1' THE IT VOL. XXXV. NO. 160. $3.00 PER YEAK. ' ' ' ' PREBS-VIS OH. 2 L' ; 0 Toni Dixon Says Free Silver " is Really Counterfeiting. TO VISIT THIS STATE. And Enlighten the Benighted The New York Divine so Announces Wants' to Meet Senator Tillman or Butler His Congregation Threatened. Thomas Dixon had another excit ice Sunday of it in New York . His text was,: "Thau ShalfNot Steal Er. Dixon applied this old law di rectly to the advooafesof free silver, He said they wanted the govern- ment to go into the eouutm lotting 'business, for that is what free silver means. The Rev. Thos. Dixon, Jr., an nou need to a congregation that pack ed the Academy .of Music Sunday that ho should continue speaking on the national political issue every Sunday until November, and that between Sundays he would be found down in North Carolina en lightening the benighted of that lo cality. '"What I said last Sunday, "he re marked, "was -only my introduction to the subject. If you think you can't stand it you had better get out now, for I warn you that no dis turbance will be permitted. If you will take the trouble to read the Criminal Code you will find that it provides for the arrest and punish ment of people who disturb church congregations; and I assure you that full advantage of this section of ef fect Mr. Bryan's election would have on of necessity." Mr. Dixon then turned his atten tion to his challengers to public de bate, one of whom is Professor Ed win V. Wright, whoso challenge was issued through the Journal. "The fact is," said the preacher, "I can't meet sixteen challengers at one time. It is necessary that they should-Sond forth their champion. titrH.here is one qualification which I must insist upon my opponent must be able to spell. I cannot con sent to debate with a man who is superior to our established ortho graphy. "I will willingly meet any one "whose platform ability is recognized. If Senator Butlor or Senator Till man, of South Carolina will accept the position of champion for the op position I will be only too glad to meet either of them. . - The preacher said that he would answer no" questions except those intelligently stated in writing and placed in the box provided for that purpose. He would n.ow answer several such. They were of the stereotyped character and were answered in the stereotyped man nerexcept that of an inquirer who wanted to know what effect Mr. Bryan's election would have on the tenmerance question. This was Sr. Dixon's answer. My investigations have satisfied roe that the principal cause of in temperance is poverty. Therefore, it is my belief that the success of the political element represented by Mr. Bryan will increase the intemper ance of the country athousand fold." Another Inquirer was satirical. i "When did you see Mr. Hanna?" he wanted to know . Mr. Dixon took advantage of this opportunity to declare that if Mr. ' Hanna had any sense be knew that a . his party could have the support of every preacher, in this part of the country freeof charge." Mr. Dixon had never metor commun icated with tho grntleman. ' Coming td his ser . moo. the preacher said: " "In this second of my series of ' talk's on the money issuo I shall only , touch upon" the" salient principles. You will find my text, and my war rant for bringing this subject into the Dulnit. in Exodus, xx.. 15- "Thou shalt'cot steal ". , Mr. Dixon promulgated his first - "salient principle" as follows: "The free silver conspiracy is a gigantic Capitalistic conspiracy of silver mine owners. , ,'-' v Following are some other utter ances: ' V f - 'The hens of this country layeggs. 'i I confess that the mystery of this . process istteyond me; but I claim to be a better judge of eggs than any : ben that ever lived." 'The fifty tbreelcent dollar propo- sition is a scheme to repeal the Cora- mandment, "Thou shalt not steal.'' "Sixteen to one is a false .ratio" v "Why ?'f interrupted a voice from the gallery. . 