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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-10-23

The interesting and exhaustive report
on electrical street lighting presented by
the GonimlJtee on street lights, of which
Alderman Pagan is the head, to the city
council last night is published practical
IL in full in tho PRESS this morning. We
shall pot undertake to express an opinion
upon the comparative merits of the
different schemes Of lighting presented in
the report, CT the different propositions
submit tad to the board. An Intelligent
opinion OIL them needs "a great deal more
study and Investigation than it has been
possible 60 give the matter. But there are
two points in the report that we would
call special attention to. One is the fact
that by law of the legislature the city
is placed entirely at the mercy of the
existing electric light company. If an-
other company or individual should
Offer co light the city for half the price
charged by the present company. we could
not avail ourselves of the offer because
the law referred TO makes 1t q condition
precedent to any company or individual
doing any general lighting in this city
tuat N2s5 ECAS5UB Uk GH6 eXlkGlUR company
shall be obtained. We do not mean to
insinuate that the present company would
take any improper advantage Of it's posi-
ton; SO far as we know it has dealt,with
the city fairly in the past and is dis
posed to continue to do so in the future,
but it seems to us to be against public
policy that any company should be given
an exclusive privilege of this kind. 1t ig
q monopoly which there is no good ex-
cuse for. Another matter Of interest is
the price of coal In this town. Ths COM
mittee has discovered thas the city of
Portland has to pay more for coal than
most others in a long list of cities. Why
is this? Portland ia as near the coal field.
as many of these cities. and hence the
difference cannot be accounted for by
difference In the cost of transportation.
Wa regret tina along with the fact the
oommistse has not given the explanation
CerteinIy it woa Id interest all our oiti-
gems to know why coal costs more in this
town than in Portsmouth, n. H., or in
Bangor. Maine. toE >shat matter.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-10-23

generation since, is not SURPRISING
Such minds are eager instinotiyelv f.
grasp at explanations which are stranos
End unusual. They are one very shnst
stage, and only one. beyond minds in
the infancy of reason which refer every
thing odd or inconvenient to supernstu-
raj devices. But why any educated citi
zen should join these unforutnates in
crashing at such shadows we confess il
quite beyond us. Your true type Of free
coinage fanatic, who talked OF the
"great gold conspiracy, agains the bu-
man race as long as wheat de lined. is
not at all disturbed at it's recovery. This
months and last months 22-cent ad-
vance will inform you. ls only one of the
fiendish oontrivances Of the Kepublican
national committee to delude the farmer.
We really have some curiosity TO know
how Mr.. Moreton Frewen and his Amer.
lean disciples feel about that theory.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-10-23
FINANCIAL.
HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF.

The combination of causes that resulted in
the great; rise Of 1s79-so are again present.
Then II was Resumption OF Specie Pay
crops, with consequent heavy imports Of Gold
This came after.years of great depression Now
it is the "MAINTENANCE of Specie Pay
crops abroad, the same demand for our wheat
at advancing prices, and with it the largest inn
ports OF Cold for the same period known in the
of prices wanting, thus making the analogy So
complete as to be startling.
The comparison could be carried further. but
1t IS convincing enough
AND AMPLY REWARDED.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-10-23
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The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-10-23

That is not right it is not defensible in
the forum of morals. 1t is dishonesty
and fraud. and If the Age ever gets the
twist out of It's reasoning it will sec it
so itself
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-10-23

The Pennington Chronicle thinks NO
more normal schools are needed in this
state at present. That's right What
seems to be needed is to induce people
to go to what there are.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-10-23

George Fred finds the whole West boil
ing over with enthusiasm for Bryan.
Some weeks ago he found lot of en-
thusiasm for him in Maine, but nobody
could find any of it IN the election
returns
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-10-23

The Maine Populist alleges that all
the Populists who have gone on the
fusion electoral ticket have been COM
PEELED to pledge themselves to vote for
Sewall inste cad of Watson.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-10-23

Either the Popooratic managers In
charge of the prediction bureau are de-
liberately deoeivinR Others or they are
awfully deceived themselves.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-10-23

