Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-20
THE LOTTERY CRAZE
Working Its Way Into all Circles
at Washington.
ALL CLASSES SEEM TO HAVE IT..
What Will Become Of the Three-Cent
Stamps?-How the Country Editor
viii be Affiicted-Genera
Brady's Case.

WAsHINGroS, June l9.-If there is one
thing more than another that aftiicts Wash.
ington ii is the lottery craze. Everybody
has got it. Last session Congress passed q
law abolishiDg all sorts Of gambling in the
district, and there is law in force that
prohibits the sale of lottery tickets.
Heads OF bureaus, clerks, male and female,
correspondents, court officials in fact, t,every
class, invest certain portion of the mon-
ey paid them by the government monthly
in lottery tickets. The newspapers pub
lish the advertisements OF lottery concerns
and devote columns semi.monthly to the
list of drawings. l happened to be With a
little circle OF clerks the other day that
had
Pooled Their Issues
and invested in a number of tickets. On
an investment OF s35 they had realized
500. Did they divide that hundred and
quit? Oh, 10. I'm tell you boys said
the spokesman I'VE will Just invest that
money in the next drawing" And that
was the unanimous verdict. A gray.
victim showed me 800 tickets that cost
him FIVE dollars apiece. He had been buy
ing for years and carefully preserved his
tickets. Ever strike it, asked. mo.
he said, mot yet, but came within one
OF drawing the capital prize, Sl50,OC and
several times very near got the $4,000
capital prize" Talking with
Prominent Department Official
about this matter he said; There are more
of these tickets sold in Washington than
in New York. This is where lobbyists,
jobbers and all the vultures of plunder
"a m ~ ha
clerks hear of millions being made in day
or an hour and the fever of speculation be.
comes rampant The clerks catch il. It's
Infectious and floats in the very air. They
make their money easily and il 1t didn't
60 in lottery tickets it would in some other
manner, and all are striving 10 become
miliionaires. Few save anything.
What viii Become OF the Three Cent
stamps:
The PCStOiCe Department is at work pre-
pa,ing for the first of October when the
TWO cent postal regulation goes into effect.
TIE die Is being made for the new stamped
envelope. 1t will differ but little from the
new two cent stamp, and will probable BE-
submitted for inspection this week. Is ii
net a sort Of anomaly or rather won't II be
when the new arrangement goes into effect
that YOU can send letter thousands OF
miles for Just what it will cost to send
letter around the corner through the mails
in your own city Yet such is the fact.
II II Yet An Open Question
as to what will be done with the millions
of threeCent stamps that will be on hand
and in circulation when the first of october
arrives. The department has not yet and
may not decide 10 redeem them. Hundreds
Of country newspaper proprietors that re-
ceive stamps for subscription TO their
papers write here to have them exchanged
for currency. but this the government in
variably refuses. 1t may possibly exchange
them for twoCent stamps, but as yet that
is doubtful. At all events, as the time ap.
proaches and no action is taken il will
leave an ample field for spectators to buy
up th:ee.cent stamps at discount.
Brady's Case.
WAsHIHGTOS. June l9.-General Brady
came into the criminal court room this
morning for the purpose OF furnishing bail
for his appearance TO answer the charges
contained in two indictments charging
him with receiving money while Second
Assistant Postmaster General as COnsdera'
ton for increasing certain Star Route mali
service.
Judge Wiley said the verdict in the trial
lust ended would probably he sufficient
reason for vaca,ing the bond given by Gen.
Brady in that case,
The Original Indictment
remained but as he understood it, was
nearly Identical with that recently dis
posed Of he thought it shouli be aban-
doned. He said the Government did not
propose irving that indictment, and if the
Court thought il should ne dismissed he
would not object; as Merrick was not pres
ent, however, he asked that any action in
that matte be postponed until Saturday.
The subject was then dropped. and after
some discussion the Court fixed the bail in
the two additional indictments ut $4,000
in each case.
Draw Bridges.
WAsHIHrTUN, June l3.-lG reply to the
inquiry on the subject, the Secretary Of the
Treasury states no special acts oil Congress
regulate the condition for opening draw
bridges on navigabIe waters in this county,
but If private citizens be agrieved by the
closing OF draw he has his action al CON
mon law for damages, and possibly und-r
State statutes. 4 draw bridge which was
not properly and seasonably opened, might
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