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'tf?M?A ?????? ? I WHOLE NUMBER, 16,260. RICHMOND, VA., SATURDAY, JUNE 0, 1903. PRICE TWO CENTS. SM?RY OF DAY'S NEWS THE WEATHER. WASHINGTON. .Tune 6.?Forecast for BatufdaV nnd Rund.iv: Virginia?I'artly cloudy Saturday ; show? ers In southern portion; Sunday fnlr; warmer lu tlio Interior; light east winds. North Carolina.?Showers .Saturday; ?un diiv ffilr; warmer In tho Interior; light PO?thea?t to south winds. Conlous (shower.*? took the Wentlier Bu? reau by surprise yesterday^ und lowered the temperature materially and accept? ably. 'Ubero mny be n repetition of the ?programme to-day, with fair weather to? morrow. STATE OF THE THERMOMETER. ft A, M. 71 12 ?M. .0 .1 P. M. 72 6 P. ?M. 70 ? P. M. 70 12 midnight . W Av?ra?,?? .?... 701-2 Highest temp?rature yesterday. 74 l.owest ternberaturo yesterday.w Mean temperature yet onlay... 70 Normal temperature for .lune.7."? l)"liiirturo from normal lempernturn... ?"> Precipitation durlnr*. past 21 hours.58 MINIATURE! ??.?????. .luno ii, lSfiS. Sun rise?,.4 M H [?M? TIDE, ?:?? eeta.7:1*1 Mori ne...1138 Moon sete?? i ri l?vei ? ?-? .2.03 RICHMOND; Tears of a street-car strike paesini? a way?General meeting called foi Jtliin lot h to dispose ?>( the Jefferson Davis nrcti' matter-Mr. Thomas T. Mitchell found dead on the bank Of Shock, .o Creek; once a prominent man In North Carolina ?Epidemic ?>f Juvenile diseases--- Nor? folk and Western road prepares to add largely to its e?lUl| mint-Colonel John H. Ilarwoort mentioned for Stale Sena? tor?Number of Chartert granted? ? "coffin trust" to enter Ilio Stai?-Stato School Hoard to organise-Faci? aijoitt Diaz In Cuba to be. mad*? public--Ml alumni of Richmond College Invited to iute?;,? the annual luncheon?Senator I'linlel unopposed for another term In thn United States Senate-Young Richmond physician appo?nt?v! to Detroit Marini Hospital-Governor Montague offer.-- u reward for a criminal-Concerts In the public parks to begin .lotie 2?d ? A new director chosen for St. Paul'*?? Church The case of Jacob Schlreff. charged with bigamy, continued to fecure evidence from Russia?Apostolic delegate greatly Pleased with Richmond-Two base-bail ?tames are scheduled for to-dny-Saie Of photograph i?allei-ies-Criticism and ??? fens??? of the managom'-nt of the Rosebud f-ocletv-Council investigation likely to begin by the latter part of next week. MANCHESTER - Manufacturing? cr.n? corn after a site--Cltv Council will erect a house for the superintendant of Maury Cemetery-<?*>??1?,';? municipal meetings?Election on Tuesday; hhid? to he. on lb?-? official ballot-Iniupft over the negro killed?The ?Mayor's Court-Colored giri sent to jail. VIRGINIA. Revi R. F. _IpFComb resigns a? secre? tary am) treasurer of llampden-FIdney ?"?.liege-Nothing heard from R?ib?rt VaughAn. the Dinwfddie murderer, who ?>** ?'.???-Further particulars of rcmarl; iib!*> phenomenon In Mathows county? A blacksmith disappears from near Me? ).?*rrl.'i- t Tli?. Panther takes tho place or the G....H?0 in dry ?lock-University i-mdont failing to t*?-t license hero is, wed In CharlOt*iesvlll(-New. holler?? or rred for fire rooms at Eastern ?Slatti Hos i.ltal-Dr. Qh.ar.1es Smith, of Accorr. ???. n candidate ?? suec-jed Mr. Nottingham In the Hou.?c-The Sumemo Court at !\VVth?vjllfl hear? Interesting: case* Alexandria countv authorities cannot make arresti inside government reserva llon. says Judge t.ovo-Homh'lde near Kimoni. \?( ifanover county-Governor Tyler to be invited to speak In Peters? burg-Appomattox D?mocratie, arrange to nominato county officers by primary -Supposed fire-bug calighi In Boydton -Norfolk finds Immense ?md profitable market for tru.-k In Ihe Vest?A'.negro woman In Portsmouth shoot?, her hus? band?The engineers' strike siili on and the Old Dominlf.n tie ui> six local boats rather than pay the advance-Many In? teresting marriages In the State?<"om mejicement programmas for the V. M. I., I'Vederlcksbtirp ?""olloge and other school;? -Serious shooting affray between 'youth? who are sons of prominent tami? lici In King George county. NORTH CAROLINA. The F?cond county in North Carolina votes for compulsory education-Re? union association at Greensboro chart er ed-Fulton, the man who whipped boy ?onvlct to death, under arrest '-n West Virginia?.'Our society marriages In Wil? mington In two day*,?The retail gro?ere to meet for the purposo of oorganizir.g a tftato association GENERAL. August Machen Indicted by ihe grand .lurv and two other arrests made In con? nection with ilio Investigation ' of the J'ostofflce Department-In reply to tele? gram sent to the Csar, tbe Russian bead of Pollco Department sends message to the Christian Herald giving an explana? tion of the Kishineff horror-President Roosevelt roaches Washington, after a two months' triti through the West Stock market was In hands of the bears during the early hours, though their scramble to cover late In the day caused p rally tint wiped out losses In some lu ?tancci?