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MAcHEN coNFRoNIs JURY.
BY Order Of Court Witnesses Name.
Are Withheld.

Washington. June 1.-The case. of Au-
gust w. Machen, former general super
intendent of the free delivery system of
the pOStoffice department, who was ar
rested on the charge Of receiving a per-
centage of the profits of a concern fur
nishing supplies to the postoffice depart
rlent, VII be presented to the grand
jury next Wednesday,. Witnesses have
been subpoenaed from this city, West
minster-Mr. Machen's summer residence
and Toledo, Ohio, his former home.
Postoffice Inspector Majtre of Chicago
who worked up most of the evidence
against Machen. will be one of the chief
witnesses of the government. The names
of witnesses. by direction Of the court,
are under seal Postmaster General
Payne called attention to the public
charge that the amounts paid by the
government for rentals of postoffices in
New York state exceeded what they
should be by over 100000.
THE fact is he said, that the total
amount of rentals for postoffices in the
state last year aggregated only s466.Sll.
This includes rent. light and heating"
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ROOSEVELT IN WYOMING.
Complete Riding Outfit Is Presented
to President.

Cheyenne. Wyo., June lat wild west
exhibition in honor of President Roosevelt
at Frontier park today a sorrel gelding
and a complete riding outfit was presented
TO the President by the people of Cheyenne
and Douglas B. Warren. The president
said It was the best riding animal he
had been astride and asked permission to
call the animal Wyoming" Wyoming
at the command of Senator Warren fell
to its knees and saluted it's new owner.
At the conclusion of the wild horse race
President Roosevelt remarked to Secre-
tary Wilson: THAT is the finest exhibit
ton 1 ever witnessed. Whenever Uncle
Sam again needs cayalrymen these are
the men we want, for with them courage
Is infused by the life they lead"
A dozen wild eyed Texas steers were
turned loose and roped. A rough riding
contest came next. IA half mile woman's
cow pony race was greatly enjoyed by
the president After the race the young
women were introduced TO the chief exec
utive.
The president made an address. gexpress-
ing MS appreciation OF the entertainment
President Roosevelt's train then lefs fer
North Platte.
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ONLY FOUR REPUBLICANS.
Election Is Held in Cook County
Illinois.

1 Chicago, June 1.-Out of the eighteen
candidates voted for in the judicial cleo
ton of COX county today the Democrats
elected fourteen and the Republicans four.
A light vote was cast owing to weather
Straight tickets were few and far be-
tween. Among the defeated Republicans
was Judge Elbridge Hancy, a close friend
Of Congressman Lorimer.
One superior court judge, Ia circuit court
judges and three provisional circuit court
judges were voted for. Judge Theodore
Brenton was reelected for the superior
court. Richard Tuthill, John, Gibbons and
Frederick A. Smith, Republicans, were
elected to the circuit court The success
full Democrats were: Circuit Court
Judges Murray F.. Tulley. Edward F..
Dunno Francis Adams, Frank Baker,
Richard F. Clifford, Thomas G. Windes,
Chas. M. Walker, Lockwood Honore.. Ed
ward O. Brown, Geo Kerstein and Judah
w. Mack.
For provisional court judges three Dem
ocrats were elected as follows. Thos. M.
Hoynes. Jonas OConnell, Geo. Mills Rog-
ers. Although the Democrats carried the
cvounty by about 1000 majority Messrs..
Brenton, Tuthill and Gibbons and Freder-
lex A Smith ran ahead of the: Republican,
ticket sufficiently to- win.
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SITUATION AT TOPEKA
IS SOMEWHAT RELIEVED

