Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1891-06-09
70 YUNG HING.
FUNERAL IN BALTIMORE OF A NOTED
RICHMOND CELESTIAL.
He was Mason OF High Degree-Peeu-
liar Ceromonies-koney In His mouth
and Food on the Grave.

in Baltimore who number about 2OO a
grand banquet was prepared and given IN
his honor. and while in the middle OF IL
death overlook him. Great preparations
were made for his funeral. A Chinese
band was ordered from New York, but for
some unknown reason was prevented from
coming. Kings body was carried to the
undertaking establishment OF denny
Mitchell, where 1t Mas prepared for burial
The hour set for the funeral was O'Clock
Yesterday afternoon. Early in the morn
ing three or four Celestials visited the I'M
dertaking establishment and had the body
clad in full Chinese costume, which con-
sisted OF pair of new shoes, apair OF large,
baggy trousers, blouse, and a SOFT telt
hat. On his breast was spread large blue
cloth on which was pinned piece OF yell
low paper, bearing an inscription in
Chinese hleroglyphics, which told who the
deceased was and all about him. In his
mouth was placed Chinese silver com.
There were also coins placed in each OF MS
hands and around the edge of the COLIN
The money was to paw his fare over the
great river. On the lid OF the CONN, Wnlcn
had silver mountlngs, was o chi
nese inscription, cut in silver plate. On
the sides were the regular Masonic en-
blems The body was removed from the
undertaking establishment at an early
hour and taken to the Office OF Denny ~
Mitchell. corner of Carrollton avenue and
Baltimore street. The coffin was placed IN
| room over the stable, with the head
facing the east. At the foot OF the CONN
was placed large table, on which, were
| cakes, candies nuts, oranges. apples, bowls
| of rice, and boiled chicken, signifylpg
that his body was dead. There were also
numbers of burning ioss-sticks, which
symboliZed the belief that his soul lived.
! Long before 2 o'clock the Cinnamon began
TO arrive. As each one came Celestial,
acting as waiter, gave then, gowns
sashes, and aprons OF different colors.
THEIR MOURNING DRESS.
All the grand officers of the lodge wore
| long gray silk gowns fastened at the neck
| by q piece of yellow silk, and on their
heads they wore turbans of bright old silk.
| The worshipful master, Yong Hoa, who
was master of ceremonies, wore the same
costume as the others with the exception
Of a broad sash, in which was stuck
gavel. Sam Lee. the grand supreme trea-
surer. wore q blue rope around his neck,
| ON the end of which was two silver keys.
! Wong Sing Gun, the grand supreme secre-
| tary, also wore blue rope, on which was
| q compass and square. The other China:
men present wore the red turbans and
sashes of red, blue, and yellow-the Chi
nese Masonic colors-and also white sash,
| the latter being the Chinese mourning
color. They also wore yellow aprons, on
which was printed Wow Gee Tong" the
name of their lodge here. Stacked in the
corner of the room were numbers OF BAN
ners. red and green poles, canoples, etc.,
on which were Chinese inscriptions. Short
| Nv after O'Clock all had arrived and were
arrayed in their peculiar costumes. Yong
| Hoa stepped TO the centre Of the room,
and, striking the table with his gavel, call
ed order.
| SOME CHINESE MUSIC.
He uttered several words in Chinese, and
| two tall Celestials at the end of the room
started to play on outlandish instruments,
making horrible noise. The instruments
| somewhat resembled a small horn, but had
shrill and penetrating sound. This
| music C2) continued without cessation
during the services. When Yong Hoa had
| finished his speech Sam Lee stepped to
| the front. He bowed low to the Grand
| Worshipful Master, and then to the dead
| body, after which he dropped down on his
| knees and began to chant. On each side
| of him stood two tall Cinnamon with
| burning joss-sticks. Sans chanting seemed
| to fit in exactly with the music, and
made the noise more hideous. After
! chanting for some little time he took
aTmall cup of tea, drank little of it, and
| sprInkled the rest of it on the floor. He
| then rose and marched to the head of the
| coffin, and chanted some more, and after
| bowling to the deceased several times, gave
way to another official who went through
nearly the same ceremony. Every now and
| then the music would stop, and then start
| fresh on another alleged tune, which, If
| ANYTHING, was more ear-piercing than its
| predecessor. After all the officers had
| made few remarks the 10y Cinnamon had
| their turn. Two by two they walked up to
the table, and, after making three low
| bows, dropped down on their knees and
| touched their foreheads almost to the floor
and sprinkled tea on.the floor from small
cup, all the time recltlng some Chinese
| prayer. All this meant, according TO
| Chinaman's translation of it, that we
hope he go to Heaven"
LOTS OF FLOWERS. \
After this was finished the lid of the
coffin was screwed down and lot of
| flowers placed on the top. One design was
| a pillow made of roses. and the other two
were bouquets made of Chinese artificial
! flowers and gold leaf, among which were
| several tiny dolls, with long cues. Finally
the pall-bearers stepped to the front and
| lifted the coffin up to carry it down
TO the hearse. The pail, bearers were
! Sam Lee, Wong Ling, Charlie Lee. Wong
! Sing Gun, Dea Wauk Chun. and Gong Hoa.
| The coffin was carried down TO the hearse,
| followed by the officers of the lodge; after
| them came the two musicians, followed by
! the rank and file, who carried banners and
| numberless queer Chinese flags and canO-
| pies. The procession started up CarrolltOn
| avenue, headed by the Great Southern
| Band Leading the procession proper was
| a Chinaman on horseback; then came the
| hearse and four other mounted Cinnamon
| Following the cOriege was wagon with
| the tombstone and provisions that were to
be placed on the grave. The procession
proceeded up Carrollton avenue TO Lexlng-
| ton street, to Eutaw, TO CLAY street. past
the Masonic Temple up Howard street, and
out Baltimore street TO GilmOr, where the
party took carriages and drove TO the GENE
! tery. With the horsemen was saddled
horse without rider. All along the route
J there were thousands of people who gath
cred to witness the odd procession. The
corner of Lexington and Howard street
was lined with gayly-dressed ladies who
stopped their shopping to see the funeral.
70 Yung Kings grave in Mt. Olvet
cemetery is in the southwest corner.
Around it was stretched rope. On
the grounds were Segeants Mason. Brode-
rick. and Williamson and Officers Fink,
Murphy King. Noylan, High, Ruth, and
Pyle, who kept the vast crowd back. At
| ter the lowering of the coffin into the grave
the musicians started 10 blow their horns
and the Great Southern Band played o
| dirge. The tombstone was put at the head
| and all kinds of edibles were strewn around.
| Parchment, on which were written
prayers, was burned, and so were sweet
| smelling candles and ioss-sticks, after
which all the Cinnamon departed. As they
| left the cemetery tall Chinaman gave
each one a silver coin and piece of candy.
Later in the evening they met az the tenn
pie and settled up oil the expenses Of the
| funeral.
In the cemetery and all along the route
Sins of paper with Chinese letters were
scattered. These told the name of the de-
ceased. the cause of death, and the address
of q cemetery other than the one in which
he is buried, so as to throw the evil spirit
| off the track