FIGHTING URCE For the Burdick Bill, and Its Friends Have Not Given Up the Struggle. STILL BENT ON BUSINESS. The First Move in an Effort to Get It Before the House., A VERT BAD PIECE OF POLITICS is TVb.it Ex-Senator Lee Calls the Action ot the Committee. SOME BREEZT SCENES AT THE HEARING ISPECIAI. TELEGRAM TO TUB DISrATCnV. Harkisbukg, Feb. 20. Xbe Standard Oil Company magnates, attracted to the State Capitol yesterday by tbe hearing on Hie Burdick bill, which proposed to materi ally cut down the rates charged by the Na tional Transit Company for the transporta tion and storage of oil, left the city to-day greatly delighted with the prompt action of the House Committee on Corporations in Toting to report it n'gativelv by a decisive majority. The Standard Oil Trust, the parent of the Natioual Transit, bad concen trated its best speaking talent here to point cut the disastrous effects which it is alleged would flow from the proposed legislation, but it had hardly anticipated the over whelming victory it achieved. The friends of the bill are much chagrined that they should have been knocked out so easily. But while the first round in the fight for lower tolls was discouraging, thny have firmly resolved to avail themselves of every parliamentrv expedient to galvanize the bill into life. The action of the Com mittee on Corporations will be sustained by some members, who would have voted for the bill if the report had been favorable, bnt a greater number care nothing lor the dictum of the committee, and will vote to place it on the calendar in defiance of its action, stiii run or right. They think the bill is of such great im portance that it should have a wider discus sion than the confines of a committee room, and will exert themselves to the utmost to give the House a chance to discuss it Representative Burdick, the author of the bill, lost no time to-day in offering a resolu tion, which seeks tonullilvthe action of the committee, by putting it in the position of bills reported vitu an alhrniative recom mendation. He is a popnlar member, and a considerable number of his associate? will vote with him on that account. As a ma jority of the entire House is necessary to up set the work of a committee, 103 votes will be required to resuscitate the bill. Resolutions are considered only under the rules of the House on Monday and Friday, and on these davs the attendance is generally meager. On this account the proposition of Representative burdick is placed at a de cided disadvantage, but he has strong hopes of a successful issue. Ex-Senator Lee, who was delegated by the oil producers to represent their interests here, thinks tbe adverse action on the Bur dick bill was a very bad move, from a po litical standpiint. as a blow at the interests of the producers of petroleum. The election last November Bhowed the power of these people when aroused. Antagonizing the Oil 3Ion. All the counties in which petroleum is produced contributed l.irgclyto the defeat of Delamater, because (Mr. Lee intimated), of his relations with the Standard Oil Com pany. If the Republicans wanted to make thisState permanently Democratic, the most effectual way to attain the result was to pursue a policy like that which found ex pression in the defeat of the bill to secure reasonable rates for shipping oil through pipes. Representative Finley, of Washington, and Thompson, of Butler, much regretted the action of the Committee on Corporations, and the latter faid the news would be re ceived in his county with great dissatisfac tion. Representative James, of Venango county, was glad that the bill had received a black eye, as he could not see that any good could flow from its operations. Representative Hays, of Venango, thought the bill would be put on tue calendar, as many members would vote to give it a show before the House who are opposed to its passage. The discussion of the Burdick bill after midnight was conducted in the liveliest sort of a way. Breezy verbal encounters between Emery and Archbold, and between Arch bold and Lee. were irequent. At one time it w.is feared by tbe committee that the ap parent indignation of Lee over a statement made by the magnate of the Standard might result in danrerous bad blood, and the Chairman interposed a resolute objection to the continuance of personalities. Lee Tarns on Archbold. Lee had remarked that a representative of the great corporation had told him that the producers, by devoting the profits of 1,000. 000 barrels of oil to the support ot working men during a shutdown, inaugurated be cause of the enormous quantitv of oil on band, had forced tbe Standard to adopt a similar policy. Archbold informed Lee that such was not the case, when tbe latter turned on the Standard man and notified lum that such reflections on his veracity would not be tolerated. Subsequent re marks of Archbold showed that he had mis apprehended Lee's remarks as to the shut down to limit production. The Senate Judiciary Committee held a short session this morning to consider the bill introduced by Senator McCreary, which is a copy of that negatived by the House Corporations' Committee. The attendance was small and no action was taken. The committee will probablv await the action of tbe House on the resolution to place the bill on the calendar. Several m-mbers of the committee inter viewed say they are unable to give any idea as to the sentiment ot a majority of its'mem bers. BILLS REPORTED FAVORABLY. Senator Penrose's Measure Amending the Corporation Act of 1874. - ISrtCIAL TELEGRAM TO THE DISrATCn. H AmtiBUEO.Feb. 20. Bills were report ed favorably in the Senate requiring dealers in cigarettes to be licensed, and authorizing retail liquor licenses to be granted on the basis of population. Senator Flinn pre sented the remonstrance of manufacturers of Pittsburg against the passage o: the Bur dick bill. Senator Penrose, Philadelphia, intro duced a bill amending the Corporation act of 1874, so .is to authorize the incorporation of the companies engaged id the drygoods business. BILLS DISPOSED OP. A"umher of Them Fased Finally by the Upper IIone. HAURrSBUKG, Feb. 20. In the Senate to-day the Jollowirg bills were passed finally: Providing for printing of Sheriffs sales in a German newspaper; Senator Flinn's bill, pioviding for the payment of the cost and expense of municipal improve ments in cities; authorizing the election ol cnief bnrgess tor three years; authorizing extension of corporate existence of any rail road corporation organized under general or special laws; House bill authorizing ap pointment of commission to revise mining and ventilation laws. On motion of Senator Flinn. his bill pro viding for a sale or lease of the. property and franchises of street railway companies to motor power companies was amended bv striking out the following: "That no such lease shall be made, except with the consent of the owners of three-lourths of the stock of