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BAUEIGH, N. G, SATURDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 31, 1896.
$3.00 PER YEAR.
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TnE SEABOARD DEAE
Bra Will' Have No Troubla to Get the
', - By Telegraph to the Press; Visitor,
. New York, Ont.' 31. Relative to
"V--the statement from Baltimore that
' the Ryan syndicate had obtained ad
ditional time in which to complete
ihe agreement involving the pur
chase of the Seaboard Air Line sys
tern, an evening paper says : A high.
' authority on - Seaboard Air Line
matters said today : ' "
: "There is no trouble whatever in
- regard to the ownership of the Sea-
' board 'Air Line. The control of
. about 8,300 shares otthe Seaboard
& Roanoke stock will be transferred
r to Mr. Ryan on or before November
15th next. ., A contract now binds
the pool, headed by Louis McLane,
of Baltimore, to deliver, the stock at
"at $125. and there has never been
any question of the money. Mr", By
an has until November '15th to talk
over -the stock, and so' far as the
money is concerned, it was provided
for over a week ago. - . When the con
tract was made 40 days was allowed
'to- colse the '' deal, and expires on
November 15th.
''The question of money has never
once entered into the affair and re-
, ports circulated of alleged hitches
are the results of efforts of other
parties who want the Seaboard Air
Line, and who aw doing all. in their
- power t) break the contract whioh
the McLane poo has .consummated
with Mr. Ryan.- The control of the
, Seaboard will pass intopMr. Ryan's
hands i before vember 15tb.'' JJ,
On the same authority the state
ment is made that Mr,. Ryan has ac
quired, the control of the food for
himself, and in the purchase of the
property he stands alone. -
Neither the Southern Railway nor
any other road Is interested in the
" transaction His policy will be one
of peace, but he means businees, and
-.the traffic; capabilities of the road
will be developed to their fullest ex
: ent. Just who will be associated
" with Mr. Ryan, ia the ownership of
-the road is ' not known. "When it
: passes into his control he will under
-an - condition - personally control
- two-thirds of the stock and he will
'devote his personal attention tojts
7 JSOIITHERN'SJJEW ALLY
. JX. d L:inafitatM Discrimination Against
. V ' ' jSaahoard.
, - By Telegraph to the Press-Visitor.
NoEiolsl. Vai! Oct; 31.-Another
phase has been added to the trans
- ' portation puzzle which Involves tthe
. Seaboard Air Line and the Southern
-, railway and the line of steamers op
erated on "ihe Chesapeake bay by
both systems. '.. . .-
Th Atlantio Coast pne 'ol rail
' ways, which ; for the past, twenty
years i baa shipped its Baltimdre
freight via the steamers of the Old
Bay line, which is operated by the
Seaboard Air : Line, has issued a
general order to agents and has ad-
trliuul ' atitrmnrh that hereafter all
- freight forwarded by or intended for
. 1 the Atlantio Coast Line will be hah
died between Norfolk and Baltimore
via the Southern's new Baltimore,
' Richmond and Chesapeake steamer
line. -'..
,, . During the .recent rate wan, the
' Coast Line .virtually rendered sup-'
t .... n ii 1 ILa
- , port to me oouinern, mgu m
line was ostenslblv neutraC - -
This, !t Is supposed, is the cause
of the change. - v .- ' s
.. " The Seaboard hps retaliated by
announcing a class and commodity
rate to Wilmington, N. C. Although
it has a line to that poinfr the Sea
board has - never ;before solicited
' , ' business for delivery thereas it was
- under agreement witn . tne .uoast
v Line not to de-so. V ?
, This would seem to indicate that
the relations between the Seaboard
'and .the Southern and Its, frtend;
; which after the sale it was thought
would be friendly,' will not be so
peaceable after all. - - -
. . train and Da vis Tonight.
Tonight at Metropolitan Hall, Hon;
" Locke Craig and Hon. R. B. Davis,
Bryan electors at large, wllladdress
-Me people. Both ', gentlemen fare
' magnificent ' campaigners and their
tour of the state has drawn remark
ably large crowds..:
Messrs. G. Sam Bradshaw anu G.
