St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-04
SAINT PAUL.
GOURTSRIP A FAILURE.
That Is the Belief of William King, a
NelghbOring StOneCutter.
a MARRIAGE BY LOTTERY.
Ee Denies That It Is a Museum Adver-
tisement, and Says he viii
Stand by Il.

ssNv name is George King, and live
down at Newport, opposite South st.
Paul. I've got story to tell, and L
want YOU to publish it and save my
brother from disgrace. He's going TO
be married by lottery"
A Young man entered the GLOBE
Office on Monday afternoon and made
the above statement. As result,
GLOBE reporter yesterday went to New
port. hunted up William c. King and
cot his story. He is a Stonecutser by
trade, and one of four brothers, with
widowed mother. His father formerly
owned the site of the Minneapolis expo
sition. and when he died William re-
eeived 4 farm near COrkingtOn, in An
Okla county, valued at $500.
Yes said he, I'm going TO be mar
Tied by lottery and win bet OF $500
from my brother, Sidney, of Burling-
ton, 10. My position is that courtShip
is a failure. | hold that Il man may
walk out in the street. marry the first
woman he meets and run Just as good
chances of married happiness as the
NAN who courts for a year. Love Is
blind. and so is chance. 50 what is the
difference? Eve seen young couples
sparkling for years and then go To
fighting like cats and dogs the minute
they're married. So l am going 10 take
my chances 10y lottery and stand the re-
Sult.'
How did this bet ehanee?"
"My brother Sidney was at the house,
and | read out of an Eastern paper
about a man advertising for a wife.
Sidney thought that was foolish plan.
and | differed. Then came hot dis
cuSsiOn, until at last Sidney offered to
bet me $500 | daren't go into lottery
and marry the woman who drew me.
I've got no money! said |. but I'll bet
my farm at COrkingtown against your
$500 I'll go you,' said Sidney, and it
was a bet"
The terms of this bet. as it was legally
drawn up, are as follows: 1t provides
that William shall 90 not more than 500
miles nor less than miles from his
home and select a wife by lottery. He
is TO make 100 tickets, numbered from
l to 100, which are to be put in envel-
OpeS and one given to each and every
lady wishing husband, regardless of
her color. age or nationality. A certain
day IS to be announced for the drawing
and public notice is to be given
of the place where it is TO take
place. On the day of the drawing
some person is TO be selected by
the audience and blindfOlded. One
hundred tickets. also numbered from l
TO 100 inclusive, are to be placed in the
hat and we'll shaken up. The person
who is blindfOlded will then be brought
on the stage and requested TO draw one
ticket from the hat. By the number
which it bears the future wife of Will
lam King is to be determined, as he
must marry the lady holding the cor
responding number out of the lot dis
tTibuted in envelopes or forfeit his farm.
If he carries out this agreement he will
receive the sum of $500 bet by his
brother.
And I'm going to win that money"
said King. Il don't care if the woman
is white or black. brown or yellow, Iu-
dian or Chinese, I'll marry her if she'll
have me. If she refuses and I'm will
Ing, I'll win my 500, any how. The
chances are the grill have me, or she
wouldn't have gone into the thing"
Now, isn't it fact, Mr.. King" said
the GLOBE man, THAT this VIII lie thing
is a cOOk4d-up affair, simply as dime
museum advertisements
No, sir, it is not" he replied.
Though have been to see the museum
men,"
For what purpose?"
"Well. Minneapolis dry goods man
offered me money to have the drawing
take place in his store, and that led me
to believe there was something in it
and might get more out of museum.
But didn't see the museum man and
never made any arrangements"
You say yOIr family oppose the pro-
ceedihgs?"
Yes, they regard it as sort of a dis
grace, guess"
And you're sure there's no museum
business about it?''
Not bit of it." was the answer as
the lottery bridegroom departed. But
the chances are that if the drawing ever
comes OFF it will be at the museum.
William King looks like a man of ordi-
nary Intelligence, and is not a bad look
ing fellow,