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0gg CoL Josepli L. Follett. ; 6 ' . PUBLISHES AT .1 i t f L M I H G TO N, J N. C AT- .60 A YEAR. IN ADVANCE. 8888888888888888S MMtsS88H8Sa8 VOL. XXVII. S8SS2SS58S5,SSSSSS 88888888888888883 ful States. SSSi 2assSSll8l8l888 fl8fe"8SSS88888883 -ao2:232S2838158 88888888888888888 J - f- . p, - - w Si i s s s rs jt i t s s FKntered at the Foil Office t wlhntgtM, N. C, M ' i ; Second Clan. Matter.! i SUBSCRIPTION PRICE. The ilulMCrlption price of the Weekly Star 1 t followis '. . MM SO Single Copy 1 yJ I"1" " i 0 month. " - f ' -8 Month! 44 : 1 WJ are 'ap-ain tending bills to out subscribers. Id the aggregate they amount to a very large sum. Many of our subscribers, are responding promptly. Others pay no attention to this bills. These latter do not seem to understand that they are under any legal or moral obligation to pay for.a newspaper. .1 THEY WANI IT ALL. One of the strong arguments by the ijold advocates, against the freie oinage of sil ver, they feem to think, is, that it is flavored ;by the thinly populated States ot the West and the South and opposed by, the Bumefously populated States of the North and East, We saw ia. state ment la one of our gold standard exchanges a few: days ago giving tlie population of the Silver States of the West compared with New York, Pennsylvania and a few other. States in that section, the compiler of which expressed ' amazement that any one' ot these States having as much power. in the United States Senate as New York, with more , population than 4 half dozen of them, but this amazed gold crier seemed to be for ; getfuliof the fact t.hat the State of New York has more power In the 'pause of Representatives than the ', hal dozen Western States ,which he presents as a frightful 'example of power lodged in the wrong place He seems to think it the culmination -of, unfairness that New York .cant have Senators enough to onset the votes if the Senators of half a dozen lessf populous States, simply because fepse (States differ fromNew York on the, Svnancta! question, i , r Evidently this zealous servant, of the gbld power does not think State representation, amounts to shucks when lihe issue is between the gold dollar! and the silver dollar, nor does, he appreciate the conservative pa triotism of the framersjof the Con stltution who to preserve State sov ereignty, to prevent the stronger and more-populous States from swallow ing the weaker and less populous, and to provide a check on and. a' balance wheel to the House ofKep- resentatives gave each, state two Senators, thus putting the weakest on the same footing In that body I with the strongest, ! and enabling i the weaker to resist the encroach- ments and . domination of the stronger. They j provided for popu lar representation jby making the House of Representatives represent That's what made a half .. . dozen of the rich, populous ana as sertive Eastern and Central States masters of the situation for many years' and dictators of the monstrous tariff which plundered be West and the South, and that is what has de stroyed our American financial sys tem and substituted in its J place a system that is as un-American as it possibly could be, part of it dictated by the gold speculators of Europe .in collusion with the gold speculators in this country, and part by the com bination of moneylenders whose aim it is to keep money scarce interest high and give them not only control of the volume of. the currency, dui the increased profits they can make by manipulating that volumue to suit themselves. ' . . The Eastern States are the money fenders of this country and the fi nancier of those States seem to be under the impression that they have an' inalienable right to be consulted and to say what kind of legislation thould be enacted when the money issue is up. The West and the South not having sufficient money to meet their wants are borrowers from the East, which practically declares, as the writer to whbmi we-have referred above does, that they shoulcj have no voice on the money cjuestion, but be content with what they can get, and be content to pay the Eastern money lenders annually millions of dollars in interest and be glad that! they can borrow the - money to pay interest upon. ' . :-. . As nten whose interest it is to pre vent money from becoming plenti ful they will, as they are doing now and have been 'doing, resist every attempt to restore the free coinage of silver or to make . any other Change in the present system, which would put it' in the power of the Souttr and .West to . secure a larger volume of currency or become- inde pendent of the Eastern money lend ers for themoney they need. That's the inspiring motive of the oppost sold at home and shipped than was ever seen there ; before, f Merchants POLITICAL GOSSIP. I COMPULSORY PILOTAGE who used to. import hay to sell to justice Walter Clark's boom for farmers now ship hay raised by these farmers. ' That gives evidence of progress in Mecklenburg and also evidence that crass culture in that county pays. - But' It would pay if the farmer didn't sell a. ponnd of iL It would pay in, milk and beef and pork and mutton, and it would pay as a land renovator, nature's reno vator, which is without an equal, natural or artificial. . i i lion to the free coinage of silver; it was the inspiring motive of the al most solid opposition; of the East to the repeal of the State j bank tax which would have cleared-the way foi the establishment; oF" State banks and made the oath and - te West independent of the East. Not satisfied with the immense power which they already have in Congress.because of the greater pop uiation in the; Eastern States, they would like to increase it by multiply ing their Senitorsithus practically de priving the South and the West of political Independence as they have of financial independence. They have mutilated the Constitution to carry out their selfish