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THE SEMI-WEEKLY TRIBUNE IHA L. DAItH, Proprietor. TERMS; $125 IN ADVANCE. NORTH PLATTE, - NEBRASKA. THE NEWS IN BRIEF. Minister Wu has as yet no notlco from his government of its reported purposo to recall him to China. A civil scrvlco examination will bo hold on December 14 at Dubuque, la., for position of fireman in tho custod ian scrvlco. Senator Forakcr is under tho phy sicians' enro. Ho Is suffering from physical broakdown as a result of his trying and exciting campaign exper ience. On tho recommendation of General Gtllcsplo chief of engineers, several changos havo been ordered In tho sta tions and offlcora of tho corps of en gineers. As tho result of a djffcrenco with tho budget commlttoo of tho Spanish chamber of deputies, Sonor Urzalz, minister of finance, haa resigned hla portfolio. Tho German Imperial deficit hns heretofore been estimated at 100,000, 000 marks. It is now asserted that tho budget will assumo a deficit of 140, 000,000 marks. J. L. Schroodor, living near Poca hontas, In., disappeared Inst Saturday. His frozen body wan found lator .'a a. cornfield only n fow hundred yards from hia home, Having tendered his resignation Ma jor Ernest K. Johnstono, surgoon, Unltod Stntcn voluntoors, has been lionorably discharged from tho sorvico of tho Unltod States. Tho Mississippi River commission held Its semi-annual meeting at St. Louis, Mo., after which all members of tho body steamed away on tho semi annual tour of inspection. Admiral Schloy cxpocts to mnko a visit to Memphis, Tenn., In January, n'C a dato to bo determined upon later, when ho Is to bo presented n silver service by tho pcoplo of Momphls. Tho general committco of tho board of church extension of tho Methodist church, In session at Columbus, 0 adopted a resolution providing for tho appointment of two additional secre taries. Tho Greok minister in Constantino ple, according to n dispatch to a Paris news agency from. Athens, has tolo Kraphod tho Greok government that ttio porto has accepted all tho domands of Franco. Tho American Vohlclo Woodstock association, oompoflod of manufactur ers ot spokes, rims, shafts, etc., has given notice of an advance in tho price of raw material (oak and hickory) of 15 per cent. Tho Berlin correspondent of th'o Dally Mall gives curroncy to a roport that Horr Albert Ballln ot tho Hamburg-American lino Is in London ne gotiating for tho snlo of eighteen steamers to J. Plorpont Morgan. A cablegram received at tho War department from Uonoral Chaff oo, nt Manila, announces tho death from pneumonia of Captain Robory II. An derson, of tho Ninth cavalry. Captain Anderson was appointed to tho army in 1884 from civil Uto, being credited to Georgia. Charitable nnd religious organiza tions, mainly thoBo supported by thb 'Roman Catholic church, will be bone .fltcd to tho extent of, $150,000 by tho will of Mary Corygan, which was filed in tho circuit court at Chicago. Tho largest single bequest was that of $15, 000 to the Houso of tho Good Shepherd. W. F. Powell, 'Unltod States mlnlstor to Haytl and San Domingo, arrived in Washington from Haytl. The stamp sales at tho Omaha port offlca for October wore the largest of any month slnco tho establishment of, tho office. Thoy aggregated $30,331.52.1 Tho Burlington opened its now lino from Toluca to Cody, in Northorn Wy oming. Tho road is 125 miles long and opons to tho outaldn world n vnat territory. Tho statistics of the, growth of rural' froo dollvcry servico show that, on Do comber 2, next, thoro will bo 0,000 car rlors throughout tho country, travel ing a total mlleago approximately of 147,220 miles dally, or twenty-four and ono-halt miles each on an average There havo been 12,000 applications for routes, or twlco tho number of routes'. The London Dally News says: "Wo learn that Miss Hobhouse