THREE HOURS' TALKiS "Wasted on the Baker Ballot BilLAVliicii Finally Passes Second Eeadinir TffllO UT AX A3IEJMEXT. Senator Goliin "Waxes Eloquently Sarcastic in ills Speech MFEXDKG THE FBEE AMERICAN. Apjilanse from Senate and Galleries Ec irards His Effort. OXLY OXE EEPUBL1CAX BBEAK 3IADE IFT.03I A STAFF COrfRtSrOXDENT. ITAKnisiirao, May 22. Unless Provi dence should see fit to afflict some long vinded Senators with temporary loss of speech, the Legislature is not likely to ad journ before the Fourth of July. Time enough was wasted to-day in tedions dis sertations upon the inherent rights of the people and constitutional history to hae passed a score of bills. TJie Baker ballot bill was up on second Jreadiug in the Senate, both afternoon aud evening, and it finally passed without an amendment, although many efforts were made by the Dunoerats in that direction. The Bepublican side, however, stood solid, with the single exception of Senator Bob bins, of "Westmoreland, w ho made fcevcral attempts to ha e certain clauses restored to praciejil their original form. Mr. Bobbins' first amendment was to change the date at which the bill goes into effect from March 1, lb!2, to July 1, 1891. This w.ts voted down, as were also his at tempts to have the time for filing nomina tion papers s iied as to give independents a fi-w days more than the regular parties in which to" set in their nominations. The vote was a strict party one, except that Mr. Bob bins voted w ith the Democrats on his own amendments. The Section Fought 0er. The fight, hnwevci, was over the really vital section of the LilL This is section 2i, which permits a. voter who, "for any cause desires assistance," to take another quali fied Miter into the booth with him to aid in preparing Jus ballot, Senator Boss moved to amend so that he must mi ear that he was physically disabled or unable to read. Mr. Boss deelaied that the original section ttruck dow ii all secrecy, and opened the door to bribery and intimidation. Votes were bought aud sold now, and it would con tinue if this- section were left unchanged. "Win- shouldn't an American citizen have the pmilcg" of taking another voter in with him if he wants to?" asked Senator 2Cceb. "It is not English, yon know," replied Senator Gobin, and the Senator from Leba non proceeded to make one of the most vigorous poeehes of the session. He de clared that the Democrats were casting un warranted aspersions upon the great mass of the American people. Because there were some scoundrels, they wanted all hon est men to be desraded. Men who in their early years had been deprived of an edu cation" must swear to it before they could vote. arnst Swear to Afflictions. The blind, the paralvzed, the crippled, must Mcar to the afflictions which it has pleased God to put upon them before they could een take their sons or their friends into the booth to help them perform the most sacred privilege of citizenship. "Gen tlemen of the .iery, is this right?" The Senators laughed and applauded. "Yes, this is a jnrv, ai'd your -erdic on this mat ter will go forth to the people." "For which side is the gentleman coun sel?" asked Senator Llovd. J JTor the people and their rights, where I always stand," declared Mr. Gobin, amid applause from Senate and calleries. "That's an American sentiment," shouted Senator Hand; Smith, and the applause broke forth again. Continuing Senator Gobin said that the friends of this amendment would place even harder requirements upon free American citizens tlua were made in the countries wliere the system w as first adopted. Even in tjnoonsland and Tasmania and in mon arckial Belgium no ailida it was required. A Grt.t Hurst ol s ircasm. "Why," pried the Senator, striding into iliDharof the Senate, 'Ven in Italy, that Issd whence the Duke of Macearoni and the Marquis of Stilictto, the gentlemen whom "wc see going around with their younger brothers under their arms and discoursing cwi'et iiiusic from hand-organs, en en thise take each other's word in this matter; but liere in IVnulvauia we are a4 ed to de clare that we'caii't trust a free American citi zen." The SenMor eidcnly had the Bepubli can fide and the galleries with him, and sivcxal Democratic Senators privately in dorsed his sentiments, although they voted for the amendment, wliieli was defeated by si wriet parly ov. Senator Bines cn lllvorcd to haxe an amendment mdae to prohibit electioneering around the polls, a trtling that in thv mining regions the Ijosvvs stood around and intimidated the miners into oti:ig as tbeir emplojers "unshed. Senator Thompson became lery imlisnant, and dei-lared there was no class of peoi le so independent in the exercise of the r'g'it of stillragt as weie the miners. Xo jtnwndmouts wore permitted to be made, mud sfVr nearly thiee hours of useless debate the bill passed second reading. HnxiJVllAi.u CHAIEjIAN COCKHANFS TARDINESS Waj roislblj lime the Effect or Defeating the Porter School Bill. llAUIiLSBntc, Ma- 22. The Porter .school bilk in whose behalf a delegation of Maily 100 I'liikdelphians argued be Jore the House Bducuion Committee until J! oVlock this morning, and vrhrfb. the ooiauMtce agreed to report uflirmath ely, may posibl fail of passage, through the l.et that Chairman Cochrane, wbowas to Scport it to the House, did not gn to his sat until that order had been passed. He made several attempts to re port the. bill afterward, but Philadelphia .members, neatly all of whom oppose it, Wetted, and it could net be dnae. Jlr. Cochrane roe to a ques'ion of privi lege this afternoon, and stated that it had been charged that he had failed to report it throuirh improper influences. He denied lb emphatically and asked that the niem Imts who objected be put on ik record. The bill cannot be reported until Mondry, and unless read a first time that day cannot Tje paoed. PATTISON'S VETO P0WEB. Mo lionets It n tho Bill Intended to Break the McConncll 'Will Trust. JlAXKlsiuitG, May 22. Governor Patti fcon letoed to-day the act authorizing Mathilda Gross McConnell, of Pittsburg, to tell and coiney in fee simple, discharged from any trust under the will of Evaline SIcC-mucH all the residuary real property devised to be under said will, and to cancel the tr.ists arising out of fhe seventh clause of said will. This prop erty was devised to Mrs. McCounell in trust for her emldren, the trust to terminate on tho dea'h of either her or her husband. Part of this property, allied at 540,001), has been sold, n:d iiiipoeineuts estimated at $100, 0(M) piittheicon bv the purchasers. The purpose of the bill was to break the trust, j enable the vender to make a.