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on the fund should be honored at once. This had
reference to the case of the stage carpenter who re-
ceived severe injuries at Booths few days ago.
cHENG TsAo JU AT GOVERNORS ISLAND.

CHENG TSAO JU AT GOVERNORS ISLAND.
The Chinese Minister Cheng Tsao Ju visited
Governors Island yesterday, upon invitation OF
General Hancock. He was accompanied by his sec,
Chin Chi OG They s'9 Soa Ss
island they were met BY Captain G3enther, the
garrison. and conducted to General Hancock's
house, where they were formally welcomed by the
General. As they passed the guard house the guard
then proceeded to inspect the Notifications
south glacis Of. Fort Columbus q salute Of
a very picturesque party as 1t stood on the green
slope Of the glacis the scarlet lined capes of the ar
tillery- officers. blown back by the wind, which
the mandarins. At the rear of the party stood
orderles gorgeous in red and gold and blue. and
wearing spiked helmets and white gloves. Below,
the soldiers of the light battery, moving like cum
ming pieces of mechanism, discharged the brass
Napoleons, from which the smoke rolled In clouds
The most prominent figure among the group on the
glacis was that of General Hancock, who wore his
uniform of Major-General.
After the salute the party proceeded to the ditch
of the fort, where was one OF the Gardner machine
guns This gun is worked by crank, and the num-
Der of shots 1t can fire per minute is limited only by
the rapidity with which the crank can be moved
The highest number ever attained is five hundred
minute. The gun having been loaded and dis
charged and its mechanism explained to the Minis
ter, he was invited to try his hand at firing IT.
Tucking up his y0lumln0uS sleeve, the mandarin
assumed that smile of childlike innocence which Is
common to Chinese of high and low degree, and re-
volved the crank of the murderous instrument with
velocity that soon exhausted the cartridges in the
magazine Then he said, through his interpreter,
" Good gun" Lieutenant Day. of the 9th Artillery.
showed the workings of q newly-invented spencer
magazine rifle, by shooting glass balls thrown INTO
the air. After tins the party were entertained nj
luncheon by General Hancock at his residence
When the Minister and his suite left the Island they
were accompanied to the boat by a crowd OF Off.
GERS the guard turned out and stood with presented
arms and the buglers blew fanfare. On ARRIVING
at the city the Minister took a tugbOat for Fort
Hamilton.
BURIAL OF MRS. IDA GREELEY SMITH.
Mrs Ida Greeley Smith was buried in the family
vault in Greenwood yesterday. The intention was
TO have funeral services at the Church of ST. Vim
cent de Paul. in West Twenty third-st. but late on
Wednesday night il learned that, as Mira. Smith
had died of diphtheria, the Board of Health
would only allow the removal OF the
body directly to the cemetery. The funeral
party, comprising Colonel Nicholas Smith Miss
Gabrielle Greeley, Miss Marguerite Cleveland Miss
Messenger, Colonel Leonard, of Chappaqua. and
Mr.. Birney, followed the body from the Grand
Central Depot to Greenwood. At the Church of
st. Vincent de Paul large number of persons were
present at IL o'clock, the hour announced for the
services The Rev. Father Porce celebrated low
mass followed by absolution. The floral offerings
were large and elaborate Tyre, cross of white
roses and lilies and wreath of purple viOlets. Many
that the funeral was to be private, and that be-
cause death was caused by dlphtheria 1t was de-
sired that none but the immediate relatives should
he present.