and a lady companion havo been arrested in South Africa and presumbaly deport ed." Miss llobhouso was the first to agitate regarding tho condition of tho British concentration camps. The New Tolcphono company of In dianapolis haa arranged to glvo its long dtstanco operators lessons In elo cution. Tho company officials say that its long distance domandB this innova tion In order to make tho servico sat isfactory. It is announced thnt tho duko of Cornwall and York will shortly rocolva the title ot Prince ot Wales. Tho Third Royal Canadian regiment in garrison here has beon ordered to proceed to South Africa at once. Tho ratfmtttt Is exclusively Canadian, DOW ABOUT KING CORN Great American Staylo Falls Below Ite Usual Output. LOWEST AVERAGE EVER RECORDED Nebraska Does Not Produce Quite Its Average Amount of Hay. Though De ficiency Is Slade Dp In Othor States flood Prices the Itule. WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. Tho fol lowing crop bulletin has bocn Issued by tho department of agriculture: Tho preliminary estimates of tho averago yield por acre ot corn ns published in tho monthly roport of the statistician of tho department of agriculture Is 16.4, comparod with nn average yiold of 25.3 busbols por acre i nlOOO and 1899 nnd a ten-year averago of 24.4 bushols. The prcsont indicated yield por acre Is tho lowest goneral averago over re corded for this crop, being 2.2 bushols por acre bolow tho yield in 1881, which has stood for twenty years as tho low est on record. The Indicated yiold In bushols per aero In tho sovon princi pal states Is ns follows: Ohio, 26.1; In diana, 10.8; Illinois, 21,4; Iowa, 25; Missouri, 10.1; Kansas, 7.8, and Ne; braska, 14.1. Of tho twenty-three stntos having 1, 000,000 ncroB or upward in corn nil but Pennsylvania, Virginia and Michigan roport nn average yiold por acre bolow tholr rcspoctlvo ton-year average Tho goneral averago as to quality la 73,7 per cont, as compared with 85.5 por cent In Novombor last and 87.2 per cont In Novombor, 1899. It 1b estimated that 4.5 por cent of tho corn crop of 1900 was still in tho hands of farmers on Novombor, 1901, as compared with 4.4 per cont of tho crop of 1899 in farmers' hands on Novombor 1, 1900, and 5.0 per cent of that of 1898 in hand Novombor 1, 1899. Tho preliminary cstlmato of tho av erago yiold por aero of buckwhoat Is 18.9 bushels, against nn averago yield per ncro of flftcon bushels In 1900, 10.5 busholB In 1899 and a ton-year average of 16.9 bushel. Of tho six statos hav ing 10,000 acres or upward undor this product, including Now York and Pennsylvania, which together contain over three-fourths of tho entire buck wheat acrcago of the country, four re port a yiold por aero In excess of their rcspoctlvo ten-yenr avorngo. Tho gon eral averago ns to quality 1b 93.3 por cont, against 90.2 por cont In Novombor last and 86.4 por cont In November, 1899. Preliminary estimates of tho yield por aero ot potatoes 1b 59.9 bushels, ngalnst an average yield per aero of 80.8 buBhoIs in 1900, 8S.6 bushols In 1899 and a ten-yonr averago of 78.7 bushels. Tho prcsont lndlcatod yield por acre Is tho lowest slnco 1890. Of tho statos having 50,000 acres or iij, ward In potatoes, all oxedpt Michigan anil Malno roport a yiold por aero com paring unfavorably with tholr ton-year nvorages, Indlann, Illinois, Iown, Kan sas and Nebraska roport less than ono half, and Missouri less than ono-fourth of an averago crop. Tho averago as to quality la 78.4 per cont, ns compared With 88.1 In Novombor last and 91.4 In Novombor, 1899. Tho preliminary cstlmato ot tho av erago yiold por aero of hay Is 1.32 tonB, against an averago yiold of 1.28 tons In 1900, 1.85 tons In 1899, and a ton year average of 1.28 tons, whllo moro than tbrco-fourths of tho forty-seven states and territories for which com parative data aro available