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The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-26

ent writing viii reach many OF the ware
houses along ITS banks at that city.
Travesburg IS inundated. the water
reaching rhe second stories OF many OF
the houses. This last rise was caused
by cloudbursts and heavy rams at the
head of the Monongahela- In many
places they were the Severest known
IN twenty-five years. The amount OF
damage win probably reach one million.
The gauge at the Smithfield bridge at
l. O'Clock showed 20.5 feet and rising
at the rate OF six inches an hour The
danger line IN this city ia % feet.
At O'Clock p. m the water had COM
menced TO creep into cellars IN the dis
tr1cts about the point. The Ohio val
hey viii experience q flood It's entire
length
HIGHEST POINT REACHED.
Cincinnati, o., July 25.--Reports from
West Virginia, Kentucky and Ohio show
all the tributaries of the Ohio river
overlooking their banks. The damage
to railroads and other property Is gen.
eral and very great. The danger OF a
continuous rise OF the Ohio il believed
to have passed. The foods along the
tributaries are reported 10 have reached
their height and the weather is clearing
Parkersburg, W. Va, July 25.-rhe
town of Auburn, Richie county has been
laid waste by the heavy rains. Every
store IN the place was flooded. The
whole valley OF Boone creek was ievas-
tated. The Ohio river will reach dan
ger point here by tomorrow noon.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-26
BEFORE THE CONvENTIoN MET
How the Middlers Felt and What Jones
and Sewail Said

st. Louis, July 25.-The temper of
the CONVENTION when r. met today.
was to nominate Bryan, in spite OF the
kilograms that passed between Sena-
tor Jones and Mr.. Bryan. Some of the
Bryan men thought they ought to en-
oorSe him instead of making aomina-
ton, as this would not involve an &C
ceptance or declination. The temper
of the middle OF the road men was
much more moderate than heretofore.
They seemed 50 we'll satisfied with their
victory OF last night and their an
parent control of the convention. that
they were not disposed to be generous.
They We're not intoxicated with their
victory, and many said they were wiki
ing TO nominate Bryan il he would &C
cept, laying particular stress on the
words If he viii accept" some adding
ION our platform"
Leaders Of the Bryan forces said they
expected that Bryan would DE nominal
TED practically by reclamation. basing
their opinion upon talks with the lead
ers OF the various delegations. Texas
had decided 60 offer a resolution 20 sup
port Bryan.
Bath, Me, July 25.-Artnur SewaN.
Democratic candidate for vice press-
dent,was asked today for an expression
OF opinion on the nomination Of Wat
son by the Po9ulssk convention. He r.
piled: 4 think Il would be better TO
wait and see what the outcome % the
Popuiist convention viii be" Further
chan this he would say nothing
S. Louis, July e5-It IS stated 90
night that Senator Allen, who IS ex-
officio chairman OF the presidential no.
LITIGATION committee. may not call the
committee together and, therefore. that
Mr.. Bryan may not be formally notified
of his nomination by the Popaiist Won
yentton.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-26
TO PROVIDE SINEWS
SOUND MONEY LEAGUE COMMITTEE
HOLDS A SESSION.

Matter of Providing for the Expenses Of
Exploiting the New rarty Receives
Consfderation-They Won't Waste Much
lime in Certsia, Western States, Though
w. p. st. John Made Treasurer Of the
National Silver Party, Which Issues an
Appeal for Support. Both at the Ballot
Box and the Contribution Box.
Chicago, July 25.-The executive COM
mittee of the Sound Money league today
met in executive session to consider the
question Of finances and to provide for
a campaign fund for the newly launched
party.
The work of completing the "provi-
sionar' national committee is now go
ing forward. During the next two weeks
a member will be selected from every
state in the union, and then, on August
z, they VIII meet at Indianapolis to de-
termining the place for holding the con-
yention and issuing a formal call Or
CARNATIONS Of sound money Democrats
will be formed in all states except, per-
haps, a few Of the western ones. where
the silver sentiment is strong, and in
these committees will be appointed by
the executive committee of five APP
pointed at yesterdays conference.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-26
FLooDs IL TIE EAST.