-Tho Deutschland, after being iground In lower Now York Bay for about iwentv-four hours, was worked free Sand is piled high nuain-jt houses In To? peka and outbuildings aro scattered around most promiscuously.-Colonel i;lemn will mako. an effort to harmonize the Republican factions in Richmond Congressman Flood declares Gorman I? the best man for the Democrats to nominato for tho presidency-Jen and White are to be tried on Monday for the murder of Mnrcum?Brndstreot's tverJOy review reports trade seasonably Dull.-Hamburg Polio won the Criterion Makes nt Oraveseud Ira"?? ' five lengths ?Anthracite coal operators are still higgling over the mode of election of thn members of tho Donivi of Conciliation nnd work may be suspended in tho re? gion as a result-Possibility of reducing nil elements of matter to a single ulti? mato is discussed. STILL HAGGLING OVER MODE OF ELECTION (By Associated Press.1 WIDKESliARRH. PA?, .lune ??Hlnon the reported ?statement of Judgo Gray taking sides with the miners In their rontentlon that llieir tirsi conciliation committee was legally elected, the min? ers havo taken a now stund and promi? nent olllolals of the mlne-workors In tins city ?state to-day there would very like? ly bo a suspension of work unless the operators recede from their position. The opinion of the chairman of the Coal Htrlko Commission Is regarded by the minera as a vindication of their position end has stirred thorn to resist the stand of the company's representatives and to Insist on tho recognition of their board as flrgt selected. NEGROES AND WHITE MEN IN POOL-ROOM U!y .?ibsocIoI?*! W,-s . NEW YORK, Juno 'R.-Two hundred white men and ono hundred and fifty ne? groes wero arrested to-day in a aid by tho police on the alleged pool room of "The" J. .-Mien, on Sixth Avenue. The enlrnneo was forced through front and rear doors by detectives with axes. As the police ascended tho stairs there waa a lush of the prisoners to get out. but drawing revolvers tbo police continued tlir-lr search? On tin? tblnl foor of the house was found a pool room in full Operation, but all tho ','lsitois were negroes 50ARD I! TO MEET AT ONCE Monument Directors to Gather Wednesday. ACTION TAKEN LAST NIGHT Richmond Advisory Board Decided to Act Promptly. .IKELY TO CHANGE FORM OF MEMORIAL Local Body Has Pound it Impractitiable to Build Creditable Arch for Fifty Thousand Dollars, but this is Sufficient to Erect Worthy Memorial of Different Character. The Board of Directors of tho Jefferson Davis Monument Association, represent? ing every Suite In the South, will he I called to meet in this city Wednesday of ' iif-xt week. This was decided upon last I right at a prolonged se?*-lon of the com? mittee of Richmond ladles and the Ad? visory Board, composed of promln.ent Richmond gentlemen. j The Richmond committee determined to ? act promptly. Thursday nicht tho body i was In session until 1 o'clock, and after I mature and earnest deliberation reached th? conclusion that a creditable arch , could not be erected for the sum avall J able. This applied to that designed by I (iudebrod and selected by the board. THEY ACTED PROMPTLY. ; Mr. Louis Albert Gudcbiod, the dlstln ' gtilshod designer ot tho arch that could i not be; built, had hardly gotten out of | the city before? the ladles decided to ask 1 for .1 meeting of the committee and Ad? visory Board last night. Hon. J. Taylor j Kllyson issued a call for the two bod I les to meet, in joint session at the resi ? ??.rice of Mr. F.. D. Taylnr...No. .3 East : Franklin Street. Every member respond : "?. aud the d?llberatlonalast night lasted until nearly midnight. When adjourn? ment came It had been decided that the ? re;port of tbe committee he miede to the Monument Board nt the earliest possible moment at which they could he assem? bled. The- d;ito was fixed for next "Wed i nesdny. June 10th. Richmond was unan j Imously chosen as the place for this lm ; portant ?atherlng. The Richmond com. j rnlltee wishes to tell the Board of Dlrec I tors, which Ik compose?! entirely of wo ] men, representing all Southern States, | that II has learned that the arch selected