Topeka, Kan, June 1.-The water in the
Kansas river has gone down fourteen
inches at 6 o'clock and tonight was fall
ing at the rate of half an inch an hour.
From Manhattan comes the report that
tie water there is slowly falling. At
wamego the same condition prevails and
it is now reasonably certain that the
waters will steadily fecede-
1t is now admitted that the number of
dead is not known. Reports have been
exaggerated. In the excitement all sorts
of rumors have come in Men have seen
persons fall into the water and take it
for granted that those persons were
drowned. Often the persons concerned
are seen later. They tell Of thrilling ex-
periences, but are not always taken from
the list of dead. Some are still missing.
It may be days before trustworthy list
is made. 1t is now thought that not more
than twenty or twenty-five are dead. The
following are said to be the identified
dead:
Henry Jordan. colored
Ward. old soldier
Garrett 5-year-old son OF Fireman G..
III. Garrett.
Forest hutZ, teacner.
Mrs. Forest KutZ.
Louis E. Zehaven.
Story, infant of George NJ. Story
John L. Adams.
UNIDENTIFIED DEAD.
Unidentified dead:
Family of seven, seen by Rescuer Smith
in West Side house.
Unknown woman and child. drowned
while crossing to Oakland.
A summary of the missing and the
probably dead follows:
A Mrs Jackson and Mrs. Ida Mont
gomery are reported missing.
Four seen to fall from trees by watch
ers at Sardou bridge, each approach.
Mrs. Jackson, a widow who lived at
Thirteenth and Van Buren,. was caught
in her home without means of leaving
and is thought to have been drowned.
Henry Ludington, who lives in Oakland.
was last seen hanging to the branches of
a tree in the eastern portion of North
Topeka Saturday evening. 1t is thought
he has been drowned as he is no longer
in the tree.
John L. Adams. who lived on Madison
street near the wooden, mill, is Thought
to have persisted. With hts family he had
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SHOT CREATES SENSATIONS.
Deputy Accidentally Fires Rifle in
Kentucky Court ROOM.

jackson, KY, June 1.-When. the. regu-
ar term of the circuit court. convened,
with Judge Redwine on the bench, Sher-
If Callahan and five deputies were sworn
H. OF the twenty summoned for the
regular grand jury only nine responded.
the other places being filled by bystand-
srs summoned by Callahan. Judge Red
wine; in instructing the jury, said the
county was full of crime and has had
out few convictions. He said:
Il have never believed that homicides
should be tried by jury from the vi
cinity of the crime, but it is the law and:
that must be followed.
There has been but one hanging in the
history of Breathitt county out of tho.
many trials for murder. There are some
cases in this court that l. will not risk
with q Breathitt county jury, but will!
go outside for jurors"
Judge Redwine undoubtedly referred to-
the Jett and White cases.. He made q
strong plea for the jury to stop the SELL
ing of whisky and carrying of concealed
weapons as well as greater crimes
There is enough crime in this county
to hold this court the year around and
then not convict all amenable to, law.
This jury may be called upon to fur
Their investigate the. cases in which in
dictments were found last week by q
speciau grand jury
The judge advised the Jurors and es-
pecially in whisky cases to write out the
evidence OF witnesses and nave them sign
the testimony and file it with the indict-
ments.
When the petit jurors were called TWEEN
ty-two responded and Sheriff Callahan
summoned two hy-standers to complete
the panel.
A great commotion was created In tho
court room by the accidental discharg-
ing of a rifle by a sentry outside the
court house who was loading his gun
preparatory to going on duty. The bull
let struck the wall of the court house
without injuring anyone. Colonel Will
liams Immediately ordered the soldier I'M
der arrest.
The cases were. called in the regular
order and the charges of illegal liquor
selling were first taken up The Jet and
White cases came up later.
Curtis Jet and Thomas White were
brought into court by soldiers and were
turned over to Sheriff Callahan. The att
torneys on both sides were present to
consider the appointment of another
elizor for this term of court, as Sheriff
Callahan woes not want to act and the
pired with the special term Of court Sat-
erday night The matter was not set
tied when the court adjourned at noon.
Court reconvened at 1:30 p. m. Com
TAnwealth Attorney Byrd stated that he
and the defense had failed to agree on
another elizor in the Jett and White
cases and informed that court that he
would file a petition to have the cases
passed until tomorrow, which was done.
Curtiss Jet was arraigned on the
charge of numbering James Coekrell. His
case was also passed until tomorrow,
when a change of venue will be asked.
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TRAFFIC LITTLE RELIEVED.
Kansas City Southern and Missouri
Pacific Doinq Well.

