damage to property cannot be esti-
mated, but il will undoubtedly be consider,
ably over 81 ,0O0, 900. Reports received
from towns along the St. Paul and Duluth
Railroad stated that all streams were rising.
The tornado swept through Aiken
County, Minnesota, cutting a swath through
the woods, leveling the trees and every
thing else in its path. 1t struck the town
OF Glenwood, and several people were killed
there. The list OF dead at that place so far
as known Is as follows: Toliff Layan. Anna
Morrow, eight years old: Mrs. SAMUEL Nor
row, samuel Morrow, Oswald Morrow,
Robert MCGOWAN and an unknown man.
William Norris and wife were also reported
killed. A one-year-old baby had u leg and
arm broken.
Two men, William Sargent and Charles
Wilson, are known to have been killed In o
wreck on the Great Northern near st.
Cloud. Four others are thought to be
buried under the cars. The train ran into
q washout and was ditched, twenty cars
and engine being piled up.
Forty million logs have broken away in
St. Croix Lake, and the water rose twenty
feet, flooding the entire country. People
fled to higher ground. The crops are
ruined.
Straight River at Faribault rose fifteen
feet In ten hours, and is near the danger
line. Two wrecks arc reported on the Chi.
eago, Milwaukee and st. Paul road and
'our people were killed.
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DEFICIT CUT DOWN.
Importations in Anticipation of the New
Tariff Duties Increase Receipts.

Importations in Anticipation of the New
Tariff Duties Increase Receipts.
The fiscal year Of 1897, which closed june
80, left the United States Treasury In good
condition to begin the new year. When Sec
rotary Carlisle sent his annual report to Con-
gress last D december he estimated that the re-
ceipts for the year would be less than the
expenditures by S64, 500, 900. The year closes
with a deficit OF little more than &2O, 000,-
900. On the books Of the department on
July / it is apparently S22, 036, 526, but when
the official figures for the year are made up
the deficit will be little II any more than
$40, 600, 900.
This condition of affairs so much more
favorable than Secretary Carlisle had ex-
pected has been brought about almost en-
tirely by the importations Of dutiable goods
since early In March in anticipation of the
imposition of higher duties In the pending
Tariff bill.
In the month OF Juftss Che excess o. re-
eeipts over expenditures was BIC, 236, 500,
q tremendous gain compared with the large
deficiencies in previous months. The
available cash balance which, on the last
business day In May, was 1921 ,993, SOL, was
| on July1 s237 ,452, 100. The Withdrawals
OF gold for shipment abroad have been
more than balanced by O gain In demand
| notes..
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MkINLsYs MOTHER HURT.
The Outing of the Presidential Party
Canton, Ohio.

Ihe outing OF the Presidential Party al
Canton, Ohio.
President and Mrs. Mckinley, accom-
panied by Judge Day, assistant Secretary
of State, and their personal friend, Mrs.
Ella buckingham, returned to Washington
after q pleasant visit of forty-eight hours,
including the Fourth of July, with the
Presidents mother at Canton, Ohio.
There was no demonstration, owing to
the request Of the President, whose desire
In going to Canton was to pass a quiet
period with his mother and other rela-
tives.
The pleasure Of tho visit was marred
slightly by an accident which befell the
venerable mother OF the President. While
walking across the front piazza Mrs. Mo-
kinley tripped on q piece of mating and
fell forward, striking her face on a chair.
The President sprang to assist her. and
found that n considerable cash had been
cut In her forehead.
The wound was dressed and the patient
Is as comfortable as could DO expected. She
regards the accident more lightly than do
any OF her family, bearing her pain with
the ~Spartan-like calmuesso Of her nature.
The accident was the only d~lsngreeabif
feature Oft trip, and 1t was not regarded
as serious enough to Interfere with the de-
parture Of the President and his wife.
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A ERRleLE MURDER.
DR.. Cornwall Stopped Brothers Attack
on Father and Murdered Him.