Pss1soarx Pa July zs--Tbe creates,
q az foods n TIE Xo<se1gz he's valley
yhsch u sweeping down that etr@aul.
vii cslzse tke rsxers here . r-~n q
stage 90 - fe-t rhis evening. Esscn
ziiI Re sufficse-s- water 70 soe1 ne loxeS
districts u bnfh cxsez- TIE xF1sEEBi
conslt3on Throughout rne &S1SaEzbeia
vzhsy IL crltscaL
TIE soxer sssd cf sfcEe<-p-pFr - rooc-
Sd and . foo- more % wafer - the y<es-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-26

Just before the nominations closed
Delegate Falette Of Rhode Island, who
created a disturbance on the platform
Yesterday and was elected, suffered a
repetition of that experience
The nominations We're then declared
closed. George II. Abbot of Nebraska
moved that the national committee be
given plenary powers in all things con-
nected with the party after the ad-
Journment Of the convention. There
was some dissent but Chairman Allen
quickly declared the motion carried.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-26
N DENVER ITSELF

Denver. Coo. July "a Tremendous
rain and hal storm. accompanied by
lightning bust upon tbs ctty sstise
before : o'cAock this Afternoon and cor-
flnu-d Tita Increasing severity ftr BAR
en hour The sewers were IEzdel1ats .
carly The ws5ar end many baseme-iis
we're flooded The cars stopped T1nE-
ins- Considerable damage has been done
tc crops - The hal which fell 20 q
depth % several inches.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-26
WORST NOT KNOWN
WHILE THE DEATH LIST Is Al
READY APPALLING.

Upwards of Thirty Victims of ths Floods
in Clear Creek Canon. Colombo, Al
ready Taken From the Path of the i.e-
ceding Torrent, Most of Whom are
Chldren-Camplng Parties In the Canon
the Chief sufrerers-Devastation for
Hundred Miles North and Sou.h-RAg-
ing Floods in the Upper Ohio Region,
Denver, July $50 far as certain
ed up to s o'clock Hhia morning the fol-
lowing is Full list OF persons whose
lives were lost in the great floods thas
swept upon the towns of Morrison and
Golden in the foot hills, near Denver
last night:
DEAD AT MORRISON.
MRS. MOSES MILLER, and three
children, of Morrison.
MRS. A. s. PROCTOR
ROBT. JAMES PROCTOR, years
old; Denver.
GRACE PROCTOR, years.
EDITH PROCTOR, 2 years.
MRS q. F. CASEY.
JAMES CASEY, 10 years.
EDITH CASEY, S years
MAMIE CASEY, I years
ANNA CASEY, 3 years
MRS. ANTHONY HERES.
EUGENE HERES, years.
MABEL HERES, 2 years.
JOSEPHINE HERES. 8 years.
CARROLL HERES. years.
THOMAS MGOUGH, q years old.
Dayton. Ohio, cousin of Mrs. Casey.
ANNA. HANSEN. 20 years old. serv-
ant OF j. c. Iongnecker. OF Morrison.
FATALLY INJURED.
Child Of J. c. Longnecker, of Morrison
nEAD At cor nEN
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1896-07-26

Denve-, July 25.-Reports have been
received from Central City. and other
points in Gear Creek canon which IN
dicate that a week OF two NUS elapse
before the raErosd can be repaired and
communication restored No Ives wer4
lost al Central City. 10 ts5ings have
been received from Idaho Springs. on
the south fork % the creek. the wires
being al down TIE dnaze % town
sites and irseIviduizs by the fcod : es-i-
ma I'll a. 50 90
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-04-10

sound we should be obliged, also, to
accept the theory that the world be-
comes poorer the moro wealth it pro-
duces. If this were true we should be
able to reach a condition of outright
pauperism by stimulating wealth-pro-
duction just trifle farther. No sane
man doubts that If half the worlds
stock of gold should be suddenly ex-
terminated prices of all commodities
would fall at least 80 per cent. Why,
then, should any one question the
equally indisputable fact that prices
have fallen because half the metallic
money of the civilized world has been
demonetized.-The Manufacturer.
Such little inconsistencies as the enc
mentioned above should not surprise
the Manufacturer. Almost every ar
gument on the gold side is pervaded
with contradictions even worse.
In one breath free coinage is going to
flood the country with so cent dol
lars" in the next it is going to drive
all of the gold out Of the country and it
will take a very long time to get silver
to fill its place. AS result free coin
age will contract the currency. Again
under free coinage the silver dollar is
going right down to so cents, but the
dishonest silver miner is to get 100
cents for each 371H grains. Just how
the same dollar can be worth 100 cents
to the silver miner and only so cents
to other people they never try to ex-
plain. So we have flood Of silver and
contracted currency at the same time.
and the same identical dollar worth 100
cents to the silver miner and only so
cents to the poor laborer' at the same
time, hard times caused by crop fail
ures and over-production at the same
time, and so indefinitely.
Truly sound money argument CD is
q most peculiar thing.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-04-10

