Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 6, 1903, Page 1

THE OMAHA DalrLy BEE. ESTARBLISHED JUNE 19, 1871. OMAHA, SATURDAY MORNING, JUNE 6, 1903—-TWELVE PAGES. NACHEN IS INDICTED @raad Jury Returns Trde Bill Again Head of Raral Delivery. M'GREGOR OF NEBRASKA IS ARRESTED He and Ellsworth Upton Are Invoived by the Investigation. IS CONSPIRING TO DEFRAUD Iospectors Allege Orookedness in Buying Pouche CHARGE SUPPOSED RAKEOFF AMOUNTS TO $8,000 | Bristow Says that Sum Was Pald Me- - und Upton for Participat- fng in & $172,000 & the Governm: from nt. WASHINGTON, June 6.—The grand jury tocay reported an Indictment against Aug- ust . Machen, former superintondent the free delivery serivce of the Postoffice department, who was arrested several days ago, charged with sharing profits on gov- ernment contracts for letter box fasten- ers. The indictment was brought for vio- lation of section 8501 of tho revised statutes, the penalty for viclatlon of which is a fine of mot more thun three times imprisonment for not more than threo years. The amount which the indictment States he recelved illogally is $18,975.70. As an Incidental result of the investiga- tion, Thomas W. McGregor, formerly of Nebraska, tn charge of the matter of rural| dolivery supplies for the Postoffice depart- ment in Washington, and C. Ellsworth Up. ton, one of his imtants, today were ar- rested on warrants sworn out by postoffice inepectors. The charge ia conspiracy to de- fraud the government in the purchase of pouches from C. E. Smith of Baltimore, Mr. Machen was in court with his at- torneys when the grand jury reported In his case and Immediately gave bond in the sum of #20,000 for his nppearance, His sure- tles were C. C. Btaples, David Moore, ¥. M. Criswell and Emanuel Sheich of this city, The trial will take place In October. Effect of the Move. By seouring an Indictment of Machen be- fore tomorrow, the day set for his prelim- inary bearing before Commissioner Taylor, the government has avolded showing its hand at & prellminary hearing. The pro. coedings before (he commissioner will now | be abandoned. In discussing the case with his friends, Mr. Machen says that certain checks which 1t 1s mafntained were sent to him in pay- ment of his profits In the Groft fastener, and which have been secured by the Post- office inspectors, were sent him by his business partner, George E. Lorenz, of To- ledo, O., formerly postmaster of that clty, Mr. Machen iusists that his partnership ‘with Lorens was a strietly legitimate one *o-him by n n inection with the mining businéss which the firm conducted. Al - fhough the amount of these checks cannot e wacertalned, Mr. Machen says that the one for the largest amount represents & personal loan to himself from Lorens. Mr. Machen further states to his frlends that he was not a partner In the Groff Bros, concern and that he did not receive any of the profits from the sale of the let- ter box fasteners to the government. He says that no wrongdoing will be proved sgainet him and that the only possible cause there may be for criticlsm of his administration, 8o far as the Groff fastener 1s concerned, is that the price pald for the artiole may be considered excessive. This was necessary, he maintalns, because the | article was a patented affair, and the larger price pald for it was in line with the uni- versal practice in the purchase of articles which are patented and whore there is no ‘competition, His Com His counsel tonlght g Ing statementi The Indictment ngast Mr, Machen by the mm“lurv {8 such a lengthy document that we have had ne time or opportnnity to consider {t and we cannot, therefore, say anythi about the rhirlu n the nine Statement, © out the follow- different counts, At the |nstance and under the dircetion of the authorities a warrant of arreat agalnst Mr, Machen was asked for llnd ob!'l:n?d flvné l'n‘-d States Comm! sloner Taylor, and a lengthy eupporting AMdavit was fled, In which direct charges of eriminal acts were made. Vpon Mr jachen’s arrest we demanded an Immediate earing, which was opposed by the govern- ment, and at the request of the govern- ment & continuance was had until January & Mr Machen and his counsel had evi- dent reason to believe that in the Interm no steps would be taken to deny him the preliminary exarination to which-he was entitied, The suthoritics responsible for the fssunnce of this warrant have seen proper to bring charges now nending before Com- missloner Tavlor to the attention of the grany jury. The grand jury has, in conse- uence, indleted Mr Machen hefore the ate fixed for the full hearing before the commissioner. If you want the reasons for this proceeding you will have to seek It from the prosecutlon. We do not know. We can only surmise, and that much the ublio can a 11 4o as coungel for the E-u..... Bufice It to say. the legal effect of this course of polley (which {< vnusual and unfair i not unorecedented in this Jurisdiction) I8 to deprive the defendrnt of an open public hearing, to which he Is entitled and which a =ound public policy wvouchsafes to him. This actlon mav or may not be technlcally legal. but there meems to have been no necessity for the eourse nursued. Mr. Machen has been all the while within the jurisdtetion of the court, under heavy bond and ready to re- #oond to anv process of law urse the dafe i'n counsel will pursie