The News and Observer. VOL. XXXVIII. NO. 29. ITKIE L/£\[]3®E@T ©D[)B©(U)IL&TD®NI ®F A6W MffiTTffil ©ADBSILOGM [MOO 7 ,, 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