&. The large woman has at last been
recognized. A year or more ago while
Mrs. Anna M. Gray Of Edwardsville,
ILL.,, was getting off the cars with some
bundles the train started, causing her
to fall. The lower court decided that
she was injured to the amount Of $3.50,
and the court of appeals last week af-
firmed the decision and said: "a fleshy
woman has the right to ride on train
and to have a valise and parcels, and
she is entitled to more time for alight-
ing than might be required for foot
racer or greyhound" 1t may be that
little women are classed with the racer
and the grey hound; SO IL we were you
we wouldn't take any chances, but
would alight as soon as possible-or
else get fleshy.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-04-10
Horse breeding

In recent Issues of agricultural
| papers have noticed number of COM
'aunicatiors regarding horse-breedins,
both In favor of and against II. The
idea seems to prevail that heavy draft
| and coach horses are II the greatest
demand ard bring the highest prices.
and men who have studied the situa-
ton say that the demand Is certain to
increase faster than the supply, es-
pecially for several years to come. Any
| careful observer will agree with the
men who hold those views. and Is 1t
not also true that there Is an ever in
creasing demand for light horses of the
right kind. BY that / mean road horses,
not 2:20 or 2:30 horse necessarily. but
a gentleman's driver, horse weighing
from 1,1OY to possibly 1900 pounds. Of
good conformation, style and action,
not knee action alone. but also hock
such as we find in the Hackney.
In last weeks Issue Of the Farmers
Review. noticed an article written by
an Iowa man. and signed 20. d." in
which he speaks of the high prices re
also of the low prices farmers are COM
PEELED to take. AS the editorial re-
mark" states, those horses are not gen.
orally just from the farms.
If we would study the characteristics
of our ideal horse. whether he be a
draft, coach or road horse. and breed
mare possessing as many OF these
characteristics as possible, TO a good
stallion Of the same type or breed, we
would be reasonably sure Of producing
an animal having more or less OF these
good and desirable qualities. The
trouble with too many farmers is that
they look at the service fee of the stall
lion. when that should be a secondary
matter.
Pardon me for relating little per-
sonal experience. Last May | had a
team ready for the market. and as 20.
d." says, the buyers wanted to buy as
cheaply as possible, but had my price.
which was $3.50 each. sold one 10 the
dealer at that figure and they sold him
in Chicago to eastern buyers for $3.50.
He was road horse of the style | have
described and weighed 1880 pounds,
and possibly could not trot a mile under
31s or 4 minutes. | sold the other two
weeks later to a private party at the
same price. They were full brother
and sister, and the latter weighed 1925
pounds.
Their dam was good road mare. and
she was bred to a stallion whose breed
ing traces back to old Justin Morgan.
He was a splendid horse. weighing
about 1900 pounds. and stood at sos.
Many tried to persuade re from breed
ing to him on that account. as they
said there were others just as good for
half the moIcy.-W. O'Bgien. in Farm.
erS' Review.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-04-10
FIXITY OF COLD.
A Gold Standard Paper puts It's Neck
III the Intrinsic Value Halter"

