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4 THE WEATHER TO-DAY. ♦ ♦ l'or tile Stale. 4 ♦ » I FAIR. i 4 . 4 4 4444 V-** *♦♦♦♦♦♦ Volume. LVIII. No 53. Leads all Mortis Carolina Dailies in Sews and Circulation THE PALACE LIT BY A BLAZING CITY While Cronstadt Glows With Flame and Blood the Czar Yields and Trepoff’s Official Head Falls Before the Clamoring Populace. FIGHTING IN STREETS Panic Siricken Refugees From Cron stadt Say That an All Night Battle Raged Between Mutineers From the Vessels and the Forts and the Troops Who Remained Loyal, That Machine Guns Swept the Open Spaces With Deadly Effect and That in the Morning the Streets Were Flowing With Blood. Mean while at Peierhoff Immediate Uni versal Suffrage Has Been Proclaim ed. (By the Associated Press.) St. Petersburg, Nov. 9. —4:30 p. m. ■ —lntense excitement prevails here, owing to the alarming news from Cronstadt. According to the reports a mutiny of the sailors occurred dur ing the night and was followed by a regular battle with the troops, dur ing which machine guns were used. The workmen aided with the sailors, and hundreds were killed or wounded. Later the torch was used, and the town is now in flames. It is reported that the glare of the fire can be seen from the windows of the Emperor’s palace at Peterhof. The inhabitants of Cronstadt are in a panic. The boats to St. Peters burg have stopped running, and tele phone and telegraph communications have been severed. Later reports from Cronstadt only magnify the horror of the situation. The mutiny was complete, according to the latest reports, not only the sailors, but the garrisons of some of the forts joining in the insurrection. The few soldiers and sailors who re mained loyal fought all night against the mutineers and the workmen who enlisted under the banner of revolt. Barricades were thrown up. The panic-stricken refugees who es caped by boat say the Maxim guns were fired all night and that this morning the streets were literally flowing with blood. They place the number of dead and wounded far into the hundreds. Troops Moving to Cronstadt. Today two regiments of Cossacks and the Imperial Horse Guards were dispatched to Cronstadt from St. Petersburg, and a regiment of Uhlans was sent then from Oranienbaum, a few miles west of Peterhof. Alto gether about 10.000 troops are en gaged in quelling the insurrection. Reports in regard to the exact sit uation at Cronstadt are conflicting. According to some reports the sail ors and (Strikers were finally sur rounded. but have not yet surrender ed. Both sides have been losing heavily. The troops lost eight officers killed or wounded. The American Charge D’Affaires. Spencer Eddy, has telegraphed to the governor of Cronstadt requesting pro tection for American interest tnere. The most recent reports from Cron stadt say that the navy club has been wrecked, that many shops have been burned and that a great crowd of rioters, including sailors, is marching through the town shooting and other wise terrorizing the population. Peo ple are fleeing from the city on board steamers for St. Petersburg. The clergy of Cronstadt have organized a procession hoping to prevent the spread of incendiarism and pillage. THE CZAR AND WITTE YIELD. TrejjolT is Deposed and Universal Suf frage is Agreed On (By the Associated Press.) St. Petersburg, Nov. 9.—(3:50 p. m.) —Both Count Witte and the Em peror have made another surrender. Genera! Trepoff uas been removed from the powerful position which he occupied, that of Governor General of St. Petersburg and assistant Minis ter of the Interior, Russia’s premier has agreed to immediate universal sun rage. Count Witte has been fully aware of the intense hatred General Tie puff's retention in office was ca* but he never questioned the sin of the governor general’s co-o. tion in the introduction of the regime. Nevertheless he recogn the necessity of Trepoffs removal . the governor general himself agr* that only his retirement would a pease the popular wrath. The fin obstacle was the Emperor, who ha com*' to believe that Trepoff alone wa. able to safeguard the life of himselt and family; but His Majesty at last yielded, on the eonditoin that Trepoff should become commandant of the palace, succeeding the late Lieutenant General Hesse, where his sole duty will he to take measures to protect the life of the Emperor- The position of Governor General of Bt. Peters The Only Newspaper in North Carolina That Has Over 10,000 Subscribers . The News and Observer. burg ends with Trepoff’s retirement, but the place of commander of the Imperial Guards has been assumed by the Grand Duke Nicholas. Witte Obliged to Yield. The series of consultations which Count Witte has been holding con vinced him that it was useless to hold out longer if he was to continue seek ing to secure the sympathy of the parties of the center. He therefore practically promised