matter cannot n he made npuhll mooner or later, and it will he sooner then mome peona want the whole matter wil be gone into and both sldes will be heard whewa exparte proceedings will be out of order, 1t is expected by the Postoffice depart- ment that the grand jury will reach the cases of the Groff Bros. the contractors for the letterbox fasteners, early next week. Agalnst McGregor and Upton. As a result of the sweeping Investigation of affairs at the Postoffce department. Thomas W. MoGregor, clerk in charge of the supplies for the rural free delivery system, and C. Bllsworth Upton of Baltl- more, one of McGregor's assistants, today were arrested on & charge of conspiring with Charles E. Smith of Baltimore to defraud the government in the purchase of the leather pouches furnished the rural carriers throughout the ceuntry. These cases make seven arrests in all since the Investigation began. Other ar- Tests are expected later, The story of to- day's arrest s best told in the following statement given out by Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow this evenin; Thomas W. MecGregor and C. Ellsworth Vpton were arrested this afternoon upon the | amount asked or accepted or recelved, und | fairly | |courT SELECTS A DOCTOR Fight Between Mother and W ettled in This Manwuer, ot Invalld is PARIS, June 5—The question involving the control of John C, Breckenridge, the wealt) apung Californian, came up In courg '0"" today. The court, after re- celvink %py Jrt of the committee of three mea. lrl 2. appointed May 3 to examine Mr. '« # Siave decided on the removal of the T the hotel here, where he has been treatment from doctors and nurse. fted by his mother, Mrs. Frederick Sha. ! The exciusive control, direction and treat ment of Mr. Breckenridge were confined to Dr. Motet, a speclalist court recited Mr. Breckenridge's condition, specifying the injuries to his back which resulted trom his jumping out of a window, The court did not declde whether Mrs. Sharon or Mrs. John Breckenridge, wife of the Invalld, should superintend his treat ment, Dr. Motet being the court's selection without prejudice to either. The lunacy proceedings brought against Mr. Bracken- ridge by Mrs. Sharon will be heard later. Estimate of Distre is Satd Be Correet, Flest in China to HONG KONG, June over 1,000,000 natives are s:arving In that province Is pronounced here to be approxi- mately correct. The distress of certain districts s more acute, Children and women are freely oflered for sale. The rice harvest promises well, but it will not be available for from four to six weeks. Extensive rellef operations will be difi- cult without foreign supervision, which will be hard to obtain In Kwang 8I. As- sistance has been sent to that province from Hong Kong and Canton, but the funds available are becoming exhausted. The Hong Kong committee will welcome subscriptions. The newly appointed viceroy of Canton, Tsul Chaus Suen, is hastening his journey to his post because of the serfous conditions in Kwang Si province. The population of Kwang S is largely agricultural, MORE LIBERTY IS PROMISED Governor of Cape Colony Says that He Hopes Soon to Relax Restrictio; CAPETOWN, June 5—The governor of Cape Colony, Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson, opened parliament today. In his speech he said he hoped shortly to be able to relax the remaining restrictions on liberty, in consequence of the success which had at- tended the policy of peace and reconcili- ation. All classes were settling down to ordl- nary life. The present session was called 1o ratify the customs convention drawn up at Bloemfontein and to sanction the con- struction of meveral new raflroads. With the continance of the present buoyancy of 1ha revenue the Increased would not involve additional taxation, CHARGES ARE NOT SUSTAINED Legislator Says He Was Approached by Bribers, but Can Net Prove It. TORONTO, June 6.-The commission which investigated the charges made by Mr. Gamey, the member of the legislature, who alleged that he had been approached by parties representing the liberal govern- ment and offered a bribe of $30,00 if he would vote with the government, has made its report. In the opinion of the commission the | charges “stand disproved by the great body of evidence which appears to be more !accurate and creditable than that adduced in support thereof.” TWELVE YEARS FOR MURDER Sentence Imposed Up: Kills Soclety Lea Havas HAVANA, June Augustine Menondes, member of one of the first familles of Ha- vana, has been sentenced to twelve years in prison for the murder of Gregoria Alta- zarra, after a quarrel in a cafe. Altazarra was a leader in soclety, and under the administration of Governor Gen- eral Wood was practically the master of ceremonles at the palace. WiIl Take No More German Busine BERLIN,, June 5.—The Equitable Life Assurance soclety of New York has given notice to the government that it wil] stop taking fresh business in Germany June 3. the new imperial insurance law companies must conform to its provisions or retire. | pantes, was excluded from doing business |in Prussia in 18% and has been operating in some of the German states, notably the Hanseatic territory. The imperial law em- braces all the siates. Several British and two Scandinavian companies also will withdraw from Germany June 0. Twenty Jews Arrest TRIPOLI, North Africa, June 5.