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fti nn A YEAR. IN AD VAN C L. - ' "Mfc 888SS888888888S88. gS28SSSS8S888S8SS 88888888888888888 SS88S8S8SS288SSS hxW t S88S8SS88S88SSS88 8l8lI"8SS288888883 83383S88888S88883 o - o. - ,h o o - 2 3 2 2 !-S Eneer-d at the Post Office t Wilmtgtoa, N. C, Second Class Matter.! SUBSCRIPTION PRICE.: The subscription price of the Weekly Star & at follows: . ""f. 'jKuS " " .i. to " " S months " " - ' 30 . MUCH AD 3 ABOUT NOTH JTO- The Eastern papers as a rule 'are violently opposed to an income tax. All the papers in New York that we see, with the exception of the World, are opposed to it. The Representa tives in Congress from the Eastern Sttie are, as a rule, opposed to if, both Democrats and Republicans. Some of the Democrats are so much upp sed to it that they refused to go into tt.e Democratic Congressional caucus and be bound by its action. Hon. Bourke Cockran, one of the Tammany headlights, who in the National Convention fought the nomination of Grover Cleveland be cause he didn't square up to the ideas of certain gentlemen, of whom Hon. Bouike Cockran' was the mouth-piece, undertook to defeat the attaching of the income measure to the Wilson bill by filibustering against it, after it had been decided upon by the caucus. We have respect for honest con victions, although we may differ from the man who entertains them, but we-have no respect for the con victions that would pile tons on the back of the poor man and refuse to put a feather's weight on the back of the rich man. There is neither sin cerity, generosity nor Democracy in that. J If they could give any good, solid, logical reason for their opposition, and the great aversion they have to touching the incomes of the rich, they would be entitled to consideration, but there is not an objection they make to it which cannot with more force be i applied to the present methods of raising revenue. If it be class legislation and inqui sitorial, what is the internal, or as it is sometimes more descriptively styled, the infernal revenue system ? It has done more to demoralize and corrupt people than any other system of taxation that has ever been de vised in this country with the excep tion, perhaps, of the high protective tariff system. It is a pull straws between them, the difference being that the demoralization under the in ternal revenue system is easier ex posed and becomes more conspicuous because the array of law violators in the courts of the States where the in lernal revenue system operates with trie most etrect makes it more con spicuous. If the income tax would encourage perjury among those who would have it to pay (what a reflec tion on people of large incomes), what does the internal revenue sys tern ao, wnign not only causes a monstrous amount of perjury but makes thousands of men lawless des peradoes who spend their days in violating the laws or eluding the revenue officers, whom they some times perforate with buckshot when they get tired hiding from them. Under this system a man's house may be searched, his books seized and taken from him when there is pharge or suspicion of evading law, his place of business closed up, and himself arrested, as "Inquisitorial Come tax bill? recoil from the Is there anything as that in the in- But the men who income tax as de- moralizing and inquisitorial will vote to Increase the internal revenue taxes and to let the system be perpetuated indefinitely, so that spirits, tobacco &c, may contribute more to the rev enue and the not-to-be-touched in come if the rich escape taxation. They pretend that it is unjust dis crimination, class legislation and a socialistic blow at the man whom thrift has made prosperous, which is simpiy, piaying witn words ana is nonsense. This law would do what no other tax law does, that is tax a manual on nis UDor or his agencies for making money but on the net in . J : 1 r . i wuujc ucuvcu irora inese atter ex empting a liberal amount for ex penses oi living. n,very other tax pjan taxes property whether it be productive or not and sometimes so high that non-productive property becomes a burden to the owner, What hollow mockery to hear them declaiming against the oppression of the rich man by asking him to pay a tax of two cents on the dollar, not on his property, but on the net income trom tnat property, investment or - profession, when the poor man has to pay about fifty per cent, of his income as tariff tribute on the necessaries ot Jlfe. The rich man wouldn't feel it; VOL. XXV. many of them spend more for cigars and wine in a .month than their in come tax would amount tain a year, and spend more money in' one sum mer's sojourn in Europe than thotax would amount to in a dozen years. It is ; estimated that American tourists annually spend $100,000,000 in their European travels, $100,000, 000 in gold, that they take out of this country to distribute over there, and yet when it comes to asking these people to pay to the support of the Government in its day of necessity a fraction of what they spend abroad, not to talk of wljat they spend ax home in .luxurious living, it is oppres sion and class legislation. ' We do not dispute the right of people who have money to spend it in any rational way they may see fie, but we do not see the sense nor justice in the com plaint that it is oppression to require people who can afford .to spend thou sands a year on their pwn gratifica tion to contribute a small percentage of those thousands to the support ot the Government which protects them not only at home, but abroad, when in quest of profit or of pleas ure. Such a complaint does not come with a good grace from them. IT WAS WELL DORS. Nut only the Democratic party of the country, but the country is to be congratulated on, the passage by the House of Representatives" of the Wilson bill by what,' .under the cir cumstances, was a superb majority. The vote