- cood and sufficient title. Governor recites the fnct that the Supreme Court had decided adversely " the proposition and anrnes that the' hill merely proposes to break down what the court characterized as a "proper protec tion for a married woman, not only againbt the power and per suasion of her husband, but against his aud her own improvidence," and that legis latn e and executive aid should not he in voked to set aside a clear and unmistakable judicial construction. The bill affects the rights of Mrs. McConnell's four children, and, although their guardian after first ob jecting to in? passage, had afterward with drawn it and said that the inscrest of all patties would be better subserved by permitting a Mile of the land unfettered by trusts, Sir. Pattison holds that to ap prove it would have a dangerous tendency and afford another illustration of what bad precedents are made by such cases. More over, in the jugdnientof the Governor, the property can be sold under the "Price act" of 1853. A BOYER BILL FIGHT. BOTH DOUSES HAVE A HOT TIME OYER THIS TAX MEASURE. Tho Increase Trom Tiio to Six Mills Re tained by a Lite of 29 to 18 rinal Vote on tho 15iH in the House. Hakrisbtjrg, May 22. Both Houses had it hot and heavy over the Boyer bill again to-day. In the Senate this morning Senator Grady moved to reconsider the vote by which last night the tax on capital stock was raised from 5 mills to 6. The recon sideration was granted, but when it came to striking out the amendment, the op ponents of the increase ran against a snag. Senator Packer made a strong speech in favor of tho increase, and Senator Hall, of Elk, the young Democrat who is coming to the front as a leader, served notice upon the majority that unless they would consent to a bill which would really afford the relief they had promised the peo ple, there were enough Democratic Senators who would join with the Eepublican con tingent favoring the Taggart bill to substi tute that measure for the pending bill. The roll was called and the increase re tained in the bill by a vote of 20 to 18. Messrs. Critchfield.Flinn,McCrcary,Mylin, Xcwell, Packer, Bobbins, BobinsOn, Show alter, Smith, of Lancaster; Williamson and "Wood, Bepublicans; aud Brandt, Brown, Dunlap, Green, Hall, Hines, Larbach, Lloyd, Logan, McDonald, Markley, Meek, Monaghan, Bapsher, Booney, Sloan and Boss, Democrats, voted yea, and Messrs. Bates, Becker, Crawford, Crouse, Grady, Harlan, Keefcr, Lemon, Mchard, Keel), Osbourn, Porter, Smith, of Philadelphia; Steel, Thomas, Thompson, Upperman and Penrose. Bepublicans voted nay. At tempts were made by Senator Grady to ex empt tlie capital stock ot insurance com panies from the operations of the bill, but they were voted down, and the further con sideration of the bill postponed for the S resent. This was done so that the House oyer bill, which passed finally to-day, can be substituted on second reading. The Senate Financed Committee met to night and reported this bill affirmatively, and it v. as read a first time. It was then recommitted and ther at once reduced the rate to 5 mills and exempted insurance companies Thus to-day s light will he fought oer again, but as 29 Senators voted for the 6-mill tax to-dav, some lively mis sionary work must be done by the corpora tions if it is not inserted again. The final vote on the Boyer bill in the House was made interesting bv the fact that when a Democratic member from Mr. Tag gart's own county moved to substitute the Taggart bill, the redoubtable Granger moved the previous question and voted squarely against the substitution. Mr. Fow en deavored to insert some amendments, where upon Mr. Taggart charged that they had been prepared by the agents of the- Pennsylvania Bailroad and were offered at its instigation. The Granger leader recog nizes that his bill can't be passed and with characteristic straightforwardness proposes to do the next best thing. The corporations, aud especially the PennsyH ania Bailroad, are up in arms against the increase to 6 mills, and say they would prefer the orig inal Taggart bilL If the Boyer bill be comes a law, they propose to fight it to the court of last resort. But this may only be a big bluff. A SUBSITIUTE BEADY Tor riiuirs Bill to Improve Public TYharves and "Will Bo Agreed on in Conference. Haerisburg, May 22. The following substitute for Senator Flinn's bill to im prove pnblio wharves has been prepared, and w ill be agreed-upon in conference com mittee: It is heieby made lawful for any city of the Commonwealth to change, alter, beau tify and improve any public wharf or river landing w ithiii the coiporato limits of such city at such times and in such manner as the Councils thereot may by ordinance or joint resolution ortler and direct. Such right, however, shall not bo exeicised as to anj tidewater wharf or liver land ing w hich has heretofore been graded and p i"v ed by such city. Such change, alteration or nnpi bvement shall not be made without pro ldmg reasonably suitable and proper accommodations for tho landing or mooring of all boats, barges and other craft plying upon the river and law fully entitled to make ue of such w harves. Xorshall any changes, alterations or iinpro cinents be so made as to interfere with tho w idth or channel ot any navigable river. ZIEGLEE CALLED TO TIME. The Speaker Sits Down on Him for Apply ing Insulting Remarks to X.ytle. HAldUbBUKG, May 22. When the bill providing for the committment of inebriates to poor houses was reached in the House, Mr. Zeigler, of Adams, proposed to retire it because of the slime with which Mr. Lytle had cohered it. The Speaker called "the member from Adams to order and the further consideration of the bill was post poned. To Inestigate Bribery Charges. Harkisbubg, May 22. Speaker Thomp son to-day appointed the following gentle men on the committee to investigate the charges on alleged bribery in connection with the Lytle insurance bill: McCullough, of Allegheny, Chairman, aud Messrs. Pat terson, Tool, Wherry and Plad. The com mittee will holdits first meeting on Monday at 10 o'clock. Another Judicial Change. Hakkisbukg, May 22. The Senate Com mittee on Judicial Apportionment last night restored the judicial apportionment bill to the shape in which it left the House. This change separates Lawrence and Butler and Jeficrson and Clarion, and makes all four counties separate judicial districts. Money for Coke Region Soldiers. HAXtKXSBURG, May 2i Adjutant Gen eral McClelland to-day sent to Brigadier General John A. Wiley a draft for27,051 3G in payment of the expenses incident to the calling of the Tenth and Eighteenth Bcgi nients to the coke regions during the recent lubor troubles. Abolishing the Cigarette. HAimiSBUHG, May 22. House bills pro hibiting the manufacture and sale of cigar ettes and prohibiting the smoking and burning cigarettes were favorably reported in the Senate. The Assessors' Bill Passed. Hakkisbukg, May 22. The bill of Mr. Muehlbronner, of Allegheny, to pay asses sors in cities of the second class S3 per day passed the Senate finally to-day. Mechanics' lien Bill Passed. HaebiSbuug, May 22. In the Senate, House bill passed finally securing the right of sub-contractors to file machanics' lien. HO SECRET CBEMATIONS. Tho House Passes Chief Brown's BiU to Prohibit Them on Second Reading. Harrisbukg, May 22. Among bills passed second reading in the House w ere the following: To prevent 6ecrefcVemation of human bodies; providing for sale or lease of property of street railway companies to motor companies. These Senate bills were indefinitely postponed: Providing