the passenger railway company so leased. SOME SOLDIER BILLS THAT ABE MAKING OLD VETERANS IN THE SENATE WEARY. The Chick araauga Measure Stirs TJp a Spirited Debate It Is Finally Defeated Senator Gradj't Amusing War History Other Dills That Are Tending. rFPCCIAt. TELEGRAM TO THE DISPATCH.! Harkisburo, Feb. 20. There was a spirited discussion in the Senate to-day on the bill appropriating 512,500 to mark the positions ofPennsylvania troops with monu ments or tablets on the Chickamauga battle field. A number of old soldier in the Sen ate are getting weary of the legislation to take money from the Treasury to help vari ous schemes, in which the soldier is made to figure. G encral McCreary and Senator Bates, both of whom have seen good serv ice, opposed the bill considered to-day, be cause its passage might cause an expensive precedent, as other appropriations would likely be demanded for many other battle fields. Senator Grady created much amusement by his contradiction of the history of the war. He had General Grant and other Gen erals of distinction fighting for the life of the Unicn on the Chicaraauga battlefield who were hundreds of miles away, and his better in'ormed Republican colleagues were obliged to clir up his recollections of war scenes. The bill was defeated, but Senator Grady changed his vote for the bill in order that he might move lor a reconsideration. Among other soldier bills before the Legislature is one providing for medals, al an aggregate expense of $1,600, to be awarded to the first defenders of the Union during the late war. Another bill provides that 575,000 be ap plied to the erection of equestrian statues to Generals Meade and Hancrck at Gettys burg. This is a very popnlar measure, be cause of the distinction these heroes won, and because the statues are to be erected on Pennsvlvania soil. TWO MURDERERS' FATE. The Governor Disposes ot One and Is Con sidering the Other. FrECXAI. TiLEGRAM TO TUE DISPATCH.! Hakeisbdro, Feb. 20. Governor Pat tison bas directed a letter to be sent to the District Attorney of "Washington county as to the physical condition of the murderer "West, who, in communications submitted to the Governor, is represented to be a physical wreck and consequently not a fit subject to be hanged. The jail physician thinks four months will be required to re store him to a condition that would warrant his execution. A shoit time since an application was made for the reprieve of Harry Marsh, o! Cambria county, on the ground that he was insane. The District Attorney of the county was addressed as to the murderer's condition, and he wrote in reply that the court and jury had passed on his mental condition at the trial. The Governor ac cordingly refused to interfere with the ex ecution of the death warrant. Marsh and "West are to be executed on the 26th inst. WORLD'S FAIR DISPLAY. The iJill Providing for It Unanimously Paired by the Senate. 'FrrCIAl.TEI.KO RAM TO Ifll DI8PATCB.: Harkisburo, Feb. 20. The Senate, by a unanimous vote to-day, passed the bill ap propriating 5150,000 for the display of Penn sylvauia products at the Chicago Exposi tion. The commission which is to disburse this money will consist of three persons to be appointed by the Governor, two by the Senate and two by the House. The mem bers of the commission shall be entitled only to their transportation expenses and 56 a day for subsistence during necessary absence Irom their homes. They are authorized to appoint an Execu tive Commissioner and to fix his salary, sub ject to the approval o! the Governor. He shall see that a complete and creditable dis play is secured, and shall have personal charge of the solicitation, collection, trans portation, arrangement and exhibition of the objects to be displayed. . SHIP CANAL COMMISSION. Resolution for a Review of Ih. Work by Government Engineers. rsrrciAi. th.epkam to tub dispatch.! Harkisbdrg, Feb. 20. The following House resolution was concurred in by the Senate to-day: Resolved (if the Senate concur). That our Senators and Representatives in Congress be requested to secure the adoption of a resolu tion directing the Secretary of War to order a review by tho cfticers of the Engineer Corps, United States Army, of statement and con clusions embodied in the report of the Pennsyl vania Ship Canal Commission. Resolved, That tbe 81np Canal Commission is hereby directed to submit a supplementary report to tue legislature after the report of tlio said board ot United Statos engineers is made, lint that no expenditure be made or obligations contracted by the Ship Canal Commission in excess of the appropriation heretofore made for its cxpeuses. LEGISLATIVE THANKS Extend to AH Who Aided the Johnstown Flood bnfTerers. ISrFCIAI. TELEGHAtf TO THE DISPATCH.! IlARRlbBUitG, Feb. 20. In the Senate to-day the following House resolution was concurred in: Resolved. That (the Senate concurring) the thanks of the Commonwealth of Pennsvlvania is hereby given to all collectors, treasurers and committees for the relief of Johnstown and sur rounding villac.es and to all contributors of money, food and clothing for this purpose, and especially the men and women who gave their personal services to the stricken people, enduring hardship and endangering their health in the work of wisely and tenderly administering to every form of human need, and inspiring a bereaved and destitute com munity with courace. which has enabled it to lenew its orderly life ano Its accustomed and useful labor. BILLS IN THE HOUSE, Most of This Batch Are From Allegheny County Members. rEPZCTAI. ItUGhiK TO THE DltPATCH.l Harkisbcbg, Feb.20. The following bills were introduced in the House to-day: By Marshall. Allegheny, appropriating 55.000 to the Newsboys' Home, of Pittsburg. By Muehlbronner, Allegheny, to prohibit sale of adulterated food. By McCuIlougb, Allecheny, for improvement' ot game laws, prepared by the Ilerron Hill CJunCIub, ot Pitisbiirc. By Lytic. Huntingdon, fixing a timo when in surance lusse shall be paid. Adjourned until Monday evening. A u.otion to reconsider the vote by which the bill piolub ting the sale or gift of intoxicat ing liquors on Decoration Day was defeated. STILL HAS HOPE. Senator Keeb Thinks His Execution Bill Will Yet Bo Passed. -SrECIAJ. TELIQllAM TO TOE DI8PATCn.J Haerisburg, Feb. 20. Senator Neeb still has a faint hope that his bill to execute murders in the penitentiaries only will be passed. 