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SHOOTING AT CLLYELAM).! Striken of Browo Hoisting Worki n k ! Murderou. Attempt on Workmen, j j 1 A EL000Y FIGHT; IN THE STREET four r WoDn'Iril, Tno fef W li'iia Will lie truia rtiir Huhbi1-i It k-r ir I'litcrd I'ndor Arrrat Cieviim, O., Aug. 15. One of the most dastardly attempts at premeditated murder ever laid at the door of organized labor took place 1 ere last night, it U .114 the OLt'otiitt of the great Brown strike that hag Ireen going on in this city for the past three months. As the result four men are wounded, two of whom wiil probably not survive the night. On June 25 the great Brown Hoist ing and Conveying .Machine company discharged its soo employes because of a threatened strike. Since tint time rioting has been the chief pastime of the striucrs and their 'thousands of sym pathizers. T n lives have leen sjcri riced ti. rough trouble, and for weeks the works have Men run under military an t poiii-e protection and the 3U0 non mi 011 men escorted to their ho'iies by armed officers to prevent murder. The striking wor kmeri put up a big fiht to beat the Brown ejaipany, but have signally failed. Flier sii.ee the trouble began the striker? and their sympathizers have carried on a guerilla warlare against t.'ie men who took their places. They have assaulted them, stoned their house, ami lioycotted them at the ttoiea. About a week ago the five coini anies of militia were withdrawn from the Brown works and the police protection taken away. The strikers applied for a court injunc tion and were refused and Since ihtn ha-'e U'Ooine (1 mi.lv reveiigfn,. Lust night a p rty of ten etrikers went Vi 11. e 1 1 rner o W. ilt P tn ai.d East Madison street, an I 1 il in wait for a par'yo.' .wo kinen who came by on their way home f'oiu toe Brown orkt, Tliere were nine men in the little ct up of workmm with their dinner pails. Without a moment's warning the strik ers rushed from behind a saloon where they were iu hiding, and with a cry of 'scab," began shooting into the croud. A lew of the workmen were armed and returned the tire. The batile lasted about three minutes, in which time about thirty shots were tired, when the strikers fled. Four men were shot, two fatally, (ieorge Plumb, one of the work men, was shot in the head and will die, while Al Caldwell, another workman, was shot in the rirl:t leg and in the shoulder. Two of the sttikers were slet and one will die. Tim one fatally in jured is (Seorge Larneii, an ex-employe of tun brown works. Hi; was ?l ot through the lungs. The oiler, whose name is Mix ley, Is not faally injured. Several other people are thought to have been slightly injured, but their identity cannot be learned. Toe police have made several arrets among . str.kers. I r.MU'litft Kim l'eliig. Tfs, ov, A. T., Aug. 15. A dispitch from Benwiu reports fiat tlie bandits win last raided tin! iuli-riiatioimi bank at Nog.iles ambiishcl Sheriff le ather- wood'and po'se near the New Mexico line. Frank Lobinson, United Statin line rider, who was one of the posse W'Hfc killed. T. e bandits bavin; gained accessions to thair ranks, now out numben (1 the 0H1 ' r . w ho were re'iniiing, bring ing tiie body cf P.oliu-oii with them. Ti.e j sse had been prisin the out la dos-ly since Wcil.o -day inoruing. Towardn iluat: Ti.i.rrlay evmicg ihe fug'.livi s, telyaig -11 tneir r-in force- 111 -nt and eertnui set a irup into wi.i being overtaken, the pursuers fell. Leathciwood s parly was ambushed in a canyon below liisix-e, Ariz. Although surprised they ut up the ' rankest resiatence possible, and all except Kobinsoii, who fell at the first die. barf."', escaped. Several others of the pjs.-e were wounded, hut how t fldly ha not yet Ihm-u learned, nor has the 1 tsa to tho robbery if any, been re irWA. liobinson hailed from Mesa, and was wcli in own as one of the brav est men in the party. The posse ambushed yesterday was the one which a;. lured "Little liob" one of tho bank raiders, iieai liisbte list week. The balance of the outlaw baud, having procured fresh horses and driven hack ii puisueis, is not l.kely to be captured. Man ami Wi! Kiglii 10 Kill. Owosso, Mich., Aug. 15 Mr. and Mrs, lie irgi: Iiu- -II, an aged couple, were found wiih their throats cut and in a dviiiK condition at their homo yes terday morning. The oil nun claims his throat was slashed by a masked man while he was in tlie kilciien. M.s. Kusscll will say 11 itiiiiu shout her as sailant, hut s.iys tlie was attacked -.lii!e asleep in