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Show the ciiu'aiiii i:i,i:viiuy. The Meal tarllh.s Held die Many teats. t'llictdo, April 7, Toilay hat been till, most elUtllU election held lu Chicago for many years, and, accord. In to the rv.urna at mldiihilrt, Hemp-steoilWashburne, Hemp-steoilWashburne, the reiul,llcan leader In tho mayoralty tight, Is on tup by a aaf plurality. Tho democrats had n formidable split lu their ranks lu tho ludeis'iideiil candidacy of ex. Mayor llarrlsoii, but the rsiaildlcAns were no Witter oir, uwlnj to the "Cltliens"' movement, headed by Illuicr Wash. buru. Iloth Carter Hanltoii and I'.lmer Washburn, particularly the former, polled vo'u amaalng to the tlrnlghl jaiily politicians. Harrison Is said to have the secret aupinrtuf ahrge iiitui-ber iiitui-ber of wealthy oien or the city, who are backing the World's Fair. Ills old-time strength with the foreign-simiklug foreign-simiklug population, especially thu tlerniauaau'l Itohemlaus,als returned to lilm lutvlly. I. liner Waahburn'a vote, while a surprise sur-prise to tho machine aillllclaiis,Svat something of a dlaippolutiuent to hla filinda, lielug couriunl mora closely than wai expected to tlio msmberahlp of the American societies. The turn Ing iolnt In the contest was, to a considerable con-siderable extent, the Irlah. American vous, ul.d IhU was vxeiksl In a sh.g.1-lar sh.g.1-lar maimer. Hemteatl Wushburuu'a wlfolsadsiightcr of tho president of the llllernlun Hank, and, It having tKH.ii asserted thai certain cluiueutt were aiitagonlilug Yahburne solely U'cause liU wlfo was a Calhollc.a largo number ot Irlali.Aiiierlcaua, wearying weary-ing or the light 'between he democratic demo-cratic leaders, rallied to Washburue't support. The Indications at midnight nro that, asldo from llenqateal Wnaliburne, tho otliersuccissful candldata aroabout evenly divided bvtsreeu the democrat and republicans. The socialist vote wot blielx-tedly Instgiilllcant, alwut nno-elghtli of tlio iiuinUrofsoclalUttioiularlyiupiios:d tu I In tin, city. Thu Interest, shown In the returns surpassed anything ever shown hern la-fore. Madlsou Htrcrt and .Fifth Avenue, where the iiowaiatx-r bulletins bulle-tins were to be seen, were blocked for hours hy tlfuustudt of uoi.o yelling themselves lioarao.nnd blowing tin horns. Thai oor.lJorsnf the illy hall were thronged lo suflocatlou, and In all tho theatre tlio nliirna were read frblll tliu stage. The day was marked by if number of bloody utrrnia. F.vcn the lioiitbUcka fought over politics, l'rauk tlallln, aged I a, was stabbed and seriously In. lured l.y another boy named Clements. U'csuao lie had abused tho other's can. dldatu. Thomas llaali.ll was shot oud fatally wounded at u polling place by Hen Lupplu lu n lailltlcal quarrel. In a free-for-All dglit at another lioliit JanieaHmlt, coloreit, waa shot and rutally wounded. In tho Thirtieth Ward, J, H.CIaiklwca'ue Involved In n dispute aud wns fatally beaten. At one lulling place a ticket imldler uamod iluluu bad Ida tlckula snatched away by a lirly tough, who ul.a sluggetl film. iMIun went away, but sooriritiiriusl with a new bui.illeor tickets and a huge revolver strapped ouulde uf lilt coat, ijulel prevalleil In that precinct the remainder ofthu day. At 1 a. m. City Comptroller Onahaii gave the (Igurea troni 60'J iireclncts, leaving only seven to benrfroin, which showed a plurality of six votes for t.'rrgler, gieut gal us having hecil made In the ilnck yards ill-trht. Later tlio City Pnvis Akwclatlon, whlcli lias bei-ii gathetlug returns fortliu wuirs, nnnounced that the Clly Hall ivople bail made n mistake early lu the night oflOM lu mo footings, uud that thu error waa continued through the nlrhl. Acconllnglo Hie city press, lleiuj,. stiad Wasliburu still lias a plurality ol At 2 a. in. Comptroller Onaliau said nil tlie prcclnctn had been heard from, and complete I etiirns g ivo Cregler d:i!l plurality over Wmtibtirn. A gain for Cregler was lu Ihe stock yards district, where a large lonly of Irl.li.Aiuetlciius twmiud lo Iiavo tiuck to tho regular tkl.et- The olllclal cuuut will I necewiary to decide tho mailer, . Ilemllllinr .sioiie). Sirwr' Yorttc, .April 7.-A Itoslon ravlal saytt Tho lloveriuneut It re. uillllng thu luouoy rifuuded tu the BUt under lh.l "'"."Vi.'p'T certificate., l-siicd nilr l g"W rCu'W M.lSrt W& r Lr t'n.ghtfind Vullt It jr.. oJJN h fetllsiuentcr balancea at 'g;J liouseaand reru..id. Thl 1 ' a verlnl understaudlns; l'?.uS!1. i," III tliosetllemeWor 'alayJiJI,gJ net otlSSS proa Idea that ""J "?'" iioclAtlou shall retus" th"-""0' cates. Ileucr r.-ars of brlngrtg Urs , lM.uk. lo n H'. bljr.'"'X The mailer cau.od mue li "Sf i and the outcome la watched viltllH""' e-tt. . I |