report u yiold por aero in excess of tholr re spective year averago. Such Impor tant states as Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nobraska, South Dakota, Tex as nnd Arkansas nro all Included In tho region representing less favornblo. Tho averago ns to quality Is 91.3 por cont, agaliiBt 69.7 por cont In November Inst and 93.8 per cont In November, 1899. MISS STONE IS HOPEFUL Writes Again and Npctlis of Mine. TsllL Prison Irksom. SOFIA, Bulgaria, Nov. 12. From an other letter thnt has beon recolved from Miss Ellon Stono, tho abducted Amorlcan missionary, It appears that Blio is enduring tho trials ot her haru cxpcrlenco with fortitude forgetting hor8olt in hor anxloty for her compan ion, Mmo. Tsllkn. Miss Stono does not complain of tho treatment to Which thoy uro subjected, but finds tho confinement Irksome and tho wenthor extremely trying. Tho tono of tho latest lotter recolvod from hor Is hopoful, Tho brigands, by dating tho letters at places In Mace donia and delaying tholr delivery, sook to create tho appearanco ot being dis tant. Press Demands Protection. BERLIN, Nov. 12. Discussing tho rumors that Amorlcan capitalists In tend to acqulro the German ocean linos, tho Berlin Tngoblatt says: 'Stops must bo takon to protect those Hues from Americanization," Kortrlet Fever Attacks Prlucr. COPENHAGEN, Nov. 12. Prlnco Christian, oldest Bon of tho crown . prlnco of Denmark, Is sovorely 111 with scarlet fever. SOLDIERS RCADY FOR THEM. Mlxdoro Insurgents Attempt to Ite peat Twctloi of Mnmor Itcbels. MANILA, Nov. 12. Major William L. Pitcher of tho Eighth regiment of Infantry, commanding tho Mlndoro ex pedition, reports that tho garrlBon of Abra do Hog was attacked yesterday by n forco of Insurgents commanded by Lenocos. Tho Filipinos apparently attempted to repeat tho Samar tac tics, but tho Americans who wero breakfasting, fully armed, completely routed tho insurgents, who left flvo men dead on tho field, each having a rlflo and ammunition. Ono American was seriously wounded. Captain Noyes of tho Thirtieth In fantry, commanding a dotachment of fifty men, has captured a deserter named IMchter of tho Sixth artlllory, wearing tho uniform of an Insurgent lieutenant. Major Pitcher says ho recently cap tured thrco officers and a largo part of an Insurgent company, all fully armed. It Is believed tho Insurgents recently rccolvcd an illicit supply of munitions of war. CATDALOOAN, Island of Samar, Nor. 12. The Insurgents nro flocking northward. They are suffering greatly from famine. Mnny isolated bolomcn havo surrendered. Only fear caused' by Lubkan's proclamation, threatening with death those who surrender, pre vents a general submission of tho in surgents, but it is expected this will bo assured In a fow days. GET THE RINGLEADER. Ofllcerii Capture Prank Thompson, Necro' Desperado, After Htrueule. TOPEKA, Kan., Nov. 12. With tho capture of Frank Thompson, tho negro lender of tho fedornl penitentiary mu tiny of last Thursday, fourteen of tho twenty-six fugltivo convicts havo been rotaken. Thompson was enptured near Coun cil Grovo tonight by Deputy United States Marshal Prcscott and a posso of farmers. Ho showed fight, but was' brought down by a load of buckshot Thompson is not dangorously wound ed and will bo returned to tho peni tentiary tomorrow. Tho convicts aro yet at largo and inspiring much fonr among tho Inhab itants of tho country districts. To-! night olllcers are at work In a dozen different counties and as somo' report' that they have groups of convicts rounded up, moro captures will be! mndo beforo morning. From Council Grove, whoro Thomp-! son was captured, tonight six convicts) havo started to Cottonwood Falls and, nro freely holding up and robbing pco plo and plundering farms all along., Mnny havo had oncountora with tho; men nnd pcoplo along tho routo nro! afraid