Tom Watson's EXCEPTIONS to Brother
Sewail as candidate Of the toiling
asses seem to be we'll taken.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1896-10-23

If Mr.. Bryan is SO anxious to give the
poor man a chance, why doesn't he dump
Sewall and put Watson in his placer
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1896-06-27

Thrtves on good food and sunshine,
with plenty OF exercise in the open air.
Her form CLOVIS with health and her
face blooms with its beauty. II her sys-
tenn needs the cleansing action of Lax
alive remedy she uses the gentle and
pleasant Syrup OF Figs. Made by the
California Fig Syrup Company.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1896-06-27
stat. Rivalry In E.-ooyernor..

The death of ex-Gov. Robinson OF
Chicopee leaves Massachusetts, with
only five ex-governors living. Con-
necticut can do better than that She
has seven to show in ex-Governors
Hawley. Ingersoll. Andrews, Harrison.
Waller, Lunsbury and Buckley. and
they will average up quite as well as
those of the Bay state in point of
ability and character also.-New Ha-
ven Comm News.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1896-06-27

So many men are wearing uniforms now
not 70 wear one.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1896-06-27

'.The goldfish said the professor. ''lays
considerably more than million eggs" alt
f. mighty lucky for the goldfish that she
doesn't have 20 cackle over every egg" said
the student who came from a farm.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1896-06-27

ian NN%A
when they were plentiful and shot
many fne buck as be stood working
81 salted lick But now that this
styie OF sportsmauship Is no longer al
Iowed by the city chaps IL Is seldom
that the outside world hears of Dams
apecesses. But last fall luck was 80
Phenomenal that some Of the hunters
from town got hold OF II and circulated
the story. They also got hold OF one
ct old Dams deer and paimed II on as
Their oSn trophy. but the cat IL out
a. the bag and everybody now knows
Ia they paid SO in gold for the three
ufonged buek.
Dan Kreiee. stlil hunts deer accord
ms 10 old-time custom. Early last
manner. when be learned that me
o3t buck. doe. and two fASns were
mnking their home In Helrs Kitchen
deep. dark ravine In the Black For
est resion-hs Just made up his mind
thar he was going 70 have sample OF
tai herd. He went to work and Sc
3ested a convenient spot on one OF the
ronways OF the deer. where he bored
d1Bsn or more holes along the side OF
- old hemloek log. These holes he
md with coarse butchers salt
The rains came and soaking through
~ salt-flled holes tho brine drt9ped
down and settled into the earth. Each
Unreesxive rain added more dripping
ard II was not long before Dan noticed
that the deer had begun TO work on
HI lick The earth was paved W
uAter the log and as the summer wore
q the deer signs became more and
nor frequent. Dan picked out
nearby henloek tree as good place
frprn which TO watch his HEX.
One day during the latter part OF
Auknst he determined 10 watch the
lick Just TO see how many deer were In
the habit Of coming TO his lick. The
AZ was a driEziy. gloomy one. Ne
meuntet hts perch an hour before dusk
ard waited patiently. Just as dusk be-
Gha TO settle he had the satisfaction
q eeeing an old doe and two half
Efe4n faSns coming along the side OF
tho hill IN the direction of the lick
The doe approached cautiously. every
nov and then jerking her sharp point
- bose in the air. as though scenting
danxer Then. with sharp frisk OF
the tail and an impatient stamp of the
foo6 she would advance a rod or more.
Onn at the lick the doe paved the
earth under the log and licked the
soil with her tongue. The trio Of deer
remained at the lick nearly an hour.
Late In October Dan visited the lick
again this time for keeps. having as
hin companion n Winchester rife. II
bad rained only the day before and
Dan calculated that the deer, IL they
were yet In Hell's Kitchen, would visit
tho fresheneG lick that night. Dan had
sat % his perch on the hemlock tree
for oyer an hour and he was about
gfvtng up hope OF having a shot at the
deer that night when significant
sound In the direction OF the runway
attracted his attention. II was a
sound much like that made by a dog
wh6h shifting the air and Dan knew
what II meant II was the smiling Of
i buck as he approached the lick.
II was already quite dark. but there
Eas clear sky overhead and Dan
sould make out TO see the outline OF
he log at the lick. He had chosen a
,osition that looked parallel with the
og- 30 that ball from his rifle would
AXE the entire length OF the log. He
fas not mere than eight feet above the
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1896-06-27

