VOTERnpiCT. The Republicans Carry Ohio by About 67,- 000 Plurality. Seth Low !s Elected Mayor of New York and Tam many Is Defeated. Massachusetts, lowa.. New Jersey, Nebraska and Rhode Island Arc in the Republican Column. Win in Kentucky, Virginia, Maryland and Mississippi. NBW I'OItK. New York, Nov. 6. —After several •weeks of the hottest campaign fight ing ever witnessed in this city over a municipal election, the day when the ballots were cast passed with un wonted quiet, considering the high lfeeling which had previously been ex hibited. There were a few fights at the polls among individuals, but none of a serious nature, and out of the -scores of arrests made—and most of these were on charges of a technical character—but few prisoners were held by the magistrates. The great feature of the voting was the early casting of ballots. This applied to the brown stone as well as <to the tenement house districts. The practical use of a voting ma chine was demonstrated in the Eighteenth district of the First a.s .tsembly district, Brooklyn, and the re .sult was known at 5:03 in the after fnoon, immediately after the polls were closed. No difficulty was ex perienced in recording the vote, and in many instances men cast their ■votes in less than three seconds. An incident which attracted atten tion in New York City was the re fusal of the election judges in one to allow one voter to cast his ballot because he had made a bet •of a box of cigars on the result of the ■-election. Crowds such as are seen on the night of presidential elections sur rounded the bulletin boards of the newspaper offices. Because of the of accidents resulting from the subway excavations, near the •city hall, some 500 policemen were on hand. A cordon was formed which practically shut off Park Row from the head of Beeloman street to the bridge entrance and the streets lead ing into Park Row at that point were •closed. The street cars were stopped at Centre street. One man, believed to be E. J. Mul laney, of Clifton. N. J., while watch ing the bulletins near the Staats Zeit ung building, was jostled oft the side walk by the crowd and, falling on the stone roadway, fractured his skull. He died soon after. The bulletin announcement of Mr. Low's election was the signal for a series of impromptu election parades ■ around the district, in which the young man with the Karing tin horn was as usual very much in evidence. Stet-h Low, former president of •Columbia university, and four years »jro the Citizens' union candidate for the first mayor of Greater New York, was elected the second mayor of •Greater New York by a plurality ranging anywhere from 30,000 to 40,- 000, defeating Edward M. Shepard, of Brooklyn, the democratic nominee. The vote was the largest ever polled in a municipal contest. In addition to the canvass formayor pcblic interest largely centered in •the nomination by the fusionists of William Travers Jerome for district attorney, and Mayor Robert A. Van Wyck by the democrats, for justice of the supreme court. They were voted for only in the territory con tained in New York county. Jerome is elected by a considerable plurality, 'but Mayor Van Wyck is defeated, the latter running behind his ticket from 15,000 to 20,000. Returns also indicate the complete triumph of the Greater New York fusion ticket, Charles Vincent For nes, the nominee of the Citizens' •union and the republicans for presi dent of the board of- a'ldermen, de feating George M. Van Hoesen, the democratic nominee. E. M. Grout, for the past four years -democratic president of the borough •of Brooklyn, now the fusionist nomi nee for comptroller, has also defeat •«d W. W. Ladd, jr., democrat. In the borough of Queens the elec tion of Joseph Cassidy, democrat, as president of the borough over Henry Doht, republican, and Robert B. Law rence, Citizens' union, is conceded. In the boroughs of Brooklyn, Man hattan and the Bronx additional and possibly official returns will be re •quired to determine the results for •borough president and other local •officers. Reports received from the various ■sections of New York state show that the republicans will retain control •of the lower house of the state leg islature, the number of republican and democratic assemblymen not dif fering materially from the figures of ■preceding years. In the various mu nicipal contests reported from up the state the most interesting elec tions noted were those of Albany, "Troy, Rochester, Syracuse and Buf falo. The city of Albany was car ried by the republicans, ex-Senator iDavid B. Hill taking no active part in the