Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-11-14
WASHINGTON.
The Celebrated Telephone Case
Continued Yesterday. !"
A SIMPLE QUESTION Of VERAoITH'
Between the Bell and the Globe Com
panies' Representatives.
Naval Report.
GENERAL WASHINGTON DISPATCHES.

in the Bell Telephone case was resumed
before Secretary Lamar, at the interior
DEPARTMENT, this morning. Mr.. Young
put in affidavits By Professors Waite and
and Paddock, embodyiug results of expert
meuts with the Reiss telephone, and mass
\ Of testimony In the shApe Of the patents
and records Of the patents of Edison,
Hughes and others was also submitted.
The affidavit of President Goodwin, OF
the Globe Company, was also submitted.
He testified that Meucci, owing to his ex-
treme poverty, wss oppressed by the Bell
Company in o suit brought against hip,
and that the Bell Company had endeavored
to purchase the claims and patents OF
Meucci.
Mr.. S:orrow, in replying to this. said the
Bell Company, upon invitation, sent a
representative to see Meucci, but that he
and bis friends, Globe Company people,
declined to show him anything.
Mr. Beckwith, representing the Globe
Company, offered 10 put in q county atfi-
davit from FIVE gentlemen to the effect that
no such invitations had been extended by
the Globe Company, and that when the
Bell Compsny's representative called upon
President Goodwin and his associates, and
spoke of millions Of money, the Globe Com
psnys people had taken out their watches
and gave him 20 minutes to Leave
At noon recess was taken until p.
n. to afford Mr.. f. L. Page an expert, on
behalf of the Bell Co, an opportunity to
examine the petitioners model, the repro
duction of the Reiss instruments, which
they claim will transmit aruculate speech,
and which, on the other hand, the Bell
peop,e claim, have been modified aud
made speaking telephone by the intro
duc.ion Of additional improvements made
since the date of the Bell invention; or, in
other words, that the improvements aud
notifications have given the Reiss instru'
ments voice.
Mr.. Stsrrow replied briefly to the Riida.
Wits. He said thSt he had put in sworn
photographic report Of the Pittsburg trial
In answer TO the allegation that the Bell
Company had attempted to buy Menccis
claim, he said that he could produces let
ters 10 show that the Bell Company had
been invited 10 come TO Philadelphia to
negotiate with the Globe Company, and
they had sent down representative, but
the Meucci people had declined to show
him anything, and he returned no wiser
than he came.
Mr.. Beckwith inquired if he would be
permitted to put in o counter
affidavit swo.n By f7e gentlemen.
10 the effect that no such invitation had
been extended By the Globe company; that
the Bell representatives had called on Mr.
-GoodRin and associates -end spoken o!
millions OF money, and that the gentle
men representing the Globe had drawn
their watches and given the Bell represen-
ta,ive twenty minutes to leave. 10 answer
10 an inquiry By the Secretary, Mr.. Gar
rett, said that if it wa5 deemed desirable,
the petitioners would oause tests TO be
made OF the workings Of the various mod
els submitted in evidence. If the other
side ssssiled their testimony as TO the
workings of the models, he would like to put
in expert testimony.
The Secretary expressed a preference
for atidsyits rather tEsl 9ssl expert .esti-
mony, which, he said, always had the effect
of stampediug him.
After some discussion it was decided 10
begin the arguments tomorrow.
. Mr.. Pakewell, who was Of counsel for
the defense IN the FittGEErg cage. made a
statement touching the proceedings in
that case. He said the Court lad de-
clined to 60 into question of the validity
Of the Bell patent lie had offered to
prove that the Reiss instrument would
( transmit speech. Gn3 the Court said if
; that could be shown he would refuse the
Injunction, but on second thought said
that that point would make no difference,
and the question Of praoticsbility OF the
Re;ss instruments vas not .disclssei. Ad-
journed until to-pofroS.
ACTION IN THE STERLING CASE.
/ In view Of the recent statements made
by the President respecting the Sterling
/ wtighership case, the Civil
/ Service Comuissiouers will make
no further examination OF their stion Of
yesterday-diIeo,ing Tie New York Ex.
change 10 refer TO Collector Heiden tor
appointmeN-which action is construed to
be in formslity with the statement Of the
President on the subisc'.
ZEE HI"AL ORDNANCE REPORT.
The annual report OF Commodore
Sicsrd, Chief Of the Naval Bureau
of Ordnance, has been submitted
to Secretary Whitney. The estimates
tor uext year aggregate $3,468,842. Two
hundred and fifty Thousand dollars is
asked fer the expenses Of the torpedo
station and the pU7ebs7e Of a torpedo
boat, $sf5,7S0 ia ssked for The ar,
mament Of the four new vessels su
thorized BY Congress The repoit says thst
the Government has been virtually shown
10 be Independent Of foreign mauuractu
rers in obtaining powder for heavy ord
nance.
FEEmER THE CHAMPION,