schemes and they would destroy it and construct another to give them perpetual power to maintain What tbc.y have so suc cessfully planned j and conspired for. It is fortunate for he Ameri can people and for posterity that they are not as powerful n the Sen ate as they are in the House of Rep resentatives. A gold organ exchange remarks that there has been no actual fall, in prices but simply an "adjustment of values." -That's cool, to say the least of it. As a rule they admit the jla.ll in prices but deny that it was the re sult of the demonetization of silver but the result of over-production. But we' fail to see where the re adjustment of values comes in. They claim that there is about twice as much money per capita in circulation now as there was twenty years ago, which ought to make other things higher, but there Is no depreciation in the value of that, for a dollar will buy more of anything now than it would then. The adjustment is all on one side, on the lower prices of other things while the value of money keeps up and has been increasing. The price of lands should 'naturally increase with the increase of popala tion and the increase of facilities, for reaching them by railway? and other means of transportation, but in the Central and Western States farming lands instead of increasing in value have decreased in the past twenty years land would not bring as much put up at sale now as they would then. If adjustment of values? has caused this, why do we not see the the same thing in the cities,; where real estate geneiratly speaking in creases in price as the population in creases? This adjustment fake! will not do; better stick to the over oroduciion fraud, which is more plausible. . j -v ' '- We need money with which to pay our honest debts, and there are many subscribers to the Weekly St ar who should pay thtir honest' debts.) Do you owe us for subscriptions? If so, forward the amount without delay. at 5c A:. KIHO& MENTION. ', ! Grass culture is making more or less progress in the I South; but the interest In it is confined to limited' and to comoarativelv few individuals. It seems tojhave made the people and the- Senate the soy-1 more progress in Georgiaiban in any ereign States which until the present I other State, but even there special interest is shown only in a few coun ties surrounding Albany,! where the editor ot one ot the papers stimu lated effort by offering prizes to the most successful growers, cultivating a given number of acres or more. generation, at least, were sovereign. But aside from this, aside from the patriotic motive which gave the weak State as much voice in the Senate as the strongone, and ad- mitt nz the facts as stated by this writer for gold to whom we refer, The success ot the competitors for what do all his census figures those prizes demonstrated that the amount, to? Suppose New York has very best ot hay can be produced in more population man several oi me Western States which demand the V free coinage of silver, what does it prove? Are questions of principle to be determined on the per capita plan, and because New rYork hap pens to have more, people than Col orado, for instance; should Colorado, theretore, hold her 'peace and let New York dictate the financial and such other policies as 'she might choose 'to dictate? If :tbat were s n the States which have the smaller populations might turn the business of legislating over entirely to the more populous. States and dispense with the useless formality of sending Representatives or Senators to the national capita'. If the per capita argument be good on. the financial question, wouldn't it be equally per tinent and good on the tariff oc any pther question ? If 'not, why not ? Is a question of principle or of right to be determined by numbers or by the' caprices of numbers,? A State like New York might think one way on a question at issue this year and another way next year, and must the weaker States submissively wait to see what New York is going to do before they speak and" (hen. meekly pipe an echo to New York ? That kind of stuff will. not do, for there is neither sense,nor reason in it. lhe fact is the more populous States have already too much power and they have been wielding it with horrid selfishness and most cold blooded indifference to the interests ofthe less populous and less power Georgia, and with remarkable yield per acre as snown Dy tne quantity and quality of the bales' brought in tor exhibit In the town where the. judges were to decide between the' competitors for the prizes. There is no State in the South which fs not as well adapted to the culture of the grasses as Georgia! We know that North Carolina is for the finest grass we have ever seen growing bn the earth we have seen in this State. Being shown that it can be abundantly grown, the. next question is, will it pay? Thai i wilt pay in Georgia is shown by some instances cited by The Southernfates, which gives the name of one farmer in Floyd county who raised three crops from one acre last year which netted him $77. Another in the Greensboro sec tion netted $153 from one acre of 'Bermuda grass. . An- other near Augusta cut a crop of 400 tons from 92 acres, which be sold at from $20 to $25 per ton, realizing $8,000 from the 92 acres. After deducting all expenses his clear profit was . $5,500,- which is doing reasonably well for such patch of Ottv Markcti. jv j. . . . .: v SoppUes to the cltv markets yester day evening were: below the average in qaanttiv. on account of the recsntjevere weather. Ia the fish market there were a few shad whida.sold readily at 60 cents per pair for bucks and ftl 60 per pair for roe shad. ;.. v . I-''-- Poaltry'was tcarce; dressed fowls sqld at 80 to "85c apiece, turkets 18s. per pound. Live j chickens were otterea at 25 to 80c. apiece; 'egg, 15c per dozen: i The batchers' stalls were filled with fah meats beef. Doric, veal ana mui ton at current rates. In vegetables, there was lettuce per head; cabbage. 