local canvass. The election in Troy 'was a lively one, a number of arrests for illegal voting being made. Ex-United States Senator Murphy headed the fight for the candidate of the democrats, while «x-Gov. Black managed the campaign for the progressive democratic-re publican ticket. The candidate for mayor, 1). E. Conway, supported by the former governor, was easily «lected. The result in Rochester was close, but Mayor Warner's friends claim his election over the republican candidate. In Syracuse Mayor Mc- Guire, for a number of years past the democratic mayor of the city, was de feated by the republican nominee. At 10 o'clock last night Richard Croker, commenting- on jlr. Shepard's defeat, said he could not ascribe it to any one issue. "The people 'wanted a change," said he,"and the organi zation bows to the will of the people. Tammany Hall has been in power for practically 17 years and if any one party were to remain in control for too long 1 a period, the tendency would be toward a perpetuation of power, until the result would resem ble a monarchy. Tammany has al ways profited bj r defeat and I hope will do so this time." Mr. Croker said that all dissatisfied persons had voted against the dem ocratic nominees and that had con tributed much to the result. As to his own plans for the immediate fu ture he had nothing to say. He said, hoiwever, that Mr. Lowe would have the pood wishes of the democracy in his administration. Seth I/ow at 9 o'clock said: "I sup pose it is safe to assume the result of the election is now assured. It bears out what my friends have anticipated and I am very much gratified by the result. This is a pleasant outcome of a hard struggle. I appreciate heartily the splendid support the newspapers have given this move ment. I think they have been a splendid and important factor in bringing about the result." President Roosevelt's district in the town of Oyster Bay, Long Island, was carried by the republican candi date for assembly by seven majority and by the democratic candidate for district attorney by 94 majority. Republican mayors have been 112 leet ed in the cities of Schenectady, Binghamton and Oswego. A demo cratic mayor was elected in Utica. Albany, Nov. 6.—Albany elected its entire republican ticket, including Gans for mayor, by majorities rang ing from 1,100 to 1,500. Buffalo, Nov. 6.—-Erastus C. Knight, republican, is elected mayor by over 5,000 plurality. Syracuse, Nov. 6.—Jay B. Kline, re publican, for mayor defeats James K. McGuire by 1,200. Rochester, Nov. 6.—Warner, demo crat, is elected mayor by 94 plurality over Rodenbeck, republican. New York, Nov. 7. —Complete but unofficial returns from every district .of Greater New York give Seth Low, fusion candidate for may or, 294,992, and Edward 1M Shepard, democratic candidate, 235,128, making Low's plurality 29,864. Richard Croker yesterday denied that he had given up the leadership of Tammany 'Hall, or that he would do so. Mr. Croker said: "The report that I am to quit politics is absolutely false, and it is not true that I am to sail for Europe at once. I shall stay here for some time to come." OHIO. Columbus, Nov. 6.—Returns indi cate republican gains in Cincinnati, Cleveland, Toledo, Dayton, Zanesville, Portsmouth, Canton, Springfield and other cities, the notable exception being Columbus, the home of both Gov. Nash and Col. James Kilbourne, the democratic candidate for gover nor. The greatest republican gains are outside of the large cities. Some of the democratic counties report the largest republican gains. A notable exception in the rural districts was found in Pike and Adams counties, which jointly elected a democratic member of the legislature for the first time in eight years. Col. Kilbourne said he felt better over carrying his home county. Franklin, with a democratic gain of over 3,000 than he would if he had been elected governor without carry ing Franklin county. Chairman Dick at 10 o'clock last night gave out a statement that the republicans had carried the state by over 50,000 with a decisive majority in each branch of the legislature. The greatest republican demonstration here was over the returns from To ledo showing that Nash had carried Lucas county and that the legislative ticket there is elected. As Gov. Nash had opposed the sta.t/5 appropriation for the proposed Ohio centennial ex position in that city, it was expected that he would lose that county. When this dispatch was received, after Chairman Dick had made his state ment, the republicans raised their es timates several thousand. The republicans are so elated