The San Francisco Call. Newspaper, August 15, 1897, Page 16

16 THE SAN FRANCISCO CALL, SUNDAY, AUGUST 15, 1897. CHINESE WANT THE EXCLUSION ACT REPEALED A Movement Backed by High Officials to Open Wide the Gates Again to the Mongolian Race. AGENTS AT WORK IN THIN CITY, Congress to Be Asked to Re- move the Law From the Statute-Books. ALL CHISAMEN ASKED TO DONATE. | Evasion Has Become Too Costly and Tiresome and an Easier Method Is to Be Tried. After struggling for years to evade the n act, which prohibits Chinese ation, the subjects of the Celestial excius imm Emperor in this country, aided by high officials in the Flowery Kingdom, have de- cided that the time has come to makea concerted movement looking to the repeal of the act which discriminates against the | peopie of one nation and denies to them the privileges that are accorded the sub- jects of all others. | For several weeks it has been known that agents were in this City and State working up a membership for a society, | which has for its main object the repeal of the law which is causing so much trouble to the Chinese, and which has ubled the price of siaves brought to the | United States. The movement was started | by prominent merchants, who have nothing to do with the matter of cheap labor, yet who feel that their business in- terests greatly suffer because of the exclu- sion law. The agitation has been going | on for more than a year, and hss at last | been so effective that the society is not | on well organized toroughout the 1 United States, but the representatives of the Chinese Government at Washington | have received instructions to further the | movement to the extent of their ability. | The prime mover 1n the matter is Wong Chin Foo, whose headquarters are at Chi- cago, and who is the acknowledged head | of the society. He sent out circulars and agents 10 all the cities of the country,| where there are numbers of Chinese, and | calls upon all faithinl subjects of the Em- peror to join in having the obnoxious law repeuled. The circular is very voluminous, | | great injustice was being done to the sub- | jects of a friendly nation. All denied that they had become mem- bers of the society, but all conceded that it was a good thing and should be helped by all who were loyal to th e home Gov- ernment. Asin all matters pertaining to their race, they were very secretive, and would give little or no information re- garding the man who were at the head of ( the society. It was learned, however, that four spe- cial agents of the society had been sent to an Fraucisco, and were still here, work- ing in the interests of the cause. Wong Chin Foo, the mau whose name is signed to the circular, is said to be a very influ- | ential merchant in Chicago and a man | weil known among the Chinese all over | the United States. It is said by those who know him here that he is high in fa- | | vor with the Government at China, and | this gives color to the report that Minister | Woo is backinz it. Among those who | have watched the Chinese closely for | vears it is believed that this atiempt will | be made only after it is known that | enough votes are certain in Congress to | repeal the law, and nothing will be made public by the Chinese until they are cer- | tain of success. LN A Slave-Dealer Punished, Obata Riujiro, the Japanese slave im- porter recently convicted of having brought two women from Japan to this | country for immoral purposes, was sen- tenced yesterday to thirteen months’ im- prisonment in San Quentin Prison. THE NEW HIGH SCHOOL A Grand Opportunity for Am- bitious Young Men and Women, Those Athirst for Education May Devote Some Time in the Even- ing to Gaining Know]edge. There are a great many yvoung men and young women in this City who have com- pleted the course of study provided in dur grammar schools and who are desir- ous of pursuing work in high school studies, but they canno* attend the day high schqols because they are obliged to work. To meet the wants of this ever- increasing class the present Board of | | and recites ihe many objects of the so- | Education decided to organize an evening | high school. The Humboldt School build- | ciety, which 1s ostensibly for the purpose of vettering the condition of the Chinese, but which has for its ultimate object the | opening the doors of this Nation to ail | who may desire to come in. | After reciting the various wrongs which have been heaped upon the Chinese in | consequence of adverse laws, and calling | attention to the fact that Chinese have no protection whatever in this country, and | that Chineee merchants suffer greatly be- | cause of these adverse laws, the circular | he cause of ail this trouble to the | subjects of China is the law which places | us beneath all other people, and prevents | that free and perfect commercial inter- | course which is granted to all other na- | tions. | “It is our duty, as true and loyal sub- | jects, to do all in our power to have this 1 most obnoxious law taken from the books of the United