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Herbert Cornwall lies lead in the Morgue
in st. Louis, Mo. His brother, DR.. Richard
Cornwall, a prominent physician, of Kan
sas City, is in n prison cell, and their aged
father Is on the verge of insanity.
This Is the outline of one OF the most ter
rible murders ever committed in st. Louis.
DR.. Cornwall arrived at st. Louis to pay a
visit to his father, DR.. John Cornwall, the
wealthy manufacturer Of temperance
drinks. As he entered the house he heard
his father cry out in terror, and no saw his
Younger brother seize q hammer and spring
upon the old man. In an instant he had
drawn q revolver from the pocket OF a light
coat which he carried over his arm and Hired
at his brother.
The bullet struck Herbert Cornwall, and
he fell, but was up in an instant aud ad-
yaneed on Richard. AS ho approached
the doctor fired four times, each shot TAX
ing effect, but ON the young man came,
and the brothers clinched, while the father
stood in the corner of the room II cried
to them to stop.
In the struggle the younger slipped in
his own blood and the elder struck him
with a heavy jar. Herbert reeled and fell,
and the jagged edge OF the broken jar,
thrown by Richard, came down and
crushed his skull. Then, with insane fury,
the elder seized the hammer, and he beat
his brothers brains out. The police led the
murderer unresisting to a cell. He drove
mother to her grave, II l did 1t to save
father" was all he said,
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A LAD FALLS 1900 FEET.
no Went Up With a Balloon CIutchfng .
Snndbag and Met His Death.


An adyenturesome six-year-old boy IL
Oakland, Cal, lost his life through his de-
sire to go up in a balloon. Charles Conlon,
an amateur %aeronaut, was advertised to as
cend in q hot-air balloon at Biair's Park
ana descend by q parachute. He had only
a trapeze bar from which his parachute
was slung Onthe side of the balloon were
several andbags suspended by cords.
Young Bertrand Hill, a son Of Chauncey
Hi, a Los Angeles architect, saw the in
hating OF the balloon and other prepnra-
ton. No M noticed the boy In the hurry
and excitement of cutting loose the ropes;
put the crowd weS Mortified, as soon rs the
balloon rose clear Of the earth, to see q lit
tie boy elutching one of the sand bags. He
was FULLY thirty-flve feet above the aeron-
aut, and there was no way ofreaching him.
Apparently he shouted to the child to
hold tight, but 1t was plain the little fellow
was getting bewildered and dizzy. dreams
OF horror came from the men and screams
from the women and children rs, when the
balloon had reached a height of about 1900
feat, the child was seen to fall.
Women tainted and men wept as tho body
came whirling down. 1t struck nearly a
mile from the park. It is believed the
boy was g before the body struck the
rOu
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Ex-secretary John q. Carlisle, in praetic-
Ing law In New York, will devote himself tc
pleading cases In court instead Of combining
himself to ohsce work.
Lieutenant A. G. @. Quay, son Of Senator
Quay, OF Pennsylvania, has been promoted
by President Mckinley to a Captaincy over
the heads OF COZ First Lieutenants.
Washington and Lee University, at Lex
Ington, Va, has conferred the honorary de
gree OF LID. on General William p. Craig,
hil, Chief OF Engineers, retired, United
States Army.
Congressman George 3. White, Of North
Carolina, the only colored member o.
the House Of Representatives, Is not a full
blooded African. He is said to have boil
Irish and Indian blood In his ancestry.
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EXPLOSION KILLS NINE.

Boiler on q Tennessee Farm Blows Up at
a Harvesting,
At Huntsville, Tenn, q boiler explosion
occurred on the farm of W. A. Allen by
which nine people were instantly killed and
five badly injured.
Mr.. Allen and his men had just finished
threshing wheat and were preparing to
leave the field when the explosion occurred.
Some of the victims were mangled beyond
recognition and pieces of the boiler were
blown several hundred yards. Lindsey Al
lens head was blown away and has not
been found,
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GREAT STRIKE OF MINERS.
The United Mine Workers Obey the
Order to Quit Work.
REPORTSFROM STATES AFFECTED.

Fully 100000 Men Go Out on tho First
Day-In Ohio Alone 1t is Estimated
That More Than o5,O0o Quilt Work
-spring Valley Men Eager For
the Fray, Though Ill Prepared.
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Labor world.

