Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-16
THE BOSS HIGBBINDER
markedly Lively Chinese Funeral Ia
San Fran cisco.

San Fran cisco.
San Francisco Letter to New York Sun,
The boss highlander WAS buried yes
terday afternoon with all the honors &C
corded & dead emperor, and more than
twice as much noise. HIS name was
either Low Yet, Loo Yuck, or Loo w
one of the three, and il doesn't matter
much which. According to the prepon-
dersnce rof evidence his first
name was Loo, and Loo goes this
time. II was generally reported
amor g the white people that Loo had
fallen in the highlander riot two weeks
sgo, and had been kept an ice ever since,
but that was mistake. There were
only two casualties in that Chinatown
outbreak. 0le msn was shot and smother
was chased out Of Chlnstown, down
Whsshi gton street, and eff the ED Of
the wharf into the bay. The venerable
Loo died 'isociable," as the frontier men
put 1t, in the eighty-frst year Of his age
| Loo was big man among his country
men. He was q member CT the Chee
K cong Tong in China and one OF the
leaders in the Tai Ping rebellion. When
that rebellion WAS crushed he hsd the
good luck to escape from China with 8
price on his head, and CniGa had the
good luck never to see him again.
When Loo came to California he saw
that the great want of the Chinese quar-
ter was q highlander society, 50 he estab-
ished the CAGE Keong Tong here. In
fact, ne established no less than nineteen
hig1oinder societies, all bearing untrans-
lated names ending with "Tong," and
made himself power in the land. These
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TODgs often got into fights with each other,
and made Chinatown reek with gore and
ring with noise, but Loo was superior
| to isctional qusrrels, ard reigned su-
prene es grand master highlander OF
America. Some persons have pretended
to trace the principles Of Masonry IN the
Tongs, and alluded to Loo as grand
master Of the Chinese Masons, but as the
| highblnders are devoted msinly to levy
/ ing blackmsil, stealing women, and stab
btng each other Ia dark alleys, the white
Masops refused to recognise any re-
semblance between Chez Keong Tong and
the royal arch, and repudiate fellowship
with Loo.
1t WAS q great disappointment to Loo
to be obliged to turn up his venerable
toes in the land of the FaukWi, although
| he had lived there for more than thirty
years. He wanted to go home and die in
| the FloWery Kingdom. Two years ago
he informed the Chinese government of
his remuneration OF revolutionary prlnci-
pies, pointed with pride to his
work in Mongoliziug the center
of San Francisco, and requested
permission to die in his native isnd. The
Emperor of China replied that nothing
would give more unslloyed pleasure than
the touching spectacle OF Loo dying in
his native land, and earnestly entreated
him to return. the good Emperor added
that, IN order to insure the fulhllment OF
Loo's patriotic desire, he had ordered
the imperial executioner, on pain OF
imperial displessure and speedy dis
Enforcement, to see that Loo should die
| Immediately after his arrival in China.
Loo sighed and decided to perish an ex-
lie in foreign land az the pleasure OF
| providence. Providence got away with
him two weeks sgo.
Llo's burial was achieved yester-
day by ABOUT 1000 highblnders, s
Chinese orchestra, and large herd
of small boys. The hishoind-
ers and the orchestra assembled in China
town and marched out to Van Ness
avenue to form the procession. The
avenue is more than 100 feet wide, but 1t
was hardly wide enough for 1000 Chinese
to march through one abreast. Cinnamon
on white c. horses Csreered wildly from
curb to curb, shouting orders to
everybody which which were needed
BY nobody. As the riders bobbsd
violently up aud and down, their re.
marks were more jerkY than usual, and
probably were no. understood. Two OF
the horsemen were Tsrtars, with swarthy
faces, restless black eyes, and wild ex-
preston. They wore the black cockade,
the insignia of the fighting man, and
they rode like cowboys. Their
10y at beipg IN the saddle beamed
in every feature. With their
swords, shields, and baIbaric cos
tunes they looked like warriors of Zingis
. Khan returned to life. The highbinders
on foot were motley crew. Some wore
the pointed straw hemlets and carried
the heavy iron pixies, billhooks, three
tined spears, and battle axes seen in pic
lures Of the Chinese army. These wesp.
ous were not property arms from the
the theatre by any means, bu;
were made of forged steel, and fas
tened to poles as thick IS mans wrist
Some carried huge swords and shields,
and one company was armed with muzze
loading Springfield muskets, brightly
E polished and carrying bsyonets. The
troops bore these guns as Individual
fancy dictated. Some were carried in
, the left hand some in both hands, and
some upside down. Along the line, OIL
j rather here and there in the confusion
were red plscards, dragon f,gs, painted
dragons and torches. A big American
flag waved st the head.
On Van Ness svenue nearly 100 wagon:
and backs were waiting for the high
binders. The work of getting th'
, mourners into the wagons was con
i Quoted after the manner Of q riot. 1
2 was q wild scramble for places. Most o
the drivers we're Irishmen. They couldn'