—Twenty Jews, comprising a specially appointed com- | mission, have been arrested and impris | for refusing to comply with the gor community for a military exemption tax The commission claims that the extreme poverty of the Jews renders the payment of the tax imposed nearly impossible. Jews have suspended all business as a protest against the government's action Legislal is to Dissolve, VICTORIA, B. C.. June 5.—The British Columbia legislature will be dissolved this afterncon. The estimates were passed yesterday. Premler McBride has selected four members of his cabinet as follows |A. E McPhillips, Victoria, attorney gen- eral; R. G. Sollean, minister of mines; R. G. Tatlow, Vancouver, minister of fin- ance; and Charles Wilson, president of the counctl. Premier McBride will take portfolio of chief commissioner of lands and works. Plague of Locusts. §T. PETERSBURG, June 5.—The Tra's- casplan territory is threatened with serious famine in consequence of the plague of 1o- custs. The pests have appeared in such myriads that it is impossible to protect the grain and fruit crops from their ravages. Famine already prevalls in Turkestan. The decision of the | ONE MILLION ARE STARVING! 5.—The estimate of | Governor Wong of Kwang 81 province that | This step was due to the fact that under | The Equitable, with other American com- | ernor general's order to assess the Jewish | The | the | AGAIN AT THE CAPITAL President Roosevelt Reaches Washington and the White House IS GIVEN FORMAL WELCOME HOME Friends at the Seat of Government Rejoice to Have Mim Back Safety After the Long Trip. WASHINGTON, June 5.—President Roose- velt returned to Washington at 7 o'clock onight from his memorable trip of over two months throughout the west. He was glven a hearty reception by the people of the capital, who lined the sidewalks us his carriage, escorted by the battallon of high school cadets, was driven to the White | | House. The president cordially responded to the greetings given him and repeatedly £tood up In bis carriage and waved his hat and bowed his acknowledgments. He looked the picture of health. There was a large gathering of officlals at the rallroad station when the presi- dent arrived. They fncluded Secretary Root, Secretary Hitchcock and Secretary Cortelyou and Postmaster General Payne. Drawn up in line were Commander-in-Chief Kimball of the Department of the Potomac of the Grand Army of the Republic and a detachment of Spanish war veterans under command of Colonel Hodgson. There was a shout of welcome home as Mr. Roosevelt made his appearance on the platform, and it continued while he was in or about the station. The president spent a very few minutes in exchanging greetings with the assem- bled officials. He talked longer with Post- master General Payne than with any of the others, the latter throwing his arms about the president and apparently Whispering to him. To the White House, The president, accompanied by his brother-in-law, Captain W. 8. Cowles, fn full uniform, then entered a carriage and with his party, which Included Attorney General Knox, Secretary Wilson and Sen- ator Fairbanks of Indiana, was escorted by a battalion of high school cadets along Pennsylvania avenue to the White House grounds. At the entrance to the grounds the cadets halted and the president and | his party passed them in review. The avenue was lined with people and the applause which the president received on every hand was outspoken and cordial. The fire engines of the city were stationed { at the intersecting streets on the avenue and the tolling of the bells added to the welcome of the president. While the review of the cadets was tak- ing place a large crowd of people repaired to the rear of the White House, where the Marine band gave a concert in honor | grounds. of the arrival home of the chief executive. | The people expected that the president | i would appear for a moment to acknowl- | SINGLE COPY THREE CENTS MERGER CASE IS UP AGAIN|WALKER TO SUCCEED ANNIN|CONDITION OF THE WEATHER This Time the Siate of Minnesota is the | Rele o Pratntie, ST. PAUL, June b.—~Arguments were be- gun today before United Btates Judge Lochrin in the case of State of Minnesota against the Northern Becurities Company and the roads whose control is merged in the New Jersey corporation. The arguments hased upon pras- tically the same ony tn most respects as that in the case @gainst the merger by the federal govet The state's case, Bowever, fs on different The federsl case alicges a viola- tion of the federal Sherman anti-trust law. The states's case iufbrought under a pro- vision of the Miune#$ta constitution which specificaily pre the consalidation of parallel and c Mues of raflways. The argument two or three days. Attorney General lns opened the state's case and will be. followed by George P. Wilson. The will then be heard. Attorney George L. #oung, M. D. Groves and C. W. Bunn present the side of the Northern s company and the Great Northern and ®orthern Pacific roads. The state's case Tésted on two statutes enacted by the legialature in 1884 and 1891, respectively, pro ng the consolidation in any manner of wémpeting and parallel lines of railway, and also prohibiting the formation of any eombination which is in restraint of trade or commerce between this and other states. In the opening by Attorney General Doug- lass the action