an immediate ex tension of the suffrage to include all classes of the population. The suf frage in the cities will be direct and among the peasants indirect through a single set of electors. Even upon these conditions, however, tne con stitutional Democrats finally late last night decided definitely not to hold office in the present ministry, an< v take the high position that the minis try is only temporary, lasting until the national assembly or constituent assembly meets and they refuse to accept office until it is demonstrated that they have the support of a ma jority. The Russ and other Radical papers which have been campaigning against Trepoff hail his removal with de! ior M as being the first victory for the free Russian press. General Trepoff claims to have been greatly misunderstood and that his tory must eventually acquit him of being in any way the instigator oi the shedding of blood and all the other horrors which Russia exper ienced during the last fortnight. “I should think it unnecessary for mo to deny that the government sought to inflame the passions of the people against each other,” he said. “The manifesto seemed to rouse the elemental passions of the people- Dif ferent classes of the population did what they could to stifle and sup press the disturbances hut in many places the authorities were powerless to withstand the shock. The accusa tions against the police made by ene mies of the government who have de manded nothing short of miracles are largelv inventions.” HOMES IN SOUTH Salvation Army Seeks Them for Members. Plans for Colonization Which Will Bring Many Worthy People into This Section From the Cen tral West. Special to News and Observer.) Asheville, N. 0., Nov. 9. —It trans pired here today that extensive South ern colonization is contempleaed in the near futyre by the Salvation Army, and that a movement is now on foot whereby several hundred settlers may be brought from the Middle West and located at various Southern points. Two staff officers of the Army j are now in this city securing data for this movement and looking over the situation, and they leave tonight for Columbia and thence will go to Mo bile, Chattanooga, and other Southern points. Staff Officer W- A. French, of Chi cago. who is here in the interest of the movement, outlined his plans very interestingdv. ‘‘We propose,” he said, j “to bring a large number of recruits from the congested sections of the Central West to locate in the South. These are hard working, industrious farmers of small capital, who are un able to cope with conditions in that section, who desire to move South, and who are unable to do so without as sistance. We want to find locations for them where they may secure land cheaply, and where they will have an opportunity to earn their living in some manner until they can get their farms going. Our idea is to make ar rangements for them to secure stump land, unimproved cleared land in the vicinity of lumber coneers—for such land may usually he had at a reason able price, and these people may se en ••e work at the mills.” Mr. French said that a number of large companies had manifested much interest in the enterprise, and that he vas in communication with .several Southern concerns in regard to it. He vys that he has nothing definite as locating in this immediate vicinity; it he will Lake the matter up with management of some large non dent lumber companies later. He essed the belief that he would find belter suited to agricultur.il pur further South. 1 He said that the also included regular coloniza t some Southern points in the that the Salvation Army pro > purchase large tracts of land ecruits and to assist them in hereon and jjiot. this will be i oon as other matters are dis r. which will leave the organi to expend the large amount of required for this purpose. - nies have been established RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA, FRIDAY HORNING, NOVEMBER 10, 1905. in Ohio, Colorado, California, and nave proved succesful. Settlers will be drawn from Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, New York, and Pennsylvania. “THE TAR HEEL” APPEARS. Promises a Hot Figlit on the “Holtou- Roliins-Butler Political Oligarchy (Special to News and Observer.) Greensboro, N. C., Nov. 9.—The long-expected weekly Tar Heel, rec ognized- to be the organ of Congress man Blackburn and those State Re publicans who oppose the powers of State Chairman Rollins and the re tention of many Federal officials in office indefinitely, made its first ap pearance here tonight. It is a handsome sixteen page paper. Its leading editorial declares the pa per “a Republican of the Roosevelt type, accepting his courageous and superb leadership,” and on questions national, “it will give allegiance to policies which have enlisted his stren uous support.” “In matters local,” it says, “it will plead for decency and resent indecent and petty bossism inside of its party s lines.” The editorial squibs, news se lections and communications, give promise of a hot fight on what is call ed “the Holton-Rollins-Butleer politi cal oligarchy in North Carolina Re publicanism and newspaperdom. The claim of beginning witht five thousand hona fide subscribers is made. GOLD HILL COPPER MINE. Walter George Newman to I list a 1 a Mammoth Drill. Special to News and Observer.) Salisbury, N. C., Nov. 9.