over their triumph that they are already talking of Congressman Dick, who has been chairman of their state com mittee for 11 years, for governor two years hence, when Senator Hanna stands for re-election, and it is re ported that John I{. McLean then will be the democratic candidate for sen ator. It is generally believed that Hon. Charles W. Baker, of Cincinnati, who has been an avowed candidate against Foraker, will receive the com plimentary vote of the democratic minority in the present legislature. In Hamilton county, which includes Cincinnati, there was a mixed delega tion in the last legislature, when John R. McLean, democrat, carried that county for governor. The. dele gation then had only two republicans. This year the delegation consists of 13 republicans. Lucas county had two republican members in the last legislature, but under the new census it has four members, all republicans. The democrats gain four members in Franklin. The republicans gain one member each in Summit, Muskingum, Ross and Williams counties. 1p the last legislature Montgomery had one republican and one democrat member. This year the county elect ed three republicans. So far as re turns are in the local option candi dates of both parties for the legisla ture have been defeated. The liquor men are especially jubilant over the defeat of T.ll.Clark, one of the repub lican candidates in Franklin county, who was Ihe author of the local op tion bill that was defeated in the last legislature. Columbus complete- Nash 13,762, Kilbourne 15,019; Kilbourue's plural ity 1,257. Kilbourue's plurality in CAMERON COUNTY PRESS, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 1901. Franklin county Is abcmt 2,500. The democrats have certainly elected two senators and four representatives i» Franklin county. The following is the result in north western Ohio counties. Wood county 2,100 for Nash and en tire republican ticket; Allen county 1,000 for Kilbournc and entire demo cratic county ticket; Putnam county 1,500 for Kilbourne and entire demo cratic county ticket; Mercer 1,500 for Kilbourne and entire democratic county ticket; "Fulton 1,000 for Nash and entire republican county ticket; Williams 500 for Nash and entire re publican county ticket. Galvin P. Godfrey, republican, has defeated J. R. Kagy, democrat, for senator in the Thirty-third district by 300, mak ing a gain of about 2,000 votes. Cincinnati, Nov. 7.—Complete unof ficial re.turns from Hamilton county show the following vote for gover nor: Nash, republican, 42,687; Kil bourne, democrat, 36,866; Pinney, prohibition, 242; Juergens, socialist labor, 829; Richardson, union reform, 102; Thompson, socialist, 3,170. Plu rality for Nash 5,818. The entire re publican county ticket, including 13 members of the legislature, is elected by pluralities ranging from 7,069 to 15,070. The average plurality is about 12,500. Nash's vote is about 3,000 be low the average of his ticket, while Kilbourne ran about 3,000 above the average of the democratic ticket. Cleveland, Nov. 6.—The city of Cleveland and Cuyahoga county are carried by the democrats by a large majority. The county will send a solid democratic delegation of 14 members to the next general assem bly. Akron, Nov. 6.—This city gives Nash 1,599, Kilbourne 580. Find-lay, Nov. 6. —Hancock county went republican by 400 majority. Gov. Nash will carry this city. Chillicothe, Nov. 6.—Nash's major ity in Ross county is estimated at 450. Seventeen precincts of this city give Nash 6,772, Kilbourne 2,139. The rest of the ticket runs ciose to these fig ures. Lima, Nov. 6.—Kilbourne carries Al len county by at least 1,000. Norwalk, Nov. 6.—Twenty-one pre cincts out of 31 in Huron county show a democratic gain of 193. This indicates a republican majority of 1,100 in the county. Springfield, Nov. 6.—Clark county, ■with a vote of 20 per cent, less than two years ago, gives Nash a plurality of a'bout 2,00. Mansfield, Nov. 6.—Returns thus far received indicate a democratic loss in Richland county of at least 200. Kil bourne carries the county by between 500 and 600. Union county complete gives Nash 3,273, Kilbourne 1,566. Marietta city complete gives Nash 1,749, Kilbourne 1,670. Mount Vernon complete gives Nash 1,094, Kilbourne 823. City of Hamilton complete gives Kilbourne 3,148, Nash 2,034. Zanesville, Nov. s.—Nash carries Muskingum county by 600, a gain of 750 over two years ago. Dayton, Nov. s.—Ninety precincts out of 106 in Montgomery county show that the republican legislative ticket is elected by above 2,000 plural ity. The whole county ticket is elect ed by from 1,400 to 2,000. Nash's plurality two years ago was 1,604, indicating a gain of over 500. Newark, Nov. 6.