The evening world. Newspaper, November 5, 1902, Page 1

i] { { ‘SP ON PAGE ORTING NEWS 8 Books Open to All.?? [ “ Circulation Books Open to All,”’ ] aida PRICE ONE CENT. : . NEW YORK; “WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 5. 1902. PRICE ONE CENT. BIN THE TOMBS FOR DIGASTER Foreman of Fireworks Dis- . play Held by Coroner for Explosion Which Cost Many Lives. EXPLAINS THE CAUSE OF IT. ‘Inquiry Begun by Officials to Fix Blame—Anxious Rela- tives and Friends at Hospital Gates Awaiting News. ‘Coroner Scholer to-day held John | Gratz in $10,000 bail on the charge of ‘manslaughter for the explosion of fire- {works that cost thirteen lives and in- ured scores of persons at the Hear. ‘eelebration at Madison Square Garden :fast night. He was unable to give bail and was sent to the Tombs. Craig was in charge of the display for @he Pain Fireworks Company. John amm and William Ridley, two of the yy helpers, were: held as witnesses for lay next at 10 A, M. They were sent to: the House of Detention in default of $500 ‘pach. 1 inquest, which will be held on od To reporter for The Evening World (Craig this afternoon gave the first ex- planation of the cause of the explosion. He sald: “The explosion was directly due to the premature explosion of a bomb which had been placed In a mortar. All ‘was in readiness to fire the charge of common black powder, which {8 em- ployed to project the bomb into the alr, when the bomb itself exploded inside the mortar. What caused the explosion 4t 1s dificult to state, unless the quick formation of gasses may have been responsible, A Rare Occurrence, “Tt somtimes occurs that gasses un- accountably form inside the bombs, which expand and cause the explosion. This is a rare circumstance, however, and has happened only once before to my personal knowledge. With the bursting of the bomb the heavy stecl mortar qohtaining it was shattered and the ‘pleces. of, steel projectéd at high velocity in all: directions. “ine goncussion following -the ex- plosion caused the reserve stock of fire- works to explode. The fire éould not have reached the stock, for it was care- fully ‘covered and kept at a distance. No ‘one coul@ have: foreseen the accident,, and no one was to blame. It. was one of those unfortunate occurrences which no human agency ‘could have pre- wented. i “We had four of the mortars on the round and each welghs 150 pounds, ‘They are made of steel and are care- fully and regularly tested. I have the reputation of being @ careful many handling fireworks, and have never be- fore had a serious accident, although I have witnessed several premature ex- Plosions, Last night's accident was Such as might happen even in a well regulated ordnance department.” ~ , No Limit in Permit, Craig added that the company he represents had secured a permit for the temporary storage of fireworks in Madison Square, but the permit placed - absolutely no limit on the amount. of explgsives to be placed there. Crafg is regarded as an expert in managing fire- <works displays. He has given exhibi- tions abroad ,and was recently sent to Cuba to take part in the celebration attending the installation of President Palma, of the Cuban Republic. Cralg was infotmally examined to-day py Assistant District-Atorney Schurmun and Coroner Scholer, He told substan- tially the same story. The men and boys who were assigned Inst night to @usist him at the Madison Square cele- bration also gave their versions cf the accident. Charles Harms, a driver; Willlam Rid- Jey, sixteen years old, a helper;) Alfred and Frank Listman, brothers, ‘who are stay makers in the Pain factory at Parkvillé; James, Fullam, Joseph Stémm ‘ and Edward Smith, helpers, andd Her- man Rotjer, driver, sald they simply Knew that an explosién had occurred, Morbid Crowd Gathe: A morbid crowd of about five hunared persons gathered around the scene at Twenty-fourth street and Madison avenue this morning, some of them hav- ing ‘remained there all night wander- ing from one pooh of blood to the other and making various comments on the cause of the fatal, disaster, District-Attorney Jerome Kas assigned Aesistants Gherman and Crane vto ine vestigate the explosion case. He him- self visited the wcene of the disaster Ite jabt night and gaye the following state. mént this) niérning: “I got to the scene jate last night whon the victims had been carried away and the wreckage cleared up. 1t was ‘too late for me to get much ofan idea of Mat happened or how it eccurred. We Will frst nake an effort to find where the