bed. Kuselt was found in an unconscious condition 011 the floor of hie bedroom upstairs, while Mrs. Kiwcll was found on the first floor. Il itn wcie fuliy dressed and covered with blood when neighlHirs entered the house yes terday morning. Neighi-ors say the old couple were iiiiureling m arly all tikdit. It is believed that they assaulted each other with knives during thoir quarrel. Yvirii tii lt"i. Bkixviixk, Out, Aug, 15. The pro test on the single scull race between llanlon and ltogors was withdrawn yes terday and the race given to Rogers, llalon now offers to row any man in America from one mile to five miles foi $1,000 upward. The water yesterday w rough, and in the professional single icull dash, three-quarters of a mile, all declined to coutest except Hanlon and Durnan. The ei champlon won by lev eral lengths in 4:50 3 5. A rniijrlll inir. Pinsnu o, J'a., Aug. 14. A violent thunder toiiii visi'd Pittsburg and I0'"1 dhin a radius of thirty miles of ' 'he city ehortly r 8 oVIk ye-trr luy , inoriiifi?, resulting iu tlie death of live ..... . . 1 1 .. . I 1. te!Suii and ,he destruction -f uiiich property. The storm expen led its greatest fury in the vadev l rine creek, in Hampton township, a few mile from this city. At Ilehaven, a sma I nation on the Pittsburg & West ern railroad, what is p jmiarly called a "cioudbuis:" occurred. Pine creek, usually a slu.'-gish i-tream, was con vened into a roaring r.ver, that swept up the hillsid -. w recked houses, de mol shed a latge part of the Butler Plunk road, blocked tlie Pitts-burn & Western road, killed live Mock and ruined f irm property. Five of the jeo ple w ho lest their lives wire drowned at f'ehaven, and one r.ear the mouth of the creek at Ktna. The dead are: Mrs. Susan Auld, widow, seventy f ill' years of age. Mrs. Sarah Poppletcn, widow, aged siity years. Mrs. James Robinson, aged thirty-five year.. The-e were drond at IMiaven. and Enul i-choetlle, a newsboy, aged fifteen years w as draw net Ktna. An unknown man a? drowned above Iiehaven and the body not re cuveied. To OvTthiiW i hlim. Sis Fram'ihco, Aug. 14 Accoro ing to 111 evening paper a revolution ary society has leeu formed in China for the overthrow of the present dy nasty, ami agents arn now in this city seeking financial assistance. ,' They aie said to have met with much encour agement and in a short time will pro ceed to New York. To society, which is known as the Hin.' Chung Woly, has already gained a firm footing among the Chinese of Honolulu and Australia and its emissaries are now at work in Mexico. Pamphlets i-ssued by the society have !eeii distributed among the Chinese in this city, in which it is charged that the emperor il lazy and leaves the control of the empire t) the mandarins, who are treading on the working classes. Li HungCh:mg is charged with traitor ous conduct in connection with the lato war with Japan and facts which are now part of the history of China's defeat are cited at length to chow that Li Hung Chang's relations traded their honor for Japanese gold during the war between Ihe two countries. It is well known that the members o( the local Chimse colony entertain a hlt'er hatred for Li Hung Chang, and there are hut lew who doubt that he wool I be taking a great risk with his I fe it he united this city, and this ac c .ii.t-", il is raid, (or his announced in t .11 ion to return home by way of Van couver. l.:ike slmr li m reck. Ci.kvklamj, O., Aug. 14. A passen- i ger train trie oil me l.aKe i-nore railway was wrecked near Otis, Ind., a 4 o dock yesterdav morning by the washing away of a culvert. The engineer and firemen were killed, but thepassengers almost inirii'-ulonf-ly e-cajiel fatal in jures. The train consisted (jf three passt nger coaches and two mail curs. An hour an ten tiiiiiu es before a freight had safely passed mi-r the point w here the accident occurred. Ihe theory of the railroad ollicials i that a cloudburst wasded out the culvert. There idea fe.-m.-i to be vciitied by the fact that the Lou-vole, New Albany Chicago railway, which has iis tracks over a mile distant from the point of the accident, 1. 