Kansas City, June 2.-Conditions on the
railroads running out of Kansas City
were not as good as yesterday. The Kan
sas City Southern was the first road to
announce a resumption of freight SER
vice. This line IL open to the gulf. The
road will commence receiving freight at
the Milwaukee freight station tomorrow.
The approaches to the Santa Fe bridge
at Sibley, Mo-, were pronounced unsafe
last night and no trains went out and no
effort was made to resume service this
morning. The Santa Fe, started a train
for California at II o'clock. The Missouri
Pacific west is doing very well. all things
considered. Outside of the Frisco and the
Missouri, Kansas and Texas to the south
and east. there is practically nothing
doing
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scarce in Topeka. No freight trains have
entered the city for several days and
there will not be enough for the people
to eat if this situation lasts much longer
1t is charged that certain of the mer-
chants have formed combination Tor
the purpose OF controlling prices of pro-
visions.
A prominent miller said this morning.
I'VE do not intend and have never in
tended to raise the price OF flour, no mat
ter what the grocers are thinking of do
ing. We don't wish to make any money
out of a calamity"
1t is reported that a local commission
house has bought up all the potatoes in
town and advanced the price so cents q
bushel.
RELIEF TRAIN ARRIVES.
TT was learned tonight that Reek
Island relief train had reached North
Topeka last night in the vicinity OF the
reform school. The train brought sixty
boats and two steam launches. Boat
men from Lake Contrary are in charge
and they are doing splendid work in
taking care of flood victims. A long
train of Rock Island passenger coaches
were also brought and in these the peo-
pie are taking shelter. They will be-
taken to places further up the track.
some to Atchison and others to st. Jo-
seph, where they will be provided for
SANTA FE GENEROUS.
The Santa Fe is doing a great. work in
behalf of the sufferers. The facilities of
their enormous shops here are at the dis
posal OF those wishing to make small;
launch of other machinery of rescue. The
officials have caused a pumping appa-
ratuS to be constructed and they are now
sending supply of water through the
mains in the east poortion of the city.
BY boiling the water it can be made fit
to drink.
The people of Topeka have responded
loyalty to the calls for supplies and shell
ter. Up to the present time the relief
committee has had no trouble at all to
supply with the clothes necessary and
to feed the hungry. Further than this
no steps have been taken. Many of the
people have been cared for only Temporal
rily and the biggest demand on the gen.
erosity of the people is yet to come wheD'
the fitting out of thousands of homes be-
comes; necessity.
AS as the flood sufferers are
brought in and given dry clothing most
of them are sent to the house of some
south side resident. There has been no
trouble so far in finding places for them
to stay. People have come in and given
their addresses and agreed to take care
OF the flood sufferers.
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Mayor Gilbert, of Kansas city. Kan,
asked for the troops
Two companies of engineers left this
morning for St. Marys. Kan, to rescue
theEeavy artillery which is encamped at
that place and starving because of the
floods. which have completely surrounded
the men and forced them to fee to the
hills.
1t viii take the engineers three DAYS.
at least, to rescue their comrades, even
though the marches be forced.
JEFFERSON City, Mo-. June 2.-The situa-
ton here is somewhat alarming tonight.
The river continues to rise at the rate of
an inch an hour, and tonight 1t is q. 1
feet.
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NOT HIGHEST YET.
Danger Point Is Reached and Passed
at st. Louis.

Canser Point Is Reached and Passed
at st. Louis.
st. Louis. June 2.-Thirty-six feet, the
danger point, was reached today and
passed by the flood that is coming down
the Mississippi river. The river continues
to rise rapidly. and that point considera-
Oily higher than "a feet, which Weather
Forecaster Bowie had predicted. will be
reached by Thursday or Friday, is an
accepted fact. The crest of the flood
from the Kansas and Missouri rivers is
yet to come, and when it shalt reach here
and find augmentation from the high
water in the Mississippi some loss of
life is feared and destruction to property
must ensue.
The first loss Of life attending the pres
ent flood in this vicinity was reported
today; that of Mrs VIM. Schmidt and her
two children in attempting to escape on
fiat boat from Catfish island, in the
Missouri river, seven miles southwest of
ST. Charles
SEVEN MILES WIDE.
In some places between here and Alton
the river is seven miles wide covering
thousands of acres of farming land in
the bottoms, destroying crops and driving
out the farmers. The greatest damage
yet reported is at Missouri Point, at the
confluence of the Missouri and Misss-
sippf rivers, where several hundred farm
ers and their families have been driven
from their fertile lands by the high
waters. Still greater damage in this sec
ton is feared during the coming rise.
All trains from the west and southwest
are arriving three to six hours late, but it
is expected that this delay will be over
come within the next twentyfour hours
FOUR FEET MORE.
When the 34-foot stage shall be reached
there shall be two feet of water in the
streets on the levee. Hundreds of thous-
ands of dollars damage will be done in ST.
Louis and surrounding territory.
Manufacturers north and south of the
central part of ST. Louis win suffer dam
age from the overflow which will occur.
The low-lying portion Of the city north
and south will be submerged.
WARNINGS SENT OUT.
Great damage will be done on the river
banks on the east side both to private
and manufacturing property. East st.
Louis will be seriously menaced and the
lower portions will be submerged. There
should be no loss of life adjacent TO st.
Louis. For week the weather bureau
has been sending out warnings of the
floods sweeping down from the upper
Mississippi and Missouri rivers, and all
have had ample opportunity to seek places
of safety.
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AT KEoKUk, IA.
Both Mississippi and Des Moines Riv.
ers Steadily Rose.

