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Show THE ALLEN INVESTIGATION. I'h IhlrU Inquiry llafors Judge When Commissioner t.reeuinan took his poMiInu in tho federal court chamber cham-ber shortly after 2 o'clock the audito riiim was packed with spectator, while tin- (act that sexenty witnesses had closed their tcaii tunny scorned U cert no perceptible effect on the array. The occasion was the third day o( the W. .1. Allen ballot bo Idx stifjittivn and testimony testi-mony was continued In behalf j i of tho prosecution, the e. idcuco opening with W, F. Nolin who was I follow fit ly a steady (low from Urn ! des chair, all of whom testified thai they hail votcil for Young, the comes-tor' comes-tor' Tho evidence for the contcstoris still in progress as the paper goes to press. The latest feature of interest in connection con-nection with tho inquiry is the appearance appear-ance of the registry book whi.'h dtsap-peared dtsap-peared shortly after the election. A comparison of the list in tho register with that o( the witnesses discloses a somewhat sensational chapter the defease contending that a large number w ho lest ilied at the last day hearing in the rase to liuvinit fitted lor the colt tostor were not registered und had consequently cat a vote Hint was. by virtue of the failure to register im illegal vote. The uoi-ine of thiit (act among t lie epea-tatur created somewhat of a stir, and there is a pro-.-peet that there w ill be some racy developments devel-opments wheu the defense open lis butteries. |