responsibility rests, whether the | proper precautions were take: dt whether the pieces should not have been stored at @ distance and brought gut as they were needed, ie | ) 4 i Saye Criminal Neglect.) “It Js a matter of criminal negléct,’ “One of the mortars was set of and It was polnted at.a row >f other mortars In line with them, There @ defect In the bottom of the mortar BLAGK DIAMON Crashes The Black Diamond Express of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, which left Jer- sey Clty westward bound at 12.12 P. M- to-day, was wrecked in the Jersey meadows shops, east.of Newark, about | P, M; and fifteen people were more or| less seriously hurt, one coach and the engine being overturned. The Injured. Among the Injured was Carrie Natlon, the saloon-smasher. Others injured were: Garner, William H., No. 376 Fifth street, Jersey City, porter on the train. Hull, Frank, No. 408 Putnam avenue, Jersey City. Pohinson, Samuel, colored, Shelbyville, Ind. 5 Engineer, name unknown, — Tl injured with the exception of Natlon were taken to St. Fran cls It is feared Mr Hospital in Jersey City. that the engineer will die. Mrs. Nation continued her journey by the first train. (Her head was cut and one of her arms was bruised, Such of the other injured as were able to proceed went on to the West as soon as possible. ‘The train was running at the rate of forty miles an hour on one of the main tracks of the Pennsylvania Railroad, which Is used by the Lehigh Valley from Jersey Clty to Newark. When near the meadows shops, just outside Newark city limits, the train suddenly swung onto a siding where a Pennsyl- vanla engine was standing. D EXPRESS WRECKED AND MANY HURT. Fast Train on Lehigh Valley Road Against a Locomotive— Carrie Nation Among the Injured. ‘The engineer and fireman of the Le- high Valley engine saw that a collision was inevitable and at the last moment they jumped and escaped uninjured. The engineer of the Pennsylvania en- gine was not so fortunate and”ne went down in the crash which followed. The whole train load of passengers were violently shaken up but nobody was hurt among the passengers except those in the overturned coach. One passenger and the engineer of the Pennsylvania engine were the only per- sons badly hurt according to the rail- road company's report. The General Superintendent of the Le- high Valley said that he could not tell whether the switch which ran the train onto the siding was misplaced or out of order. An Investigation Is being made by both the Lehigh Valley and Pennsyl- vania companies. Long Wait for Ambulance. ‘ The scene of the wreck is half a mile from any habitation and half a mile from the nearest road, It was an hour before the ambulances could reach the spot. While awaiting medical aid the wounded were carried to the carshops nearby and attended to as gently as pos- sible, Within half a mile of the place whe! the wreck occurred to-day fifteen pe sons Were killed in a wreck on the Lac! awanna Railroad some years ago. Seven years ago scores of people were hurt in a Pennsylvania Rallrona collision ex- actly where the Black Diamond Express left the main track to-day, OF ART BURNE Gelling Decorations Imported for. the. Finanoier’s Home in ‘Lakewood, N._J., Destroyed on the French Line Pier. HE PAID $5,000 FOR THEM. Célling decorations from Paris valued ‘at $5,000 bought by George Gould for his country home at Lakewood, N. J. were destroyed by fire early to-day on team: the wharves of the French line s ships. Fireworks along the North River 4 to have caused the blaze co work was procured for in August with no small Duveen Brothers, dealers in It was shipped here on the Gascolne and for the ey awaiting appraisment by the Govern- ment officials. “On account of t Mr. Goula trouble by antiques. ef teamship La as days has “been upon pier No. the great size of the cases which contained the plaster aa they were not placed in the public Store room but Kept in the bulkhead of the pler,’ ‘said Supt. Japhet, of the steamship line, to an Evening World reporter to-day. “Yesterday being an American holiday, there was no one on the pler but the watchman, Tessier, who must have let some small boys get past is station at the entrance. t “] have learned that the boys were firing off rockets trom the end of the wharf. In some mysterious manner the cases became ignited and pieces of deco- rative art were burned up.” c Firemen extinguished the fire, An In- vestigation by the police Is in progress. was stated that when Mr, Gould heard of the lows he placed a new order in the hands of his dealers, who are en- deavoring to execute the commission within a fortnight. COULD’S WORKS |W. R.CONDON’S BELLROE STAKE Favorites, as Usual, Run Back . in the Ruck and the Talent Groans at Aqueduct. Race Track. LORD BADGE AT 15 TO 1 WINS THE WINNERS. FIRST RACE—Lord Badge 1, St. Finnan 2, Sadducee 3. SECOND RACE.