waq described as a suit | in equity to restrdin the Northern Becuri- ties company from holding stock in the Northern Pacific or Great Northern rall- way, and to prevent either of these roads recognizing the Northern Securities com- | pany in any manner, in the management of their lines. The complaint charged that the state owned 3,000,000 acres of land and various in- stitutions located on the right of way of the two railways and, therefore, the state had a speclal Interest in’ preserving com- petition between the two earriers. Based on the necessities of the case the state brought tho action In its soverelgn capacity for the sake of preventing litiga- tion for its citigens which might arise by violations of its law by the two rallroads concerned. The action was brought under an act preventing combinations In restraint of trade and two other acts forbidding the | consolidation of parallel and competing railroads. MILLERS OBJECT TO RAT that Filour is Discriminated Against in Favor eof Weeat. Say DETROIT, June 5.—At the final session of the convention of the Millers' confederation the committee on resolutions reported the question of rates, discrimination against Takes Obarge of Western Rural Delivery on Remeval to Omaha. RURAL ROUTES ARE TO BE OVERHAULED Opin Expressed that Not Many in West are Unwarranted, but in East South Many Are to Be Cut Of. (From a Staff Correspondent.) WASHINGTON, June B.—(Special Tels- gram.)—J. P. Walker of Boscobel, Wis., wiil be appointsd special agent of the rural free deiivery service at Omaha cn July 1. As heretofore stated In these dispatchss, headquarters of the rural free delivery for the westorn district fs to be transferred from Denver to Omaha on that date. The formal orders making this transfer have been sent out by Fourth Assistant Post- master General Bristow. At present, and since the death ot William E. Annin, L. H Blake has been acting special agent of the western division and under him are the following special agents who after July 1 will make their headquarters at Omaha: J. T. Boylan, H. A. Clark, C. E. Liewellyn, H. J. Ormsby, Gilbert Patterson, R. J. Martin, C. ¥ Masen, C. P. Johnson, W. J. Monroe and F. B. Nowell. The following route inspectors, mow at Denver, after July 1 will report and make their headquarters at Omaha: R. H. Blood- g00d, Herbert Harlan, Dennis Hambling, M. M, Stecle, Thomas Torson, C. H. Sweeney, A. L. Rede, Peter L. Nafi, H. M. Lawrence and G. H, Chase. There are four clerks attached to the western division of the rural free delivery now with head- quarters at Denver, who will be sent to the new headquarters, Frank Chaltant, W. W. Marshall, Lewls Stewart and W. A. Willlams. General Bristow, in speaking of the policies to be pursued as to rural free delivery in the western division, sald that the aim of those In charge of the western division would be to give the country serv- ice wherever needed, but the wholesale es- tablishment of rural routes would be dis- continued. He sald that no discussion had yet taken place as to the manner in which the western division would be run, but he assured your correspondent that there would be considerable pruning done to get the division to the proper business basis. Many Routes Unwarranted. the free delivery division of the Postoffice department, until recently conducted by A. ‘W. Machen, has disclosed that many rural free delivery routes were established with- out justification, merely because of Machen’s desire to accede to the demands of congressmen. As a result all such superfluous rural service is to be discon- tinued, but not until a full test has been made ow each Individual case. The de- | edge the greeting home that would be|qoo T e o " oe Lheat, which they de- | PArtment roughly. estimates that one-third given him, and in this they were not dis- appointed. The band played the “Star Spangled Banner,” and then, as the presi- dent appeared on the portice, struck up *Hall to the Chief."” . Impressjons of His Trip. The president made a brief specch to the gathering, saying: “My friends and neighbors: I thank you very, very much for coming here to greet | me this afternoon and 1 have appreciated more than I can say the weicome home that | I have received today. I have been absent over two months, and I have traveled many | miles. During that time one thing has | struck me, and that is the substantialness of the American people. One can travel trom ocean to ocean and from Canada to | | the Guif and always be at home among | one's fellow Americans. I thank you again, | my fellow citizens, and I am now going in | {to my own folks." The run from Pittsburg to Washington was without incident. None bt necessary stops were made, and the only speech the president made was at Altoona, where he addressed a large crowd. Crowds were at | the stations by which the train ran and warmly cheered every appearance of the president on the platform of the car. The trip just completed has, In some re- spects, been the most remarkable a presi- dent ever took. Mr. Roosevelt and his party traveled over 14,000 miles on raflroads and several hundred miles in stages and | { carriages, but not an accident marred their | journey. Not five minutes’ delay was occa- | sioned during the whole trip on aceount of | {train conditions and the train schedule adopted by Secretary Loeb before the party {left Washington