The News and Observer.
VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 29.
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LAST WEEK'S WORK
THE SENATE BEGINS IT BV CON
NIDERATIOM OF THE SUN
DRY CIVIL BILL.
THIRTY-TWO PAGES DISPOSED OF
Many of the Most Important Appro
' priafion Bills are Still Untouched
and From Nowon Night Sessions will
be Held for Their Consideration**
Four IlonrsSpent Discussing Amend
ments in Reference to the lllame
Property—Bites for Public Buildings.
Washington, I). C, Feb, 25.—The
Senate began to day the last week of the
53rd Congress with the consideration of
the great appropriation bill to provide
for the sundry civil expenses of the gov
ernment for the fiscal year ending June
30th, 1896
Behind it, as yet untouched by the
Senate, were the legislative, Executive
and Judicial Appropriation bib, the
Naval Appr- priation bill and the Defi
ciency bill, while seven other appropria
tion bills—pensions, fortifications, diplo
matie and consular, District of Colum
bia, Postoffice and Indian—were still in
the bands of e inference committees.
The Sundry Civil bill covers 138 printed
pages; when the Senate took a recess
till 8 p. ni. it had disposed of about one
fourth of the bill, or 32 pages.
No leas than four hours’ time was oc
cupied in the discussion of the amend
ment reported from the committee on
appropriations to acquire for the govern
rnent Mrs Blaine’s interest in the Blaine
property on Lafayette square, Washing
toD, paving her 1150,000 for it, besides
an indifiuiie amouut for the cancellation
of the lease, est mated at $30,000, but
stated by the opponents of the measure
at an amount at least equal to the pur
chase money, hihl from that up to a
million dollars Indore the consequential
damages are all settled..
Amendments requiring “a complete
and perfect title,” anti “a fee simp'e
title” were voted down; and finally ihe
committee amendment, slightly modt
ified, was agreed to— yeas, 31; nays, 25,
An amendment was also agreed to for
the purchase of sites for public buildings
at the capitols of Wyoming, North Da
kota, South Dakota, Idaho and Wash
ington—the cost of none of the build
ings to exceed d eluding site, $.20,(>00.
The consideration of the bill was in
terrupted at the time, during these in
terruptions an agreement to hold night
sessions was reached, with the specific
understanding that these sessions were
to be for the consideration of appropria
tion bills.
A new conference was ordered ou the
Dist rict of Columbia Appropriation bill
aud the conferees were instructed to in
sist upon the Senate amendments, four
in number, still in dispute.
The conferees upon the postoifice ap
propriation bill reported that only one
item remained in dispute and upon this
a further conference was ordered. A
conference was also ordered upon the
Indian Appropriation bill. A new item
was inserted in the sundry civil bill of
$80,090 for a light house at Smith's
Point, Chesapeake Bay, Maryland.
The amendments providing that Uni
ted States notes or Treasury notes of
larger denominations than those can
celled or rtlievid, shall not tie printed,
were agreed to, without question
After disposing of 32 pages of the bill
the Senate went iuto executive session,
and at 5:50 took a recess till 8 p m., the
evening sessi m to be devoted exolusiv eiy
to the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill.
The night session iasteJ four hours
and the temainder of the Sundry Civil
bill was disposed of down to the page I
before the end. l'here the Gorman !
amendment for the issue of three per
oont. certificates to the amount of SIOO,- ;
000,000 and requiring bonds to be offered
to the public for twenty days was
reached. As that is expected to give
rise to a long debate the Senate ad
journed. leaving that and a few other
amendments to come up to morrow.
THE DAY IN THE HOUSE.
Much Mi'cellaneotis Business ol a
Local Character Disposed of*
Washington, D. C., Feb 25. —After
the disposal of cos sidcrable miscellaneous
business, chiefly of u local character, the
Indian Appropriation bill as passed by
the Senate, was laid b fore the House
and the House non-concurred in th
Senate amendments aud a conference
was expected. Holm in, Allen, (Demo
crat, if Mississippi) and Pickier, (Re
public an of South Dakota,) being named
as managers.
Unauimi.us consent was given, to an
arrangement by which Thursday shall be
devoted to the consideration of business
called up by the Committee oil the Pis
trier of Columbia, subject to appropria
tion bills and privileged matters
A conference report on the District of
Columbia A| propriatiou Bill was re
wived aud a new conference ordered
Four remain in dispute between the two
houses.