States, and thus place us | again in the position Which we formerly | enjoyed, of being on an equal footing with | the subjects of all other nations. In oid-r | to bring this about it is necessary for all | people of our race to combine together and | make a concerted effort to have this great | injustice done away with. In order to | bring about this result it is necessary for a | large amount of money to be raised tc} meet the expenses of such work, and all | who desire to do their fuil duty to their home country should become a member | of the society, and send to the central office their names, with $2 50 as a mem- bership fee. It is well known that in order to have laws changed it is necessary to spend a large amount of money, and while the Government of China is trying to bring | about the desired result much work re- | mains to be done by our people who are here. We have received assurances that our Minister, Woo, ut Washington will do allin his power to aid us, and has already received notification from the Celestial Government to make the necessary efforts in behalf of the movement, and use his influence with the Government at Wash- ington and members of the Senate and House of Representatives in order to bring about a change of sentiment in regard to | our people. “It is hoped that the repeal of this most unjust law can be brought about during the session of the Congress which | will convene at Washington in December | next, and it will be necessary for all loyat Chinese to give all the aid in their power in order that such representatic ns may be | made to the members of that Congress as will convince them that the injustice should be stopped and our people ac- | corded all the rights now enjoyed by all | other people.” At the Chinese consulate in this City it | was said that nothing was known of the society or of the movement. The answers were very diplomatic and a sost pro- found ignorance seemed to prevail asto what was to be done in a matter that has so much of interest to the whole Chinese nation. This was partly accounted for by a merchant, who said that international matters were handled entirely by the delegation at Washington and the Consul- General here would not be taken into the secret until the Chinese Government was prepared 1o act. Among the Chinese merchants the con- tents of the circular were well known and the general opinion prevailed that the time had ccms for this Nation to cease its persecution of ‘one nation. They claimed that the movement was entirely peaceful and the effort would be to shew by argu- ing on Golden Gate avenue, Leavenworth and Hyde streets, has been set aside for this purpose. Atthe begin- ning uf this school term, two weeks ago, three high school classes were organized there and a regular course of high school work prepared and adopted. It is the purpose of the school to give The Oldest Native Daughter between | branches ard the sessions of the school are from 7:15 to 9:15. Pupils desiring to enroll for ini< kind of work ca' do 30 by going to the Humboldt Schoo lany even- ing during the next two weeks. SENATOR BERT HOME, After Three Months’ Absence He Is Delighted to Get Back to His Native State. State Senator Eugene F. Bert has re- turned home after an absence of three months. During his trip he has visited all the principal cities of the northern section of the country. Starting from San Francisco last May, he made a circuit through Washington, Dakota, Wyoming and on to Minueapolis, returning by way of Salt Lake. Senator Bert was delighted with his trip, but for all that he was more delight- ed to get home to his native City. *‘Itis all very fine to take a trip,”” said he, “but give me San Francisco with its fog in preference to any of the cities that I have veen to. % I have noticed a business boom, so to speak. There is a growing confidence everywhere that the hard times have passed and that the entire country will re- sume its usual prosperous condition. The { commercial world nas been waiting and wa:ching for the action of Congress on the tariff question. Now that 1t is settled there seems to be nothing to keep the country back. = “Since the Kiondike gold discovery the whole country seems to be fairly set wild over theresult of suchastore of gold as has been found under the Alaskan snow. The excitement ali along the line that I have traveled was somethiing wonderful. Every person one would meet could seemingly speak of no subject except that of Klondike and the chances of get- ting there before the spring. This and the rise in the price of wheat will undoubtedly bring about a revival of business from one end of the country to the other, princi- pally among the farming class, and when the farmer feels happy and prosperous the whole country shares in his prosperity.” ———— SENT BACK TO HER KEEPER. Judge Carroll Cook Decides the Case Against the Mission. In the habess corpus case of the Chinese girl rescued from a house of evil repute in Chinatown last Tuesday Judge Cook de- cided yesterday