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The Washington times., 1903-01-13

Letting contracts IN Hands
of the Attorney General
for an Opinion
IN vertfcatiou OF the reports that have
been published in The Times concerning
The coal situation as it has affected
The Postofice Department. and the il
legality Of bids submitted by the Grm
of Machen Brothers. of which a. ".
Machen. superintendent of the free de-
livery division is a member, ,he Post
master General yesterday afternoon sub
mitted to the Senate committee a letter
detailing the experiences of the Depart
ment. Mr.. Payne informed the com
mittee that ae had referred the ques-
ton as TO Mr. Maehen's right TO bid
for the coal contract TO the Attorney
General for an opinion. but that that
opinion had not been received.
The difficulty of obtaining sufficient
fuel 10 keep the furnaces going is re-
viewed and the extraordinary measures
thar were necessary to obtain relief are
recited. In telegram to C. Z. Doyle
general manager OF the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway, concerning an alleged
embargo on Washington, 4Ir. Payne
said Il cannot believe that this IS true,
as it would necessitate the closing Of
this department and other Government
Offices" Mr. Doyle replied that there
would be no further delay of coal for
Government consumption.
Mr.. Payne's Letter.
Mr.. Payne's letter is as follows.
January u. 1893
''Hon. William II. Stewart. United States
Senator, Washington, D. C.
Sir: IN compliance with the direction
contained in the telegram transmitted
TO me by the clerk of your committee, I
have the honor to submit the following
statement as to the coal contracts for
the Postofice Department for the cur
rent fiscal year, together with informa-
ton bearing uPon the manner in which
coal has been obtained and the prices
paid therefor
Under date of March 81, 1892, the
usual annual advertisement was pub
lished inviting bids for furnishing the
ment with coal, etc. during the
beginning July /, 1862. This
appeared II Ebe Wash
peTs, a Baltis9sre az. 3
Bids we're
committee ap-
IT No 454. April
J. zeh at
fr7Iruin0f1z
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/ exhausted and the engine
partment was instructed
/ the open market until the
BonadeId coal Twenty,
/ purchased from Stephensc
s. per ton. About this tin. .,
bursting officer OF the department
called on A " Machen. of Ma
chen Brothers. and told him of the
trouble the department was in and
asked MIN if it was at all possible for
his firm to furnish the much-needed
coal He said he would confer with his
brother and see what could be done.
After a few days the disbursing officer
again called upon him and urged him TO
procure some coal al once if possible
as there was not more than twenty-five
tons on hand and the outlook was quite
serious. MT. Machen stated that his
firm had been striving to get coal for
the department without success. but
would probably succeed in a day OF two.
On November i the disbursing officer
again called on Mr. Machen and was
informed that the firm could obtain four
or FIVE hundred tons of coal for the
department at $3.50 per ton. Accord
ingly. on November II. the firm Of
Machen Brothers was given an emer-
gency order for 500 tons and up 10 this
date, January u. it has delivered 42G
of the 500 tons ordered.
Following the emergency order of 500
IONS formal advertisement was pub
Hshed in the Washington daily papers. a
baltimore and q Cumberland paper
calling for bids for the supplying of coal
the remainder OF the fiscal year. Bids
were opened on December .. Three bids
we're submitted, two formal and one in
formal All bids were rejected. the one
on account OF not being submitted in
proper form. the other two because
the prices quoted were deemed Excess
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ks SENT OUT WITH
WINS COMPLIMENTS"
So on Hearsay, Not Of
knowledge.

Jan. Ex-senator
contest should
ed States Senator
Ike his seat in
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Machen Steps In.