—The indications are that Kilbourne will carry Licking county by about 600, a democratic loss of 300. Portsmouth, Nov. 6.—N.-sh carried the city by 866 majority, a republican gain of 450. Jronton, Nov. 6. —Thirteen out of 25 precincts of Lawrence county give Nash 542, Kilbourne 1,128. Same in 1899 gave Nash 2.503, McLean 1,338. Net republican gain 245. Columbus, Nov. 7.—With almost complete returns in, it is noted that the republican plurality beats all rec ords in what has become known as the quadrennial "off year," and, with two exceptions, the records of other years. in the "off years," or tliose following a presidential election, the democrats have carried Ohio, the ex ceptions being in 1881, after the death of Garfield, and in 1885 and 1893, after the Cleveland elections. Sixty-two counties have republican pluralities aggregating 90,840. Twen ty-six counties have democratic plu ralities aggregating 23,179, making the plurality of Nash over Kil bourne for governor C 7.661, and ap proximating 80,000 plurality for other candidates on the republican state ticket. The total vate will not ex ceed 900,000. The republicans elected 68 representatives and the democrats 42. The state senate stands 21 repub licans and 12 democrats. The repub lican majority on joint ballot for United States senator is 33. CONNKCTICI'T, New Haven, Conn., Nov. 6.—Connec ticut. chose delegates to the first con stitutional convention to be held in the state since 1818. Of the 168 towns in the state, 165 have been heard from, showing that republican dele gates were elected in 105, democrats in 44 and non-partisan candidates in 16. Two cities of the state, Ansonia and Bridgeport, held city elections and surprises developed in both cases. In Ansonia Stephen Charters, candi- date of the democratic »nd labor party, was chosen mayor by a major ity tin usual there. In Bridgeport the democrats also scored a notable victory. PENNSYLVANIA. I'll i lad el phi a, Nov. 6.—Pennsylva nia voted on three proposed amend ments to the constitution which pro vide for personal registration and voting machines. The amendments carried. The propositions, must, however, be acted upon by the leg islature which meets in 1903 before they can be embodied in the consti tution. Returns indicate the election of the entire republican state ticket, Frank G. Harris for state treasurer and William P. Potter for supreme court judge, by from 60,000 to 70,000 plural ity. The vote in favor of the pro posed constitutional amendments in the interest of ballot reform is over whelming. Notwithstanding the intense inter est, the election throughout this city was conducted generally in an orderly manner. There were, however, nu merous disputes at polling places, and in a number of instances the dis putants came away with broken heads, but no very serious rows oc curred anywhere. The regular re publicans and the fusionists charge each other with wholesale frauds and promise to make numerous arrests. There were many arrests for viola tions of the election laws, but in near ly every case the offender was 'bailed out by political friends. In Philadelphia Rothermel, the fu sion candidate for district attorney, was beaten by 43,478 plurality. Har ris' plurality in this city was 34,961 and Potter's waJ 31,921. Harry Davis, fusion, was elected judge of common pleas court, run ning nearly 1,000 votes ahead of Henry Budd, his associate on the ticket. Philadelphia, Nov. 7.—Practically complete returns from the state give Harris (rep.) for treasurer 52,360 plu rality and Potter (rep.) for supreme court judge 47,939 plurality. The official totals from the few counties in which the vote is incomplete will not materially alter the foregoing pluralities. A number of counties have not yet completed the returns of the vote on tne proposed constitutional amend ments providing for changes in the ballot law, but the figures received from two-thirds of the state indicate that the amendments carried by a big majority. Lancaster, Nov. 7.—Bird Cassel, re publican, was elected to congress in the Tenth congressional district by alxiut 7,500 plurality. He succeeds the late Marriot Brosius. It IIODE ISLAND. Providence, Nov. 6. —With scarcely half the districts in the state heard from the republican plurality prom ises to run well up. Seventy districts in the sta'te give Gregory, republican, ..0,133; Garvin, democrat, 6,172. The general assembly will be republican strongly. l'awtucket and Woon socket have elected democratic may ors, as has also Providence. NEW JERSEY. Trenton, \Nov. 7. —Revised returns from the various counties of the state give Franklin Murphy, republi can candidate for governor, a plural ity of 14,763 over James M. Seymour, democrat. The republicans have a majority of 41 in the legislature. MISSISSIPPI. Jackson, Miss., Nov. 6.