Bent Altprd will also speak at the
- court house tonight . The public, is
in vited to hear them.
All Saint's Dajr and Halloween, v
' Tomorrow is All Saint's Day," a
lay In the religious calendar held in
ihigh honor especially by Roman
riftthnlicB and Episcopalians. The
nf All Sanit s Day Is -known
..m Hallow 'een. In olden times many
prankish and innocent jokes were
pracuceu on mi uj - -
FEW DISQUALIFIED.
Trial Day Sit h IoUing Places Maajr
,.,;;; ;,";CfcaUie8 Passed. ' . . v-
: , Today were trial day at all polling
places in the State and the cases of
those- persons challenged - on last
Saturday was heard. - - - . ,
The judges of election assumed
their duties today , "co-operating with
the registrars in deciding all cases
.Nearly all tne challenges were
passed, not more than eight of the
registered - persons challanged in
the city being disqualified. The law
requires that every, voter removing
his place of residence shall secure a
certificate of removal. . The fusion
registrars and judges - disregard ed
the law entirely today in passing on
the challenges." r . -.- :
Chairman Holding was very much
displeased with the manner in which
the cases had been tried; . He stated
that -the fusion officers of election
had taken the law in ' their own
hands. Some of . those challenged
had secured certificates of removal
since .the 17th. after the. time for
registration .had expired. These
certificates were recognized.
-In the second division of the se
cond ward eight persons were chal
lenged and none were disqualified.
In the' first division of the second
and in the first dl vision of the first,
two exconvicts were disqualified.
In the first division ,o the fourth
there persona were disqualified.
THAT LETTER'S DELAY.
Explanations Still Mesgre
and Sound
- (Fishy. ...
A Washington . special to VLAUMefote. nd would not w tot another
lanta Constitution says r ThTSys-
tery of the Watson letter Is not yet
quite cleared up. The responsibility
for the delaV, however, has been
shouldered by Postmaster R. A.
Dobbins. Mr. Dobbins says he
neglected to send to the city posb-
office to see if there was any mail for
senators held there for postage un
til he .received a letter from Senator
Butler asking him if he had seen
anything of the missing letter from
the populist candidate for vice pres
ident. V , '
Secretary Edge Hon, of the nation
popdilst, committee, replying to
Mr. - Watson's statement that he
(Edgerton) could , explain the delay
in the missing letter of acceptance,
said : ' ..,'''''''- . .'
"The only reply F have to make to
that statement is to oppose to it the
testimony of the senate postmaster
that neither the personal nor the
official mail ofSenator Butler is de
livered" to" me. I never saw Mr.
Watson's letter until Monday morn
ing last when Senator Butler called
me up to his house and read it to me. "
'"No," he said in reply to a ques
tion, "I have no copy of the letter to
make public cor am 1 authorized to
state the substance of its contents.
Senator iutler told ma he received
the letter pri Saturday night last."
This date being accepted as cor
rectly . stating when the letter
reached Senator Butler, the mys
tery surrounding the non-delivery
of the document still remains partly
unexplained, inasmuch astwice sub
sequent to that time Senator Butler
told representatives of the Southern
Associated Press that he had not
been yet placed in possession of the
letter. '
Delays in the delivery of insuff
ciently stamped communications to
senators and representatives in con
gress are by no means unusual.
They-arisa generally . from laxity of
business methods on the part of the
congressmen themselves in the mat
ter of small dues and charges. ' In
sufficiently stamped letters to sena
tors and representatives are held at
the city postoffioe until the senator
or house postmaster sends the
amount of shortage.
. The .Senate .and House postmas
ters, owing to their inability to col
lect these amounts from the mem
bers, especially in recess, are in no
hurry to advance the amounts , due
and ' this may be - the ; explanation
why Mr. Watson's letter to. Senator
Butler, being a stamp or two defi-'
cient, may have lain in the Wash
ington postoffice eight days after its
arrival here. '-("-. ,
' Nevertheless there seems to be
much in the incident which has not
yet been satisfactorily cleared up. (
Lock Craig and R. B. Davis, Bry
an electors at large, speak tonight
at Metropolitan Hall.