4AGLACA steps HI
AS it was estimated that the balance
OF the 500 tons ordered Of Messrs. Ma
chen Bros. would supply the department
until about January 10 or u. the depart
ment deferred issuing another sdver-
tisement until December 30, 1902, hoping
that in the meantime the situation would
clear up and more favorable prices pre-
vail. On December so the advertisement
was published in the three Washington
daily papers ana a copy Of the
same mailed 10 twenty-five of the pTin-
opal coal dealers in Washington. This
advertisement differed from former ad-
vertisements in that it specified five
grades of coal for which bids we're re-
quested. Bids were opened on January
.. 1903
"Machen Brothers were the lowest
bidders, at S5-T5 per ton for Kanawha
run OF mine steam coal, which was $3.50
lower than the next lowest bid on the
same grade Of coal, submitted by John
e DaIsh, and SECS lower than the bid
OF William J. Zeh for the same grade OF
coal. The contract has not yet been
awarded. \ question has been raised as
10 the legal right Of the firm Of Machen
Brothers TO submit a bid. as one Of the
firm, 4. " Machen, holds q position in
the department, as general suPeTinten-
dent Of the free delivery system Fhe
opinion Of the Attorney General, TO
whom the question was submitted, has
not yet been received by this depart
ment.
In connection with this memorandum
1 desire TO submit a statement showing
the trouble experienced by the depart
meut in procuring steady supply Of
coal, due to the apparent inability of the
railroad companies to transport the coal
promptly from the mines.
''On December Is the seriousness Of the
situation was brought TO my attention
letter from the firm Of Maehen
hers notifying me that
lad on that date been advised by
operators from whom they were
the 500 tons Of coal for the
epartment. that & general
been placed by the Chesa-
10 Railroad Company
nents to Washington.
7less some arrange
ny which the rail
7uI the 300 tons
u that date it
firm 10 com
-iven it on
lie.
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SPECIAL NOTICES.

CHRISTIAN ALLIANCE lI-day meeting. ron-
Quoted by Rev. e. Y. BK0NN. OF Wilmington
Del, at lI5 Third Street southeast NEDNES
DAY, JANUARY i. 1893. 10 A. NJ, ? and 50
P. n. All welcome Il
a MEETING of the stockholders Of the CsnftsI
Traction Company Tor the election Of directors
VIII be held at Che Office Of the company
THE 18th OF JANUARY. 1903.
The polls VIII be opened at 10 a. N. aud
closed az y m
G. T. DUNLOP. President
c. N. KO0NES. Secretary.
der %. 81, jan8, s. II Is
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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-04-08

for cash. Inquire at the premise or
Of M. M. Davis.
WANTED-Intelligent girls for cloth
picking. Apply to Enterprise Silk Co.
For SALE-Oue hundred shares stock
Of the Star Gias. Co. Inquire OF n.
Alex Stoke.
For SALE-One wagon, heavy bar.
ness, nickle-plated mountings, surry.
light harness. Inquire at Frsnk'.
Tavern
For Sale-A very fine organ, oak
case; must be seen to be appreciated
Inquire Of Gustave Herald, Hopkins.
For SALE-Property on Main street.
Inquire OF II. Alex Stoke.
For Sale-A seven room house. lot
go by $50 feet, In West Rey noldsville.
NJ. f. Weed.
NoTIcE-Employees OF tho silk mill
using electric cars going 10 and from
work can purchase car tickets at lover
rates.
For Sale-Brown and white single
comb Leghorn and Plymouth Hnck
eggs for Matching In season. Inquire u
j. j. Hoffman.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-04-08
EXECUTORs NOTICE.

Estate of VIM. NJ. Foster. late OF the
Borough Of Reynoldsville. Deceased
Letters testamentary upon the estate ~
WIN. NJ. Foster, late of the borough OF Reyn-
oldsville, Jefferson county, Pa, deceased
havins been granted TO Frank :. HOFFMAN, of
Reyn ldsville, Pa, all persons indebted 10
said estate are required 10 make Immediate
payment to the executor, and those having
claims against the same will present them,
properly authenticated. for payment.
FRANK HOFFMAN. Executor.
Reynoldsville, Pa, March 10, 1903
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-04-08
WANT COLUMN.

Rates:-one cent per word for each and
every Insertion.
~~~o~~~-o-~~~O~~~~~~~
For SALE-Good house and lot on
jackson ST., near coal company office.
Inquire at THE STAR office.
For Sale-Two driving horses. In.
quire OF q. 7. Woodford, the pop man,
Reynoldsville, Pa.
For SALE-Full blooded young Jersey
COW /: fresh two weeks. Inquire at
THE STAR Office.
For SALE-Quartered oak bed room
suite. Good AS new. Inquire at THE
STAR Office.