for the ap pointment of a Deputy Coroner, intended to apply to Allegheny county; to prevent pol lution of waters from which a supply shall be taken for the public. Senate bill to provide for better super vision of schools was ruled off the calendar because a similar bill had been defeated in the House, introduced by Stewart, of Alle gheny. SENATOR NEEB'S TWO BILLS. Tho Allegheny Tax ltcision and Morrison Foster Measures Sent to tho Governor. ' Habrisburg, May 22. Senator Nccb had the Kesbit salary bill further amended to-day by adding Assistant Coroner at 2,000 per annum. On his motion this evening the board -of tax revision bill for Allegheny county was called up out of order and passed finally. It now goes to the Governor. Mr. Neeb's bill to pay Morrison Foster ?5,400 for pay and counsel fees as Senator for the term to which he was elected, but never served, was amended in the House by cutting the sum down to ?3,000. On the motion of Mr. Koeb the Senate concurred, and it also goes to the Governor. PHYSICIANS TO BE LICENSED. "The Bill for a Board of Medical Examiners Passes Second Reading in the House. Haerisburg, May 22. The bill creating a board of medical examiners for the licens ing of physicians passed second reading in the House to-day. It was amended to provide that the board, which is to have nine members, shall at all times be so constituted as to equally repre sent out three systems of medicine as now acknowledged to be practiced in the State, and that licenses may be granted by a majority of the board, instead of by a unan imous vote. THE ALLEGHENY JUDGESHIPS. J. B. Larkin and T. R. Kerr Visit Harrisburg In J. M. Keunedj's Interest. Haerisbukg, May 22. James B. Larkin and Captain Thomas B. Kerr, of Pittsburg, arc here in the interest of John M. Ken nedy for one of the additional judgeships. There is a rumor current here to-night that the Governor will not appoint any Judges, but will leave the positions to be filled by the voters at the general elections What truth there is in the report could not be ascertained. FLINN'S TIME TO LAUGH. His Wharf Bill Tliat Was Defeated Is Re considered and Then Passed. Hakeisburg, May 22. Senator Flinn's bill to authorize cities of the second class to lease portions of their wharves for market purposes was defeated on final passage in the House this morning, there being but a slim attendance of members. It was afterward reconsidered and passed, receiving 122 votes. THE CHARLESTON STILL CBUISING. .News of an Important Victory forBalma ceda Comes Prom Iquique. Washington, May 22. The fact that the Charleston has not yet reported her ar rival at Panama, is now regarded by the 2favy Department as an evidence that the vessel did not deviate from her course to go into Panama, bat has passed onward and southward, so no news is expected from her until she reaches one of the South American ports probably Payta or Callao, Pern whicli is not expected to happen before night. Meanwhile there is absolutely no news of theltata. A Paris dispatch reaffirms the truth of the reported Itata agreement, and says that the Chilean steamer will be taken into a port, and that when she has arrived an embargo will be placed upon her. The Mexican military isstill guarding the Pacific Mail lighters at Acapuleo, for fear that the Esmeralda may attempt to take coal by forec. A dispatch from Iquique savs that vesterdav the Government essels Imperial, Condcll and the Sargento Aldea landed a force of 200 marines at Taltal and stormed the Custom House. The place is now in the hands of the Government forces and the old regime established. RAILWAY DIFFERENCES ADJUSTED. Satisfactory to the Roads as "Well as to Engineers and Pircmen. Cixcktn-ati, May 22. Chief Arthur, of the Locomotive Engineers, and Chief Sar geant, of the Firemen, who hae been for two days in consultation with President Fclton, of the Queen and Crescent Bailway system, and General Su perintendent Carroll, of the Cincinnati Southern, arrived this evening at an adjust ment of the grievances of the locomotive en gineers and firemen of the Queen and Cres cent, which was submitted to them for arbi tration. The settlement was satisfactory to all par ties concerned. President Pelton declines to gii e details of the adjustment, but says it is practically an adoptionof the system now in operation on the Louisville and Nash ville Bailway. BUT. NTE tells of his ancestors and how they sen ed royalty tv hen In the ho day of their glory. See to-morrow's mammoth edition of THE DISPATCH. All the news. REV. MB, M'CLURKIN RESIGNS. Colmlnatlon of tho Trouble Over Reformed Presbyterian Students Voting. Bcv. John IC McClurkin has resigned his professorship in the Befonncd Presbyterian Theological Seminary, Allegheny; For a long time it has been known that he would leave the position, owing to troubles exist ing in the seminary. This difficulty dates back to the last Gub ernatorial election, when several of the students votedtho Bcpublican ticket. Vot ing being against the rules of the church, the affair created considerable discord. Bcv. 3IcClurkin tookthepart of the students. This brought him into the trouble, and things became so disagreeable that he con cluded to resign. JAY GOULD IN COURT. Ho "Walts in Vain Nearly Hair a Day to bo Called to tho Stand. New York, May 22. Jay Gould waited to-day nearly all the afternoon in the Su preme Court, expecting to be called as a witness in the suit brought against him and several others by Eugene Kelly for $32,000 alleged to be due on some Southern railroad contracts. The plaintiffs did not finish their case, however, so Mr. Gould will have to come to court auothcr day. Judge Truax, in the Superior Court to day, appointed Frederick B. -Coudert as referee in the suit of Joshua J. Green against James F. O'Shaughnessy, to rec'over 1-400,-000 alleged to be due on a transaction in Cot ton Oil Trust certificates. "" Lots of Blackberries Expected. The prospect for a large blackberry crop is excellent since the rains. This fruit will probably fill a great want in neighborhoods where the grapes have been frosted, should the remainder of the berrv-makins season .be propitious. THE FEAR OF DEATH. Last Agonies of a Sound Man Who Imagined He Had the Babies. PKOPHECIES OF HIS EMENDS. That a Dog Bite Would Trove Fatal Cause. That Very Result. THE CANJ3E STILL ALIYE AND TOLL New Yoke, May 22. Policeman Chris tian Beltcn, who stands at the corner of Fulton street and Broadway, has in his side yard a black, long-haired dog of medium size and of spitz-spaniel origin. This black dog has a bad reputation in the neighbor hood, because it is often peevish and snaps at passersby. Just now it is regarded with horror because it caused the death of Nich olas Gaulrapp. loung Gaulrapp came to this country from Germany one year ago, and went to live on Stebbins avenue with his cousin's husband, George Johann, a cabinet maker. Nicholas got employment of an unsteady kind as a driver for a beer bottler in One Hundred and Sixty-first street. He also did all odd jobs which came his way. He worked several days for Policeman Beltcn, who