10c per head; turnips, 5c per buoch; salad, SOc per peck; sweet '.-. .. potatoes, aoc per pec; insa pouiugi, . nr nniit! field aad black eye peas. 8 to 5c per qiart; hand-beaten rice.. 53 per quart. ; : : -j' ' -.-.! ' ' : Little or no frnits are offering- North ern apples sold at 40j per peck and West India oranges 85 to 80: per dozen. Sefttn of Kr- B. It. M-tedtth. . j rT Mr ' Stenhen L. Meredith, a well- known resident I of Wilminsttoa. died yesterday at bis home in. this city after a prolonged Hlries. iaTthe 57th year of bis age. The Jnneral will take place to morrow at 8.80 p. m. from the residence of Mrs.' Tebie Watson, corner Second and Mulberry streets.; . Tne deceased was a locomotive en gineer, for many years in the employ of: th.A. r I- He leaves three brothers and two sitters." I His wife, a daughter oi Mr. Jas. fJ Bowden, died a number of years ago, leaving no children. Mrs. C. W. Phillips, a sister of Mr. Meredith, was with bira when be died. Other members of the familv are expected to reach here to morrow to attend the funeral. ' ,. ' " . STHE (iOVERNORSHlP. ' . Ho " Is Benator Batl'! Cbole-TJlt of Vaaion Bctwn Dcmoorua nd'Popu V 1UM ,BrtUCtlra;t:Weidon Tne " VirKinik-Nottb Carolina Bonndary-S. A. 1. snop Bt. Baylas tfe6. J . ' Star Xrrtspondetut Raleigh. C, Feb. 88. , ' As I stated several weeks ago, a move is on foot to make Justice Walter Clark Governor. ; Oiho WiUon it . said to be quite enthuslaatic for Jodge Clark. Otbo, somehow or oher. always man ages to be on the Botierside whenqaes tions of policy come' up in the raoks, and the conclusion is drawn thit Batter is for Clark. Other of Butler's well known friends bave stated -that Judge Clarke was tbelr "cnbice for Goveraor and some nave gone o far ss to jscate that the Popaltst would vote for Clark if put up by the Democrats. ' i 1 1 f ; , Tne current opinion, which prevails to a considerable, extent, that Demo crats and Populists' are tryuj'go effect a anion on the silver question, is very shallow. True it Is, mat tnere are some Democrats who want to unite with the Populists oa a silver , basis, but their number is not very large.-The? are the same who wanted to lom an amalga mation of silver forces at the late silver convention. The great majority of Democrats will not adhere to itie idea. A Populist suggested to-day that the idea. was totally impracticable,; because, said he, fusion has already, been agreed UDon in sixty counties-and the move ment cannot be stopped. sA Dsmocrat. said to-day. "I see that certain Democrats want to set in with the Pjpnlists, but I wou d like to know how the propose to deliver, the Demo cratic goods when the deal is made." All of the employes of the public buildings and banks are Ukiog holiday in honor of "the father of oar country." i This morning a most brutal murder occurred at Weldon. A negro tramp stepped upon a Seaboard engine which was steamed np to make the ran to Portsmouth. He told engineer j Djdd that be was going to ride on the engine. The eneineer ordered the negro off. He refused to go. The engineer j made an effort to push him off and the negro nulled out a pistol and shot him through the heart while on his engine, i The sus pected murderer has been arrested and there is talk of lynching.; Engineer Dodd died instantly i I - The Virginia Legislature will ask oor Legislature to provide jointly with Vir ginia for the erection o( permanent monuments of granite to mark the bonn dai v line be ween the . two States. Re cently the line was located and marked by temporary monuments of rocks. The boundary Is the old Jine. with little change, though North ; Carolina got the best of it. . - '.j-..--: - ! Clerk of the-Court Young has estab lished the precincts, according to the act of the last Legislature, providing that only 850 voters, as nearly as possible shall vote in any precinct. Raleigh will have eight precincts, where there are only toar : now. - Only two additional precincts wilt be established in tne county, f if- . 'y - t i. - v ' . L Shepherd, a Western man fromutbe Southern Pacific, succeeds M. O. Shep herd as foreman of the Seaboard shops here. ,;1 ; - :" :i ' 1 , " Rev. Baylus Cade is appointed Peni tentiary Chaplain at Leavenworth, Kin., by. Attorney General Harmon. Tne ap pointment is for life and the salary is $1,508. Mr. Cade was editor cf the Daily Caucasian, j l ! At Gre stone, a sution iust- below Hendeison, on the Seaooard Air Doe, a few days ago, six flat cars rolled off the railroad track into a rock quarry, a dis tance of more ; than 100 feet. The damage was done by some boys who were playing with fhe cars. CONSIDERED BY THE WILMINGTON CHAMBER OP COMMERCE. e , Please pay your indebtedness, if any, to the Weekly Star eround. The bay question has not been Usted in North Carolina, but klready been subscribed, and i hay seems to -pay pretty well in txxt Mr. O. L. Clark, one of Mecklenburg county (where, by the wajy as fine jgrass .can be grow A world) where tells us there as- anywhere in the the (Jharlotte News are now more nay presses in use among the farmrrs than there were in all the years before; pnt together, and more bay bronght to town to be : . i Another Suapeoci ; ' ' The Ocean City, a small deep-sea fish ing steamer, like the Endeavor, which has been here for several days coaling and preparing for, sea, left yesterday at twelve o'clock for Charleston, S.