For Sale-Lot on Main street. In
quire OF L. j. McEntire.
For SALE-Horse, two buggies, cut.
ter, sleigh bells and single harness, In
quire OF Robert Bone. near Jefferson
Supply Co. store.
foR SALE-Four, houses on jackson
st. owned by Elisha Cox. Inquire at
this office.
Lost-A pair Of aluminium frame eye
glasses. Finder leave at STAR office.
For Sale or Rent-A good property,
including u store room, on Worth street.
Inquire at THE STAR office.
WANTED want to weave or sell yuil
II carpet very cheap. Tocfrcl DrMny.
Spinners Wuntel-Apply ;n l}rook-
Vile Wuolnn Mills.
Hill street property for sale. Christ
Hoffman will sell his property cheap
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-04-08
Dry Goods.

WE RECEIVED only this morning line of coored Crepe de
Chene for Ladies wearing apparel The demand for light
weight effects is still unchanged since last
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-04-08

Rates:-one cent per word Tor each and
every Insertion.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1903-04-08
The w. L. Douglass Shoes for Men

oil this country Made in velour vc patent coro
new spring toes In Oxfods full Shhoes All sizes and
FLoRSHElM SHOES-Oxfords high cut, in patent kid
Solid Leather shoes for men, $l.5O all styles
S25 150, 175, 200. " - 49, ~ ' po1
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-10
SINGERS PAY FOR SUCCESS
Extreme Seif-DeniaI Necessary to Pre-.
serve the Voice.

Extreme seIf-DeniaI Necessary to Pre-.
serve the Voice.
When a woman makes up her mind
to excel as a singer, she must, no mat
ter how greatly endowed by nature, re-
member that the beauty of her voice
depends very largely on her being able
to say mo" to herself. For her many
of the sweets Of life must be nonexist-
ent. The diet of singer has to be as
carefully considered and limited as
that of an athlete in training. Nine.
Melba is devoted to sweets, but she
never allows herself one; Nine. Nordi-
ca confesses to sometimes having
perfectly childish craving for an abun-
dant feast Of sweets and pastries, yet
she denies herself both. Nine. Calve
once expressed longing for g. big,
rich, hearty workman's dinner, which
she might enjoy without thought of
consequences or any reminder Of the
fact that she had a voice to spoil.
Nine. Patti has sacrificed practically
everything to her voice and she says
that she owes it's preservation to the
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-10
All Well Looked After.

was a member Of the Treasury watch.
Accidentally the alarm connecting
the captains room and the Secre.
tary's desk was sounded, and he had
fastened upstairs to defend Mr..
Shaw against possible assailant.
There is a pearl button at the end
of an electric wire at the Secretary's
elbow, and if he needs assistance
against assault, slight pressure will
bring the treasury guard to his aid.
This contrivance was installed three
years ago after Frank H. Morris of
Cleveland, the War Department Au-
ditor, was assassinated in his office
by a disgrllntled clerk Lyman j.
Gage was then the head of the treas
ury and Frank A. Vanderlip was an
assistant secretary. Threats were
uttered against both of them and
they Immediately prepared for any
contingency. Each was given a big
revolver which reposed on little
shelf upon the lid of his desk, and
then the desks were connected by
electric wire with the office of the cap
tain of the guard. But no one ever
offered to modest either official, and
their successors likewise have been
free from apnoyance.-Clevela
Leader
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-10

the last dollar week on the parlor
suit to-day, and the insta1ment man
will come no more" She will
breathe sigh of relief and on the
following Thursday she will buy a
pink brocade satin tete-a-tete on the
same terms
But the song. We are getting into
the second story of it's metered sehti-
ment, up near the gables of it's heart
touching lines. You are seeing a
picture. You are roaming about, and
you long to be with Nellie when the
COWS are coming home" Doesn't it
strike you as matter of propriety,
pure and simple, that just as this
moment Nellie would rather not have
you see her, driving the COWS home,
perhaps. She has on her faded ging-
ham, mothers sunbonnet and there's
hole in her left stocking that shows
over the heel of her shoe. Yet you
with Nellie, when she is mad because
she had to drive the COWS home be-
cause brother is fishing and father
has gone to town to attend a Grange
meeting and buy a car of fertilizer.