A Gold Standard Paper Puts It's Neck
in the Intrinsic Value Halter"
A London financial circular says that
1896 has thus far improved greatly on
1895, and will doubtless continue to do
so for a month to come and more, at
the least" For the various statistical
records for which the world has to
thank Mr.. Sauerbeck, the Economist
and Others show that January and Feb
ruary, 1895, had, on an average of all
the wholesale prices of the chief articles
of commerce OF the world, the lowest
prices on record. And this includes sill
yer, which moved, as usual, along with
all other commodities; only the price OF
gold remained unaltered, as it always
does, because it was fixed fifty years
since by act of Parliament-Brad-
streets.
The foregoing appears in Bradstreet's
issue Of the 22d, and it is reproduced for
the purpose of calling attention to the
clause: The price of gold re-
mains unchanged because it was fixed
fifty years ago by act of Parliament"
What have our goldite friends to say
OF that? What becomes Of their I'm
trinsic value theory when viewed in
the light OF that statement?
And it is one monetary truth that has
appeared in q gold paper. The value
Of gold, that is, it's value per ounce, eX-
pressed in pounds, shillings and pence,
was fixed by the English Parliament in
1914. In money" it is worth just what
the law says it shall be worth.
Now, if law fixed the value of gold,
which the goldite assumes to be of n
superior nature and above all law, why
can it not Tx the money value Of
silver?
The reader will understand that we
are referring to the constantly reiter-
ated parrot-like cry that a gold dollar
is always worth a dollar, and the gold
in it is just as good as the dollar itself.
So it is, and simply because the law
makes that piece Of gold dollar, and
il can be worth no less.
But it is the money" value of gold
alone that is unchanged. Gold is al
ways equal to gold, but how is it when
compared with anything else? Upon
an average it will exchange for twice
as much Of other things as it would
twenty-five years ago, and if that does
not make it worth twice as much"
then there is no meaning in words.
The simple little statement thus
clipped from Bradstreet's "a strong
gold organ) absolutely destroys every
argument that has been made in favor
of the gold standard during the last
twenty years.
THE PRICE OF GOLD REMAINED
UNALTERED, AS 1T ALWAYS DOES.
BECAUSE IT WAS FIXED FIFTY
YEARS AGO BY ACT OF PARLIA-
MENT.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-04-10

The establishment Of penny saw
ings bank in Chicago is again being
discussed. The penny banks are al
ready in successful operation in several
cities. In Detroit such bank made it
a profitable branch of it's business. 1t
issued stamps that were sold at drug
stores, distributed a lot OF literature
to interest the people in the subject,
and not only increased It's business
legitimately, but stimulated thrift
among the children. In some
cities penny banks are run in
connection with the schools, and
the children show their interest by
patronizing them freely. They are just
the thing for every town.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-04-10
Convention Dates.

Populist National Convention, st.
Louis. July %.
Republican National Convention, st.
Louis, June 1G.
Democratic National Convention,
Chicago, July Z.
Silver National Convention, st. Louis,
July %.
Headquarters have been opened by
the Provisional National committee,
selected at the Silver Conference at
Washington, ID. c., January % and 90.
All correspondence relative to the
work of organization preparatory for
the National Convention to be held at
st. Louis, July %, 1896, should be adj
dressed to j. j. Mott, Chairman, Room
S3, Corcoran Building, Washington,
ID, G..
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-04-10
INCONSiST eNCiES.
Every Claim OF the Gold Standardists
Based on Nonsense.

Every Claim OF the Gold Standardists
Based on Nonsense.
Discussing the fall of the prices OF
agricultural products in the last two or
three years the New York Herald at
tributes it to two influences, Q) the long
three years drouth which has pre-
vailed so acutely over almost all Sec
tions Of the country; (2) the fact that
the worlds markets were glutted with
cereals, cotton, and other agricultural
produce" The fact that drouth Gre
ates scarcity rather than superabun-
dance, does not fit in very we'll with
the allegation that the worlds markets
have been glutted. That allegation,
however, is of itself without founda-
ton. The worlds supply Of useful pro-
ducts is now, and 1t has always been,
insufficient for the needs of man.. But
men who have desired the things pro-
duced have been forbidden to obtain
chem, because this government has OBJ
etructed the movement from producer
10 consumer. There are multitudes of
persons In this country who cannot find
employment, and so cannot buy the
food Of the farmer or the goods of the
manufacturer. Thus there seems to be
IA surplus production. but In truth there
Is nothing else than partial paralysis of
the business of making exchanges. If
tie theory of production were
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-04-10

