The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1902-05-24
WOULDN'T TAKE HIM BACK
TO LAND OF WOODEN GODS
sck cniNAmAN NOT GO ON BOARD KNsHiU mARu AND
CHING GEE sAssED THE CAPTAIN OTHER IMPORTANT
NEWS SHIPPING

Ching Gee Hee "sassed" the on
GERS OF the big steamer Rinshu
Maru just before her sailing and
wasn't a bit backward about II
either. Ching - manager Of the
ououg Tuck company here and has
lots Of nerve else he couldn't have
done H. ching was trying to be
frisnd a sick countryman when the
episode occurred. With the suavity
and amiability Of his race. Ching
Gee approached the officers Of the
steamer and asked them TO take a
sick Chinsman along and he would
foot the bin They wouldn't hear Of
81 They didn't want any dead
chink on the steamer and nobody
could tell when the man might die.
No nattle IL he die" assured
Ching, IN fairly good English. I'VE
bling co9nn along. IL he die, put
him IN box. n he live. all light" The
kinshiu's officers refused 10 be per-
staded. Then Ching offered to Aend
an undertaken along 20 attend to the
obse4uies In case the Celestial should
eiip up on the way. but the seamen
turned deaf ear 20 all his appeals.
tssn Ching. for the first time since
fhe New Year u the two thousandth
year Of the reign Of An Sin. the Tar
tar, lost his temper and let loose a
v0liey Of Hong Kong bad words that
fairly Klisteued with birthstone.
n sounded something like "Wung-
luk-kung king -tuny huliy gee" but
the good boat Kinshlu Maru sailed
away this morning without the sick
GhinauIau Ching tells on the quiet
ftaf TIE sick man has been nj for
fnsnfhH and Is sure 90 die. He
wAasea % 50 home and have his
tqHee Ni7arh on the banks OF his ma
t7s NaHs H0.
NH Es steiner DauntiesH which
as @aH an the Seattle Port Mad
~ Y as been sold ~ Us own
eIH - AHs Brothers Of this city TO
Ma a Manu ~ Port Townsend.
Eal sister vessel. the Advance. win
taEs her place on the Port Madison
rssts
Ths steamer Queen Of the Pacific
Coast line sailed this morning for
san Francisco with i20 passengers
and a fun cargo ~ general freight.
The bark Bis Bonanza sailed today
for Manila laden with construction
supplies for the Puget Sound Bridge
and Dredging company. Of this city.
~ rev NNF Ase>a%aA N'A"RAANt
Henry X. Hall. owned By Han
Brothers q Port Biakeiey. will be
launched here this evening. This
schooner is the largest sailing vessel
ever built on the Pacific coast, II Is
said.
The ship otto Gildemeister, known
as the ship without "a country and
the vessel without a flag. has now
been taken under the protecting wing
~ the American eagle and granted
an American registry. She viii be
known hereafter as the bark Home
ward Bound"
The Pacific Coast steamer city of
Seattle sailed last night FOR 3kag-
way with 45 cabin passengers and
about 800 tons Of general mefChan-
disc
The battieshlp Wisconsin has been
ordered By che navy department 70
proceed % Port Angeles Tor target
practice before going to the Puget
eouud navy yard for repairs. She
win bob up IN the straits any DAY
The Nippon Yusen Kaisha liner
Klushlu Naru sailed for the Orient
~ daybFeak this morning. The
ateameS carried a large shipment OF
elfver bullion, consisting Of III bars,
weighing 200. 900 ounces and valued
~ 400 900. The silver II consigned
III HonRkOng BY the Seattle Refining
and gmclting Company. The steam
er algo carried 1850 sacks OF flour