The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-05
CHINESE OF THE BIG SHOW.
A SUSPICION THAT THEY ARE TO BE
LEFT IN THE COUNTRY.

An Inspector of the Treasury De-
Parfment Vow Investigating the
Matter-A suspicion Also Aroused.
That the United states CumtOms
officials at Ogdensburg, Were
Guilty of Irregularities in Com
nection with the Entry OF the
CoIony-The Colony 200 Strong.
Atlanta. Ca, oct. inspector Scharf
of the treasury department. who was sent
TO Atlanta 10 look after the Chinese who
were imported for the exposition. has
made a sensational report TO the Washing
ton authorities.
According 10 the report which is very
minute and particular as TO details. there
is the best Of reason TO believe that the
Chinese exhibit al the exposition was
gotten up for the express purpose OF land
ing lot of Celestials in this country con-
trary 10 the Geary exclusion act When
the colony Of DDS first landed, il was
charged that this was the object of the
managers, but Kee Owyang and Long
Lamb. the men in whose name the conces-
sion was secured from the exposition
company and who are here to manage il,
say this charge was without foundation.
Inspector Scharf, however. is convinced
that this is the real purpose Of Kee Ow-
yang and his associates, and he has re-
ported to the department in order that the
2O5 inhabitants may be so watched as to
defeat the scheme. OF the 25 Chinese
who were brought to Atlanta, Inspector
Scharf says, the thirty-four women
thirty-two boys and twenty men
are actually engaged in the
show, while the remaining 20
Iaborers do nothing but hang about watch
ing for an opportunity, he believes, To es-
cape from the village and make start
in life in this country.
Some OF the Chinese here are soldiers
OF the late war with Japan, and many or
them laborers and merchants, with no
excuse for being along with the show.
Kee Owyang, who, ne says, is only the
agent of a big company composed of TWEEN
ty Chinese, residing in their native lana,
has no idea of taking his colony back al
ter the exposition, but will turn all OF
the members, including women and chill
dren, loose upon the country, while those
responsible will be in far-on China, be-
yond prosecution under the Geary law.
The men behind the scheme, who also OPP
Grated it at Chicago, landing 800 Cslestials
In this country, expect to make Ion OF
money out OF IL, the Celestials being
charged a stiff price for the trip across.
II is understood also that the thirty
four women in the village are for sale to
wealthy Cinnamon living in America. 1t
was Kee Owyang's brother who had the
concessions at the worlds fair, and In
spectOr Scharf says that kee and Long
Lamb, the active men in the work, have
influential friends at Washington who got
the resolution through congress that made
1t possible to bring the colony here.
one of the most sensational portions Of
the report relates to the negligence Of the
custom officers at Ogdensburg, n. Y,
where the colony was admitted. inspect
or Scharf says the officials there were
grossly negligent in examining the Chi
nese and granting certificates. 1t is inn
possible to identify many of
the Celestials by the description
in these certificates. The Inspector went
over every one of the Chinese here and
found several serious plumbers. The GER
tihcates, he declares, are worthless, as
under them any sort of a Chinaman
could pass muster. Besides, there were
three more certificates issued than there
are Cinnamon here to account for them.
lie asks for a thorough Investigate of
the office at Ogdensburg, the inference
being that there was some crooked work
done by the officials there in concur
renee with the Chinese spectators who
are behind the colony. Inspector Scharf
says kee Owyang confesses that it is his
intention to turn the fzO Iaborers loose
upon the country after the exposition,
with only instructions to get out of the
country when the twelve months for
which they were admitted expires The
women and the others he will play
through the country until 1t is time to
return home. once loose, however it
would be a very difficult matter to coll
lect the Chinese again TO ship them
back home.