—Mr. Wal ter George Newman, of New fork City, has spent a part of this week at the Gold Hill copper mine in Rowan county, of which plant he is presi dent, looking into the prospective im provements at that place. Mr- New man thinks the plant one of the most valuable in the whole country, and is arranging to put into operation at once a mamoth drill which has the capac ity for boring through solid rock with great rapidity. He believes that when the drill has been installed the output of the mine will ho greatly increased. Work at the mines will he resumed at once. A large tract of timber land containg several hundred acres and sit uated near Gold Kill was purchased hv Mr. Newman this week. WRESTLERS MEET TONIGHT A Double Headed Match to Ik* Pulled Oil in Asheville. Special to News and Observer.) Asheville. N. Nov. 9.—Another big wrestling match is scheduled to take place at the city auditorium here tamorrow night—a double header — when John Burton and Oscar Bower are to contest for mat honors and Faulkner and Marburger will also meet. These four are all wrestlers of note, and arc said to be in good training so that an excellent match is expected. Tickets are selling well and a large house is expected. Negotiations are also in progress for a match between Charles Olsen arid Bower, who will contest for a purse of SSOO. Bower says that he can de feat Olsen, and the great unknown shows his confidence by wishing to double the stakes. ADDRESS BY UNION MEN. Contract for Material for Material for Winston’s SIOO,OOO Hotel Se cured l»y High Point Men. (Special to News and Observer.) High Point, N. C., Nov. 9.—A num ber of labor unipn speakers were here last night and addressed a large num ber of working people in the opera house on unionism. Among the speakers were Mr. Garrett, of Ashe ville, and Mr. Williams, of Greens boro. The contract for the material for Winston’s SIOO,OOO hotel has been placed with Snow Lumber Company of this place. This company also has the contract fotr the material for Danville's large cotton mill to be erected by Mr. J. F. Gallivan, of Greenville, one of the most promi nent contractors in the South. DEATH OF C. F. BAKER. Several Applications for the Place of United States Commissioner Already In. (Special to News and Observer.) Greensboro, N. C., Nov, 9.—Judge Boyd today received notice of the death at his home in Bakersville, of C. F. Bakeer, United‘States commis sioner there for the past fifteen years, several applications for his place have already reacheed here. Badly Hurt by a Car. (Special to News and Observer.) Durham, N. C., Nov. 9—lke Cooley, a white man some sixty years of age, was badly hurt this morning by be ing struck by a street car while the car was going at a high rate of speed and a hole was knocked into the wood work of the front end by the impact. He received a cut under the chin; another on the back of his head; his cheek bone and forehead were bruised and cut and a bone in the left hand broken. It is thought that his skull is fractured. The physician who at tended him cannot tell as yet what will be the outcome of the wounds re ceived. The State Grand Chancellor of the Pythians has ordered that next Tues day night he set apart in celebration of the thirty-fifth anniversary of Pythianism in this State, the first lodge in North Carolina having been established in Wilmington in 1870. The Durham lodge will celebrate the occasion and the East.and West Dur ham lodges have been invited to meet with it on that occasion. Tomorrow night the local alumni association of the University will hold a banquet at Hotel Carrollna. It is expected that there will he about sixty five members of the local organization present- An orchestra will he present to furnish music for the occasion. CONDEMNATION OF MORMONISM Resolution by the Wes tern Conference. REJECT REED SMOOT The Resolution Thus Memorializes Congress. Charges of Immorality Against Rev. F. W. Bradley Not Sustained. His Character is Afterwards Passed. (Special to News and Observer.) Greensboro, N. C., Nov. 9.