lives a block below Johann's. In this way he got well acquainted with the black, long-haired dog. Nicholas fell in love, moreover, with a young German girl, Mary Helnrichs, who was at service at H73 West One Hundred and Sixty-third street. The Dog's Savage Attack. At 10:30 o'clock on Sunday evening, April 26, Nicholas and Mary were strolling along Stebbins avenue. When they got in front of Belten's place tho gate was open and the dog rushed out. Nicholas snapped his fingers at the dog, but it refused to recognize him, and leaped savagely at him. Mary was on the inside, but jumped back with a scream. Nicholas put up his arm and warded the dog fromliis throat. Its teeth closed on his right hand. He jerked away and kicked the dog, which ran into the yard. The blood was stream ing from his hand. The dog's teeth had torn the flesh between the thumb and fore finger and at the base of the thumb. Gaulrapp and the girl hurried up Steb bins avenue to the saloon next door to Johann's house. It is kept by the widow of John George. As soon as she found out that the wound was a dog bite, she said: "Ach, Nick, I wouldn't have that for 51,000,000. You'll go crazy and die sure." She put whisky and water in the wound, and advised him to go to a doctor. He and his sweetheart hunted up some physician, who gave him a salve, and after inquiring about the dog, told him he need fear nothing. In a few days the wound healed, and only a few slight scars remained to show that he had been bitten. Belten's dog showed no signs of madness, but con tinued to eat and drink heartily. An Ignorant Yonng Fellow. Nicholas Gaulrapp, however, was a very ignorant young fellow, and the people among whom he lived had their own pecul iar ideas about hydrophobia! So whenever he dropped in at the Widow George's for a glass of beer, the widow and her daughters and her customers inquired about the wound, looked at it fearfully, and assured Nicholas that his chances for life were very poor. He had fits of despondency, but he said nothing about his fears. A week ago his little sweetheart gave him his walking papers and told him that she was going back to her own country. This rendered Nicholas quite sick at heart. His system got out of order generally, and his fears of ine aog one Decame convicuon. On last Tucsdav mornine he cot nn feel ing ill, and his relatives began to look ask ance at him. He had learned all about the symptoms of hydrophobia, and he told them after breakfast that he felt sure that it was coming on. Although the wound in his hand was cured there was still a pain in his arm. He said that he could feel this pain, like rheumatism, going up his arms and into his lungs. The pain got worse. As his terror increased, the suffering increased, un til, he said, he could no longer breathe. He said something was choking him to ileath. In the afternoon Gaulrapp went to see Dr. Henry Bohl at 842 East One Hundred and Sixty-fourth street. When he came into the doctor's office the doctor saw that he was laboring under great excitement. "I can't breathe well," he said in German. "I feel as if I was suffocating. I have a pain in the chest." But he said nothing about tne aog one. Said Ho Couldn't Take Water. Dr. Bohl gave him a physic and told him to come back the next afternoon. At 6:30 o'clock on Wednesday morning Nicholas went to Wcmdler's drug store, 3365 Third avenue, to get the prescription filled. When Mr. Wendler saw that it was a physio he prepared it for taking at once, and held it out to Nicholus with a glass of water. When Nicholas saw the water he jumped back and said: "I cannot swallow water. Take it away." Mr. Wendler did not un derstand this, but handed him the powder and suggested that he take it without water. Nicholas held out his tongue, put the pow der on it, and swallowed it. He returned to Johann's house and sat around all the next morning. At about noon, he said that it was coming; that he was now sure he had hydrophobia; that he would die, and no one could help him. A few minutes afterward he leaped up and began to bark, his arms raised and crooked and flapping up and dow n like wings. Mrs. Johann ran for the Widow Georce. The two women peered at the man, who was j barking and toamlng. Then they ran scream- and, finding out wliat the matter was, went J in, seized .Mcnolas ana lorced him to bed. Widow Geoige's eldest daughter ran for Dr. Bohk When the doctor got to the house sounds of barking could be heard. He en tered Nicholas' room and found him held on a bed by tw o men. His eyes were bulging. His face was red, and the veins stood out on his foiehead. There was foam on his small brown mustache, and he was imitating the barking of a dog. Bound to Be a Dead Man. Soon after the doctor came the spasm passed, and he lay quiet and was able to talk. He told the doctor to go away, that he was a dead man, and medicine would be of no use. The Widow George brought a glass of water, but Nicholas dashed it from her hand. As the dog which bit him was alive and well, Dr. Bahl felt sure the man was only terror striken, and said: "Of course you can't drink water. But you can drink tex" They brought tea. Gaulrapp shivered at the sight of it, took a mouthful, and then spit it out over the bed and the floor. "I can't," he said; "I am choking to death. This pain is killing me. Go away and let me die!" The convulsion came on again, and he jerked and writhed about in the grasp of the men, snapping and barking, with the white foam oozing about his lips. The doctor left chloral to cjuict him in case he got too violent aud went awav, find ing that he could do nothing to drive the horror from the man's mind. Gaulrapp's condition remained unchanged all Wednes day afternoon, and until about 10 o'clock at night. The men who held him were sick at heart, the sight was so strange, and the sufferings w ere so terrible. "My God!" he would say, "I am dying, dying. It is terri ble. Thepain! thepain!" and then he would writhe and bark and foam again. The women who stood by wept and increased his terrors by saving that ne surely had hy drophobia, and that God's hand was upon him. At In oMock he sank back exhausted, andsaidinafaintvoice: "I will not livelong. Bring the priest. So the priest came, and he confessed and received absolution. Then the spasms began again and lasted un til l-o clock. At that hour he lay rigid and motionless a few moments, then all his muscles relaxed, and his face snioothed. He was dead. - An Astonished Physician. The doctor was astonished when this news came. He felt sure that the man would get over his terror and recover, as he was suf fering from no ailment, and his Constitution was strong. This death, so mysterious and unexpected, required the investigation of the Coroner, who was notified early yester day morning. In the afternoon Deputy Coroner Jenkins and Dr. Byron, of Loomis' Laboratory, at the foot of East Twenty-sixth street, held an autopsy. They searched in vain for any sufficient cause for death. There were signs of congestion in all the organs, and this probably produced heart failure, which was the immediate cause