last summer cannot be erected for the sum of jso.fiOrt. which wai placed at the disposal of the local body for that pur? pose. SOME ?OTHER FORM. It will then lie in order for the. hoard to decide whether more money shall be appropriated for tho erection of the Gude hrod arch, a very unlikely alternative, ?'or to decide on some other form of me 1 moria), and ask for designs and bids for ? that. It is. of course, possible for the board | to select some other design of an arch, heit this was stated above as unlikely for the reason that the committee Is believed to he convinced that with the money in the treasury of the board it is Impossible to erect a creditable arch at this time. when material of every description is abnormally high...?.': ""'ut the board will have very close'"'iexr)0,O:*A, and a mOFt titling memorial can be erected for that sum when It is seen that the Lee Monu? ment cost ?5.000 less than that sum. The Board of Directors of the Davis Monument Association met here last sum? mer, and after careful deliberation de? cided on the Gudehrod design of nn arch as the memorial of Mr. Jefferson Davis, and .Monroe Park the place of Its loca? tion! JETT AND WHITE TO BE TRIED MONDAY JACKSON*. KV., June 6.?John Jones, the newly appointed ellsor, left to-dny for Magolfin under tho court's order to summon a jury. The case will be called Monday, and It is expected the trial will be begun. The troops are guarding Ew pii's house, lie having returned. Mrs. Mai'cum is 111. lho strnln having told se? riously on hpr. FEAR FURTHER Organizer of Negro Labor Forced to Leave Wil? mington. -> (Ppeclnl to Tbe TlraesPlspietch.) WILMINGTON, N. C, June 6,-Ae a result of several secret meetings of rep? resentativa business men of this commu? nity and employers of negro labor, E. G. Pat?nele, a former chlefvof police, and or? ganizer of u negro laoor union In Wil? mington, was forced to sever his connec? tion with thn organization. Mi'? Parmele was at lho head of the union, and this created much Indignation among the citizens, who felt that the or? ganization of negro labor in Wilmington would have a very hnd effect upon tha commercial as *.'e=ll aa moral Interests of the city. ? citizens' committee waited on Mr. Paimele. who claims that the organiza? tion was not to'? have any political bear? ing, and ho Imniftdlatftly severed his con? nection with and recommended the dis? memberment of the organization. The question greatly agitated the minds of Wilmington's business mon, and rellof lu now felt at the settling of the ugly question..- Nobody wanted a repetition of the racial trouble la 1638, WAS GAUS An Explanation of Klshlneff Massacre Is Received. CZAR'S REPLY TO MESSAGE Ignorant Peasants Believed that Boy Was Killed in Accordance With the Jewish Ritual, and Their Passion Was Aroused to Frenzy. (Br A**odeted Pfeai.) NEW YORK. June 6.?The Christian Herald, In response to a cablegram sent to the Czar asking for nn official report of tho occurrences at Kichineff, has re? ceived a reply from the director of tho Russian Police Department. The reply follows: "St. Petersburg, June 4.?The Christian Herald, New York: "Russia's agricultural and laborlne popuiatlon Is 111 at ease, living the com? mon life with Jewish Inhabitants of wide? ly developed commercial Instinct; hence there ls constant antagonism, the materlaJ difference? in racial and religious char? acter coming to the x'erge of' frenzy at the leaat possible occasion. "The strained relations existing between the Russians and Jews of Bessarabia were maeJe worse by the fact of-finding tn an outlying village a murdered Christian boy. The murder was attributed by the population to the Jewish ritual habits. O'fllclal denials of the ritual murder were not gl'von credit by tho pea-sants, who attributed other .murders of Chris? tions In the towns of Kieff and Klshlneff likewise to tha Jews. FRENZY AROUSED. "On Easter day. In the market pla?