The general deficiency bill was then
taken up in committee of the whole.
The amendment proposed by Mr. Liv
ingston to pay the claims of Charles
Morgan, C. B. Payne and the Southern
Steamship Company for one month’s
extra pay as Tinted States mail con
tractors sl7 ,510. wius discussed for an
hour or more on a point of order and
finally ruled out by the chairman.
The Bering Sen Controversy.
This left remaining to be considered
only the amendments relating to the
Bering k a .>< al controversy, proposed by
Mr Breckinridge, to pay the British
government $425,000 in full of alt dam
j Hges claimed by their Canadian sealers
w to were prevented by the United States
f>nm pursuing the seals or seized while
s at work, in accordance with the
agreement reached by Secretary Gresham
and Ambassador Pauneefote, reached
last August. Debate on the amend me t
was limited by agreement to two hours
The discussiou was carried on I y
Messrs. Breckinridge, Cannon, of Illi
nois, Hooker, of Mississippi, Henderson,
of lowa, McCreary, Hitt, (Rep ), of 111!
nois, and Dingley.
Upon the rising vote the amendment
was defeated—ayes 41, noes 53. Adi
vision was demanded, resulting: ayes
94, noes 86; and the amendment was
adopted.
An amendment offered by Mr. Breck
inridge was adopted, extending the ap
propriation for the Mexican boundary
commission. The commission has not
vet completed its work and this provis
ion simply provides for a continuation
of the work.
The committee then rose and the bill
was reported to the House. It was agreed
that, all the amendments should be adopt
ed as a whole except the extra compen
sation for clerks anil the payment of the
Bering Sea award.
Upon this latter the yeas and nays
were demanded and it was rejected—
yeas 112, nays 143; present and not vot
ing 5. The vote was mainly on party
lines, the Republicans and Populists op
posing it and the Democrats generally
favoring it.
A yea and nay vote was demanded on
the amendment to pay employes of the
House the clerks of members an extra
month's salary. It resulted: Yeas 143, j
nays 108.
The PoNtolUee Bill.
The bill was then passed, the House
dividing on the motion —lßl to 24. Mr.
Bland, (Democrat, of Missouri) demanded
the yeas and nays, but only seventeen
members rose to second the demand and
the bill was declared passed, amid ap- I
planse
Mr. Henderson, of North Carolina,
presented the repot t of the conferees on
the postoffice appropriation bill It was !
a partial agreement only and was agreed
to. Action on the matters still in dis
pute was postponed until to-morrow.
The agreement reached by the conferees
confirmed the amendments put on the j
bill by the Senate, with one exception, |
that railway postal clerks hereafter ap
pointed shall reside at some point on the
line to which they are assigned, but that
clerks now employed shall not be com
pelled to change their residences. The
total amount carried by the bill is SB9,- 1
554.889.
The House at 5:30 adjouruod until to- j
morrow at 11 o’clock.
APPROPRI ATION BILLS PASSED.
Good Chance of Gettini Williams-
Settle Contest Before the House.
Special to the Vews and Observer.
Washington, D. U., Feb. 25
The last appropriation bill passed the
House this afternoon and to morrow an
attempt will be made to bring up the
Williams Settle contest. The chances
for getting it up now appear very good.
* * *
When the Senate was called to order
to day on the desk of Senator Ransom
was a maguifieeut horse shoe of flowers
about two feet high. The nood luck
emblem was sent from Small’s by Mis*
Mamie Badger Wilson, daughter of Peter
Wilson The horse shoe adorned the
j Senator’s committee room all the after
j noou and many were the callers who
! ongratulated the Senator.
The Gridiron Annual Banquet is the
j grandest thing of the year here. The
I following is the speech made by Asher
j G. Caruth, of Kentucky, about Senator
i Ransom:
t
j “The spirit that to us will now appear,
: Once w r as Senator, formerly ‘‘Confeder
ate Brigadier,”
In life he was dressy, “fixy,” and very
handsome,
Clever, polite, renowned Matt Ransom,
A man of good judgment and excellent
taste,
He has found in the beyond “a nice,
soft place,”
Why will you now his end deplore *
He’s gone whera cuffs are worn “no
more. ” ”
•* * *
Judge Fuller and his sou, Mr. J >nes
Fuller, are ai the Ebbitt. They are on
their wav to North Carolina from Stnte
Fe. They leave to-night for Raleigh.