News was received, here today
that a colored man named , Marsh
Nichols was killed by being struck
with & brick at Jones' Landing, near
Hoffman. ' Nichols and another negro
quarrelled and a fight followed, re
sulting fatally to the former. The
homicider was committed to jail to
await trail.
IT
AUHeadquarters Practically
Closed.
CLERKS TAKE LEAVE
$1,800 Worth of Uteratnra Sent Out
From Dcmoeratio Headquarters-Re.
. - publicans Make Many
Claims..
- We present to our readers here
with the text of Maj. Guthrin's sup
plemental address, which was refer
red to yesterday:
I am constrained to issue this sup
plemental address to you because
Chairman Ayer and the Progressive
Farmer Extra have seen fit to se
verely denounce my course. Before
my address was offered to any Dem
ocratic paper, or correspondents of
any paper in Raleigh, I, with my
own hands, offered it to' Mr. Ayer,
editor of the Caucasian. His answer
was that (t was too late for that pa
per. "
I then offered it to Mr. S. Otho
Wilson tor the Hayseeder. He made
no reply, but telegraphed me the
same evening at Durham tbat the
forms of his paper were made up, and
he could not publish it. He dk'.
publish it, however, with Ihe reply
of chairman Ayer, of about two col
ums of it. The Progressi ve Farmer,
I knegfi naa" Kne to press the' day
issue until November 2 the day be
fore election With these facts be
fore me, I had to resort to the Demo
cratic press for the purpose of ad
vising my political friends of the
trend of public events, and warn
them accordingly. I am willing to
stand or fall by the sentiments con
tained in that address .
If it is not based strictly upon the
declared principles and teachings of
the Populist party, then lam unable
to understand those principles and
the purposee for which our party
was organized, and I have failed to
read aright the teachings of the Cau
casian and the Progressive Farmer
in the past. When did it become a
doctrine of the People's party that
principles should yield to expedi
ency for. the benefitof office-seekers?
Or when did it become a doctrine of
our party that principles should not
be discussed by the candidates on
the stump or by an address issued
to the voters, without incurring the
hostile criticism of a committeeman
ajj the partyjwho happens to be a can
didate of another antagonistic party
has well as of our own? Or when did
t become a doctrine of the People's
party that we should support a free
silver candidate for President and a
goldbug candidate for congress? Who
has attempted, or will now attempt,
to explain and justify by the honored
teachings and declarations of the
People's party such a glaring incon
sistency? Must a man for the sake
of office utterly disregard and ig
nore the principles of his party and
the well-known wishes of the rank
and file of the voters of his party? I
have advocated none but the princi
ples of -my party, enunciated in its
platform, Stata and National. I have
to the best of my ability, and with
all my power, endeavored to enforce
these" principles and add strength
and power to our cause.
II to be faithful and zealous to the
great principles of my party can be
denounced as treachery to my party,
then I have mistaken and misunder
stood the manhood and integrity of
the members of the people's party.
I amuwilling lor the people to judge
between me and my defamers,. and
abide the verdict of impartial his
tory for the justification of my pub
llo acts and declarations. I again
repeat the warning that you be care
ful to read all the names oh your
ballots before they are-, deposited in
the ballot-box, and I do so the more
earnestly because I have now be-,
fore me a printed ballot : entitled
"Straight Populist Ti :ket, '.' which
has printed on it the names of only
the five populist electors, when it
should have the names of the eleven
Bryan fusion electors. This ticket
has already been issued and circu
lated to deceive and mislead this
voters, but by what authority or by
whom .1 do not know. Is this a
scheme of Mark Banna ? Remember
that trite old saying,' that "Eternal
vigilance is the price of liberty,"
and be watchful. . ..' , - ; . ;;'
The work of the campaign at the
various headquarters, - which fias
been pushed with great vigor for
j three months and more, was practi
cally concluded' today. ' Inhere wilt
be no further clerical work at any of
the headquarters j ; The large force
whloh has been at work 5n republi
can headquarters quit today, several
of them going home. . 'J". y ?
