100 feet below and told them that he would explode the dynamite where he supposed the fish was and that when the explosion occured the fish would swim towards them and that then they could kill him easily. “Capital idea,” all shouted in unison and taking off their boots and tucking up their trousers the four entered the creek, forming a guard extending from bank to bank. This being done Horner exploded the dynamite at the base of the dam, but instead of it blowing up the fish it blew up the dam and the four men below came within an ace of being drowned in the wild, rushing volume of water that was liberated.     The repairs will cost about $500 and in the meantime the water supply is dependent on a few emergency wells. Horner is the only man who finds consolation in the incident. He has been telling the people all summer that be could produce floods by explosives and he has succeeded to the entire satisfaction of the four citizens who barely escaped from the jaws of a watery grave with their lives. From— The Wichita Daily Eagle. (Wichita, Kan.), 01 July 1893. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Lib. of Congress.