♦ ▼ *
Miss Mamie Cowper and Miss Sophie
Grimes, of Raleigh, are here.
Arrivals.
William Conrad. Charlotte.
Dr. Charles Meserve, Raleigh.
Fire at Fayetteville.
Special to the News ami Observer.
Fayetteville, N. C , Feb. 25.
The Stein helper residence here was ,
burned at 8:30 this evening. Frank
Thornton also loses a two thousand dollar
building; fully insured. The Stein- j
helper family loses all its furniture,
valued at one thousand dollars, with no ,
insurance. W. S. Weedeu’s and K. C.
Smith’s adjoiuing residences aud furni
ture were damaged by water; extent
ttuknown.
Earthquake ill the West,
St Louis, Mo, Feb. 25 A distinct j
shock of earthquake was felt iu the sub
urban town of Kirkwood, four miles
west of here, at 5 o'clock this morning, j
A uumbt r of families were wakened by
the vibration, which was of sufficient
force to shake windows and rattle crock
ery.
RALEIGH. N. C., TUESDAY. FEBRUARY 26. 1895.
A FATAL SHOOTING
YOUNG BAXTER BIIF.MW ELL. OF
LEXINGTON, KILLS DR. ROB
ERT L. PAYNE.
THE RESULT OF BAD FEELING.
An Altercation Hail Previously Taken
Plaee on the Streets and the Combat
ant* Here Returning From the Trial
—The Murderer Now In Jail and Hi-
Young Wife Crazed With Grief—ln
tense Excitement and Talk of Lynch
ing—Both Parties Well Known.
j Special to the News and Observer.
Lexington, N. C., Feb. 25.
Baxter Shemwell to-day about 11
o'clock shot and almost instantly killed
Dr. R. L Payne, Sr., of this place.
Shemwell is now in jail and his wife,
who is present with him. is almost crazed
with grief. Dr. Payne was a very prom
j inent physician and much loved here
! The whole town and county are much
I shocked by the sad affair.
Talk ot Lynching.
Special to the News and Observer.
Lexington, N. C., Feb. 25.
This has been the saddest day in the
j history < f Lexington for many years.
This morning about eight o’clock Bax
| ter Shemwell, the man who several years
ago tried to kill his uncle, and I)r. li. L.
j Payne, Sr., had an altercation. They
I were promptly arrested and taken before
j a justice ot the peace. No very serious
' damage was done, and the parties waiv
ed t x irainarion and were bound over to
the Superior Court. Doctor Payne was
first to give bond and started on his way
home, then Shemwell gave bond and im
mediately followed the doctor down town
with a pistol in each hand. Some one
on the street told Doctor Payne that
Shemwell was after him, ami the
doctor turned around. Theu Shemwell
fired the fatal shot just in front of the
Presbyterian church, of which Dr. Payne
was an honored elder. Officers were on
hand in a few moments and promptly
arrested Shemwell ai d committed him
to j iil without •mil. Feeling runs high,
and there is some talk of summary pun
ishment, and were it not for Shem well’s
family and prominent kinsfolk old Da
vidson might have been the scene of an
other lynching.
Dr. Payne was about sixty five years
of age, and favorably known all over the
State. He was a large man, six feet
high, and weighing about 250 pounds, i
good, kind-hearted and a perfect gen- |
tleman. None knew him but to love
him. Shemwell is about 35, of medium
height, and has been in several shooting j
scrapes. To say that the town is shocked
by the killing of Dr. Payne is putting it
very mildly.
Result of Bad Feeling.
Special to the News and Observer.
Winston, N. 0., Feb. 25.
Dr. It. L Payne, Sr., the oldest and j
best known physician of Lexington, was 1
shot aud killed at 10:30 to day by Bax- j
ter Shemwell, a young business man of
that place
The killing was the result of bad feel- j
ing existing between the two parties
named'.
RESULT OF AN OLD FEUD.
Two «l the Combatants are Shot anil
Wounded.