- C. Capt. Sira'l Back is in command ot the Ocean City, When they left yesterday a couple of Iwell-dressed men who had been in the city! for the past few days, were on board, j One of the men had a large number of dynamite cartridges. Capt. Buck savs that he is only out on a prospecting tour, and has not decided yet where to begin' the deep-sea -fishing. A correspondent of the Sonth porf Leader writes from' Lock wood's Folly as follows: "With the help of Mr. D. L Gore, of Wilmington, we have jast been able to complete a fine new school bonse. for the public school. ' Mrs. Ida Swain, of South port, is teaching the school and has over forty scholars en rolled." ! Whheville News: "Clarkton is to have a cotton factory, if such can be had. . Over twenty thousand dollars has we are con- the fore most men in the promotion of this great and needful enterprise, will do all he can for its success. . : i LEGAL TEHDR. BNNtta Wike of ths Toasury J&snllna to s Baletah OenduniD.; . . ' " - Press Visitor : ' j ; 1 . Some of Our bank officers, lawyers and others recently have had some trouble to determine what kind of money was a le gal tender for debt. A gentleman of this city wrote to the Treasury Department at Washington for information on the subjectand received the following an swer: !.;.- . 1 1; ' ' -In reply to yonr letter of recent date, you are, . informed - that gold cold, standard silver dollars, subsidiary silver. minor t coins, f United states notes and Treasury notes of 1890 have the legal tender quality as lollows: gold coin is legal tender for its j nominal vainer when not below , the limit of tolerance in weight; when below that limit it is leeal tender In proportion to its weight; standard silver do' lars "mid . Treasury notes of , 1890 are legal tender for all debts, public and private, except - where otherwise expressly stipulated in the contract; subsidiary silver is legal tender to. the ' extent of ten dollars; minor coins to the extent of twenty five cents, and United States notes for all debts puouc ana pri vate, except duties on imports and in terest on tbe public debt. Gold certifi cates. silver certificates and national bank nous are non-legal tender money. Both kinds of certificates and national -bank notes, however, are receivable for all public dues; except duties on imports and may be paid oat for alt public dues except interest on tne puouc oeoi. . ji Respectfully yours. ! '"I-; i . S. WIKE, i i ':' Actinc Secretary. A Sharpie Thoolbt t H.vo Been Iioat. r , Mr. W.-A. Sandersfof Southport. who was in the city yesterday, says that the schooner no. H. Harland. at that place, brought report that last Thursday she was nauea at sea ov a. aii- rr n k thu Anna., owned bv iMr. J.. D. Robinson of Southport. A strong northeast wind ( was blowing at the time and it was impossible for the Harland to render assistance, owing to the high sea. Tne Anna put put from &outn-f port I and much anxiety is felt for her safety. Nothing having been heard from her since, it is supposed that she has either gone dowo-with her crew or was able to pnt in at Georgetown, S. C. ,,' A Sssolotion BepSrted by the Committee : on Pilotaso Xhioaated It Urges Aboll- , tlon of the Iitw Arcnmeats for and . ' AeUnst tha i Chne-The Qieetloa y Biferaed for OonJerenee end B-port sit r the Vest Heetlnc of the Chamber.. A special meeting of the Chamber of Commerce was held yesterday afternoon in the directors' room of the National Bink of Wilmington. - -Upon calling the meeting to order. President Chadbourn stated that it had been called for a special purpose, to con , aider compulsory pilotage, and he would suggest that tbe committee on pilotage ; who had the matter in consideration read their report. .; - -Mr. SamneJ Northrop, in presenting -the resolation ot the committee, satd that be was glad to see the Pilots' Asso Ciation represented here and invited to participate in the suijictabant to be discussed. He further said that, he thuueht some remedy should be effected to 'stop excessive pilotage: that the Chamber should consider the interests of all concerned. The resolutions were as follows:-. v Whereas. Under the laws ot the State, ' compulsory pilotage is exacted upon 'sailing vessels in the coastwise trade (even When towed by tug' boats navigated bv United States, or State pi lots) whether the services of the pilot are desired or not; and ; whereas, After re peated complaints are received by the shippers' at this- port, from masters and owners of sailing vessels, of .excessive port charges, especially thtt of compnl. sory pilotfcge; and whereas. Congress having appropriated vast snms of money ior tbe improvement of the various bar bors, bayinc placed light houses, buoys and beacons guiding the navigator into anv harbor on i ur coast; Therefore Be it Resolved, ;That Congress be urged to eodcta general, law under us constitutional prerogative, that sailing , vessels from one United States port to another be not tequiredto pay b.ate pilots for services; not desired but that said sailing vessels may be put upon tbe same footing as coastwise steamers, bay ing an experienced navigator licensed by the United States. . J Aher tbe resolution was read, Mr. Geo. Harnss, by request, read the Sute law governing pilots. : "Mr." HarriM said he did not believe that the abolishing of -compulsory pilot age' would -effect business.; In days gone by, all that the pilots had to guide them no the river wtre the trees and other marks upon the banks, and. he could recall many pilots who had tost their lives;, that tbe pilot boat Mary K- Sprunt was lost at sea. It you take away the business of the pilots." be said, you will take away all they have got. Wnat wou.d be the re suit oi abolishing .com puisory ' pilotage ? It would cause a rise in marine insurance, and it will not make any more ships come here. He said he knew ot two insurance companies that bad withdrawn from hereT That a ; ship now ljiing at Southport, about two : weeks ago had tour anchors out. but slipped her anchors and ran' over the -oar, striking two i or three times, and if it had pot have been for the timely arrival nf tiu- rvilois. who bad ercat boarding her. she would have gone in ashore and it would have cost her own ers about a $1,000 to get tier out. . That if compulsory pilotage is abolished tbe pilots when they find a ship in a tight place will charge them whatever they please to get them oat; that during the straggle