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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-11
Indy somcr.e, w. orsanlzcd.

A meeting OF ladies interested in tenn
perance work was held last night at the
residence OF Mrs. c. Fl. Addison, on
Freemason. street, and the following orr
ganizatlon perfected:
Mrs. C. II. Addison, elected president:
Miss Lizzie Malten. vice president;
Mics Norma AIcGraf, recording secre-
tary, and Miss Matte Bentley, cores
ponding secretary, Miss Eula Bensen
was elected treasurer. Mrs. n. II. Jones,
president Of the Norfolk w, C.. II. u. I,
was present at the Inst lon Of these
officers, " I,
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-11

Taylor q plurality of 3,43S. while those
from Democratic sources make Goebers
GAL. These latter cover all but 35 pre-
clncts in the State, although several re-
ports from counties give estimated plu-
ralities instead of actual. OF the miss
ing precincts five are in Louisville,
which went Republican this year
twenty are In strong Republican coun-
ties and ten are in strong Democratic
counties. Feeling among the factions
has been aggravated rather than allay-
ed by the developments since Tuesday.
Excited meetings are being held in
many parts of the State to protest
against frauds which it is alleged are
contemplated by the leaders.
A CONTEST CERTAIN.
Nothing short of the official count
will determine the result and 1t is a
foregone conclusion that the announce
ment of that count will simply change
the scene of conflict to the courts or
the Legislature, where 1t will appear
in the form of a contest.
The situation has not changed ma
terfally up to p. m; The official count
was begun to-day In all parts of the
State by the County Boards Of Can
vassers. In this city a large crowd
gathered at the courthouse but there
was no disturbance.
THE LATEST CLAIMS.
The latest claims from newspaper
returns are plurality Of 1853 for Goebel
by the Times and plurality OF s,s0S
for. Taylor claimed by the Evening
Post.
ARREST FOR INTIMIDATION.
Frankfort. KY. November 1o.-Bu-
ford Williams, Wingate Thompson and
Coleman Gtdlcl! Carr, prominent Democrats,
Continued on Eleventh Page.l
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-11
PARTY FEELING
IN KENTUCKY
Both Democrats and Republicans
Claim to Have Carried the State.
THE LATEST BULLETINS.
THE LATEsr HULLETINs
Nothing short Of omclaI Count win.
Determine ,ho Tesull-sccno of
Conflict Will Ro changed to tho
Courts or ,Lce,s,nturo-pr om,non.
democrats Charged With ln.Imi.
datlon and Arresteu by u. s. mars
shnI,
(By telegraph to virglnlan-Pllot.)

(By Telegraph to virglnlan-
Louisville, Ky, Nov. o.-Uncertainty
regarding the result of Tuesdays cleo
ton in this State is not likely to be re-
moved for some time. Both sides still
claim victory. the State Chairman of
each party asserting that his ticket has
a plurality of about 1000. Newspaper
returns from Republican sources give
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-11
BRITISH LOSE
A REGIMENT.
Dsclnated Friday BY Troops Of the
Orange Free State.
q CONVOY MISSING
CONVOY MISSING
FREQ staiers XIII or sound sIx nua-
dred Hriiish ana capture Ihroo
lHundred Isorsos 1.adysmIsh
Bombnrhcd Daily Mt Long Range
by Heavy Roor Guns-Eir., Instni,.
ment of English War Fnnd.
(By Telegraph to yirginian- pilot !,

(By Telegraph to Yirginian- Pilot.)
London. Nov. Ii, 1880 a: incomplete
silence has again fallen upon affairs
In South Africa. The British public
must perforce be content with the
brief, stereotyped report which the
censor allows to filter through from
Cape Town. That this condition of
things is no longer due to pressure of
work or defective cables has been
amply proven. The Eastern Telegraph
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-11
Especial to virgInlan-Pllot.)