Asheville, N. C , Feb. 25 —A special
j to the Citizen from Marshall says: A
I fight occurred on Shelton Laurel last
night, in which Everett Shelton was
j shot and supposed to be mortally wound
ed by James Stanton, who made his es
; cape.
At the same time and place Boss
■ Stanton was shot and killed by Baxton
j Shelton. At the time he was shot he
j was making a brutal assault on Shelton
j with a pistol. Shelton first begged for
! peace, but Stanton was determined to
I tight.
The affray was the result of an old
feud.
An Aged Couple Burued.
j Dayton, Gas., Fi b. 25 -Tim borne of
G. \\. W o:u> »• find wile, an aged couple
j living two a ai one half miles southwest
of Trott wood. Montgomery county, was
burned !&fe last evening. The fine was
not discovered until shortly after 4
! o'clock ;h\s ta >rnir.g The charred bones
: of Weaver and ins wife were found iu
the ruins later. It is thought the work
is that of robbets, who, after robbing
and murdering the aged couple, fired the
house to cover up their horrible night’s
work.
Rumors of Revolution in Havana.
Havana, Feb. 25.—The apprehensions
of a revolution are increasing. The
Governor General has put in effect the
; public order law throughout the island.
This law provides for the immediate
punishment of anybody taken in a
seditious act. Some twenty-four men
have defied the authorities and called
for rebel recruits at Ybarra, near
Matanses, and trouble is reported also !
from Guantanamo.
Hundreds ol Employe* out ot Work.
Homestead, Pa , Feb. 25.— About
1.500 employes of the Carnegie Steel
Works were thrown out of employment
to-day by the closing down of a number
of departments in the plant. The con
verting mill, the 10 inch, 23 inch, 33
inch. 36 inch aud 40 inch nulls are all
idle ou account of scarcity of orders.
Work w ill resume as soon as orders are
received.
TRIAL PRACTICALLY ENDED.
All B itnes*e* for the state Against
the Train Robber* Examined.
St a fford Court 1 lorss, Ya.. Feb. 25. -
The identification of Morgan proceeded
I ihis morning.
He was fully recognized by O. B
Brown, who sold him and Seareey their
; tickets at Shenandoah Junction; by
I officer W-ight, of Cumberland; by Con
: ductor Peters, who took up his ticket,
and who identified the ticket which was
sold to Seareey as the one he (Peter*)
got from Morgan the irght of October
i lfith on his way to Cincinnati. Mr.
| McDermott aud Mr. Witte, of the Cin
] einnati police force, identified the tele
| scope as Morgan's. When Mr. Witte was
I put on the stand Senator Little asked
j him if he had not been in jail. He re
i plied that he had been arrested
! for a transaction with which
jhe had nothing to do, and
j iad been tried and Honorably acquitted
; Mr. Dinsmore, the Secretary of the
| company, was put on the stand, and th«
| she original articles of the association ot
j 'he Adams Express Company wer,e in
j 'reduced to prove where the title to th*
: company’s property lay, and also the
minutes of the company to show who
were trustees Mr. Dinsmore was still
; on the stand whe l ' the court adjourned
The Case Practically Closed.
The case of the Common wealth vs
1 Morgan is practically closed, for at an
I early hour after adj mrment the prase
i cut ion annouced that the Common
wealth would rest its ease. This struck
the defense in a rather unprepared eon
dition, for they had summomd their
witnesses for Tuesday, and so court ad
journed, at 4 o’clock, till to-morrow
at 10.
There were only two witnesses put on
the stand at the afternoon session. Mr
George W. Moss, who had proved that
the pouch taken from tin express car
was the property of the Adams Express
Company, and Mr White, the common
wealth's attorney, who provtd that the
pouch was the oue found in the woods.
As Mr. White took the stand and
started to make a statement, both conn
scl for the defense objected and insisted
that he shoulH be examined by his assis
taut counsel. Mr. White quickly replied:
‘ I am conducting this prosecution and
will question myself,” a- d theu pro
needed to gravely a-k: “Mr. White, have
you seen that bag before ?”
The court ruled that Mr White had a
right to make a statement and proceeded
to testify briefly as to the finding of the j
bag.
the defense are expected to introduce
four witnesses to-morrow and then when
the instructions have ‘oeen settled on.
the case will be argued. The arguments
will be exhaustive.