between the North una tbe Sjuth the North had offered tbe pilots large sums of money to pilot their war snips in here, which they indignantly re fused. . ': . ' ". Mr. C M. Whitlock said that he knew tbe Chamber ot Commerce had the welfare of Wilmingtoa at heart, but wou d like to know how tbe(abousning of compulsory pilotage would directly benefit the city; he -would like to bear ome reasons relative to. that point of view. . Mr. . W. Craig, who was present, rep resenting the pilots, said that whue other bo s had had the privilege of 'go ing to school, that he bad to serve nine or tea years' apprenticeship so as to be able to fulfill the position ot a pilot; that from the beginning of the war to its Close, there were no men more true than the pilots. ' Daring the war many were sent to various foreign1 ports to inn the blockade. .Wnen the war was over, many were sleeping in foreign graves and many were in prison. That they bad been ottered Uveiy indnce ment to pilot tbe enemy's ships, which thew refaied to do. and that be knew one pilot who was offered, at Hampton Roads, a large , su-n of money to pilot their ships into Fort Fisher. His an swer was "Nevei! Neve I ' and when be was told that he could then consider himself a prisoner of war, he answered, I1 will have plenty of company' He said the pilots have . looked to tbe interest of Wilmington. That owing to , the improvements made by the United States Government ships of larger tonnage were now com ing up to the city, and required mare skill to handle them. That New York city did have compulsory pilotage until she became ante to support a aicu ui pilots. To abolish compulsory pilotage is to destroy the whole system of pilot age; and. if yon destroy even part, yon destroy the whole. . That when sal boats were needea in tneir onsiness iney bad' bought them at an expense lot 3 000, and now they have a steam pilot boat, which cost them $35,000. It you abolish compulsory pilotage, it would make wreckers and looters; that he did not make this as a threat, but it is what nrnnlri take olace, - Mr. C. E. Bjrden said that he thotfg they were looking at it from the wrong standpoint. By passing the bill. Con press would make it a universal law. That the ma) irity of vessels coming in will take a pilot, it a snip mews wun an accident coming up without; a pilot, that it' will be the Captains and owner's loss. That abolishing compal socv pilotage will have no effect upon insurance. It si very difficult to get a cargo insured here; that he had to send to New York city to get one insured. They did not intend to wipe out the pilots. The interest of the city Is at stake. Be fore New Inlet was closed; and there Bn tain bars, it -took a vessel two or threeldays to get up the river. three times he was unable to get a pilot. In other places,' be said, thev bad a station where you could always find a pilot boat.' -'J f'-:--'j.i;; Mr. Geo, Harris! said ne had torn tne captain that he ought . to make his Com plaint to tbe commissioners. . ' Mr. Geo. Harms, said the stevedores' charges were less bejre than at other ports, and that in regards to shipping: by rail that the advantage the railroads bad was, that thev delivered the : goods into yards or warehouses; that he could tar nish all the yesselr. if Wilmington could furnish the cargoes. - -A ' Mr. Craig read a' letter from Dr. W. G. Curtis, ex-quarantine physician, who said; ! r-;t t i,: "Having learnedtthat renewed efforts are being made to asolish the compul sory . pilotage or. so : cripple the business that it . will not- be worth following, I take the op portunity of saying that during mv long experience as quarantine officer; I found great ad vantage; In tbe co-operation ot pilots; that I xonsider them to be. so to sneak, the picket line of sani- 1 lound them aiwavs NO. 18 FiTZ'S FiGHT. ADDITIONAL PARTICULARS OF MA'' i HER'S DEFEAT. Sensations Tl us fin the tary defence. watchf at, and : soon learned that- tbey were quick to discover any irregularity on board a ship. They were the friends of the quarantine svstem ot North Caro lina and.I am glad to give that testimony in their behalf.' -...--." A motion was made to adjourn, but it failed. . ' . ;.. ' ' I ; The matter was further discussed by Messrs. McRae, Borden. Harnss, Whit lock. Mortons Meares and Taylor. M. J. W. Craig said if - the pilotage I was too excessive, that it might be re duced.' " ;. ':" 1 Mr. C. E. Borden then, made a mo tion that tbe Messrs. Craig confer with the oilots. then the Chamoer of Com merce committee, and tbe pilots and the Board of Navigation confer together and report at tbe next reeular meeting, which will be held the 'first Thursday next month. The meeting , then ad journed; :j t'f ' ' ' : Kaher JOeeorlbES - Bis 1 Beedy to' Vlahs Any in a two-coin mn iciegram yceicruay the Star gave a graphic story of tbe fight between JFiizsimmons and Maher; bat the following, from tbe account in the Washington Post has soma addi tional facts and' Incidents that will be read withvinterest : ; - L - As Maher fell to the floor Fitzslmmonf stepped back, his eyes sparkling and a smile playing around his mouth. He gaxed upon his fallen foe for about three seconds and . then walked' over to his corner and sat down. Julian McCoy and Everhardt crowded around Maher, urging him to get up and fight. ; j "Look out for him. Fur,' yelled Julian, "look out for him." I "Stand up, for heaven's sake,'' pleaded Everhardt, "he may come at you." "Get away from me, get away from me, I tell you." snarled Fitz; "it's all over; he's cut, and before he had fin ished speaking; Maher's championship was a thing of the pasL i i FITZ S PXEVISH REPLY I ' HE RIFLED LETTERS., Beber Oitklna, 8ott of Poetmaner Gaxkin. "'Sol GriftoE, N. jc, .Arrested t2 JPoet . e fflee Iaapeetor a ad Held , in $1,000 ; f ' " I ' V- Stecial Star Telegram -J. GRXEKVILI.C N. C.. February 82. To-day Ppstoffice Inspector. Gregory brought Heber Gasklns, aged