New-York tribune., 1880-01-13

that as ne position OF every luchocl y Nc' '''
there is no reason for kecprg back the resolution
any LONGER The vote upon il viii be as follows
MorrIll, Wallace Keruan aud hayard in favor OF @ tho
TcsOlut ION; Allison, Ferry Beck ahu NOoIN'oS
apaiust e.. Senator Jones. of Nevada, also opposes
the resolution, but is absent.
THE NAILS AND The LOTTERIES
THE REPORT TO CoTGE SIS BY THE POST oFIicf
pTPlnrHrNI-s.iE OF TIE IBAUDs OK TIE
PUBLIC DESCRIBED.
WAsHNGToN, Jan. 1.-THE Postmaster-GenfIal
transmitted to the House of Representatives Today
a report by Assistant PostmasterGeneral Freeman
in response to the House resolution OF December 10
1879. calling for information respecting the extent
to which lottery companies make use of the mails
Although the resolution calls for H. nation re-
gardng lottery schemes only, tho D' 3artment mas
taken it for granted that Congress desires nforma-
tion relation to te Of the mails by the agents
and originatoTs of other fraudulent schemes. Inc
report therefore, includes an outline Of the various
methods employed to obtain money through the
mails, together with particular eases illustrating
these methods.
The majority of the fraudulent concerns referred
10 in the report were fully exposed by THE TRIBUNE
exclusively in its issues of December H. 23 and
30 last and one the Denver Land Company, III an
earlier number Mr. Freeman has, however, set
forth in his report a vast amount of new and ill.,
eresting information.
Six different classes Of swindling concerns are
referred 10 in the report, Of which the lottery
companies, organized or protesting to have
been organized by State authority are first
considered. The report says that orders have
been issued during the last four months
against various persons operating III Louis
VILE. Covngton, Newport and Frankfort, Kentucky.
under what they claim to be- grants for certain
purposes by the State Of Kentucky. The first OF
these corporations claims TO be operating under an
ac; of the Kentucky Legislature Of 1889. author
izing the raising Of q fund BY lottery 10 endow an
academy at Paducah. Iy this act, the managers
were to raise not exceeding 100000 Under the
act contracts were entered into by the trustees of
the institutions Of learning OF Paducah with
Walter Gregory for the management and conduct
of the lottery authorized bv the act Of 1889 These
contracts il is claimed. have by yarious assign
mcnts come into tho hands Of Simmons & Dlckn-
soa OF New-Yor, and Murray, France & Co. of It.
LOUIS. the latter the managers of thc lottery.
The attention OF the louse Is called 10 the opinion
of the Hon. John Rodman. Auomey-G neral Of
Kentucky, m response TO "a resolution of the state
Senate in hch ne holds that the yariou, lotteries
chartered az different times under state grants
raised all tie money authorized 10y their char
ter. louy ogc, and that those now IN operation one
carried ou ia violation oi law
Among the lottery complnic, which have used
or now use the mails extensively. mento1 Is made
Of the Commonwealth Di.trbnuou tn Wyoming
Lottery and the Cheyenne Lottery. the Grand
Distribution of Victoria, Cauada. end the Ncr-
Brunswick Grand Gift So.rcc Of -. stephens y g-
Brnsoici. "o.cr.t.d Dos one i. Il. Potter.
one OF tac most persistent, ingenious ara
ubiqritous pciaous using thc mails for Oh.
a. daft. lIf
public by means Of eft enterprise. schemes
and device \ number of h- enterprises aIe
nan.ed. Thc Kentucky Cash Distribution Company,
the Louisiana state Lottery aud the Arizona Lottery
have also been subject 90 Investigation by tAc De-
parimcnt.
The company most extensively using TIC mail
the Louisiana State Lottery. II s uo' deemed c.m-
patille witl public interests 90 suhmi. now the cyi-
d.acc upon whi.l t'r tmnsicr-,iencral actel I'd
this case. there being "a suit pending, brought
against linn by tlle lottery managers.
The next case mentioned l. that Cf Edgar ".
Jones alias the Union Publishing Company alias
The Magnetic Watch Company. of Ashland
Mas, who has several other alasc. uud
which Zee sen, through the mails in 1876
10000 circulars aud advertisements oi ob-
scene books and q "Gcuune Swiss Magnetic Time.
keeper" which was in TACT a brass compass OF DO
teachers etc. from all parts Of the country. in re-
rmd 10 the vile documents 'cnt by Jones to their
children were piling up ON the hands OF the Post
mastcr-Ccnern aud. through the eXertious o. Mr. /
Anthony Comsiock, Jones was indicted. and h,s |
business broken up
Theucxt case is that of D. p. Allen. alias The Va
tiOra Banking Company, OfNo. 40 Nassau-st.. New /
York. This so-called company. with flaming crcu-
laIs, offered TO sell what they called bonds on
the Havana, Kentucky and Louisiana Lotteries at |
half the regular rates for tickets and % add extra
prizes TO the drawings. 4 Special Agent of the De-
parlncnt reports that he arrested II. y. p. Allen, !
otherwise known as The National Banking Com |
pauy, for the violation Of the postal law and pro-
cured his indictment. No contest wac made by the !
concern.
III Texas Gift Concert Assocaror, OF Dcnison,
Texas. is spoken of "oac ol the most successful
,yndlcs disclosed by .he Department records" It's
receipts were about 100000 The report OF
LOUIS September IL, 1872 and published in full
in THE NEw-YoRK TRIBUNE is enclosed
"1he Denver Land COMPANY" fraud fully ox-
posed by The TRIBUNE, aud the Kansas Land Com
Dany are then alluded TO.
NariOns arrests ard seizures are related in the
Ease of Max Burger, alias Berger * Co., alias
Waohsmann& x Co., bankers, No. s Nassau-sr New
! Ork City. These names were used 10 cover the
.ale OF tickets IN the ROYAL Havana, the Ducal
Notwithstanding, the Free City of Hamburg
ho Louisiana and the Kentucky Lotteries, and the
Distribution COMPANY
There is another class, distinct from the lottery
n that II assumes to conduct It's business upon
legitimate principles, not depenuing upon chance,
Dut upon accumulated capital invested under the
,dyIco OI men Ot experience. Judgment and integ-
1ty III the actual purchase OF stocks Wall Street,
IoldiuR them until rise when they are
,lcsed out, and the profits less moderate com
mission pald tO the agents eifcctIng the |
purchase and sale of the socks, Is divided
ImOng the persons advancing the money invested.
The investigations by the Department show that
hese fraudulent dealers have pursued systematic