'Tut your question in the box; I will not be interrupted here." "I am not talkingpolitics. I stand with Moses, with Jeremiah, with Isaiah "Thou shalt not steal." "Mr, Bryan declares that tho free coinage of silver will advance its price. You can raise nn assumption with the jawbone of an ass. " "I am a Christian Socialist; but I draw the line at Anarchy. " DECLINED THE 8. A. L. It Was Offered and to Prcsieent Refused. Spencer President Spencer, of the South ern Railway, has addressed a letter to the Georgia Railroad Commission in reply to certain statements mado by Mr. St. John, of the Seaboard Air Line. Iu his letter Mr. Spencer, among other things, says: Jrfv attention has been directed to the letters addressed to .you by Mr. St. John, vice-president of the Sca boaa Air Line, under dates of July 23rd and 27th lust, aud I appre ciate thoroughly the appropriate re buke which you administered to him in the first sentaneo of 3'our reply of July 24th. I shall not inflict on you a discus sion of the merits or demerits of the points at issue between the South ern Railway Company and the Sea board Air-Line; but Mr. St. John has injected into his correspondence with you so many untrue and in cendiary statements regarding the Southern Railway and its purposes, and has so endeavored to use that correspondence to mislead and in flame the public mind against this company, that some authoritative denial and refutation of his state ments should be made of record througli the same medium of publi cation that was adopted by him. Until now I have forborne to take public notice of these and other statements equally untrue and mis leading, because outside parties in ured by the action of Mr. St. John and his associates recently brought the entire subject matter of the con troversy before court for judicial in vestigation and for its decision, which only recently has been ren dered, and until after the decision any discussion would have been manifestly improper. He would have you believe tluft the present havoc in revenues, and the general disturbance of business relations, whether competitive or otherwise, throughout the State and tho entire South which his company has inaugurated and is still contiuu- ng, are but the manifestations of his desire to protect tho people of Georgia from threatened monopoly. On tho waters of Chesapeake Bay he and his associates, the managers of the Bay Line are the avowed ene mies of competition, and they "go to war" to punish those whom they de scribe as "intruders upon our (their) domain. " While he advocates and demands monopoly, and claims a proprietor ship 01 'domain" in Virginia and Maryland, he necessarily subjects himself to suspicion and discredit when he displays such unnecessary and apprehensive zeal for competi tion in Georgia. But this is not all. Mr. St. John says in his cry for your aid aud countenance : 'A majority of the stock of the Seaboard Air-Line and of the Bay Line is in hands where it cannot be purchased by the Southern Railway-" The fact is that a little less than six months ago the majority of the capital stock of the controlling com pany of the Seaboard Air-Line was offered to me and was not accepted. If, as Mr." St. John asks you to be lieve, the purpose of the Southern Railway Company was to crush out and Injure the Seaboard Air-Line, it would not have surrendered volun tarily as it did the leaseof the North eastern Railroad of Georgia, which tapped most effectively the next to the largest business centre in the State of Georgia reached by the Seaboard Air-Line. There is no place where so much injury could have been inflicted upon tho Sea board at so little cost, ", The Southern Railway company has made no objections to competi tion when, conducted - fairly ' and openly upon "business principles, and it has never sought to suppress Its relations to its competitors throughout -the Southern territory today are abundant testimony upon this point. ' ' . - : It hus done nothing in its history to oppress any interest, and J ehal lengo Mr. St. John or any one else to produce "any evidence of an' at tempt" w dusiro upon its part to do so. It has not raised the rates at. any point, and it has not attempted to control them; and it is impossible to conceive that any acquisition or combination by it of Hues in the South could be sufficiently strong to enable it to exercise an absolutecon trol over rates at any point. No combination can be large enough in the United States to control rates, and the railroad manigcr who at tempts it or asserts it writes himself a fool. There can be no clearer proof of what would be the futility of such efforts than the present rate situation in the- South, when one small line, GOO miles in length, from Portsmouth to Atlanta, destroys, as it is now doing, the rate fabric from New England to Nev Orleans, and from the Ohio and Mississippi rivers to Florida. The errort ol the Southern Railway has been, not to control rates, but to keep them uniform and reasonable and public, and the testimony of substantially cvorv member of the Southern States Freight Association would be to this effect if such testi mony should be asked by v.mr com mission. It bus scmghl ..lability and the stoppage of secret 'cutting," aud other ilh jrit;mate methods of operation. I tff policy has been and is to build up. not to pull down or de stroy. It lias improved every piece of property which it conirols within the State of Georgia or elsewhere, and has furnished improved facili ties and accomodations for the pub lic without any increased charge. Mr. St. John complains that (lie Macon and Northern and the Geor gia Southern and Florida arc not made parts of througli line.