-vs of Klshlneff, tho -workers, while holiday mak? ing, saw the Jewish proprietor of a carous? ing machino strike a Christian woman, who fell to the ground, letting go hir Infant baby. The Incident was the lmrae olate cause of the outburst. The workers began breaking windows and pulling down Jewish stores as a sign of protest. Tho police, who always leave much to bo desired In provincial towns, failed to make efHcnclous. Intervention, many thou? sands of onlookers and holiday makers approving the riot and hindering the po? licemen's actions. "After ??" r.ons trat ors cam? plunderers, the oulbreilt lasting from 5 In the aftor nonn to 10 in the evening, and leaving nino Jewish bodies on the place. Xlght brought the disturbances to an end. . "On the next ?lay thero were further en? counters. ni:d another Christian was killed. Thin, says the report, 'r-alled forth populnr passion In all Its abject force and abomination, the Russian peas? ants, when driven to frenzy snfl e cited by race and religious hatred and under the Influence of alcohol, helng worse than the Americans who lynch negroes.' GOVETtNOR DISMISSED. The repprt concludes by Baying that In consequence of the official investiga? tion, "the governor, the chief of police and some other officials were dismissed outright, many hundred rioters were In prison, and hard work in the Sloevlan mines awaits them. The minister of the interior has issued a circular to gover? nors all over Russia authorizing them to make Immediate use of firearms In cases of anti-Jewish disturbances. The Rus? sian government Is the first to disapprove of such horrid acts of violence, but It cannot, in compliance with the request?? of a radical and revolutionary press, give the Jews new rights of citizenship, as this would he sure to drive the Russian population to new excesses against the Jews, who are hated by the peasants with such extraordinary force." WASHINGTONIANS EXPRESS THEIR HORROR (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON", D. C, June fi.?A masa meeting, attended by about 1.200 repre? sentative citizens of AVashlngton. was held in the Columbia Theatre this eve? ning to consider the recent outrages per? petrated on the Jews of Klshlneff, Russia Men and women of all classes and creeds united in denouncing tho atrocities. "Corporal" James Tanner presided. Ex President Grover Cleveland wrote simply tc say that his views had been expressed fully at "the Carnegie Hall meeting at New York. The name of Mr. Cleveland was received with enthusiastic applause. Among those who addressed the meet? ing were President McFarland, of the District Commissioners; Rev. Tunis Ham Hin, pastor of the Church of tho Cove? nant; Henry Goldfogle, Rov. Roland Cot ionsmith, rector of St. John's Church, and Simon Wolfe. All expressed the hope that the United States Government might see Its way to use Its good offices with Russia. COL. JOHN S. HARWOOD FOR STATE SENATOR There Is a strong- move among the friends of Colonel John S. Harwood to induce him to announce his candidacy for State Senator from Richmond city, to fill the new seat created by the recent rcapportlonment. So far the only avowed aspirant for tho new senatorshlp Is Hon A. C, Kar? man, one of the present House memhers, and should Colonel Harwood decide to come In, the race would be a pretty one, The latter gentleman Is popular to a degree, and enjoys a wide and favorable acquaintance among all classes of voters, H? has twice represented tha city in-the House of Delegates with marked distinc? tion, and at the end of the second term declined a re-lectlon. Colonel llnrwood was asked yesterday If ho hnd any Idea of entering the race for senator, nnd he said he had been so much engag?e! with private affairs o!i to he unable to give the matter any consid? eration, though lie admitted that he was being asked by friends to run. The term of the new senator Is for four years, and whoever Is chosen will vote for a succes? sor to Senator Thomas 8.' Martin. TUG WILL DESTROY WRECK OF SAGINAW (By Associated Press.) WASHINGTON. D. C, June 6,-The tug Samoset has left League Island to de iBtroy the wreck: o? the Sagrlnaw. In North Topeka Banks of It Reach Up to Windows. QUEER SIGHTS WITNESSED Outhouses Have Been Left in All Parts of the Town in Promiscuous Posi? tions?Generous Response is Made to Appeals for Aid. By Associated Presa. TOPEKA, K-AN., June 6.?The reported dead In tho Topeka flood now number seventy-eight. Of this number thlrty nlno deaths have been verified. People working In tho flooded district fear that many more will be found drowned ns the flood recede?, and that the list will not be far from one hun? dred dead. Thirty or more people are now classed as missing. Without doubt some of the "oodles will never bo recovered. The water lias now receded over six feet, and Is. going down at a rate of an Inch every hour, in the part of town north and west of the Rock Island tho damage Is very great. The houses wore mostly small and In the full force of the current. The yards were swept clean of out? buildings and many of the houses turned a eiuarter of the way around, and some slipped from their foundations. All over town are scoree and scores of