The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-10-06

in connection with the transaction
with Beavers on the charge of agree
ing to pay Beavers S25 on each ma
chine. Doremus is indicted for de-
frauding the government in the sale
OF his canceling machines.
After the indictments were brought
In, Harrison J. Barrett came into
counrt. accompanied by his attorney,
A. 5. Worthington. who appeared for
both Barrett and Tyner. Mr.. Worth
1ngton said that his clients were pre-
pared to give bond, and after a state
ment of the case by District Attorney
Taggart bond was fixed for Barrett in
the sum of $4,000 and for Tyner in the
the sum of $1,000 a Scranton Pa.)
trust company qualifying as surety
IN both cases. Mr.. Tyner was
not in court, and it was stated that he
was too i'll to appear. His bond was
therefore perfected at his home in this
city.
The elder Metcalf was also in court
and his bond was fixed at $4,000. The
court stated that a similar bond would
be required of Norman Metcalf and Of
Hallenback. They were represented by
Attorney S. W. Hayden.
This Ends the investigation.
The present understanding is that
this series Of indictments is the last
which there will be any special effort
to secure, and the postoffice authorities
generally consider that the depart
mental investigation is at an end.
Postmaster Payne today expressed
great satisfaction at the conclusion Of
the postoffice department investigation
eliminating In today's indictments. He
said that he expected to have the re-
port OF Mr.. Bristow in his hands in
ten days and that 1t would thereafter
h0 rrixv 20
steps now, he said, were the trial Of
August w. Machen, former head of the
free delivery system, which is to be in
this city, and the trial of Daniel Miller,
formerly law clerk in the department,
and Attorney Johns, who was indicted
with Miller, that trial taking place in
Cincinnati. The case Of George A. c..
Christiancy, who was acting as attor-
ney general during Mr.. Tyner's pro-
longed absence and who was given an
indefinite leave of absence as the re-
suit of permitting Mrs, Tyner to re-
move papers from the safe In his office
will be disposed of soon. His resigna-
ton has been in the hands of the post
master general for months, but action
was deferred until the conclusion Of
the investigation. Mr.. Payne will call
upon Assistant Attorney General Robb
for q report on that case and it will
be decided then whether Mr.. Chris
tiancy's resignation will be accepted.
Mr.. Payne said today that all the
evidence secured in the investigation
had now been placed before the grand
jury and passed upon, and approx
mately thirty different persons indicted
as the result of the probing that has
been in progress since last spring. He
said 1t had not been determined
whether there were any administrative
reforms needing legislation by con-
gress, but that many reforms had been
made from time to time as the investi-
cation proceeded
Tyner Old and ILL.,
Mr.. Tyner has been connected with
the postal service in important capaci-
ties for years. He is from Indiana. He
was postmaster general from July 70,
1876, to March H. 1877, and subse-
quently held the offices of first assist
ant postmaster general and assistant
attorney general, from which latter Of