The Portland daily press., 1896-08-31
VISITS GRANTS TOMB.
LII Hung Pays Respects to Memory of
Great General.

A florai Wreath Deposited on the Iron
basket-Afterwards Calls on Mrs
| Grant where Presents Are Exchanged
Everywhere Crowds of People Greet
Him.
New York, August 3O.-Li Hung
Cnang despite the fact the he attended q
dinner given in his honor Saturday night
ana remained up at least an hour beyond
his usual hour for retiring, arose this
morning at $780, He breakfasted at 7.30
alter which he retired to his sitting
room. At 10 delegation of 80 Chinese
merchants representing the ee.family in
these parts called on the ambassador to
pay their respects. The delegation was
headed by the Chinese CONSUL. The mem
ners OF the delegation bowed almost to
the ground as they entered LII Hung's
presence. The great man returned the
salute.
! The audience lasted more than an hour
and the members of the delegation were
smiling all over when they came out of
the room. Early this forenoon crowd
began to gather i n front of the Waldorf,
anxious to get glimpse of the famous
| oninaman. Acting inspector Harley
with l25 policemen stationed around the
house kept the public from crowding
round the hotel. The most i'm portant
part OF LII Hung Changes programme to-
day was the visit to Gen. Grants tomb
on Riverside drive. Lii Hung Chang
| frrA lu n a.
| set ior the visit TO this tomb was 3
O'Clock. Before that time the police
stopped traffic and nobody was admitted
into 33d street. A dense mass of people
lined the sidewalks along Fifth avenue
as far as the eye could see. Col. Fred ID.
| Grant accompanied Dy his son Ulysses
and his brother Ulysses Grant of
San Diego, Cal, arrived at the Waldorf at
2. 20. Mrs. Grant, widow of Gen. Grant,
who was staying at the Fifth Avenue
hotel was driven to Col. Grants house,
where Li Hung Chang was TO visit her
after the ceremeny at the tomb was over.
| Precisely at 3, LII Hung Chang,
escorted by Gen. Ruger and Col. Grant
| came down stairs. Ii Hung, Gen. Rugar
and the official interpreter took seats In
| the same carriage. In the SECOND carriage
| were Gen. Miles, Gen. Horace Porter and
Henry W. Cannon. Ulysses, the son of
| Col. Fred Grant, the latter's brother,
| Ulysses, and Mr.. Drew were in the third
carriage. Then came the Chinese minis
ter and ex-minister to China, George E.
| Seward.
In the last carriage were the four at
tendants of tie ambassador. Lii Hung
Changes chair occupied q carriage all to
itself. The start to the tomb was made
at 8. 10. Lii held an umbrella over his
head all the way. He received an entha-
siastic reception from the 80, 900 or more
| people that lined the Riverside and
Morningside drives. A large space sur
rounding the tomb had been roped off
giving the spectators good opportunity
OF witnessing the proceedings. At the
foot Of the steps leading to the Crypt was
stationed sergeant's guard from
Governors island.
solitary policemen stood guard at
the gate Of the tomb, in which had sbeen
placed, earlier in the day, "a wreath
from Mrs. U. S. Grant, senior. Ii
Hung Chang with party drove up the
riverside drive. opposite the tomb. Ii
Hung Changs chair was brought for
ward. He took a seat in it, and was
carried by four policemen hundred
feet or more distance from the road to
the tomb. He carried an umbrella in
one hand and gold mounted cane in
the other. The members of the suite fol-
l0W6Q WIN Gno OGner Visitors.
On reaching the top of the steps Ii
allghted. Ihe heavy iron door leading
to the tomb was opened and Lii taking
in one hand floral wreath, entered
the cript and placed it on the iron
basket. Before doing so he made a pro-
found bow. At hfs side were Col Fred
6. and his brother U. S. Grant, and
his son, as well as Lo Fung Lo, the in
terpreter. The occasion seemed to affect
| Ii deeply.
In conversation with Col Grant he re-
ferred to his warm admiration of the late
Gen. Grants qualities. One of the
leading reasons he added, for returning
home was to visit his friends grave.
He made many enquiries about the
mausoleum now building, and towards
which he forwarded Hon. John Russell
Young check for $500. After remain
ing standing for 20 minutes alongside
the casket, Ii uttered several words in
Chinese and made a profound bow.
Stepping backward to the door he re-
peRted the same words to himself and
made second bow. Then he Withdrew.
As he seated himself in the sedan chair
tho crowd uttered rousing cheer. This
seemed to please him greatly for hs gent
ly nodded his head.
The entire party then entered carri-
of Col Grant. There 1000 persons
awaited him. Ii declined the use of the
sedan chair. and leaning on the arms
of Gen. Ruger and Col. Grant, he as
cended the fight Of steps, At thu door
he was met By q. S. Grant, son of the
late general. The other members Of the
party followed. The yioeroy was con-
Quoted to the parlor where he was re-
ceived by Mrs. Grant. Mrs. Grant and
Ii are old friends and the meeting was
affecting. Mrs. Grant met Ii in China
In 1879, when. accompanying Gen. Grant
on a trip around the world.
The vicerOy was presented to all the in
vited guests He spoke feelingly to Mrs.
Grant of the great loss she sustained in
the death of her husband and said he
would always cherish the Generals
memory. Then the vioeroy presented
Mrs. Grant with several pieces of valu-
able brooade, rare Chinese vase and a
number of chests cf tea. He also pre-
sented the son of Col. Grant with val
liable jade stone The viceroy seemed to
enjoy his visit greatly
Refreshments were served In the din
ing room. Ii oontented himself with
taking two cups of tea and afterwards