WORK LEFT FOR THE HOUSE.
Among the Last Thing* Considered
B ill be B instou’a Public Building.
Washington, D. C., Feb. 25.—The
House committee on rules decided to
day to set aside to-morrow for the con
sideration of bills from the labor com
miftee and to give the committee on
public buildings and grounds Wednes
day for the bills reported from that com
mittee.
The labor committee have a number of
! bills on the calendar, the more irnpor
| tant of which is the bill creating a na
j tional commission to arbitrate differ
| ences between railway corporations and
{ their employes, but creating a na
! tional commission to ascertain the cause
of all strikes and to investigate the
I causes of the industrial depression.
The committee also have various bills
| on the calendar increasing the wages of
i government employes at this point; a
j bill for the publication of the bulletins
j of the department of Labor, and others
i of interest to laboring people.
The Committee on Public Buildings
and Grounds have a large number of
bills on the c deodar. One of these is a
! bill to provide for a hall of records in
the District of Columbia; another for
the purchase of a site for a new govern
-1 ment printing office, and 3rd. a bill
which provides for throwing the designs
j for public buildings open tocomtietilion.
j lu addition to the foregoing the cal
i end ir contains upward of seventy live
bill-, for nub’ic buildings at various
i plavs. If 1 tie oust custom is followed
the oils will I— taken pom calendar
in tin if r gui f order ike iir.-t of these
is tm* bili for a hall < f reeo-ds at Wa-h
tngi ai
I Following t hi cornu bids for public
, buildings » : F. r VTorCi, T» xas; Bruns
; wick, Ga.; Nt vpoit News, Va ; Win
j ston, N. C ; Altoona. P,j.: O.vengltcro,
Ky,; S lum, Ala ; Helena, Mont,; Boise
City, Idaho; Cheyenne, Wyoming;
Tacoma, Seattle and Spokane, Washing
ton; Land, Tex.; Tampa, Fla , and eev
eral score more
PLUM LEVI HEAD.
The Negro Barber Whom Bill N ye has
Made Famous Passes Away.
.Special t>> the News and Observer.
Asheville, N. C., Feb. 25.
Plum Levi, a well known colored bar
ber, died to-day of paralysis He was
63 years old and a native of Virginia,
and was given almost national reputa
tiou by Bill Nye, whofr«q untlyn fcried
to him in syndicate letters
Will T. R >berts*m. a former resident
of Asheville, but for s. v rd years editor
of the Rogersvillo, (Tennessee) Review,
died Saturday Mr Robertson less than
a month ago married Miss Annie Carrier,
of Rutherfurdton, N. C.
Two Shocks in W ashingtoii.
Tacoma, Wash , Feb. 25. Two slight
shocks of earthquake were felt here and
at Sumner, twelve miles distant, at 5
o'clock this morning.
BANK TELLER SHORT
EXCITEMENT OVER A LARGE
DEFALC ATION IN LYNCH
III KG. VIRGINIA.
SCHEMEOF SYSTEMATIC ROBBERY
*»oth the Teller an*t a Chesapeake and
Ohio Tii ket Agent Arrested and in
Jail—The Shortage ot the Teller I*
Over 925,000 and the Ticket Agent
Ha* Overdrawn Over fa.OOO— The
Bank Still Ha* a Large Surplii* and
the Director* are Hopeful.
Lynchburg Ya , Feb. 25. This town
was greatly disturbed yesterday over a
report that Walker G. Hamner, Teller <>f
the First National Bank, was short n
his accounts and was under nominal ar
rest at the court house.
The rumor spread with phenomenal
rapidity, until it became current from
one end of the city to the other. It was
the theme of general conversation, and
when the report was verified and the
truth became known, distress was tie
pieted in every countenance and an in
describable sorrow permeated the entire
community.
Mr. Hauiner has lived in Lynchburg
all bis life. He is known by every citi
zen of the place, and was respocted by
them all By hundreds he was held in
affectionate regard His apparent habits
have been circumspect in the highest de
gree He has not been addicted to any
practices of intemperance or obvious dis*
si pat ion of any sort. He was esteemed
I as a consistent, useful and exemplary
I member of the church and of society.
Hence, when the announcement eame
| the public was startled, and pretty soon
amazement gave place to grief.