'The bill is in the proper commit tee of the House, and the Senator and Rep resentative Stocking, of Washington, whose bill, having n similar object in view, was indefinitely posponed, have joined hands in a movement to put the Senate bill through tbe House. The bill has the support of some members, because they think it would put an end to the discussion of prospective hangings and accompanying evils in counties where mur ders are committed, for weeks before the sentence of the law is executed. A WHITE CAP THREAT. Tho Startling Document laid Before tbe Douse Yesterday. Harkisburo, Feb. 20. Speaker Thomp son this morning laid before the House an anonymous communication, mailed at Elizabethville and addressed "To Our State Legislature." It protests against an in crease of the school term, on the ground that children are needed at home in the countrv. Tbe communication concludes: 'Low me to beg of you to drop that bill, and if you don't those of you votinc for it will be obliged to abide with some of the laws made by White Caps. Please make this known to all tbe members. CLUB. The communication was referred to the Committee ou Education. STANDINGJT WELL. Pittsburg's Young Succl Loses a Little Moro Fonnds In tho First Twenty Hours of Dis Fast Ho Sleeps Like a Top His Tompcr Good. Elmer A. Collin", thePittsburg Succi, en tered upon the second day of his fast, yes terday morning. He had slept soundly and was in excellent spirits. At noon the fol lowing official bulletin of his condition was issued: Temperature, 98.5; pulse, 88; respiration, 20. Later in the day, at 6 P. 7f., a second and more complete examina tion was made, with the following result: "Weight, 134 pounds: pulse, 80; respiration, 18; temperature, 98.5. During the 20 hours of his fast he had lost precisely i pounds. The attendant medical men claim that this very large decrease in weight isbut the natural result of the first day's fast, and will not be repeated. During yesterday Collins partook of filt ered water three times 1 ounce at 1:50 P.M., 1 ounce at 5:18 r. si. and 1 ounce at 8 P. M. Shortly before midnight he took five drops of turpentine in half an ounce of water. He is quite confident of success in his en deavor, and stands the rougli sallies of the crowds which visit him hourly. It is cer tainly tantalizing to be oflered beefsteak or pie, or asked what one would like for sup per when in the outset of a 30-days fist. But Collins does not appear to mind such .remarks the least in the world. When asked what he wants for slipper he replies, with a laugh: "Oh, send me up a dozen toothpicks; thev're all 1 need." Collins retired to rest at 11:20 last night, and fell into a quiet sleep less than ten min utes after. Thesworn medical attendants and repre sentitives of newspapers have been constant in their attendance upon the faster, two of them being always with bim. A BALLOT BOX MYSTERY. Two Daring and Unnccountable Thefts From the Beaver Polling Place. SrrCIAI. TELEOKAM TO THE DISPATCH. Beaver, Feb. 20. At the election last spring, when tbe question of increasing the borough indebtedness was voted upon, the ballot box was spirited away during the night following, and when it returned it was found to hive been rifled of its contents. This was supposed to have been done by certain person, who desired to learn how certain other persons voted. To-day it leaked out that at the election held last Tuesday another theft had been committed. The "board tried to keep tbe matter a secret until they could learn the cuilty parties. The polls clofed at the regular time, and within a very few moments alter, it is said, two persons cam with supper for the officers of the board at a hotel near by. The ballot-box, election papers, etc, were removed from the table and placed on a counter which runs across the room, leaving but a small suace for passage. Alter supper the counting of the ballots was taken up, and not uniil after it was finished at a late hour, was it discovered that the two polling sheets had disappeared. MUSIC, Art, the Drama, Education, the G. A. It., the Military, Society, Genteel Sports and the Secret Orders are specially cot cred in to-morrow's big DISPATCH. INSTALLED AS PASTOR. The Tirst Congregational, of Allegheny, Formally Receives Iter. Mr. McCorkle. Rev. S. "W. McCorkle was formally in stalled Inst night as pastor of the First Con gregational Church, of Allegheny. Mr. McCorkle came to Allegheny from Ironton, O., where he had charge of the First Con gregational Church of that place for three years. The attendance last night was very large, the auditorium being crowded. The services were opened by Rev. Dr. John Edwards, of Pittsburg, who presided. Then Iter. Mr. McCracken read a portion of the Scriptures and led in prayer. Dr. Edwards formally installed the new pastor, the charge being delivered by Rev. Thomas Aden Brook, while that to the people was made by Rev. C. W. Carroll, the right-hand ot fellowship being extended by Rev. J. H. Young. The benediction was pronounced by the new pastor. Mr. McCorkle took charge of the First Church last November, and his work has met with most satisfactory results. KILLED BY THE SHERMAN TRAIN. An Unknown Mnn Falls a Victim to the Flying Fnneral Cortege. An unknown mau was killed on the P.R. R., near Swissvale, by the Sherman train yesterday morning. The body was brought to the morgue, where it awaits identifica tion. The deceased was about 50 years of age, 5 feel 5 inches in beight, weighed 140 pounds, and hnd the figure of a woman tattooed on each arm. On the left arm the initials "T. M. C." were tattooed. He wore a black stiff hat, dark jeans suit, aud blue drilling shirt. In his pocket he carried a memoran dum book, on which was written "John Voss, borp December 1, 1864, Germany." He was of fair complexion, and had gray hair and mustache. FELL UNDER A TRESTLE. Three Men Serlonsly Sqneezed Between the Fallen Timbers. A serious accident occurred at the coal tipple of the Continental Tube Works, on Second avenue yesterday morning in which three men were seriously injured. A num ber of men were engaged shoveling coal from the tipple into carts, when the trestle gave way, falling on tnein. Harry Kennedy had his right leg badly mashed by a large timber falling on it and bis back was seriously sprained. James ClcafTand George Langdon were caught be tween two timbers and badly squeezed. It is thought they are hurt internally. The men were removed to their homesj up the Four-mile run, by patrol wagons Nos. 4 and 10. Coming to Pittsburg. J. H. Lane, of New York, Manager of the United States Marine Band, was at the Andersou yesterday. He made arrange ments with a local management to have tbe band appear here during the latter part of April, or around the May 1. Western Hates Reduced. West-bound rates on the fifth-class have been reduced 5 cents per 100 pounds from this territory to East Clinton, 111., and to all points in Iowa. Shippers are also given the privilege of consigning goods in mixed carload lots, which in itself will be a large saving to Eastern manufacturers. THE PITTSBURG DISPATCH. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY DEATH IN THE DAKK. Amid Fire and Smote Men Are Crushed in a Railroad Tnnnel By A DOUBLE COLLISION OP TRAIKS. Several Cars Are Telescoped, Catch Fire and Are Consumed. SIX LIVES LOST AND MANY. INJURED Nittc" York, Feb. 20. There was a col lision at 7:10 o'clock this morning in the middle railway tunnel through Fourth ave nue, near Eighty-fifth street, between two trains of the New York, New Haven and Hartford Company. One was the New Haven local, leaving the Grand Central sta tion at 7:02, and it ran into a train of empty cars, no one being in them, the employes being on their way to the yard at Mott Haven. The wreck soon took fire and burned fiercely, owing to the great draught in the tunnel. Moreover, there was a second collision by a "light engine" going north from the yard running into the wreck. Six lives were lost through the first collision, and several per sons were injured, all probably employes. Up the Grand Central yard all trains pass to the left, and in whichever direction they may be going take the track on the left side of the tunnel. The Boston express, with a score or more of car-cleaners on board, was on the west track of the middle tunnel going toward the shops at Mott Haven. The Atmosphero Thick "With Smoke. It left the Grand Central station at a speed of six miles an hour. The heavy atmosphere prevented tbe tunnel from clearing itself of steam and smoke, and it was difficult tosee tbe white, green and red signal. A New Haven accommodation train left the station at 7:02 on the track occupied by the other, having on board about 15 passengers, and when it reached Fifty-ninth street was run ning 30 miles an hour. Fireman "Wellngton says he leaned out of the cab window and saw the lights one after the other as the engine approached them. At the Fifty-ninth street signal station both the "distant" and "home" lights were white, which signified that tbe block ahead was clear, so on sped the train. The next signal station is at Seventy-second street. The "distant" signal is a square lamp, showing white on one side and green ou tbe other, and is 1,000 feet in front of the "home" signal, which is immediately oppo site the station and bas a white and rod side. At a point about half way between Eighty fourth and Eighty-fifth streets the engine hurled itself against the rear of the Boston express sleeper, wrecking the smoking car and driving it partly through the palace car, to which it was coupled. Tho Engineer Unaware of the Collision. Both trains came to a standstill within a quarter of a minute. The engineer ol the express did not know when his train was struck. He felt the cars pulling very hard while his engine began to stop. Tbe signal man at Eighty-sixth street put his head out of the wipdow of his box and shouted: "All rightl Go ahead 1" He thought the engineer was stopping be cause unable to see the signals, but the lat ter shouted back, as he pulled open the throttle "1 can't; my airis on!" Thesudden destruction of the two rear coaches had put on the automatic brakes. Fowler and Wellington jumped from their engine as it crashed into the smoker, aud the former was slightly injured. He was able, however, to take care of his engine when he learned that only its front end was broken. The tunnel was filled with wreck age bv the collision, and a moment after it occurred a light switch engiue on the down track ran into it, jumped the rails and turned partly across the tunnel. Six men were on it but none were hsrt. The Horror of Fire Is Added. The telescoped cars, a mass of broken Um bel s and splinters, were piled up under one of the roof openings of tbe tunnel, and, taking fire immediately, the smoke attracted the attention of tbe people iu the neighbor hood. Those that were near heard shrieks and calls for help. Civilians and police men climbed over the railing of tbe small park that surrounds the opening and looked down upon the wreck. Two fire alarms brought six engines, which soon began play ing on the flames. Ladders were brought and let down through the opening, and, de scending these, the rescuers began to search for the dead and dying. Surgeons and priests joined the firemen down in the dark, smoke-stifled tunnel, where the latter, be grimmed with dirt aud panting for breath, struggled bravely against all odds. Lan terns flashed and bobbed about in the murky gloom, and it was seen that one car had been shoved completely through the one ahead of it to within six feet of the forward platform, and this car bad jammed into the one in front of it again and smashed the platforms of both, in fact, wrecking the third car beyondjreuair.while the locomotive that had wrought the daoiuge was jammed into the two telescoped cars, and all were iu u blaze. Removing the Dead and Dying. Dead, roasted and broken bodies, in all sorts of pitiable attitudes, were among the debris of the interior. But one was not dead. Between the head of the locomotive and the end of the car into which it had smashed was suspended by the shoulders the body of a man whose legs had been torn off. His clothing bad been all burned off and the body partly roasted. He was nude and swollen, but he was still alive. A fire man touched him, and trom the head above the cud ot tbe car that jammed against tbe locomotive came a moan and the word's, "For God's sake, leave me alone aud let me die." It took 20 minutes to extricate the poor fellow and carry him to the sur face. Before he could be examined above he was dead. livery fresh body brought out steamed as it'll had been parboiled, iu addition to being burned. The dead were finally lifted up through the opening in the tunnel and carried away. The injured were sent to hospitals, and after ten hours work tbe track was cleared. Tho Karnes of the Victims. A COLORED SLEEPING CAR PORTER, burned leond recognition. MRS. NELLIE SUPPLE, (probably), a car cleaner. HARISKOUN KILLIAN, a train bov. JOHN HANKE. a car cleaner. He was rescued alive, but was so badly crnshed that lie afterwards died in the hospital. JOHN MURRAY, a laborer, burned to death. JAMES 11. KLYNN. a machinist. The list of injured include Daniel N. Cui bretb, a colored cook, who was injured in ternally; William D. BrowD. a brakeman, badly crushed; a Hudson River Railroad Are man named Rankin, also badly crushed. Engineer Fowler was arrested and com mitted without bail. He and bis firemin each declare tbe signals were out. Neither were seriously injured. "WORK OF THE HEALTH BUREAU. Several Recommendations Made in the San itary Inspector's Annual Report. James M. McEwen, Chief Sanitary In spector of the Bureau of Health filed his annual report yesterday. After detailing the great work done by the bureau, includ ing tbe abatement of 8,343 uuisances.he calls attention to the danger of using the abandoued coal mines under Mt. "Washing ton for drainage purposes, recommends ad ditional garbage furnaces for the East End and Southside, and suggests legislation to prevent the erection o cow stables and slaughter houses in the city. PULLED THE" WIFE'S ttatb. Mrs. Kohout Tells a Tale of "Woe and Swears Out a Warrant. Detective Robinson yesterday arrested Mary Denniston, who was taken to Central statiqn and gave $1,000 bail for a hearing on a