11 I ir .uble in the operation of its trains during the morning. There waB nothing to warn the engineer of danger. The summMs of the culvert ! nad b"en weakened, hut the rails were '; ,..,. When the train reached the fatal pit fall tliti engine. olungd down with ter rific force. The engineer, J.imes Grif fin, of Klkha-t, and Fireman K ach went down with the engine, and were crushed to death in the wreckage. All the cars were di railed. Passengers were thrown auioni'berthg ami seats and a number of tt em injured. At the ollice of the company it was stated that none of tho passengers were killed. There escape was considered marvellous. .New Vim'U Tom si ii. Xw Yens. Aug. 14 The good will, plant, franchises, trale marks, copy rights, (ivsct Mid effects of the New York Time! Publishing company were sol I at public auction at the New York real estate salt srooni yesterday. Spencer Trask, chairman of the reoi conization eommitte, win represent all the credi tors aiid 1'enrly all of the stock holders of the Times, wits the only bidder. The paper wa kuockid down to him for $75,(100 and the vaiucof the book ac counts, which amounts to t;3,000 The sale was merely a legal procedure to vest t:ie new company with the title. The new company will probably take possestii 11 Monday, when it is expected that the courts will con linn tho sule. Adolph Ochs i f Chattanooga will he publisher and general manager under the new organization and Charles Mil ler will continue as editor. The new company has a million dollars of stock snd million dollars of bonds. A I'm i In t lit Ciiriifl .1(1. llKSNF-pm, I'd., Aug. 14. The body of John Hill, wealthy resident of Hen nepin, was found by neighbors late Wednesday night in his cornfield on the outskirts of tho village. He had not been seen since Sunday morning. The body was'in a bad state of decomposi tion. He has lived alone, hi wife hav ing died several year ago. A hole was found in the top of his head and his clothing was badly disarianged. He had the reuutation of beina a miser. ! 1 lit l.l)iA.Nb Ul KhLliilJ.N Bt,come Fanatic on the Snbiect and m offi ftE(j Cltiag SEVEN REDSKINS KILLED BY OFFICERS Kt-lij-ioii rtiKMd ftr rlirlsllmiity' ike la Nut Ar-ttril lJ7 Vi lilla 1..! t fiu Me nn Their duns Willi On Kyr Oi-o. O.sGAi.KK, Ariz., Aug. 13 At 3:30 yesterday morning the Somora portion of Nogale.8 was attacker by about sixty Yaqui Indians and a battle between them and the citizens entitled, lasting four hours, in w hich seven Indians were killed, one wounded, one taken pris siier and three officers and citizens were killed, and one morially wounded. The Indians are religious fanatics, worshipTB of Santa Teieea, and flooded the town on toot, yelling "Viva anta Teresa " Thev were armed with guns, axe and tious mm arrows u'i opened the liuht by killing 'wo Mexican ards and breaking into the Mexican .Urtom house. Tlr 11 they Itegan shoot ing into the roidviice of the collector -jf customs, ll. O.arrio, ami Mayor Carza (joiiina. W hen the Indians legan shoot, ng a general alarm was given and c.ue s r. the American side of the line s. cored ail of the available guns, including forty militia guns at the irmory, and crossing the line joined in the tight After daylight the citizens ind oflicera made I lie fight so hot that the Indians retreated across the hills hack of town, several being wounded as they fled. Toe Indians have turned hack into the United States. Military jlhecrs at Kt. Huichuca lave been wired to vend tro"ps to head them off, and L'uited States cutom guards have ! een sent out to follow the trail. Letters snd pape-s found on the jhiefh killed in the fight show' that the hand organized at Guahabi, on the American side, a week ago and ar ranged to 111 ike a charge on the tow n Tuesday night. The Mexicans killed ire Manuel Iie'ehan'y, Francisco Fer nandez, customs guard; M. Pena, a zenilarnie, and Crcs'-ncio Uibino, a sitizen. Among the letters found is one liippose.i to he from Santa Te.esa, but not signed, and stating. "Trust in God ind your exjiedition will be successful." Another says: " Money, guns and am munition are ready to go to Yaqui river." N.ne of the letters are dated or ligned. Business houses are all closed ind ollicers and citizens are resting on heir arms. (InM Ml.oa ItcloiiK to ( sii la. P Br Tow nbi-no, Wash , Aug. 13. Ihe richest gold placer mines of Alaska have been transferred to Canada terri tory arid the miners' tax to British au thorities. 1 he territory in ijueMicn is from three to eight miles in width and embraces the rich placer claims on Gla cier and Miller creeks, which heretofore were sup) osed to be in Alaska territory. Now the miners learn that they are sub ject to the laws of ilreat Britain. 