The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1897-04-15
Little Pete took it upon himself to de-
~ Feong, and he did it successfully.

Little Pete took it upon himself to de-
fy Feong, and he did it successfully.
The row started over the handling
Of the Sam Yup secret service fund.
This is fund which every Chinese
society keeps. It is understood among
the rank and file that it is to be used
to bride public officials, and to reward
members who commit murders at the
bidding Of the society.
The man who handles the fund
does uot have to account to anybody
for its disbursement. Little Pete
handled the fund for the Sam Yups,
and every month he would draw from
the treasurer of the society the amount
which he had pledged during the four
weeks. Feong ordered the treasurer
not to honor Little Pete's orders, but
the treasurer disobeyed, and the whole
Sam Yup society upheld him. This
aggravated the feeling between Feong
and Pete, but trouble did not break
out for several months. Then it came
at meeting Of the Sam Ynps called
to consider an offer of peace from the
See Yups. Feong preached peace,
saying the See Yups we're on the
verge of bankruptcy and would soon
be out of the way. But Pete called
for continuation OF hostilities, and
the society voted with him.
Pete's reason for wanting the bitter
feeling between the two societies kept
up was apparent to every body who
knew the condition of affairs in the
Chinese quarter in San Francisco. He
was making money out of the feud.
If q See Yup man was arrested Pete
would coach sufficient number of
Sam Yup witnesses to make his con-
viction reasonably sure. To get rid of
these witnesses the See Yups would
haye to pay large sums. So Pete
grew daily richer through the fights
and misfortunes of the Cinnamon of
San Francisco. The fight with Feong
grew grew more bitter as Pete prosper
ed, and finally at meeting of the
Sam Yups the President struck Pete
across the cheek with fan. No more
deadly insult could be offered one
Chinaman by another. A general
fight followed in the meeting, and the
police were called in. This row de-
monstrated Little Pete's supremacy.
Feong was deposed, and Pete was the
leader of the Sam Yups.
The next step in the feud between
the societies was made by the See
Yups. They tried to get Fung Wing
Hung, the Chinese Consul at San
Francisco, removed, The Consul was
relative of Little Pete, and when he
announced that he had the authority
Of the Emperor to say that the rela-
tives in China of the Society having
anything to do with the next murder
would be thrown into Jail, the See
Yups declared that the order was fav-
or to the Sam Yups. So they engag-
ed firm of lawyers and sent them to
Washington to present case against
the Consul and to seek his removal.
The lawyers presented the case to
Minister Yang Yu, but he declined to
remove the Consul. Then the See
Yups resolved to kill Little Pete. The
See Yups had the price of $1,000 on
his head for months, but they took it
off when his death became an absolute
necessity, and the murderers were
selected in way not known to out
siders. 1t was on Thursday night the
news came from Washington that
Yang Yu would not remove the Con-
sui. On Saturday Little Pete was
murdered.
The See Yups in deadly fear of the
vengeance of the Emperor, attempted
in every way to show that the See Yups
were not responsible for the murder.
They attributed it first to the revenge
of man who had been swindled in a
woman deal with Pete. Then they
tried to show that man who had
been robbed and thrown out of one of
Pete's gambling houses had done it.
It was all in vain. It was too plainly a
See Yup murder, and true to his prom
Use, the Emperor executed his threat of
punishment.
When person is losing flesh and
wasting away there is cause for alarm.
Nothing SO worries physician, Con-
sumptives would never die if they
could regain their usual weight. In