charce of assaulting Mrs. Kate Kohout on Grant street last Wednesday. Mrs. Kohout's husbaud was steward at the Pittsburg Clubhouse, and his wife was his assistant. Mrs. Denniston was employed by them, and, Mrs. Kohout alleges, alienated her husband's affections and caused their separation. Wednesday evening Mrs. Kohout passed her husband and Mrs.Denniston.it the corner of Grant street and Sixth avenue, when, without provocation, Mrs. Kohout alleges, the other woman attacked her like a tigress, scratching her face, pulling her hair, knock ing her hat off, and otherwise maltreating her. Kohout took no part in the affair. A hearing in the case will be had "before Mag istrate Gripp to-day. AFTER THE RAILROADS. TWO BILLS CALCULATED TO MAKB THE COMPANIES DANCE. One Is the Annual Ohio Idea to Tax the Gross Receipts The Other Dili Provides for the Examination of All Railroad Em ployes. rrriciAi. telzobam to thb DrsrjLTcn.: Columbus, O., Feb. 20. Two bills were introduced in the Legislature to-day to make the railroad corporations dance. One is the annual bill, providing for the taxation of gross receipts of the companies. It requires that each company owning railroad drawing room cars, parlor cars, dining cars, sleeping cars, etc, having its principal office in any other State or country, whose cars are transported through or into this State upon any line of railway, to annually, at the meeting of tbe Boards of Appraisers and Assessors for Railroad Property, submit a statement showing the entire receipts for the preceding year. The gross receipts of the company shall be estimated and apportioned among the sev eral counties through which it passes, and be entered on the tax duplicate for taxation. The second is still more radical iu its character, and affects both employes and companies. It establishes a Board of Ex aminers of railway employes, and pre scribes their duties and powers. The Gov ernor is to appoint a conductor, engineer ard a train dispatcher, or telegraph oper ator, all having 15 years' experience. They must give bond in $5,000 each, and will receive a salary of 52,500 per annum. A secretary for the commission will receive $1,600. The total expense ot the board shall not exceed $11,000, and it shall be borne by the cornorations operating railroads and telegraph lines in the State. The board shall officiate as arbi trators iu differences between railroads and employes and report findings to the General Assembly. All conductors, engineers and railroad telegraph operators now running and oper ating in tbe State, and all persons who may thereafter be so employed, shall .submit to and pass an examination, and in no case shall any conductor, engineer or operator be promoted until he shall first pass an exam ination before the board and receive a cer tificate. CARPENTER and Murray will each have a budget of short interviews In THE DIS PATCH to-morrow. Each contribution is an educator. OLDEST NATIVE ASTOBIAN. He Was a Grandson of King Concomly, the Old Indian Chief. Portland Oregonlan. The oldest native of Astoria, the first white settlementof the Northwest, is Ronald McDonald, now 67 years of age. He is a grandson of old King Concomly, of happy memory, who lives in the songs and chroni cles of 'dusky descendants, and who had a street in Astoria named after him. Rouald McDonald is a son of Archibald McDonald, an old Hudson Bay Company man. At the time of Ronald's birth in Atoria his grandfather, old Concomly, or Kum kumly, was a powerful chieftain, in com mand ot all the tribes Irom the mouth of the Columbia river to the Flathead country, and he was the only chief recognized by the Hudson Bay Company, on account of his great influence with ail the tribes. When Ronald, our oldest Astoriau, was Vi years old his mother died, and the little ieilow was taken from Astoria to Fort Col ville, where he remained until he was 7 years old, when he was sent to St. John's College at Winnipeg to be educated. This was a tough trip for the little fellow, who had to travel on snow shoes in the dead of winter across the Rocky Mountains, a dist ance of 1,500 miles, but it was the beginning of a lite of adventure that reads like a romance. HATCHING OUT ALLIGATORS. A Business in Incubators in Florida That Requires Some Skill. St. Louis Ulobc-Dcmocrat.J Quite a business has sprung up in Florida of hatching alligator eggs by an artificial incubator. It seems that the demand for alligators was so lively that the natives could not catch enough to supply the mar ket. Some genius conceived the idea of saving himself the trouble of splashing round in the water after young alligators, so he got a lot ol eggs, put them in an in cubator and hatched out as fine a lot of young reptiles as anyone would wish to see. They were about 6 inches long when they emerged, as black as a clergyman's coat, and as wicked in disposition as tbe oldest and ugliest 'gator that ever scared a pira ninuy or devoured a yellow dog. He led them at first on oatmeal, and after a few days of Scotch diet taught tbem to eat meat by choking them till they opened their mouths and then dropping a bit down their throats. He tried milk, but they would not drink it till he held them with their noses down in the pan so that they had to drink or suffocate, so they drank. AN OHIO 6F00E STORY. Young Ladies in a Cemetery Frightened by Hearing Their Karnes. A strange incident occurred in Spring Grove recently, says the Cincinnati in quirer. Two young ladies who were stand ing at the grave of a dear friend were sud denly startled to hear the name of the younger one uttered in a loud voice. The name was repeated three times, and, al though somewhat frightened, they made an attempt to find out who was calling. Tbe locality was an out-of-the-way one of the cemetery, and after nervously looking behind several tombstones to see if anyone was joking with them the young girls hur ried out of the graveyard. After reaching home they told their parents what had oc curred. As a result of the nervous shock the yovfngest one, whose name the mysterious voice had uttered, was takeu sick and com pelled to remain in bed some time. The in cident occasioned considerable comment among their friends, but no solution to the mystery can be advaoced. SUGAR IN THE MORTAR. It Has a Wonderf al Effect in Hardening the Composition. St. Louts Globc-Deinocrat.l In London, New York, Boston and St. Louis a mixture of mortar and sugar has been used for 20 years, as a good, though cheap, substitute for Portland ce ment. Iron gate posts set in it are as firm as though imbedded in a rock, and the com position seems to last quite as long as cement. Besides that, cement with a small addition of sugar makes a sidewalk which compares favorably even with the much prized granitoid. Sugar keeps the mortar from freezing. Strange to say, salt is occasionally mixed with mortar to prevent it freezing while the bricks are being laid, but the result is very unsatisfactory, a species of perpetual damp ness being inaugurated. 