that the girl should be EVICTION COMES IN [ATE LIEE Mrs, Lavillan Must Leave a Home of Half a Century. VAGARY OF A LOXG LAWSUIT. While Contending Factions Fought the 0ld Woman Was Forgotten. A RELIC OF THE SPANISH REGIME. The Oldest Native Daughter Must Go Forth in Her 0ld Age Without a Roof. After almost a half century’s continued residence in the home of her Spanish girl- hood the oldest native daughterin the City finds herse!f without a rpof and will be obliged to commit berself and her be- longings to the tender mercies of a Deputy Sheriff to-morrow morning. Itisnotex- NIRb MRRW. [ABILLAN and Her House of Half a Century’s Occupancy That the Law Has Separated. courses as complete as those given in the day high schools. For the present two courses are offered, the literary and the scientific. The literary course comprises the fol- lowing subjects: rrench, Spanish, Ger- man, Latin. In Latin courses in the ele- mentary work, in Cm.ar, Cicero and Virgil are to be offered; English, compris- ing work in composition, grammar, rhetoric, punctuation ana the critcal study of the works of the best English and “American authors; mathemarics, embracing courses in algebra, geometry and trigonometry. _ The scientific course provides for work in Roman, Greek, English and American history, Government of the United States, with the same courses in mathematics and English as those given in the literary course. It also provides for instruction in chemlg!ry) physics and botany. In both the scientific and literary courses inatruc- tion in elocution is offered. For those who do not wish to pursue a rezular course special courses are pro- vided. They are permitted to select a limited number of subjects from both of the courses. If a person only wants work ‘t:kgri‘te. subject ne mav be permitted to Here is an excellent op thote who desire higher ellaeation 1o obr tain it. And it is the wish of the Board of | Educati6n that all who want this kind of work will avail themselves of the chances ments to the members of Congress tiata | bere offered. Instruciion is free in all returned to her owners. When the girl was taken out it was supposed that she was still desirous of escaping, but as she had been promised marriage to a man for whom sbe expressed great regard by the ! keeper of the house she decided to return. When the case was called the girl said she did not want to remain in the Mission- house, and the case was at once dismissed and the owners took her back. A writ of habeas corpus was served last evening on the mission in th- case of the voune girl rescued Friday nizht. and the case will come before Judge Co )k Monday. morning. Astbe girl is, according to her own admission, under 16, it will probably not be 8o easy to get her awa-. The cases against the man #nd womau w! o had the girl were continued in the Police Court until next Wednesday, and they were re- leased on cash bonds of $100 each. ————— New Divorce Litigation, Divorce suits have been filed 1n the Superior Court as jollows: Druzella Dwyer against Wil- liam Dwyer, on accountof his desertion; Auna Louise Conners against Thomas Conners, for wiliful neglect; Josephine Blackburn against Cornelius Blackburn, couvicted of a crime. —————— Dr. Stahle Goes Free. Dr. Frederick H. Siahle, indicteu for embez- zlement of public property, raised objections to the .validity of che indictments yesterday in Judge Carroll Cook’s court. After examina- tion of the law the court ordered the indict- ments dismissed. actly an every-day eviction that leaves aged Mrs, Maria Martba Lavillan without aroof. True, Sheriff Whelan’s assistants will see to it that her going is not without provision; but the process of law long azo devrived her of the right toinhabit the rookery on the southeast corner of Green street and Van Ness avenue. Moreover, the house is to go, too, becanse age and the Board of Health have decreed that it is a nuisance. Mis. Lavillan only understands ia a vague way that the process of time and the ignorance of the law of the country bave made her a subject of charity in her old age. The lot she has occupied for over forly years has atforded a portion of the long 1angle of litigation in the State courts. Lawyers and capitalists fought for possession years ago, and through the long and tedious struggle the contending factions forgot her and her occupancy. Thus it happened that for iwenty-five years Mrs. Lavillan has lived unmolested In a nouse which she did not own. Streets were graded, taxes paid, but no rent was demanded from the woman. I is only known when courts have finally settled the many-phased litigation growing out of an old Mexican land grant tha Mrs. Lavillan must make way for the first landlord she has ever known. The woman and her shanty belong toa i past age. Once upon a time the ram- shackle little dwelling on Van Ness ave- nue was a place of some importance. General Vallejo was then a power in the land. Leavenworth :at in the Alcalde’s chair and the American flag was rather new to the California of