of death. But the stomach, lungs and brain were all in good condition. In the stomach they found traces of the chloral which Dr. Eahl had prescribed to quiet the convul sions. Dr. Byron took away with him a bit pf the spinal cord, with which a dog will be inoculated to-day. The result will not be known for about three weeks. All the doctors, Dr. Bahl also being pres ent at the autopsy, agreed that there was no sign of hydrophobia. Then there was the black, lonz-haired doe. chained in his kennel in Belten's side yard, unusually gi natured and clearlv in the best of health. ooa So the doctors w ere nrettv well agreed that Dr. Bahl was right when he pronounced it pseudo-hydrophobia. It seem" clear that the man died of fright. When the little girl, who naa sint Nicho las away, heard of his death yesterday afternoon, she received her first news of Ins illness. She put on her hat and ran through the streets, wringing her hands. When she got to Johann's she cried on Mrs. Johann's shoulder, and afterward went into the Widow George's and cried with the widow and the daughters. THE COLONEL WAS IN LUCK. no Captured a Wonderful Snake and Has tiie Bungs as Proof. St. TjouIs Globe-Democrat. Colonel J. B. Jones was fishing on the banks of Bedfoot creek, Tennessee, having left his boat to escape the hot sun, and had hardly thrown his line out into the water, when he saw a dark object rapidly ap proaching the surface. At first the genial Colonel thought it an alligator of unusual size, but on closer observation discovcied it to be an enormous creeping serpent. When this huge monster was within a few yards of him Colonel Jones gathered some stones about the size of goose eggs and struck it several times in succession, and, strange to say, the blows did not appear to worry his snakeship to any great degree, as it never once left the surface of the water, but continued unconcernedly.at a slow pace up stream. Colonel Jones immediately seized his rod and line and scampered hastily to his boat. It was only a question of a tew minutes be fore he was in midwatei' and in hot pursuit of the object, Thich was soon overtaken. When within close proximity ho noticed the huge reptile seemed to be blind and apparently harmless. Fearing an attack, however,Colonel Jones seized his rifle and taking aim at his head fired. The bullet lodged in the collar-bone and broke its neck. There was a slight mo e ment of the tail, a little splashing of water, aud all was over, the monster floating down stream. Curious to learn the species of this pecu liar reptile, Colonel Jones made a lasso from a stout rope which he had in the boat and threw it around its body, thus enabling him totow it ashore. A critical examination developed the fact that he had captured a monster snake never before seen in this part of the country. It had a head resembling a long, funnel-shaped horn, the body being similar to small kegs joined together. What made it more queer each keg seemed to have a bunghole or out let, some of the queer knots being on the sides and some on the top. Hauling tho tail on the bank, which was by no means an easy task, he opened one of the knots with ajacK-knile, and found it to be full ot clear, purified oil. At this juncture Major Sam Hall, an old sportsman, who has hunted all over tho world, came up, and frantically gesticulat ing, he exclaimed: "Good God, John, your fortune is made!" Further, he said it was a porpoise snake; and a rare specimen to be found thus far North. The oil in the kegs has since been louuu 10 De pure, unadulterated porpoise oil. Twelve 40-gallon barrels were filled, The oil has been shipped to Pittsburg, Pa., and will realize a handsome fund for Colonel Jones. By way of explanation, it should be said to the incredulous that this is a species of the snake family which obtains oil by plunging its sharp head into the side of a porpoise and draining every drop of oil from its body. The snake was 43 feet long and Colonel Jones has the kegs and bungs in his pos session. CKLIA LOGAN'S letters on the trarfaro against fat are just now attracting great at tention throughout tho country. Methods of the athletes described In THE DIS PATCH to-morrow. BLAINE'S MIND STTXL INTACT. The Beport That Ho Is Suffering Trom Mental Trouble Denied by His Family. iBrECIAI, TELEOUAM TO THE DISPATCU.3 New York, May 22. A published state ment that Secretary Blaine's mind was im paired and that that and not indigestion and gout was really what was ailing him, caused a gooa aeal ot annoyance at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Walter Damrosch, to-day. The house was besieged bv friends of the Secretary and by reporters ail day. In the morning Dr. Dennis issued this bulletin: Mr. IJlaino has been up and dressed about an hour ana is aoout tne house. Ho had cood night, enjoj s an excellent appetite and is improving daily in strength. Bis condi tion is very satisfactory. lie expects to go out driving and w 111 soon leave the citv. Mrs. Damrosch took charge of the work of denying the story of her father's alleged mental trouble. She told every one who called that it was without any foundation whatever. "Theulie can think of the same thing more than 20 consecutive minutes?" asked a reporter laughingly. "He has been thinking of one thing for nearly 20 consecutive days," said Mrs. Damrosch. "He is very anxious to be out and away from the city to begin his vacation." A 'dispatch from Washington quotes Secretary Tracy as saying: "Any statement mat Jir. riaine is not as strong, sound and alert mentally as he ever has been does him a grave injury." Troubled With Thieves. The residence of Bichard Carothcrs, in the Thirteenth ward, was entered by thieves Thursday night. A quantity of provisions and some clothing were stolen. A short time ago several fruit trccs'and grape vines were dug up and carried away. Enonille Burglars Scared Away. The house of F. H. Colhouer, 220 Jacunda street, Knoxville", was entered Thursday night by Jburglars, who secured Si 3G from the pocket of Mr. Colhouer's clothing, but were frightened at ay before securing any thing else. Biggest Check on Itecord. The latest "biggest check ever given" is for five million and a few odd thousand pounds sterling. Itisan interestingmemento of the amalgamation of the diamond mines at Kimberley, in the course of which it was genuinelv draivn and cashed. A Pension Board at X.ock Haven. FIIOM A STAt T CORRFSrOXDEXTO Washington, May 22. The Commis sioner of Pensions to-day appointed Drs. H. C. Liehtencholn, B. B. Watson and Bich ard Armstrong, a board of pension examin ing surgeons at Lock Haven. Taid Dearly for a Poor Bed. Michael Joyce was fined 1 and costs yesterday morning by Alderman Succop, for going to sleep on the Panhandle track. THE WEST'S DEMANDS Formally Made Knowfl by the Big Trans-Mississippi Congress. PEEE SILVER DESIRED, OF COURSE.. Congress Asked to Give Arid Lands to States Containing Them. HtOVISKW FOE PUBLIC IRRIGATION Dekveb, May 22. The report of the Committee on Besolutions of- the Trans- Mississippi Congress, which was made last night, recommends that Congress