The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1903-07-03
MR., LOUD NOW HAS
CHANCE TO EXPLAIN
Former Economist Of Postofflce
Committee Promoted
Worthless Device
BITTER FIGHT PROMISED
Many Queer Deals Are to Be Uncov-
ered-Mining Speculation Is a
Common Thing Among Post
office Employees.

Washington, June 25.-By far the
most sensational developments in ths
postottice investigation Is the conneG-
ton Of Eugene f. Loud of California,
many years chairman Of the house
committee on postoffices and postroads,
with the alleged questionable proceed
ings in the department.
Loud has posed as a reformer and
economist session after session. He
opposed rural delivery and fought to a
successful finish the propositionof Con-
gresham j. A. Tawney to increase the
salaries of the railway mail clerks.
Mr.. Loud was a prime factor in bring
ing about the present investigation.
He charged crookedness and irregu-,
lar1ties openly in congress, consequent
ly it Is q rude surprise to Mr.. LIQUIDS
friends to find his name placarded to-
day as being introduced into securing
payment for some sort of a useless de-
vice in the San Francisco postotfice.
Mr.. Loud showed an interest in a Lett
ter box device for Indicating the hours
Of collection Of mail to an extent that
caused certain postof1ice department
officials to regard him as q possible
representative of the company In
Washington 1t appears that the Pos
. California concarn cnmnosad II a.
said, Of The nnstal9 amnloves. some Of
whom occupy responsible positions, Sc
cured contracts for their device
through the assistance Of Mr.. Loud.
Devices Were Mover Used.
It is said that 1000 Of these devices
were ordered at prices varying from 81
to $3.50 each, and the startling state
rnent is made that these devices we're
never ,,sed 1but are ar present renns-
ing n, q storahonse Althougl, tbis "a ~
was known II is said that fnrther
order for 10 OOO was nIaced and that
these are nov heinp delivered : mis-
sacond order r. is stated 9,vas ins,sfad
m Nv Mr. 'ond ,,nnn tpe orca.stnn3 of
q visit Nv him n tha nostoffice denaTt-
ment shortly a fter the al1ionrnmsnt nf
conrrass IN Tive 4 ano We
,TSa nrofit ia tna cnn,,,,,v 10 satd 10
ha 1o, ne, cant 'it'1''
nv. panrasapta+ix,a + o,,a 10 baar, a
the nostnfffcs \ e,,ar raw IN hahaIf 90
thie sa,, T,a ,,eiena -.n,,n.,,,,iiat 10
stated hit snec;firallv aynIainai t,1at he
wn 9 not intarest.d T., nat cn,,,,,a rrha
80 ,esa - f,.
tba csa1ifnrnia daw;oas niso st.,+as +,,a+
A. n,o,,IJ ha ,n,,,,, ~, A., ,.aaa,.a 80
tho ,astoftsca da,,a r+,,,ont +hat 80 +ha
s1o5 nn0 daiciann,, ~, ti,a 4raa daII,,a,s,
sa,,,ica ,nit,, = MN nv NJ, oi,a,, -,
oh a rpaa cd6 nm 10 Yaprara,,tad Nv, 4 n nm
or tbssa de,sinas - : - 1e'oee
'ffves.ssaee INVESTIGATORS.
Inc posto111ce muddle has assumed
reactlonary stage. 1t Is charged the
investigators should themselves be In
vestigateu. charges nave been made
mat postofiice inspectors nave engaged
IN the mining business. and 1t has de-
Veloped that Machen,i Rand and SBeaY-5
ers were not the only o-hc1als VINO We're
promotlng enterprises. General Bris-5
tow, the fourth assistant, who IS con-
ductlng tne lnvestlsatlon, frankly adj
1ints tnat ne put up S2vo 70 inspector
gonn =. gum WHO, Wnlle on official
uuty III Alaska, bought q mine which