-, u ith his. Tho Macon and Nor t her 11 was for months after the insolvency of the Contral and the Richmond and Dan ville in the control of its bondhold ers entirely free and independent of either conporatiou. The controlling bond-holder during this period was the especial friend and financial sup porter of the Seaboard Air Line, the banker who floated 1 1 14- bonds to build the Georgia, Carolina and Northern. The managers of the Sea board Air Lino will not deny that the property was offered to them in preference to the Central. For rea sons best known to lliein, they did not secure it, although it was a legi timate extension of their line to Ma eon. TO MEET MR. 15 RYAN. ic Local Committee Who will (io to (fi'censboro to Welcome Him. The arrangements for the recep tion of Mr. Brya; are being perfect ed as rapidly as possible. All day carpenters and electricians have been busy at Nash Square getting the speaker's stand and the electric display in readiness for the occa sion. Mr. B. C. Beckwilh, President of the Bryan -Watson Club has appoint ed the following committee to meet Hon W J Bryan, the next President of the United States, at Greensboro Thursday, the 17th inst., and escort him to Raleigh: W M Russ, Mayor of Raleigh; J E Pogue, President Chamber of Com merce; J C Marcom, F O Moring nd W B Snow. The following is the reception com mittee to meet him and his escort at the depot on the arrival of the spe cial train at 7 o'clock Thursday evening: Capt S A Ashe, E C Smith, James A Briggs, C H Pool, W Henry Cole, Alf A. Thompson, Walter Parish, E P Maynard, William Boylun, W A Myatt, RTGray, F W Hur.nicut, C FLumsden, Maj S F Telfair, JH Fleming. Ilolton Talks Through Ills Hat. Chairman Holton was asked yes terday what he thought of Mr. Manly 's interview given out Satur day. "I think Mr. Manly isantieipating defeat," the Republican chairman said. "He is making an excuse this early for certain defeat in No vember by changing fraud." "Mr. Manly questions tho inter view in which you stated that the Democrats defrauded the ballot box of 30,000 votes at the lust election, ' the Chairman was told. "The interview was genuine, not a voteless than 30,000 was stolen, and I will refer hiui fo'tlie counties of Halifax.-Wayne and Johnson and others and third ward In Winston if bewants to know specifically - where fraud was carried on. Whom the Gods would destroy thoy first make mad." "Mr. Manly is a mighty , clever gentlemen, tX least he was, added Mr. HoTlon up, to the time he ac cepted the chairmanship. -' . ' Caucasian Says that of the Rep-Pop Agreement PAPER DEFENDS IT. Says the Posibility of Democratic Success Makes One'sliiiJJer.-IJeniocruts I'rcc Silver Views Attacked and Discredited. ill ine Caucasian tommorrow there will appear a very unusual editorial. Editor Ayer says thewction of his committee last week is .inconsistent and that itio people cati resent it if they so desire. The editorial says that the only power delegated to the committee by the State Convention' was to com plete the State ticket, a)id that tho action of the committee Which went beyond that is simply recommenda tory and cannot be regarded as officially binding or committing any one to its support. The Caucasian further says: ''That the action of the committee appears to involve inconsistencies. For our purpose we shall admit that the action is inconsistent. After making the admission, it rests with thecom mittee, or some one, to advance reason or cause strong enough to counterbalance the inconsistency. If this cannot be doncj then the action of the committee cannot be defended." The editorial says that the committee has not positively done the wrong thing. "Until the final result of any action or move ment is known, no one has a right to charge that the actors or movers are seeking to accomplish anything except that for which they have de sired." Whether the general opinion was