The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-07-02
LOTTERY REVIVAL.
Gamblers Again Looking
to Honolulu.
Williams and Lee, Two Lottery Pro.
motors, Have Recently Been at
Work in This Country.

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 Legis-
lature authorizing a lottery company,
composed Of American capitalists, to
transact general lottery business on the
island The company seeking to establish
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 commonly
known, failed to pass and its 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
onoluln capitalists who were back OF the
bill in connection with the American pro-
]ectors. The bill was fathered and eng-
| neered in the Legislature by j. j. viii
iams, the leading photographer Of Homo
lulu who is also the publisher of the
Paradise of the Pacific. Williams was the
only man III the islands known openly 20
be interested in the scheme.
Early in May j. j. Williams arrived in
San Francisco. accompanied by Peter Lee,
who is known in Honolulu as the vol
cano" man. He is wealthy Spectator
and sporting man, and is the owner OF no.
tells and resorts in the vicinity Of the VOL
cano, which is one of the chief attractions
on the islands for foreign visitors.
L. Williams and Lee only renamed here
Tor few days and then departed for Chi
cago and New Orleans on business. AS
nearly all the American stockholders and
hackers of the original lottery scheme
were Chicago capitalists it is foregone
conclusion that the two. gentlemen from
Honolulu visited Chicago on business con-
/ nected with. a revival OF the lottery scheme;
/ Williams, accompanied by Lee, returned
to San Francisco on June II from Chicago
and registered at the Occidental Hotel.
On June IA wealthy New Orleans gentle
man of middle age arrived here with his
wife and registered at the Baldwin Hotel
as Eugene Dupe and wife," On June Is
the New Orleans man went to Monterey
and remained for several DAYS lie laft
for Monterey the day after Williams and
Lee arrived from Chicago. The same day,
June IS. Williams and Lee made flying
visit to Monterey and there Eet the New
Orleans capitalist.
Mr.. "Dupie" returned from Monterey on
the evening OF June 10 and on the follow
| ing day left the city direct for New
years OF age. On June %. three days
later. Williams and Lee sailed for Homo
lulu.
1t was learned by a CALL reporter yes
terday that an official of the Louisiana
State Lottery Company was in the city
effort to ascertain his name and fix Identity
last evening proved fruitless.
Soard's New Orleans City Directory for
1898 does not contain the name of Eugene
Dupie." ana from the descriptions of the
two: men it appears quite likely that be is
the unknown State lottery official.
A:special telegram from Richmond, Va,
received by THE CALL last evening says
I'm this connections:
General Dabney II. Maury. formerly United
States Minister to Colombia, has been offered
and has declined the position as superlnteui l.
emf OF monthly drawings for the Louisiana loC-
terry alta salary Of $4,000 ayear.
The dispatch further states that the
louisiana State lottery is to be re-estab-
lished on an island in the South Pacific.