. Z
Washington, D. c., Nov. 10 Counsel
for Richard A. Wise. contesting the
seat of VIM. A. Young In the Fifty
Sixth Congress. has filed with the clerk
OF the House his grounds OF contest
He states:
This contest is between the Same
parties, contestant and contestee, as
that from the same district in the
Fifty-fifth Congress. It differs only
from that contest in the fact that in the
election then I contested the frauds
practlced in behalf of the contestee en-
braced in the exclusion OF dilatory
methods of about 1000 voters. In cleo
ton now contested everybody was al
lowed to vote, and the vote cast was
counted as contestee's election officers
saw Mt. and enough votes Of dead men.
absentees and fictitious persons were
added to the lists to make d return
for the contestee. N s..s S: "A, :. d.
i 81 CANVASS 10 NV oTEs.
81 The canvass of votes cast appearing
! In record purports that the contestee
received II. SGT, votes, and that the cons
testant received but 5.64S votes. The
contestee's majority. therefore, appears
to be, by return, 6o19. Why, in view
- Vic CflPiOySAy y IL SuOulQ
have been 6,O19 Instead OF GO, 100, 1T is
impossible to explain. because the lat
ter return would have been rs true aa
that made.
The argument for contestant lies in
the examination of returns in detail.
In the report of the majority commit
tee in the case OF Wise against Young
In the Fifty-flfth Congress (Rep No.
772, Fifty-fifth Congress, second SEES
sion) the committee stated that the
voting population of the district ia 81
27S, and the number of voters appear
ing to have voted in the election of 1898
was 1928 The returns in this case
show but 21,s32 votes cast, The CON
testee claims to have received 1888
votes rs against 1873 returned as cast
for him In the 1896 election, and re-
turn for contestant gives him 6,204 votes
as against 1890 returned as cast for
him in 1886. This is q remarkable re-
suit IL ii is true
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-11
The Landing OF the American
Troops at San Fabian.
TRENCHES aoM e EARDEDs
Troops Rust b Waist " i Deep Through
Surf Under a Heavy Fire.
MANY FIllIL.IPlRos KILLED

several sharp EnGasements FoilowS
tho 0ecnpstion of the iowa
: wo"ty-KiEht Spanish Pri.oners,
Iseseuo.l-Gen eral. Z I.awson II nnd ]:
MneArthnr iinnsiicappe.i by Rai ne I
and Impassabio Road. q enerais
Young .Cnpiuretii i, Largo stoso of
Ammunition nn,i nHnition.F Of I
Wnr AGuinn,.io's TT oops Left mes I
hind,
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-11
THE WAR FUND

I, London, Nov. defenders for 5000, :.
600 In treasury bills, the first INSTALL:
ment, Of tho war fund, We're opened to-;
day. The total of. the applica tions'
amounted TO C 10, 721. 900. # y,
The Issue VAS lotted as foil 5Ws, NJ
G 1000 1T SIX months. and s1,00o,7
600 at twelve months, The average
rates per cent. were 'ES1Ss.Sd. for the
six months bills and G35s.6d. for the
10 months bills.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-11

Company reckons that the real delay
in transmission is about two days. It
is evident therefore, that the censor
ship is responsible for the other two
days of delay which seems to befau
all the dispatches.
Moreover, the Daily Telegraph an
nounces that Its appropriated" dis
patch from Ladysmith. dated Monday.
which the War Office published on
Tuesday, was not delivered In Fleet
street mail until yesterday( Thurs
day mornlng.) It-is believed the war
Office received further dispatches yes-
terday- afternoon, but none has been
published.
1t is expected that General Butler
never expected to commence the cam
paign before Christmas, and 1T now
looks as though this will be the case
Certainly no artillery can reach Dur
ban before November 14th, and without
additional guns. an advance from Est
court would be impossible.
No doubt, as Lord Salisbury said In
a recent speech, England will "4nuddie
through 1t" and yet another illustra.
tion OF muddling has become apparen
in the fact that gunnery instructors
have only just arrived at Woolwicf
arsenal for instruction in siege tralr
duties. Although hurried preparations
are being made to prepare the siege
trains, the fact that the men art al
Davenport and the guns at WooIwict
seems to show that the Idea of the siege
train was quite an afterthought. n
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-11
soldiers We're killed or wounded and
that 1i 500 horses We're captured. IS
BoMBARDMENT@ CONTINUES
- sYf ~, DAIIT t n 2.

London, Nov. 1o.-Tl,c British War
Office has received from General Butler
the following tlispntch: t, ,} ~
Cape Town. Thursday evening, Nov,
s,-t ti'aHe received by pgeon4poss from
,General White to-day tho following: =
NJ The bonibardment n iong range by
heaYy guns continues daily. a few cas-
ualties are occurring. but no serious
harm is being done. $50
The. Beers sent in to-day number
Of refugees from the Transvaal under
a nag OF truce. A flag of truce from
Ladysmith met them outside the pick
cts. When the party separated the Bocr
guns fired on i, before it reached our
picl5ets. y.
Major Gale, of the Royal Engi-
neers, was wounded to-day while send
ing 4 message. 100
The entrenchments are daily grow
ing stronger, and the supply of provls-
ions is ample."' 8
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-11
lEsY NEMs OF TIE WORLD BY

