The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-04-21
THREE CHINIsE K4GIsTER.D.


Each Keeps Tab en- the S4xamInation-
Trouble I'm R~gistsrtg . hoy.
Maj. Harlan had someth9, Of . picnic
yesterday with party Of ,eiestials who
wished to register Indsr dc Geary law.
The party included All Ilok, Alb Quong
and All Yum, who filed applications for
certificates, All How. whl appeared a.
witness for all three, and 1.-Two children.
Alb How is the Chinaman S,ho lived for a
number Of years in the h. asehold Of the
late Henry L. Yesler and Sis now q Ener-
chant on Washington streeS Maj. Harlan
10 personally acquainted With him, and 50
did not hesitate to accept b IN a. . witness.
All How was the only onef,f the lot who
could talk English. and he1efused to give
any information to . reperter. who was
anxious to learn the names Sand history of
the children. To al questiens he replied:
Me no want name IN pape1 Paper man no
good. What you tink. girl or tsoyf Nc knock
you out
And he laughingty shooE his fist A
question arose As ts the sea of one Of the
children, but All Htsw refufed to settle It.
One Of the other Cinnamon. s,owever, went
through . sort OF nantomeme to show il
was boy. The younger by. apparently
10 or IL years old, wanted Il register. but
his father is dead AMI no on< appeared for
him. The rule requires that$ the parent or
some other friend shall APPEAR for a child,
besides the necessary witneSses The boy
will be registered when Is guardian"
appears. The rules o. the trsasury depart
ment are very explicit as refards register
ing children. In all cases. Adult or child,
the application mus, chow wfere the appli-
cant lived on May b, 1885, In case q
child born since that time - IS necessary
to insert the words ss ses.iee ga mere and
sive the residence Of @he mo}aer.
In filling out the apply cations Maj.
Harlan gives description II the man,
height, complexion. etc. snd usually
notes any prominent marks r scars. One
OF the Ceiestials yesterday my de . break to
show big scar ON his arm. before he was
asked, TO do it, but wa$ quietly s9uelched
by All How and retired to k.s corner dis
comnted.
Zach Chinaman nj ,;.t signf the arpiica-
ton, and the name consists 4 Two charac-
tiers. looking very much siikfto an ordi-
nary individual. Nhsn MAI Harlan Was
asked il he could tell che sigfatures apart,
he replied:
Oh yea Sometimes tsey mafs barn and
then house, and soms |; inss Q b ,se and then
barn.
While Maj. Harlan wAs questioning the
Cinnamon. through the inisrt seter, one Of
them made q memorandums in Chinese
characters at side ,a.Ie on little slip of
paper. One OF these slips waS prepared for
each applicant and carried atay after get
ting one of Maj HariSn's u(sber stamps
attached 10 it, and vii doubtless serve 40
reminder hereafter oe what sae applicant
sSore TO before the deputy e}!.eetor. and
enable hiia to tell the same sikry again.
All How said the sax Cotpanies had
not told them TO Segistsr, audi be did not
care for the Six Companies arA how.
lsturns cut that tie reported tezty between
the United stats. sEd fc,,adoT iof q eoalipg ssA-
tion on one Of the Gaiips4os isiaitis sxis,s Only
II the Imagination OF Caite6 ; lice Minister
Aahaaey .; Qaito