outbuild? ings In all sorta of positions. The greater part of North Topeka ls a great waste o? Band, piled up over the streets, house floors and rallroael tracks, burying the city from a mere cxjating io a depth of two and three and in some places four feet. All over the west part of th? city the sand banks are everywhere. The Union Pacific and Rock Island tracks ore cov? ered with them In places to a depth of three feet, and In places the water ls still running under the ties. Door yarns are piled high with sand. On somo of the houses It reaches to th? windows and Is banked up against the doors. Generous responses aro being made to the appeals for aid. WATER RECEDING IN KANSAS CITY (By Associated Press.) KANSAS CITY, June B.?At dark to-night the water had receded from one-tenth of the flooded area, and the ^uncovered district was promptly occupied. The territory re-' claimed includes the Union depot, which suffered $25,000 damage, and a por? tion of the railroad yarde. A temporary bridge Is being constructed across the Kansas River to carry tho city aqueduct, and pure water Is hoped for within three days. The carcasses of dead animals nt the stock yards are creating a dreadful stench. The bodies are being towed Into the rVi'er to float down the Missouri. NEWPORT NEWS BID WILL BE ACCEPTED By Associated Press. ?WASHINGTON. D. C. June ?.?The Board of Construction of the Navy De? partment has recommended to the Sec? retan* of the Navy the acceptance of tne bids of the Newport News Ship Building Comp-uiy, the New Tork Ship Building Company and the Fore River Ship and Engine Company for the construction of the three KflOO ton battleships for which bids were opened on Wednesday. No action was taken on the recommenda? tion. REV. B. F. LIPSCOMB HAS RESIGNED Gives Up His Post at the Ran doIph-Macon Col? lege. (Spedai to Thu Tiinee-Dispatcb.) ASHLAND, VA., Juno 5.?Rev. B. V. Lipscomb hns tendered his resignation as secretary and treasurer of the Randolph Macon College, and tlie snme hns been accepted by the Executive Committee, REV. B, I'. UPSCOMB, D. P. who will in a few days meet to determine who his successor will be. Mr. Llpscumli lias determined to return actively' to the ministry and give all of his time to that work, Ho luis ably flllcd tha olllce hu has held In the Institution and would have continued, but his d?sire In to preach the gospel, aud this lu his .only reason ior Bcwerlim bis connection. A STRIKE Street-Car /Men Leave Matter to Their Leaders. ALL VERY CONSERVATIVE Chances Are that Some Agreement Satisfactory to Both Sides Will Be Reached?The Procee'dings Last Night. The probability of a strike of the street railway employes has diminished, rather than Increased, ?luring the past twenty four hours. This does not mean that the men have abandoned hope of securing some agreement with tho Virginia Pas ?engor and Power Company which shall bo In the naturo of an Improvement of present oondltlons. Negotiations have not been abandoned by the Executive Board and the general oiganizer, but just what the plan on which they are working Is and what Its details are they very naturally refrain from stating. As Mr. Orr, the Interna? tional Becretary-troasurer and organizer, said last night, he and the Executive Board were working on a plan which might develop In a day and might take several days In Its consummation. He and the board aro in sole charge of the situation., being Invested with plenary powers by the division. Even the rank and file of the organization do not know Just what plan Is being conslelered, but the men have all confidence In the dis? cretion of their officiais, to whom the situation has been committed. There are four men In whose charge the negotia? tions now are,, viz: General Organizer Orr. President rrllbur J. Giiggs, Messrs. P. F. DeForrest and W. H. Cleaton. MEETING YESTERDAY. DHiston No. 152 of the Amalgamated Association of Street Railway Employee held their regular meeting -yesterdajr, nearly half ot the men being In session In tho forenoon and the remainder In the evening at Smith's Hall. At this meet? ing officers o? the division, nominated a few days ago, were elected, to serve for thn next six months: the usual reports and routine procedure were had, and at the evening brief but ringing addresses were made liy Mr. Orr and Mr. W. H. Mullen. Here aro thn officers selected for the next half year,-the majority of them being re-elections: President, Wilbur J. Griggs; vice-pres? ident, J. Vf. Whelton; financial secretary treasurer, A. .1. Joyner; recording