the time. The house was saloon, hospital, meeting- house and other things, but it was all its yearsa home for the woman who will leaveit. The two grew old together and became a sort of part of one another. Ths projector built it two stories high, but one day the wind tipped it over and thereaiter they cut the upper halt of it away. Tenants of all sorts were lodged in it, bul its original patron has remained with it to the last. With its destruction or vossible conversion into a stable for any one who will defray the cost of moving it, will disappear the last vestige of Spanish reign in that region now known as the Western Addition. A Mrs. Lavillan vacates the premises in obedience to an order of Judze Seawell dispute as to the ownership of one ot the blocks of the Laguna survey. Under that decision the interest of Mrs. Lavillan was declared to consist of one-eighth of the value of the land, but it so happened taat the woman had dJeeded this title to her daughter-in-law &s long ago as 1873, so the action of Jjudge Seawell was of no pecu- niary benefit to her. The daughter-in-law has for many years been a stranger to the old woman, 80 there is no prospect of gain ior her in any vicissitudes of the place mow. It has vassed into the hands of the proprietors of a patent-medicine factory adjoining, and is to be utilized in enlarging this in- stitution. X Mrs. Lavillan is proud of the distinc- tion of being tne premier native daugh- ter of the City. She was born in 1831 at the Presidio, when Vallejo’s flag floated from the citadel. Her iather, Francisco Soto, was a soldier in the service of Spain, aud acquired a 100-vara lot irom that doughty pioneer, Jonn Evans, in 1848, Subsequently Evans pré-empted 165 acres in that portion of the City now com- prised between Sutter and Lombard, along the line of Van Ness avenue. Soto’s block was_included in this pre-emption, and an attémpt on the part of Evans to recover possession of it under the new title resuited in a feud that has olten simnce set the neighborhood by the ears. Mrs. Evans and Mrs, Lavillan are still ad- jacent residents, but that is as far as their Telations go. ‘When Soto died in 1856 he left five chil- dren to claim his estate, which is now known in court records as block 9 of the Laguna survey. The heirs after a time disposaed of their interests to Attorney T. L Bergin and George W. Haight. These two finally got into a squabble, which re- sulted in a sensational lawsuit that dragged along until 1893. Haight had taken steps to have the property administered upon, and one Saunders got the job. There were some accounts which it was claimed that had never been settlea by the elder Soto, so in accordance with law the Probate Court canceled both the Ber- gin and Haight transfers and ordered the land sold at auct:on. James Gordon was the purchaser, but when he shortly sfter- ward disposed of his purchase to Haight, Bergin charged “job,”” and thers was plenty of fun in the courts. In theend Bergin managed to have the Supreme Court declare nim the owner of the inter- est he acquired from the Leirs previousto the appointment of the administrator. All this ume Mrs. Lavillan had the family castle undisturbed. The opposing lawyers were still worrying over the amount of their ownersuip in the land and left her in veace as long as neither of them could detlare that the lot was in their portion of the estate. Two years ago Bergin instituted an action in the courts for partition, with the result that Judge Seawell ordered an auction sale. What interest the old woman had in the property had iong ago gone 1o her daugh- ter-in-law, but she had forgotten until yesterday,she declares,that she was home- lese. Even now she cannot understand that she has nothing of right in the house. The twenty-four years of undisturbed occupancy has developed in her the idea of squatter rights. Her son, who lives with her, has a similar opinion, and was at first prepared to resist efforts to remove him. But between Depuiy Sheriffs, the Board of Health and the lawyers he has tound that he is a trespasser. Of late years Mrs. Lavillan has made a ! Lving coing odd jobs for the neighbors. As long as she was allowed to live in her old home sbe has been satistied with scanty comforts. Lecture by Kev. P. C. Yorke. On Thursday evening next Rev. P. C. Yorke will lecture in Mission Parlor Hall, Seven- teeuth street, on “The Jingo Jubilee.” The discourse promises 1o be interesting, as the | subject is suggestive. The affair wilt be given under the auspices of Compiny I, League of the Cross Cadets. Ward Will Bo Arraigned Next Week. W. Russell Ward, charged with miseonduct with Mrs. John R. Bradbury of Los Angeles, was in Judge Carroll Cook’s court yes:erday ready lor rraignment. Garret McEnerney, the prisoner’s attorney, was not present, so & continuance of & week ranted. Fire in a School. At 11 o’clock yesterday forenoon the roof of the Horace Mann schoolhonse wes discovered to be on fire. 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