was carried out with mil- | | ttary precision. Rarely was the train late | in reaching its destination, notwithstanding | that it passed through the flooded district | of Towa. | Feels Good Despite Much Speaking. | The heaith of the president and his party'| was remarkable Not one member of the party was sick, and few calls were made on the physician on the train. During the sixty-five days that the pres- {1dent spemt on the road he made 265 speeches and had it not been for Secretary Loeb's firmness he would have made nearly | double that. From the day the president {left Washington requests began to pour in | for changes in his program and for ad- | aitional addresses, but Secretary Loeb in almost every case sald The suc- cessful manner in which Mr. Loeb managed the trip was very pleasing to the president and he warmly congratulated his secretary on the successful outcome of it. The other members of the party also gave | Mr. Loeb a vote of thanks for the able | manner tn which he had conducted affairs. One of the remarkable features of the trip was the non-partisan spirit displayed in the feception of the president every- where. Democratic as well as republican | mayors united in extending him a welcom- | ing hand, and while at Springfield, IlL.,| former Vice President Stevenson rode in | the carriage with the president. The crowds | were orderly and friendly and gave the | secret service men little cause for concern. Frank Tyree, who is detalled at the White House. | ks | MERRY TELLS HOW IT WAS DONE | Says Nicaragua Rebellion W Soon Suppre When Boats Were | sht. | WASHINGTON, June 6.—Under date o Mey 16 Minister Merry reports to the State | department by mail the suppression of the | rebellion in Nicaragua. He says the re- | being unable during that time to combat | the rebels, who possessed the only steamer | on Lake Lucaragua and held the island ¢lared was the paramount dssue before the millers of the country todny. The memorial of the British Flom and Corn Trade msso- ciation on the mudhhi - “to the committee. The committee reported that the memorfal truthfuily set forth present conditions in the export flour trade and sald: “We belleve that the export flour trade will continue to decline until flour and wheat are put on a parity as segards rates of transportation.” The report was adopted by the conven- tion and coples of it, together with the memorfal from the British Flour and Corn Trade assopiation, were ordered sent to the traffic manager of every rallroad in | the country. The committee also presented & resolu- tion declaring that wheat should not be ucts should constitute a separate class. This was greeted with applause and fmme- dlately adopted. A resolution was also adopted urging the steamship companies to incorporate in the freight charge on flour the present London docking charge for the purpose of abolishing the separate charge for landing the flour. The delegates recommended that the next convention be held at 8t. Louls during the exposition. WILL HELP ST. LOUIS FAIR Japanese Diet and Braxzilian Gove: ment Both Inclined to Make Appropriations. WASHINGTON, June 5.~Mr. Wilson, sec- retary of legation at Tokio, has notified the secretary of state that the Japanese Diet has appropriated 800,000 yen for the St. Louls exposition Minister Thompson cabled that the presi- dent of Brazil asked the legislature for $500,000 for the St. Louls expesition, and that the appropriation probably will be made. ROME, June 5.—The government has iIn- formed the United States ambassador that it will need about 15000 square meters of space for its exhibit at the St. Louls expo- sition. Besides a display of art industries, a collection of mineral products will be shown. JETT CASE COMES UP MONDAY Man Found Who Has Nerve En to Accept OMce Coron, JACKSON, Ky., June 5.—Untll the trial of Jett and White, which will be com- { menced Monday, the men will vecupy sep- arate cells. They had peen'in the same cell since the first night after their incar- ceration here. On request of D. D. Hurst, Mrs. Marcum's father, Attorney General Bard applied to Judge Regwine for the or- der, which was granted After the lapse of many months Jackson 1s to have a coroner, Berry May having been appointed today. No inquests have not caring to officiate. Berry Ma the man who has enough courage to undertake the duties of coroner. Robert Rose was elected coroner two years ago, but soon resigned. WRECK VICTIMS RECOVERING Those Not Killed Outright at Stilwell Have Prospect of Speedy Restoration. KANSAS CITY, June 5.—All the injured Kan., are doing well. A. L. Sellers, aged of North Manchester, Ind., whose right rm was broken, scalp cut and ribs crushed, of the rural routes in the south.and one- Aifth of those in the north are unwarranted, as shown by minimum receipts. Most, f not. {’:2 routes jn the ’b‘“waw. are belleved to-be working o basis, as they were established onty in mor thickly settled communities, »nd wers con. | sclentiously inspected prior to the establish- ment. Moreover, the west has been but slightly recognized in the distribution of this popular form of mall service, and the opportunity for establishing superfluous routes Is reduced to the minimum.. Post- | master General Payne says the western | rural free delivery is, for the most part | experimental, and he doubts if many routes west of the Mississippl valley will be dis- pensed with. All those routes, however, | will be examined to determine whether the classed as.cosrse grain, but with tts-pred.