—After the opening religious service conduct ed by Bishop Wilson, the conference tltis morning resumed the call and clerical and lay members not passed answered to their names. Communica tions were received and read from the Epworth League’s hoard and from the conference school of Vanderbilt Uni versity, the same being reterred to the Board of Education. Rev. D. At- Kins presented a report of the New London High School, which was also referred to the Education committee. A memorial to the General confer ence on Sabbath Observance, presented by Rev. J. C. Rome, Was referred to the Committee on Memorials. Under question one, the following were ad mitted to trial into tlie traveling con nection: W. B. Stokes, J. P. Hipps, R. L. Doggett, W. L- Dawson, D. P. Waters, Walter C. Rudisill, D. C. Bal lard William A. Lambeth, C. L. Kil patrick. The following were called and passed examination of character and were admitted to the second year class: W. A- Albright, C. P. Carpen ter, M. B. Clegg. Robert L. Fruit, Charles H. Neal. Frank 11. Nohlett, Richard L. Omohshy, J. A. Sharpe, (Charles N. Short, E. EL Williamson, Robert P. Eubanks, N. M. Mobley, C. 15. Stedman, Charles R. Ross. R. E. Edwards, P. C. Battle, Stephen A. Stewart. On their own request Noah B. Dagenholt and Charles A. Drum were discontinued. The following were called, reported and were advanced to the class of fourth year: J. F. Armstrong, Henry c. Bynum, W. L. Hutchin. John F. Kirk, C- P. Moore, J. M. Rowland. J. F. Trotter, Charles R. Wolfe, R. F. Finshaw, J. Walter Long, B. F- Horgett, A. G. Loftin, Paul W. Tucker. A. H. Whisnes. Under question 12 the following were elected to elders’ orders: W. M. Biles, J. J. Edwards, Watson O. Goode. E. P Green, Victor L. Marsh. John R. Rutledge, D. S. Richardson, C. E. Weaver, Samuel E. Richardson. L. H. Triplett. The following local preachers were elected deacons: E. O- Cole, ,T. P. Hipps, Jerome Jones, R. L. Doggett, Star S. Higgins, David W. Lowman, W. T. Canron, Thomas J. Honck, J. P. Fry, H F. Turner, Wal ter O. Rudisill, R. E. Edwards, C. S. Kirkpatrick, Charles E. Kanipe. The application of W. T. Nelson for, the restoration of credentials was pre sented by Rev. J. H. Weaver with a memorial from the quarterly confer ence of the Alexander circuit. By vote of the conference his credentials were restored. J. H- Weaver presented the name of Mr. Niekols. of the Methodist Protestant church, for recognition of orders. His credentials being found in order he was received. Rev. J. H. Whisner. secretary of the Board of the Church Extension, was introduced and addressed the conference in the inter est of the church extension work. Rev- J. J. Tigert, book editor, addressed the conference in reference to his work as book editor and with special refer ence to his work as editor of The Quarterly Review. Rev. H. Blair, editor of the Christian Advocate, made a detailed report of the financial condition of the paper which showed a fine condition of this property. During the year there had been made an increase of subscribers of 2,300, being 50 per cent. On motion of Rev- Ira Erwin. Friday at t*m o’clock was made a special or der for the election of delegates to the General Conference. The conference then adjourned. It was noted this morning that, all the young pastors answering the call gave testimony of excellent conditions, spiritually and financially, of their charges. Besides the routine work the con ference adopted a resolution condemn ing Mormonism and particularly me moralising Congress to reject Reed Smoot from members!)in of that body. The committee appointed to try Rev. F. W. Bradley charged with immoral conduct, and who had been suspended from the ministry b‘ r the district board, for marrying a divorced wo man, reported charges of immorality not sustained, hut deploring the mar riage as imprudent. The accuser character was then passed. Rev. Frank Siler, of Asheville, preached a Powerful sermon in the afternoon on the importance of re vivals, taking for his text, John, sev enteen: first to eleventh verses. At it; conclusion, while singing “Come Thou Fount of Everv Bless ing,” almost the entire congregation filled the pulpit and warmly clasped the Preacher's hand. INSERT CONFERENCES .. . fiflffffi! At the annivesary meeting of the hoard of education tonight an over flow audience listened to addresses hv Dr. James Atkinson and Dr. Price, frnrrt Montana. A large collection wap tafen for i church school in Montana following Dr. Price’s stm-inr a»Mr- • The standing committees of the Conference as named last night are follows: On District Conference Records — J. M. Down urn C. P. Battle. J. H. Earn hardt. W. P. McGee. J- B. Craven, T. L. Winecoff, A. C* Reynolds, \ . L. (Continued on Page Live.) , FOES TIE SOUTH | SHOULD® OUT Disease, Foreign Pauper and Criminal. GOV. COX EXPLAINS I / We Should Provide for Uniform Legis i lation Which Shall Have the Force of Constitutional Law. Governor Glenn's Address. T. K. Bruner Elected Secretary. (By the Associated Press.) Chattanooga, Tenn.. Nov. 9.