, 1874-07-03
LOTTERY SWINDLES;
The Dubuque Musical Jubilee md
y. Gift Concert.

The Dubuque Musical Jubilee md
81 GAft Concert.
Iowa, Juno 90, 1874.
II the Riftor ~ The Chicago Tribune.
SIN: Evory honest mau must approve tho
stand you havo takon against all schemes of
ewiid]inE and gambling unlor tho variouB names
OF Lotseries, Gift~Concorts, Musical JubilcbH,
otc. wish to call your attention to ono Of tho
latest that has fallen under my notioo, and which
has beon extensively advertised in this Htate and
elHa"horo ontitiod, "Mualca1 Jubilee and
Grand Conoort, to bo hold at Dubuque, ID.
Sept. IL and 10, 1874"
Tho promotors OF this eohemo "ia1tc pleaB-
tire" IN referring to &. 4. Love, presldont Of
tho Peoples Bank, Dubuque; J. X. Graves,
President Of Tho Chicago, Dubuque d Mtnno-
aota, Railroad cdmpany; William r. Stewart,
/ capitalist; and to several gont1omen engaged IN
the bas,neaa Of selling jewelsy, music, and per-
fumorY.
Tho thrco gontlomen abovo-nnmod arc
Trustees for this grand sohome, which has o.,
900 hckots at SO onoh, amounting to tic snm OF
9201 ,600.. Now, here ia plan for taking from
poople Of moderate nnoans (for auch ARC usually
tho puronasora Of 1ottory- -tiokets) moro than
$2o0.0o0, and "prosent1ng thom-whst7 Why
40,047 sheetH Of music, 5000 ohromos and a
fow, thousand hllver lngor-rings. bottles Of por-
fumory, etc., cto. Bow generousl Any ono
can aee the propriety, therefore, OF referring to
porsona cugagca in tho salo Of those articles.
Among tho larger prizea-or presonts IL
notice, " Ono farm Of 80 acres, within miloH
Of Dubuque, e22 1000" wou!d respectfully in
ouire Of Mr. Love, ono Of the !!Trustaeo," and
Clork Of the United States District Court, Of
which his brother Ia Judge, II tho farm re ferrcd
to f}OHn mt hnlcnr +1 Ltfr1Rnf f,roftInf
Judge Love, formerly owned by tho lAto Judge
Dyer, and which Judge Love bought for s5,O60.
All three Of tho Tru8tcoa Of this 1ottory are
Directors Of tho Peoples Bank Of Dubuque. md,
ns no told In tho advertisement, 'u order to
have tho tcket-holdors fool perfectly soc,,ro,
agents aro instructed to -iomft direct to the
Dank, as, by IN arrangement botwoon tho Trustees
md the Bank, two-thlrtH Of the money 80 re-
| mitted 10 to bo retained Us q guarantee OF good
faith; !" that ia to aay, Messrs. Love, Gravos
mud Stewart, aa Trustees, have ulado an agreo.
| ment with Mossrs. Lovo, Graves, and Stewart
| Directors Of tho Bank, to retain two-thirls oi
Lovely, lsn't It, Ind 80 SECURE! Why not rctai1
the otuer thirl? Any connection Of hank; ol
lts officers with such IN enterprise as this ia cal
culntoa to injuro Its crooit aud throw suspicion
! upon it. 1was surprised to SEQ tho nar1o OF Mr.
Gravcs nB one Of The Trustcoa. Mfr. Love, an
| other Trustee, will bo remembered az proaIden
Of tho Fhst National Bank of Kookut, which
| mado dfnstrottB fat1uro under his adminfBtrG
| tton,-beinE tho iirBt National Bank in the 8tntt
| to faif, and tho only ono, until tho grcnt enl
4 bozzlet1ent at tho Merchanta' National at Du
buque. ,.~..,.. :. ..,s... -.-.....
nlr. Love, aB 1lavo before said, fs Ciork OF th
| United statos District Court OF Iowa; aud
1 would guggeat whether it iB quito proper 70
sworn officers Of tile law to engage In any achem'
of chance which, by tile laws OF tho State O.
I Iowa, 1t Ia made q criminal otTonso, punishable
| by 1lno and imprisonment, to promote Or en-
courage In any why. (Code Of Iowa, Sec 4,043.
| :. Tho Eottera-up. Of auch sohomeH hope to cscap
tho ponalty by elaiming TINT thoy are not lot
terios; but this is merely tooanical,-the evasion
| ia q too thin"
1 call tho attention of Prosecuting Attorney
and Grand Jurles tn Iowa to all oasos Of thi