-—As only the offices of state treasurer and secre tary of state were to be filled, little interest was manifested in the elec tion. Telegrams from larger towns indicate that the temporary incum bents, George W. Carlisle and Joseph W. Powers, who are appointees of Gov. Longino, have been elected state treasurer and secretary of state, re spectively. Fuller returns will not be received for a day or two, as nu merous precincts are off the rail roads and without telephone connec tion. All the candidates were dem ocrats. IVI A It Y LAND. Baltimore, Nov. 6.—A conservative estimate based on about half the vot ing precincts in the city and unoffi cial returns from the state made at 3 a. m. indicate that the democrats will control the legislature and will have probably 67 votes on joint bal lot, which is six more than a major ity. In order to attain this result it will be necessary that they carry the Second legislative district in Balti more city, which seems probable. Not more than half the returns from the city are in and these show an unu sually close contest. It is not be lieved that the majority for either party in Baltimore city will exceed 2,000. Baltimore, Nov. 7.—Returns re ceived in this city up to midnight and including every county in the state, partly official and partly estimated, indicate a result in the legislative con test which is almost without parallel in Maryland. The most careful es timates give the democrats 46 dele gates and seven newly-elected sena tors, which, combined with the ten who hold over in the senate, assures the friends of Mr. Gorman 63 votes on joint ballot. The republicans have elected 49 delegates and six sen ators, which added to their three hold-over senators, gives them a total of 58 on joint ballot. These figures indicate that the republicans will be able to organize the house of dele gates. MASSACHUSETTS. Boston, Nov. 7.—Revised returns in Massachusetts show that Gov. Crane has a plurality of 70.116 votes. The legislature will stand: Senate 33 re publicans, 7 democrats. House of representatives 165 republicans, 73 democrat's, 2 social democrats. KANSAS. Topeka, Nov. 6. —Local elections were held in every county in Kansas yesterday, county commissioners and school trustees being the only offi cers elected. Republicans were gen erally successful. While the elec tion was uninteresting, it was import ant, chiefly in noting the way in Which the political wind is blowing. The republicans claim that in there- sults they can forecast a safe major ity for the republicans in the next legislature. KENTUCKY. Louisville, Ky., Nov. 6. —The gen eral asembiy that was elected in Kentucky yesterday, with the excep tion of half the senate, which hold* over, will be democratic on joint bal lot by an increased majority, accord ing to the latest returns. This gen eral assembly will elect a successor to United States Senator William J. Deboe, republican, for the term be ginning March 4, 1903. The returns indicate that the senate will stand 26 democrats to 12 republicans, the same as the old senate, and the house 77 democrats to 23 republicans, a dem ocratic gain of 17. In addition to electing a United States senator the new assembly will redistrict the state as to senatorial, representative, appellate court and circuit court districts for ten years. In the city of Louisville the demo crats elected Charles F. Granger, mayor over John A. Stratton, repub lican, by about 5,000 majority. The democrats also elected the city, coun ty and legislative tickets. IOWA. Des Moines, la., Nov. 6. —The result in lowa is remarkable. With a marked falling off in the vote throughout the state, the loss in some precincts being between 40 and 50 per cent, in the total vote and the aver age loss for the state one-fifth of two years ago, A. B. Cummins, the repub lican candidate, has been elected by a plurality of something like 90,000, the largest ever given a governor in this state. The entire republican state ticket is elected by similar plu ralities. NEBRASKA. Lincoln, Nov. 6. —Indications based on meager and scattering precinct returns are that. Nebraska has reaf firmed her verdict of last year in fa vor of the republicans. Figures from the smaller towns and a few country districts show a