—Al most 300 delegates, representing four | teen Southern States, faced Governor j John I. Cox today when he called to ! order (the Southern Conference on Quarantine and Immigration. Governor Cox explained the object of the gathering to be to prevent the coming to the South of the pauper and criminal classes from Europe, which now are tlotcking to the West and Northwest. Also to provide for uniform legislation by the Southern States which should have the approval of the National Congress and thus have the force of constitutional law, so that a citizen going to any part of the South in times of epidemic should know exactly what conditions he would meet. Senator J. B. Frazier, of Tennessee, advocated Federal control of mari time quarantine, suggesting that if infection from foreign sources could he kept from our shores, the more difficult question of inter-State quar antine would be simplified and pos sibly eliminated from the problem. Applause for Vardanian. Governor Vardanian, who made the first response to the address of wel come, was received with prolonged applause. He stated his idea to be that the absolute control of all sea ports should be vested in the Federal government. “But I am unwilling,” said the governor, “to surrender to the Federal government in times of epidemic, or any other time, the con trol of the affairs of Mississippi. I believe in the good old Democratic doctrine that the powers of govern ment have their source in the con sent of the governed. The tendency of the times is toward the concentra tion of authoritty at Washington. The respect for the pride and independ ence and power of private citizenship is retrograding. I want to warn this convention against taking any steps which will trample upon the autono my of our States. I believe in the doctrine of State rights.” Regarding the subject of immigra tion, Governor Vardaman said: “No country ever needed home making, home-owning white citizens more than the Southern States today.' Negro labor, which hitherto has per formed the work in our cotton and cane fields, is becoming absolutely worthless. Its place must be filled. I would rather wait, let our fields lie idle for a time, than to fill up our land with men who are not capable of understanding our institutions, who cannot be assimilated and ab sorbed into our citizenship.” After the appointment of commit tees on credentials and permanent organization, a recess was taken. the report of the committee on per manent organization, which was pre sented at the opening of the afternoon session was adopted. It. suggested Governor John I. Cox. of Tennessee, is permanent chairman of the conven tion and a vice-chairman from each State. The permanent secretary named was Hon. Thomas K. Bruner, of North Carolina. Governor Glenn Speaks. Governor It. B. Glenn, of North Carolina, was introduced to make the first fomal address of the conference. His subject was “The South' Its Past, Present, and Future.” Governor Glenn made a rapid sketch of (he grorvth of the United States, covering the last 300 years. Ho illustrated by quoting many statis tics. “Today,” he said “the United States is the richest nation on earth, respected and honored by ail the world. And the President of the United Staten is the best known and the most respected ruler on earth.” The response to the sentiment was an outburst of applause, which lasted fully two minutes. The speoker drew attention to the growth and wealth of the South, emphasizing his claims b> figures covering many lints of indus try. Ho reviewed the desolation wrought by the Civil War and the re construction neriod in the South and noted her growth to the present eve of nro'perity. The report of the committee on cre dentials which had been delayed, fol lowed Governor Glenn’s address. This report provided that the representa tion from each State should be accord ing to the Congressional representa tion of each State. These recommen dations brought about a discussion of another.' The question of representa tion was settled bv givinb each State ten votes. The seating of the Ohio delegation was defeated, ninety to thirty, several States refusing to vote. Surgeon General Wyman, of the United States Marine Hospital Service was then introduced and spoke. The discussion of Dr. Wyman's pa per was opened by Dr. W illarn Bailey, of Louisville, who emphasized the the ory of transmission of yellow fever solely by the stegomya facitata mos quito and said that the disease is not personally communica.ta.ble. He de clared that this was no longer a the op' hot a demon'-’trated fact. Congressman Richardson, of Ala bama. declared that the great ques tion is how to banish \e!!ow f ■ er from the borders of the l nited States. He insisted that with the disease under control at the boundaries of the land, the problem would be simplified, if not eliminated from the necessity of legis lation. He advocated the control by the Federal government of maritime quarantine. Governor Broward, of Florida, gave a brief history of the action of that State in co-operating with the Marine Hospital