Yet you would be with Nellie.
My son, where is your gallantry?
Why not let Nellie sit on the porch
among the moss roses, while you,
big brute that you are, go after the
COWS for her?
Yet you sing you long to be with
her just at that particular moment
when the COWS are very sensibly get
ting into the tarnyard, where there's
something else to eat besides Clipped
grass and garlic.-Wells Hawks, in
New York Times.
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One day last week when Secretary
Shaw was debating letter to the
Charles McCaul Company of Philadel-
phia, which was complaining because
the contract for the construction Of
the new Federal building in Cleveland
had been awarded to rival bidder,
the door leading into his Office sud-
denly swung open, and there stood a
man with "A calibre Colts revolver
in his hand. The weapon was about
a foot long, and was loaded with cart
ridges the size of a mans thumb. The
mans finger was on the trigger, and
he seemed ready for business. A
friend of the Secretary was sitting in
the Office and it seemed to him that
there soon would be something
DOING
But there was no shooting. The
Secretary looked curiously at the
intruder, and the next instant the lat
ter was apologizing.
Did you ring?" he asked.
NO" replied the Secretary
The signal went off downstairs,
and l thought you rang. Excuse me,
sir?'
All right" said Mr.. Shaw, and
the man with the gun retired. He
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-10
N p@pun@a" S@m@ Discussions "
W. Through the ofSh t->@~"

Nov the golden sunshine fingers
On the meadows as of old,
When we stood there mid the clover
And life's sweetest tale told.
In my heart there's one fair picture,
AS alone tonight l roam,
Ana l long to be with Nellie
" men the cows are coming home.
My boy, is that what you will sing
her? That night when you call on
her who is all the world to you?
1t is in the parlor and dark. You
heard the song at show on the lot
opposite your hall room. It's plaintive
melody came to you while you twisted
your fingers with the mysteries of a
four-in-hand tie. The words sank deep
into your memory; you paused; you
looked out upon the streets; you said
to yourself: II will sing it to her"
And so you sit at the piano and fasten
your baritone into the melody and
she breathes gently and thinks!
Her old man sitting in the back
room hears you singing about the
COWS. and it reminds him that he has
not paid the milk bill since April, and
he grows cross and says mean things
to ma.
Your voice goes jolting along the
bars like a caboose running on the
ties, but she-ah! she is leaning
among the sofa cushions, drinking it
in; it is SO sweet and soothing
And now you say, "life's sweetest
tale told" Boy, boy, do you know
the sweetest tale you will ever tell
her? Some day you will come home
to her. She will be your wife then.
You will take her in your arms; you
will press her close to you; you will
look into her eyes and say with all
the passion Of your soul: Dearest,
dearest. it is all ours. I have paid
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-10
Repartee in Debate,

Here is an anecdote from London
newspaper: There was an inter-
change of personalities at a passive
resistance meeting in southern
suburb the other evening. An op-
ponent of the movement persisted in
interrupting the speakers, till one at
last vowed that supporters of the
government would soon have to eat
'umble-pie,' AT any rate said the
interrupter, well learn to pronounce
it first. call it humble-pie.' No doubt
you d." retorted the passive resister,
and therein you make an exasperat-
ing and aspirated mistake. 1 call it
umble-pie because it was made of the
umbles or mere entrails, the inferior
Cuttings, so to speak, Of the animal
And that's quite good enough fare
for you and your party He was not
interrupted again"
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-10
Got Joyful Too Soon.

''What's the matter, old fellow"
he said, as they met the morning
AFTER "You look blue"
Il feel blue.".
But last night you were the jol-
Hest member of the party
Il felt jolly"
you acted like boy just let out
of school,
Il felt like one"
"You said your wife had gone away
for the first time in three years, and
there wasn't any one to say word if
YOU went home and kicked over the
mantel clock"
Il remember it,"
"You said if you stayed out till
4 o'clock there was no one to, look
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-10
Take to Indian Sp0uSeS.