The same man was elected in VIII.
liamsburg, Maine, the other day. with
out any opposition, to seven different
offltes.-Ex.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1896-06-27

The New England Conservatory Of Music.
IN Bossnn. Mass, has furnished instruction
10 over 6o.0oo pupils since 1888, aud Its pop
uiariy as an Institution OF the highest ex-
cellenee Is constantly increasing. Its curric-
ulum Is not confined to music alone. but Or
ntory and Modern Languages have hnely
ors Money can procure. Special attention IL
also given 70 Instruction "a pianOforte tun.
Ing. The charges are low when compared
with those OF other musical schools. Pros
pectus mailed free on application.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1896-06-27

This summer marks the tweuty-fifth ami
Versary Of PRECEDENT Julius u. Dreher's con-
nefitpn with Roanoke college. Salem. Viz
ginla- ald the board OF trustees have marked
the eyeat by adopting a series OF compii-
msntary resolutions.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1896-06-27

For lung and chest diseases. Piso's Cure is
the best medicine we have used--Mrs. J. L.
Northrott. Windsor. Ont. Canada.
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1896-06-27
TWo WITH ONE SHOT.
DAN kREioER OF PINE CREEK
REGION IS NOW FAMOUS
How the Trick Wa. Doas-An Easy
suat-ss,sstses-y Boy Kills
Deer With ssoas and Pocket
& Knife
owADAYs

owADAYS three
deer at a killing is
mighty good luck
in the hunting line
but old Dan Krei-
ger OF the Pine
creek region. near
williamsport. Pa.
holds that distinc-
tion, says the Phil
adelphia Tim g 5 .
Dan hunted deer
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1896-06-27

FtTS-&Ii Pts stoyF-s fire. By Or. Kline. Crest
Nerve Re<tar~r. No ms Affrr th- nrst dAyis u.e-
fzrNstog ears- IF-alise afti sitrAl bo,il- fres
!ttc@sss- ssnd % Ir. kline-szi Are d 81, Ftila p
The Lamar register. [volume] (Lamar, Colo.) 1889-1952, 1896-06-27

f-lverynen are rot as jealous now about
good rodis a. they used to be. A horse can
20 whens a bicycle cannot
The morning times., 1896-07-26
BOLT SCHEME FAILED.
Meeting Called to Consider II Ends
In a FlaScO.

st. Louis, July 25.-The meeting Of the
dle-of-the- road men at Texas head
quarters in the Southern Hotel tonight for
the purpose OF issuing an address to the
people and placing Col. Norton at the head
Of the ticket in place OF Mr.. Bryan was
a fiasco.
Not more than twenty delegates re-
sponded to the call. Col. Norton made a
speech advising the hotheads to go slowly
He said:
Il simply say to you Texans, wait until
your convention on. August 8. Lay the
matter before them, and I am with you
in any course you may see fit to take
By August 5 we will f2ow whether Mr..
Bryan will accept the nomination OF not
You will know whether Tom Watson is on
the ticket. 1 have no faith In the national
committee. It is owned. body. soul and
brooches, by the Bryan people. 1t possesses
absolute control OF the affairs Of the Peo-
pies party for the next four years."
After Col. Norton left the room John
Ulrich OF Wisconsin, OF the committee ap-
pointed to whit on Gov. Stone and ask
for the alleged Telegram, from Mr.. Bryan,
reported that tha} had seen Gov. stone
and he had informed them that IN his
opinion Mr.. Bryan did not intsndstO accept
the Populist nomination. The e0mnAstee
The morning times., 1896-07-26
BUTLER IS CHAIRMAN.
North Carolina Senator Heads the
Popuiist National Committee.