| Fo00Pss and bénefits.of the service Justity the expenditure, Judgeship to be Settled Soon. Now that the president is again in Wash- ington it 1s expected one of the first things he will take up is the successor to Judge Henry C. Caldwell of the Eighth United States circuit. It was learned today at the Department of Justice that Judge Cald- well had tendered his resignation to Presi- dent Roosevelt, to take effect at the will of the chief executive. The attorney gen- eral's office force, while not officlally in- formed of the resignation, do not doudbt but that the president has had the resig- nation in his possession for some time. Three strong candidates are in the fleld for the succession, C. J. Greene of Omaha, Judge Hook cf Kansas and Judge McPher- son of Iowa. The congressional delega- tions from each of those states are actively working for the appointment of their can- didate and when the president left on his “swing around the circle’” it looked as if the fight had narrowed down to Mr. Greene and Judge Hook. Since the president's ab- sence, however, the Iowa delegation in congress has been pushing the claims of Judge McPherson, and as Mr. Roosevelt has had an opportunity to see Judge Me- Pherson when In Iowa, it is thought that he may become a formidable candidate. A number of very important matters are awaiting the president's action, but none that had so wide an interest to the states comprising the Bighth United States cir- cuit as the successor to Henry Clay Cald- well. Routine of Departments. The 'First National bank of Beemer, Neb., was today authorized to begin pusiness vith a capital of $25,000; president, Gottf Karlen; cashier, Willlam A. Smith, These rural carriers were appointed to- day: Nebraska—Blair, regular, Mort G over; substitute, Manville Grover. Iowa —Belie Plaine, reguiar, Geoige A. Ferice, substitute, Rosa A. Ferree. Churdan, regu- lar, Martin M. Wright; substitute, Lora B. Wright. Dentson, regular, B. C. Woodruff; | substitute, Martha 1. Woodruff. Glenwood, regular, George D. Goyer; substitute, Harry D. Goyer. Hawarden, regular, Florence M Wheeler; substitute, Dalton Wheeler. Osceola, regular, Charles D. Shepard; sub- titute, Jesse Sutton. Sergeant Bluff, regu- These men were under the commard of | been held here in over a year, magistrates | |ar, Willlam F. Hall; substitute, Robert T. Hall. South Dakota—Madison, regular, Wil- Ham M. Downs; substitute, Norris Peerce. Vermilion, regular, G g¢ E. Buchanan; substitute, Iver 1. Hanson. H. L. Parkhurst of Clay Center, Ludlow of Lidcoln and Willard G. of 8t. Paul, Neb, raflway mall clerks. Postmasters appolnted Charles H. Smith, Hewitt, -Sioux count viee 8. L. ‘sher, resigned. Wyoming— Syd 8. Hertsman, Patrick, Laramie county. The comptroller of the curreney today extended until June 5, 1823, the corporate 1. G Morlay have been appointed Nebraska bellion lasted two months, the government | In vesterday's traln wreck at Stilwell, | oyigtence of the United States National bank of Omaha. The National bank of the Republic of Chicago has beep approved as reserve in the lake. Figally the government had ; Suffers intense pain and his recovery will | ggent for the City National bank of Pip- A thorough examination of the records of | IKILLED BY Forecast for Nebraska—Falr in North, Showers in South Portion Saturday; Sun- day Fair and Warmer. Blacksmiths and Union Pacific Prob- ably Will Settle Matters by Monday. The blacksmithe will not compiete their negotiations for a settlement with President Burt and Superintendent McKeen of the Unfon Pacific today and possibly net until Monday afternoon, according to the state- ment of the men last night. “‘We are getting along splendidly, hav- Ing no friction, but our scale is a compli- cated one and necessarily requires more time to review and adjust than those of the machinists and boller - makers,” said | confer- | J. W. Kline of the blacksmiths' ence committee. The men are well pleased with the prog- ress of aftairs and have no doubts of a satisfactory settlement by Monday. Pres- ident John Blocum of the International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths is still here at the conference. It was understood yesterday from sources outside of the shopmen that when matters are adjusted with the blacksmiths the carpenters’ scale will be taken up and changed In some iespects. Early in the progress of the strike the carpenters be- came dissatisfied with their schedules and had some little difficulty, but finally de- clded not to remain on strike. Most of them have been working by the plece since that time. Just what changes are to be made Is not known at present. President Ed Kennedy of the boller- makers, who have settled with the com- pany and gone back to work, most them, sald concerning the terms of their agreement: “I think we got a good settlement with the company, falr to both sides, and I think the machinists came out well also. There was considerable apprehension over the disposition of the nonunion men, but I think that question need give no further concern to the unionists, for it will very readily adjust itself. I look for no trouble on that score whatever. If all the men 80 back to work I belleve they will