Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-06-03
A CHINESE NOVELTY.
THE EMPEROR PERSONALLY RE-
celVEs FOREIGNERS

The Curious corcmoaics An odd Lack
Ing Procession 40 Account Of the Re
ception to tile Ministers
The 9TH OF March proved typical Picking
early spring day with clear blue sky,
bright sun and crisp keen ar About 10
o'clock, as had been agreed with the yamen,
the ministers aud their suites set out As
each legation followed at short distances
the others on their way down. the whole
formed mass OF thrtyone sedan chairs
that carried the members Of the diplomatic
body, attended by four mounted servants
IN full dress, from each legation, ~ we'll as
one or two mounted Chinese officers sent
to guide each representative to the Fu Hua
Men Tor Gate OF Flowery Prosperity where
the ministers of the Tsung-li Yamen were
to receive them
In all the total OF the cortege was about
sixty mounted men and over 200 chair
bearers Crowds OF Chinese collected along
the route TO watch this novel pageant pass;
the dark green chairs, with the silver
knohes on the roofs Glstening in the sun,
the glimpses OF the plumed hats and brill
liant uniforms OF the ENJOYS and their
suites, and the crowds OF horsemen accom-
panying the line, appearing to them sol
amn md rama RI "a It, 'y,o.,u,Io
About II O'Clock the Flu Ilua Men was
reached, outside OF which a double line of
soldiers kept the road The chairs pro
ceeded through this gate to the inner gate
OF the palace grounds about n hundred
yards Oft, where the ENJOYS alighted and
were received by the ministers and secre
taries OF the Tsung Ii Yamen
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