cast, being -within four of the full vote of the House, shows the interest that was taken in it, and the efforts ot both friends and foes to rally their full strength for and against it. . ! With the exception of the silver de bate in the extra session, there has been no measure before Congress, at least in recent years, which was as ably, exhaustively and eloquently de bated, and there never was a vote taken on more mature deliberation. It was the verdict of the American people registered in two national elections, reaffirmed by their Repre sentatives in . Congress, which has thus faithfully redeemed, the pledge of the party in as far as they can at the present time. I here were some Democrats we regret to see who voted against it because it withdrew protection from industries in which some of their con- -i stituents-were interested, thus show ing that they were better protection ists than Democrats. They received tne applause ot the Republicans in the House and doubtless felt that they deserved it, They would have won the applause of the Democracy of the country if they had followed the rftbler course of those other Dem ocrats who opposed the bill for the same reason but in the spirit of party alliegance stood by their party in the effort to redeem its pledges and lessen the burdens of the people. But all is well that ends well. Tneir votes were not necessary, and if they can find any comfort in the record they made by their votes, they are entitled to it. The decisive majority by which the bill passed the House brings it to the-Senate with a better chance of success than it would have had if the vote was close. The senate is not so close to the people as the House, and is not, therefore, so much influenced by popular sentiment, but on any measure which is recognized as. a party measure the Senator will be much more apt to go with his party when the expression is as em phatic as it has been in this instance. While the bill was under discussion and such, a determined opposition was made to certain features of it - - we had our fears,, owing to the close' ness of the vote in the Senate, that it might encounter serious obstacles if not defeat there, but the indica tions now are that the Democrats will stand pretty solid for it and that the Populist Senators will support it, on account of the income tax if for no other reason, which makes the prospects of its -passage very en couraging. ; It is said that the Ohio Republi can politicians, who are banking on McKinley are going to start his Presidential boom instanter without waiting for the Spring thaw. A man named Kohlsaat is doing the engi neering. . The boom may be all right but it looks rather rough when it has to have a name like that hitched tO it. : ' V : , The London Lancet figures up the casualties from, foot-ball in England the past year, which it says is nota complete list, at five deaths, two con cussions of the spine, one concussion of the brain, one fracture of the thigh, sixteen of the leg, nine frac tures ot the clavicle and two of the arm. This is worse than the racket down at Rio. It is said that Jim Corbett has been offered $10,000 a year to play "base ball. If he formed a combination with Mrs. J. L. Sullivan they would be. a strong and. drawing pair, for while he is a good bitter she is pow erful with the bat. She knocked John out on the first round, and that's more than Corbett did. Col. A. CUFisk, of Denver, Col orado, got mad tat a State Senator because the Senator in a -speech casuallv remarked that the afore said Fisk had i "never , earned "an honest dollar," and has challenged hina to a. duel, with-the ' gentle , ior ttmation.that it he doesnXneht Or publicly retract and ' apologize he will beat his brains out with a club. Clubs are trumps out there. : ,s Some years ago; we heard , a great deal about the curative properties of light passing through blue glass, now the red light is coming to the front as an agency in the treatment of smalt-pox. 'Experiments in . Nor way have proved so satisfactory that they are to be tried, in one of the New York hospitals. In Norway red glass was put in the windows, of a small-pox ward, and all the patients recovered, and there was no pitting. The . Manchester Ship - Canal has got other cities to thinking.: Paris now wants a shorter cut to the sea than the river Seine affords: and is talking of building a canal to Rouen, a distance of about seventy miles. , Experts say that it would be a verv easy thine for ; robbers to loot the U. S. Treasury at Washington if it wasn't for the. guards. Con". sidering the-amount of looting that 'has been done by Republican Con gresses the guards seem to be more ornamental than useful. HORTICULTURAL FAIR. - Meeting ol the Committee of Merchant Subtoribere to tae Tand. The merchant's Horticultural ' Fair committee met last night at The Crton with chairman F. W. Kerch ner and Secretary Heinsberger present... It was the largest meeting yet held and shows that the merchants ate in dead earnest about getting the State Association to hold the Fair here, if possible. ' The chairman said a number of the people had an idea that Wilmington was gettiug up this Fair, which is erroneous. The Fir it a State concern, organized for several years and has beea held in ten towns in this State, and naturally has a large tallowing, and members wbo have been ' sending exhibits ' tor ' several years. Wilmington-has nothing to do except offer inducements to get it here. with the hope or belief that the receipts from different sources will pay all ex penses; but if they Co not, then the committee will take a per cent, from the different subscriptions. The committee so far has met with much success, and it is hopd the needed amount can be raised Tuesday by 12 o'clock, at which time the committee will meet at The Orton and decide what action shall be taken. . - On moiion, it was decided to send a committee