for Wise had had I an. axe. he would
not have BEEN able toa win. :. - He "a also
( took out of his pocket q ballot marked
for! Wise. If eve man. 4 woman and
f. child who passed the polls all day had
voted I. there would not Ghaye been us
many as 600Byotes cast. r,
When the polls opened not more than
/ SIX or eight were waiting to vote. No
line during the day. From noon to the
cioSe3 IT was as long as an hour be-
tween voters. Not hnlf as many
votes Were cast as In 1896. voted
after ! o'clock. and asked the Judge,
now many had 3 voted. He told me
Cog. am No, 274 on the poll book. I
don't believe $50 votes were polled
during the day. Know no other man
or my-name, and not more than ten
men voted ahead OF me.
examined 40 voters; 4s5 Young
loses; SGT gain.
SECOND WARD.
Second Ward, first precinct-Returns
Shows 507 votes cast whereof 1876 were
returned for Young, Is for Wise. and
81 forlHolland. Judges all Democrats.
Inc Republicans were not represented
at all and Wise was ignored. A. 4,
Montgomery, one of the Judges. Is n
man OF no character and not mt to he
O Judge. He has not lived in this ward
in six years. A very small vote was
polled. The average was possibly Is
per hour. Not half as many voted as
We're returned. The same Judges
served as in 1896. We made applca-
lion 70 the Electoral Board to have Re-
publican judges appointed, but were
ignored. If were illiterate, I would
make no attempt to vote In this civ
(See Newton, D. S67.) Not more than
260 votes were cast. at any precinct in
the city except the Fifth Ward. Re-
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-11
THE VOTE OF NORFOLK.


Virginia embraces eleven counties and
four cities. The contestant charges
gross frauds perpetrated on him In all
but three counties and one city. Wise
attacks the correctness Of returns
made for Young in every county of the
district, and, of Norfolk city says:
The return of the State Board of
Canvassers gives the vote in this city
as for Young, S,60i: for Wise. $50. The
contestant impeaches the return from
every precinct in the city. There are
six wards and eleven precincts In the
city. ID First Ward, first precinct
(poll book. P. $3.50, vote returned, 423.
Young. 291; Wise. 81; Holland, so.
DID NOT VOTE.
The following men, whose names an
pear on the poll book as having voted
swear they are registered voters and
know no others Of the same name, and
that they did not vote: 1, w. M Sim
mons Up. 1922, poll book No. 374; Q,
Pat Magee. (P. 1885. poll book NO. SO;
9, R.'W. Hudgins (P. 119D. poll book
book No. 400 w. II. yenable {96S) !,
whose name is on poll book twice (see
No; 139 and 1922 did not vote but once
and knows no other of same name in
ward. A. n. Eley Q079) swears, 6, w.
/, i. Roberts, on poll book No. 1870, lived
in Brambleton Ward, and that, Z, John
T. Morris, on poll book No. 199, was in
the army and absent; 8, ]. G. Mullen,
pcll book 1884, was dead over q, year and
none other lin city.
a very small vote was cast. The yot-
ing was very slow, averged only Is to
20 per hour in the morning and less in
the afternoon; possibly 800 votes cast.
Bridges was about the last to vote.
John Henry Bridges poll book No. 2s4,
swears it was after O'clock when he
voted. Twisby swears that Bridges
voted about five minutes before the
polls closed and that not more than ten
at most could have voted after Bridges.
yet 1S9 voterA appear after Bridges. The
return is fraudulent and must be re-
1ected. Wise Is entitled to IL votes
proved for him.
Y SECOND PRECINCT.
First Ward, second precinct DOLL
book return shows 653 votes cast. where
OF Young received 4s5. Wise 81, Holland
1877 aIM rejected 10. Allen X. Johnson
had q conversation with w. L. Thomas.
one of the CLERKS, shortly after the
election. and, Thomas, In referring to
a new suit Of clothes, said Yes, I got
5it6out Of the election. I'VE had every
thing fixed. and IL every man who voted
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-11
GROUNDS
. N||IIlSE'S CONTEST |. s.
Declares re ! That q He, notYoung, Was
Elected TO Congress.
FRAUDS ~ = NORFOLK '''gl
The Returns To of Every Precinct in
the City lmpeaehed.
THE VOTE BY WARDS
THE THE VOTE BY WARDS

ne Charge. that Absent and Dsnl
nIsn woro Voted Agains. Him and
ciies Names In supper, of HIS al
legation Tho so.cnIled nopubl,-
can Judge. Arc worse Than Tho
Democrats. no Declares Hahn.
Tint iIo Defcatod WA. Young by
aMajori,y ra,o7I frs the District.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-11
a CONVOY MISSING.