to vonturo out of their houses) tonight. URGE ANOTHER DEPARTMENT. National Iluslncss Lougueii Want One. of Commerce anil Industry. WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. Elliott Durand, Lnverno W. Noyes and soveral othor Chlcagoana, representing tho Na tional Business lenguo, today present ed to tho prcsldont a momorlnl urging him to recommend In his messages to congress tho establishment of n De partment of Coramerco and Industries, and also tho reorganization of tho consular sorvlco on a civil scrvlco basis. Representative Boutello of Illinois today -arranged for a future confor onco with tho president on tho Biibjcet of the abrogation of tho treaty of 1817 with Great Dritaln, by which tho building of war vessels on tho great likes Is Inhibited. Mr. Boutello is much Interested in this BUbJect. Ho says thero aro a dozen or moro ship yards on tho groat lanes and that tho nntlquntcd treaty of 1817 prevents them from sharing In tho work of building smaller vcssols of tho navy ' Goes to Identify Maddox. " ST. LOUIS. Nov. 12. J. II. Shunchor superintendent of tho Plnkorton do toctlvo agency of Chicago, will leavo tomorrow for Hot Springs, Ark., to ldontiry tho mnn giving the narao of H. C. Mnddox, who Is under arrest In that city and thought to be nn accom plice of Harry Longbaugh, tho sup posed train robber now hold horo ut tho Four Courts. To Succeed Judge Sedgwick. LINCOLN, Nov. 12. Lincoln attor neys havo begun to wonder who will bo appointed successor to Judgo Sedg wick for supremo court commissioner, Tho position will not become vacant until January 1, when Judgo Sedgwick will tako hla seat on the bouch. Satisfactory to the Ilrlllih. LONDON, Nov. 12. Tho Pnll Mall Gazotto, referring to the speech mado by Senator Lodgo nt Boston on Satur day lust, Bays: "If, ns bolloved, Mr. Lodgo's spcoch reveals tho mind ot Prosldont Roosovolt, this country will havo nothing to complnln of. The Isthmian business will bo settled next year In u mnnnor honornblo and Bat-! isfactory to both countries, which' moans, wo.presumo, that America wilt get Us own way In tho matter." TO KEEP NAVY MOVING Ohlef Equipment Bureau Givos Statistics of the Fuel Department. AMOUNT GROWS TO 95,713 TONS Exceeds by that Plenre the Total Iur ehaie of Last l'lscal Year Becretlve About Some Station They 'Are Pro poied Places Mot to He Mentioned. WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. A strik ing illustration of tho growth of tho American navy is presented in tho single statement In tho annual roport of Rear Admiral R. B. Bradford, chief of tho equipment bureau of tho navy, that ho spont $2,273,111 tho last fiscal for 324,103 tons of coal at an average coat of $7.01 per ton. Tho report says that this was nearly 05,713 moro tons of coal than was used during tho pre ceding fiscal year. Ten years ago the coal consumption was 73,000 tons per annum. Tho domestic coal costs $6.20 per ton and tho foreign coal, of which thero wero used 105,066 tons, cost $8.50 per ton. Admiral Dradford has scat tered American coal all over tho world wherovcr suitable storage could bo found. Ho has placed 12,000 tons at Yokohama and 6,000 tons at PIchlllquo Max., and ho has sent largo quantities to Guam and to tho Philippines. Ho carried 9,000 tons by water from tho Atlantic coast to Maro Island, Cnllfor nla,w hero It camo Into competition with English Cardiff coal. They havo averaged tho same In coast, viz $9.29 por ton, but at present, owing to tho scarcity of Amorlcan frolght vcssols. tho best Cardiff coal Is considerably cheaper at Maro Island. It Is recom mended thnt two laigo steam 10,000 ton colliers bo built to keep depots supplied In tlmo of poaco and to ac company tho fleets In tlmo of war. Summarizing tho work accomplished at various coaling stations during the year tho roport takes up Cavlto and