Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1907-04-03

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ne holeluras Natioilai Lottery Sohi !,
name ~ tho ror,,,on, s+oto I,tt.ry
has heen forcod ont ~ h,,s,nass Inv tho
Federal oorarnmont Twontv 81 tho
officers md eennloves 30 tbe concern
are under ,nd,ctmont Tho deoth knell
of this biggest lottery comn,ny In tba
world has haan sonnied
Bigger than tho .ATisc,se,n,,, bubble /,
potent in sto+o and natianol oeroirs
known in every c,r,,Ized ,ond tho Hon
duras cor,nonv bos moda nrohoh,v M,
less than sos ono ooo for Ire owners
during Ito eyistenca of move +bon
thirty years with its onerotions have
been associated some of the great men
Of Civil War times. and throughout its
life the names of some of the proud
est Of the New Orleans creole families
have been linked with It without effort
at concealment. In the place Of It's
birth, New Orleans, the lottery com.
pany was an institution. As n law.
breaker its place In the nation bos
been UNIQUE and its history Of ohsorh-
ing Interest.
The forerunner ~ tho ola r or,s,,..
State lottery wos +hot ,-non,, ~ ~
Alabama ,ottorr mi, aar.a. ~
been lost To ~. on,ou, =. A..
ont uanerot,on o,thornh =. A., 80
mon. hrs,nas, osnaata,,u ~ ~. ~.
in the DAYS following the civil Var
The charter of the Louisiana comnanv
gave 1t monopoly NOT only Of tba la
terry business but of the "no,icvn bns,.
ness In New Orleans This nolicv nriv.
ilege was of enormous value hnt In
the end proved the undoinr Of the lot.
terry company.
In formn,at,n, b,s or,,,no, n,,n
tba sbrowd nv. narnh,n Saa ops,a
ered we'll tho loot +hot an ,st.au,,
comnony rrst dana,d ean IT, ,,,.,,s. -,
u,ccaas an ho1ia. ~ ~. nout 80 49,
MINI, +bo+ Az anoa,,a. - ~
nonv were IN, roct nuro oh.noo 80
that al, nr,,o. wo,,,d ho no1d n,,t,a...
onihhIa +o tbe holdars oe ..lncLv n.y.,
bersn He lneu that tbo oonoorn ao',,a
nrosner only no tho nuh,,o NOD oona
dance In n mr. namnh,s III. ~
nlan If n,ac,no tho dran,,nas 80. ~ az
srnory,e,on 30 49,. -. -. -.
wou,d ha anasant.a. az .am
TINT tho lot+orr ,,.os a, h,,...,
drc+od os No. ,o.s,,,,e eon
=. :. 80,
"as - us way ena' 1eherais
~ .ss 80. atu m n, were Drought
~. ~. go. ne ioillef .i'eo IN
.,s'. @ anu .ue iu.'er ~ VIZ
80. . VI inuch popu-
49, sps - .n 'ou.n where
.,s. Az. ~" popu.ai 'uo,s' ihelr as
-, 81, u.sn ~, ,e,r Tvs ,oi Tue eohiederacy
49, !, az ' ~, p'aIu ,neh ~ posi-
- 49, AI puD,.e in.iiu oul niue pc
~ 80 $3.50 nnu peei occupied by
~ :. 49, - Aee. r'hahclaily
,nana j., &C., a,.. su'sneu soidlers
To,,,,ana S..as. =. c sus.aiees- ne
aoah ona ~ t,,ar, 500 oon olierea
~ a.s,,.,,sa,s.s. $1,000 sear 10 ACT
~ sunar,.,sa 4sa ~. .ne eoinp ~, ana
n. far os tho nonnaat,.. .. o,. .nis was
tha oonnonr 49,. NJ =. e'.uer Win
80 ~. tnoie lnah TWO
of them. and for these two dave thaH
each received $4,000.
sn.c,ac,,.r n-..
In the early DAYS of tho lottorr .,o
public monthly drawings wera bo,d ~
the yarlous New Orleans tbaator. ~.
later the comnany erectad n h,;,,,,a.
for administrative purnosea IN o.
Charles street md in th,s b,,ld,,. =
hail for the drawings was nror,dos
Generals Reonrerard md EARLY nosa
In comnlete CHARGE Of tba d,.o ,,,;,,a,,
The Man Of the drawing wac +h,s.
On 100000 sims Of paner an incb
Wide and six inches long We're nr,ntad
that many numbers. The numbers
were In large tyne. Each of these 100.
900 slips was rolled tightly with the
number on the inside, and the roll was
Inserted in case consisting of a sec
ton of small rubber hose about an
inch long. These 100000 tubes were
then dumped in hollow wheel about
Ave feet in diameter and two feet
thick.
Tho whea, w,s m,de ~ two ,,o GO
discs io,ned az +bs nar,nharv With a
thin wooden hand ~ wide ms tho wboo,
In this hond was arranged slide
which conld he onaned and q hand In.
serted info the hollow wheel On the
stape near this "numhar wbae,n stood
, similarly constructed wheel one.tbird
The size. In nil tba scheme called for
The giving of r 4s4 prizes at each draw.