The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-08-31
EARL Il At
GRANTS TOMB
Places a Wreath Of Bay Leaves
and Orchids on the
CaSket.
Ii IS DEEPLY AFFECTED
Admiration of the Generals
Qualities,
The viceroy Visits Mrs. U. s. Grant,
Widow of the Late General, and
Loss She Had sustained-Goes to
West Point Today.


Loss She Had observation-disclosures to
West Point Today.
NEW YORK. Aug. 30.-Li Hung
Chang, despite the fact that he at
tended a dinner given in his honor
Saturday night by the ex-ministers to
China at the Waldorf, and had re
manned up at least an hour beyond his
usual hour for retiring, arose this
morning at $50 o'clock The great
man breakfasted at 1880 O'Clock, after
which he retired to his sitting room
At 10 O'clock a delegation of thirty
Chinese merchants, representing the
Lee Fam in these parts, called on the
an. hassador TO pay their respects. The
delegation, which was headed by the
Chinese consul. was attired in all the
splendor Of oriental dress and their
pig-tails were carefully groomed. The
members of the delegation all bowed,
almost to the ground, as they entered
Ii Hung Changs presence, and the
great man returned the salute. The
audience lasted for more than an hour
and it must have been a pleasant
meeting for the delegation was smiling
all over when they came out of the
room.
The most interesting part of the
programme was the visit of the am
bassador to the
TOMB OF GENERAL GRANT
on Riverside drive. Lii Hung Chang
had a great admiration for General
vlo of A
an early hour in the forenoon a crowd
began to gather in the vicinity of the
Waldorf, anxious to get a glimpse OF
the famous Chinaman. Acting 1nspec-
tor Harley, with a force of 125 men
stationed around the house, kept the
people from croWdfng around the no
tel.
There was no cavalry escort today
the mounted policemen doing the hon
ors. The programme of the viceroy
was a personal one, and this accounts
for the absence of the government es-
cort-
The hour set for Earl Lis visit to
Grants tomb was o'clock. Before
that time the police stopped traffic
and nobody was admitted into Thirty
third street.
A DENSE MASS OF PEOPLE
lined the sidewalks along Fifth ave
nue. as far as the eye could see. There
were blue coats stationed adj along the
route which was covered by the dis
tinguished visitor This was Fifth ave-
nue. to Forty-ninth street, to the Bou-
levard, to Riverside drive and the
tomb. Acting Police Inspector Thomp-
SON was in command OF 500 men sta
toned around the tomb and along the
drive.
Colonel Fred Grant, accompanied by
his son, Ulysses Grant, and his brother
Ulysses Grant of San Diego, California,
arrived at the Waldorf at 2:20 o'clock.
Mrs. Grant, the widow of General
Grant, who was staying at the Fifth
Avenue hotel, was driven 20 Colonel
Grant house, 25 East Sixty-second
street, where Lii Hung Chang was to
visit her after the ceremony at the
tomb was over.
AN IMMENSE WREATH
which the ambassador was to place on
the tomb of the dead general, was first
apartments This wreath, carefully
guarded by a member of LIS suite, was
placed in cab and taken to the
tomb.
Precisely at o'clock Ii Hung Chang
escorted by General Ruger and Colonel
Grant, came down stairs and walked
through the corridor of the hotel to
the Thirty-third street entrance. There
a carriage was awaiting, and he took
his seat in it. Colonel Grant, General
Ruger and the official interpreter oc-
cupied seats in the same carriage. In
the second carriage were General Miles,
General Horace Porter and Henry W.
Cannon. Ulysses Grant, the son of
Colonel Fred Grant, his uncle Ulysses
Grant, and Mr.. Drew were in the third
carriage. Then came the Chinese min
lister and ex-Minister to China George
F. Seward. In the last carriage were
four attendants of the ambassador.
Lii Hung Changes chair occupied a
carriage all to itself.
Everything was ready in a few min
utes and the start for the tomb was
made at $40 o'clock, the carriages driv-
ing at a fair gait up Fifth avenue. Ii
Hung held his famous umbrella over his
head all the way. He received an
ENTHUSIASTIC OVATION
from 10000 or more people who lined
the Riverside and Morningside drives.
A large space surrounding the tomb
had been roped in, giving the spec
tatorS good opportunity of witnessing
the proceedings. At the foot of the
steps leading to the crypt was sta
errors Island. solitary policeman
stood guard at the gate of the tomb,
in which had been placed earlier in the
day a wreath from Mrs U. S. Grant,
ST., consisting of white roses and galaxy
leaves tied with satin bow.
Ii Hung Chang and party drove up
Riverside drive opposite the tomb at
AIS o'clock. His appearance was a
signal for hearty cheering. There was
a short delay while one of the Chinese
attendants FASTENED back TO the rear
carriage to bring Ii Hung Changes
sedan chair. When it arrived he was
carried by four policemen from the road
to the tomb He carried his umbrella
in one hand, and gold-mounted cane
in the other. On reaching the top of
the flight of steps Lii alighted. The
heavy iron door leading to the tomb
was then opened. Ii, after taking in
one hand his floral wreath. entered the
crypt and placed it
ON THE IRON CASKET.
Before doing SO he made a profound
bow. AT his side were Colonel Fred
Grant, his brother U. S. Grant, of
San Diego, California, and his son u.