New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-09-02
BELLEFEUILLE WINS.
STILES MULLEN SECOND M
TROUGH RIDER " CONTEST

LEADERS CLOSE TOGETHER AT WIN.
UP OF A HARD FOUGHT BATTLE
YEAR FREE IN A COL
ORADo CAMP.
The Governors Of the proposed RougA
Rider Encsmpment in Colorado, 10 i.
established for military instruction ~
students on public lands in the soub
western part Of the State, asked The Tribun.
to award one scholarship 10 some young
man in the East. A year at the Camp viii
cost ordinary students $500 in cash. Tn.
Tribune's apPointee goes free.
The Rough Riders contest closed last MIA,
with a rush hardly anticipated As has -
intimated heretofore. the friends OF some y -.
leaders held back 70 the last minute win NJ,
bundles OF votes. the packages continuing "a
arrive at this Office right Up 70 the time =,
closing the voting at o'clock. Many arriv.4
after that hour. but were not counted az Ia,
been stated repeatedly beforehand would \.
the case. The real rush OF ballots aid "A,
begin until about three days ago. but IN
far the largest batch OF ballots arrived yss-
terday. Men. women and messenger bovs
loaded down with packages. began % A..
rive at the Office as early as a m, and "a.
stream was kept up all day II required three
clerks 10 arrange, sort and count the votes AM
their labors were not finished until la.s hour
last night. More votes came BY express s75
more in the mails. The friends OF Stiles AIlns-
sent in sixty different bundles The winner
Harry Bellefeuille received votes 70 the num-
hC GN - u div TwrarH n k~r- rNr4e~
largest parcel himself about D. m J. J. Crisf.l
had not been heard from for some time bur -
friends rallied on the last day, and out az IL
total Of 3O43 votes he received 2 IA came "a
yesterday. J. Herbert Ferris finished third.
Harry Belsfeuflle. the winner. has been 4.
a prominent position in the race from the starr.
He is a young man. twenty-seven years OF aga
and is connected with the international e.
press Company. No. 80 Broadway. BeIlsfsul.
was born in Montrose. near Peekskiu and wa
formerly with General James ". Hustled in Al.
bany. He is live intelligent and active young
man. and the chances are that he VIII enjoy his
stay in the Shenandoah Valley, in far OF Col
second. lives at Deckertown n J.. and e only
nineteen years OF age He is a farmer horse
man and a good shot. His father. E y. Milsa
was a crack rifieman-
Fair Play" seems disposed to find fault with
something. in that he cannot receive The Trih-
une at DeckeTtown as soon as people in ths
city We have been publishing the fact tor one
month that the contest would close at p n.
on September l. It was not our fault II any
body held back until the last minute and thea
found that IL was too late
". P. writes from Fire Island that his Daily
Tribune is delivered direct from this Office az
the same time the local dealer delivers bis
morning papers. This in the opinion OF ". p
indicates the able management back q Taz
Tribune. ". P will be pleased 70 hear Of NJ
Bellefeuille's success as he has worked hard
for him.
A bundle Of headings. said 20 contain 5S7. vas
received from James Bennett. Port JEWS. tF
Stiles AIiIlen. Deckertown- The bun3is' en-
tanned 591 headings but 20 OF them were
those Of dates in June, as wen as headings q
the Sunday Supplement, the 20 were FejecE&
Elmer E Williams, while not elected. wishes
to thank his unknown friends who have ssnt in
so many ballots for him. Many OF these votes
were received from unknown sources