The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-03-07
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NEW ORLEANs, Dec. 1S.-lSpeclal to
he Omaha Bethany thousands
catered over this great country. from
is extreme eastern to western, north
I'm to southern boundaries. are waiting
md watching to-day to learn if the
Wheel of fortune may not bring TO them
hat grand capital prize of $500, 900.
which is little less than one-forth OF
.he immense sum this day distributed
by the Louisiana State Lottery COM
pany.
Circumstances so order that l make |
the Louisiana State Lottery the basis |
Of my first communication from this |
city, believing that it will prove inter
estnig to your readers. as picturing one
of the institutions of the state of Lou
isiana, which is the main support of
that celebrated Charity hospital that
welcomes the poor and friendless
stranger as readily as the needy one at
home and cares for all alike.
When your correspondent received
instructions to proceed southwark,
New Orleans being the objective
point. He remembered that this be-
ing his first visit to the crescent city,
it would be well to arm himself with
letters of introduction to some of her
most prominent and distinguished OF
her citizens. He was particularly fav-
ored by being brought into contact
with the Hon. q. w. Mott, postmaster;
Col. Page Baker, managing editor of
the Times-Democrat; MIR. p. o..
Fazende, of the well known banking
house of FaZende & Seixas. as we'll as
other leading citez ems, and dur
ing short formal conversation, the
principal points of interest-to a stran-
ger-Were suggested by Mr.. Fazende.
saying that he would at once order his
carriag> and drive me through. AS
we neared the corner of st. Charles and
TniOn streets my escort said, pointing
to handsome substantial looking
structure, three stories high. "There
| is the home Of the Louisiana State
/ Lottery Company, and by the way. to-
morrow is the appointed day for the
mammoth drawing in which over 5000.
1900 is to be distributed. and the
first capital prize is $500, 900. You
| should attend the drawing by al
/
the company's Offices" Then it was
l learned what an intense interest was
taken by the people of all grades in so
ciety, not only in the city of New
Orleans. but throughout the state and
surrounding states, in this wonderful
institution, which, as may not be gen
orally known to the readers of The Bet
is not only the only legaliZed one il
this country, deriving It's original char
IL I'll.
but in 1879, by act of the state con
stituJiOnal convention, was incorpor
ated as part of the new constitution
formed by that body, and this act en-
dOrsed by an almost unanimous VOtt
of the people of the state, and thu
people of New Orleans and Louisian;
have never had reason to regret tina
action.
From 1868 to the time of the adop
tion of the new constitution, the com
pany contributed over $500, 900 in sup
port of the public schools, and sine
that time (1S79l have set aside yearl
fund of SAC, 600 for the use of the char
ity hospital heretofore mentioned. be
sides its more than princely support O
all other institutions, charitable an
otherwise, in the city and state. L
, fact Mr.. FaZende told me that goo
and charitable deeds we're not confine
to the company as a whole, but ind
Vidual members are foremost in cor
tributing literally from their privat
means, Tor the encouragement and sue
cess of schemes that conduce to the in
terest and welfare of the city an
state. The officers and directors @
the company are among the most POI
r ular, respected and leading citizens
and the commissioners, who alone ST
| perintend and manage the drawing:
are those old generals of the confeC
eracy, loved and revered by the soutl
! Generals Jubal A. Early and G.. 7
! Beauregard. These two gentleme
have no interest whatever in the CON
; pany. as General Early told your COZ
respondent in conversation after tn
drawing to-day; and the company haV
neither voice nor vote in the manner G
management of the drawing proper
! Thus Is provided perfect safegnar
if such were for the time being neC
: eSsary-for the patrons of the lottery
! thoroughly divOrcing the management
. of the company from the management
of the drawing.
. And now few words as to the d.
! tails of the company's management.
Armed with letter of introduction
z your correspondent visited the offict
l on st. Charles street, and was coul
i, teously received by DR.. NJ. A. DauphiI
$ the president, who requested his genera
: manager to escort me through the seI
l eral departments and explain the metl
DDS of conducting their vast business.
The building is a handsome three
story granite front structure, built an
owned by the company, and devote
: exclusively to their own use. The gel
eral Office on the first floor, presents
first sight the appearance of a lars
banking house. 1t was crowded wit
l. people eagerly waiting their turn I
: purchase-What each Individual hope
- would prove, the lucky number tn;
would draw the capital prize of $500
600. In the several departments the
d are perhaps over one hundred clerl
II employed, and one peculiar, yet nece
20 sary feature of the assignment of the
:, is, that they are IN pairs at desks,
- arranged that they face each othe
this is for the purpose of acting
If check on the mutual errors of eat
a other.
"a Here in one apartment to a lar,
~ force of clerks is assigned the duty
le opening and stripping the letters I
ceived by every mail; one set opel
them, another set VeritieS the eOnten
with the letter, another set aSSoT
% them according to the nature and vail
8. of the enclosure; to another set is co
k, fided the care of such letters as call f
n some special numbers, or enclose mon
for some future as well as prese
"a drawing, which must be laid aside f
Y, the present, to be taken up and atten
id ed to after the regular mail that i
vQlve no ''outside methods has b
attention. Another set fill orders f
the tickets. which are verified and =,
K. do by another set. Another set
cords alphabetically the name and a
dress of every sender of a letter, TAI
if an ordinary currency enclosure, re
istered letter, money order, postal not
express package or draft. in book
pecIally for. each corresponding rem
tance, with date. month, etc. Anoth
set addresses the envelopes to each 2
as iron or correspondent, and anoth
verifies these directed envelopes wi
~ the recorded list referred to aboN
n Vet another set sees that the order