Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1880-01-13
NATIONAL TOPICS.
FRAUDULENT USE OF Tht MAILS
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A Clalnant for tdlson's Patent The
Chnsse Bill The District Dele
gate to the Republican Ma
lional Convention.
A suit Against Edison Another Party
Claims His Patent

Claims His fatont
WAsnISuruN. January H., Papers
wuro lled ia the Patent uihcr, to-day,
by q arm OF lawyers asking that an In
tcrlcrcnce be- granted against the Edison
elecuie light Tho parties claim that
What has been recently patented by
E,liAon iH nothing but What they had dis
coscrcd eighteen months ago. They
now say that they have perfected their
invention, have formed . strong stock
company, aud proposes 30 dispute Edi,
sons claims To- the sole ownership oi
the right o. use the Horseshoe carbon
burner ~ hong aA thccourIs aud lawyers
will aid them,
Tho Districts Delegate.
Tho local Republican politicians Of the
district OF Columbla ara husy Just now
canyassing ~ 10 Who shall represent the
district la the National Republican Com
yentiun. Among those named iur the
position ar; Colonel Robert g. lnger-
soil. cx Mupor Bowen, Joseph vii
liamH. \. NJ Clapp audO =. Smuol. The
colorcd citizens will claim that one ui
their number should bc sent tu Chicago,
aud there IN quito boom being made
lot Colonel Perry II Carson, Who would
~ uaconlniltel. The name OF h, Doug
las, H.. IN alao mentioned Ia connection
with the convention
Tho Chinese IuI
The bill to rcstriCi Chincac immigra-
ton. which WAS vetoed 10y President
llayrs has been TciutTuiuCCd ia the
House by Mr Page, OF California, und
the desire OF both political parties 10
make yapllpl on the Pacific Coast Tot
the Presidential contest next year may
lead to the passage ui the bill ~ once,
Fraudulent uuo OF the Mails.
WNsuNuIuN, January H. Post
master General hey 10 day transmitted
iu Congress the records oi the Foat,
office Department respecting the cAtcnI
tu which lottery companies use tho
mails The records show that mN dtIlcI'
rnt companies were Interested, ul
these the Department ~ informed that
tho Kentucky state Lottery Company
does not AeCure holders al tickets 10y de-
posting bonds " lih tho state Treasurer,
AZ claimed The caac against the
Commonwealth Distribution Company
rests upon the samc Kind ul evidence
~ that on which ihc order against the
Kentucky state Lottery WAS lNTucd. u
/, not dccmrd compatible with public
interests ln submit the evidence un
which the Postmaster General acted IN
the Louisiana state Lottery caHc, there
bong suit pending
The next ease mentioned lH that oi
l. Ig.t " Iuu,-, dinIs Publishing Com
pau,. alias Magnetic Watch Company
OF Ashland, Mass aud having several
other dias,,, under which hr sent
through the mails SO,Wn circulars and
advertisement ul obscene huuk KS and a
"gup ulhc Swha magnetic time keeper,
which wasin fact q bnss rompas~ OF no
value
The next case ~ that ul II u. T.
Allen, di,.s the National lhnkipg Com
pany, 20 Nassau street, New York Ihia
so.calicd COMPANY with flaming circulars
offered lu sell What they called bonds
un the Havana. kcntuCky and Louisiana
lotteries at hall the regular rates, aud {"
add extra priscs to the drawing, The
Texas Uiit Concert Association Oi lIcnl
Suu. Texas, Is spoken ul aa "one ol the
most sucrcs-iul @indlcs disclosed 10y
the Department records. lls receipts
were about slm.NO The report Of thc
special agent. Elgcrton, states that the
nanngcrN CONCERNED divided the day a
fe,rirts among tbrmWl,r7 every even
inga. aud that mgs representing unsold
numbers wcrv placed IN the wheel at
the drawing aud the ptIAcs announced
lot them, thus enabling the managers To
manipulate the cash ut lhrir pleasure.
MIR krN rnucu,hs by calling attention
L. the firms under the title ul "llrnycI
Land COMPANY aud kansas Land
Company" and druuuuCva them "a
strong terms,
Ship Canal To Connect Delaware Nnd
Chesapeake lays
W,smNdIuN. January L.. The Sec
rotary II War transmitted Ia the senate
today "A letter from the ChlCt ui Cn-
gineoTa, aud accompanying Il copy ni
the report from Major W, l. Cralghllj.
ul the corps ui engineers, ul the survey
made on the Peninsula of Maryland aud
Delaware, in compliance With the rc~
VI the acts ol June, 1919
With A view to the construction II a
ship canal TO connect the NalcrS OF DE
Delaware and Chesapeake Bays The
new estimate Tor the Sassalras route
amounts 10 - jOO. .O10, OF about 5000
more than the previous estimate. The
CLnplauk route is second on the ilst IA
point OF cosls, IT. greatest adyanIagc be-
ing In matters OF freedom irom ob,tinc'
tiou 10y Ice and econoinyoi tie ma,n'on'
au,r of ApptuathCs.