very s00n see that that is not the bugaboo it is represented to be. “The new shops certainly are great. It Is a pleasure to work in them, with all their new and modern machinery Many of the bollermakers and machinists and helpers who had left the city to work | elsewhere during the pendency of the strike are returning to resume their places in the shops. The men believe that by the fime the sixty-day Umit explres nearly &1l the men will have returned. § R DEUTSCHLAND 1S - FLOATED Tugs Pall Liner Out of the Mu it Proceeds om Its Voyage. NEW YORK, June b5-—The Hamburg- American iiner Deutschland, after being stuck in the mud off the Hook for nearly twenty-four hours, was worked loose to- night and proceeded to sea. It took the combined efforts of seven vessels and its own powerful screws to get it into deep water, and once back into the chafinel it headed for the sna and crossed the bar, under the escort of small boats. It was not injured and it s expected it will make its average speed in crossing. The passengers did not appear much ex- clted over their delay, and those who were | able to shout to the tugboat men were anxious for the latest news and seemed to take their experience with good humor. Deutschland got off earlier In the after- noon, but owing to the condition of the tide, It went on again almost immediately while trying to turn its bow toward the entrance of the channel. The vessel was finally floated at 4% p. m. The vessel salled from Hoboken, with many passen- gers, shortly after 2 o'clock Wednesday afternoon. It went aground in the Gedney channel, about three-quarters of a mile inside the bar. It was sald to be drawing thirty-one feet of water and apparently ran into the mud half its length. Charles T. Yerkes, Mrs. J. Ogden Armour and Koclan are on Deutschland. SHAKE HANDS WHILE DYING Marshal and Texns Bad Man Have Fatul Duel and By Cmtehes Shot. EL PASO, Tex., June 6—Two men are dead and one is dying as the result of an- other Texas duel last night at Bagle Lake, when Marshal Kinard and Willlam McDow shot each other to death, and Plerce Ham- mond, a bystander, received a mortal wound. Kinard was trying to quiet Mec- Dow. MeDow shot Kinard and as he fell Kinard shot McDow, the latter saying as he fell: “We are both done for, let us be friends.”” They then shook hands and dled. HER STEPSON Tramedy for Which There s No Ex- planation Occurs in In- diana Town, LOOGOOTEE, Ind., June 5.—Mrs Lyons, wife of Joseph Lyons of Killeon was shot and instantly killed by her step- son last night. The voung man escaped and a search Is being made for him. He rec turned from a long stay in Califc cause is known for the crime. itly nia. No Movements of Ocean Vessels June 5./ At New York—Sailed: Manitou, don; Cymric, for Liverpool. Fuerst Bismarck, from Hamburg; and Perugia, from Naples At " Liverpool—8ailed: Englishman, Portland; Winifredian. for Hoston; Ced for New York, via Q nstown. Arrived Armenlan, from New oYrk. At London—Arrived: Montevidean Montreal. Sailed: Arcadian, for Montreal Yl I)"muulh —Arrived Blucher, from or Havre—Arrived: La Gascogne, from Yor! Gibraltar—Arrived: _Trojan Prince, from Palermo, for New York. At Bouthampton—Sailed: Auguste Vie- torfa, from Hamburg, for New York, via Cherbburg. 3 At Brow I for Lon- Arrived Welmer Campania, from | HOUSES | because of the breaks in levees. of | Addie | for | StoRmer or | detoured routes, from | ST. LOUIS IN DREAD Flood Center Has Moved Down River to the Exposition Oity. IN SOUTH PART SUBMERGED Families Flee Hurriedly from the Rising Tide About Them. THIRTY-SEVEN FEET MONDAY'S STAGE Goveroment Forecasts Are Anything but Qoeering. LEVEES ARE BEGINNING TO GIVE WAY Ome Along the I1H: Shore frem fbal Northward Has Broken & Submerging Weat Granite. §T. LOUIS, June 5.—The terrific force and the destructive magnitude of the great flood that s sweeping down the Mississipp!, steadily increasing in volume, surrounding and demolishing barrers of protection, greedily lapping at property and reaching for lives as it resistiessly extends farther and farther beyond the river confines, is now being felt in St. Louls and vicinity to an alarming extent. The flood is the one absorbing tople of conservative peopls mathered to view the torrent swirling past St. Louls and spreading out over the low lands with devastating energy. At 7 o'clock tonight the stage had reached 2.4 feet, a rise of .7 of a foot since 7 o'clock this. morning. Government Fore- caster Bowle tonight issued a bulletin pre- dicting a stage of 35 feet by tomorrow noon, 3 feet by Bunday and 37 feet on Monday. The Mississippl north of the mouth of the Missouri is rising still, but the rapidity of the rise has been diminished The great Sny levee which extends for miles along the Illinois shore from Haxnibal northward, broke today and the angry waters went rushing through the crevasse to devastate thousands of acres of fertile farming lands. To Lives Lost as Yet. No report of loss of life has been re- celved up to 8 o'clock tonight. Later in the day the flood forced a passage through the levee at Madison, Tll, just north of 8t. Louis. This levee is fifteen miles long and for days men have been hard at work to strengthen it. But the river found its weak point in a sewer way and the water burst through’ like a hu geyser. Carloads of bags of sand and other available material were hurried to