The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-03-28
SEE YUPS AND SAM YUPS
INTERESTING ROW BETWEEN RIVAL
CHINESE ORGANIZATIONS.
A Delegation of Pig-TniIed Million
aires PROSTATE Before the Chinese
Minister mt Washington.

0hiildlONn Il just nON III boTu up ny ~
visit of ten distinguished Celestials. repre-
senting the See Yup Society OF San Fran
cisco. who are here on an apparently fruit
less mission to Minister Yang Yu. Their
facility for keeping themselves in evidence
is remarkable. Wherever you go there are
staring. ~round-eyed See Yups in gorgeous
silken attire. doing the town in company
with resident Celestials-at the White
House. in the Capitol, in carriages. on foot.
even in street cars: and like their great
countryman. Ii Hung Chang. each is an
animated Interrogation point. They are all
rich men. among the leading Chinese mer-
chants of San Francisco. and members OF
the powerful See Yup Society. AS 10 the
merits OF their case. which has stirred
Chinese-America from center TO circum-
ferance. / know little and take IL for
granted that the readers of the Journal
care less. 1t seems that the wealthiest
Cinnamon of the Pacific coast are divided
into two societies. the See Yups and the
Sam Yups. and between them rivalry
waxed so strong and bitter that nc end OF
trouble has ensued. For some time the
See Yups had the best of 1t. until the Sam
Yups gained the favor of Mr.. Fung Yung
Hang. Chinese consul in San Francisco,
when matters became more tangled up than
WI HC Olod tihDioata SOAlC "a
detectives (Americans) to shadow the See
Yups. and finally TO break into their quar-
tiers and destroy several thousand dollars
worth of property. Then there was music
in the air. The See Yups invoked the aid
of California state law for protection OF
their property, prosecuted the detectives
and landed the chief of the agency in jail.
They secured an order from Judge Mcken-
ma, who was then on the United States
Circuit Bench, restraining the Chinese con-
sui from interfering further with the MEN,
bers of their society. and also boycotted
the Sam Yups in fine style. thereby causing
them great financial injury. Then the
Sam Yups played a trump card. Through
the Chinese consul they reported their side
OF the story TO Minister Yung Yu, at WASH
ington, who in due course laid the whole
business. so far as he knew II, before the
Emperor of China. Thereupon his Celes-
tial Highness. according TO the cheerful
custom of his country. slashed of the
heads OF a few coolies, treated some of his
courtiers to baths In boiling oil, arrested
all the relatives OF the leading See Yups In
China and confiscated their property. and
issued the terrible ukase that should any
See Yup venture to return to the Flowery
Kingdom he should be diminished in
stature exactly by the length OF a head.
Among the innocent relatives In peril OF
decapitation are the four sons Of Lee Took.
one of the richest among the visitors 10
Washington. 1t is TO save the necks OF
their kinsmen. without paying to the En-
peror their weight in gold to soothe his
lacerated feelings, that these multi-mil-
lionares are here pleading with the minis
ter to intercede in their behalf.
OFFICIAL ETIQUETTE.
Their visit to the legation of the golden :
dragon yesterday was a revelation in the
matter of Chinese etiquette to the half
dozen journalists, your correspondent
among the number. who managed 10 get
inside. The ten rich merchants, i'm siiken
garb so gorgeous that the Queen OF Sheba
would have turned green with env-, could
she have beheld them. with their several
Interpreters and attaches. fell fiat on their
faces. in true Oriental fashion. the instant
they entered the minister's presence. Mr..
Vans Yu. dark and sinister. the expansive
smile so familiar I'm Washington society all
gone from his fat countenance, sat in SOL
emn state and much be-dragoned brocade
on an elevated dais in the throne room He
did not remark TO his visiting countrymen.
as YOU or j would nave done. Get up. gen.
tIemen, and be seated" and so the luckless
See Yups had TO remain PROSTATE, fuil
length on the floor. during the entire inter-
view. only raising their faces just high
enough to articulate when addressing the
minister. AS none Of them speak the same
dialect as Mr.. Yu, the conversation had 10
be carried on through Interpreters. which
prolonged the interview unconscionably.
until the backs of the spectators ached for
the millionaires, abased two long hours in
the dust. OF course, the spectators could
not understand a word that was said in
either Chinese dialect, but through Mr.. j.
c. Campbell, of San Francisco. attorney
for the delegation, it was learned that the
See Yups informed the minister of injuries
received at the hands OF the Sam Yups, and
that through the unjust misrepresentation
of the Iast-named order they. the innocent
See Yups, found themselves in serious
troub'e, both at home and abroad. and they
begged his serene highness TO intercede
with the Emperor to remove from them the
ban of his displeasure. But Minister Yang
yu did not soften the least little bit. His
final verdict was that the See Yups must
first call off the boycott from the Sam
Yups: next, dismiss legal proceedings in
the courts of California against the Chinese
consul. then disband their society alto
eether. and last, but far from least,
nav into his (Yu's) hands a fapu-
Ions sum OF money. 10 be used-so ne
said-fc expenses in having the imperial
decree against them removed. When the
merchants heard IL they whacked their
faces on the floor in dismay. They pro-
tested that il was impossible for them
only ten men-to disband "A society OF more
than 10000 members: and as for the vast
amount of money demanded, TO raise II
would be 10 ruin themselves and their de-
scendants. root and branch. forever. The
minister was very angry. His queue trem-
bled with wrath to the tip OF its horse-hair
addition. and the slanting Sits In his coun-
tenance which answer for eyes narrowed
10 a line OF greenish fire as he dismissed
his troubled countrymen with the words:
You should not have formed "A society
without first asking my permission. The
laws Of America have nothing 10 do with
YOU. You are Chinese subjects and You
must obey me, or / will make IL worse tor
YOU in China" The attorneys are now
trying to induce Mr.. Yu to view the mat
ter from an American standpoint. IL he re-
mains obdurate II is understood that the
State Department will be called upon 10
interfere in the cases OF Lee Jocks sons.
now In prison, all four of whom were born
In this contingencies the Emperor takes
time land the boys) by tne forelock and
shaves their heads before Secretary Sher-