nineteen, to Greenville and . placed him in jait. Young Gaskins is a son ot Postmaster C P. Gaskins, of Gnfton, this county, and had been serving as clerk in the post office there. ; The mail from country postoffices In that section is conveyed by Star route to Gri(ton. at which point it is transferred to the railroad. Complaint had been forwarded to .he Inspector General that letters containing money. forwarded from some of these codntry offices, had beehj rifled in transit, and the inspertor was sent down to work up the case. He arranged some test letters, in which were - placed marked coins and bills, mailed them at one of the country postoffices and kept a dose watch for developments..; This morn ing the inspector went to tbe Grifton postoffice and called for stamps.: Yonng ia waited on him, and ambng the change which he took from his pocket and gave the inspector were four of the marked coins that had been placed in the test letters.! ' He was taken In cus tody and brought to Greenville, j Arriv ing here, the inspector bad him searched by an officer and more of the marked coins and a marked bill were found on his person. Gaskins was held under one thousand dollars ball He is. of good family and it is a pity his anxiety for money led to such a downfall. . . NtWBfcRN FAIR. ' A- Oala We-k Ax tlci Dated Exhibit Very fall ffumeroas Vialtors Arrtvtna I ZTamber of Borses Soiered for the Bioes. Special Star Teleeratn. ! Newbern. February 88. Exhibits are very fait in all departments. The Fair will be better than ever. Beautiful weather, mild.) clear and delightful. Track in splendid condition. . Largest number of horses, and entries ever made in North Carolina, and the largest num ber and greatest variety of free attrac tions ever offered at any Fair in the State. Numerous visitors are! already arriving. The jcity and the Fair build ings are gaily decorated. An interesting programme has! been arracged for the flag presentation from "the Berne Swiss Minister. It will be a gala week, j Please pay yonr indebtednges, if any, to the Weekly Star. . . . . 'Ex Governor Rooinson, Of Massachu setts, died at 4.80 o'clock yesterday after noon. t I : . ' ' '-'f - The Vraese snd tne uropt. i Truck farmers near Wilmington re-! oort crops damaged by the recent snow ." .... : m J:aka and freeze, especially oeetsanu rau.u. Mr; D. G. Westbrook, who lives about five miles id the country, says that all vegetables which had beenlre-set (that Is planted in the open new j, were u.-.-asedUo a considerable extent, cabbage especially. The truckers in mis ev didn't lose anything on lettuce, as the crop has been raised almost entirely in hot-beds and was covered with- canvas. i.v. ..... thrnarn on tOO.. The SHOW only made it warmer underneath. Abont one hundred barrels of lettuce are being shipped North dally from here. That hnfa vmmI noaced a toe to bring her up the river, if the man at the wheel pn board the vessel- would watch the tagi there! would be no danger in getting op. He said he understood the pay for the pilots for one month past had been only $13 each; If the pilotagerfWas Jess, there would be more .vessels to pilots and hence a greater amount of money. That he had to ship some phosphate rock by rail, when be could have gotten it f-heaner if he hadbtpped by vessel, but the pirt charges and pilotage were too Mr. Borden Introlaced the captain; of tbe sctiOener Roger Moore, a vessel which runs between tms port anu w TkMmni uid ha had been here thirt time with his vessel and. that ; FIRE NEAR HAMLET.! Beeldenoe of Chae. AUen Dcetroyed-Tam-lly:Barely Bjoped-Mr. AUen Bertoas t . ly Burned in Attemptins to Save In Bmall Bum of Money I't In the House. j Special Star Telegram. I Hamlet, N. C, Feb. 81. The resi dence of Mr. Charles Allen, (a recent settler from Michigan, who lives about one mile from Hamlet) was consumed by fire at about 4 o clock this morning, almost nothing being saved. The family were awakened by their dog pawing on a ben ana nowimg phbuubit, wb- y had time to escape witu tneir lives. inmm furniture had been pulled out of tbe house and thought to be safe, but this, too. caught on fireand was burned. Mrs. Alien thought of their little sav ings, some fifty or' seventy-five dollars which had been . bidden in a bed which was still in the house and madeaoasn for it. when her clothing caught on fire, burning her severely, probably fatally. Tbe exact amount of tbe damage is not learned, though , it is In tbe. neighbor hood of three hundred and fifty to four hundred dollars. v ; ; j f Vsrmers Inatitut to bn Held at Xeekson Commissioner S. L. Patterson gives notice to tbe farmers of -Onslow county that no institute will be held at Jackson ville Fridav and Saturday. March 6tb and 7th, to which they are invited to be present and take part. i . i - .. ;.r. . Tne fwOmmissioner oi nRi.ui" " be assisted by one or more ot the pro fessors from the A. ana m vxjiiego ana by a represenutive ot tne in, t- experi ment station. Such subjects will be dis cussed as are of general ! interest to farmers, truckers and fruit growers. "There didn't I tell you he was out," remaiked Fitz, in a peevish tone, as be turned to pull bis bath, robe up around him to -keep out of the cold drizzling rain that was falling: He sat for a few minutes in his corner, looking across at Maher, and then jumping briskly to bis feet he walked rapidly across tbe ring and offered . his gloved hand to Maher. Peter reached for it, but Fitz drew it back with, a langh, and getting Julian to untie the string at tbe wrist he walked tack to Maher and Offered his bare hand with the remark, "Well, Peter." : j - : Maher reached for the extended hand and shook it heartily without rising from his seat or raising his bead to look at bis conqueror. 