St. Louis. Mo-, July 25.-The first meet
ing of the new Popuist National Com
mittee was held this evening at the Lin
dell Hotel and started in with much
promise for debate as was exhibited in
the convention that created it.
This propensity for discussion was so
irrepressible that one Of the members
called attention to the fact that the CAM
paisn lasted but four months and it was
imperative that the committee organize
before that period of time il ad elapsed.
The committee was called to order shortly
after 8 O'Clock by ex-Congressman LATE
Pence, of New York and after much discus
sion the following gentlemen were placed
in nomination for chairman of the COM
mittee:
Senator Marion F. Butler, OF North Caro-
tina: Gen James B. Weaver. of owa; Judge
H. L. Bentley, OF Texas; Senator William
v. Allen, of Nebraska; John W. Breidenthal,
OF Kansas.
On tile, first ballot the result was as
follows: Butler. 46; Weaver, 20; Bent
ley, 8; Allen, 90; Breidenthal, 10. As
g. votes were necessary there was NO
choice.
The second ballot resulted in the election
of Senator Butler, as follows; Butler, So;
Weaver, Is Allen, SO; Breidenthal, 13
The morning times., 1896-07-26
RIVERS ON A RAMPAGE.

Great Damage to Manu- featuring
Plants A long Pennsy lvania Streams.
Pittsburg, Pa, July 25.-Dispatches re-
ceiyed tonight from towns on the Monou-
gabela and Youghiogheny rivers are more
rassuring, and Indicate that the flood In
those streams has begun to diminish.
Serious damage is reported in many places.
At McKeesport the entire lower part OF
the city is submerged and many houses
have been deserted by their occupants.
The large iron works of the w. Devices
Wood Company suffered great damage.
Fires were drawn from the fifty-twO fur
naces last night, but today they were
covered by water and SO badly cracked
and warped as to be almost ruined.
A part Of the National Rolling Mil Is
also under water. At BraddOck the Carne-
gle Steel Company's blast furnaces were
overflowed, the men working part Of the
day In three feet Of water.
At Rankin the Carrie furnaces, the Brad
dock wire works, and the Duquesne forge
were compelled to shut down, throwing
800 men idle.
At Monongahela, fifty families were
driven from their homes, street car and
electric light service is suspended, and
mills and factories are submerged. Trains
on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Railroad
were unable to reach Aonongaheia.
At Homestead the entire plant OF the
Carnegie Steel Company was compelled to
shut down at 10 O'Clock today. Street
cars are unable to run.
1t is believed that the amount Of damage
in the valleys of the Monongahela, Cheat
The morning times., 1896-07-26
ST. JOIN IS TREASURER.
Senator Jones Appoints Him to Han
die Democratic Campaign noney.

st. Louis. Mo-. July Ex-senator Jones
chairman OF the Democratic national conn
mittee, left st. LOUIS this evening at
O'clock for Lincoln, Neb.. where he goes
tn confer with the party candidate.
The Senator declined TO say anything
more than he has heretofore said relative
10 the result OF the Populist convention.
He has not yet given the question NJ the
location OF headquarters sufficient con-
sileration, and will not take up that mat
ter for settlement for several days
Willie in this city Mr. Jones determined
upon one member OF the executive COIN
uittec, which he was authorized to appoint,
and named Mr.. William F. St John as the
treasurer OF tie Rational committee This
was done in tie following letter addressed
10 Mr.. st. John under today's datc:
My Dear Sir: | ave taken the liberty
of appointing you treasurer OF TIE Demo
cratic Dationai committee, and hope that
you will. without delay, enter upon the
duties OF the position. Very respectfully,
JAMES Il. JONES -
Mr.. st. Join is in the city, and was
leading factor in tile silver convention
which adjourned yesterday, and over which
he presided as permanent chairman. He
promptly addressed a note to Chairman
Jones accepting the appointment
The morning times., 1896-07-26
THIRD TICK EFT ENCOURAGEMENT
More Letters and Telegrans Favor
the sound Money Scheme.

