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IPHHMlMIMIIi J- -K---1 - V'WVy 'l-.'SiJJ-.--'-.-)-VV',-J - ".-'V. V- ""- n- T "" S!i?3BIS5HBBHBi m fe &v LOST-175rRSt'DEN5ES;,-f ; AND VOTERS OFCHICAQO f "' Not wishing to 'c&sttany horrid c aspersiptts .on."-the VpbHtfcfan.s.'iof the river wrds, -nor 'on'-thech'ar-.actersofVonierof,tJie:asiFg.ntfpr judicial ;hqnors - Cnext " Tuesday,' s there , wast 'an' occurf encWV last .-night, that 'seemstd xalHfoiefc--pknation1; -;.V' "t" i During the-last weelp-orSQl tfye f lodging Vhquse'", keener. h - of Vtjie river' wards Kaye sworn-' to'affi- davits purporting,', top'ro,ve.the existence of sofn.e $6,(XXl ' resi dents citizen's, ypters-andiTionor- able" gentlemen', 'within "the "doors ;bf thdiratels.''H J'-'J- "" Peter Swerrtonfriri'anager-qjt the 'Manhattan hoTeirO Safe street? swore. to 196 'affidavits', showing'lPvoterscresfdd'at'the -Manhattan.' l;rl iz'.zz-s I Mi'. " TeManhattairiis.V;paflatial ''piace.r.wbere'f-Qne matyecrfr'e ia room for. 'the riight:fqn10,n20;;25, O'QnSScensrrJrv If .':'. 0 V :: I iast 4riight-, a" inquirigtg.per- son-5ent fegistered.lettets-to each of the na,mes:.swornito.by-Swfin-' ..fcon-as those of legaKvatersT'wifh- in- the "city ofvChip'agQ: Twhose -pljics, of residence xwas; the"-M:n- hattan,- - -, zy " " ,Registereiejtjteirs;iequire tq'he signed for. - W. henthe '.mail tnan 'Ifrrived'at the; Manhattan -last night -with" "his'. 196 Registered letters; there was instant commo "tiorif "-V " r "-''- . The manager, said there 'must "lie some 'rriistake.- The .maihman ipdinted;ou";the.cqr,re.ctriBSSfbf'the' address dn'-tlte'letteri.TPhc man-- ?ger still' thought there was some mistake:, - . i 1 r-Then the'mail man "began call ing offythe names. It instantly o"qveloped that most of the voters TyhbmSwenton "had swoTn had left the' Manhattantwere in Tex as, .or Arizona, I or Metiicine-Hat oriHfilifax.. .The one place they iWereUiot ,was the Manhattan hotel. ,"V i, " - ' t 'Jn-the end, -the-mail man had contrived tbdeliver 21 letters. Tha'dthenlZS he took back to the pqs.t office, and reported, upon fhem 'individually as to the. un knowiy.habitar. of the addresses. Those of Swenton's list ofvot erscwho'actuallyTeceived the reg istered letters had their fair hopes blate'd'vherTtKey opened'the let ters a'nd -discovered threin noth ipgbut.blank paper. i As 'mentioned D'ef ore, it is en ttcely impossible that any high minded iiver ward politician in tended,' to pad the .registration lists Jqr. nextuesday's election. flrBht,Jit "certainly does seem pe culiarliS' , ' , cr .!,, 0-0- .r;. lUiilroadv Strike Spreads - ' ",, -Boilerrnakers Out in West jlfansa'srCity, Mo.,.Kov. 3. A strike of all 'the Taoilermakers on ):fie;BigFaurT.alce Erje & West ern", Indiana Southern, and In diana1 HaVbor and Belt railways was ordere'd by J. A.,Franklin, in ternational president, here today. Franklin says 'the walkout will commen.ce at. 10 o'clock tomor row morning, and says' violation ofLcpntract is" the cause of the -strike-order. ' ,.'jJi-l