The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1893-07-13
GAMBLERS AGAIN LOOKING TO
Williams and Lee, Two Lottery Pro-
motors, Have Recently Been at
Work la This Country.
HONOLULU.

The Hawaiian lottery scheme is
being revived and its projectors
have been at work in this country
for several weeks.
1t Will be remembered that last
year a bill was introduced in the
Hawaiian legislature authorizing a
lottery company, composed Of
American capitalists, to transact a
general lottery business on the ISL
ands. The company seeking to es-
tablish the lottery in Honolulu
agreed to devote to the Hawaiian
government large sums of money
annually for educational and other
purposes.
The lottery bill, as it was COM
monty known, failed to pass, and
it's projectors retired in disgust.
The citizens of Hawaii made loud
protests against the lottery scheme
and it was condemned on every
side. 1t was not known who were
the Honolulu capitalists who were
back of the bill in connection with
the American projectors. The bill
was fathered and engineered in the
legislature by J. J. Williams, the
leading photographer of Honolulu,
who is also the publisher of the
Paradise of the Pacific. Williams
was the only man in the islands
known openly to be interested in
the scheme.
Early in May J. J. Williams ar
rived in San Francisco, accompa-
MED by Peter Lee, who is known
in Honolulu as the volcano" man.
He is a wealthy Spectator and
sporting man, and is the owner of
hotels and resorts in the vicinity of
the volcano, which is one of the
chief attractions on the islands for
foreign visitors.
Williams and Lee only remained
here for few days and then de-
parted for Chicago and New Or
leans on business. As nearly all
the American stockholders and
hackers of the original lottery
scheme were Chicago capitalists it
is a foregone conclusion that the
two gentlemen from Honolulu Wis
tied Chicago on business connected
with a revival of the lottery scheme.
Williams, accompanied by Lee,
returned to San Francisco on June
18th from Chicago and registered
at the Occidental hotel. On June
18th a wealthy New Orleans gen.
tleman of middle age arrived here
with his wife and registered at the
Baldwin hotel as " Eugene Dupie
and wife" On June 18th the New
Orleans man went to Monterey
and remained several days. He
left for Monterey the day after
Williams and Lee arrived from
Chicago. The same day, June IS,
Williams and Lee made a flying
visit to Monterey and there met
the New Orleans capitalist.
Mr.. Dupie " returned from
Monterey on the evening of June
10Th, and on the following day left
the city direct for New Orleans.
He is described as a Creole, IS
years of age. On June 2Sth, three
days later, Williams and Lee sailed
for Honolulu.
1t was learned by Call reporter
yesterday that an official Of the
Louisiana State Lottery Company
was in the city during the week Of
June oath, but every effort TO ascer-
tain his name and fix identity last
evening proved fruitless.
Soard's New Orleans City Direc-
tory for 1898 does not contain the
name of " Eugene Dupie," and
from the descriptions Of the two
men it appears quite likely that he
is the unknown State lottery Off
cial.
A special telegram from Rich
mond, Va, received by The Call |
last evening says in this connec-
ton:
General Dabney H. Maury, for /
merly United States minister TO /
Columbia, has been offered and has
declined the position as superin-
tendent Of monthly drawings for /
the Louisiana State lottery at a
salary Of $4,000 a year" I
The dispatch further states that .
the Louisiana State lottery is to be .
re-established on an island in the .
South Paciic.-S. F. Call, July 8. /