says that tho bureau is about to open bids for a 45,000-ton coaling station thoro. Efforts havo been mado to ob tain a slto for a coaling station at Ccbu, but thus far without success. Coaling stations havo been located at Port Isabella, Bosalln Island and at Poloc, Mindanao. A completo station has been estab lished at Yokohama, Japan, and It is now fully stocked with coal, llio samo statement is truo at PIchlllquo, Mox., whero through tho courtesy of tho Mexican government our coal and colliers havo been admitted to the station without port duty or customs of any kind. In tho West Indies a llt tlo work has boon dono at San Juan on tho coaling scalo, but Admiral Dradford expresses regrot that little progress has been mado for securing othor sites for coal depots In tho West Indies. It is particularly essen tial that somo of tho dcop water ports of Cuba should bo mado available for this purpose, as tho entire wators sur rounding Cuba aro most Important In a strategic senso. Estimates aro sub mitted for Improvements of coaling stations at most Atlantic ports, includ ing a modern plant at Norfolk. CAPE COLONISTS MUST LIGHT They Must Assist In Driving Out the Swarming Rebels. LONDON, Nov. 11. In a lcttor, dated October 23. tho Capetown corre spondent of tho Dally Mall Bays: Lord Kitchener and Sir John Gordon Sprlgg (tho Capo premier) havo ar ranged a schema for tho expulsion of tho Invaders from Capo Colony. A Joint commission of Imperial and co lonial military chiefs havo been sit ting hero for somo days past to draft a scheme. It is understood that this provides for tho colonoy taking a largo aharo In tho tuturo campaign and contribut ing largely toward Its cost. Appar ently n lovy of loyalists en masso Id tho Idea Involved. Paul Itevero U DeAd. NEW YORK, Nov. 11. Paul Revere, vlco president, general of tho Sons of tho Revolution, died today at Morris town, N. Y., aged 45. Ho was a son of Goncrnl Josoph Warren Revere, who fought In tho Seminole nnd civil wars, and a great grandson of Paul Rovoro of revolutionary famo. Peculiar Accident IlraulU Kutully. FRANKLIN, Nob., Nov. 11. Jack Smith, who was Injured by Jumping from a load of hay and striking on a pitchfork, tho handle of which pen etrated his body for a dtstanco of ten Inches, died of his injuries. Danes Away nt Pussersby. DEVILS LAKE, N. D., Nov. 11. Tho 6-yoar-old son of William Barbor secured a revolver and began shoot ing at persons passing his homo. Miles Miller a merchant, was made o target by tho boy, but missed. Burt Crary, a 12-yoar-old boy, was tho next person to pass and young Barber shot lilm through tho apex of tho right lung, probably fatally wounding him Tho Barber boy seemed to think hi was having a good time. NINE MEN RUN DOWN. rarmer Surprlatt Tarty of Conlct TVho Are llldliiB In III llnrn. LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Nov. 11. All the police, deputy Bhcrlffs and farmers In tho country adjacent to Leavenworth wero on tho lookout to day for tho twenty-six federal con victs who escaped from tho stockado yesterday. As a result two convicts havo been killed, two wounded nnd flvo captured unhurt. Tho casualties took placo In a fight near Nortonvlllo, Kan., that resulted In tho death or capturo of flvo men. Tho dead: James Hoffman, aged 20, white; J. J. Poffenholz, aged 25, white, a sol dier convict; John Green, aged 21, white, and Wlllard Drake, aged 19, aro wounded and recaptured, and tho fifth, Fred Moore, aged 16, a negro, Is recaptured, unhurt. Tho flvo men wero discovered In tho barn of Fay Welshaar, a quarter of a mllo from Nortonvlllo, Kan., about 3 p. m. todny. Welshaar went into tho barn and was ordered out nt tho point of guns. He rushed to Nortonvlllo and gathered a wngonload of men, who, with revolvers, shot guns and a fow Winchester rifles, has tened to tho scene. IN