pass the Burrows bill, appropriating 10,000,000 for the building and maintenance of levees on the Missouri river; demands wise govern mental supervision of railroads; recom mends the granting of liberal charters and .subsidies to steamship lines under the American flag; favors the admission of Ari zona and New Mexico into the Union; asks Congress to pass theTorrey bankruptcy law; the cession to the different States of all the arid lands except mineral lands; to enact such legislation as will foster our mining interests; recommends more stringent natur alization laws; favors the immediate con struction of the Hennepin Canal, and the immediate completion of the jetties at Gal veston. A Stand for Tree Silver. Upon the silver question it asks that Con gress be petitioned to repeal all laws which in their effect work dishonor upon, or in the least challenge the sovereignty, of the silver dollar as an absolute measure of values, and to restore to silver the place given it as perfect money by the framers of our Govern ment. The Congress also asks the Presi dent and Congress to attempt to bring around an international recognition and ad justment of silver as money,orthat alimited agreement be sought with the nations of the Latin Union whereby the mints of those nations may again be opened for the coinage of silver. It also favors negotiations with the Spanish American Nations for a com mon currency for this Continent south of Canada. A minority report of the silver clause simply "demands the free and un limited coinage of silver." No action was taken on these reports in the forenoon session. To-day the fine hand of the Louisiana Lottery combination was manifested in the defeat of resolutions calling for a constitu tional amendment by which lotteries could be legalized in any State. The vote stood 95 to 80. A Grist or Besolutions Introduced. The remainder of the day was spent in the consideration of resolutions. All were passed as reported by the committee, but a warm debate was provoked by the question of the Government ceding arid lands to the States and Territories. Texas offered resolutions indorsing the Columbian Exposition in Chicago, and ex tending congratulations to the managers for work thus far done. McKesson, of Ne braska, presented a resolution to petition Congress to favor ship railways between the Atlantic coast and interior perts. A reso lution deploring the enacting of a law by the Forty-ninth Congress, prohibiting for eign capital from investing in real estate and mines, was adopted. It was agreed that the basis of representa tion to all fnture Congresses shall be as fol lows: Each State and Territory five dele-gates-at-large, one for every 100,000 and major portion thereof, one for each Board of Trade in cities of 5,000, one for every waier-iiue operating on ana west ot tne Mississippi river, one for each agricultural society, one for each county agricultural as sociation; that two conventions a year, in spring and fall, be held, and that the next convention after the session in Omaha ba held in New Orleans. Tho Disposition of Arid Lands. Majority and minority reports on arid lands were read. The former urged the cession of arid lands to the States in which they are situated, and limiting individual purchases to 320 acres at not less than 1 25 per acre, and that only citizens of the United States be eligible as nnrch.isprii. funds derived from such sale to be devoted to the development of irrigation and the reclamation of arid lands. The minority re port was devoted to a strong argument lor a system of Government irrigation that would bring these lands under cultivation. Colo rado offered a substitute asking' for the ceding of arid mineral lands to the respect ive States and Territories. Texas offered an amendment favoring ceding arid lands to States and Territories, providing that such lands be held for the purpose of constitut ing and maintaining a permanent fund to be used for the purpose of free public edu cation. A lively debate ensued, and a vote was taken oh the amendment offered by Texas. The amendment was withdrawn1 and the substitute for the minority report was lost. The question recurred on the minority report, which was defeated by a vast majority, and the majority report was adopted. A recess was then taken. The Evening Devoted to Silver. Silver occupied the evening session. Ma jority and minority reports were read, and the debate opened with C. D. Clark, of Wyoming, in the chair. The maioritv re port favored from unlimited coin agc of silver to expedite business, the minority report was withdrawn. Hon. O. G. Symms, of Colo rado, spoke upon an amendment submitted by ex-Senator Tabor, enlarging the scope of the resolution. There was not a monometal ist in America to-day, he said. They are all bimetalists. An objection being raised, the minority report was submitted and sub stituted as the second clause of the majority report, the change committing the conven tion to free and unlimited coinage, instead of restricting the minting of American sil ver. E. P. Ferry, of Utah, moved the adoption of the majority report. He was followed by Camp Clarke, who spoke for the farmers from Missouri to Washington, and would vote unanimously tor tne coinage. Judge Goodwin, of Salt Lake, also spoke in favor of the report, and indulged in a review of the development of public opinion in favor oj suver. onur iiitu-ueen neia at a pre mium until its discovery in American hills 'and then the country wanted the foreign product. LUTHERAN MINISTEBS MEET. A Movement in Tavor or Denominational Publications Tinds Favor. Pottstowk, May 22. Bcv. Enoch Smith, of Bethlehem, conducted servics at the open ing of the Lutheran Ministerium of Penn sylvania and adjacent States to-day, when the first ministerial session was held to act upon the reception of applicants, ordained ministers and candidates. President Krotel stated that the General Council desires the Synod to recommend its pastors and "congregations to support and use the Sunday schooF publications of its committee. He strongly advocated the pub lication of a religions newspaper under the auspices of the Ministerium. Bev. Mr. Nieum, of Bochcster, Jf. Y., of the German Home Mission Committee of the General Council, addressed the Ministerium, giving an account of the successful missionary work in Kentucky, the West and the North west. QUABEELING 0VEB MISSIONS. The General Assembly of the Cumberland rresbytcrian Church. Owexsboko, Ky., May 22. The sixty second General Assembly of the Cumber land Presbyterian Church met here yesterday, and after routine business elected Hon. E. E. Beard, of Lebanou, To-day's sessions were Tenn., Moderator. taken tip in the reading of reports, the principal of which was that of the Board of Home and Foreign Missions. The re port showed that the board had raised in the past ?045,350 for missions, and that 20 mis sionaries are now engaged in foreign fields. A warm discussion ensued over the re port, many of the members holding the idea that too much attention was being given the work in the cities, and that the work of tho