to Raleigh to meet the Ex ecutive Committee of the Fair to repre sent the interests of Wilmington. The committee is to be appointed by the chairman. The following merchants have sub scribed to the Fair fund, viz: Messrs. Loeb & Oerken, W. A. Jonbson, Wm. E. Springer & Co , The Orton. Sneed & Co.. T. C Craft. J. H. Hardin, Braddy & Gay lord, J. Naumburg. A. P. Adrian, Alderman Hardware Co.,Katz & Polvogt, Alex. Sprunt & Son. Worth & Worth. Roger Moore, W. H. Bernard, Navassa Guano Company, Acme Manufacturing Cotnpiny, S. P. McNair, Standard Oil Company, W. R. Kenan, McNair & Pear- sail, Corbett & Gore, Thos. I. Gore, Geo. Harriss, Son & Co.. Vollers & Hasbagan. F. W. Kercbner, S. A. Schloss 4 Co, Southerlands .Livery, H. A, Tucker Bros , Geo. W. Hoggins, Geo. Hon net. M. J. Dinglehoef. W. L. DeRosset, Jr. R. R. Bellamy & Co., S. H. Fishblate, P. Heinsberger, Jas. D. Nutt, C E. Gordon, W. M, Huges, W. R. Slccum, Geo. Haar, E. Warren & Son, ) N. Jacobi Hardware Co., J. L. Croom & Co., M. F. Croom & Co., S. & B. Solomon, Sol. Bear. Sam. Bear, Sr., Chas. Schnibbenv D. N. Chad' wick, J. H- Taylor, S. Van Amringe, Monroe & Kelly, Davis & Zoeller. F. W Ortman, W. H. Yopp, J. L. Winner. I. M. Solky. L. Austern. Wm. Ulncb, Wm. H. Green 8c Co.. Taylor's Bazaar, Bonitz House, W. T. Daggett, Cbesnutt & Bar- rentine. Wilmington, Norfolk & New- bern Railroad, Messenger, Wilmington Street Railway. B, Beilois, A. C Wes- sell, Godfrey Hart. A Smart Dog. . A Virginia oaosr sava Rev. F. Bsale. of Diinnsvllle. Essex county, has a pointer dog of far more than ordinary intelligence. A few evenings since, at a late hour in the ovening. Mr. Beale re ceived the . sad news of his mother's death, and being anxious to communi cate the fact to the family of Mrs. Beale, who reside near New Town, in King and Queerf county, a distance"of some twen ty miles, a note was put in a bottle, and that securely fastened "to the dog's neck and he was ordered to go an d deliver ft. which he did in good time, but refused to leave before getting bis supper. There are some hne pointers in Wil mington, and possibly one of the owners can get ap a smill 'anecdote that will eclipse the foregoing. : A Sabaoriber Twemy-dlx Years. Mr. F. B. Gibson, of Gibson's Station, writes as follows to the Star: "I en close $6 00 to pay for tbe Daily Star to Dec. 8. 1894.' I have been a reader of it from 1868 or '69; so, you see I believe in it as a sound Democratic journal. ' I hope it may continue to shine a long, iong time." It will be seen from the foregoing that Mr. Gibson has been a subscriber to the Daily Star about twenty-six years. . y Through to Newbern. . " " . .. The contract between the Southern Express Company and the Wilmington, Newbern and Norfolk Railroad went into effect yesterday. Express freight and parcels of all kinds, including money. are now carried ' through between , Wil mington and Newbern. This is well. Now let nt have the through mail. : THE; FULLER TRIAL JUDGE BRYAN PASSES SENTENCE ON . ; , -J THEV PRISONER. ; - TO be Hsnced for the Murder ibf Parker on ' i he 16Ui Day of March Next All Mo-. tlone zfor a New Trial Overruled- An "S.fAppeU to the Snprema Court. ; " "" I Special Siar- Correspondence ,.-. FAVrrTEVitLB. N. C , ,Peb- 8. In pursuance of a: notice by counsel for the defendant in the case, of the State vs. E, J. Falter, yesterday . afternoon, that they would show -cause this -morning why the verdict rendered should be set aside, affidavits were produced in Court Setting forth the following facts. : - ' 1.. That the officer in charge of r the jury bought for their use on two sepa rate occasions one quart of liquor, and that every member of . said jury did drink thereof. .. v"-J. ""?-:";'.'"-;:' ; i 3. That said, officer did allow' one juror t6 separate from the others and go in company with said officer to a certain livery stable and take therefrom his horse and carry - him to another livery stable, v-'v .. . - -. - 3. That said officer did alTow one of the jurors to go to a public barber shop, accompanied by: said officer, and he shaved, and that while there the evi dence in the case was discussed by per sons in said barber shop in the presence of said juror. . . . . " 4.. That said omcer did separate one iuror from the others and go with him to a liquor saloon and. there with him take a drink of liquor. ; o. That said jury was' taken by said' officer to prayer meeting at the Baptist Church on lbursuay night, and that the conduct while there was such as to ex cite suspicion that one or more of them was drunk. -. .;. ... & - 6. That papers containing the evidence and comments thereon were furnished the jury, and that they did read said pa- Pei-. ' ";-' -;-.-:.v: . '. ... 7. That one ol the larors bad said be fore his acceptance as a juror that il he was chosen be would, "hang the, prisoner." "' - Counsel for defendant made able speeches before His Honor in an effort. to show cause why the verdict should be set aside. 'Bat His Honor, Judge Bryan, after patiently hearing them for their cause, declined to set aside the verdict Whereupon the de fendant appealed to the Supreme Court- notice of appeal being t waived. Bond for appeal in the sum of $50 being ad judged sufficient twenty days was al lowed counsel to make out statement of case on appeal, and twenty days there- alter allowed Mate to nle counter state ments., w.