21, 139L THE INSIDE SECRETS i Of London's Sensational Gambling Scandal Given Out at Last. ' PART OP fflE PRINCE OP WALES. A Hostess Deliberately riots to Ruin a Guest's Character. THE ACCUSED HAS S01IB DEFENDERS London, Feb. 20. The full particulars of London's high society card scandal, the announcement of which was first made in The Dispatch, cables, are just coming to light. Sir William Gordon-Cumming, Bart., Lieutenant Colonel of the Scots Guards, la accused of having cheated at cards in a game with the Prince of Wales and 15 other representatives of English high life. The charge is made by five witnesses, who say they made the observations inde pendently of each other. As soon as these five persons came to the conclusion that Sir William had cheated, they put their heads together and laid the matter before the Prince of Wales. All pledged themselves to absolute secrecy on the condition that the accused Baronet should sign a paper to the effect that he would never again touch cards. Sir Will iam signed the paper. All this happened last fall. For a few weeks secrecy was ob served. Then the story of the incident be gan to leak out. Finally the whole truth became known. Sir William was tried be fore a court of his fellow officers, and was compelled to send in his papers. Action concerning Jiis caie has been suspended, however, pending the result of a suit lor slander, which he is bringing against his original accusers. The Details of the Affair, The details of this remarkable affair ara substantially as follows: Last September a large party, including the Prince of Wales, was entertained for the St. Leger week at Tranby Croft by Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Wil son. Baccarat was plaved on the 'evenings of the 8th and 9th. In this game any number of players may take part, and as many packs or cards may be used as are necessary to go around. The face cards count ten, and the others for the number of spots they bear. Bets are laid, stakes being placed on tbe cards as in faro, and the banker deals two cards each to all, including himself. The object of each player is to make the numbers 9, 19, 29. Any player may draw as many cards as he wishes so long as bis total re mains under 29. By exceeding this total he forfeits his stake. If, after the first dealing of cards, any player has a "natural," that is, a total of nine or of the next in value, 19. be calls out that he wins, and the banker pays all with better hands than his own, while sweeping down the stakes of all with worse hands. On the first evening of this play Mr. Stanley Wilson, Mr. Arthur Wilson's son, and Mrs. Arthur Wilson, were convinced that they had caught Sir William cheating. Whenever Sir William was favored by the turn of tbe card, both the hostess and her son were sure they saw him add counting checks to his pile of stakes, and. in the con trary -event, withdraw chccEs surrepti tiously. This mode of cheating is known on the Continent as the poasette. Cnmmnnlcating the Discovery. The Wilsons revealed their observations to Mr. and Mrs. Lycett Green and Mr. Berkeley Levett, a fellow officer of Sir William. All live agreed to watch tbe suspected man independently of each other at the game of the following evening. At the close of the game on the evening of the 9th all agreed that Sir William had per sistently cheated the bank. Mr. Lycett Green was appointed spokes man for the party. On the evening of the 10th he confided the whole affair to Lord Coventry and left it to his care for settle ment. Lord Coventry took General Owen Williams into consultation. Lord Coventry aud General Williams agreed that it was imperative to lay the matter before the Prince of Wales, and to urge on him the ad visability of absolute silence. As the con dition ot this ajlence, which would save him from unpleasant consequences, Sir William must sign a paper to the effect that he would not touch a card for the rest of his life. The Prince accepted these suggestions. Lord Coventrv and General Williams next called on Sir William and informed him of the ac cusations. Sir AVilliam denied the charges with vehemence and called for an audience with the Prince of Wales. Late in the evening the request was granted. He and Lord Coventry and General Williams appeared before the Prince, and the whole affair was reviewed. Sir William asserted his inno cence with all possible emphasis. After he had withdrawn, the Prince saw Mr. and Mrs. Green, Mrs. Arthur Wilson, Mr. Stanley Wilson and Mr. Levett, together with Lords E. and A. Somerset and Mr. Reuben Sassoon, all of whom had become acquainted with the circumstances. A Conspiracy of Silence. With them he listened to the verification of their allegations by the five persons who presented themselves as witnesses. It was then pointed out what a terrible tcandal would be the result of the divuigement of the incidents which had occurred. There upon a conspiracy of silence was ratified, all present pledging themselves to secrecy, on the condition that Sir William should sign the undertaking whose nature has been specified. It was well on toward morning when Lord Coventrv and General Williams laid before Sir William the pledge thathe would never again touch a card. The pledge, if signed, would be an acknowledment of guilt. On the other hand, refusal to sign would lead to an open scandal. His friends say that Sir William was unable to summon that rare spirit known as "2-o'clock-in-the-morning courage," and so he signed the paper to save his name from the stigma of broadcast scandal. All other persons cog nizant of tbe affair also signed the paper, which was given to the Prince of Wales for safekeeping. Tbe next morning, September 11, the party broke up. The Inevitable rumors were afloat in the middle of November. They were faint at first, and received com paratively little credence, for the family record and material welfare of Sir William were such a to give them all apparently one of the lie. He was the representative of the oldest and most honorable families of the north of Scotland. His estates are large, and yield a free income which places him quite beyond embarrassment. He bad been a welcome person in the highest society for more than 20 years, and in civil and mili tary life bad "been esteemed as a man of scrupulous honor. No man is more popu lar in the fine regiment whose uniform he has worn so lontr. He upheld its credit, as a volunteer, at TJlundi, where he was the first man into Cetewayo's kraal; in the Egyptian campaign and through the desper ate fighting of Sir Herbert Stewart's desert march. The Pledge of Secrecy Uroken. Still these rumors would not down. On the contrary, they grew louder and more definite. Just be'fore Christmas Sir Wil liam began to hear them. He learned from an anonymous letter that the pledge of becrecy had been broken. He went