The establishment of n textile school Is
being urged In South Carolina.
The New York tailors' strike, which at
one time involved 20. 900 men, is over.
a strike. OF iron moulders at Lynn, Mass,
has been declared off after a two months
struggle.
Since May i. 1896, Typographical Union
No. 6, New York City, has paid out s26,OW
in relief purposes.
Birmingham (Ala,) -unionists will test the
constitutionality of,the law permitting the
leasing OF conyiets.
The International Association Of Machin-
lists 10 to establish u cooperative repair shop
and a bicycle factory.
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According to a dispatch from st. Peters
burg, two women have been found in tho
forest of Zarevosanosch Urski, in the
Taransk District, Rome, one dead and the
beers OF a sect regarding suicide by starva-
tion as the highest form of religious devo-
lion. Other members of the sect had pre-
yiously disappeared and the police have
Instituted q thorough investigation.
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FOUR PEOPLE W

"A Skin Upset by n Steamboat on the
Arkansas River.
An accident occurred on the Arkansas
River at Little Rock, Ark, which resulted
in the drowning of four people. The
drowned are: Miss Josie Sanders, aged
eighteen, OF Little Rock; Miss Mary Arber.
aged nineteen, of Little Rock; Jake Dante
and Joe Dante, OF Pine Bluff.
Miss Sanders, Miss Arber and the Dante
brothers were in a skiff on the river, where
they had gone to view the fireworks. When
the pyrotechnic display was over the pleas
ure steamer U. K.'Riggs ran into the skin
and upset it.
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cycling Notes.

Germany threatens to exclude American
bicycles.
Forty-four scorchers were fined IS each
In tho recorders court in Detroit one mora.
ing recently.
Any bicycle rider arrested In New Jersey
need not pay hts fiRe. There Is q haw In
the State law.
It Is estimated that about twenty thou.
sand cycles are produced every week In
Great Britain alone.
Experts who know what it costs to build
a high-grade bicycle arc now free to ex-
press themselves. They agree that the
actual cost OF a so-eallsd /. sraadla9 I, n
e90.Sl. during Pc
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CORNELL AN EASY WINNER.
Columbia Far Behind, and Pennsylvania
Did Not Finish.

Columbf Far Behtnd, ana fennsylVahia
Did Not Finish.
Cornell won her third great aquatic VIC
tory within a week by defeating Columbia's
oarsmen over the Poughkeepsie On. "
four-mile course by o margin of at least
nine lengths. And when Columbia
had crossed the finish line fully
half a minute behind the invincible
Ithaeans the unfortunate Pennsyl-
vania crew, which had started
as brayely as any of them only a little over
twenty minutes before, was aboard its
training launch, snatched from its swamp
ing shell just In time to avoid an actual
sinking. 1t was a pitiable ending to a sea-
son OF arduous and faithful training, and
there was not one of the thousands who
saw the melancholy collapse who did not
give his sympathy to the unlucky Pennsyl-
y~anians.
The result was as follows: Cornell, first;
time, 20.47 AS; Columbia, second; time,
a. 20 as; Pennsylvania did not finish.
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In consequence OF the strike of engineers
in London in support OF their demands for
eight hours OF work only per day, the Fed
Grated Employers Association posted no.
tees throughout Great Britain locking out
twenty-five per cent. of the members Of the
striking societies. 1t is understood that
the societies will order the remaining sew
enty-lvo per cent. of their members to
cave work Immediately. Twenty-Five thou
sand men are affected,
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The June monthly statement of he l-
rector ofthe Mint shows tho coinage at tho
mints of tho United States to have been as
faiiows. Gold. 81, ITO, 547; silver, O., s56. 754.
minor coins sI75, O5l. Total, $4,i32,352.
In addition to the domestic coinage there
were coined during juno 1906, l40 for the
Government OF San Domingo. These pieces
contain thirty-nve per cent. Of silver and
slxty-nye per cent. Of nickel and copper.
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The President sent to the Senate the fol-
lowing nominations: Bernard II. Green, of
the District OF Columbia, Superintendent
of the Library Building and Grounds.
Francis b. LOOMS. of Ohio, Minister to
Venezuela. To be Consuls: Henry Berde-
wleh, of Minnesota, at Christiania, Norway;
John @. Caldwell, of Kansas, at San Jose,
Costa Rica: Philip @. Hanna, of Iowa, at
Trinidad, West indies; Louis LANCE, Jr., of
Illinois, at Bremen, Germany; Joseph j.
Stevens, of Indiana, at Plymouth England.
John II. Thomas, OF Illinois, to be Judge OF
the United States Courts in the Indian Ter
ritory,
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There were nine passengers on an inter-
urban trolley ear running between Saginaw
and Bay City, Mich., when 1t went through
tho open draw OF the bridge and plunged
into tho river, thirty feet below;
SIX OF them were killed and
tho others wcrs badly injured.
Tho dead, are. Mrs. David Campbell. oil
Metamora, Mich; - Campbell, sevenl
yoar-old child ofMrs. Campbell; - Camp.
bell, f~lyo-yenf-old child Of Mrs. Campbelli
- Campbell. two-year-old child OF Mrs.
yanpboli; John Hawkins, r. T. Klumph,
travelling salesman, Of Geneva, Ohio; Mrs,
William McClelland.
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om,nous Revolt I'm India.