- -i THE PRISONER SENTENCED. On motion of the Solicitor, praying the judgment of the Court, and the pass ing ol sentence. Judge Bryan ordered the prisoner to stand up. He stood facing the Judge with an exhibition of onderful nerve, bis counsel. John G. Shaw, standing with him. Judge Bryan, with an exhibition of the greatest emo tional excitement and sympathy, an nounced the sentence, admonishing the prisoner to prepare for bis death, etc.. closing bis remarks with the following selemn sentence: ; "It is the ludgmentot i be Court, .according to law, that you. bdward Jones Fuller, be remanded to the common jail of C umberland county and there kept tn salety until the morn ing ol friday, March lstb, 1894, and that you then he taken therefrom and con ducted to the place of execution of crimi nals in said county and oetween the hours of 10 o'clock in the forenoon and 8 o'clock in the afternoon be hanged by the neck until you are dead. And may God Almighty 'have mercy upon your soul. - The Officer in charge of the jury dor ing the interim betwejn the sessions of the Court, was arraigned before His Honor to show cause why he should not be punished for contempt of Court for the various offences alleged in the am davits herein before referred to. He was represented by counsel, who prepared affidavit showing that when the officer took the iuror to the various places indi cated, he had previously locked all the other jurors in a room fn the second story of the hotel, and carried away the key. His affidavit admitted all the charges, but showed plausible excuses for his conduct. The Court adjudged him guilty of a gross neglect of duty and disobedience of instructions, and im posed a sentence of one month's im prisonment in the county jail and to pay a fine of $150. Evidence was here pro duced to the. satisfaction of the court that (1) the officer was in delicate health and that imprisonment would endanger bis life; and. (2 that be was an extremely poor man and that the payment of a fine of any amount was an impossibility. Judgment was suspended, with instruc tions from the court to the officer to stay away from the 'Court House except on occasions when summoned to be pre sent. ' Thus have the proceedings of the Su perior court ot Cumberland county in the trial of E. J. Fuller resulted. There is a feeling of sadness throughout the community. Fuller is well known by almost every man, woman and child, blackrand white, who lives in this town. and admitting all the imperfections of his nature, no one has ever regarded bim with any other feeling than that of friendship and the sad sentence imposed upon htm this morning has stirred up within every bosom a sentiment of the tenderest sympathy lor the-prisoner and bis many- relatives and friends, Fuller was born here 44 years ago. He is a man about five feet three or four inches high, weighs probably 130 pounds. light hair, large gray eyes, fair complex ion and tbin face. While almost every one who heard of the homicide regretted the sudden taking oft ot a young man who sustained the high character that the de ceased. Benjamin C. Parker possessed, and while during the excirement of the occasion there was manifested by the public a strong sentiment that the homi cide was an outrage, yet there is to-day. after a remembrance of that sad occa sion has been . partially eclipsed by the events ot this trial, such a feeling ot sym patby that we may safely conclude that were the question of the penalty left to the discretion of the people ot tms town. Fuller would be imprisoned rather than banged. H. EYE. The Verdiot in Baleigh. The - annexed paragraph Irom the News & Observer indicates that the sen timent in Raleigh in regard to the ver dict in the Fuller case is similar to that genarally prevailing here: - ' , "The jury at Fayetteville yesterday rendered a verdict of guilty in- the first degree against Fuller for the killing of Parker. This verdict we think will be a .surprise to those who have been - inter ested in the case. As far as we beard an expression of opinion, it was thought that the verdict would certainly not be more than guilty of manslaughter" In Distress. ;V-';:. - The three-masted American schooner Etta Af. Barter, from Jacksonville, Fla., bound to New York, lumberladen, put In at Southport -yesterday leaking, and was towed np to the city in the after noon. - 'MEftCHANTS MlettNQ' To Consider the Prrjot fot a HorMoaUnrar 2air tobeJHeId i Bce in Aagxut It Moett With f Tor From All. . -; : ' A meeting ; of merchants and other- business men was held last night at The Orton; nearly every branch of .business in the citv was represented, both whole- sale and wuutr)? The meeting was called,: to order by the chairman. F. W, Kerchner. with Secretary :.P : Hinesberger. Jr., at his Voi. rverenner stated tbat it was hardly necessary s to recite the object of the meeting, at' most -. every one was : familiar ; with? it; that the fair was" a State concern and not for a particular section J After- exDlain- ing. fully the benefits to be derived, he had the secretary to read the letter, ask ing the citizens to guarsantee $500 to be given in premiums. ' He spoke of open ing new fields and the lesson it would learn our farmers, seeing what is done io other sections of the State. " The plan is, for the Wilmington -mer chants to subscribe a fund of one thous and dollars as a gua-antec, so if the fair loses money a percentage to make up the deficit can: be taken out of the fund and the balance returned to them..- pro portionately. If the entrance fee and the privilege fees cover the expenses of the. fair, it will cost the merchants nothing. If money is made out of the scheme then a dividend will be paid to subscrib ers. He said that Chicago merchants subscribed ten million dollars to the World's Fair as a guarantee, and every cent was returned to them, as the fair paid its own expenses. He thought the fair would be better than a Welcome Week festival as visitors came then for a frolic and this would be for business and learning. ' ' i . ' Mr. J. H, Barnard said Wilmington should have attractions here, for the benefit of the community, and not creep and follow behind towns smaller than she is. The merchants ' should have more vim and push aud take hold with interest, and make our-gala occasions a success. This is the largest town in the State, and should have a fair and a bang- up one one in ten years anyway. His talk