country districts was to be allowed to languish. Many Presbyteries were reported as not co-operating with the board on this account. , To placate this feeling a resolution to re fund to each Presbytery one-third ofthe money contributed by it to home missions was introduced. It is understood this reso lution will be adopted.and it is believed will act as oil on the troubled waters. The Com mittee on Overtures reported adversely upon the resolution to allow all women to become elders, and the report was adopted. A fight was looked for on this resolution. There will no session to-morrow, as the del egates go on an excursion to Evansville. BAPTISTS IS COUNCIL. A TUmUTK TO THK MEJIOItV OF THK DEAD HOMESTEAD I'ASTOK. Samuel A. Crozler, of Pennsylvania, Elected President ot the Publication Society Colored Speakers Defenil Their Kace Missionary and Sunday School Matters Are Considered. Cincctnati, May 22. The American Baptist Publication Society began its sixty seventh anniversary to-day, Vice President Bev. Dr. Armitage in the chair, in the ab sence of Samuel A. Crozier, President. Committees on nomination of officers and on enrollment were appointed. The Auditor's report was given in detail. In the treas ury of the book department is a balance of ?53,173; in the missionary treasury is a bal ance of 54,852. Bev. Dr. Betting made a report of the missionary department. The society has contributed 515,207 in excess 'of other gifts to the Armenian native workers. The doctrinal sermon was preached by Bev. N. E. Wood, D: D., of the Strong Place Bap tist Church, Brooklyn, on "The Inspiration of the Scriptures." r In the afternoon session a spirited ad dress was delivered by iter. d. u. a uitou, D. D., on evangelistic work in Quebec, where there are 85,000 Catholics and but 5,000 Protestants, and where there are $230, 000 of property under the control of the Boman Church. Bev. Charles H. Parrish, of Kentucky, delivered an address on '"The Bible and the Colored Eace." "The most remarkable book," said the speaker, "and the most remarkable race tne sun ever shone upon." Mr. Parrish was at one time a slave. He claimed few men would want their history printed if the Almighty wrote it. Justice in history, he said, has not been done the colored race. "We are Hamites, and from Ham yon must trace our origin." The race does not seek social equality, said he, but demands its civil rights. The Chairman here announced that the funeral of Bev. Mr. Hamilton, lately killed, was in progress, -as announced bv telegram from Pittsburg. Bev. Mr. Appiegarth, of Pittsburg, was requested to lead in prayer for the bereaved family. The Committee on Nominations presented the following names for the offices indicated and they were elected: President, Samuel A. Crozier, Pennsylvania; Vice Presidents, Thomas Armitage, D. D., LL. D., New York; Colonel James A. Hovt, South Caro lina; Edward Gooelman, Illinois; Joshua Levering, Maryland; Secretary, Benjamin Griffith, D. D.; Becording Secretary, Adorian J, Bowland, D. D.; Treasurer, Colonel Charles H. Banes, and 24 man agers. The Committee on Armenia presented a resolution for the discontinuance of appro priations to that field. It was adopted. On resolution of Bev. Dr. Hoyt, of Minnesota, Bev. Dr. Griffiths and Colonel Banes were appointed a committee to request the Mis sionary Union to undertake the Armenian work. In the evening Sunday school work was the topic Mrs. M. G. Kennedy, of Penn sylvania, read a paper on "What to Teach in Baptist Sunday Schools." Bev. C. B. Blackell, of Pennsylvania, read a paper on "The Ideal School." The closing address was made by Bev. S. T. Clanton, of Louis iana, a colored man, on "Among the Colored People." The colored people now have 400 associations in the South and two national conventions. Adjourned till Saturday morning. MUBBAY tells a story of romance and mHentnroln India in THE DISPATCH to morrow. Ho will also have a e budget of Gotham small talk that will interest 1'itts bnrgers. PB0SPEB0 US LTJTHBHAN MISSIONS. Keportsltcacfat the General Synod in Session at liebanon. Pa. Lebanon, Pa., May 22. At to-day's ses sion of the General Synod of the Evangeli cal Lutheran Church, the General Secretary of the Board of Home Missions, A. A. Hart man, presented his report, in which it was shown that the receipts increased 8,793 over those of the preceding two years. The number of separate missions that received aid within the past two years was 135, an in crease of 21 over the preceding two years. The number of missionaries who have labored in the home field was 131, an in crease of 21 over the preceding two vears. The number of accessions to the mission churches was 5,383, being 1,031 greater than in the preceding two years. On the subject of home missions the re port of that board showed that the receipts since the last convention were S75,tfr4. With this money the board was able to aid 135 mission churches, and thereby swell the total receipts from those churches by the sum of 1265,275, whicn represented work that would have been lost to the church at large without the timely aid rendered by this board. The board asked for an appro priation of 540,000 for each of the two years, beginning with April, 1892. The afternoon was spent in discussing the resolutions ap pended to the report, which developed great interest among the delegates in the marvelous home mission opportunities for the Lutheran Church in Calitorniat and in other States west of the Missouri river. S0LDIEBS IN A WBECZ. The Train in Which Theyltode .Broke in Two and Telescoped. Columbus, Tex., May 22. Last night about 11 o'clock, two miles this side of Borden, In this county, a serious wreck occurred on the Southern Pacific track, killing one man and wounding seven of hers. It was a special from San Antonio filled wifhUnitcd States " soldiers destined for Florida. The train was running at the usual rate of speed, when the engine be came uncoupled from the bassase-car. The automatic air-brakes failed to work on the coaches, but checked the speed of the en gine. A race of a mile and a half then ensued, after which the engineer and firemen jumped from the engine, which was almost instantly telecopeil by the tender and baggage car, causing a complete wreck. An inquest was held over the body of the man killed, and he was ascertained to be Charlie Carter, of Company C, Fifth Iniantry. THE NEBBASKA G0VEBN0RSHIP. President Harrison Denies Having Inter fered In tho Controversy Over It. Washington, May 22. While not de siring to enter into a controversy with ex Governor Boyd on the subject, the Presi dent desires to have it understood that he did not have any discussion with that gentleman on his recent visit to Nebraska, in regard to the merits of the Gubernatorial contest in that State, and also that he said nothing to any one there against or in favor of the interests of either candidate. ITS FATAL BLUTOER, That's "What Chairacey Depew Sayg the Alliance Has 3Iade ET 0BGA5IZDTG A THIRD PARTY. Tie Weakness of the New Movement Is in the Southern States, WUHBE DEMOCRACY WILL STILL ECLB SPECIAL TELEaitAM TO TUX