Keokuk. Ia, June Both the Missis-
sippi and Des Moines rivers here rose
steadily today. The former now stands at
1872 feet. which is three feet above the
danger line. The Des Moines river is
higher than ever known. An additional
area is now inundated entailing the de-
struction of much valuable property. Six
hundred square miles of rich farming
land along the Mississippi south or here
is under water. The crops. which never
looked better, will be total loss Much
of the land overlooked has not been food
ed for thirty-three years.
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10000 RATloNs ISSUED.
Col. Minor Of leavenworth Sends Aid
to Flood Sufferers.

Washington, June s-Adjutant General
Corbin today received the following dis
patch from Col Minor, commanding at
Fort Leavenworth, Kan:
Issued 10000 rations to Kansas City,
Kan, last night; need most imperative.
Ask to have action approved. Rations
for this command up to goth here. Be
lieve when we can get to the country to
the west of us it will be destitute of food.
Advise shipping rations here central
point to meet this demand. Companies
of engineers and pontoon train are in
readiness to be sent west. Believe they
might be of use at Lawrence"
The department has taken no action yet
upon Col. Miners message.
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FIVE MILES IN WIDTH.
Saline River Destroys Crops for One
- Hundred Miles.

Lincoln Center. Kan, June 1.-The Sa-
line river is from two to five miles wide
and crops are destroyed for distance
OF 100 miles. In Lincoln county alone
the loss will sum up several hundred
thousand dollars. ~ &
Jacob Rutledge of Vernon, Kan, was
drowned. WgsIs &C. y
2fhe Santa Fe and the Union Pacific
tracks are almost destroyed in Lincoln
county Nearly all the houses In the
Saline valley are covered BY water and
much suffering for fuel and water, Is ex-
perienced.
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MISSOURI RIVER HIGHER.
No Relief Is Promised for Three
Days.

Washington, June 2--There has been
but little change in the flood situation
since Monday morning. The Missouri
river at Kansas City is about stationary
at 81 feet. while the Mississippi at st.
Louis has just about reached the danger
line of so feet. North of st. Louis the
Mississippi is above danger line as far as
Dubuque, particularly between Keokuk
and Hannibal, where the waters are 81
to 4s feet above. The Missouri east of
Kansas City Is several feet above the
danger line and still rising. This rise
will continue for two or three days long
er east of Bonneville. Mo-. and several
feet more Of water may be expected at
St. Louis.
In the Mississippi north of the mouth
of the Missouri river the additional rise
will not be marked.
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COURT NAMES THE DAY.
Northern Securities Company Case to
Be Argued December l..

Washington. June 1.-The United States
supreme court today granted the motion
made by Solicitor General Hoyt two weeks
ago TO advance the case of the Northern
Securities company. The court fixed De-
cember IA next as the date for the argu-
ment.
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FROM ROOSEVELT.