was full of logic and was filled with good advice. - i ' ; Mr. P. Pearsall, of the firm of McNair and .Pearsall, 'spoke in favor of the scbvtiie and said it would be in August a good month for the wholesale mer chants and that his firm would do their part and he though the majority of wholesale dealers would come in. Col. E. D. Hall said that in 1883 a fair was held here which didn't cost the city a cent, as the entrance fees over-paid the costs, and now all that is asked is an as surance for the prizes. He spoke of having Gen. J no. B. Gordon, of Georgia, to deliver his address at the Opera House one night during the fair, which would attract a number of visitors." Mr. G. G. Lewis said he was glad to see the merchants so much in favor of this project, and knowing that the money needed would be , returned, and facing the fact that nine out of ten fairs held in this State were successful and paid their own expenses, he thought the money could be raised easily. . - Mr. H. H. Kasprowitz said he was in favor of anything which would put some life in the towh and benefit it. He said it was no nse for the merchants to at tempt to live here with their eyes shut as if asleep, and his firm would subscribe $35. Many others subscribed the same amount, and will run the risk of receiv ing a dividend on their cash. Upon motion it was decided to have the fair, and a committee was appointed to call on the merchants to-day and report to the meeting to be held at The Orton Saturday night at 8 o'clock. The following is the Subscription Committee, who are earnestly requested to meet CoL Kerchner at The Orton to day at 10 o'clock: J. H. Barnard, T. Pearsall, G. G. Lewis, Jno. M. Wright, Root. I. Katz. Roger Moore, P. Heins berger, S. Van Amringe, Geo, C Souther- land, S. A. Schloss, J. W, Martenis, J, G. L. Gieschen, Chas. M. Whitlock, M. H. Kelly, J. C. Springer. R. W. Hicks. J. C Stevenson, H. M. Emerson, Thos. D. Meares, Thos. C. James and . Hal. Boatwright. ! t If the funds are raised by to-morrow night the executine committee will be appointed at that meeting. Tho Toller Trial. The Fuller trial at Fayetteville, which has excited so much interest in this sec tion of the State, closed yesterday with a verdict of murder . in the first degree. The result created a great deal of .com ment here and was generally received with surprise. A good many expected a verdict of acquittal," or a mistrial, while very few looked for anything worse than manslaughter. The very full synopses of the evidence and arguments ot coun sel had been very generally read here, and public interest was on tiptoe to learn the result of the deliberations ot the jury. r - . In this connection it may be said that tbe Star's Fayetteville correspondent speaks in the highest : terms of Judge Bryan a ability and impartiality. He bas made a fine impression, both on the members of the Bar and the people gen erally.; - Brother Kootta Elected. It is announced in several of the State papers that a "Mr. f urr, ot ataniy county, is the -.father of 22 children.' When whipping day comes around in that family the conclusion is "irresistible that the old gentleman makes the Furr fly." But if you think Mr. Furr is entitled to the championship, the Star makes haste to inform you that it's Knotts so; for we have tbe authority of the wades boro Messenger for the statement that Mr. John Knotts, of LUesville. is the father of 23 children, and that be bas considerably over one hundred grand children and ereat-grand-children. Mr, Knotts is 80 years old. and, like all aged trees, has lots of Knotts. T , The extensive flour mills of Wm. Lee & Sons, familiarly known as tbe Brandy- wine mills at Wilmington, Del- were destroyed by fire yesterday morning Motions for New Trial Overruled by the txrart new Mottoca to be Made To-day : Special Sta Telegram. -i TAYiTTEViLLErFeb, ..The jury o: tryr the case ot the State vs. E; J.. Fuller for, the murder of B. C Parker, having returned a verdict of murder io. the first degree, counsel for the defendant -made the following motions for ; the reasons stated: Motion for a new trial, on the ground that the verdict was-conttaryto the weight of evidence.- Motion denied. t IMotion in arrest of judgment, on the grounds that the jury finding the bill at the November term was not" a legally constituted ff rand : jury, ."- members thereof being d isqualified : by reason of the fact that they had not paid their taxes for the year 1892. The motion was overruled by His Honor. . . ;T - i- Motion to set aside the verdict on the ground that the jury had separated dur ing the progress ol the trial ' Counsel cited a case' showing that the arbi trary action of the COurt in allowing the withdrawal ol a chosen . juror "was an error aud therefore the verdict should be set aside. Motion to set aside on that ground denied. . ... Counsel then' produced affidavits to the effect that the officer in charge of the jury bought whiskey for the jury twice; tb'at he allowed the jury to read daily' papei s contain ing an account of the trial, and separated one juror from the others and look him to a 'barber shop, k Affidavits , were - produced - in proof of these facts Counsel argued that for these reasons the verdict should be set aside. A strong appeal was made to the Judge to s;t aside the verdict; the - facts being recited that - the jury was V allowed '.' to drink liquor, that one of : them was ' allowed to go to a barber shop, one of the most public places io town; allowed , to read newspapers in which there was ' an ex pression of opinion as to the result ot the trial. Alter much discussion by the defendant's counsel, the Judge refused to set aside the verdict. Counsel gave notice of new motions to-morrow morning. ; - i A SHOCKING. SURPRISE. The verdict was a shocking surprise to the people of Fayetteville, where Fuller and all of his connections are so well known and . so highly