The uneasiness caused by the recent
killing Of officials and the rioting OF tho
natives at Chitpur, India. continues, al
though outwardIy everything is now quiet.
Spies inform the police that further out
breaks are being organized. Isolated as
saults, especially upon European ladies',
continue. The native casualties during
the recent riot are said to have Deen very
large. A low estimate places the number
of killed at 600.
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The bodies Of August staneker, aged foul
years, and Mary Sholtas, aged three years,
who disappeared from their homes at
Hazel Brook, Penn, on April 81, wore found
children disappeared a reward was offered
for information concerning them. 1t is
supposed they wandered into the woods,
and, losing their way, died from starya-
tiOn.
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At the rowing regatta on tho Charles
River, Boston, Mass. the most exciting
race was the senior eight-oaJtd contest, in
which the Riverside crew won by six feet
over the Millstreams OF Chelsea. After the
Millstreams had returnedS the boathouse
wharf, the coxwain, II. Sadier, of Chelsea.
alighted, and just as he was entering the
penthouse fell to the floor and expired al
most instantly, his death being due to
heart disease aggravated by the excitement
and heat of the day.
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nrooklyn,s compliment to Brl,aln,

Adelicate compliment was paid by tho
United States warship Brooklyn to England
during the naval Examinations at Spithead.
The s~earchlight of the Brooklyn was
turned first upon the Stars and Stripes,
then upon the English ensign also, and
finally withdrawn from the American flag
and allowed to illuminate a British flag
only for the remainder Of the evening.
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Torrential rains have fallen In Roumnnia,
causing the rivers to rise and in some cases
to overflow their banks. Lake Bratisch
became badly swollen, and fears were en-
tertained that 1t would overflow. A tem-
porary ~embankment was built to guard
against this, but the waters burst out and
deluged a part of Galatz. Sixty soldiers
and many women and children were car
risd away by tho torrent and drowned.
| Great damage was done to property.
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West Point Hero Buried.

Sergeant Anthony j. %Brechbeil, stationed
at the West Point IN. " Military Academy,
one of the victims Of a drowning accident
at Long Pond, who lost his life In trying to
save several Others. vas buried with mill
tary honors in the Post Cemetery. Owing
to the young mans popularity with the
officers and men, the funeral was an i'm
posing event. All the various de~tachments
turned out In full dress.
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THREE LOST IN A WRECK.

~Cloudburst Causes a Washout on the Bos-
ton and Maine Railroad.
A freight train on the White Mountain
Division Of the Boston and Maine Railroad
was wrecked by n washout at a point four
miles north of Woodsville, N. H. Three
men were killed and the engine and three
cars were badly wrecked. The killed were
Patrick Lennon, engineer, Whitefleld, n.
H.; Bert Pebbles, fireman, Woodsville; o.
L. LANCE, brakeman, Berlin, N. II.
The washout was caused by a e~loudburst,
which passed over this section Tuesday.
A great volume of water fell in q short
time, and the small streams overlooked the
lowlands.
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Cherry Picker Hanged.

