The evening times., 1896-09-01
LIS VISIT ERE
Program of the Sights to he Seen
by the VicerOy

Program of the Sights to he Seen
by the VicerOy.
Ii Hung Chang, the Chinese viceroy and
personal ambassador from the Emperor Of
China, will reach Washington over the emu
syivania Railr, 81 from Philadelphia next
Thursday evening between the hours Of 6
and o'clock
The exact time cannot be stated, as the
famous Celestial will leave the Quaker City
by special train Some time after O'Clock
that afternoon. The journey will be made
on the handsome vestibuIed Pullmans pro
vided by the Pennsylvania system, about
wfic. Ii male such persistent inquiries yes
tcrday.
Ii will ride in the private car Iolautbe,
which has been especially fitted UP for the
earls use. With him will be his imme-
diate attendants and the Chinese min
iSter to the United States. Geu. Ruger
and his staff viii occupy the adjoining
car and attached 10 this will be two Ell. b.
crate parior cars for the cooks and other
servants OF the viceroy. f.
There will also be a combination bag
gage and smoking car. although Ii will
tie allowed 10 hit his pipe in the pri-
vacy of his own travelling apartments.
THE ARRIVAL HERE.
Upon arriving at the sixth street depo.
lie Will be lifted into the carriage in wait
ing, and ecorted by the Sixth Regiment of
cavalry. under command of Mai. LesSo. in
the absence of Gen. SuInnerfieId to the
Arlington Hotel.
The conveyance in which he will Iide TO
the hotel VIII tac drawn by four dapple-
grays, from the stable of b. F. Mccoy.
There Will also be present the attaches of
| the Chinese legation, ali OF whom, except
| the minister and his immediate attendants
| win arrive home tomorrow, in order to
| welcome Ii to the city,. '--' -f-r
Gen. Miles, WHO is also in New York,
| viii reach home today, and Secretary OF
War Lamont is expected to Come tonight
when further arrangements for a military
escort will be decided upon, il it shall lie
agreeable to Ii
Immediately upon reaching the Airing
| ton the Ambassador will be escorted 10 lis
apartments, which have been assigned him
| ana mis- escort, by Manager Bennett.
The rooms are Cd the second floor of
the hotel a portion of which were occupied
by President Cleveland on tie occasion of
his second Inauguration, and there. also
Secretary Blaine held his reception 20 the
Pan American Congress. Many ao;her-no-
tables and International guests have also
occupied the apartments.
THE APARTMENTS.
There are sixteen rooms in all, nine OF
them fronting on Vermont avenue and 1
street. The corner room, facing both
streets, will be used as one OF the pariors.
Across the hallway Will be seven rooms
] used by attendants and servants.
Lis private bed chamber will be the
| third room froutiug on Vermont avenue
and overlooking McPherson Square. Adj
| Joining this will be a parlor for the re-
ception of guests aud the apartments
| or his secretary. This suite is rOw under
going thorough cieai.iag and overhaul
| ing, aud viii be in readiness for >be re-
ceptioa of the viceroy by tomorrow night
In the kitchen. where LIS cooks will pre-
| pare their masters meals, during his stay
| here tire will be kiDdled in the aux lila y
| range, which is only used on banquet occa
sioDs.
There will thus be no Interference with
the regular work of the cuisine
All OF the servants and attendants will
| have separate dining rooms and parlors.
| What lie Will see an do here depends en-
| tirely upon his physical condition when ht
| reaches the capital el-a -il4re
| A reception will doubtless be rendered
| him at the Chinese legation IL he is able
| to submit to it, and another given by Sec
4 retary of State Olncy, though no5hing def.
| mite in this line has been arranged.
THE SIGHTS HE WILL SEE.
A visit to the home and tomb OF Washing
ton will also he ip6ladedin his itinerary and
| a trip to tie Wnite House and Treasur,
Department, a S well as Some other points
| Of interest. iGcludins astrip to the top Of the
| MonunIe MT.
The viceroy's special train will lie unde
the personal supervision of Mr.. George w
Boyd, assistant general passenger agent o
the Pennsylvania railroad.l Mr.. Boyd ha'
prepared an itinerary OF the trip which con
+! tains interesting information uhout tie
cities and States through which Lii Hung
Chang viii pass a Portrait OF the viceroy
with his autograph, is on the first page
TIE book will be printed in Chinese and II
English b YlIqseIs Elzsl'Esf st /
/ some time ago Gov Lowndes, of Mary
! land, wrote to viceroy I'll Hung Chang. Il
! viting him to visit A Annapolis and the Nayp