republican gain of four to the precinct over a year ago, when the average republican major ity was 3,800. If these gains are sustained Sedgewick, republican, for supreme court justice, will carry the state by from 6,000 to 10,000. At re publican headquarters the claim is made of 10,000. Lincoln, Neb., Nov. 7. —Complete returns from more than a third of the counties in Nebraska increase the pluralities for the republican state ticket. If the ratio of gain shall be maintained, Sedgwick, republican candidate for supreme judge, will nave a plurality of 12,000. VIRGINIA. Richmond, Va., Nov. 6. —Although the democrats polled only about 75 per cent, of their vote, the result sur passed their most sanguine expecta tions. The negroes took little inter est in the contest, and the indica tions are that the democratic major ity for the state ticket wUI be more than 25,000. The democratic majority on joint ballot in the legislature will be over whelming. On the legislative ticket the democrats made gains in the southwest, where they feared they were weak. PRIZE MONEY. An Order In (•■nod lor It* Distribution to Hie Victor* In the Italic ut .flatillai Ray. Washngton, Nov. 6.—Justice Brad ley, sitting as a United States district court judge yesterday signed a de cree of condemnation and distribu tion in connection with the prize suit instituted by Admiral Dewey on be half of himself and the officers and crews of the United States naval force taking part in the battle of Manila. It sets forth that the fol lowing indicate.l property is lawful prize of war, viz: The protected cruisers Isla De Cuba and Isla De Lu zon, the unprotected cruiser Don Juan de Austria, the transport Ma nila and all other vessels and equip ment belonging to the king of Spain and his subjects captured by the na val forces of the United States on May 1, 1898, except such as may have been restored to private owners. The Spanish property captured on shore at the Cavite arsenal or else where and all sea-going boats per taining to the arsenal are not sub ject to prize. The vessels entitled to share in the prize money are the Olympia, the Baltimore, Boston, Ra leigh, the gunboats Concord and Pe trel and the revenue cutter Mc-Cul loch. The Nanshan and the Zafiro are not entitled to share. Forrnt Fire* arc < becked. Pittsburg, Nov. 5. —The heavy fall of rain and snow Monday night checked the destructive mountain fires which threatened Dunbar. In the mountains the fall of snow amounted to nearly two inches. Mountain farmers who came to town for the first time during the pa ait week on account of the furious fires, report the conflagration the worst in the history of the neighborhood. Uame in some sections is almost ex terminated. What was not burned to death will die from starvation, an ail the berries and nuts were d--» stroyed by the flames. Rordcn Krtiirna to tlie Old Scale. Fall River, Mass., Nov. 6. —M. C. Borden, owner of the Iron Works cotton mills here, who, a few weeks ago caused excitement in labor circles by announcing an increase of 10 per cent, in wages, yesterday gave notice of a return to the original schedule on November 18. Mr. Borden hoped to compel the other manufacturers in the city to raise wages to meet his action, but a general 'increase was refused and the operatives accepted the situation. Two lirakpinen are Killed. Pittsburg, Nov. 6.—Robert Allison and Robert Whitman were instantly killed and Howard Anderson was I seriously injured last, night. The i three men were 'brakemen on the Pan-Handle road anil were in the ca boose of a freight train standing at High Street station. A shifter en gine, said to have had the wrong sig nal given it, crashed into the caboose, cut it in two ana set it on lire. CONVICTS MUTINY. Twenty-Six Jailbirds Succeed in. Making Their Escape. Olio Tlxll xva» Killed and Five Injure* Vurlng a Ilaab for Liberty by Men IVho Overpowered Tlielr Ciuard*— Itobbed Farm er* After Escaping. Leavenworth, Kan., Nov. 8. —One mitu was killed, five others danger ously 'wounded and 26 desperate con victs are at large, as a result of a mutiny late Thursday afternoon* at the site of the new United States* prison, two miles southeast of here, where 400 prisoners from the federal prison, in charge of 30 armed guards, were at work. When the trouble began the rebel lious prisoners had only two revol vers. These had been secreted in one of the walls of the building by some unknown person. Two walls are partly completed and the remain der of the site of the building l is sur rounded by a 'high wooden stockade. Gus Parker, of Ardmore, I. T., one of