Chairman Ayer said -today: ' I
am done with the work pf the cam
paign. I have nothing now to say.'
Mr. Ayer stated that ha would not
interfere with Ed. Kesler;. He Bald
that the statement signed by Chair
man Manly And himself, calling, at
tention to the ticket, was sufficient.
Chairman Manly said this morn
ing: "We have completed our work
We have distributed an enourmous
amount of literature within the past
three months. Since that, time from
three to four clerics nave been con
stantly at work in the mailing de
partment. The eostof the literature
together with the cost of dlstribu
tion amounts to $1,500. Most of this
amount was given to me.'f
Secretary Hyams said "this morn
ing: We have just sent out our last
batch of mail, which concludes our
work. We are satisfied and happy
and confident of victory."-
Secretary Hyams claims that Rus
sell will be elected by from '45,000
to 60,000. Mr. Hyams furnished
some interesting figures regarding
their candidates. The republicans
have 120 candidates for the house;
there are 120 members in all. They
have 22 candidates in the senatorial
districts; there are 50 senators in
all. The Secretary claims that all
the fusion candidates for Congress
will be elected. He puts Pearson's
majority a' 2,500. He says the dem
ocrats may elect ten members of the
House.
Maj. Grant says Russell's1 plural
ity will be 70.00J. He thinks the
Populists will have the plurality of
members of the Senate and the Re
publicans the plurality in thellouse.
The enormous number of 200,000
Hayseeders have been printed on
the presses of the Caucasian within
the past two week's. ,
Father Worth is not despondent
about his name being left off the
Populist'ticket. "Forty-six thou
sand of those tickets out," he said
this morning. "Well I can sland
it," was his reply. - f
JAWBONE SAVED HIM.
Adam Jackson Caught a Bullet YVltn His
Chin- -Mashed Flat.
Adam Jackson's jawbone has some
of the qualities possessed by the
jawbone which we have read of in
the Bible. .
But for all tbat Adam is a man, as
his name would indicate Yes Adam
is very masculine six feet and a
half tall and tips the scale at 200.
In earlier days people wore armour
and carried shields to protect thim.
Adam carries his jaw bone. He
fears nothing. So this morning when
in bloody combat, Adams' aggressor
aimed a pistol at his head, he smiled
and as the possessor of the pistol
pulled the trigger Adam threw up
his chitfi and caught the bullet.
Adam reached for a second shot, but
it went wide of its mark. Seeing
that he had gone up against greater
odds than he had anticipated, the
man with the pistol hurried away.
This was the finale of a series of
scraps dating since yesterday after
noon. The star characters ' were
colored workingmen in the Mills
wagon factory. A dispute started
yesterday about a piece of timber
falling on a man. Adam Jackson
and Jas. Moore were the principals
in the first fight yesterday afternoon.
This morning about 6:30 as they be
gan work they renewed hostilities.
Adam picked up a piece of pine tinr-
ber and struck Moore over the head.
Alex McNeil, who was standing by
told Moore to shoot Adam or he
would do so. So out came Moore's
pistol. The rest is known. .
Police officer Upchurch arrested
the lav out soon after the occurrence
and a hearing was given the de
fendants by Mayor Russ at noon.
All the participants were bound
over to court
The physicians removed the bul
let from Adam Jackson's Chin with
little difficulty. It struck his bul
let-proof jawbone and flattened out
like a ten cent piece. Adam is none
the worse for the wound.
1 The Yarboro saloon, which is un
der the management of Mr. Levi J.
Walker, willundergo no change, but
will continue, open to the publio as
,ln the past. ' ':'
Effective November 6th and each
Friday thereafter the Southern Rail
road will sell tickets from Raleigh
to Norfolk and return at $5.00 for
the round' trip, , Tickets limited to
fohr days from date of sale. , v' "
STATEMENT
Minor Matters Manipulated
for the Many.