the bank and dumped in but the force of the flood washed out the flling and the break constantly widened. West Granite, a town of 2,000 people, is located In a depression between the levea and a raflrond embankment. Warning had been sounded and the inhabitants had sought safety when the deluge came. It is helfeved all escaped, but the town is under water, Like the ancfent ify” of Venice' e streets of Venice, IIl, almost opposits St. Louis, are waterways and the inhabitants g0 about In boats. Venice was the first town in this vicinity to feol the full force of this flood and has been under water two days. There is reason for grave fear that the waters may break through ad- ditional levees and raflroad embankments and rush down upon East St. Louls, infiict- ing by the suddenness of the onslaught very great damage. In St. Louis the bulldings along the river front have been abandoned practically as the first floors are more than a foot under water,” which stands tonight two feet deep on the top of the steamboat levee. Leveo denizens are preparing for the worst, All day wagons have been hauling away the contents of the flooded stores. Excursion boats are doing a thriving business, beink thronged with sightseers anxious to make the trip down to the southern boupdary of the city and return to Eads bridge. Families Forced from Hom In South St. Louls fully 100 families liv- ing near the mouth of the river Des Pares were forced to leave thelr houses today by the advancing water, and many families Itving in house boats fled to land for s ter. Men, and in some cases even women, worked to their waists in the swirling waters with ropes and wire cables anchor; ing thelr homes to the railroad tracks and to trees on high ground. Wagons wers backed into the river to their beds and furniture loaded in. Many familles re- mained in their homes even after the water had risen several feet deep in the first floors, but the rising flood tide began to sway the houses threateningly and the brave occupants were driven forth, A Burlington switch engine having on board a switching crew of four men, top- pled from the undermined track into five feet of water north of the Merchants bridge today. The men felt the engine sink- ing and, leaping into the water, swam ashore. The Interrupted train service has im- proved, although more or less delay attends their running. Owing to the fact that por- tions of the Wabash, Missouri, Kansas & Texas, Chicago & Alton and Sante Fe are under water west of St. Louls, the Mis- sourl Pacific has temporarily become the main outlet to the west, und the above mentioned roads for the time being operating their trains over the Missourl Pacific iracks. The Bt Louls & Francis, running to the south’ » inconvenienced by the flood and is running regularly The 8t. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern, running to the south along the Mississippl, has not beem reached by the high water and trafo 1s not impeded. The Burlington trains run- | ning west are using the Wabash tracks to 8t. Peters, cannot with their own line where they Will Ferry Passengers. General Passenger Agent Townsend of the Missourl Pacific, tonight issued a cireulsr to the effect that arrangements have been transferring through pas of charge between Kansas nd Kansas City, Kan, by the Columbla Excepting that the different roads are carrylng passengyrs by regular service practically has Leen resumed A telephone message was received tonight from Waterlo 1., forty miles below Louls, situated in the lowlands severul miles from the river, saying that the flood has spread to that point and & levee érected for just such an emergency is in danger of being washed away. Government ald s asked to strengthen the levee and avert the threatened inundation of the town. | completed for sengers free City. Mo q warrants_sworn out in Baltimore by In- spectors J. D. SBullivan and R. D. Simmon: charwed with o piracy with Charles E. Smith and others to defraud the nited Btates government I the nurchase of g:flm from C. E Smith of Baltimore complaint sets forth that MeGregor (Continued oa Fourth Pase) several boats carried by rail over to the | be slow TR lake and made short work of the insurrec One of the tramps killed on the “blind” | The postmaster general today orderod the | Liverpool | (% tion. | bagguge was Frank Hoover of Bteuben- | discontinusnce on June § of st tion Ne. 1 |, AL Gu E Mayfiower, from To pay the soldiers the government made | ville, O. The other tramp probably mever | (Bemnett store), of Omahs pasteiMice. e &S T forced loan, amounting to over 370,000 | will be identified. The student killsd was| Henry €. Dickson and George G, Tromler | ceedid " s . R n American money, raising the most of | Carlos Fajardo, #om of the mayor of Ponce. | have been appointed subsiitute clerks 1o A0 (he ,‘;‘(’:'g;‘"l‘::‘f‘r_. - this where the rebellion had been strongest. | P. B the Omaba postofice. A - By New York, 1 Celtie, fr vestigation is belng made and if it fs found that lives are in danger & government hoat will be rushed there at once. Reports recelved today of & cloud Jburst that struck Fenton Park about twenty milos west of 8 for miles ' Homolulu Drussist Kills Himself. HONOLULU, June 5.—(By Pacific Cable.) ~E H Newman a druggist formerly of Ithaca, N. Y. committed suicide yester day by shooting. He was in fizancial trou- ble