E'erywht re and ou every tongue were
heard expressions of deep regret that
the unfortunate bank official had not
met the exigencies of his pecuniary situ
: ation differently. Nowhere was there
! heard any expression of harsh condem
nation; but mauy were the words of
pity for ihe man and sympathy for those
who must share the excruciating pain of
j the unhappy occurrence.
The President and Cashier of the bank >
bad cause to suspect some days .ago that j
there was some slight irregularity in the j
bank and resolved to trace it down, i
Neither ot them had the least idea that !
j \lr Hamner was involved in it.
On Saturday evening their investiga- j
tiou culminated in an unreserved eon- j
session from Mr. Hamner of the latter’s j
shortage, whereupon he was taken in j
charge and is now in jail. Last night i
tho officials authorized the statement I
that Mr. Hamner was short in his ac- I
courts $23,000. Mr. Hamner himself
verified this statement of the default.
But after a laborious examination the
bank officials announced that the aetu il
shortage of tho teller is $25,841 08.
Scheme to Roll the Bank.
In addition, the examining committee ;
found chicks of li H. Panuill, local j
ticket ageut of the Chesapeake it Ohio ;
Railroad Company, aggregating SB,- j
180 73, unpaid, which had been carried 1
by Mr Hamner, the teller.
Upon this development the bank j
officials swore out a warrant for tho ar
rest of Pannill charging him with con
spiring with Hamuer to rob the bank,
and Pannill was taken in custody to
ti ght. This disclosure has caused a re
vulsion of feeling in the community
against Hamner and effectually blocked
every effort made to day by his friends
to raise the amount of his shortage and
save him from the penitentiary.
The common belief is that there has
been a systematic robbery of the bank
by the teller and Pannill. The latter
denies to night that he has done any
thing criminal, but his “Kiting” opera
tions have been so extensive as to be
tainted with suspicion. He is making
an effort to give the SIO,OOO bail bouil
j required by the United States Commis
sioner, but has failed up to a late hour
to night.
Hamner is apparently resigned to his
fate and is taking matters coolly. He
apparently does not intend to ask for
bail He has a family of ten children,
besides his wife aud mother, and his
downfall is attributed to ex rivagant
Ijy i • g
Pannill is married bur ins r.o children,
lie has been a \ romiuent figure iu fash
ionable society and t<> his ex e-s in this
tvg rd is ascribed his predicament.
The bank still has a large surplus, and
its solvency is not impaired. Its doors
w ere ope ted promply at the usu il hour
this morning, and business was trans
acted up to the hour of closing. The
teller is bond'd in $15,000 by the Guar
antee Company of North America, and
the bank will thus lose about $1.8,000.
Its surplus fund and undivided profits 1
amount to $77,000
While the robbery aud arrests h ive
naturaliy created intense excitement in
the town, the people have behaved with
eminent go d s- use and no 1 ick of con
fidence is manifested or felt in the sta
kiity of auv of the banks. This is
Lynchburg's first bank defalcation since
the war.
The official statement of the bank offi
cers, made to uight, is as follows :
“An exhaustive examination into the
condition of the First National Bank of
Lynchburg, made by a competent com
mittee of the Board of Directors, dis
closes the fact that the Shortage of th«‘
teller in cash amounts to $25,841.88, I
which it is expected will be diminished
by his security bond of $15,000 In ad
dition to this we find in the te'ler’s pos
session the checks of sundry parties ag
gregating $8,186.73, which we appro
hend are nearly worthless, though this
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
i may be diminished by some expected
payments and securities.”
“This is the worst that it is invisible
i to make of the situation, and the soi
! voncy of the institution is not impaired,
i And the assets of the bank show that it
stdl has a largo surplus and it is entitled
to the confidence of the public.”
I’anntll Give* Bail.
Lynch bubo, Ya.. Fob. 20 At 13:30
: this morning Panuill gave bail in the
| penalty of SIO,OOO with Capt, N. J
! Floyd as surety,
THE M ARDI Git AS BEGINS.
The Beather i* Fine and ihe UMmivat
Pageant B a* Never *o Beautiful.