t<oHNoil, NOV. Iu.-ThH War Office
TINS evening Issued the following:
From Butler, Cape Town, lao d. m.
by message from Buluwayo, dated
November ga small convoy ana cs-
cort under Sprecklcy. OF Plumer's force
was attacked by Beers November =.
SIN men missing and lost convoy" Il
AN EXPLANATION.
The, War Office has also issued the
following:
"a reMort having appeared in the
South African papers that our artill-
cry fired on the Geneva flag, General
Butler telegraphs the following account
of the incident. given by the Standard
and DiGgers News by Rev. Mr.. Martins,
Dutch clergyman with the Boers
Directly after the first cannon shot,
the English thought our men were at
the railway station and fired there.
They were not. but one OF the shots
went through an ambulance. AS soon
as they found their mistake they
ceased firing"
The ambulance, In accordance with
the usa SIS. should have been three
miles from the field of battle, so the
ambulance cannot claim the English
broke the usages OF civilized warfare:
but u do not think the English would
have fired on them had they known
this. 1t was unintentional''
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-11
a REGIMENT DBcIAiATED.

London, Nov. 1o.--Another rumor
emanating from Amsterdam sources
says that "a British regiment was deci-
mated Friday by Free Staters. IS It Is
added that six hundred Of the British
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-11

CONTINUED on Eleventh Page.l
Tombstone prospector., 1899-07-24
Thousands are Tryisg It.

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 ELY BROS, J6 Warren St, N. Y. City.
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 Ty's Cream Baln. is the acknowledged cure for catar1h and contains no coeaine, mercury nor any injurious drng. Isice, gos,1ts. At druggists or by naA
Tombstone prospector., 1899-07-24
iOOF 1

0ISPEE LODGE. NO.-Io. MEETS EV- h cry Wedresday evening I. CoNsTA-
 sLr. N. z. EMrL MARKS. R. $. Wis., ing brothers cordially invited 10 attend.
Tombstone prospector., 1899-07-24
An Ep:d&nic of ,sDfarrhoea.

Mir. A. Sanders, writing from Cocoa nut Grove, Fla, says there has been quite an epidemic of diarrhoea there. He has a severe attack and was cured by four doses of Chamberlain's Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy. He says he also recommended it to others and they say i, is the best medicine they ever used. For sale hy all dealers in medi- cines.
Tombstone prospector., 1899-07-24
WOOOMEN CIRCLE

@uEFN GROVE. WoODMEN CIRCLE Nee Meets da,s frss aSd M.s lhId rTes 11s'Ss % c; BERTHA WITIiG. C. Visiting members are cordially invited.
Tombstone prospector., 1899-07-24

NOODMEN OF THE WORLD NagARREN CAMP. NO. g. WOODMEN NV of the World. Ai-e's sec.nd and
 W fourth Thurstlays of each month. ]. Visiting members arc cordially invited.
Tombstone prospector., 1899-07-24

coPaPEINGs. otto Von kamel has returned from Ncgales.
 A special trsia lief, this morning for Benson.
 CHI Brisgs, 6 rsncher on the San Pedro river, ia in Bisbes on q short visit.
 Steve Miller, has gone 10 the Hua- chucas to spend two weeks with his family.
 Shsrifi Scott White and Attorney Allen English have left for Tomb stone.
 I.C. F.. Adams has gone to Benson to spe nd few dave. He was sccon- panied by his family.
 Mrs. Howell and son are in Bisbee visiting Mir. Howell who is in the employ, of the Copper Queen company.
 Tom Whitehead purchased the Quinn store of groceries sold Friday at sherlff's ssie. The price Iaid was S325.
 Tho Mexican band WAS our seransd- ing in Brewery Gulch this evening. Some of the selections were vtTy we'll reld,Y d
 President II Miller, of the Corona Gold Mining company, is in Bisbee 70: . lew days. He will leave shortly for Sonora CD mining business.
 Tn, Misses Edith and Nellie Hughes will leave in few days for Huachucss to rusticste for a short period. Their destination will be Montezuma canyon.
 W. II. Frsm-, is ;n town from Win slow. He is an ol. time friend of Joe Psrmelee, head electrician for the Copp"r Queen company. MT. Frame is contemplating making his home ia Bisbes.
 F. Leavick, 4. A. WSdsworth, Tempe; J H Miller, Indisua: C F Ksmmsn, J NJ Friedburg, San Fran cisco; A H Wood, Omaha; G A Met. calf, Guayma-, are guests ei the Besse- mer.
 Mrr. Mary Boyle has returned from San Francisco. the object of the trip being to establish her son. Joseph. in an institution of learning in that city. En route home. she visited her dsuRh- ter, Nrs. Con Reese, 6. Santa Cruz. Great excitement will soon prevail among the juvenile population of Bisbee. This city is to have . merry eo-round, the childs delight. A man named Eyeslee. has the machine now iu Fl Psro but will establish business here within . few weeks. Mrs William Nconan. is in Bisbes ou . visit of several weeks. The lsdy resided in this neck O the woods when one could not go beyond the ,;miis Of the town without being .potted Ly an Apache. Now all is cbanged, and security and happiness reign supreme. whsFs once the wily red men yielded the cruel tcmshswk l and spread death and desolation from l end to end of this fair land.
The times., 1899-02-05
Wires LIKELY TO Be
CUT down At ONCE
Mr. Beach Advocates Most Ef-
fective Measures.
Offences of the Mutual District Mes
senger Company.
Private Property Invaded by Line
men without Permits and Many
Complaints Result.