AROUND THE CITY.
Pot-Pourri of the News Pictured on Pa
per Points and People Pertinently
Picked and Pithily Put in
Print.
Craig and Davis tonight at Metro
politan Hail .
JLon t rail to near Messrs. uraig
and Davis tonight. Tt is the final
gun of the campaign in Raleigh.
Chairman Manly received a tele
gram from Hon. Cy Watson today,
stating that he was rapidly improv
ing.
Maj. E. M. Hayes and family and
Judge James E. Shepherd and family,
who have heretofore resided at the
Yarboro have taken apartments at
the Park.
All brotherhood men are cordially
invited to attend the Good Shepherd
church tomorrow evening, as the
services will be specially devoted
to the life, labors and charctar of St.
Andre.
President and Mrs. Holladay will
be glad to see their friends this
evening between 5 and 8 o'clock, to
meet Mr, William Waller Holladay
and his bride, who arrived yester
dey from their northern tour en
route to Wilmington.
The Asheville Gazette says that in
his speech at Gastonia last week
Judge Whitaker charged that Hal
Ayer had been bought off by the
nomination for auditor, and Otho
Wilson was bought with Mark
Hanna's money.
Hon. Locke Craig and Hon. R B
Davis, who will speak here tonight,
spoke at Fayetteville, Thursday
night to a fineaudience and-the Fay
etteville Observer says it was the
verdict of the audience that the
peaking was the best heard there
in years.
Mr. Emmet E. Levy, the popular
representative of the well known
cigar house of Brennaman & Co,, of
Baltimore, is in the. city ani will be
here till after he casts his ballot on
election day. Mr. Levy is just from
Baltimore and says that Maryland
will undoubtedly go for Bryan by a
safe majority.
Tomorrow is the occasion of the
fourth and last quarterly meeting
for this year for Edenton Street
Methodist Church. Rev. Dr. E. A.
Yates the Presiding Elder will be
present and preach at 11 a. m. and
:30 p. m. The Sacrament of the
Lord's Supper will be administered
at the close of the morning service.
The university foot ball team left
Chapel Hill for Atlanta Thursday
afternoon, when the North Carolina
leveh meets the team of the univer
sity of Georgia this afternoon. Only
fourteen men were carried pn the
trip. Mr. Joel Whitaker, captain
of the team is laid up with injuries
and it was impossible for him to ac
company the team.
Tomorrow there will be services
at the Catholic Church. All Saints
Day : High Mass 11 a. m. with ser
mon referring to tne f east oi tne
day and "some prerequisites of the
First Commandment," Night ser
vices at 7:30 consisting of prayer,
benediction and sermon on "Venial
Sin and prayer for the dead."
Mr. Archie Walters, a popular
and competent young man, son of
our clever deputy sheriff Mr. C. M.
Walters, has taken a position with
the well known and popular grocery
establishment of J. R. FerrallA Co.,
where he will be pleased to see and
serve his many friends. He is one
of the best young business -men of
the city and we congratulate Messrs.
Ferrall & Co. , on securing bis ser
vices. Mrs. Charles M. Busbee gave a
charming card party last evening
complimentary to Miss JuliaDewey,
of Norfolk, Va. There were two
tables of seven-hand euchre, Miss
Tempe Hamilton winning the prize
at one table and Dr. Ayer the prize
at the other. The guests were: Miss
Dewey, of Norfolk; Miss Hamilton,
rot Baltimore; Miss London, of Pitts-
boro; Mis Leach, of Kentucky; Dr.
Ayer, Messrs. Snow, B;,gs Mille.
Alex Andrews, Bush and King.-
TODAY'S MARKETS.
; Nrw Yobk, Oct. 3l
Market quotations furnished by G.
E. Leach, , Broker, 311 Wilmington
street, Raleigh, N. C.
By Private Wire.
MONTHS.
