The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-05-03
YELLOW TIDAL WAVE
Eight Hundred More Chinese
Actors" for United States.
BUSY DAYS FOR COLLECTORS.
Dsaubs's Cargo Reaches AsteFia-Ex.
sAaining victoria's Chinese-Olympis
Chinese Nuss Register 1t Tacoma.


telegram was received here today from the
Canadian Pacific Railway Company's
agent at Vancouver. B. c.. stating that the
Empress of China. from Hongkong, has
brought over 600 Chinese passengers bound
to Portland. The Haytian Republic is un-
able to handle this number of passengers
in addition TO the regular Oriental cargo,
and the company II endeavoring to char
ter another vessel. In addition to this
batch of Chinese there are 300 booked
who have engaged passage for China on
the same Empress.
The railroad people offer IS . head to
carry the passengers between the two
ports. The steamer that gets the contract
can make over IS, 400. Several steamboat
owners are figuring on the contract. One
firm proposes to charter : large sailing
vessel and tow her from Vancouver to
Portland Ind back again. This inn
mense Chinese immigration to Port
land is the subject of much attention in
Washington City. The government has
agents in Vancouver investigating the
matter. 1t is also reported that the last
outward Empress carried two special
treasury officers to Kongkong. who have
been sent to China to investigate the man.
ner of obtaining certificates.
An overwhelming majority Of Chinese
that seek to land at Portland are armed
with papers certifying that they are bona
fde merchants. 1t is estimated that fully
5000 so-called merchants" have landed
at Portland from China in the last year.
PORTLAND May 1.-The steamer Danube
arrived at Astoria today from Victoria
with 600 Chinese. who came over on
Canadian Pacific steamers. The Danube
will arrive here tomorrow, and it is ex.
pected that large numbee of the Chinese
will be rejected.
TACOMA, May 2-GSpecial. ]-Collector
WATSON has refused to admit the els Chi
nese actors who arrived by the Northern
Pacific steamer Victoria, all of whom Rev.
Tom Sing. who is now sick in bed. ex-
pected to take to Chicago as a part of the
Worlds fair exhibit. When Collector
WATSON allowed the thirty-one actors who
arrived by the Mogul to 60 on to Chicago.
he was promised additional proof that they
were entitled to enter the United States
under the Worlds fair act, but this proof
has not been furnished. Pending the re-
ceIpt Of the evidence the collector has ad-
journed the examination until Sunday.
and if the promised proofs are not then
furnished tho 2l5 actors will be deportsd.
The actors and the forty merchants
wAose certificates have not arrived. to-
gether with the others ordered deported.
are carefully guarded to prevent their
escape, even the matches being ordered
fastened at night As q last resort the
actors will probably be gotten ashore on
habeas corpus proceedings. The Victoria
will sail ON Tuesday.
According to customs regulations it
Is stated that the steamer Dan
ube. which has carried $40 China
men from Victoria to Portland, is
legally entitled to carry only 135 passen-
gers. For every passenger in excess of
that number that she carries. she is subject
to fine af $50. Therefore her fines for
the 4o5excess Cinnamon passengers which,
1t Is said, she carried to Portland would at
$50 per head amount to $40, go.
The question is frequently asked here:
"Why are not these Cinnamon brought
into the Puget Sound district for e1amina-
ton. instead of being sent to Portland p
treasury department official said to-
day:
These Geary certificates will be the means of
into the country. Dozens of men can use one
certificate When one has fioated into the
country on . certificate, he can send 1t back and
noat In another man on it. The Chinese Six
Companies do not believe the Geary certificates
will hold, aud that they are not constitutional.
ana ! guess they right The lawmakers
back IN ashingtOn City have some funny and
absurd ideas The only way to keep the Chinese
out OF the country is to provide that whenever a
Chinaman goes out of the country. he shall not
be allowed to come back again. That would
settle it
OLYMPIA. May 2.-(Special. AN attor-
ney representing the Chinese Of this CITY
received notice today that Cinnamon de.
siring to register must go to Tacoma to do
so.
PoRr TOWNSEND, May 2.-TSpeciaI.l-
Only three Chinese on the lower Sound
have complied with the Geary act bv reg
Istering. An officer has been here for
several days, but the Chinese generally
give him wide berth and 90 not eyince
any disposition to register
VANCOUVER, +. c., May 2.-fSpecial.1-
The Empress of China arrived this morn
ing at . O'Clock. She intended to make a
record. but was delayed by head winds for
three days. She brought seventv-sIx sacks
OF mali, twenty of which are for Europe.
She had seventy first saloon passengers
and $50 Chinese and 2ll Japanese. The
majority OF Chinese claim TO be actors
for the Worlds fair.