Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-09-04

Gen. Ruger, Lo-F.ng-Luh and Dr. Mark
| were the escort of Ii Hung Chang. and
Viscount Ii and two of the mandaria's Sec
retaries were with Mr.. Foster.
The Visit To the Capitol.
Ii Hung Chang's party reached the Capt.
| tol about $50 and remained there less
than an hour There had been very brief
| notice of the intention of the distinguished
visitor 20 inspec; the law-making edfice.
No preparation was made for his reception.
He was FIRST conducted to the office of the
| sergeant-at-arms, where he was presented
| 10 Col. r. }. Bright, sergeant-at-arms.
| From this point he was escorted IN sue
cession TO the mar BILE room, the Presidents
room, the Senate chamber, the Supreme
Court quarters, the rotunda. the Congress
| sio1al Library and the hall Of the House
| OF Representatives. Very little time was
given to any of these halls, and when he
had rested for few minutes in the House
the vioeroy demanded to bc taken 10 his
carriage In order not to be late at an en-
gager.cnt which he had made with the
| Chinese minister for 10::o Ex-Secrctary
Foster who had acted in the CAPACITY OF
a guide during the tour of tn. ranirol
made an effort to prevail upon Ii TO visit
the new Library building, telling him thai
II vas the finest building in th, city .Is
IL nhished! Ii asked, and when told that
IL was hot he declined 10 make the ins,,,c-
| ton.
Interested in Mr.. Sponord.
He appeared TO take more interest in Ii
brarian Spofford than i'm his books and
spent very little time I'm the old lior,ry.
MI Spofford when presented told his WIS.,
itor that while the library contained 1-goD
LOOKS, there were about 600 Chinese works
| on its shelves.
How old are you?" he asked Nh. Spof-
ford, and upon being told the Librarians
age he said: You have many books in
your head"
More out of it," responded Mr.. Sp,c-
ford, to which the Chinese dirnitary re-
| piled with deprecatory gesture which re-
quired no Interpretation.
A Multitude Of Questions.
Earl Ii gave a great deal of attention to
the life size paintings of Washington. He
demanded from his interpreter a long ex-
| planation of the mammoth picture IN The
rotunda which depicts Washington resign
| ing his commission, asking many ques-
ticns concerning ii. He also appeared 10
| enjoy the view from the west front of the
Capitol, looking down Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and commanding the Washington
monument
He expressed a desire to ascend the mon
ument, asking II the air i'm il was good:
| If there was an elevator Ii left his chair
while examining the pictures in the ro-
tunda. demanding 10 be returned to il when
| the party started out. My legs not
| SO strong yours he said to Mr. Foster.
when the latter suggested that he might
walk into the library, in an adjoining room.
| Ii wore his famous yellow Jacket during
| the tour, and was followed by his personal
attendants in the order of their rank.
All the morning a crowd of people were
strung along the east side of Vermont ave
| nue., gazing up at the second-story win
dows of the Arlington. A line of carriages
and bicycles banked the curb, and their
occupants and riders kept up an equally
eager surveillance with those on foot.
Shortly before II o'clock a carriage drove
pN-SpcretarE
! count Ii, Lin Ho Shu and Yu-Shis-Mei.
Niscount Ii was the most important-look-
ing of the Cinnamon. a black plume wav-
Ing back from his hat. and many of the
curious thought he was the Viceroy, and
were happy accordingly.
The impression that the viscount was Ii
Hung Chang heightened when ii became
known that a regally attired Chinaman
was about to make his exit from the hotel.
| and the entrance was quickly banked ny
| crowd, many ladies being present. and
sprinkling of Chinese laundrymen being
| noticeable. When he did come forth he
was good to look at. being a dazzling OBJ
ject in his many,colored garments, and
there was sigh of thankfulness he en-
tered the carriage from those who were
sure they had seen the Chinese Viceroy.
| The latter, however, did not return to the
hotel. After going through the Capitol,
which impressed him and the other menu
| bers of his party with its magnitude and
magnificence. the rotunda particularly
drawing forth many eNclamations Of admi-
ration and surprise. the distinguished
party was driven to the Chinese legation,
on 14th street extended.
At the Chinese Legntion.
Elaborate preparations had been made by
Minister Yang Yu for the reception of the
highest represei tative of his exalted en-
peror. The mansions that form the lega-
| tion were decorated in magnificent style on
their interior, end the parlors and corri-
dors were blooming with roses and rare
eXotcs, while ncdding palms formed a
continuous canopy, under which The guests
walked. 1mmedts tely ufson ms arrival
and after he had received the greetings OF
| the ni;,iSter nd his household. Ii Hung
Chang and Mr.. Yang Yu retired for pri-
vate conference, which was somewhat ex-
tended. At if.' inclusion there was a gen.
eral reception and fraternizing between the