The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-06-02
CHINESE In VANILLA.
THEY ARE iNFLUeNTlAL AND THERE
FORE DlSLlkEO BY THE SPANISH.


Deal With the Celestials Rather Than
With the Dons - Their Constant Feuds
With the Native "Fillpinos"
Forming as they do very large pro
portion of the population, nearly equal
to that of the natives themselves, and
having by their industry and business
ability sustained tie fame Of Manila
as commercial power. they are thorn
in the side of the Spanish mercantile
class, aside from the conventional dis
like extended by the latter toward all
foreigners. Being commercial by nature
and having realized the good policy of
keeping their word in business matters,
in contrast with the everlasting pro.
crastinating and "manana" ling of the
Spaniards, they have built up large
business with the English and Ameri.
can houses, who infinitely prefer to dea,
with them rather than with the owners
OF the SOIL Their thrifty ways and tend
ency to save money and send it home to
China rather than to spend it where
they are is another source of grievance
to the naughty "Espanoles. -
Then their ability and willingness to
perform every kind of manual labor,
from carpentering, shoemaking, ETC., to |
cody work, from morning to night at |
the lowest wages, is cause Of envious |
irritation TO the INDECENT native "Fili.
plnos, and constant feud is waged
between the two races which has been
handed down for generations. In a
street fight, however. / have noticed
that the Filipino" is very apt to come
out ahead, although many of the coolies
have the most superb muscular develop
ment which have ever seen.
Long ago, according to history, fleet
or Chinese junks, under the famous
pirate chief, Lii Ma Hong, bore down
ON Manila with the intention of cap.
turing it and its many treasures The
little garrison. in the fort defended it
with gallantry such as Spaniards can {
ana Will display in desperation, and Lii G
Ma Hong, possessing no petroleum q
smells and storm coming up provi- :,
ientlally, the fleet was ingloriously de-
Gated. Some OF the junl1s went ashore
N the northern coast of the island, and
here is today curious race of so called Z
chinese 'Igcrotes, or savages. living :,
the Businesses of the mountains and =
imposed to be the descendants of the u
hipwrecked pirates A certain dav in o.
anuary Is the anniversary Of the fight. IN
nd on that day hardly Chinaman in
ianllla dares to show himself out of
oors, Tor every small boy, native or
pahlard, feels i'll duty bound to "heave hi
rock at him. ~
Whenever there is a big fire in the -,
'wn il is always assumed that the W
hinese have set it, and they arc very IL
'arce In the streetswhile the confiagra. re-
OH lasts, for tacit instructions would es
en 10 nave been given on these occa- mt
ons to the effect that "if you see q
hit him."
Early In the spring of 1898 the Span w;
iron steamer San Juan sailed from a.
ongkong for Manila with cargo -
rgely composed of kerosene. which Ia
I'd been carefully slowed as near the naf
llers as possible, and on deck were c,s
me 300 Chinese coolies, composing grs
@ passenger list, who could sit on the wit
SEES and knock embers from their Mines On,
ainst them. 1t is not surprising that
. snip took fire when Just within
Sht OF Luzon, and the Spanish captain A
tn most OF his officers, PROMPTLY took NJ
the boats and pulled for the sbora Ave-
'ving a raging, frenzied mass of Chi. tne
So shrleking at them from the doomed riv
ssei' Tor no provision is made Oh these Fal
amers FOR the safety of the coolies in day
90 OF accident. In few minutes the
II Juan was afire from stem TO stern
many as could climbed the maets 429
" TO fall back suffocated into rho
zing furnace below. Even the moro Not
rciful death of drowning was denied
h' Tor the sea was alive with sharks 0
racted by the glare, swarimng orounG all ,
ship as mackerel swarm around n coll
'ketful Of curry. Ill
hirty-slX hours later another steam No.,
sighted the wreck and bore down to ''o.
rescue, Out Of the original 400 oiu
lie 90 wretched creatures were found iron
20, cllnging to the big gangwav sam
len hung over the side and to the
u uavlts and boat tackle, with the -
null OF the steamer redhot in places
tne sharks leaping at them. The
Jung boats had literally to fight
II way through the ravenous brutes. r
saw the survivors as they were IN
ieu' and a discouraged looking lot "
Were. The San Juan, an empty.
ched hull, was towed in and an.
'ed In the mouth Of the river To cool
lntil the 10000 Mexican dollars in
bottom could be dug out of the ne
melted mass. And not an expires.
OF regret did hear from any OF my
mo friends over the disaster 70
countrylnen- "Pah, COOLEST was
hey said. Boston Transcript.