DISPATCH. J NewYobk, May2Z Dr. Chauncey 5L Depew was asked for his views regarding the organization of the new People's party, so called. Mr. Depew seemed very wUling to give his opinion. He said : "I think that the Alliance has made its fatal blunder in organizing the third party. The Fanners' Grange, and also the Alliance, in the social economy and helpful aspects to the members and the orders, were most admirable and use ful organizations. They had the power and the strength to compel from both the great parties a substantial recognition or an adop tion of many of their views, and in such a way as to lead to favorable legislation by almost unanimous consent. "How, however, they can only win by electing majorities of their own people to the Legislatures of the State and to Con gress. They naturally antagonize both par ties. The struggle of each party will be to deplete their forces by drawing individual members back to old affiliations. By fight ing both parties they will neither demand nor "accept terms from either, and so their reliance for the legislation which they wish must be entirely npon the members whom they elect. Tho Wesson of Government. "The history of representative govern ment teaches no lesson so clearly as that the country will be ruled by one of the two great parties, one moving upon conservative and the other upon liberal lines. As the liberal party becomes so radical as to alarm people who have no strong party affiliations, the conservatives come into power. As tho conservatives hold back so successfully as to threaten drv rot,the pendulum swings to the other side through the agency of this same nnathliatcd vote. "The liberal party will always be three fourths of the time in power if it has any competent leadership, Decause the tenden cies of the age are to progress and develop ment. A particular class in the community, whether they be engaged in agriculture and want special legislation for their calling, or in industrial pursuits of any kind and want special legislation for theinnterests through tog Banners' Alliance, trades unions, agri cultural conventions, labor conventions, ed ucational conventions, or social reform con-, ventions, impresses upon the liberal party always a certain portion of its views. No Class legislation Possible. "No one class in a community can expect to have all the other classes and occupations give their time to legislating especially for them. When, however, one particular ele ment threatens the conservative party with destruction, and says to the liberal party, 'we are in a life and death fight with yon to take your place,' then comes a brilliant ex hibition of the upper and nether millstone act. "The fatal weakness of the party formed at Cincinnati as a national party is that in the Southern States, where it has the greatest strength, its members, in a Presj dental election, will vote the Democratic ticket. The negro scare will be brought to the front and worked more effectively on them than it does upon timid Bepublicans, because it is the bugaboo which they have been accustomed to run from, in every election, until it has become a confirmed habit, and the only asylum that has yet been opened to them from the specterisfe Democratic party. Not a Dangerous Party. "The vote of the third party will be found only in the Granger States. As a force to enter into the calculations of politicians, of course, there will be scattered votes in every State, but not enough to shift or endanger the balance of power as it already exists in those States. It is fortunate for the Bepublican party that the new party has been started so early. It gives an op portunity for an educational campaign. "The question which will present itself to every member of the Alliance in the States where the Alliance is strongest will be this: 'The members of our organization in the Southern Democratic States will all vote the Democratio ticket. Now, shall we practically vote the same ticket by endan gering the Bepublican success in our States?' Int other words, the practical question which will present itself to the voters, who are an unusually intelligent body in this new party, will be whether they can be used by shrewd manipulators as a side issue to help the Democratic circus." THE "Witch of Prague, F. Marion Craw ford's great story Is concluded in THE DIS PATCH to-morrow. Look out for another first-class serial to begin shortly. A paper for the home circle. A Big Bailroad Bridge Finished. Girabd, May 22. Tho last spike on tha bridge of the Pittsburg, Shonango and Lake Erie Kailroad, at Elk creek, was driven by TVatkin Powell to-day. The first train passed over at 1:23 r. it. The lino is now completed from Sutler to the Xlckel Plate connection. Shut Down for the Summer. PtnnratrrAWXET, May 22. The Punxsutaw ney Glass Works hero have shut down. It is customary to cloo during tho hot season, from the fact that the workmen cannot stand the extra heat. The present suspen sion will continue for about two months. Xoar and His Deputies Acquitted. Gr.mrsSBCnG, May 22. Tho jury in the Loar murder case, after a deliberation of flvo hours, returned a verdict at 9 o'clock to night of acquittal. The Shlppen Murder Trial Ended. Tioztesta, May 22. Arguments in the Ship, pen mnrdcr trial will conclude to-night at 10 o'clock. Tho Judge will charge tho Jury In tho morning. HOWARD FIELDING spins a yarn about a spendthrift's spasm of economy in THE DISPATCH to-morrow. One of the humor ist's brightest sketches. All the news; twenty pages. THE FTBE SEC0BD. The Mansfield paper mill at Mansfield, O., burned yesterday. Loss, 20,000; insurance, $U,ax). At Knoxvillo Thursday night the machine shops and bolt department of the massive works owned by the Knoxville Iron Com panv burned. Loss estimated at between 173,000 and $$0,000. There was an alarm from station 83 In Allegheny about 8:43 o'clock last night. The alarm was caused by the burning oat of an electric converter in the market house and the bunting of the insulation from some wires. At Oil City the wayhouso of the Eclipse Oil Keflnery caught on Are early yesterday evening, and for a time it looked as if a big fire would ensue, bnt it was confined to the building where it originated. Tho only loss is some Stock and tho flooding of the way house by water. The forest flro in tho vicinity of Tim Gray's run, not far .from Williamsport, Thursday night, destroyed a saw mill and about 100,000 feet of lumber belonging to Isaac Nelson. Tho rain yesterday was a welcome visitor to that part of the country, where the entire woodland was burning. At Latrobo yesterday morning tho planing mU of Colonel Gcorgo C. Anderson & Sons was discovered to be on fire and too far ad vanced to save the building or contents. All the tools of the employes were lost. Besides, the milt tho company's stable, with two horses worth WOO, harness, wagons and 11 carloads of plno lumber were burned. Ag gregate loss, 8,0O0; insurance, $1,000. The Are is believed to have been incendiary. i i i iZ?.tai.-2bis4fe'. -Ji L-WlJiL.. 1?MsIsISI
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