respected. And yet there is a strong public sentiment that according to.tbe cold facts it is a righteous verdict. From a knowledge however of the condemned man s dis position and habits few citizens of this town comd be made to be lieve that . Fuller ever intended to cither kill the deceased or do him bodily barm. Fuller was known to be a brag gart, and the general opinion is that Ful ler expected when be approached Parker to bulldoze . him into an expression of apology for his offence to Miss Steel and then return to her and boast of what he bad done. Unfortunately, he was disap pointed in his expectations, and getting into an unexpected difficulty, had to shoot his way : out. His relatives have the profoundest sympathy of-the com munity. The case of the State vs. T. L. Star ling for the MURDER OF M. D. DENNING was taken up belore his Honor j udge Bryan, after the trial of E. J. Fuller and the testimony of Mr. Gainey and bis soa-in-law. J. L. Starling, as to the cir cumstances of the killing was beard and it having been shown to the satisfaction of the Court according to testimony of defence, that,. Mr. J. L. Starling had acted not only in his own defence but in the defence of other members of his wife's family in killing Mr. Denning, the application for release of the defen dant on bail was allowed and bail of defendant was fixed at $2,- 500.- It will be remembered by your readers that the murdered man. Den- inng, was recently discharged from the Insane Asylum, and was also discharged on Friday belore tbe homicide on sun- day morning, when the evidence shows he was violently insane and attempting to take tbe lite ot Mr. Koe oainey. his son-in-law. The evidence also shows that Starling shot Denning to protect the life of bis brother-in-law, Mr. Koe Uen- ning. Tbe evidence was that prior to that time the feeling between tbe old man and Denning was of friendship. H. H.YE. W. N. & N. R. R. A Temporary Station for the Arrival and ; Departure of Passenger Trains ZUtab- I llahed TJp-town. Tht inconvenience of going down to Wooster sfceet to take tbe trains on the Wilmington. Newbern & Norfolk rail road is over, at least temporarily Yesterday hands were at work moving the hydrant that formerly stood near the gate into Worth & Co.'s yard, so that passenger coaches may be taken In there as a temporary station where passengers may board and leave the trains. As the present privileges to the street railway are only temporary, no expense can be incurred in laying out the necessary tracks or building waiting rooms, etc., but the tracks, now there will allow the cars to stand and the trams to be made up without - the necessity of encroaching on the public streets. Last night a special train to Jacksonville was dispatched from up-town. much to the convenience of the passengers it car ried, and beginning Monday afternoon passengers can board the trains to New bern, up till fifteen minutes before the scheduled time of their departure from the Wooster street depot. : This is at least a step In the right direction. It has been bad enough to have to walk or hire a carriage to reach the present depot to take the outgoing trains to points on this road, but all who have experienced it will testify that it is many times worse to be landed after dark four blocks from a sidewalk or a streetlight of any sort. There are at least half a dozen excellent sites for the location of a station near the place now kindly loaned by Messrs.' .Worth & Co- upon ' which . a handsome and convenient station could be built. This railroad company has built an excellent depot in Newbern, and very attractive ones at Maysvilleand Pollocksville. which stand out in marked contrast to the one in Wilmington; and we are satisfied that they would prove even more liberal to Wilmington except for the fact that it would be money thrown away to spend it upon a handsome station on the pres ent property,' which is too inconve niently located ever to become popular. All the hotels and tbe centre ot tne rest- dent portion of tbe citv are at least three- quarters of a mile away, and it is hardly probable that for years A come the city can pave or greatly improve the almost impassable streets thereto. WASHINGTON iEVYS. Call for a Meeting of the Kzoutive Com mittee of Demoeratio daiw-Top-Heavy OonboaU Admiral Benhaa to be Be T - By TefegTaph to Ae'MorBStat.-:--.-: ! Washington,; Feb.-- aftWilliam ii .Wilson, -chairman .of the I Ways and ! Means Committee, who UaJso chairman of the Executive Committee of the Na tional Association of Democratic Ctubf, has called a meeting of the flatter com mittee, to be held as the Ebtt House, Washington, "on the 8th ofFebruary. Mr. Wilspn sUtes that the' nsleting will be "a very important 'one, ifid . insists" that every member shall b : present. The call was not giyVn to the press but was sent out from "Hub headquarters to each member. The movement has be come known and has given jtae to. con siderable speculation as to lite object. Un the 8th of February the Tariff bill will be in . the Senate, aid it is said the administration and t&e leaders in the House feel the necessity for wider organization and more systematic popular discussion. The Democratic club organisation of 1893 is intact, and tbe managers say has been improved by a great ' deal of ouiet -work . ik the in. tervaf.-.- :. -,. .t, .- .IT The members Of Chairman ;Wilsnn' Committee are as follows: Messf i.Chaun- cey Fi Black, Pennsylvania. President: koswcii r-. r lower, new iota. Treas urer; Lawrence Gardner. District Colum bia. Secretary; R. G. Monroe. New York; Geo. H. Lambert. Newjertey; .Welles Rusk. Maryland; A. T. Ankenys Minne sota; Benton McMillin, Tennessee; Jas. t enton. Washington; C. C. Richards. Utah; L. M; Martin. Iowa; John C. Black, Illinois; Henry Watterson. Ceaiucky; j. S. Carr. North Carolina: Michael D. Harter, Ohio; Don M. Dickinson. Mi chigan; W.