well based or not, ft was admitted that with three tickets in the field, the Democratic party had a .'chance" to win. That proposition made everybody shudder. It was known if the Dem ocracy should vviu, imnilU.'MiJpjj'ith an arrogance and brutality that would make lite uncomfortable for everybody who had dared to show independence enough to oppose it in any way. "The honest ballot and local self-government bugaboos are also touched upon by the Caucasian. The paper says: "If the commit tee has made a mistake in suppos ing the people don't desire the reforms enacted by the last legislature -then let the committee's action be repudiated. The action is recom mendatory to be approved or reject ed as the judgment of the people may determine. The Caucasian says national issues were not overlooked and accuses the Democracy of insincerity, citing as instatcas, the party 's refusal to ac cept the Populist proposition for complete fusion on all matters and also the "appropriation"of the Pop ulist platform by the Chicago con vention. "Two items of special interest were noted. The Democrats persistent refusal to do anythingasan evidence of sincerity and the second was that if the agreecment recommended should be approved at the proper time, as many Representatives who favor silver and who will vote against the gold standard will go to Congress from this state as could possibly be sent there by Democrats or Democratic aid under the present election law. No hesitation was felt in presenting the agreement as it stands being con vinced that nothing would be lost to the cause advocated by the Peoples Party." "But let it be remembered all the time that circumstances alter cases. If the agreement, with all that is now expected to accompany it, can not be approved by oneof the parties to it; it cannot be approved by tho other." An Elegant New Store. The elegant new establishment of Messrs. Sherwood Higgs & Co. is being gotten in readiness for the grand opening, the date of which will be announced soon. A survey of the place shows that it will be decididly one of the handsomest and showiest places in the State. The interior is large and spacious and elegantly appointed, and the mam moth front windows gi ve the store's decidedly metropolitan air. The beautiful stock including all lines is being arranged in place for tho grand opening and when this takes place the Raleigh public will be treated to a handsome exhibition.. -Ay THE RESULT Powers' Plurolitv V 'ifcen 48,000 and 50,0(1 By Telegraph to tho Press-Visitor. Pouti.axii, Maine, Sept- 13. Tho result of yesterday's election is coming in very slowly and will not probably nil be in before tomorrow The vote from the cities und towns which poll more than two-thirds of the entire ballot of the State indi cate that the Republican plurality for Powers will be between 4S.II00 aud 50,000, the largest in the history of the State. In every county the Republican ticket was successful. Nearly all showed gains. The Democratic vote was about 20 per cent less than iu "2. The tuy at homes are largely responsible. The Prohibition vote shows a loss. Three hundred towns out of five hundred and nineteen cities and towns give Powers sixty-six thousand nine hundred and tweuty-one; Frank twenty-seven thousand one hundred and forty-three. Ninety three of these same towns gave the Demo crats fifty-six thousand four hundred and nine. BUSY DAY AT THE l'EX. A llig Hutch of (TonlctsArrie and Others arc Sent Off. The day was a very busy one at the Penitentiary. Many i.ew re cruits were received and thirtv- three of the regulars were sent to the Halifax farms where they will be put at work. Henry Johnson, an escaped con vict was returned. Johnson greeted all the oHicials very familiarly and broke the news to Capt. Fleming that lie had written him a letter in which he announced his intended return. Capt. Fleming was very sorry, out some how the letter taileil to reach him. A V 1 1 i 1 e Johnson tried to make it appear lhathis return was voluntary, lie was arrested in (lilford county on a charge ol larceny ain returned at the solicital ion of the penitentiary authorities who identified him as an escaped convict. Johnson has been away a year Among the new arrivals at the penitentiary were four lodgers and boarders from Martin county, one from Burke, one from Anson and live from Mecklenburg. Shcrilf Smith, of Mecklenburg, had mostly long-tenners. One of them gets IT) years for attempted rape on a little child; another gets VI years and two are to