—Ray 1, Courte- nay 2, Rossfame 3. THIRD RACE.—w, Lyman Hay 2, Right and True 3, FOURTH RACE—Rough Rider 1, Satire 2, Snark 3, FIFTH RACE—Faturita 1, Rag- lets 2, Lady Snrah 3, Sixth Race.—Mackey Dwyer Six Shooter 2, Hunter Raine 3, 1, Twenty-three races have been run in the last four days at Aqueduct and only one favorite, The Musketeer, has won. AQUEDUCT RACE TRACK, Nov, 5— The stake feature at Aqueduct this afternoon was tac Tellrose, for two- year-olds, distaice five and a haif fur. loss. with (1,609 added. The fleld en- gaged was not particularly high class, though {t included suph youngsters as Nevermore, Examiner, Lyman May, . Court Maid and others. The bunch was HOODLUMS MOB POLICE. Detroit Election Rioters Resent Interferonce with) Theif ‘Fun.’ DETROIT, Nov, 5,—Patrolman George A, Schoof Is suffering from concussion of the brain and several other police officers are moré or less seriously in- injured as the result of a wild election night demonstration by an unruly mob of 2,000 boys and men who paraded the streets of Detroit during the evening. Property was ruthlessly sacrificed: to bonfires, and-even wagons and buggies were confiscated, piled high with bi- oycle racks and every available bit of wood and wheeled through the down- town streets all In flames. Efforts by splendidly matched, however, and vrem- ised one of the best contests of the meeting. The usual over-night handl- cap was on the card with a cracking good-field, and other races made up a most Interesting programme, ‘As far as the weather was concerned there was nothing to be desired, and Snpt. Joe Reilly had the track Iike a velvet carpet. The attendance was very large con- sidering’ the fact that It was the day following a holiday. Aqueduct seems popular with the public, for the chances of earning big dividends with small capital are unlimited, especially when favorites are beaten In every race, FIRST RACE, Seven furlongs, the pollce to” quell the disturbance tod Starters, whts., Jockn. stHierin, settings, davattablce@ by the ‘mob, : age, OT Redtern 7 ge Je a cn a ea ‘Sha Fd % 4 Robert Bergman Missing. 9 a | Robert Bergman, pf No. 1 Bast One | ponniver oR oa Hundred and Seventeenth | st $8 7 Be been missing since Qet. 10. RO Ae | four years old, 5 feet 6 Inchés In’ height, f Cesaren, ct i ie 5.2 and weighs 260 pounds. meses, 87, 800 1 eyes, hale ana ents nutes oy ‘Geneses hind tre eatllettea sed est» cen ek, sult, brown Over- | rast pace, followed by Belle of Lexing. n, Saddueee, Bt. Hinnan and Lord Ha e,. They ‘held this order to’ the h, where Genes a away. “It ‘Take a was then auybody’s race to the last (Continued on Highth Page.) TO PROVE ALB FOR MOLIEUX? Black Says Next Step Will Be to Show Prisoner Was Visiting Prof. Vulte When Poison Package Was Mailed. WOMAN WITNESS IN COURT. Mrs. Stevenson Appears to Testify that Molineux Did Not Mail Polson and Point Out the Man Who Did. An alib! for Roland B. Molineux ts to be the next step in the defense of the prisoner charged with the murder of Mrs. Katherine Adams. Ex-Gov. Black announced to-day he would call Prof. Vulte, of the Columbia University, for this purpose. When Molineux was on the stand he testified that he spent the cfternoon of Dec. 23, 18)8—the day the poison pack- age was mailed to Harry Cornish— visiting Prof. Vulte. This would cover the time of the mailing of the pack- age. Prof. Vulte's corroboration of Mol- Ineux would show the prisoner could not have malied the fatal package. Prof. Vulte came Into court late this afternoon and took a seat by the side of the prisoner, He is a ‘demonstrator of chemistry at Columbia University. Crowd Cheers Witness, Rarly In the day applau i roPnaelbnens Oi SBE soag Set for Molineux. ‘The witness was hand-writin- expert Marshall Davis Elwell, who had begun testimony last Saturday. He took the stand when the trial was resumed this morning and declared the writing on the poison package was not in the hand of Molineux. Then he was sub- Jected to a long croas-examination by Assistant District-Attorney Osborne, who undertook to shake his evidence. “You find,” said Mr. Osborne, “that the man who wrote Cornish ani Barnet fetters joined the ‘n's’ and ‘d' and sometimes he didn't; you find that, the person who wrote the poison pack- age sometimes joined the ‘n'a’ and ‘d's’ and sometimes he didn't?” “Yes,” replied the witness. find ‘that’ the defehdant sometim and sometimes. didn't join. the “a & aia 's all! cried Mr. Osborne, umphantly. Black Turns the Point, “And you. find,” asked Mr. Black, “the same characteristics in many per- sons’ handwriting? They sometimes join the ‘n's' and ‘d's’ and sometimes they don't?" “L find that in the handwriting of 80 per cent. of people. Everybody who writes has a peculiarity about ‘n's' and ‘d’s' and in the joining or not foin- ing of them.” dj An ‘the answer came the audience clapped hands in acknowledgment of its approval of the witness. The court offi- cers rapped for order. Justice Lambert smiled. It was fifteen seconds before the officers could suppress the enthus!- asm of the audience. More Experts for M ‘Warren A. Drake, of Chic: other handwriting expert, was called by the defense after recess. ‘Mr, Drake declared that the writing in “Cornish” and “Barnet”. letters and in the poison package address were not in the prisoner's hand, “T belleve the man who wrote the poison package address,” the witness said, “did not try to disguise the hand- writing, He wrote in his normal hand.” After a long cross-examination, Mr. Drake was excused, asi mich to every- one's aurprise, David N. Carvatho, was called by the defense, The sur- prise was shown because it had been rumored that if Carvalho ment on the stand Mr. Osborne would bring out some damaging admissions. ‘Carvalho has been employed by the District At- torney's office for about twenty-one years, He last testified’ fot Mr. Jerome last week. ‘ “You have made a careful study of the Cornish letters, the Barnet letters and the poison paokage,"" said Mr. Black. “Are they In Molineux's hand- writing?” 5 “They are not,” sald the witness, Mr. Carvalho then went on to give his reasons for so believing. Interest was aroused by the appear- ance in the court-room of Mrs. John Stevenson, of No. 534 Hicks street. Brooklyn, wife of a retired policeman, who saw mailed in the Post-Office the poison package eent to Harry Cornish at the Knickerbocker Athletic Club, She asserts that the man who mailed the package was not Molineux. Saw Man im Conrt. Mre, Stevenson sald to-day that taw the man who meiled the packa. in court, at the first trial before Re- corder Goff, and she promised to point him out if he appears whil ee ek pe le she is on a Melvor Won Ten Mile Trot, An unusual trotting race took place at the Empire City ‘Track Election Day between the brown horse Mclvor, driven by Walter Kendall, and a trotter driven by Peter Manco. The distance was ten miles and Mclvor won rather easily in 29 minutes and 4-5 seconds, ‘The match was. for a large side bet and was witnessed -by a big cro: 4 owners’ friends, ié crowd Of the A “Black ai Waite” High Bal Ves not that erdiaary aarsh, smoky tase, ¥g* REVISED FIGURES to3 P. M:: SAW FOUR DROWN NEAR ROCKAWAY, Bath Beach Skipper Reports Fatality to Crew of Launch Ethel, Whom He Tried to Save, ALL BETS PAID IN WALLSTREET Brokers Accept Election Figures Which Democrats Threaten to Test and $150,000 Against Odell Changes Hands. MYSTERY IN THEIR IDENTITY, pa Capt. Henry Van Wort, a retired sea- faring man, of Bath Beach, reported to the Bath Beach police to-day that he \saw a naphtha latinch contafning three men find: a-boy capsize yesterday after- noon off Rockaway Inlet. ‘Afi four were drowned before’ the captain, who was trying to reach them in a sailboat, could tack near them According to Van Wort; the launch, which was floating bottom up when he came ashore, bore the name Ethel. The police have not heard of any missing persons in that vicinity, put there are ‘many wealthy ‘cottagers along the shore who have launches, and it Is feared that the drowned persons are from that neighborhood, Van Wort told the police that he was out in a sloop. The wind was high and there was quite a sea rynning. Some distance away he’ saw the launch, which waa headed toward Jamaica Bay, and seemed to: be in difficulty. Van Wort changed his course and beat down against the wind to offer his help, for he reviiaed sLat.they were in a danger- cus predicament. and) Kings County were paid. Republican: nate Democratic associates at up approximately $300,000, : Republicans, than 100,000. TOOK LIFE WITH ACID. in Vacant Lot. by taking carbollc acid tn a nue, Brooklyn, this morning. dy was removed to the morgue. ees fifteen