More Letters and Telegrams Favor
the sound Money Scheme.
Chicago, July 25.-The executive COM
mttee of the sound money ma tional Dcmoc-
racy was busy today communicating by
telegraph and mail with leading sound
money Democrats in other States with
view to securing prompt organization
and the selection OF provisional national
committeeman for the meeting in In
dianapolis August Z to arrange the time
and place for holding the national con-
ventiOn and issue the call therefor.
Tie executive committee desires, 30 far
as feasible, that men OF national promi-
hence and party influence should lie named
as committeeman, SO that the call OF the
convention to be signed by them shall
carry as great weight as Possible. AS
soon as new national committeeman are
secured by action of the State organiza-
ton or through the executive comniittoe's
correspondence, their names viii lie made
public. Mr.. ByDum OF Indiana and Mr..
Robbins OF Illinois are doing lost OF the
correspondence work.
Encouraging kilograms continued to come
in today from Eastern supporters of the
third-ticket movement.
The morning times., 1896-07-26
TWICE SWEPT BY FLOODS
Continued from First Page.
they were all in the house and were all
swept away.

they were all in the house and were all
swept away.
The HERES family is now extinct, the faith
er and husband having died few months
ago The Casey family We're also in this
party. The Hansen arl was servant.
Mrs Miller lived here, her husband being
engaged in miuing aud was not at home
ut tue time. The Longnecker family were
up stairs in their home when the flood came,
and saved all but one member OF the family,
q little boy.
GOLDENAGAINs STRICKEN.
Golden, Col, July 26.-Three bodies.
all that are known To have been iostin last
nights flood in this city. have been recoy-
cred The dead are: A A. johnson, Mrs
A A. johnson and j. F. Edwards All
are OF Golden
another i.oou cane over the canon this
afternoon, but no lives were lost. Seven
teen people came in from Idaho Springs
this afternoon, having left the train at
Beaver Brook and walked in from that
point. They report that the track and
roadbed i s about all gone between Golden
and Beaver Brook.
About Z O'Clock last night threatening
ton of Morrison. 1t had been cloudy
and foggy al! day and the clouds gathered
in omiDous looking masses. Rain fell
in torrents from thu start, followed by hail,
then a wall of water from twenty-five
10 thirty feet in height came rushing down
Clea. Creek, carrying everything before
1t.
The flood lasted about half an hour
and was folio wed by heavy rain, which
continued until about 10 o'clock At that
hour a body of water, greater in volume
than the first flood, came down Tucker
Guich, emptyiDg into Clear Creek. 1t was
this second flood that carried away the
houses OF Johnson and his wife and which
drowned Mrs Edwards.
The body OF Mrs. ]. F. Edwards was
found in Tucker Gulch. She leaves hus-
band and two children. The body OF Mrs.
johnson was found eco feet from the
site Of her house, among some trees Her
husbands body was found in a tree near
Coor's Brewery. They had been caught
while in their little cottage home.
The scene around the bed of the creek
is terrible. Water came down Ford
street from Tucker Gulch, carrying many
houses with it. On Washington avenue
and other parallel streets the destruction
is complete.
Two bridges have been washed out, and
Three piers of the Denver, Lakewood, and
Golden Bridge were knocked out by the
iron work OF the Ford street bridge,
which was washed down.
The property loss is estimated to be be-
tween $40 900 and $50 900.
The morning times., 1896-07-26


appointed to draw up an address TO the
American people reported, and the address
was laid on the table.
1t charged that the convention was not
Populistic, but was conducted In the in
terest and under the direction of the
national chairman of the Democratic party;
that hired emissaries were sent among the
delegatesto Influence them by questionable
means: that W. j. Bryan's nomination was
procured by misrepresentation and the
suppression OF kilograms OF deciination
from him.
The address Recommended that in case
MIR. Bryan does not formally accept the
nomination by August 5, his silence be
taken as defamation, and that Hon. b.
+. Merton, Of Illinois, be considered the
nominee OF the Peoples party. In place
Of the address the rapidly dwindiing crowd
of kickers adopted a resolution as follows:
Resolved, That We, the minority. known
as the middle of-the-road people, enter
our solemn protest against the arbitrary
methods OF those In control of the oonven-
ton"
There we're nine delegates and three re-
porters present when this result Was reached.
and the rump convention adjourned.