'Julian then called to Fitz. and the victor walked over to the side of the ring nearest the gate, where Julian stood. The crowd was beginning to stream out, but loud cries ot gentle men, gentlemen;" from Julian, supple mented by a few whacks on the gong, stopped them. ' : - ;) -.:.vHi "Gentlemen," yelled the short and fat Mr. Julian, bulging himself out in a frantic manner to make bis voice reach all within a mile or two' of I the ring, "Mr. Fitzslmmons has now worked his way np to the top, and is now champion of the world. He is now ready at any time and place to defend his title against any man in the world. I The declaration was greeted with loud veils of approval from the crowd, and Fitzsimmons bowed and grinned hit" nsual capacious grin, and then hurried; away to dress himself. Maher was un- conscious fifteen minutes. He Was not disposed to talk much. He is no talker at any time and would have bad little to say if he had won. 4 - WHAT MAHER'S SENSATIONS WERE, ; "He got me good Hind bard, and that was all there was toft." be said. "I heard tbe referee counting,! and heard the men in any corner calling me to rise, but I could not rise. When f knew any thing at all I was in my corner and they were rubbing my face with water.. Fitzsimmons was very modest consid ering the brilliant victory ' he bad won., "I could have put him 'out the first punch," he said, "but did not reach him hard enough. There never was a minute since the match was made that I have anticipated any other result than this. I was sure of htm at all stages of tbe game. He was afraid the miome he put up his bands and I knew it. It was fust like the first fight I bad with him in New Orleans. I couid have licked him long before bad I tried, and yet people are saving to this day that be bad me nearly out, I just got in on him with my right, and caught him squarely on tbe side ot the jaw. I knew it was all over' wben 1 1 landed on him. It was dead easy from the start." A BIO VICTORY FOR FI1 ZSIMMONS. The general opinion among the sport ing men who witnessed the fight was that it was a most brilliant and unquali fied victory for Fitzummons. Maher mav not have been in as good condition as tbe Australian, but he could not have been omfonaht to quickly, no matter what his condition had been, bad he not been badly outclassed in point of skill. Tbe general feeling was that Fitzsim mons is folly capable of giving Corbett or any other mau on earth a desperate hard fight at any time. No weights were announced at the ringside; but Fitzsimmons weighed abont 165 and Maher about 180. MAHER SAVS FITZ FIGHTS CLEVERLY. New York, Feb. 81, Peter Maher has ent tbe following dispatch to the World: t ' "Langtry. Tex., Feb. 81. I am. of course, disappointed. He lis a clever fighter, and I don't know exactly where I was bit; seems to me it was on the jaw. Tbe back of my bead has a big lump on it. and that's tbe$laee where it struck the floor. I thought I had him licked from the start, and so far as my condi tion is concerned I have nothing to com plain of. and I would like to get a fight with somebody else. I am not particular who of the heavyweights, j "Peter Maher." j One of Sheridan's Commanders " Saved by,Paine's Celery .Compound. CoL Joseph Li Follett of New York" has a national reputation. - " " " At tbe age of 81, Col. Follett enlisted in Battery G, First Missouri Light At- - - , tlllery, and toon i rose to its command. At Lookout Mountain his was the only -Battery that reached the summit L r Since the war he has devoted himself . to mechanical engineering and has in vented several important improvements on the sewing machine, and a bicycle; . ' that promises to be one of the surprises of next season, "i - - - . . v s . The tension on the nervous system of r . an Inventory kept uplfor months and months, seriously weakened the health ' 5- C cf a busy brain worker like Col. Follett, s and his constitution' which even the " . ' hardships of war did not weaken, threat- ened to succumb to nervous exhaustion. What Colj Follett has to say in regard f to his restoration to health cannot fail to ,t :. rarr oreat weiirht. i In a letter to HMIl & Rhtcbardson Co'of Burlingtofar V t '. , he writes: 1 ,! I' v: ; :.; I ' . - . 'When suffering from mental exhaus tion and a generally disoTgan zed system,- ' and overwork, I used Paint's celery com? pound. ' :- " 1 . ; -r -'- i "The compound acted like a charm oh my boweis and kepi them in fine condi-,. tioo. and I experienced gfeat relief from , my brain trouoles. "t i " : . .. -I have not used Paine's celery com : pound for six months, but I shall when in -need ot a tonic ana general regulator , of the system. 1 have recommended it i to a great many, and every one who tried - it got relief.: ('!.' . v. . 1 : ' , "It is the best ireneral remedy I ever . L U3CU Ul UW UffcUu bvm.. . r ,. - When tbe nerijoui system has become; weakened from any cause. Panne's celery" compound builds it up as nothing else can. It makes people well. - People in every walk of life have reason to be grateful to Prof. Pbelpi of Dartmouth, the eminent scientist who discovered Paine's celery, compound. He understood the peculiar needs of the nervous system;; be knew that the back-j ache, headache, sleeplessness, loss of ap- petite,and disordered blood all mean that tne nerves are weascnea ana miutquuic to the demands upon them.' . The expe rience of thousands has proven fall over this broad country that only Paine's cel ery compound will give health to the nerves and through them to the entire r , bodv. ' Colleees conferred upon Dr. Phelps their highest honors for bis invaluable investigations in medicine, but all ibis 4 seems insignificant in com ptn son with the chorus pf gratitude that n'as-gone up all over the world from men, women and children, who have ou'grown weakness f and the lack of : health" by the use of Paine's celery compound, the most , . wonderful jnerve and blood restorative.