The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1889-10-02
T-wsxr woNo AND LEE.

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a.v ~. C,..s Dss..s DseAly 1>s-
nsss FiNssa Ysars Ags.
Prom the san FrAneinco Chrunicae.
= The Woues and Lees arc NJ u again
hammer and Tonga. I'm this city and In
New York b memhsr OF the wone sno
troubles I'm China. hut In the moeher
country they rush to hattie by the thous-
and, and 10 the tune of the pan-pan. tins
plne-ping and the yim-yam, they shed
sore. burn Villages and f-frecrackers, and
make husiness brisk for tho undcrtakers
and insurance. societies.
Two proclamatiOns have arrived I'm TINS
country from China Which are Likely 70
CeIestiois here and throughout the United
States. One of these informs the Wongs
sWSr .ns se%i, sn IN S sSe psovince OF Canton
has Declared war against the Lee family OF
1hat province ON account OF legal compllca.
tiOns between a few Of the great
families, which the authorities. were una
BILE to settle, and that the only way ieft
nov Is fos the two i n@ueaIs TO The WONG.
Of America for munitions OF war or money
To hay them. The proclamation OF the
family quarrels arise nearly every year
tween contendinR families, but the Lees
and the Wonss are ,t the ,a aw" a iasst ns, inns,,
\ the Hokas and the Buntes, some years
20, thousands OF men and women were
s s%is sea on p n%tii nearly all the Hokas were
The story Of the long-existing feud be
and perhaps without parallel i'm history.
About fifteen or twenty years ago, IN the
district Of Ss Smns LING, ,b IN TIVE two FAMILIES Families OF OF
Wong and Lee. Both were rich and PSC,
erful. The wongs numbered fully l9'oCS
1900 robust yellow men. A large hill dis
trict or mountain, the p OF tine
wongs, extended into " valley on IN, ,he
west and cast of the mountain dwell the
Wong family: At the northern end OF the
big hill the w c.,Ss, arS the and nfes there the
sS%m%maisS Of dead wonss and de
ceased Lees were buried under
dozen years ago, lille laborinR under a
spirit of enterprise, the WonRs com
nhenced to remove the dead noa'ts y, sa nt
the Won9s having crowded the cemetery
the Lees raised an Objection to the dis
turbinR of the dead. and issued an edict.
They, swore by the god with the '1 ,hs
wongs disturbed 30 much as a single
hinbon of q dead man named Lee the
southern slope OF the mountains by the
Lee family. Heretofore The Lee village;
which rowded closely around the base Oh
the mountains, had not c~ncroached upon
the hillside property held in reserve by
THE Wongs paid no attention to tht
verbal Injunction of the Lees, and the shir
homes had to go along with collar bones
skulls and the other component parts o.
Lees. True To their promise the living
Lees ON the southern side of the hill pro
cecded to build houses and bniidlngs o
Then did the sounds IF war permeat'
the odorous atmosphere of Canton. In
Wongs and the Lees wagcd serious war
fare, and thousands were killed. F.nall
!. the imperial government lntSrveheu IAN
OF the Lees to he destroyed, and Rivinl
the wonRs control of their property. Thu
, were se" not SSi die TOT however. After tire
years toll they constructed q nnGat a:
wide and deep as q river aro1na tnG ;1
forts and fortrcsscs and established sen
tries and guards. They constructed Al
s sss = s ssse % sn a M Z wssi IL sa ali G Sa% nc" could sai
entrance into the domain OF the Lees
Within the last few years that part OF TN
nine has been rebuilt, and about q
houses, made strong and durable, nav
been constructed ON the hiiis,%e' lana :
riors to the number of 3,Oco attacked til
Lee contingent from the north or moui
tain side, but were repulsed.
The Chinese is likened unto a bull@ios
i'm that ne In wonderfully tenacious. I'll
wongs were not Discourage by sheir a.
two spies, oyecame the guards of the Lee
at the east and west gates, and the thou
ands of armed Wongs gained adnlittans
into the village of the Lees. Hundreds
% these latter were massacred. building
were burned and much property was a
stroyed. The news OF this ARRAY has 1n
cached this country in the form of pr
CARNATIONS. and henceforwaid the hiatt
of the Wongs and the Lees will contin'
r~edoubied activity, each family. rcceivir
supplies from it's adherents i'm the Unite
States.
when Thackery Was First Here.
When Thackcry made his first visit
this country late in the year 1852, says q
st. Louis Republic, the yacht America hi
"a year before taken the cup i'm compe
ton with the hest that English could II
nish, As IA result Of this her designer al