Van Nest Talmage, sixteen years Of age,
a son of David Talmage, of Leonia, N. j.,
fell from a tree In which he was picking
cherries. His fall WIS interrupted by hts
clothing catching on a branch. He caught
in such a ann that he hung-head down
ward. He wal suspended at least half an
discovered.
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Edhsn Pasha, Commander Of the Turkish
army in Thessaly. has resigned. He gives
as the reason for his action that he cannot
guarantee the discipline of the army under
the proposed arrangements ior the eonclu-
IL believed to be merely formal. 1t is
thought that it is rendered In accordance
with instructions he has received from the
uar m rfy
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XIX. PENIS GROVE, Nj, FRIDAY, jolly 8. 1897.
A FLORIDA PANTHER FIGHT.
Struggle OF the yenkinses With a VIII
Beast in o Buggy.

ed" Jenkins was driving along with his
family near Tarpon Springs, Fla. when he
saw two baby catamounts by h roadside.
He picked them up, but the mother cata-
mount sprang on the buggy, Selling Mrs.
Jenkins's dress. jenkins struck the AMI
with a small club, and she secured a
arm hold on his arm. He had his knife out
by this time, and a furious fight began. the
horse dashing madly along, h panther
dragging back Of the seat.
Mrs. jenkins began striking the beast
over the head with the club. 1t let go its
hold on Jenkins, and pulled his wife half
out OF the vehicle. Jenkins fell out on top
Of the panther. They fought in the road,
the animal drawing blood at every dig.
Finally jenkins cut its throat. He was
badly clawed and bitten.
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between 10000 and $1,000 Iale.

As the result. OF the failure of the joint
wage conference Of the Amalgamated Assoc
citation Of Iron and Steel Workers and
Manufacturers to agree upon the scale at
the Youngstown (ohio) conference, all the
union mills at Pfttsburg closed down. max
ing between as 5000 and $1,000 men Idle,
This included the skilled workmen and
those depending on them.
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The Fourth OF July was celebrated BY
Americans in the important capitals Of Eu-
D The distinguished Americans in Lon
Palace Hotel. whese Colonel Hay, Mr..
Reid, Bishop Potter, aud others spoke.
Ambassador Porter presided at q banquet
of the American Chamber OF Commerce In
Paris, and General Draper held u reception
Mt Roma.
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The London Daily Mail correspondent at
Cape Town, South Africa, says that Mr.. W,
p. S%chreiner, in u speech at the American
banquet In celebration of Independence
Day, extolled the United States as the zone
spot on Gods earth where freedom finds
its highest realization This has given
great offence in some quarters because 1t
seems to imply a slur upon Great Britain.
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A Chain of SIisfortunos

Mark Grant, a travelling salesman, while
stopping at C%ovington, KY, went to the
postofiee and was handed three letters
from his Michigan home. Upon opening
the frat he read OF the death Of his grand
mother, the second told Of the burning Of
his homo and the third announced the
death Of his child,
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AERoNAuTs BADLY INJURED.
Accident in an Ascension and Parachute
Jump in Eureka, Cal.

Accident In an ascension anu Earachuto
Jump in Eureka, Cal.
Professor George Weston, the %aeronaut,
and his assistant, H. s. Cotton, OF Aber-
deem, Wash, were fearfully crushed while
the former was attempting an ascension
and parachute jump at Eureka, Cal.
When the balloon was inflated and the
restraining ropes cast of. 1t shot up sixty
feet with Cotton tangled in the ropes. He
was dropped to the earth and sustained
fractures and bruises from which he will
die. Weston chung to the parachute, and
a strong wind carried him with terrific
force through the tops of some trees. and
he. too, dropped to the earth, crushed and
mangled in q horrible manner.
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The recent foods in the South OF France
are the worst that have occurred since
1875, 1t Is believed that fifty persols have
been drowned In the Department OF Auch
alone, although the Inhabitants were
warned Of the Impending disaster.
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Henry Z. Stone, who had been General
Manager of the Chicago, Burlington and
Quincy Railroad aud President OF the
Chicago Telephone Company, was Killed ut
his sumner home ut Nonquitt, Mass, by an
explosion OF fireworks. He was setting on
the fireworks for the amusement OF his
children.
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Frances Awful lioods.

The damage by the floods in the south u
France is estimated at $40, 900, 900 and the
loss Of life at 800.
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Rnast of er,non


vermonters claim their State to be freer
from tuberculosis than any other In New
England.
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4 plague Of locust. n NORTH India.

A dispatch from B2mbay says that a
plague Of locusts In North India threatens
20 aggrayate the suferings from tspine
gSfatly.
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Heat pisnhles a hallway.

Owing to the heat on Mount Washing
ton, New Hampshire. the railway tracks
expanded to such an extent as to suspen4
travel to the summit.