-A. Clarke. Montana: Jeffer son M. Levy, Virginia. ; i. ;, I , lhe orders directing the tdo-heavv gunboats Macbiaa and Castinelto pro ceed to Norfolk for alterations have been revoked, and orders have been issued directing that tbe velsels be repaired at the New York Navy Yard. The retirement of Admiral Benham in April next by operation of aw and the transfer of Admiral Stantoft to Ad miral Benham s place will leave the North Atlantic or home station, with out a Commander-in-Chief, and it is understood that Commodore Richard W. Meade, who will become a Rear Ad miral within a year, has been I selected for the position. - i If Secretary Herbert received a cable message from Rear Admiral Benham at kio to-day which he declines to make public. He stated that it had n general public interest, It is accordingly under stood that the dispatch involved a ques tion of international - policy, wiicb was tbe one reservation which Mr. Herbert made in his promise to give oat all fu ture dispatchers. , - l Tbe Senate to-day confirmed , the nomitation Rown C. Charles, postmaster at High Point, N.C. if - - SOU rHERN SPORTS At Southern Pioca A Qoall HiLt Prep arations for a Fox Chaae. ' . By TategTaph to die Moraiax Jtar. Raleigh, N. C, Feb. 1. Special to the News- Observer-Chronicle ir6m South ern Pines says;. Tbe first day f South ern sports has been quite a! success. The programme was fully carried out. Newspaper men from New Y4rk,Bos ton, and Philadelphia have arrived; oth era are on taeir way. ine quail num came off to-day and quite a quantity of birds have been brought in. The hunt ers are out all throueh the country and at tbe big round up Saturday Ithey will bring in tbe game. Hunters from High Point, Greensboro, and Raleigh will be here to-morrow for tbe big fox; hunt Sat- nrdav morninc. i A TERRIBLE FIGt Between North Carolina and Cennetaee -Farmer, - By Telegraph to the Morning SI Asheville, N. C. Feb. 1. A special to the Citizen from Hot Springs, N. C , says: A terrible fight took place on the Madison county line next to Tennessee, between North Carolina and Tennessee farmers who were working the road. Fourteen were wounded. Set -of them died. Cause not known.- Scene ot bat tle twenty miles from Greenville, Teen. svle, IRJDG POL.LARD-BRECKINRIDGE. The Butt for S50.O0O Danages tof Come up - tat Trial In a Tew Week. By Telegraph to the Moraine! Sult . Washington, D. C Feb! 8. Con trary to expectation it is now probable that the suit of Miss Madeline V, Pol-Breckin- lard against Representative! ridee of Kentucky, instituted in August last, in which the plaintiff sue for $50, 000 damages because of alleged seduc tion and breach of promise, wjill come up n t,1 mthin thft nxt few (a-ffka. The ., nearine 0f the case will be due, it I is explained, to the fact thatjthe Circuit Court calendars were taken up at the beginning ot the present terra where tbe trials ceased at the- close of: lhe preced ing term. - Hitherto it hap been the oractice to co back to case No. 1. This change, it is thought, may bring tbe case up for trial during tbe present month. P LOUISIANA LOTTERY... Senator Faaoo of Florida Ebtennined to Prevent Its Establishment ait Fort Tampa TJnder a Nominal Honduraa Charter. Washington, Feb. 8.-4rhe alleged attempt to .re-establish ' this Louisiana Lottery Company, underj a nominal Honduras charter, at Port Tampa City, Florida, was not unknown to Senator Pasco, who'has been interesting himself in this subject for the pat few days and looking into thej law with an end in view of j doing all he can to remove the evil from tbe State. If there is not sufficient power in his own State, Mr. Paicoe says be will bring the matter before Congress. "The ' Florida Constitution contains a orohibition of lotteries."! laid tbe Sen ator this morning, "and or laws have heretofore been in harmbny with tbe Constitution tor their suppression. A law passed by tbe last Legislature modi fied the existing statute, but the general impression was that instead of making -. l '.-. - liiMMr'miiilA iKa loan it less severe the change ' made the law stronger. Rumors nave existed for some time that some change made in the law rendered it possible for the lotteries to carry on their work in that State I have not been able to ascertain upon what that idea rested. :-1 have! talked with I number of the members of the Legisla ture and they all say there .was nothing of the kind done. Still there are buna ings going up at Port Tampa and it is manifest that they are connected with some lottery scheme. : j A Cincinnati dispatch gays. Ives won last night's billiard game jfrom Schaefer. Score, COO. to 484. ' anktn Ktppie Mrs. Kestler died at her borne near Kaona. Davie J county last Sunday week. She was nearly 1 00 years -old. r ; - . sad death occurred in this citv Fridav morning.'1 Mr Thomas O: Whaley, a popular young man. dropped dead in his father s store on Hay street, . Hillsboro Observer: The resi. dence of Wm. Clark, an Bincha m tnwn. ship, was destroyed by fire last Monday. His family was away from home at the timeoi tbe fire and Irwtt narlv thing. ... "'.' .... : i The man friends of Mr' T'itthr ;iegg will regret to hear of his death. wnica occurred at nis residence near this place last Saturday, in the 85th year of bis age. And thus has passed away the last survivor of a family of ten brothera and sisters, not one of whom died under ntty years of age. Graham Gleaner: There is a prisoner in the county jail whose con duct rather baffles the jailor. The prisn oner is Louia isely. colored, who is awaiting trial on the charge of infanti- ciue. sne reiuses to eat. drink, and talk. It will be two" weeks to-morrow since she took any nourishment of ac count,: Sanfbrd Express: We learn that D.