The District Commissioners will adopt
stringent measures to prevent the Illegal
stringing of wires across streets and al
leys by the Mutual District Messenger
Company, against which complaints are
constantly being made to Engineer Com
missioner Beach.
Efforts have been made in a mild way
in the past TO remedy the abuse, but gen.
tie measures having proved inadequate, ii
has been resolved to adopt effective means
and remove the wires by force.
Engineer Commissioner Beach has rec
missioners that the District electrical en-
gineer be authorized TO promptly and i'm
mediately cutsdown all wires which be
may find strung without due authority
across any street or alley.
The recommendation will probably meet
with the approval OF the other Commits
sioners. IL is the outgrowth of a recent
complaint from X. W. Mcpherson, of No.
1926 Nineteenth Streets northwest Mr.
MCPHERSON objected TO the Mutual District
Messenger Company attaching a wire 10
the front cornice OF his residence. He ex-
pressed his views in a .long letter to the
Commissioners. dated January "a, which
reads in part as follows
Yesterday afternoon some linemen entered on
the roofs Of two buildings belonging to me, al
Nos. 1894 and 1876 Sineteenth Street northwest
end affixed TO the front coInice Of No I23.
Nineteenth Street a wire, presumably for the con
ductton Of electric current reside at No
las0 in the Esme street, and observed the men i.
the rear Of the buildings, and al the same tim
The times., 1899-02-05

Nineteenth Street to which the wire had
been attached as complained of by Mr..
Mcpherson.
Upon closer inspection Mr.. Allen learned
that the wiring of 12lS Nineteenth Street
was of recent date and that Il call box
had been installed in the same building
during the week of January % last.
The inspector reported to Eleetrical En-
gineer Allen that It was clear to him that
the Mutual District Telegraph Company
was guilty of three violations of the law,
two of which came within the Jurisdiction
of the District electrical department di
rectly and one indirectly. Concerning the
two former violations, he asserted that the
company had either changed the location
OF an existing wire in order to accommo-
date a new customer, or they had strung a
new wire across Nineteenth Street. Both
of these actions are contrary to the po-
lice regulations unless they are done under
permits
Concerning the latter offence, it was
stated that the companys men obtain en-
trance TO houses in an unlicensed way and
under false pretences and attach brackets
and other fixtures to the roofs, TO the great
injury of property.
This method of doing work has been a
cause of constant complaint to other com
panies 1t is pointed out that these lat
ter corporations are frequently called to
account for damage to property which was
not occasioned by them. 1t is not under
stood at the District Building how SO much
! work OF this character is done without
| hindrance from the police department.
Reporting to the electrical engineer the
! inspector recommended that the Commits
| sioners be requested to direct the police
! department to arrest each person found
stringing new or replacing old wire work
of any description and who are unable to
show competent authority for such work
| 1t was recommended by the electrical
| department that no legal action be taken
| in the matter. as il would require consid-
cradle time TO work up the case for a
trial in the Police Court The Commits
| sioners are in possession of information
which shows that one of the employees Of
the Mutual Company gained access to
| the roof of the house of certain District
employe by representing himself as being
the empioye of telephone company
The recommendation of Engineer Com
| missioner Beach, which will probably he
approved by the Board of Commissioners,
follows:
This complaint is only one of a class that 1,
| constantly occurring. The action heretofore
taken by the office appears to he entirely made
qnate 10 prevent the Illegal stringng OF wires
across any public street alley, BY the Mutual
District Telegraph Company. / would therefore
recommend that the electrical engineer be au.