Topeka. Kan..> June president Reose.
welt telegraphed from Cheyenne to Gov
ernor Bailey offering the assistance OF
the federal authorities If needed. as fol-
lows:
Cheyenne. wyo.. MAJ 81.
Hon. w. ]. Bailey. Topeka KAN:
Gam inexpressibly shocked at reports OF
dreadful calamity that has befaiien- To
peka. If there is; anything the federal
authorities can do, of course let me know
THEODORE ROOSEVELT"
The message reached the governor at II
o'clock this morning.
EPIDEMIC Is FEARED.
That sickness will follow the flood as
soon as the river goes down Is the general
belief of all the physicians. The great
hodlows in North Topeka cannot be. drain
ed without pumping and the physicians
are agreed that the city should compel
all property owners whose land will not
be self-drained to do. so.
There is considerable scarlet fever and
measles scattered about in the half sub
merged houses in North Topeka and in
some of these the people are still unres-
cued. They are in a most deplorable con-
dition. The spread of these two diseases
will undoubtedly follow the fan of the
water. Even should the hollows be drain
ed the walls of the houses win be damp
for weeks and this will aid in the spread
of disease.
One physician. who was seen yesterday
and asked regarding this phase of the
matter, said:
1T will undoubtedly cause a great d cal
of sickness, but that is not a thing Which
is bothering me at present. 1 have no
doubt, however, but that to the devhsta-
ton and destruction of property will be
added the horrors of many kinds If ma
ignant fevers.'
sELF-PossESsED.
It was pitiful to note the condition
some of the refugees were in when they
were received on the South de. Motif
ers with little ones held firm ly in their
arms sobt ed with nervous dread. while
they shivered and shook with fear and
cold. DAken altogether, though, there
was not such display IF emotion as one
might l1ok for under suCl circumstances
Most oil those who came over were quiet,
and some of them were entirely self-pos-
sessef- In the case of many of them it
seemed that the magnitude of the disaster
and the troubles through which they had
wire crushed by th'; weight of the catas-
tIophe; SO cast down that they had no
words with which to give expression to
their feelings.
Martha Gutz is a little elepen-year- old
girl who was brought over during the
afternoon. The child's feet were bare.
water-soaked, and blue with cold. In her
hands, pressed against her bosom, she
clutched pieces of bread and cheese.
Where do you ive?" asked the man
who was carrying her to the ambulance
which took her up town.
ION the North Side" was the naive re-
ply of the little one.
One woman who was assisted over the
pontoon was leading a water spaniel by
3 string. She acted as though she were
afraid the water spaniel would get wet.
Many OF the women feared that they
.sou.d be separated from their children
when they reached the pontoon. The
children wound be taken by men who
started for the south end with them. and
others helped the women along.
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LEVEES ARE BROKEN.
Crest of Des Moines River Reaches the
Mississippi

keokuk Iowa, June 1.-The crest of the
Des Moines river flood reached the Mis-
sfsslppi today, breaking levees and over
flowing the lowlands.
The town of Alexandria, Mo-, is, under
water The government boat was sent
from here with men and skiffs to rescue
the people from the housetops. No rail-
road trains went south of Keokuk Ths
water is rising. No loss of life reported,
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taken refuge on the roof of his home
when rescuers took the family out early,
but the boat was not large enough to ac-
commodate him. When the party return
ed for him he had disappeared
A MARKET GARDENER
Andrew Pretzel, a market gardener Iiv-
ing east of Oakland, is among the miss
ing and his friends think he was drown
ed.
The Nunzy family. who were caught on
the roof of their home Saturday night
report that they saw two bodies float by
them.
Carl Golf. Jr., son OF the chief of POI
lice. saw a woman and baby fall from a
house roof just west of the Gabriel lum-
Der yard while that structure was burn
ing. The curren swept them directly into
the flames.
An Associated Press representative
saw two men plunge from a house and
disappear just south Of the burning yards
about the same time Saturday afternoon.
WATCHERS ON BRIDGE.
Watchers on the east approach of the
old Sardou avenue bridg e yesterday
morning saw four persons fall, from trees
into the water.
An unknown girl was taken from a,
house. near Kansas avenue and Gordon
street late Saturday night. She died
dller DelLS taken INTO the Union
Pacific hotel.
Milton Holt of the Continental Cream
cry company saw a woman swept down
the river and drowned Saturday morn
ing. Another woman who about to- be
rescued slipped from the roof before the
boat could get to her. Some of these
reports are thought to be duplicates:
SUFFERERS FED.
The distress of the sufferers is being
dispelled. Those who are still in North
Topeka are receiving food and they are
in no danger unless it be from sickness.
There is a possibility that there will be
a spread of contagious diseases. Doc
tors and medical relief cannot reach suf-
ferers to any great extent.
The possibility of epidemic is the
most serious thing the city must con-
tend with.
An emergency board of health has been
appointed by the mayor to cooperate
with the city physician in quelling the
diseases which will result from the flood.
DR.. Grubbs says that the sanitary con-
dition of North Topeka when the water
shall go down will be such that the place
will not be fit to be inhabited for some
months to come.
Provisions of all sorts, are becoming