rhe damage done to the sheen inter-
ests by dogs is beyond comprehension.
The loss annually runs up into the mil
lions. That is. the direct less There
Is another loss, indirect; many farmers
have discontinued keeping sheep en-
tirely from the reason that their losses
have in the past been so large from the
depredations of dogs that their profits
were swept away. The dog laws passed
have been imperative to large ex-
tent, while in some states they have en-
countered so much opposition that they
have been repealed after being in force
only few months.
1t seems to us that q dog law might
be passed that would be effective and
yet occasion no great opposition. Peo-
pie will keep dogs But it is not neces-
sary that they should keep large dogs;
that is, dogs large enough to kill a
sheep. A law might be framed taxing
dogs above = certain weight. This
would be putting a premium on small
dogs, and we are of the opinion that
they would be more fashionable than
at present. The weight could be put
at the point where the sheep industry
would be protected.
1t is pity that the farmers must be
taxed millions OF dollars each year in
the way OF dead sheep that the rest of
the community may have their house
hold pets. We would like to ask our
sheep raisers to give their experience
as to sheep-killing dogs, and the weight
at which the dogs become a menace to
the sheep industry.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-04-10

The gentleman burglar who has been
doing the literary reviews for Rev. Ed
ward Everett Hale's Boston weekly has
been held for trial. 1t is sad to think
how many good books must have been
condemned and how many bad books
may have been praised by this cultured
craftsman. The burglar as book re-
viewer is a new feature OF current Jour-
nalism, full OF wierd suggestions.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-04-10
Sunlight for Sick Folks,

Sunlight is capital sanitary agent
and promotes health and comfort.
Therefore, light should be admitted in
large quantities into sick rooms, ex-
cept in extraordinary cases. The light,
however, should be softened and sub
dued, not glaring.-Exchang
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-04-10
POu.try-IIouse Doors.

In the unprotected entrances TO
poultry houses are found many of the
causes OF roups and other diseases.
Especially is this true where there are
two entrances, one on each side OF the
hen house, making draft possible. 1t
is a good plan to have an entrance
so constructed that there is some bar
rier to the passage of the drafts. Some
kind Of vestibule should be con-
structed so that when one door is open
another can be shut. This is especially
desirable in the case Of the larger door.
The pouring in of an immense quantity
Of cold air several times a day could be
thus avoided.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-04-10

A confidential clerk in New York
robbed his employer to get money with
which to feed his dog. If he be sent
to prison, every dog fancier in the state
will promptly petition the governor to
pardon him.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-04-10

If the Gould boys are New Jersey
be in order TO avoid New York taxation.
they should at once grant themselves
reasonable freight rates.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-04-10

Before the days of lucifer matches
and railroads it would have gone hard
with Prof. Roentgen IL he had discov-
cred his cathode rays. He would have
been branded and hanged as a witch
in short order.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-04-10

Washington spiritualists want to in
vestigate the haunted houses Of the
capital. No doubt the landlords would
be happy to rent these structures to
any embodied spirits applying for
them.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-04-10

A st. Paul woman has filed claim
against late afIianced's estate for the
expenses of her trousseau and $4,000
more for the marriage that did not
come. He seems to have escaped just
in time.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-04-10

The report came from Virginia that
the house of one of it's legislators. but
an investigation proved that it was all
"moonshine."
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-04-10

The Ameer of Afghanistan has or
dered a number of mems bicycles from
an English firm. A large order for
womens bicycles, one for each Of the
members Of the Ameers harem, is, it
DIS announced, to follow.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-04-10

Chancellor Snow of the Kansas uni
versity has bought bicycle and is
learning to ride it. The snow fall in
Douglass county is expected to be quite
heavy for the next few weeks.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-04-10

The new cable line between France
Who knows that we may not be mis-
sing other war scares because Of lack
Of facilities to transmit the news.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-04-10

Silo for Six Cows--A correspondent
of Hoards Dairyman having asked
about the eXpediency of building silo
for six cows received the reply that
it will depend upon circumstances and
that If he Is apt to have catching
weather" in haying, or expects to de-
pend upon feeding rather than pastur-
age in summer, silo will be found
very convenient. The trouble would be
that the pit would have to be very mar
row, not more than eight feet in diam
eter. Two such pits. each 16 feet deep,
would probably answer. Larger pits
would expose more surface than six
cows could keep eaten down so as to
prevent waste.
The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-04-10

Postmaster Hesing has been chosen
captain of a baseball team, but the
mailed hand will be barred in the game.
If he is made pitcher OF his nine he
will probably use the postal delivery.