'I hese statements were made Tues lay by Captain Wii iam Moore, Cana dian mail carrier be: accii Victoria and Ft. Cudahy, Northwest territory. He Iibh just returned fn m taking the first nail to the Yukon miners on liritish territory. Krrots iu the old purvey were discovered late last autumn and during the winter Professor Ogiltiec, w ho now has charge of a tor s of British engineers engaged in locating the houi ihiry lelwiiti the two coun tries, has innde t) e direction, trans fen ing a si rip of territory from three to kivi n miles wide from Alaska to ('lunula. Over miners were affected These tin Canadian mounted police immediately comptlicd to pay miners' taxes. That portion of the Yukon finbraces the most valuable nriiing possessions in Alaska, and effect - the water rights jf forty Americans on Miller creek. In eighteen month a man named Miller, who came out w ith Moore, took out "fa) pounds of gold nuggets valued at jtiO.Ot'O Many other rich strikes are reported. It appears that the miners concluded that the Unite! States government did not care enough for the territory to es tablish a government fort, inasmuch as Professor Ogi I bee was permitted to lo cate such boundaries us he chose w ith out the assistance or the presence of American ollicials, arid do effort was made to previ lit the polic: from cnfoic ing their regulations over that portion of Alaska territo-y, 0,'ilbee tending his field 'notes and observations to Ottawa in charge of bis son. He told Moore he would remain at Ft. Cudahy until the arrival of American surveyors to chick ids work if they desire. orueile NdIIiIhk '" ' ' renins. Const.i.vi 'isori.K, Aug. 13. The gov ernment of Turkey has rejected the demands of tho Cretan) and has duiln itcly rehired to make any concessions whatever to the people of the island of Crete beyond those, extruded to them by the Halepa convention. A state of anarchy prevails throughout the island and the insurrection of the Christian inhabitants is lieing renewed. Urngaeil liy Ituiinuray. Law'renck, Kas , Aug. 13. While out running a mow ing machine at his farm south of the city yesterday afternoon, It. II. Wheeler's team ran away from him. He was thrown from the machine but fell on the side away from the sickle. He was dragged along by the lines and received bruises on his back that may cause serious injury. He re ceived wounds on almost every part of hltj body, but fortunately no bonei were broken. . - . fatal lire yesterday evening at 4io- it Greenwich street, occupied by the A. C. Warren electric repair works and a number of smaller limn. Iji the excite ment attending the outbreak it was at first reported that th rty lives were lost. Someof thoee reponed lost were afterwards accounted for. The ru-cur- ate ui.inlier of victims will not be known until the ruins: are searched. It ig be'ieved, however, that the deaths ill reach fifteen or seventeen. While the firemen were at work checking the llarneg the bodies of two victims could be plainly seen on tlie fire escape. Five men and boyB were injured while es caping from the burning building. ftiey were taken to Hudson street hos pital, man 'led and burned. What caused the fire is not known, but it is believed to have been etaried by an explosion. It is known an ex plot ion oicurred a few minutes before and the fire spread like a flash, begin ning at No. 4i5 and cutting off escape of many. The firemen who first reached thesiene of the Coiifh'gration saw a number of men at the windows appeal ing for help, but before any attempt at rescue could he made they fell back exnansted by the beat and smoke and all are supposed to have perished from the tlames. Altogether there were thirty-two men employed by the War ren company. Theie were twelve on the sixth or top rlocr, eleven on the tifth, four on the fourth and a couple in ihe ollice on the ground floor. Tlie list of killed and injured cannot le compiled al this time. It w. 11 be several hours before the ruins are cooled sulliciently to allow the liremen to enter. From stories told by those who claimed to have been near hy when the first alarm was given, faces were seen at nearly every Aindow. Tnat at least four are dead in the nuns tliere can be no doubt, for their cha red bodies lie exposed to view on the lire escapes of the third and filth stor.es. To others, one a girl, were seen to fall back in the flames, overcome bv the smoke before the fire touched them. The injured so far as known aie: Fidix tlass. slightly injured. Thomas Sharkey, burned on head and arms. Unknown man, unconscious, will probably die. Eugene Greenwood, boy, 1 lightly burned. CumingH, badly burned and bark up- parently broken, jumped from fotinh story window and striking structure id the L road, fell to the ground ; ili probably die. Among the dead are William Gray, foreman of the electric works and Ku th :r Finstein, also an employe. Trouhli- hi Hi .'Mines. Newcastle, Pa , Aug. 12 The ,-u pfriritendent of the Carbon limcst. lie quarries notified Sheriff Becker yi s:. r day morning that 359 armed Italians were marching toward Newcastle from the scone of ttie strike at Ca'bon a. id Hilltown. A visit was made to Hilltown, where tlie strikers were found in a statu ol great excitement. 