Service. He said the co-ope ration of the government and the State had been entirely harmonious over a perior of about 14 years. Address of Blanchard. Governor Blanchard, of Louisiana, declared himself in doubt which was the greater evil, yellow fever or the shotgun quarantine, from which Louisiana has suffered. Uniform legislation # by all Southern States, he declared, is an impossibility. He ridiculed the differing methods of quarantine adopted by the Southern States during the present year- He demanded at least equal protection for human beings that is accorded frieght under the inter-State commerce law of the Federal government. The traveler should he under the same pro tection that the bovernment throws around a hale of cotton in transit. If the Federal government has the right to protect property by ints inter-State commerce laws, it has the power to regulate inter-Stete quarantine laws and the individual State must take a back seat. II is merely a question of where the authority lies, and if the authority of the general government is recognized in .the protection of prop erty it must he recognized in the pro tection of man himself. Governor Blanchard’s advocacy of the Federal government taking over not only mar itime quarantine but also the control of inter-State quarantine was received by repeated applause, showing at least ** large part of the convention as favoring this course. Governor Blanchard raised the sec ond demonstration of the day at the mention of the name of President Roosevelt hv declaring that the Pres ident was “half Southern and a firm friend of the South.” Concluding his address of more than an hour, Governor Blanchard said: “I would have the United States Congress command the Marine Hos pital Service foreign, maritime and in ter-Sfcito commerce. Some believe that the battle of New Orleans was fought in 1815. Th» real battle of New Orleans was fought in 1905, and it vanquished the greater foe, one which we dreaded more. The com manding officers were Marine Hospital Service- men under the direction of Walter Wlman. His able lieutenant who directed that light was that able gentleman, Dr. J. H. White.” Governor Blanchard’s address was received with the closest attention and frequent and hearty applause. The appointment of committee on immigration and on quarantine, two members f rom each State on each committee, was authorized- The re cess to the evening session at 8:30 was taken at 7 o’clock. An informal reception was tendered to visiting delegates by the Chatta nooga Manufacturers’ Association dur ing the recess. IT SUSTAINS BOYD Court of Appeals in the Whiskey Frauds. His Rulings in tie CfS'S of Sprinkle. Angle and Young Affirmed by * the Court at Rich mond. Special to News and Observer.) Greensboro, N. Nov. 9. —United States District Attorney Holton was notified this afternoon that the Cir cuit Court of Appeals at Richmond had just afliimod the rulings of Judge Boyd in the case of United States vs. Sprinkle, Angle, and Young, three wealthy disti'lers and rectifiers who were tried for defrauding the govern ment out of largo revenues by the use of spurious stamps. This case was the first of the big revenue fraud cases, the prosecution of which since has made District At torney Holton celebrated as a fearless prosecutor and a terror to distillers ind many revenue officers in this dis trict. The trial began April 22, 1 904, concluding by defendants’ conviction, sentence and appeal on May sth. Sprinkle was fined $5,000 and sen- ! fenced to penitentiary at Atlanta for years. Angle SI,OOO and thirteen months in the penitentary; Young SI,OOO and s ! v months in jail. Unless their attorneys succeed in getting a writ of certiorari from the Circuit Court allowing the case to he heard before the Supreme Court, the cases will be called for re-sentence at the special term of court to he held here in January, set for the trial of revenue officers indicted for conspir acy to defraud the government. The defendants are men of wealth and po- ' litieal influence, and have been out j under heavy bonds pending their ' appeal. RAID NEAR GREENVILLE. A Sixty Gallon Still Reported Destroy- j eel tJitfi Much Beer Destroyed. (Special to News and Observer.) Greenvillec, N. Nov. 9.—lt is reported on good authority that last night revenue officers raided a still six miles Iron* here and captured a sixty gallon still, and that ten bar rels of beer were destroyed. Such i a still was brought here today and is I in the express office ticketed from J. H. House to J. C. Smith, Richmond, Va. The still has been cut and battered to render it unfit for use. The names of the parties operating the still have not been learned, and no arrest is i reported. Hope makes a pinhead look as big j as the head of an egotist feels. | J THE WEATHER TO-DAY. £ X For the City. X | FAIR. | *4444 ♦ 4444444444444444* Price Five Cents. STREETS CHOKED BY BALLOT BOXES Ordered by Judge, the Board Accepts Them. A FULL INVESTIGATION This is Promised as to the Election by the Contest Hearst Has Inaugurated. Citizens Union to Join With Him in Pushing the Investi * gation. (By the Associated Press.) New York, Nov. 9.