CONVICIS' GRASP, Sheriff Cook nnd Deputy of Topeka Are Themselres Mniln Prisoners. TOPEKA, Kan., Nov. 11. Sheriff Cook of this county nnd Deputy Sheriff Williams wero enptured by two escaped convicts from tho Fort Leav enworth military prison yesterday afternoon at Pauline, flvo miles south of Topeka, and held prisoners In tho fnrm house of a man named Wooster for several hours. Tho convicts finally escaped between a lino of poltco sent from Topeka to rolnforco tho sheriff and are now nt largo. Both wero slightly wounded. Wooster was badly wounded by ono of tho convicts when ho tried to flro on them. Mrs. Wooster and Sheriff Cook wero held beforo tho convicts as a shield by tho prisoners In making their escape. A posso Is In pursuolt. VOTFGREATLY REDUCED Nearly Quarter of a Million Less In Ohio Tlian In lOOO. CINCINNATI, O.. Nov. 11. With almost half of tho offlolal returns from tho eighty-eight counties In Ohio re ceived, It Is estimated that iho total voto may bo 100,000 less than for gov ernor two yearB ago, when 920,872 votes wero cast, and almost a quarter of a million less than for president last year when tho total voto of Ohio was 1,619.121. Notwithstanding tho increase In population during tho past thirteen years, tho total voto. will likely bo much les3 than for president In 1888, when It was 841,941 and probably less than has been cast for governor since that tlmo with" a single exception. f IRST IN M'KINLEY'S MEMORY Minnesota Village Unvelli at tho Town of Tower. TOWER, Minn., Nov. 11. To this village belongs tho honor of having erected tho first monument in honor of William McKlnloy. Representatives from tho entlro northwest wero pres ent at tho unveiling, Including Gov ernor Van Sant and other men of prominence. When tho monument was unveiled all tho band3 thnt Tower and tho surrounding country could muster played tho hymn "Nearer, My God, to Thee." Tho speakers wero Governor Van Sant, John Owens, Thomas Mc Kecon and Rev. Dr. Forbes. Anti-Saloon League. WASHINGTON, Nov. 11. Actlvo preparations nro making for tho meet ing hero in December of tho sixth an nual convention of tho Amorlcan Antl Saloon league. The sessions will bo hold In ono of tho commoalous build ings of tho city and beginning Tues day, December 3d, will cotlnuo through Thursday. A largo attonannco Is ex pected, ns tho leaguo expects to sccuro railroad excursion rates throughout tho country. The call for the conven tion is signed by Rev. Luther B. Wil son, tho acting presldont of tho league, and n request is mado that all bodies hostilo to tho saloon send dolegatcs together with a representative from each for tho national board of direc tion. Six Hundred Cane of Smallpox. LINCOLN, Nov. 11. Dr. Brash ol Beatrice, ono of tho secretaries, said that over 600 cases of smallpox htftl been reported to him slnco October 15. Of this number 200 wero In tho Indian reservations. Tho disease .was found In over 100 localities. Paymaster Loses Thousands. PENSACOLA, Fla., Nov. 11. Pay master Stovens of tho United States army arrived hero from Atlanta Sat urday nnd beforo leaving that city placod In a satchel $200 and $4,800 In paper monoy for tho purposo of pay ing tho several hundred artillery men at Fort McRea tholr snlarlos for tho past month. When ho reached tho fort horo ho opeond tho grip and found that nil tho paper mouoy, amounting to nearly $5,000, had been abstracted. CUING DIES OF CMS Vexation Regarding Treaty Charged With Oacslng Earl Li's Death. JAPAN WANTS TO KNOW ITS FORM Ilustla Anxious thnt the Manehurlnn Treaty He Secret Empress Dowager Orders Publicity tlemorrliago Put an nnd to Chinese Statesman. PEKIN, Nov. 9. A violent dispute with M. Paul Lessar, Russian minister to China, over tho Manchurlan treaty appears to have bocn tho lmmcdlato causo of tho death of LI Hung Chang. Tho diplomatic confusion following