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.
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