to the Colonel of the Guard Regiment to which he belongs, and told him everything. The Colonel convened a court consisting of the five senior officers of the regiment, whose finding was that Sir William must-send in his papers, not ou account of the scandal, but on tbe narrower military ground of his non-compliance with.the regulation than an officer whose honor has been impugned must immediately put himself in the bands of his commanding officer. Since the papers were sent in action in regard to them has been suspended, because a formal account of the transactions at Tranby Croft was with some apparent malevolence", addressed to the Ad jutant General. Another and itronger reason for suspend ing final action has beeu the bringing by Sir William of a suit for.alander against Mrs. Arthur Wilson. Mr. Stanley Wilson, and Mr. and Mrs. Lycett Green, and Mr. Berkeley Levett on the ground that they imputed to him dishonest conduct while playing at cards. The writ has beeu served, and it is stated that the action will be strenuously prosecuted and defended. No damages are claimed. Sir Charles Russell, Q. C, M. P., has been retained for the de fendants. It is said tharMr. C. F. Gill will represent the plaintiff. 1 1 As the matter stands Sir William is far from being the only one of the Tranby Croft party who is in the shadow of the baccarat scandal. He has found many de fendants who advocate at least a suspension of judgment until the case shall have been tried in court. Mo.t of these defenders have not been scant in their criticism of the Wilsons and their friends. "The detective brigade" is the phrase applied by one writer to tbe hostess and her relatives who watched and denounced Sir William's play. Xot a Very Agreeable Fart. Another writer says: "But here we have a hostess calmly confederating with her family with a view to detect, and to expose, if detected, one of her guest3 in an act which, if proved, would ruin him forlifel This appears to be an utter violation of all the duties of hospitality. If a man is ou a visit, his host and hostess arc bound to pro tect him so far as they can against anything occurring during the'visit that might make him regret it. For a hostess to turn private detective against one of her guests, and to eniist her family in the service, is not in accordance with the ordinary relations that ought to exist between hostess and guest." A radical paragrapher of humorous ten dencies has proposed a mock solution of the complication, at the same time giving the Prince of Wales a smart rebuke for his part in the affair. He says: "Of course, in deference to their sex, the ladies concerned in the case must be politely over looked. Tbe officer principally implicated should immediately challenge his three male accusers, cross to Boulogne, and kill them. Then, giving himself up promptlr to the local military authorities, he will be judged there by court-martial and con demned to a few hours ot arrest. After en tertaining his judges at dinner be will re turn to England, and, as no one can be tried twice for the same offense, he need fear no lurther legal proceedings ou this score. He should theu compel an eminent personage, to whom, it is suggested, he recently rendered a heroic ser vice, to procure his reinstate ment in the regiment, which obtained, he should tear his commission into tatters and fling the remnants into his commanding offi cer's face. This would necessitate another visit to Boulogne, when for melodramatic purposes and others it would be advisable that tbey should each kill the other. Tbe eminent personage must forever forswear gambling, betting, horse racing and other youthful frivolities, aud should become President of the Anti-Gambling League, tbe Christian Young Men's Association and the Dress Reform Society." The exact date of the trial of Sir William's suit is uncertain. It will probably be some time next fall. SEVENTH DAY BAPTISTS REIUSE TO TOTE AT A SPECIAL ELEO HON HELD ON SATURDAY. Consequently the Republican Candidate for Congress in a Rhode Island Dis trict Has Withdrawn Trom the Con test Mixture of Relislon and Politics, i rEI-ECIAI. TELEGRAM TO TUB DtSrATCH.l Pkovidence, Feb. 20. The religions issue raised in the Congressional contest to be decided to-morrow is deplored. It is well-known that the State of Rhode Island has always had a jealous regard for freedom of conscience. In tbe western part of the State, is areltgioussect known as the Seventh Day Baptists. They hold Saturday to be the Lord's Day, and observe it as such. They are descended from the early settlers of tbe province and perhaps without exception are Republicans. In November there was no election for Congress in the Western district of Rhode Island', neither tbe Republican, Warren P. Arnold, nor the Democrat, Charles H. Page, having a majority of all the votes, as required by law. In a second elec tion a plurality is sufficient. It became the duty of the General Assembly to appoint the day for another election. The Democrats who have a large majority in the House, insisted upon selecting Saturday with the intent, the Republic-ins allege, of thereby disfranchising the Seventh Day Baptists. After considerable protest the Democrats gained their point, and to-morrow was appointed as the day. On Monday last a convention of the Sev enth Day Baptist churches solemnly re solved that they could not conscientiously take part in an election held on Saturday, and would therefore remain away from the polls. Tbe Hon. Warren P. Arnold, the Republican candidate, who himself resides in the Western part of tbe State, and has a high respect for his fellow citizens of tho Seventh Day Baptist faith, then followed with his announcement of withdrawal, de claring that he would not be a candidate in an election at which citizens were disfranchised on account of their religious belief. In this course he has been unanimously indorsed by the Republican State Committee. Mr. Page will, therefore, have a walkover, but the Republicans are convinced that it will be the dearest victory ever won by the Democracy of that district. SOLD TO A SYNDICATE. Lookout Mountain Dattlcfield In the Hands of a Dig Company. rXCTAt TILIOBAM TO TBI DlSPATCai Chattanooga, Feb. 20. The sale of valuable property on Lookout Mountain to a New England syndicate is at last com pleted. The negotiations have been pending for two weeks. The trouble has been with stockholdersowningS200,000oftheSl,000,000 stock. The dissatisfied stockholders served an injunction yesterday afternoon, but they have been appeased by land instead of bonds. By the settlement the purchasers have to pay $5o 30 a share for the Lookout Land Com piny stock, which, in January, 1887. cost J15 a share. There are three com panies interested. The Lookont Mountain Company trans ferred $50,000 in interest-bearing notes on hand; 300 uusoldlots; 150 acres of unplotte 1 land between Sunset Rock and Point Rock, and 220 