Nrw Orleans, La , Feb. 25. The
weather forecast for to-day predicted
j showers, and it was feared the vain
i would iuterfere with tho parade very
: materially, but throughout the day there
were no showers, and the temperature
j was too warm for overcoats.
The streets wore swarmed, and at
times a block of the principal streets oc
curred, even before Hex arrived. All
indications seem to point that this will
be tho greatest of all the carnivals.
The Norfolk Light Artillery Blues have
arrived and were enthusiastically re
j ccived by the Washington Artillery. The
; Blues are an exceptionally fine looking
body of soldiers. They carried sabres
; instead of rifles.
The Lasker Light Guards, of Galves
j ton, the crack company of Texas, have
| also arrived atul were likwise accorded a
jht arty welcome. They were met at the
Southern Pacific train' by the Izmirian*
litlos. These, with the (’lev* land Greys,
whoso arrival has already been noted
makes quite a notable gathering of mill
: tarv celebrities and will prove a grand
i addition to the various processions in
1 which they will march.
Shortly after 2 o’clock His Majesty,
Rex, arrived on the Royal Yacht and
I landed amid thunders of artillery, the
i screeching of innumerable steam whistles
and the plaudits of the assembled thous
ands. The King was escorted by the
Cleveland Greys who acted a* his body
guard, and the other military companies
irom the foot of Canal street, up Camp
street to Povdras, thence to St. Charles,
; to the City Hall, where Mayor Firzpat
i rick met his Majesty, and after weloom
j mg, made the traditional surrenderor
j the city to Rex.
New Orleans is now uuder his domtn
! ion and will remain so forty-eight hours,
and when the “Lord of Misrule” abdi
i cates iiis throuo he can do so with the
consciousness that he has brought more
happinss to a careworn and weary peo
pie than all the Kings of the earth are
accustomed to confer*.
The popular Mr. Frank T. Howard trn
personates Rex this year.
Tonight was given the carnival pa
geant of the Krewe of Proteus for this
year. The procession paraded the princi
pal streets and a more beautiful series
of tableaux have never been presented.
The legends of Asgard and tho Gods,
the Myth of Scandinavia was tho in
spiring subject.
Wise Odin, mighty Thor, beautiful
Baldur and Wicked lx>ki, and the Salient
deeds which make them memorable,
were very accurately depicted in the
pageant,
BASEBALL CHANGES.
| The Committee ou HiileHoftiie Naltow--
nl League Propose A aieml meats.
I New VtkK, Feb. 25.— The Committee
I on Rules of the National Baseball League
was scheduled to meet at the Fifth Ave
nue Hotel to day and prepare certain
amendments for adoption bytheconven
I tion of baseball magnates on Wednes
day.
The committee consisted of Chairman
! Etiward Hanlon, manager of the Haiti
more club; manager W. W. Kerr, of
Pittsburg, and manager James Hart, of
j Chicago. Messrs. Hanlon and Hart
were at the hotel at an early hour and
waited for Mr. Kerr, but he did not ap
pear.
Messrs. Hanlon and Hart decided to
go ahead with their business and submit
the work for Kerr’s approval when he
should have arrived, and before the con
vention opened.
Manager Hanlon said that among the
amendments they decided to recommend
to the convention to adoption was one
to prevent the wearing of large gloves by
; all players except the catcher and first
: baseman. Another change is to enlarge
the pitchers bo* twelve inches
| toward the home plate. Another amend
| ment is aimed at the loud coaching done
at games. That is to be stop|>ed. There
j are rules at the pusent time giving
: power to the umpire to stop that, but.
the rules arc not enforced. The pro
, posed amendment is to make it manda
j tory on the umpire to enforce the rule.
Manager Hanlon iaid be felt almost
sure that the convention would adopt
the propbst d amendments. He said he
i did not care to recommend any radical
j char go in the rules as the public seemed
w<ll satisfied with the preseut way of
playing baseball
\ Se nsible View ol 11.
“It is just as 1 said at first,” said a
broad minded Populist Senator last
night. “Those fellows in the House
have gotten themselves into a hole and
they know it. There is no use trying to
get out of it either. They are only
making bad matters worse. If f had
l<n in the House and voted for that
Fred. Douglass resolution you know
what I would have done? I’d simply
have gotten up and said, look here boys
we have already played h —l once now,
lets not do so a second time by try tag to
patch it up.”