minutes, was tossed over by a big wave and the occupants were thrown out. Van Wort had no small boat and the wind made it difficult for him to manoeuvre his s{oop. He tried fo tark near enough to help the strug sling men, but they sank before ho could | Succred, Van Wort says that the men looked | fike. yachtsmen. There was nothing | about ‘the boat except the rame on the tern to indicate to whom it might e- long. It is not known why he delayed until to-day before making known the trag- edy to the police, WEATHER FORECAST. Forecast for the thirty-ntx hours ending at 8 P, M, Thars- day for New York City vicinity: Fair to-night; rain Thursdays light variable winds, becoming fresh south GIVE ODELL 10,798. The following is a table of pluralities for Governor in New York State based on revised returns received up County, Odell. Coler.| County. Odell. Coler. Albany .. . case os 6,586 — Onondaga . 7,702 to Allegany . 3,339 — |Ontario 200 | Broome : 3,696 — |Orazge . 4,105 Ca Cattaraugus .. 4,241 — |Orleans 1,435 5 Cayuga ....... 2,890 — |Oswego . 2,976 —s Chautauqua . 8,366 — [Otsego .. 1,798 a Chemung .. 720 — |Putnam . 350 — Chenango . 2,200 — | Queens —... 7,169 Clinton .. 4,200 — |Rensselae: 2,129) -+-— Columbia 1,263 = =— Richmond "— "2386 Cortland . — | Rockland . _ 56 Delaware ~—. |S8t. Lawrence . 7476 om! Dutchess — |Saratoga 1 re irle = {Schenectady ‘802 os * ~ | Schoharie Franklin . =~ |Schuyler . =| Fulton —~ }Seneca . Coen Genesee — |Stenben —_ Greene . ~,.| Suffolk ... = Hamilton 75) Sullivan Herkimer thi dea as. = Jefferson jee pkin = Kings 26,36 |Gonenn 53 Lewis ..:... aay Warren aa Livingston . — |Washington = Madison — |Wayne . ae Monroe — |Westchester _ Montgomery — |Wyoming . = Nassau .... _ Yates .... —_ New York 86,324 ee Niagara 679 — |Totals ..... 128,038 Oneida . 31 - Odell's plura SOME. REPUBLICANS LOST. ‘Wall street voranfo-ay the payment of Its election bets. All. wagera.on Odell and on the teswits-tn Greater New York mated that lucky Wall street took from their unfortu- least $150,000 to-day, to win which they put Some of the bets settled were paid by In nearly every. instance they lost their money on the proposition that Coler would not’ get 20,00 majority in Kings County and that his majority in Greater New York would be less Unidentified Man Killed Himself An unidentified man committed suicide vacant lot at Sixty-first street and Fourth ave- He was about forty-five years old, § feet 7 inches in helght, and of light com. plexion, and wore a ‘light fedora with ROBERT W, GOELET ARRESTED FOR SPEEDING AUTOMOBILE, Millionaire Robert W. Goelet, of No, 9 West Seventeenth street, was arrested this afternoon at One Hundredth street and Central Park West by Bicycle Policeman Mallam, Mr. Goelet was taken before Magistrate Hogan, in the West Side Court. _ The policeman told the Magistrate that tho pris- oner had run his automobile at a high rate of speed ove.’ 1 :aile of the thoroughfare. Mr. Goelet said he had been on his way te the bedside of a in $100 bail. Thaddeus Sieth, jr., a real-estate broker of No, 285 Park place, Brooklyn, signed the bond. ‘ eli nated ne tbe vee tor LATE WINNERS AT LAKESIDE, _ Fifth Race—Marcos 1, Worthington. 2, Chickadee 3. ie Sixth Race—Lou Woods 1,.Prue 2, Filiform 3, © ge (SPAR RESET IN es RCE eA re SAT:LATONIA,” | ST ’ Fifth Race—Orpheum 1,’ Mr. Famham'2, Music Man'3. *- +Sixth’Race—Moderator 1; ‘Tiburon 2; ‘Allee'3, © ; > sick friend in Yonkers. Magistrate Hogan held him for trial | HILL HAS VAIN HUNT FOR HOPE IN THE RETURN State Leader Spends the Day in His Office in Albany Scrutinizing the Vote, It Is Sup- posed, in the Expectation of Making a Contest. Democratic Leaders Make Accusations oJ Fraud Up-State. y ALBANY, N. Y., Nov. 5.—Senator Hill was in his office at Albany day receiving and tabulating the returns. He refused positively to | quoted about the result, but the carefulness with which he is making lations is taken as an indication that he is seeking for grounds to make attack on the credibility of the returns. Bees The State Board of Canvassers that compiles the returns from counties consists of the Secretary of State, the Comptroller, Attorney G eral, State Treasurer and State Engineer, all Republicans, and to them longs the right to reject or accept any returns objected to by ind or parties. William Barnes, jr., Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Committee, said this afternoon: “Any statement that Albany County was purchased by the Rep is without foundation. Mr. Hill dare not assert that his