the ringleaders of the mutiny, under pretense of a necessity, walked to the corner of the stockade, where the re volvers were concealed and under cover of some weeds secured them without being detected. He returned to the gang and passed one of the revolvers to Frank Thomp son, a negro from South McAlester,. I. T., who secreted it about his per son. \Yh t'Ti T. E. Hinds, superinten dent of construction, and three un armed guards prepared to round up the men at the end of the day's work, the. two armed convicts covered them with the revolvers and, encouraged by the other mutinous convicts, forced the men to walk before them to the northwest corner of the stockade, where they expected to make a rush through the opening. On the out side of the stockade was an armed guard and the convicts were met at the opening by C. E. Burrows, a guard who fought them back, but who received two shots in the neck. The convicts then rushed over to the south wall to another opening and were met by Arthur Treelford, an armed guard, who is In charge of all the convicts. Treelford resisted the convicts and was shot twice, but not dangerously wounded. Defeat ed in their attempt to escape at this point, the men rushed to the guard house, a temporary frame structure, where the arms are kept. The guards from the outside rushed in at this point and drove the convicts away from the guard house. J. P. Waldrup, a guard, shot and killed Ford Quinn, fpotn Ryan, I. T. The prisoners then made a grand rush for the main en trance and 26 of them succeeded tn escaping. 'Most of the escaped men are from Indian Territory. Closely ■followed by the guards, the men ran to a nearby forest and succeeded in evading their pursuers. The men went in the direction of Easton, Kan., and it is reported here that they have held up many farmers, taking- horses and clothing. Andrew Leaven, a guard, is in the hospital with a broken leg. He was hurt as the prisoners were escaping. One of the fugitives named Otter was shot. The extent of his injuries is unknown. The convicts in their flight com pelled F. E. Hinds, superintendent of construction, togo with them, and he was not allowed to return until they had gone almost two miles. W. F. 'Peaslee, one of the fugitives, who lias only 15 months more to serve, de serted the band a few moments after Hinds was released. The two men reached here almost the same time. Twenty-four members of the Fourth cavalry hastened to the scene, of the trouble, but when they arrived the convicts had escaped and the sol diers could not participate in the chase without orders from their superior. Forty armed guards from the fed eral prison are in pursuit of the fugi tives. A SHORTAGE OF $57,000. Ulaocabeen' Finance Keeper 1* a De faulter, but tlie Society Will Lose Nothing. Port Huron, Mich., Xov. 8. —By his own confession Charles 1). Thompson, supreme finance keeper of the su preme tent, Knig-hts of the Macca bees, and a prominent vessel and tug man of this city, is a defaulter in the sum of $57,000. Mr. Thompson was heavily bonded in the National Surety Co., of New York, and the Fidelity and Deposit Co., of Baltimore, and the order, therefore, is protected from loss. Thompson made no efl'ort to escape after his defalcation was dis covered. He is now at his home awaiting the action of the bonding companies. His embezzlement is confessed in a letter to Supreme Com mander Markey. The heavy loss sustained by the Thompson Towing and Wrecking Co., of this city, of which Thompson is a member, on the steamer Harlem, which they raised from the bottom, of Lake Superior, is responsible for the defalcation. Thompson used the funds of the order in this enterprise, which proved very unprofitable, as the expense of raising and refitting tne craft was so great that she had to be sold at a loss of $75,000, instead of a profit. It is expected an effort will be made by Thompson's friends to effect n settlement with the bonding com panies. Agreed on Amount of Kanaom. St>fia, Bulgaria, Xov. B.—On Wed nesday Mr. Dickinson sent a messen ger with a reply to the brigands* proposals as formulated in Miss Stone's letter. It is understood that an agreement as to the amount of the ransom has been virtually established. The settlement as to the manner and place of the payment and the surren der of the captives presents the most difficulty, but an entente is expected soon. The brigands are not willing to cross into Turkey to obtain the money, while the Bulgarian govern ment would oppose releasing Mi*s Stone on Bulgarian soil. 3
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