1 ere were ab ml 400 in line, armed with guns, revolv. rs, picks, etc , and Leader I lei j iinin Alt- ouse said it was tlu-ir intention 10 Inarch to Neivcus le and compel :iic men employed in ti e s-heep Hill quar ries to quit work. The gang marched to Bessemer, when- they 1-. topped a force who were operating a steam shovel. It wns decided to postpone the raid on Newcastle quarries until today. The strikers held a muss, meeting yes terday afternoon to complete their pinna. Siierili' Becker will organize, a force to g:tid out in the morning in case of fur ther troub'e. Mk'lilif ri IIhn HtoriiD. M( skkoon, Mich., Aug. 12. This city caught the southern edge of a wind storm which came up from the west shortly before 7 o'clock last night. A deluge of rain accompanied the wind. Much minor damage was done. Benton Hikiior, Mich., Aug. 12. A furious electric storm, accompanied by high winds and rain last night, did tliou-aniis of dollars' worth of damage to fiuit trofl'H. Many buildings in litis city and St Joseph were siightly dam aged. The storm caused a panic at the sumuier hotels, it is expected that si vernl lives were lost in the lake, as a number of small boats were out and all were not accounted for iioor last night. at a late Hue y 01 1 h M ftlro-r. Waciiiniiton, Aug. 12. The body of A. II. Pile,' secretary of the national committee of the silver party and a prominent p"liticion of San Kianci-co, was found in tho Potomac river, near Aqueduct bridge, Monday. The cause ol the drowning is a myHlery. Pile possessed a consideivible sum of money Tuesday night, which had vanished. Friend, believe be was held up, then the body thrown into the river. I'lrn at Norfolk Noiii'oi.k, Va., Aug. 12. The null and drv kiln of the Atlantic snu mill I'oiupany in Hps city weri lustroved ' by fire lust flight. Loss, $100,000; in stance, tliO.OOO. Jump a Tiest , 'Winciikstkh, Ky., Aug. 12. A hand car on the Lexington & Eastern railroad containing Section Foreman J. Quinlan and four men jumped tho track on the Walker creek trestle yesterday and drop ped on the rocks fUty feet below. Ed ward Sparks and Marion Cbattinan were instantly killed. John Chattman was horribly mangled and can live but lew houiR. Foreman Quinlan and his non, Mike Quinlan, were seriously in lured and their recovery ia doubtful. . r lwrlr It.- hImI li.Mzci. Nkw Y'obk, Aug. 12. There win aB AM FAIR'S WILL AGAIN The Bubjtct Up Once Mors in Courts. tbs MRS. CRAVEN AFTER A PORTION. ' 1 lie ll--al In New York is IntPiiM.- I'ro- trat f mis i- rout ll.il ami I-alfi ICe- 1 porlel I Iu All l'ariiiof liie City. San Fbascikco, Aug. 11 Mrs. Craven continued tier depositions yesterday in the suit to recover a portion of the late Senator Fair's estate In the course of it she eaid that Governor Budd sent for her and when she was in his pri vate office he broached the subject of tlie will. He said: "I am Ci.arb-" L. Fair's at torney. He tells me there is a later will; you have it, I rnov. Clrirles L. Fair has told me that his father took him in the middle of the sjt :ei-t and told him lie had made a will righting him." ''At first I refused to admit that I had the pencil will," taid Mrs. Craven, "but later 1 admitted such was the case. He wanted to know who the executors were, but I refused to tell him. The governor then tapped big or! ce bell and telephoned to Ir. Liv ingston. Then I thought he knew all and so I told my story. He told me if I did not get that will would send ms 'a (Meaning the state's pi ght away he s the bay.' " HI). ever objected r's wife, under When asked if she 1 to becoming Senator 1 a contract, Mrs. Craven said: "Yes. My mother would have objected to any thing of that kind Before the con tract was made Senator Fair said : 'Now your mother is dead, and there is no reason why we should not marry by contract. My' mother was a Scotch Presbyterian and he knew" she would grieve to have me marry by contract. He said : "My children will be angry, but thev will get over it before we re turn