The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1880-01-13
WASHINGTON.
THE STAR POSTAL sRRYIcE

WASHINGTON, January l2.-Gen. Brady
Second Assistant P. NJ. General, appeared
before the special committee ofthe Houst
Committee on Appropriations, this morn
Ing, and submitted reply to letter Of thu
Committee asking for information, giving
tabulated statements OF all details Of the
growth Of the Star service, the expense
Of the same, the increase Of the service
and consequent increase OF expense.
Gen. Brady was questioned at length upon
the General operations OF the department,
and the laws affecting and regulating the
same. He stated that the increased cost
Of the Star service In the past year was
81, zoe, 900, Of this S4S2,0O0 being upon
1900 new routes established by the de-
partment IN pursuance TO the law, author
king and directing the same, and the bal.
ance ,26S, 900 for Increased speed and ser.
vice upon the routes already established.
COMPUTATIONS.
The Senate confirmed g. B. Corkhill,
U. S. Attorney otth District OF Columbia;
us. Attorney, Chas. S, Varien, District
Of Nevada; Jno. X. Valentine, Eastern
pIbulCt VI EeuubylNhula.
THE posroRFlcg BLACK LIST.
Postmaster General Key to-day trans.
mitted to Congress the records Of the Post
office Department, respecting the extent
to which lottery companies use the mails.
The records show that six different COM
panies were interested. OF these the De.
partment Is informed that the Kentucky
State Lottery Company does not secure
the holders Of tickets by depositing bonds
with the State Treasurer as claimed. The
case against the Commonwealth Distribu.
tion Company rests upon the same kind Of
evidence as that on which the order
against the Kentucky State Lottery was
issued. It is not deemed compatible with
public interests 10 submit the evidence on
which the Postmaster General acted in
the Louisiana State Lottery case, there be-
ing suit pending.
The next case mentioned is that oil Ed.
gar w. Jones, alias Union Publishing Co.,
alias Magnetic Watch Co., OF Ashland,
Mass, and having several other alias, un.
der which he sent through the mails, in
1876, $4,000 circulars and advertisements
VI oDeCeue DuUkb, anu Stuulue phlbs
time keeper" which was in fact
a brass compass OF no value.
The next case Is that OF II. D. Fallen,
alias National Banking Company, 70 Mas
sau street, New York. This so.called
with flaming circulars, offered to
sell what they called "bonds" on Havana,
Kentucky and Louisiana lotteries at half
regular rates for tickets, and to add extra
prizes todrawings.
The Texas Gilt Contest Association, OF
Dennison, Texas, is spoken Of as one ofthe
most successful swindles disclosed by the
department records. Its receipts were
about 100000. The report OF special
agent Edgerton states that the managers
of the concern divided the days receipts
among themselves every evening, and that
The tags representing the unsold numbers
we're placed in wheel at the drawing and
he prizes announced for them, thus en-.
abling the managers 10 manipulate the
cash at their pleasure.
Mr.. Key concludes by calling attention
10 the firms under the title OF the Denver
Land Company and the Kansas Land
Company, and denounces them in the
strongest terms.