The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-07-20
THEIATFsT CHINESE DODGE.

| ST.. Louis, July 19-Since the regulations
of the Chinese exclusion act have become
| generally known among the Chinese living
IN st. Louis n quiet movement has been
| set on foot whereby certain Cinnamon Whc
| have not been in the United States since
, before the passage of the law on May 3 last
hope to be able to avoid expulsion from
the country. There are no less than half d
dozen Celestials in the city VINO have ar.
| rived in the country since the passage OF
the act. The law provides that all labor
ers who were not in the United States
| prior to May 5 shall be returned TO China.
! All person who shall be able to prove pro-
| prietorship Of ali or part Of a bona fide
| mercantile business are exempted from
| the penalty provided, it being the spirit OF
! the law to prevent the landing of Chinese
pauper laborers only on United States soil.
The scheme adopted by the Chinese who
are amenable to the law is said to be the
transfer of certain shares OF stock III sew
eral groceries Of the city which are kept hy
Cinnamon to persons who are in danger of
being expelled The owners of the gro
ceries in question are said to be in league
with those upon whom the strong arm oil
the law will fall, and it is claimed that
regular stock companies VIII be formed OF
one or more of them. OF the STOCK OF these
companies certain shares will be given or
sold to all who are in danger OF being sent
back to their native land, III order that
they can claim to come under the head OF
merchants. 70 accomplish TINS the CeleS-
tials are said to have employed lawyer to
draw up articles of incorporation for one
or more Of the companies, and 1t is expect
ed that within few weeks they VIII Tile
their articles with the secretary OF state at
Jefferson City.
AT the internal revenue department it is
thought that the forms required for the
registration Of the Chinese will arrive
within the next week or two. As soon AS
they are received the work will begin, but
at best it will De three weeks before the
clerks will be in readiness to receive ap-
plications. This will allow the almond
eyed tricksters plenty of time to resort to
their schemes of evadipg the law. but
whether they will succeed or not depends
largely upon Collector Wenneker. The
government officials are confident that the
law Is sufficient to prevent any such trick
cry as the stock company scheme from
being successful, and will endeavor as far
as possible to compel the Chinese to obey
the spirit as well as the letter Of the law.
A reporter called upon several OF the
Chinese grocers yesterday to learn, If pos
sible, the truth of the reported organiza-
uon of stock companies. In every case
they professed either dense ignorance OF
the whole matter or denied the report.
Several OF the local Chinese have called at
the internal revenue oflce TO be registered,
but were told to call again. Lee Sun Wah,
a leader among the Chinese residents and
a prominent member of the Highbinder
society. asked the reporter whether they
would have TO be photographed. and wheu
told that they would, remarked with Il
grimace: "Me no likee pictule. Can't
photoglaph me-" And then he held his
hands before his face as though afraid the
man had IA kodak. Collector
Weuneker's clerks look forward to a merry
time when the work OF photO2raphing the
members of the pigtail army begins. The
foreigners are nearly all afraid of the
camera and will not submit TO the ordeal
peaceably.
VINITA, /. T., July 192-The member Of
the Dalton gang who was killed while rob-
bing the Missouri Kansas, and Texas train
AT Adair, |. T., last week was Jack Walton.
lie was at one time a mine owner in Ari-
zona, but for the last ten years has. been
holding up trains and stealing horses and
cattle for living.