New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1889-08-26
ACCUSING THEIR CONSUL.
INDEMNITY MONEY SAID TO BE WRONG
FULLY WITHHELD.
shlous CHARGES MADE BY PACIFIC COAST
ShINAMEN AGAINST CONsUL-GENERAL
TsAING, OF SAN FRANCISCO
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can rranclsco, Aug ga suit will be brought hero
noAt tuesday In tho United States District Court.
against tho Chinese Consul General at san Francisco
ior S24'ooO, which, It Is charged he has appropriated
=" MS own use. This sum belongs TO fifty poor
eoohes' Who were each awarded $3.50 damages for
oS winch they suffered when driven out OF
S0au'io oy mcb. This suit IS said TO be only the
is1 OF several which viii be brought against the lead
ing Ohinese official this coast who It is estimated
mas retained 100000 out OF damages awarded By the
i'eu states Government to the Chinese sufferers in
'ne ROCK Springs massacre in wyoming and in evic-
'ions OF the Chinese from Truckee and Eureka. CAL.
anu seattle, w. I. The suit which preclptates this
scahoai Is brought by Box Hang, a Portland MGR
~ o"ans Oh large means, who acts as agent for fifty
seattie claimants It will be remembered that mob
VI Vsiantes drove the Chinese colony out of Seattle
anu looted and burned their houses There was no
quosuon OF the fact but complaint made that the
estimates OF damages were too high. Still the Gov
cfiiiient ordered them paid, along with similar de-
mands from Eureka and Truckee. The Consul GEN
eral here received the money, but has failed to pay
out any but uning claims. He refused to pay Box
hang the 900 for which he had properly certified
papers, hence the suit
Ihs scandal, which has been kept profound secret
has caused bitter quarrel between the Consul Gen.
sral and his American Vice CoGsul Colonel Bee. 1t IS
reported that when the Consul, several days ago,
fused to pay Box Hangs claim there was a violent
alteration between him and Colonel Bee The latter
became so angry that he only restrained by
several attaches from wreaking his wrath the
Consul The facts far they be cleaned
fOm the reucent Chinese, follows:
Consu[General Leong Hang Tsaing came from Can
ton three years ago lie Is Of a distinguished
family He had charge of all the affairs OF the Chinese
west Of the Missouri River, and his salary IS said to
be $4,000 year. with many perquistes. AS Vice
Consul he had his predecessor, Colonel L. A. Bee an
old Californian who speaks Chinese 1uently and IS a
walking cycopeda of the history of coolies on this
coast. When the Rock Springs award was made, 1t fell
TO Consult TsaIng distribute the money among
the sufferers and their relatives in China. Out Of
nearly 100000 he retained 80 per cent for
what he claimed expenses incurred
for services Of senators, Congressman and lobbyists IN
were Killed at Rock Springs, for whom this Govern
ment paid $500 damages for each coolie. This
money was ordered TO be sent 10 the relatives OF tho
dead men, most Of whom were in China. 1t is charged
that Tsaing cooly pocketed this sum Of $4,000 IL
also alleged that he tailed 10 pay one cent OF the
Sl45 900 awarded 10 the sufferers at Eureka and that
only few Of the seattle claimants have BEEN paid.
Although be had over 100000
His methods illustrated By case which occurred
recently. Wah Ice, agent for claims amounting to
100000, came here from Seattle. When his accounts
him he could make more by going TO China than by
returning TO seattle. lie gave Wah $4,000 and shipped
$4,000 The claimants waited in vain for their
money and only recently discovered the fraud which
Vice-Cohsul Bee Is out of town to-day. but from
wealthy Chinese merchants who are familiar with
learned that orders were expected by this steamer or
tb, next for the arrest Of the and his
reln to China where he VIII be degraded from nj;
or not, there Is to be change In the Consulate
hee, and complete exposure of the Consups methods,
witch arr identical with those Of many Mandarms
and Governors OF provinces In China.