secre? tary, A. L. Tyler; warden, C. M. Martin; sentinel. M. A. Barbee; Executive Board? E. O. Griggs. P. F. DeForrest, G. T. Hamlett. Eel. ?G. Redford, J. Vf. Whelton fail re-elected), and W. J. Dodd. R. Vf. Trice and ?. L. Tyler. The retiring mem? bers of the board are. Vf. H. Cleaton, C. W. St. Clair and R. H. Thomas. After the business had been disposed of last night adresses were made by Mr. Rezln On?, of Detroit, and Mr. Vf. H. Mullen, of this city. Mr. Orr spoke for about fifteen minutes and Mr. Mullen for about ten minutes. Both addresses were earnest appeals for firmness and unity In organized effort for the betterment of the conditions of the men, and were con? servative and discret In ton??, THE MEN SATISFIED. Mr. Orr spoke briefly of the situation, urging the men to leave further negotia | tlons for the present to those now In charge without even asking what their plans wore. Tliey would be made known at the proper time. The-men expressed themselves as willing to trust to their official representatives In the negotia? tion. Mr. Orr told the division that the plans on which they wore proceeding might reach fruition In a day, arid that It might he several days before their con? summation, but expressed hope of a termi? nation of the matter honorable to the men and likewise advantageous to them. Mr. Mullen, who ls one of the most widely known and experienced of the or? ganized labor workers of the city, and, I Indeed, of the State, aroused the men ^ to great enthusiasm hy his assurances of ? the sympathy of kindred organized labor i bodies of the city, and In his exhortation ' to the men to be firm In their position ? and to maintain tho harmony of the or? ganization. His speech was received with every evidence of approval. No other meeting of the division has been announced, matters helng left In charge of the organizer and the delega? tion from the board for the present. An? other meeting will bo called when deemed necessary. It Is worthy I" remark that tho meet | lngs of the division have been devoid of I anything llko Incendiarism or radicalism, and that tho men at the head of tho or? ganza tlon and of the nrwement are con? servative. (URLS WILL WALK Tobacco Workers Union Declare in Favor of Street-Car Men. The Tobacco Workers' I'nlon (white), which Is composed mostly of youn^ women employed In the manufacture of cigarettes and cheroots In tho city, met last night In Brnlthdeal Hall, A large number of the members were in (itte?i dnnco. The feature of the session was the reso, lutlon adopted endorsing Division 152 of thn Street Railway Employes, In their negotiations with thoeninpaiiy, and pledg? ing their financial and moral support to the men in the event of a strike. Be? fore the adoption of tho resolution sev? eral of the young women spoke, and said that, they would willingly walk to and from their employment should a strike result from tho present contention. The vote was unanimous by which the resolution was carried, .v committee, waa nppolnte'd lei convey thn fiction of tho union to tine Btreet ear men, who were then In session? similar resolutions have heen passed hy a number of local unions. VOLUME OF FLOOD STEADILY INCREASES Hy Associated Press. ST. LOUIS, MO., June G?.-Tho great Hood that Is sweeping down the Missis? sippi Is ft orniti ?? increasing In volume, fuel Is now being:? fe-lt In St. Louis and vleiiillv to an alarming extent. The ^liige of water reached El.2 feet to-night, a risa of 7-10 of a foot to-day. Oovern uie'iit Forecaster Bowie to-night lesueit a bulletin predicting ? stage of 85 faot by to-morrow noon; !'-l feet hy Sunday, and H7 fnct oln Monday. Tho Mississippi north of the mouth of tho Missouri ;^ siili rising, but the rapidity of the rise bus been diminished because of tha breaks In lev?es. No report ot loss of life has been received. PRESIDENT AGAIN Reaches Washington After Remarkable Trip. HE AUDE MANY SPEECHES During an Absenco of Sixty-five Days He Delivered Two-Hundred and Sixty-five Addresses?Was Warmly Greeted. (Bt A-ssoclated Pr-set.) WASHINGTON, J_ie 5. ? President Roosevelt returned to Washington to t?ght from his m?Mnorable trip of over two months throughout tho West. He was given a huarty reception by the p-w ple of tho Capital, who lind the sldfiwalks as his carriage, escorted by the ba-ttallon ot Hl?h School cadete, was driven to tho White. House. The President cordially responded to the greetings given him and repeatedly stood up In his carriage,and waved hi? hat and bowed his acknowl? edgements. He looked the picture of health. Thore was a large gathering of of? ficials at the Pnnsylvania Railroad sta? tion, when the President arrived. Tho trip Just completed has been in some retipecls *th? moat romarkablo ? President ever took. Mr. Roosevelt and his party traveled ovor 14,000 miles on railroads and several hundred mllee In ?tago coaches and carriages, but not an accident marred, tholr Journy. During? the sixty-live days that the President spent on the road he made two hundred and sixty-live speeches. SERIOUS SHOOTING IN KING GEORGE (Special to The Tlmes-Dlspatch.) , COMORN. VA?. June d.