SHOOTING AT CLLYELAM).!
Striken of Browo Hoisting Worki n k !
Murderou. Attempt on Workmen, j
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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were withdrawn from the Brown works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
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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.