from our trip. Sit down and I will dictate as short a marriage con tract as you will find on I record any wheie.' " The Metroplii a Hut I'luce. New York, Aug. 11. Although the sky was overcast with clouds yesterday there was little apparent relief at noon today from the intense heat which has prevailed without intermission for a week. At 11 o'clock the temperature was Si5 degrees according to the ther moiue, er, but on the street it was all the way from 3 to 6 degrees warmer, while the humidity, tifi per cent, made the atmosphere eecm lifeless and stif Hng. ' -!.' T . The report of prostrations and deaths from the heat begaa to reach the police e iriy in the day, the first installment given out at 9 o'clock, showing seven pros rations ami seven (teams ascnoea 0i,M.tt-i-ity and lending the same quietly to the extreme beat. t0 tll(J flflrtn- X,e v,lst I1Umber 0f cliim- Among those who were -prostrated j n(,ySi flngStaffs, spires and other tip early in the day was Policeman Ed-! ward projections from the roofs, espe ward IL Kien. This officer had been j chilly when well wetted, facilitate a detailed to duty in Allen street, which silent discharge in Innumerable small is a locality in which many of the strik-; streams. The complicated network of ing tailors congregate. Officer Kien j telegraph and telephone wires reach had been exposed but a s1 ort tirtie when he fell, overcome by the heat. At the hospital to which he was taken his condition was regarded as serious. The following deaths were reported: Peter O'Beren, 25 years old. Nora O'Beren. Myra Donnell, 35 years old. Charles Paul, o3 years old. Mamie Carroll, 25 years old. Se!ig Kingshurg, 2tj years old. John Law ler, 29 years old. 1 li lirleware ha Vli-tlins. Piiiladki.i'iiia, Aug, U. Five per sons were drowned Sunday niht in the Ilelaware river opposite Bridgeburg, a nub :rb of this city, by the capsizing of a small row boat. The victims are : Amelia Holman. Ross Breininger. Roe Breininger, all three of this city. Charles Minnick, Cincinnati, O. John It. Kexter, address unknown. None of the bodies have been recov ered. The three women and men started out shout 7 o'clock for a row on the Delaware. They had not gone far befoie a heavy wind storm came upon them. The men seeing the etorrn ap p oaching, endeavored to reach shore, but had not gone far befo-e the boat ! was caught in the fquall and upset. The women sank out of sight almost immediately, but the men held on to tlie tioltom of the boat until their . strength gave out Dim't H unt Our Mmmy. Toronto, Out., Aug. 11. A bined association is at'out to be com mado by city banks to 1 eercaee circulation cf American bills in this city. At pres ent tlie city is flooded with American silver certificates. The follow ing notice was posted iu the Standard bank yes terday : "On and after Saturday, August 15, American bills will only be received for 00 cents on tlie dollar." It is understood thnt other banks will follow the example of the Standard 1 bank. Tins action will probably result I In n n.M.ill . t ... CkO O.t 1 1 O i T i M 1 I i H M tl illia city of American bills. Ntriko Ovi-r at Clevflailfl. Ci.KVRi.ANn, O., Aug IL The strike or ockout at the Brown hoisting works in this city is practically at an end Of H,o niclif. l.nn.lrod men who w-Bnt not . ., a u i i i on a strike five hundred are now engaged , .. , . , , n other employment leaving but 300 in the strikers ranks. These are re - coiviiik little or no financial support and are seeking new jobs wherever they can be found. The Brown ompany have now 335 men at work and yesterday re- fused applications for employment. LIGHTNING'S QUEER FREAKS. TJnex peeled Keuultn of Many t-trokea j of the Klectric Fluid. Few nin:rjl phenomena show so many eccentricities of behavior as Jove.' thunderbolts. Machine-made electricity, especially when playing the truant, is tricky enough, but the fiery product of :!..' elosJs is :!!! more orig inal, incoi: slsvat and I:ivle.s.. In small towns, or iu the ouiskii-rs of large ones, where the houses lire de tached from one another, and are . ftr Iihi feet apart, one frequently hear of damage by lightninp; it Is seldom a row of brownsroiie fronted buildings, a block of stores, a fifteen or twenty story apartment house, or a sky -scraper office building!, iu those portions of a city which are built up -solidly, is hurt in any way. So long; has this st.