1t is announced from Fort Leaven-
worth that the government is taking
notice of army officers who married
Filipino girls after the loose fashion
Of the islands and then abandoned
them. The particular case is one in
which young officer became engaged
to a Leavenworth girl. 1t was known
that this officer had lived with a Fill
pinO girl near Manila after some sort
Of marriage ceremony. The Leaven-
worth girl is said to have no objec-
tons to the facts in the case and will
marry her lover when he gets a
divorce from his Filipino wife.
However, there is nothing particu-
larly new in the revelations with re-
spect to "morganatic" marriages by
United States army officers Before
the civil war it was almost the Gus
tOmary thing for officers stationed
in Oregon or Washington territory
to consort with Indian girls. At Ia
coma or Seattle the visitor often has
pointed out to him half-breeds who
bear the names of some of the most
distinguished civil war generals and
who are known to be the sons or
daughters Of these officers. It is ex-
planned that when these officers were
young lieutenants they were stationed
in the wilds Of the northwest far
from the society of women of their
own kind; that they needed house
keepers; that it was the custom Of
the region for white men to consort
with indian maidens; that, according
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-10

at you reproachfully and sigh, and
make you feel small"
Eyes, and I stayed out till o'clock.
didn't -"
"You certainly did,
"And gave warwhoop on the
doorstep?" "
Eyes; and then you sang a verse
from a comic opera song and tried
to dance a jig"
Eyes; and my wife had missed the
train. Now, go away and leave me.
l want to kick myself a little more
for not taking the precaution to get
an affidavit from the station master
that she went with the .train.'' 80
And he gave himself several bangs
on the. ears, and then shook himself
till his hair began to fall ont 7. !: . tt@
The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1903-10-10

Saving from tho sea has become al.
most science. It includes not only
the saving Of lives, but the saving of
property. The ship that goes down
and is heard Of no more must sink
where it will be beyond all human en-
deavor, or else the graphing hooks
OF salvage company will be reaching
down for it.
Ultimately the chances are the ship
will come to the top again and will be
put in dry dock, where repairs will
make it seaworthy, and it will set
forth to try the perils of the ocean
anew.
An account of these property saw
ing endeavors is relation of all that
is heroic in sea life. A shipwreck is
the preliminary. Then come the sal.
wage companies, with their specially
constructed boats, laden with all ne
cessities, from divers to derricks.
What the salvage companies are
able to do for apparently ruined ships
is marvellous. Usually it is the SAL
wage company which undertakes the
work for the underwriters. The lat
ter have paid the insurance on their
boat, and it is to their interest to re-
cover what they can from the wreck.
Ships cannot be raised from great
depths. One hundred and eighty feet
is considered the utmost death to
which diver can descend, on account
of the pressure. At less distances the
work can be done without difficulty.
For that reason the reclaimed wrecks
usually are ships which have struck
on rocks near the coast.
A typical case of raising a vessel
was afforded by the Tina, which
struck a rock off the Scotch coast. The
boat settled in thirty feet of water.
When the attempt to raise it was
made four large pontoons were placed
at the corners Of the ship. Each pair
OF pontoons was then connected by
huge log pines. Flexible steel haw-
sers, tested to bear a strain of 500
tons to the square inch, were passed
under the wreck and fastened to the
logs.
All necessary then was to wait for
the tide to rise and the wreck was
doated, the work having been done at
low tide. The ship then was lowed
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to Indian standards, there was moth
ing wrong about it and that from
every standpoint it was advantageous
to the girl taken for a temporary
wife.
At the little town of Puyallup, ten
miles from Tacoma, there are two
fine-looking men who bear the name
of a general who for long time was
at the head of the Quartermaster's
department of the United States
army These men are the sons of
the general. He married their
mother, Pupallup Indian, when he
was lieutenant and stationed at the
Puyallup Indian agency long before
the civil war. In later years he mar
ried an American woman in the far
east and reared family. But he did
not abandon his family on. the Pacific
coast. His sons were taken east and
put through one of the leading COL
leges. He frequently visited them
and openly acknowledged them. On
one occasion, at least, he was accom-
panied by his American wife, who
seemed to know the circumstances
and to have accepted them philo-
sophically. His Indian wife lived for
some years after he had married his
American spouse, though he never
visited her. But old-timers about
Tacoma will tell the visitor how he
made her old age comfortable while
caring as a father should for the sons
Of their marriage.-Kansas City Jour-
nal.