New-York tribune., 1896-09-02
CHINATOWN GOES VlLD'
RECEPTION FOR THE
ORIENTAL STATESMAN
..,,,, ,r,,rsr1,rs GIVE Az EXHIBITION OF SKILL
Is HANDLING FIEErRA'kEkS- -'Ho"'' ~
MOTT pEIi. AND DOYERS SIS

THE cFrESTIArS GIVE Az EXHIBITION VT
~ HANDLING rlnEcTAcKERs- CROWDS IN
MOTT. pELI AID poYEHs SIS
,,,,,,o ,.b,pc,s trip to Chinatown was tran
, :, ,,,Id hardly De- called visit. fut NINA
,ovn was content and after the flying proc'Ss'o'
of which his Nusirous personality va "'
ohiect had swept out OF Feil-st. 10 ''c "'
ranse Of the Bowcry. Chinatown went ''''
i,,ion ~ nrolonccd Mysteries. to tn" unu'''"""
colirbt OF the thousands Of Am'ricah-'o'n WV
.,,s rho rad assembled there In expectation u
-, r,roxyisn The decorative efforts "' "'
Chinese. merchants In Mott. f'h ana ''F''' 90
in honor Of their distinguished coun'i' "''" INV
attracted wide attention during 'h'T' ""'7 ~
rores,i,l unre.i and they shonc yesterday III inc
hr,r,, sun with renewed splendor. after the WASH
,,r they had received the day h"ior, Inc s''''
dragons on their grounds OF nv" N'""" ''''
wild cyrationS and took on n'" Shapes """ '"' W.
,,,d.r the iuhuence Of tn" invgorauns h'''" ''"
wa- blowing freely through the nairo" '"o'"'-"
fros The banners OF q republican Occid'nt ""N'H
d.bancc a, the rampant dragon of tte 'r'ni III
hundred different places at once. ana in "'"''7
the, .ioated free side hy side. showing th't Jon"
bas more than q sncaking affection for hrs adopted
father Jonathan.
CROWDS or ChlNAMtN
No,,-sf looking In from the PARK Row entrance
was d hl.1e Of color and every space ih"' ""- i''
accounted b., a nag seemed To- have been taken %,
TO fh. danger point with alnond-rN'd r"0i1"nl-
Of the locality the boundaries - which h"'e com"
to he rigidl, marked m the uuder-tandi1s a; il"
average citizon. Thcr" wcr" f'w Cinnamon on iN'
street prior - the happening for which al wee
dressed iu their b,.t. II Was tirir day ana ih'ir
own particular n,ighborhood that wa 20 h' hon
orod h., the Visit of the Chimes" sf"f'sm' -. ana
they didn't proros. 10 have aus of ih' glof
taken from them hy an impairment tffsIH-- upon
their peculiar right-. lu fact. before ih' c'l'hia-
ton Nas ended Trey lad managed in manner
more or loss indirect To- wlpc oui some - 10" old
scores against class of people in vac population
who take particular delight 100 hatt-.ins ih"in.
Tho victims were helrloss under the irn'iiou. 'or
after tn" procession had passed the crowd lh' N'd
nsolf into the narrow confir'. of hoif--i. I'D
dcnscly that cscspc WIS inposrhle aud th" grin
ming Cinnamon ln tine balconies and nrc-"-~ape
landings and from Windows and from roofs. sent
down consian: rain ~ ni"crackrrS. nOt sIgls
nor bv handfuls bat hv the cubic foot
That the Chnamau g. a patient man demon
stratod 10y the quiet that rcign'd in the hours of
waiting The residents Of Chinatown had s-'"ni-
hlcd n their places early IN the afternoon and tn"
American contingent In the monster demons ton
hogan to collect first IN scattered groups. then iu
knots Of twenty or moro. and finally to extend it.
self IN q ncyor-"ndnc lnc about the same time 50
that by > o'cock the sidewalks were literally a
solid wall Of humanity. Tho police a. first per
miticd newcomers to make their way along Mott
St. Prll-st.. AZ the case might hc. but the
time drew toward O'Clock when Ii Hung