-ire of affairs ex isted and been recognized that it bus affected the business of making and ereciltig lightning rods. It a man should instiiuie a specla' m uivIi for sio-h apparatus in tile oh'.":- ; ?.:-t of ! the metropolis, with an opera-glass in his hand and a high window or rmf . for his j tost of observation. he might I well ask whether the lightning rod has Hot become, like the dodo, au ex ! tinct Fpecies. Eventually, a few tall, slender church spires ami certain class es or buildings under ttie control or federal or municipal bureaus would be found displaying metallic bristles, connected by a copper cable with the ground. Bui these and the few other discov erable exceptions would only serve to emphasize the rule. Inquiry reveals, however, that an extensive business iu lightning rods is still carried on. They are seen as frequently as ever iu small towns and on farms. Occasion ally, you will hear of a man who has a house and big warehouses In the city which are not provided with these safeguards, hut who -employs them abundantly on his country house and stock barns. It is said that Mr. Edison and Mr. Westlnghouse, who are sup posed to know a thing or two about electricity, protect their houses and shops which are. isolated structures in this way; and weather bureau ex perts and other scientists who have In vestigated the subject declare that a properly constructed lightning rod has a distinct value. It. is clear, therefore, that this time-honored institution Is not going out of favor except in big cities. The singular indifference which the lightning seems to manifest toward great ceu ters of population is proba bly not due to the nonconducting qual ities of rlie brick and stone so largely used there iu th? construction of build- 1 illfs fin tho rifhii Tmrot moat of thfi . ---is , " ... theories advanced to account for the puzzling phenomenon in question as- siinie that, in some vay of other, bet ter facilities exist in and near great cities, than elsewhere for relieving a tliimdpr i-liind of tlio sniiio-nliundnnr ing through fho streets, high in air, lias also been credited with dissem inating a good deal of electricity dur ing thunderstorms. A third factor in the situation may possibly be found in tlie steel frames of some of the mod ern high buildings. Certainly, if the metallic portions of the roof of one of these structures were properly con nected with the frame, and if the lat ter reached down into permanently moist soil, the combination would af ford a lightning rod of exceptional etlicieiic.v and proportions. Distribute the credit among the various agents as one may, there is evidently a set of conditions existing in large cities which tend to lessen the violence of lightning tliere. and which appreciably affects the demand for lightning rods. Listening. In discussing the art of conversation nearly all the attention is given to what is said. The matter and the manner of our words, the motives which prompt them, the wisdom which chooses them, their probable i-tfects for good or for evil, receive and deserve much scrutiny. Comparatively little notice is taken of tlie other hah' of oonvi'rsition, which consists in listening. It is usually regarded as a simple pas sive condition, needing no particular effort, and, therefore, no special consid eration. Like a vessel which merely holds the liquid poured into It, the lis tener is supposed for ihe time to be only receptive, all his active faculties being reserved for the time when ho comes to reply. , The common phrase, "having nothing to do but listen," betrays the small re spect paid to the net, and the slight ef fort it is thought possible to put into it. Thus it happens that, a.s no one is systematically taught and trained to listen, we have few really good listen ers n inong us, and, for want of them, much good speaking Is absolutely wast ed. For listening Is an art, having o.s ninny grades and qualities as any other, and, until this is recognized, the value, of conversation must bo sadly limited. Fiery Dragons. In the "Statistical Account of Scot land," published at Edinburgh in 1793, there Is nn account of the "rare appear ance" of fiery dragons, which sailed through the rnrilied atmosphere of the rtCOUWU lllgmailos ll. u.e mue. .a , L in ' r. ... 1. ,.! 1.1 1 I . 1... 1 .. t I .. ... November nud the first few days of ' ' ,. . ,, . .. ' September, 1702. According to the ac- ,ut hll(1 a .ncrv ml colop.. nnJ , ihJf apppRPnnee , the northi fl n (,ly , direction, The aocolint niWn "many people ,PKim-wi the plieiioineuoii with much terror" because It "waa Indeed a atrange and startling sight to behold.