serve terms of H years each. WAS A CLOSE CALL. A Jaggy Carvitc Came Near Iteing Crushed to Death at the Depot. Yesterday afternoon, a white man by the name of Sturgis, from Cary came near losing his lite wnuetrying to get a board theGoaboard passenger train in the UiiioiT shed. Sturgis was pretty well cupped up and he had one of those varigated jags which throws one into a state of utter recklessness. Before the arrival of the train, Sturgis afforded amusement for the crowd by pur chasing a number of tickets to Cary, all of which he tore up and stuffed in his coat pocket. He had money to burn. Mr. Bunch asked Sturgis if he was going on t lie train betore ne signaled the conductor to go ahead, and the man replied that he was not. When the train was moving out of the shed at a very rapid rate, the drunken man made a divcand caught hold of the railing of a car step. He failed to land his feet on the steps and his legs fell down between the cars and the depot platform. In this position he was dragged 30 feet, the horrified spectators expecting every second to see him pulled under the car wheels and killed. Several peo ple cried out and left the scene. Had it not been for Peter, the train porter who seized Sturgis hy the coat and prevented his falling, the man would have been crushed to death. Peter hld him in that position until the train could be stopped andjaglets put aboard. Gold Democrats to Hlow in New fork. By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor. Nsw York, Sept. 15. William D. Bynum, chairman of the National Committee of the gold party arrived last night. After a conference with New York leaders ho decided to establish a branch office at 39, East Twenty-ninth street, which will be the home of the State committee. It was also decided to have a big mass meeting at Madison Square Garden next Monday at which Palmer and Huckner will speak. - VMAINE. 7 KILLED NEAR GARNER. A Deaf and Dumb Bov Knocked From the Track-. -Ran Away from School Here. Early this morniuga colored man, supposedly deaf and dumb was knocked off the Southern Itailway track between Garner and Auburn by the fast freight from Norfolk and instantly killed. The body has not been indentified so far, and was brought to the city this afternoon on the 4:30 train for identification. The body is that of a young man and it is supposed to have been Thos. (Jodwin, who ran away from the colored institution for the deaf and dumb Sunday night. Godwin is from Cumberland county and he is supposed to have been making his way home. The body . will arrive here this afternoonfor identification. The train that struck the dead man was the Norfolk express, com ing to Raleigh. The engineer ble v the whistle and made every effort to give warning to the unfortunate fel low, but he was walking along side the rail with his head down. The engineer was too close upon him to be stop. The Coroner has been notified of the circumstances of the killing of the boy. TODAY'S MARKETS. Cotton Advanced 20 to 22 Points in New York Today. New Yobk, Sept. 15. Cotton quotations furnished by E. B. Cuthbert & Co.. 56 Broadway, New York, and 305 Wilmington street, Raleigh, over their special wire: MONTHS. OPEN- HIOH- LOW- CLOS ING. EST. EST. INU 8 22 8 ,00 8 21 8 40 8 27 8 54 8 25 8 50- 8 .'til 8 57 8 28 8 53 8 32 8 5M 8 32 8 53- 8 Oti 8 31 8 Oti 8 23 8 09 8 31 8 W 8 28- 8 l(i 8 41 8 15 8 39- January, b ebruary, March, April, May, June, July, August, Sept'mb'r, October, Novemb r, Deoenilier, New York futures opened barely steady 2 to 4 points lower, steadily improved and closed at an advance of 20 to 22 points over yesterday's closing prices. Mew York Stock Market. The following were the closing quotations on the New York Stock Exchange today: Missouri Pacific Union Pacific llock Island St. Paul 18J mi 2ii General Electric Tennessee Coal and Iron 20 Manhattan 8S American Tobacco 0J Burlington and Quincy (15J Western Union 80 Louisville and Nashville 40 United States Leather 49 Southern Railroad 7 Southern Preferred 20$ Chicago Cas 584 114 Sugar leading - Des. and Cf t. Feed - Atchison D. L. fc W Jersey Central 99 Erie Silver Liverpool Cotton Market. Septemler 4.344. September-October 4.28. October-November 4.254 November-December 4.24 December-January 4.24 January-February 4.24 February-March 4.244 Chicago Grain and Provision Market. The following were the closi ng quo tations oqtheChicagoGrainand Pro visioniiarket today: Wheat December, 54: May, 63. Corn December, 214; May, 24ft . Oats December lfii; May 18. Pork January, 5.67; May, 6.65. Lard December, 3.30; May, 3.65. Clear Rib Sides October, 3. 