this tragic climax has enabled Japan for a moment to frustrato tho designs of Russln. A fortnight ago tho Japancso lega tion secured a reliable outllno of tho terms of the treaty and thoreupon de manded that tho Chlncso plenipoten tiaries ofllclally lay beforo them tho text basing tho demand upon tho al legation that the Japancso intorcts woro involved in any chargo of the status of Manchuria. Tho Chincso plenipotentiaries re fused to comply with tho demand Thereupon tho Japancso government from Tokto communicated with tho southern viceroys and induced them to uso their influence with tho empress dowager against tho treaty. In tho mcantlmo tho empress dowager in structed LI Hung Chang to communi cate tho treaty after cortaln modifica tions to tho ministers of tho powers and if they did not object to sign tho samo. LI Hung Chang visited M. Lessar and explained to him tho instructions. The Russian minister strongly object ed to revealing tho text of tho treaty to tho ministers of tho othor powers and a stormy lntervlow ensued. LI Hung Chang went homo In a violent passion and had a hemorrhage, which tho doctors attribute to tho over-oxer-tlon of a weakened system. Whllo theso things were happening in Pekln, instructions wero lssuod countermanding the order to sign. This Instruction camo after LI Hung Chang had bocomo unconscious. When M. Lessar endeavored to havo LI Hung Chang's ofllclal seal affixed to tho treaty, Chou Fu, provincial treasurer, had arrived from Pao Ting Fu, and had taken charge of tho seals as tho temporary successor of Earl LI. Tho flag of tho United States legation was tho only ono half-masted today. Musicians beat drums about tho houso of Ll Hung Chang. ' LI Hung Chang's cstato will remain intnet for tho uso of his eldest son, who will provide for tho othor mem bers of tho family. MAN HUNT FOLLOWS MUTINY Armed Hoards Pursue Couvlots From Leavenworth. LEAVENWORTH, Kan., Nov. 9. Forty mounted guards aro boating tho country for a radius of flvo miloS around tho federal penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth In search of twenty-six convicts who succeeded In es caping from tho guards lato yester day. Tho country Is wild nnd rough and affords ample opportunity for es cape, and, as all tho convicts aro dosperato men and armed, conflicts will doubtless result beforo they are captured. Tho net known result of tho mutiny and tho following flght with thb guards was one convict killed and four guards Bhot or othowlso hurt, but it Is believed that many of tho fleeing convicts received wounds from tMs bullets sent after them by pursuing guards. Tho dead: Fort Quinn, a dosperato criminal from Indian Territory, who Is believed to have been tho ringlead er of the outbreak. Wounded: Josoph B. Waldruphe, prison guard, shot In forehead nnd breast; condition still critical; Ar thur Trelford, captain of tho guard, shot in leg, not serious; C. E. Bur rows, guard, shot in nock; slight; Andrew Leonard, guard, leg broken. Stockmen' right Taken Up. WASHINGTON, Nov. 9. Tho Uni ted States suprome court heard argu ments In tho caso of tho Intcrstato Commerco commlcslon against tho western rnllroads terminating at Chi cago. Tho caso involves tho legality of tho terminal chargo of $2 por car ou all enrs for the Union stock yards at Chicago In addition to tho through" rato charged. The commission de cided ngalnst the terminal charge, but tho railroads appealed. Callahan Agiihi Acquitted. OMAHA, Nob., Nov. 9. After wres tling with tho problem of tho guilt ot lnnoccnco ot James Callahan, chnrg" cd with perjury, alleged to have been uttorod in a former trial for th& abduction of Eddio Cudahy ou th night ot December 18, last year, tho Jury returned a verdict at flvo min utes to 10 o'clock last night of "not guilty." Judge Keysor thereupon dismissed tho Jury nnd discharged Callahan.