- . . FlTZSIMMONS-MAHER. ,'.;"t '-';i ' Washington's BihdI . , ' '' Washington's Birthdav was observed in Wilmington by the dosing of pubfic offices, the banks, the Produce Exchange and partial suspension of - business along tbe wharf.1 The U. S revenue cutter Colfax fired one gun - at' sunrise .hfn the shio was dressed, at noon fired a salute of twenty-one guns, and at sun- TES HEWBEES FAIR. Foot Bioos to Taks Flaos Next Thursday . ..-. -Dpn to the Stats Th Prlsss. Star Correspondence. . - Newbern, N. C, February 80. Editor Star, Wilmington, N. C. : j Dear Sir As there has been inquiry from your city in regard to the foot races that are to take place here Thurs day of the Fair, I wish you would anj nounce for the benefit of those Interested that there will be two races, open to the Q.at nn that dav. viz.: . !( - J - i One hundred yards dashf-First honors handsome gold medal, lvalue, .$25.00, offered bv Schwab Stamp & Seal Co., ot Milwaukee, Wis.; second honors J350 In gold possibly more. j X - Hurdle race-l80 yardt-en hardies, three feet high; first honors, handsome m mdal offered bv Fair Association. value, $15.00. Second hoaots, $5.00 in BTbe medal for the 100 yards dash will be a beauty, and will be lettered as follows: ""Championship 100 yards dash. Newbern, N. U. rair, ioto. i The entrance tee in each of these races will be filty cents, and all. en trances must be made in writing rto me on-or before February 24ihj entrance lee accompanying same. - :i 4 Tbnrsday is one of the biggest days of the Fair, and I hope to see some Wil mineton's "cracks" on the track to con test for these honors. . - Yours, truly, - Geo. D. Roberts, i-X''-'f I :-' ' Manager The Prise Flahiera and, The'.t Friends Leave i ' : ' )EI Paso Vat the Et. : J , Br Telegraph to die Moralng"Star. ; I El Paso, Texas, February 22. At 9 O'clock this morning, the Southern fa-'i cific train bearingthe prize-fighting crowd from' Langley, arrived at the si depot.' Fitzsimmons was oa the' plat- . . . - a s ' form oi the secona coacn, ana nc w loudly cheered bythe large crowd a which had assembi-d. Maher and hit friends did not make themselves con-... spicuDUS seeminglv evading the crowd all thev Icould. I FiHUtmmons wentiat once to the Stf Charles, where hlsaiier" and Mrs. Julian; were stopping, ana alter fvji receiving their congratuiation'sftccom . a . ; panied by Julian, he went to the tele-. '''- .. graph office, and from there to the State , : - , nauonal bank. where, although the bank : j -' was observing the holiday, the certified checks representing the- puree were - cashed and the larger share ot the ., t amount . put Into tbe New York Ex- ! change ulian remaiking that a considf erable sum was owing ia tne East and it would be settled at once. Should! Fitzsimmons and Corbett meet soon, tbe former will have some strong backers In El Paso, for-while - j some call the knock-out a "chance blow,". p the general belief is that Fitzsimmons is. tbe best fighter known to-day. ; . El Paso, TexT. Februaiy 88 There has been a big row on during the day over the amount subscribed" bv tbe cm zens of El Paso to have the Fitzsimmons fight in that vicinity., Some of. tbe nut scribers claim that their money should ; be paid back, bat tbe majority say that the intent of the contract was carried Out by Dan biuart and tbat he should have the money. At this writing the committee has about . decided, to bold hck tl-SOO to sauare with those claim the return of their subscription anil m over the rest to Stuart. Fitzsimmons will say but little of his future plans,i but s iys as to Corbett's j challenge t "I shall completely ignore Corbett, I whipped with ease the man Corbett gave the championship belt to. . to escape a matcn witn me. i now icimo to accept that belt and forfeit all right to it. After filling several American en- gagemeats I am going to England.'' . BRUTAL OUTRAGE , A Y'oune Olrl Abdaoted. Stripped and Tied : to-;TK"Brcr rjestbur. Florida i ; Byj Tdegmpli to the Monuoz Stat. Jacksonville. Fla.; Feb. 88. Near ; Leesburg; Fla., Thnndayi mghC Miss Maud ' Darrell, a 17-year old Chicago Ctrl, spending the winter with Mr. and Mrs. James , Armstrong, was abducted -and taken to thau-woods. The girl was stripped) and tied jut a tree, where she remained .until searchers found her to day. She was unconscious .and stiff,.-, from cold- She is reported to be dying . to-nlgbti and it is feared she wilj past away without giving the nametjof those . who abducted and treatecr her to - cruelly. ?! : - down, when the coiort down, fired another gnnr A dispatch from Asheville, N. C.says that Edgar W. Nye, better known as were hauled I -Bill Nye,"jflled at bis home at now tnoais, aoout i ,o ciock ywwui., TESTIMONIAL TO SOL HAAS. " v.- j ' . .r. -- . Fteeented by Tonnw A ooletfs and la plojea of tb Sooihero Bailrcad Company. By Telegraph to the Mornii Star. - S- Washington, retv a. iai nMv. rnrmlT assistant to the president! of the Southern Railway, and for.a quarter of a century ia charge of Ithe traffic of the old Richmond & Danville Railroad, , was greatly surprised to-night "when a , . enmmittte representing a large number of bis fold i associates and employes;-, called at hit residence, in this city and presented him - with a - large oaken - chest of , massive silver, com- , prising j tea and i coffee sets, and a complete ! table service, as a , testimonial; of their' lasting affections. Tlie party consisted of Captain W. H. Green, General Superintendent ; . M. . Cn'p, Traffic Manager; W. A. Terk. General Passenger Agent; R. D. Carpen ter. General Eastern Agent; F. B. Price., y Agent, Philadelphia; i a. crown, ucn Agent; S. H. HardwIclC Assistant Gen- ; era! Passenger Agent. , ' Mr. Hardwick made a beautiful pre-. senution address filled with loyalty and affection, and Mr. Haas responded hap pily, attributing any success be had en- : joyed to the efficient support he had al- . ways received from his co-workers and Mends, - Probably no man has ever held r the affection pf men more' closely than SoL Haas. r 1 i i - 1
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