The Butler weekly times. (Butler, Mo.) 1881-1918, 1903-04-16
P. O. OFFICIALS
BOOMD A MINE7
Officers of the National Copper
Mining Co. All in Depart
ment
SCANDAL TAKES NEW TURN.
PAYNE STILL OUT OF CITY

his Confidential Secretary Brough,
Here From Wisconsin BY Him is
Prominent in the Prospectus
Washington, April 9.-There was
to-day temporary transfer ofinter.
est from the various scandals in the
postoffice department being investi-
gated by Fourth Assistant Postmas-
ter General Bristow to the promo
tion Of investment properties by GER.
tain high officials Of the department.
1t is said stock in various corpora
lions has been sold by superiors to
subordinates In this and other
branches OF the government. The
corporation attracting most atten.
tion is the National Copper Mining
Co., operating under the laws OF Vir-
ginia, and having Offices here. These
officers Of the company are: Presi-
dent, A. W. Machen, superintendent
Of free delivery; vice-president, 81. B..
Rand, confidential clerk to Postmas-
ter. General Payne; treasurer, Henry
M. Baker, former representative in
Congress from New Hampshire; secre-
tary, ]. d. King, chairman Of the
civil service board to examine appli-
cants for positions in the rural free
delivery service OF the postoffice de-
partment.
The capital stock of the National
Copper Mining is $15o,000. 1t is
said literature, setting forth the
merits of the concern, has been cir
culated through the department, and
that many clerks invested. The
property is located in Mexico.
Mr.. Machen said the mining prop.
erty, in which he was interested, was
all that is claimed for it He denied
that stock has been offered for sale
to subordinates in the postoffice or
any other department. He declared
his title did not appear on any ofthe
company's printing.
A four-page leafet has been scat
tered through the postoffice depart
ment describing the advantages OF
making investments through the
Western Trust and Guaranty Co.
1t cites the fact that the treasurer
is 81. Fl. Rand, postoffice department,
Washington, D. c.
This is an instance in which there
is serious objection to the use OF Mr..
R4nd's name in connection with the
"postoffice department, Washing
ton, ID. C."
The Western Trust and Guaranty
Co. submits propositions for invest
ment and receives a commission OF
10 per cent of the capital stock Of
each company promoted. 1t is ex-
pressly stipulated that none OF the
propositions are offered by the COM
pany.
Fl. H. Rand was brought here from
Wisconsin, after Mr.. Payne became
postmaster-general. and made his
confidential secretary.
In addition to the National Copper
Mining Co, some Of the postoffice Of
ficials own stock in the Hidalgo Min
ing Co., also a Mexican concern.
All the complaints against Mr..
Rand have been investigated by in
spectors, and this feature OF the re-
port is ready for Mr.. Payne's ex.
animation when he returns.
Among the charges preferred
against Mr.. Rand is one that he wae
interested in the Parrish ice claim,
which passed Congress at the last
session, and did some lobbying iorit
A man named Parrish was under con
tract to supply the Federal army
with ice during the civil war. He
shipped a lot OF ice down the Ohio OF
Mississippi river. The portion oitht
army for which it was intended hat
removed before the ice arrived. Ic'
melted. The government subse
quently refused to pay for it. 4
claim was pressed in Congress, ant
has been pending for many years.