acres, including Rock City and Lula Lake. The land is on the very top of the mountain, and includes the old Confed erate war fort. UNION BAPTIST CHUfiCH. The Congregation to'Celebrate Its Fifteenth Anniversary To-Morrow. The fifteenth anniversary of the Union Baptist Church, on Soutn Nineteenth street, will be held in the church to-morrow at 10:30 o'clock a. si. An interesting pro gramme has been arranged. The history of the church will be read by W. N. Easton, clerk, and the anniversary sermon will be delivered by the pastor, J. W. Riddle. At 2 P. M. the Sunday school anniversary will be held; history by Secretary James Chis holm, and address by Superintendent J. H. Skeltnn. In the evening an address will be made by Rev. .1. L. Phillips, of Euclid, O., who was the first pastor oi thp church. The Policeman Captured the Pot. Louis Krcpes, Alfred Ejte and John Kioteka, all young men, were arrested last night by Officer Brown while playing poker in a shanty boat at the foot of South Twenty first btreet. The officer happened along in time to capture a jack-pot with 86 cents ia-it. HUNTING FOR HEIRS. The Story of the Old United States Bank Fonght by Jackson REVIVED BY KEW DEVELOPMENTS. Prominent Persons Are Xoir LiTintj En titled to Trust Funds. A TALE EET0LD OP A FAMOUS FAILURE Philadelphia, Feb. 20. An adver tisement published this week by Christopher Fallon, calling for the legal heirs of Samuel Jaudon, at one time cashier of the United States Bank, brings to light an interesting story in connection with that once famous institution. The bank occupied the quarters now used by the Girard Bank, on Third street, below Cbestnnt, the structure that so closely re sembles the present Custom House, and al though it was a power in tbe financial world, and its deposits and transactions were on an enormous scale, it early in the present century became involved in a bitter contest with President Andrew Jackson, whose ideas were against its system of busi ness. Old Hickory refused it a renewal of its charter, aud, thouzh there were suits car ried to tbe Supreme Court of the United' States, be finally crnshed it out of existence. When the bank failed, it was alter a special act of the Legislature passed on May 14, 1841, allowing the trustees to make an assignment. Many Illustrious Depositors. Several suits are recorded after the crash, notable among tbem being one against Nathaniel Biddle, the bank's president, who was accused of subverting several hundred thousand dollars of its funds to his own use. It is stated that at the time of the collapse the Queen ot SD.tin had nearly $1,000,000 on deposit there. Tbe Rothschilds were also largely interested, they bringing suits,among others, through tneir attorneys William B. Reed and Henry M. Phillips, who claimed dividends on 990,000 sterling for their clients. The Queen of Spain's in terests were looked after by Christopher Fallon, an uncle of the attorney who is at present instituting the inquiries as to the whereabouts of the heirs oi the late cashier.' In 1850 the amirs of the defunct institu tion were finally settled, and in 1855 a small balance, consisting of real estate, was divided among AVilliam B. Reed, an uncla of the present Judge Reed; James A. Bayard, father of ex-Secretary of Stato Bayard; Christopher Fallon a'nd Samuel Jaudon, the cashier. A Trust Fund Ready for Heirs. The real estate, consisting of several lots, has been sold from time to time by the present trustee, who has lately reported tha conclusion of bis trust to the courts, stating that the money, some 1,200 or 51,500, is in hand and awaiting the rightful heirs of' the parties named. Attorney Fallon after) months of patient search located the fund. He communicated with ex-Secretary Bay-i ard, who immediately placed the matter ml Mr. Fallon's hands tor collection. The latter also looks after his late uncle's share' of the fund, and as William B. Reed early sold bis interest to his three colleagues, Samuel Jaudon's heirs are the only ones re-! maimng to be found before the final dutri-I bution can lie made. I Thus, after 36 years of quiescence tha Bank of the United States, in its time, prob-, ably the greatest financial institutiou extant, has aeam come into public notice, and tbe long list of suits and ventilation of its: affairs in tbe courts of justice extending so' far in the past ii liable at this late day to bo still further augmented. Samuel Jaudon and his family are sun posed to have moved to New York shortly after the failure of the hank. If tbe adver tisement inserted in local papers do not bring about the required result renewed efforts will be made to find the heirs iu New York. WOMEN of Washington have been inter viewed for THE DISPATCH on the advisa bility of a dowry for the daughter. Sea to-morrow's isue. CLEVELAND, BLAINE AND HILL. SUver-Tongned Daniel Dougherty Talks of Presidental Probabilities. Chicago, Feb 20. Daniel Dougherty, in speaking of Presidental probabilities, ' said: "I really don't know Governor Hill's intentions. I cannot say that I am in har mony with the belief that his election to the Senate removed him from the list of prob abilities. That Governor Hill does not think so, one might take for granted be cause of his not having so expressed him self." Cleveland's expression on the silver coinage Question Mr. Dougherty considered another proof of tbe ex-President's inde pendence of thought. "There is nothing of the Janus about Grover Cleveland," he said. "There is no uncertainty as to how or where he stands. If he thinks be is right he hews ahead, let the chips fly where ther will. "I sometimes wish." Mr. Dougherty added, after a moment's reflection, as ha gazed out upon the old bosom of Lake Michigan, "that Mr. Cleveland bad more about bim to attract the public in a friendly way. Personal magnetism is what I mean. His strength of following is due to the great admiration aud sincere respect his acts and thoughts engeuder in the public mind. For magnetism, though, pure and simple, one must look to Blaine. He possesses it in tha highest degree. Blaine, I think, is mora popular and stronger to-day than at any time in his career." Prefers Dime 3oTels to School. Henry Warner, aged 15 years, was com mitted to Morganza yesterday bv Alderman Beinhauer. His mother, Mrs. Mary Warner, stated that he had become an in veterate reader of dime novels, and would not so to school. "CAH I ASSIST YOV, MAOAM?" This is an every-day occurrence; she is taken with that " fill-gone " or faint feeling, wriilo calling or shopping. Tho cause of this feeling is some de rangement, weakness, or irregularity incident to her sex. It matters little from what canse it may arise ; Instant relief may always be found by using LYDIAEPINKHAIh'Scpo It is the only Positive Cure and Legiti mate Rcmedv for those peculiar weak nesses and a.'.mcnts of our best female population. 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