-During an al? tercation between a son of Dr. V. O. Caruthers and a son of Judge C. H. Ash? ton, of tha lower part of this county, young Ashton has just been seriously shot by young Caruthers. Tho bullet entered Ashton's loft breast. In the neigh? borhood of the heart, and it has not been removed as yet. Dr. Minor, of this place; Dr. Nlnde, of Colonial Beach, nnd Dr. Caruthers are In attendance upon the wounded man. All the parties to the unfortunate affair are among the most prominent people nf King George, and the difficulty is deeply regretted by the wholo people. Young Ashton's condition Is said to bo very critical. The particulars leading tip to the shooting by young Caruthers cannot be ascertained. Naturally, the friends of the parties aro quite reticent na yet. HURRICANE SWEEPS OVER PHILIPPINES ?By Associated Press. MANTI iA. June 5.?A hurricane has swept over the Philippine Islands and great, damage has been dono to shipping. The United States transport Shamshus (?} Ih reported to have been wrecked. This, however, has not been confirmed. The United States steamer Pearla de Vlsayns has been totally lost off Ca? motes Island. Part of her crew wore saved. The United States steamer San Rafael and tho schooner Mayflower havo been driven p shore off Ormoc, n'est. Leyte, and ,wlll prove total losses. ?Ml on board these vessels wore saved. The War Department has no record of tho transport Shamshus, hut ther? Is a small vessel In the service of the army in the Philippines named th? Samshul. REDUCE ELEMENTS TO ONE ULTIMATE (By At>?oelate<l PrwO BERLIN. June 5.?Pvof. Sir William Crookes. bofore the International Chem? ical Congress to-day, dealt with tho pos? sibility of reducing all the elements of matter to a one and ultimate by finding that each and ?very elomont Is resolva bio Into a single .form of energy. Tho Biih.lect was "Modern Views on "Matter; the Realization of a Dream." Sir William sketched the signlllcanco or. the Rootgen rays and Pernierei rays. CAPT. M. M. LIPSCOMB IS CRITICALLY ILL Captain Martin Meredith T.lpsromh, former city sergeant and well known to the older residente of the city, lieg criti? cally ill at his home, No. 102 Resorvolr Street, and his death Is hourly expected. Captain llpscomb la over "Ight.v years of age, and his trouble Is that of a gon ernl breakdown. DAMAGE WILL REACH INTO MILLIONS Sny Lev?e Has Broken and Fertile District of 100,000 Acres is Flooded. lily Associated 1?.-.-??.? LOUISIANA, MO.. June 5.-The Sny levee broke Just below this city to-duy, and the ?Mississippi is now falling here at the rate of elx Inches per hour on account of tho break. The Sny Is the most Important levee on the north bend of the river and la seventy ipiles long. In some places It la twenty-eight feet tugh and eighty foot across at the base. It In? closes a fertile funning section from three to seven miles wide, containing more than 100 000 acres. There are soderai towns within the district, the population ofV pb 's probably ten thousand. Many of V .em remained and Io.ssps of life Is c.er? tain. This district has- not been overflowed since 1SSS, and the damato will run Into tho millions. Tbe break occurred at a point used by the railroad as a roadbed. It was unexpected until just before, .tlio break occurred. When seen a rush was made to repair, but forty yards went out find a current poured through. MACH BY JURY His Counsel Criticises Course Bitterly. UNFAIR. IF NOT UNPRECEDENTED Accused Man Makes State? ment for His Friends. CHECKS WERE FROM BUSINESS PARTNER He Says It Was a Strictly Legitimate Transaction and that Sums Received Represented His Share in a Mining Venture?More Arrests Are Made. ?By Associated Prees. ; WASHINGTON, D. G.. June 5^-*I*h4 grand Jury to-day reported an Indictment against August Vf. Machen, former su? perintendent of the free delivery service of the Postoffice Department, who -"ras arrested several days ago charged with sharing profits on government contracts for letter box fasteners. Two more arrests woro made ' to-day in