-puty Collector Kirkpatrick , re cently captured a seventy-five gallon Illicit distillery near Carbonton in this county, owned by Graham Tyson and b. G. Dark. - He also captured another fifty gallon still near Silla Hooe. in Chatham county, owned bv Henrv Johnson. Smithfield Herald: Mr. Moses Weaver, who lives near Troyyille, Har nett county, killed a hog not long ago two and one-half years o'd which weighed 769 pounds after being dressed Mr. Henry Flowers, of near Kenly, John ston county, killed ahog on tbe 26ih inst, which was 9 feet 1U inches lone and weighed 770 pounds. , Greeosboro Record: Mr. Geo. Lampman died very suddenly last night at about 10 o'clock, from apoplexy. : He went to oea in nis usual health. About twenty-five minutes afterwards he awoke Mrs. Lampman by the movement of bis arm. She asked what he wanted, when, without answering, he turned over to - one side and expired. Winston Sentinel: Mrs. DeGraff has expressed the fear that her son Per ter, would commit suicide if he could. There was little fear, however, of this until after the Supreme Court's decision affirming the judgment of the lower court. Peter was then searched and a knife was iound sewed inside the lining Of his pantaloons. It was sharp as a razor. This was taken away from him. Vashington Progress: Mr. -C. - M. Brown who is having the old jail removed,- called our attention to a iact which is not within the memory of any one living. The fact is shown that the first jail which was used here the cells were all underground, with brick walls cemented. When the new front next to the street was added this was all failed in, and it was all made above the sur face. ; Charlotte Observer: "One good sign of the prosperous condition of the farmers in this section," said Mr. H. C. Irwin tbe other day, "is .that they all raise, not only enough meat to supply home consumption but also enough to supply this market. Formerly when I was in the meat business I had to send to Atlanta for all my pork. Now we have it offered right at our doors, as fine as can be bought anywhere." Chatham Record: Mr. James Hunter Headen "died at this place on last Thursday, after a protracted sick ness, in the seventy-fifth year of his age. And thus has passed away one of Chat ham's most prominent citizens. He graduated from the University of North Carolina In 1839, and soon afterwards began the practice of law, in which pro fession he took a prcminent position. - Raleigh News . and Observer: There was a body found on the 80th ult' in the woods about three miles from Bushnelt, a small station on the Murphy Railroad, which showed some signs of foul piay. The body was identified as that ot Jack Parris, fifty-five years old, who bas been living among his children w bo are married, and live in the same county. It is thought probable that Parris was killed for, the amount of moneywhich be was seen with the day before be was missing. Goldsboro Headlight: On last Friday morning, at 1 o'clock, at his home in Nahunta township, : Mr. Wm. Benj. Franklin Fort, father of our countymen Wiley B. and John VfJ Fort, peacefully and quietly passed after an illness of several days. He was 83 years of age. His ancestry were of some of our most distinguished people,, being distantly related to Benjamin Franklin, af ter whom he was . named. The death of Mr. Isham Soutberland, of Duplin county, occurred near here Mon day morning at 1 o'clock, aged 78 years. Mrs. Charlotte Edgerton, relict oi the late William Edgerton, died in the Salem section last Wednesday morning after a few days' illness with la grippe. ; Monroe Enquirer : ' On last Thursday P. B. Starnes, of Buford township, committed one of the roost dastardly acts that has been committed in this county in a long while. Starnes became enraged and seized a pistol and shot his wife, inflicting one wound on her band and one on her bead. Alter the brute had shot his wife so fearfully he then beat her unmercifully with a stick and bruised her most cruelly with the butt end of tbe pistol. Tbe in jured woman is now lying very low and it is not known how badly she is in jured. Starnes fled to South Carolina, and is now in biding. Mr. W. H. Bivens. formerly of this county, bas been running a country store in Uurnsvuie township. Anson county. He had a large stock of goods and was doing a good business, but on tbe night ot January 22d, while he and his family were asleep, some fiend put fire to bts store house and before the door could be unfastened, it was too late to save anything. Wadesboro Messenger-Intelligen cer: lhe scare causea oy tne aeveiop- ment of a mild case varioloid In Wades boro bas subsided, and all danger of the spread of the disease is thought to be y-v . 11 1 J w . . n L. over, quarantine, wnicn aau occii estab lished over Major T. J. Ingram's board ing house and its inmates, was raised yesterday, much to tbe joy of those who have been close prisoners tnere ior tne past nine days. Mr. Wm. Preston, tbe gentleman who has been sick, is still under quarantine in the cabin on the White Store road, one mile from town. He is about well, but it has not yet been decided when be will be released. Died, in LUesville township, on the 19th of January, of grip, Mrs. Mary Bailey, widow of Thos. Bailey, aged 75 years. -Mrs. Thetus Livingston, of Wades boro township, died last Saturday, of grip, aged about 70 years. Mr. Willis Ragaadiedat his home in this place last Saturday, of pralysis, aged about 69 years, - Mr. Ragan was one of Wades- ' bora's oldest and best known citizens. George B. Swift, of Montgomery county, Tenn and his grown son, Jos. Swift, had an altercation over some trivial matter, when the latter drew a knife and stabbed his father fatally just below the heart. The murderer was jailed at Clarksville. : : The total pay menu into the New York sub-Treasury to the close of busi ness yesterday, on account of the new Government loans, amounted to $20, 229.000. of which $7,729,000 were paid in yesterday.. Of the day's payments $4. 879,000 was in gold and tbe remainder in legal tenders and Treasury55 nous. r