own people 2 accepted money. The facts are that the Democrats in this city and. ODELL FEARS NO CONTEST. Gov, Odell when told to-day at his home in Newburg that the D ocrait contemplated making @ contest on the ground that fraudulent -votes were cast for him-in the country, said: Bs! “Mason is a rainbow chaser. I am willing that a careful canvass of: yote should be made, It will not affect my plurality in tHe least.. I estime that I am elected by 10,000 or more votes.”” : Ke On the faceof the returnsgorrected up to 8 P. M, to-day Gov. Odell been re-elected by a plurality that will exceed 10,000. All reports tha later, revised figures have made the result doubtful have no basis bey the claim of Secretary Mason, of the Democratic State Committee, 4,000 defective ballots in the Fifth Judicial District were counted for t Republicans. 4 The Fifth Judicial District includes the counties of Onondage, son, Oneida, Oswego, Herkimer and Lewis. In the Associated Press turns and The World's special reports from these districts no such up to noon had been made by a single Democratic !eader in any one the counties, ome é The claim is made here in New York in the fol:owing interview | Secretary Mason, who asserts that the election will be contested: “Gross frauds have been perpetrated in the interior of the State,” sald es When he was about two hundred | black band, blue cutaway sult, whi “ surprising yards away the launch, which had| anderwear, black stockings, ‘luce shoes | Mt Mason to-day, “We are receiving information of a most Oe a been on the verge of being awamped for] @nd shirt with the initials H. J. The|ture. Democratic Headquarters will be kept open in this city just the sal as during the campaign until these fraudulent matters are gone over | the election is decided as it should be decided, according to the yotes of people. “Audacious crookedness ruled the election along the lines of the | York Central Railway from Albany to Buffalo, Fraud was rampant bany, Onondaga, Oneida and Erie. Attorney-General Davies, our positive information, spent $75,000 in his attempt to be elected Ju |of the Supreme Court in the Fifth Judicial District. More than fective ballots were counted\for the Republican ticket in that district NO CROOKED WORK IN THIS CITY. “The Police Commissioner of New York, the Republican leade body—concede that the election here yesterday was as clean as it is sible for an election to be. Nevertheless, deputies of the State tendent of Election arrested scores of innocent citizens, haled them to courts and subjected them to disgraceful indignities. 5 “At the same time, in the highly moral interior of the State there being perpetrated election frauds that would make a New York City ward heeler turn pale. There was no interference up there. The crooked pi ws lican maniptlators had it all their own way, add how they worked it isp parent from the face of the returns, 2 ae “We intend to take the most radical steps to prevent the Rep from stealing the State by fraud. We shall not concede the re-election Of Gov. Odell until every ballot in the disputed districts h2s been It is our belief that when an honest ‘count is secured Bird’S. Coler found to have been chosen Governor by a small plurality.” Rs According to Secretary Mason plans for making a contest will be cussed at a meeting to-night at the Hoffman House which will be at by David B, Hill, Bird S. Coler, John N, Carlisle, Frank Campbell, Chi man of the Democratic State Committee, and Secretary Mason. : Senator Hill was in Albany up to 2 o'clock this afternoon. The D World called ‘up his office on tho long-distance telephone ut that hour #0 | get a verfication of the report of a contest. Senator Hill declined to - | the report over the telephone, Was “Will the Senator come to New York this afternoon?” his secretary asked, ; “Senator Hill cannot say,” was the reply. _ ‘ “Will he not say whéther he contemplates a contest?” “Senator Hill says he must decline to say anything at this tima.” oe THE MAIN RESULTS OF THE VOTE, 5 The total plurality in Greate. New York for Bird 8. Coler was # In Greater New York the Democrats swept the board. Timo livan was elected to Congress by the trifling majority of 15,606 yo Francis Burton Harrison, the butt of Republican: jokes campaign, snowed under James W. Perry in the Republican: Thi trict. by 1,372 votes: Mr. Harrison conducted a clean’ ¢ ably carries off the honors of the election, Paes <\ Congressman ‘Goldfpglé’ literally, smothered, ‘Smiling. % Lai 4 as ; er jel Ra be Ky