New-York tribune., 1896-08-28


MUNICIPAL PARADE TO BE HELD.
,.--ceneral Ruger. L. s. A. completed his
..ssments yesterday for the reception OF the
G'a v,ceroy. Ii Hung Chang. upon his arrival
INN the steamship St Louis to-day General
M'e ..cornpanled by Major Davis OF the War
fUsnt his aide-de-camp. Captain stephen
p'fu ,us Of Governors Island. and Edward IS
l. will go down the Bay early In the
tag on the Dolphin and await the arrVai OF
mr., louis When the steamship reaches quar-
IL General Ruger. Major Davis captain Mliis
sv- Drew will board her. receive the Chinese
.onassaaor and extend to him the freedom OF
49, oonntrv. While the steamship is passing
Governors Island the guns % o'u N' ~
will thunder out salute.
o., .ho arrival of the st Louis al the American
=, Fulton-st. the Oriental statesman
80. rur,orous suite will be conducted TO
,.,nc S"1 carriages. \ detail Of the Naval Re
80, ,,.;n take par. in the reception. Then de-
.o.Ar,o,t of the 9TH Cavalry. United states Army,
s,,,,norin, nearly two hundred under command
:. Co,o,ol Sumner will escort the party to the
~, yVold,rf The route will he down West-st
=. pov.,,rr Green. up Broadway to Fourth-st
,borce 70 Fifth-ave and through that thorough
.ro - the Waldorf. The police will guard the
entire route
,t,he Waldorf the escort will be dismissed and
.bev will return 10 Fort Hamilton TO await 1ur-
,har orders There will be no military guard
,naintained AT the hotel General Ruger VIII
make hts headquarters at the Waldorf. and Will
,,,ain with the Chinese Ambassador during his
stay in the country.
THE OFFICIAL PROGRAMME.
The programme for the entertainment of the
Viceroy during the following days of his stay here
Is as has already been pointed out in The Trb-
une provisiona and dependent on the guests
wishes He is an old man. and requires some rest
each day His habit is to take rest from noon un-
I'll D. m. and another rest at about the dinner
hour This custom of his may interfere with some
If the plans and then. of course. they will have
60 he modified AS prepared now by General
Ruger the programme is as follows:
Tomorrow there is be the official reception Of
the Viceroy by President Cleveland and part Of
his Cabinet at eX-Secretary Whitneys house
rifty-seventh-st. and Fifth-ave There will be
with the viceroy a. the reception General Ruger
Minister Yang y. the Chinese Consul and Ed
ward r Drew; the first secretary to Ii Hung
Chang his Interpreter and possibly one or two
other members of lis Immediate suite. In the
evening will he given the dinner of ex-diplomats
10 the Viceroy at the Waldorf.
VISITS TO GRANTS TOMB AND WEST POINT
on Sundsy the Viceroy and his suite will visit
Grants tomb on Riverside Drive. This visit Will
probably be made in the afternoon The evening
Will he devoted to rest and possibly seeing a few
friends AZ the Wa d Drf.
on Monday occurs the trip to the West Point
Military Academy on board the Dolphin. The
start will be made from either East Thirty-fourth
or East Twenty-siXth St. thence down the East
River. around the Battery and up the Hudson.
As there Is to he a review in the Niceroy's honor
Of The cadets his return will not be till late in the
evening
TUESDAY \ BUSY DAY
on Tuesday at $50 a. m. will be the pres
entaiion OF the address by the Boards of Mis-
sions to the Nicercy: at o'clock the luncheon
~ the Downtown Merchants club; after that
there have been planned his trip to Chinatown,
and the parades Of the Police and Street Clean
ing departments. and an Exhibition Of the work
ings Of the Fi'e Department. to be reviewed by
the Viceroy from grandstand. 1t is probable
that the trip into Chinatown will have to be
either deferred or be made i'm the morning. after
the presentation Of the address by the Boards
G Missions The merchants OF Chinatown
would be bitterly disappointed If the Chinese
statesman could not find time to visit them. as
they have repainted and profusey decorated all
Of their larger stores. They We're busy all Of
yesterday ia the work. and will continue deco
rating until Mott-st. is mass Of bunting and
silk
THE CHINESE MERCHANTS BANQUET.
Tuesday evening is set apart for the feast at
Delnonico's tc be given by the Chinese mer-
chants Of the city The menu will be a French
one on one side of he menu cards Will be
the Chinese. and on the other side the Ameri-
ran H4er la of = ba vIc ,tu Ia
printed "Dinnei given to III Hung Chang by
the Chinese merchants Of NewYork" A novel
feature of the dinner will be if the programme
now prepared is carried out. a troupe Of Chi
nese actors who will perform a raised plat
form on the Twenty N-sixth.st. side Of the ban
ouet hail. 1t is custom at Chinese dinners to
have such troupe performing during the meal
Ii Hung Changs cooks will, as usual. provide
few special Chinese dishes for him 10 eat at
the dinner As he always eats very sparinSly
al public banquets. his tasting of his private
dishes is barely noticeable. Another custom or
the Niceroy is to stay at entertainments only
an hour and a half two hours. because of his
easily becoming tired. Consequently he Will
not stay during the entire dinner if he follows
his usual custom
A TRIP TO BROOKLYN.
On Wednesday com, tre reception and enter
tainment 10 him provided by the Mayor Of
Brooklyn. The principal sights Of the city VIII
be shown 10 him. 1t is understood that the
Niceroy may 90 over the Bridge in the morn
Ing and I'm this case couple Of servants VINO
invariably 90 about with him. keeping well IN
tne background will carry a slight luncheon
.or him. 1t is also expected that Brooklyns S
Nayor will provide some place where the
VicerOy may take his usual noon rest. In the
evening the review of the 9TH Regiment VIII
take place in its Armory, and here, again the
Nioeroy. although deeply interested in the mill
'ary Of all countries. is not expected to re-
main more than one hour and a half.