Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1899-06-08
To which letter Mr. Edwards received
the following reply:


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Office of the Assistant Attorney
General for the Post Office Depart
ment, Washington, June g. 1899
Charles William Edwards, Editor
Evening Journal Wilmington, Della
ware.
Sir; i have to acknowledge receipt
Of your letter Of the 9TH instant. ad-
dressed to the Ostmaster-general i'm
which you call my attention to an adj
Nertisement in the interest Of the
Schilling Dry Goods Company, 3l4
Market street Wilmington. Della
ware, which you aNege Is a violation
Of the lottery law. You state that 60
has been running from time TO time
in various newspapers Of Whining
ton since May IA last
1 thank you for submitting this ad
Vertisement. 1 will examine IL care
fully, and take such action as the
facts may warrant. The attention of
the department was not called TO this
advertisement before the receipt Of
your letter. Instructions haves been
issued to the postmaster al Whining
ton on this subject.
JAS. N. TYNER,
Assistant Attorney-General for the
Post Office Department
That the advertising Of the Grand GIFT
was clearly in violation Of the
Federal statute is evidenced by the
promptness with which the government
all that part Of the business
which came under It's jurisdiction. The
original complaint was not mailed TO the
at Washington until 9 O'Clock
at night on June 3. and could not have
been received until the morning Of the
9Th. on the morning Of the 9TH the fol
lowing imperative instructions We're IN
the hands Of Assistant Postmaster Bill
lany:
Onice of the Assistant Attorney
General for the Post Office Depart
ment.
Washington. June g. 1899.
Postmaster. Wilmington, Delaware
Sir: The attention Of this Office mas
been called to an advertisement Of a
scheme operated by the Schilling Dry
Goods Company. 3li Market street.
Wilmington, Delaware, which adNer-
tisement. 10 Is alleged, has been pub
lished m the papers OF your city. Ihe
names Of these papers are not given.
The scheme is set forth in the ad-
Vertiscment as follows:
"In order to more thoroughly in
troduce our new store to the public
we have decided to give away the fol-
lowing prizes:
"1st-,An elegant upright piano.
"2d-A lady's fine gold watch.
"3d-A solitaire diamond ring.
'nhe conditions. We are now giving
to every purchaser of one or more
dollars worth of goods al our store a
ticket with each dollar purchase, which
will entitle the holder TO "A chance on
one. of the three beautiful articles
above described.
"The method of awarding the
prizes will be as follows. on the at
ternoon Of Thursday. September H.
1899. al 4 o'clock, the contest will
close. and the coupons being in a
sealed box will be given la charge OF
: committee. The box will be thor
oughly shaken. and will then be OPEN
ed by the committee. and blind-told-
ed boy will draw thercfrOm one Of the
coupons. The number of the coupon
will entitlc the holder Of the corre-
spending ticket to the piano. The
box will again be shaken and the boy
will draw "a second coupon Its NUM-
Der will entitle the holder OF the cor
responding ticket to the lady's watch.
A third time the box viii be shaken.
and a third time the boy will draw
coupon, the number OF which viii en-
title the holder of the correspondents
number to the diamond ring
This scheme consists of the offer OF
prizes ca plano and watch and a
ring) to persons who will be selected
by a drawing, or by chance. The con-
sideratiOn for a chance Is The pur-
chase Of goods to the value Of 81 from
the Schilling DRY Goods Co.. the pro-
m0ter of the scheme. All the ele-
ments OF a lottery are present in the
scheme, and advertisements Of it