—The contest over the mayoralty election, inaugu rated by William Randolph Hearst, the Municipal Ownership candidate, developed interesting and spectacular features today. For twelve hours the boxes contain ing nearly 600,000 ballots cast in last Tuesday’s election choked the streets in the vicinity of the headquarters of the Board of Elections in Sixth avenue between Forty-first and Forty-second streets. The ballot boxes had been gathered during the night by the po lice and conveyed in patrol wagons to the election board’s headquarters. There the officials refused to receive the ballot boxes; and the police, act ing under a court order signed by Justice Gaynor, compelling the police authorities to turn the ballots over to the election board, had nothing to do but remain outside and await the pleasure of the election officials. Apprised of the situation, the attor neys for Mr. Hearst appeared before Justice Dickey, of the State Supreme Court, and secured from him an order compelling John R. Voorhis, president of the board of elections, to accept the boxes. The order was served prompt ly, and the ballots then were receipted for by the election board- Under strong guards the patrol wagons con taining the boxes were driven to va rious warehouses in the city and Brooklyn, where the ballots were stored subject to the orders of the election board. State Attorney-General Julius Mayer had a long and important conference this afternoon with District Attorney Jerome, after which it was announced that the attorney-general’s office would remain open until midnight to night. Superintendent of Elections Morgan appeared before Messrs. M*iy er and Jerome with six of his deputies and placed evidence before the prose cuting officials. Joined by Citizens' I nio.n Another feature of the contest to day was the announcement by the Citizens’ Union that it would join the forces investigating the charges of fraud and wrong-doing at Tuesday’s election, its prime object being to se cure a new election law in the State of New York. Attorney General Mayer said to night: “District Attorney Jerome has placed at my disposal the machinery of his office and will co-operate with me in every way, as I will with him, in the prosecution of offences against the election franchise. Assistant Dis trict Attorneys Perkins and Sanford are to devote themselves to this work in conjunction with Deputy Attorney General Mason and assistants.” The attorney general received a large bundle of subpoenacs from the district attorney and immediateely put several election deputies at work serving them. Charges that several ballot boxes had been stolen before the returns were reported and that others were found unsaled were made during the day. The investigation of the elec tion promises to be the most thorough ever made in New York city. Mayor McClellan today engaged counsel, among them being Alton B. Parker, Democratic candidate for President last year, to represent him during the mayoralty contest. Aided by an array of legal talent in which are lawyers of great prom inence not only as masters of their profession, but also as leaders in more than one movement for good govern ment in this city, William R. Hearst has begun his fight in the courts for the mayoralty, which he believes he won in Tuesday’s election, and his first step created a situation appar ently without precedeent. Last night he obtained an order from Justice Gaynor of the Supreme Court direct ing the police to turn over all ballot boxes to the board of elections at once. The police obeyed the order as far as they could, but when they pro ceeded in the after midnight hours, to the election boards office there was no one there to take custody of the boxes and the policemen were compelled to remain in the street for hours guarding the repositories of the people’s votes. Later John K. Voor his, president of the board, declined to accept responsibility in the matter pending advice from the corporation counsel. Mr. Voorhis is a Democrat, and when his decision was made known the Hearst men turned to Charles W. Page, a Republican mem ber of the board, hut he also declined to act, and then the police were left in the strange position of trying to carry out the court’s orders, but un able to do so. The street in the vi cinity of the election board offices pre sented a strange sight as hundreds of policemen stood on guard around the patrol wagons and other vehicles in which the boxes had been conveyed from the various precinct station houses. Mr. Heatrst's order* was obtained from Justice Gaynor after the circu (Continuede on Page Five.)