Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1885-11-09
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CAPITAL NOTES.
CASES.

washington, To-day was SET
for the hearing of the telephone cases
before the secretary of the interior and
tary general OF the interior department
was crowded with those interested in
the cases. Secretary Lamar opened the
proceedings by stating that nine Pc
titions had been filed in this case, and
inasmuch as there seemed to be a con-
c%urrence of sentiment and wishes by all
concerned in the controversy
he became convinced that the whole
case should be taken up at once
and considered as o whole; that there
should be discussion to-day on the ques-
ton of the power of the government to
institute suit to vacate the patent and
that the respective applicants who are
movers in the matter should begin with
their evidence and submit their cases.
The first case called was that of the
Globe Telephone compeny. MIR. Hump
hrey's, attorney for the company, pro-
ceeded to read petition in it's behalf.
Set forth that the patent examiner who
passed the Bell patent was under the
impression that it related to the system
of the multiple telegraph; that Bells
original telephone was imperative;
thet this was admitted by himself; that
he could not truthfully
claim the priority of the invention. of
the telephone because it was commonly
known that Reiss, Meucci, Gray and
others had made and used telephones
before Bells application; that it could
be shown that Meucci had used the tele-
phone in lS49 and that he had not aban-
doned his invention; that the Western
Union Telegraph company, controlling
certain telephone patents, had entered
into q contract with the Bell company
to compromise their differences ly
which the Western Union company
received twenty per cent. of the
profits Of the telephone company
and that these great corporations had
united to compel the people to pay
tribute to them, and therefore the Globe
Telephone company prayed the depart
ment of justice to begin suit to vacate
the Bell patent. The remainder of the
petitions were read in the order of their
presentation and included substantially
the same matter set out in the foregoing
L nafitfnnp - hi nrinr fka snol;p, 1e H.
petitions of the Cushman company,
Humphrey stated that there was
q contract in existence made between
Cushman and the Bell company, by
the terms of which Cushman agreed to
remain quiet and avoid interference with
the Bell patents; that the document was
in the hands of the attorneys of the Bell
company and later on they would be
called upon to produce it.
In that petition the Pan electric COM
pany sets out that Gray filed o caveat
for a telephones on the day of Bells ap-
plication and that contrary to the law
the contents of Gfay's caveat were
known TO Bell by ar official of the patent
office and that within a few days Bell
made an important amendment to his
application covering the matter des-
cribed in Gray's caveat.
Mr.. Ganty stated that Solicitor GEN
eral Goove had acted upon the petit
tion after an examination of the author
tiles upon telephons andfof the Reiss
and other instruments by beginning
suit at Memphis.
| mir. Sturr stated that he answered to
the petitions; it was sufficient to-day
generally everything that had been act
out; he asserted that all OF allegations,
material to this investigation, were dis
proved by the papers, which the petit.
tioners themselves had presented.
APPOINTMENTS.
Washington, Nov. 9-The president
to-day. appointed the following post.
masters: G. K. lexington, at Girard,
ILL.,; J.. NJ. Riggs, .;:,,snnersville, Ind,
vice j. W. Ross, SUSPENDED; Jos. Elder,
Richmond, Ind, vice D.: Palmer.
suspended; 7. B. Ruger, Lafayette. Ind,
vice, j. G. Szmble suspended; Jno. A.
Bardon, Superior, Wis, vice, y. G.,
Tubbs suspended.