OPEN- HIGH- LOW- CLOS
ING. EST. EST. ING
8 07 8 14 8 06 8 11-
8 12 8 20 8 12 8 11-
8 19 8 26 8 19 8 23-
8 32 8 30 S 25 8 27-
8 32 8 35 8 31 8 33-
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..... .
' 7 87 " i'ss' Ysg' '7 85-''
8 00 8 03 7 96 8 00-
January,
February,
March,
June,
July,
August,
Sept'mb'r,
October,
Novemb'r,
December,
New York Stock Market.
The following were the closing
quotations on the New York Stock
Exchange today :
Sugar 115J
American Tobacco 76i
Burlington and Qulncy 731
Chicago Gas 7 It
Des. and Cet. Feed , -
General Electric 281
Louisville and Nashville 471
Manhattan 921
Rock Island 661
Southern Preferred 261
St. Paul ,73f
Tennessee Coal snd Iron 241
Western Union.- 84J
Chicago Grain and Provision Market.
Thefollowing were the elosingquo-
tations on the ChicagoGrain and Pro
vision market today:
Wheat December, 724; May, 77f.
Corn December, 251; May , 284.
Oats December 184; May 214.
Pork December,7, 15; January, 8.00j
Lard December, 4.32; January4.50.
Clear Rib Sides-December, 3. 75; Jan
uary 3.97.
Liverpool Cotton Market.
October 4.25.
October-November 4.22.
November-December 4.18.
December-January 4.17.
January-February 4.16.
February-March 4.16.
March-April 4.16.
April-May 4.10.
The trading today was quiet witn
the tendency of prices upward. The
sound money demonstration infused
a bullish sentiment iuU toe specula
tion and prices advanced, closiug at
a net improvement of 5 to 7 points,
with sales of 96,800 bales. " The
Chronicle's" Weekly Figures show
ed a (ailing off in the movement of
the crop and Liverpool was higher.
The receipts for the coming week
are estimated at 300,000 bales.
Liverpool was unchanged on the
spot with sales of 10,000 bales show
ing a good business for a Saturday.
Futures there advanced 2 to 4 points.
New Orleans advanced 8 points but
lost part of the rise. Houston re
ceived today 7,534 bales vs. 11,538
last week and 3,365 last year. There,
came into sight during the week
378,489 vs 359,523 same week last
year, making total in sight 3,047,747
vs 2,306,008 last season. Northern
spinners have taken thus far 423,979
vs 387,067 last season. World's
visible 3)051,954 including 2,747,854
American vs 3.261,549 last year of
which 2,992,33! were American. Tne
exports from ports thus far this
seasen, aggregate 1,269,121 vs 773,
302 last year
Today's Stock Market.
New York, Oct. 31. Although
London quotations came lower and
there appeared to be monetary stress
at that centre, the stock market
here opened buoyantly. There was
a general rush to cover shorts which
carried prices for the standard rail
way stocks up 2 and 3 per cent, and
for the industrial leaders up 1 to 2
percent. In the last half hour there
was a shading off from best prices
under realizations, and a cessation
of urgent demand from the bears, but
the market c losed strong.
To Receive the Election Returns.
Messrs. E. B. Cutbert & Co. an
nounce that they havemade arrange
ments whereby election returns, as
well as gossip and rumors concern
ing the election, will be received at
their offices at 305, Sooth Wilming
ton street, over their private wire
from New York on the night of the
election, November 3d, beginning at
7 o'clock and continuing all night.
Their facilities for receiving the
news and distributing it over their
private wires are such as to warrant
them In promising the election news
in advance of any other method ob
tainable in the oity. They extend
to their friends a cordial invitation
to be present on that occasion.
Johnson s pictorial . lecture on
John Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress
will be shown Monday evening at
Swain Street Baptist Mission. The
price of admission .wilt be 15 cents.
HOW THEY ARE BETTING
Odds of Five to On Mow Offered oa
- . McKinley la New Yortc.
