The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1900-09-09
CHINESE HIVE NO PAPERs.
New York CeIestisis Possessed of No
Representative journal.

New York tcicsttais Possessed OF NO
Representative journal.
From the New York Tribune
The Chinese OF this city have only be-
gun TO realize she disadvantage OF not
having newspaper OF their own since
the uprising OF Boxers" In their Father
land has made the news OF the world in
teresting 10 them. As they have no Chi
nese newspapers. they have 10 depend
on their countrymen who can read the
American papers. hut there are few OF
shese. Besides. the Chinese do not put
much faith In news which does not come
IN Chinese characters. and many OF them
prefer 10 wait until She Canton and
Shanghai papers arrive. A fc~. OF the
big stores have subscribed for a new Chi
nese daily which Is published In San
Francisco. The news which reaches them
In this way Is five days old and such
service is unsatisfactory. even 20 the
slow-Reing Chinese.
The Offices and stores OF the few Ameri-
cans doing business in Chinatown have
been made clearing houses for important
war news since the trouble began. The
Chinese buy copies OF extras and go TO
their American friends To have the dis
patches explained 90 them. When there
IS especially important news. such as the
reported massacre Of the foreign dipio-
mats az Pekin. a bulletin written in Chi
nese characters a. posted on the big board
al The corner OF Peu and Doyers streets.
These reports remain throughout the
week and Chinese laundrymen and SER
wants from all parts OF the city flock
70 the quarter on Sunday for the pur-
pose Of reading them.
Frisco Ahead of New York.
About four years ago Chinatown had n
newspaper. II was a weekly. published
Ia tho basement OF IS Pell street The
Chinese say the editor was a very ener-
getic man. but he could not have made
much % an impression upon them for 10
one seems to have remembered his name
For the first few issues che paper had an
enormous circulation. A few OF the big
stores inserted advertising matter. In
terest Tell on however. as the novelty
wore away. The Chinese went back TO
their old practice OF passing gossip from
mouth to mouth. There was no exciting
trouble in the fatheriand al that time TO
an the paper with interesting news. II
died and was buried without ceremony.
Some OF the Chinese still hold bills against
the company.
San Francisco with Chinese popuia
lion numbering nearly 5000. IS now the
supports the only Chinese daily published
outside OF the empire as well as several
prosperous wecklies. The daily Is called
Chung Sal Vat Po. which means Middle
and West Daily News. The Chinese 81
this city who receive the paper take pride
Ia showing II 20 white visitors 10 China
town as an example OF Monaghan enter
prise. The paper Is edited by Nr Poon
Chew n Presbyterian minister. who came
from China when Il years OF age. IL A.
owned by company OF rich Chinese
merchants and claims a circulation OF
100 AZ an annual subscription price OF
s. II IL half filied with advertising
matter Tor which high rates are charged.
Topographic Art IL Intricate.
The Chinese typesetter has to he n
strong man and something OF an athlete
10 be- OF any service. according to a mis-
sionAry Of this city. who knows how he
work IL done. Instead OF sittlnr, down 49,
TORE case which contains twenty-slx let
ters as the English typesetter does. IN.
Chinese has TO md his way through a
bali mile of cases containing nearly II ooo
different Chinese characters. IL wouId IL
almost impossible Tor the human mini ~
remember the exact cases In which thas.
characters are 20 be found. The work ~
memory Is lessened by placing them N sfs
sfoups FOR instance, all flowers are 20
De found In one place. all diseases In an
other. The most used characters are
placed In the outside cases In splte ~
TINS system however. the Chinese type