connection -with the investigation of affairs at the Postoffice Department. Thomas ??. McGregor, a clerk In charge of supplies for the rural free dellv-iry service, and C. Ellsworth Upton, of Bal? timore, ono of McGregor'3 assistants, were to-day arrested on the charge of conspiracy, with Charles B. Smith, of Baltimore, to defraud tho government In tho purchase of tho leather pouches fur? nished the rural carriers. Their oases make seven arrests In all since the In? vestigation began. Other arrests are ex? pected later. The Indictment against Machen wan brought for violation of section 5601 of the Revised Statutes, the penalty for violation of which Is ? fine "not more than three times the amount naked, or accepted, or received, or by Imprisonment not more than three years." The amount which the Indictment finds he received, illegally is $18,087.70. Mr. Machen was In court with his at? torneys when the grand Jury reporte?!, and Immediately gave bond in the sum of ?20.IXX) 'for his appearance in court. The trial will occur In October. By securing an Indictment against Ma? chen heforo to-morrow, the day set for his preliminary hearing before Commis? sioner Taylor, the government has avoid? ed the necessity of showing Its hand at a preliminary hearing. The proceedings before the commissioner will now be nhandoned. Strictly Legitimate. \ In discussing the caso with His friends Mr. Machen explains that? checks which it Is maintained were sent to Machen In. payment of his profits in thn Groff fas? tener were, sent him by his business part? ner, George ?. Lorenz, of Toledo, Ohio, who wns formerly postmaster at Toledo. Mr. Machen claims that his partner? ship with Lorenz was a strictly legiti? mate one, nnel that, thn checks were in connection with the mining business which the firm conducted. Ho says that tho one for thn largest, nmount represents a personal loan from Lorenz. Mr. Machen further says that ho waa not a partner of the Groff Brothers and that lie did not receive any of the profits from the sale of the letter-box fasteners. He adds that the only possible causa there may he for criticism of his admin? istration so far as the Groff fastener Is concerned is thnt the prlco paid for tho article may ho considered excessive. This v.as necessary, be mnlntalns. because tho artlclo was a patented affair. Counsel Make Statement, His counsel to-night mnde a statement, ray ing: "Upon Mr. Mnchen's arrest we demand? ed an Immediate hearing, but at the re? nnest nf tho government a continuance? was had until June 6th. Mr. Machen and his rounsel had every reason to bellevo that no steVps would ho taken to deny him the preliminary examination. The ' authorities responsible for the Issuance of this warrant havo seen proper to bring the same charges now pending be? fore Commissioner Taylor to the atten? tion of the grand Jury; The grand Jury has In consequence indicted Mr. Macheti before the dato flxeel for the full hear? ing before tho United States commission? er If you want tho reasons for this pro? ceeding you will have to seek it from the prosecution. We? do not know. Suf? fice It to say that the legal effect of this course of policy (which is unusual and unfair, if not unprecedented In thJs Jiiiltcatton) is to deprivo the defendant of an open publlo Investigation into the tiuth of the charges, to which he la fairly entitled, and which a sound puhllo policy vouchsafes m him." Leather Pouches. Tho complaint against McGregor und Upton sets tort h that Mc? Gregor and Upton agreed with Smith to obtain for blm orders for many thou? sands of leather pouches, such as r.ro used hy rural letter carriers. Tho yvrl??! agreed upon was 90 cents per pouch; t.hs actual value w:i?; lesa than fifty cent?. Smith wns to pay them the dlfforonoa between ninety an?! fifty cents per pouo.'i. ? in staled that the numbeir of pouches purehaueij is ??.O?Oi for which th-j u-.v urumen: paid ninety cents ? ? eh, or ??S,?. OX) In all. Smith received and retain?*"! of this for his own usa $10,*W).. Tin r - mainine JS.O'X) was paid to McGregor ani t'pton. The government could have bought tha entire number of ponche? from the manufacturers, for ??.ooo. McGregor has V>een 111 tha postal ier ice since 1891, He came from N>brai?k t. as a messenger, and subsetjueiitly wa? promoted to a e-lerkslip, and finally was appointed by Mr. Machen In .ch?rije ff the supply work o? the nuil fr.?!- de? livery service. Mr. t'pton is ?. Halli? nicrean, ani lias been In the postal ser? vire for thirteen yens But'i th? ??????? prestad are married. They wer? takon