.A New York special to the Wash
ington Times of yesterday says: '
"There is still no Bryan money in
the battlefield. ' McKinley men can-,
not find takers. As a rule, in presi
dential years, the Stock Exchange
and hotel corridors are filled with
men anxious to put up money on the "
election. This year it is mostly
talk, and the republican side has the
better showing. ;
James Lowram, however, suc
ceeded in getting on yesterday. He
bet $2,500 even that McKinley would
get 250,000 plurality in this state..
Bookmaker Thompson was the taker. .
Mr. Lowram wants to place another .
$2,500 as soon as possible on the
sameissue.
At Delmonico's Wednesday the .
odds were 4 to 1. Yesterday the
odds changed to 5 to 1, but still the
Bryanites were shy even at that
figure. Two thousand dollars even
was placed that McKinley would
get 80,000 majority in Illinois.
On the stock exchange yesterday
odds were raised from 3 to 1 to 4 to
1; $20,000 are waiting to be placed
at these odds. But with the rise in
the odds there is a downward ten
dency on the part of the Bryanites
in that part of the city. The stock
exchange is not lacking in Bryan
advocates, but they are not talking
with silver dollars, let alone gold
dollars.
John S. James and F.Tillman have
each $10,000 to wager at odds of 4 to
1 against Bryan. B. C. Williams is
also ready to put money on the Ohio
candidate.
The Illinois man Mr. Williams,
'who claimed to have $5,000 with
which to take the Bryan end atodds
of 4 to 1, has not been heard from.
There is a chance for him now to
have his money covered.
At the Fifth Avenue Hotel and at
the Hoffman House there was the
usual crowd of wager talkers. The
money Billy Edwards holds for the
McKinley its is still intact. An
Illinois man wanted to lay $500 to
$1,500 that McKinley would not get
3,000 plurality in Illinois. When
Mr. Edwards hove in sight the Illi
nois man bad gone elsewhere. Small -sums
were placed that McKinley
would get 200,000 in this state and
15,000 in New Jersey.
A telegramfromColorado Springs, ,
Col., says: "W. S. Stratton, the rich
gold mine owner of Cripple Creek,
yesterday made an offer to bet $100,
000 against $300,000 that William J.
Bryan will be elected President.
Mr . Stratton agrees that if he wins
he will give the money to the Colo
rado Springs free library, and if the
others win they are to have the
money. A syndicate of rich men of
the city is trying to raise the $300,
000.
Mr. Stratton says that he does not
make the offer through any pointers
that he has on the election, but be -lieves
that patriotism will arouse
the workingmen to the necessity of
voting for Bryan. Mr. Stratton is
the Colorado Spring carpenter who
became a multi-millionaire in Crip
ple Creek. He says that the main
tenance of the gold standard would
be better for him. but not for the--.....
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masses, and be believes in tne mas.
ses. ,
A few days ago Stratton offered to
bet $10,000 to $30,000 with Cashier
W. S. Jackson, of the El Paso County
Bank, but Mr. Jackson, although an
ardent Republican, declined to Wtt-,
ger the money. .
v. M. c. A. Items.
The men 's meeting tomorrow at 4 .
o'clock will be of special Interest to .
many men . Rev. B. W. Spilman
will speak on the subject "Always
before the glass." Men are before
one glass or tne other most of the
time, so attend the meeting and hear
the speaker. ' ;
The opening reception will be
given Thursday evening Nov. 5th.
when full announcements of the
winter's classes ingymnasium work
and other lines will be made. -
State Secretary Turner will be
present and assist in the program
A Light Flngured Lass Caught. ' -
Early Thursday morning a 'mu
latto girl xur" .? Bll Mebane, who
had been employed for a short while
as nurse at the home of Mr. W. E.
Foster disappeared, taking with her
a silver watch, two dresses a pair of .
shoes, a hat and several other ar
tides of wear and $1.85 in money.
Mr. Foster at once began tracing the
Culprit and yesterday morning she
was located in Durham, where she
had a sister. She was brought here
yesterday afternoon and lodged in
jail. ' ' ,
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