12; Jan uary 3.35. Showern Predicted, There are still indications of an area of low pressure over the East Gulf and Florida, heavy rain of 3.50 inches is reported from Tampa and this now raining at Jupiter. But the storm center has apparently moved but. slightly Northward, and as yet is having but little effect be yond the gulf region. Another "low," however is found this morning over the New England states and middle Atlantic coast. It is raining at New York and Phila delphia, and the winds are under the influence of this "low" as far South as Raleigh. It is probable that rain will occur Wednesday. The area of high pressure central yesterday over North Dakota has moved to Michigan, decreasing in inteusity, No important changes in tempera ture haveoocurred. Minor Matters Manipulated for the Many. AROUND THE CITY. Pof-Pottiri of the News Pictured onl'a per Points and People Pertin.-ntl Picked and Pithily Put in Print. Don't forget the fact that the Bryan-Watson club meets tonight. Be present. June tjill," who' was arrested for stealing a coat, has been wrongly accused and is now at liberty. Read Mr. John U. Smith 's new an nonncemcnt today aud call on him when you want the best in his line. Don't forget the meeting of tie Bryan-Watson club tonight at tie Mayor's office. Business of im portance will be transacted. The streets and public roads are very dusty, so much so that there is no pleasure in driving. Rain Is needed very much. There will be a game of ball this afternoon at Athletic park between the Nationals of Raleigh and the colored team of Norfolk. Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Carroll have issued invitations to their friends to the 30th anniversary of their mar riage, which occurs Wednesday, September 10th. Watch out for the attractive new advertisement of Mr. A. B. Stron ach about Thursday. He will an nounce the latest attractions in his line for Bryan day. Capt. Bill Day left today for War renton on legal business. In reply to the story that he had gone into the Bryan fold, Capt. Day said pec ple were liable to say anything. Haywood s M instrel gave a second performance of their show at Metropolitan Hall lastevening which was enjoyed vertv much by the large number of persons present. Every feature on the programme was heartily encored. They say "Uncle" Strowd said yesterday in a joint canvass in Chatham, when Mr. Pou attacked the agreement between the Popu lists and Republicans that he held letters in his hand from Congress men Settle and Pearson and Senator Pritchard in which all three gentle men declared themselves to be in favor of free silver. This is no joke. All the iron work to the new bridge over Crabtree road has been placed in position. As soon as the flooring is put down the bridge will be ready for travel. The approaches have been completed. The bridge will be a model structure when com pleted. Public conveyances go around by Whitaker's mill at pres ent. Mr. William Woollcott, who is just returned back from the North, has selected for his popular store one of the most attractive lines for the fall business that he has ever offered. His new stock will include some new features never before shown here. The whole stock is full and complete and up-to-date and will be found very attractive. All is life and hustle at Woollcott's get ting the new attractions arranged for shoppers. PUNCH BOWL PAID FOR. Arrangements Being Perfected for the Presentation to Occur. In October. The punch bowl which will be presented to the cruiser Raleigh as a testimonial from many citizens of North Carolina was paid for this morning. A check calling for $678.25 was turned over to the Mah lers this morning by Mr. Charles S. Stevens, who has labored so as sidiously in raising the fund. The handsome gift will remain on exhibition at the store of Mahler's Sons until Monday, when it will be shipped to Wilmington where it will be exhibited at the store of Mu rela tion & Co. , The presentation will take place ; in early Oetober,so Capt. Miller of the Raleigh writes Mr. J. H. Chad bourn. The commander of the Ral- ! oigh has consented to proceed with the Cruiser as far as South port. - Mrs. P. A. Olds and Mr. Stevens; addressed a letter to Commander Miller of the Cruiser Raleigh', -this morning requesting him to set a ' definite date for the present.!-ion to j takfl place. -' - "; J. ' f '- t i . .:,k-. r" I I J J 1 TV TTCTfc A TIDT T3 A iTVU