The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-09-06
SATISFYING HIS CURIOSITY
III is Still Asking Questions and Seekin,
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| Washington, Sept. 5 For the last dov
| OF the visit of Lii Hung Chang TO the ma
ton s capital II rather extensive pro-
| Srnmmc had been arranged, but this was
| broken without qualm by the ambassa-
dor, who tires quickly of sightseeing and
seems to find more satisfaction in ner-
| sonal association with his entertainers
than i'll the wonders of architecture or the
| paying of tribute to historical characters.
| Inc weather was gloomy and threatening
| ior one thing this morning when Earl Ii
| rose about dawn, and considering his
| strong repugnance to rain, it was some
thing of an achievement for his conduct
ors to induce him to go out of doors Mt
| all
| Made aware by the newspapers of the
extremely early hours kept by Ii Hung
| Chang, several persons seized upon the
| opportunity afforded by the unoccupied
morning to pay their respects, anon
them being the Portuguese minister and
several officials.
| Inc viceroy seemed to be in most
amlable mood, but following his peculiar
| policy OF doing all the Interviewing him
sell, succeeded III extracting from his Wis :
1tors much more information than he be-
slowed. lie also made some of the Off
Gals feel uncomfortable at times bv en-
barrassing leading questions calculated to
develop their political intentions.
| Alter the morning levee was over Earl
LII consented to make II start on the days
programme, and about half-past nine he
was placed in carriage and with his
personal suite escorted to the Treasury
| Department.
The visit to the Treasury, which occu.
pled fully an hour and a half, appeared to
specially interest the whole party, and
after brief and cordial welcome by Sec
Rotary Carlisle the viceroy expressed a de-
| sire to inspect the money vaults and. in
company with the Secretary, Treasurer
Morgan and Mr.. Foster, the ex-Secretarv
of State, the lower depths were visited,
the massive steel doors of the gold, silver
and bond vaults were thrown open and
the contents of each explained. The vice
roy curiosity and interest were aroused
and his questions and their answers COW
cred Il wide range From the vaults the
party assembled to the upper floors and
visited the issue and redemption dyis-
ions, where the secretary explained the
processes by which the money of the ma
ton passes from the bureau of engraving
and printing and the minis into circula-
ton. The viceroy seemed delighted with
everything he saw and on leaving the
building thanked the officials for their
courtesy. The presence of the party in
the building created the greatest interest,
and everywhere they We're followed by a
throng of clerks and others, who were
bent on securing n sight of the distin.
guished Chinaman.
Secretary Carlisle accompanied the vice.
roy to the bureau of engraving and print
ing, the interesting features of which
were visited The party drove by the
washington monument, but no stop was
made. The sight seeing was cut short by
n downpour of rain. Ii escorted Secre.
tary Carlisle to the Treasury Department
and then the entire retinue returned tic
the Arlington.
Washington, Sept. 5.-Practically Ii
Hung Chang, the special ambassador OF
the emperor of China took his leave OF
the great Western Republic as the SUI
set this evening, for while he will still be
for eighteen hours within the boundaries
of the United States, all of that..time will
be spent on train flying across the coun
try towards the Canadian frontier with.
out opportunity to see more of the land
than might appear through the windows
of the cars The day was n disappoint
ment so far rs the weather was concern
ed, but without doubt the imperial repre-
sentative found some comfort in the fact
that the afternoon rainstorm saved him
from the necessity of making certain Ger
emonial visits, which he felt Obliged by
courtesy rather than inclination to per.
form. The same body of cavalry under
command of Col. Summer, that had met
him at New York and also upon his ar
rival in Washington Thursday night
escorted Earl Ii to the station this even
ing, only this time the men were clad il
their storm cloaks and in the rain looket
very unlike the brilliantly attired troop
ers who had welcomed the nations guest
The party left the Arlington about
half past five o'clock and drove directly
to the Pennsylvania station. Ex- Score
tary Foster accompanied Ii Hung Chang
to the train, where he said farewell Gen
cral Kruger, with his staff, Major Davis
Captain Mills and Lieutenant Cum
mings, who will escort the viceroy to tn,
limits of the United States, saw theil
charge comfortably quartered in the ele
Gantly appointed coach, "Iolanthe,n spe
cially set apart for his use, and then al
u O'Clock the start was made for Niagara
Falls where the representative of th,
Canadian government will undertake r,
escort the ambassador to the i;acifi,
coast. The Pennsylvania railroad spe
cial bearing the party consisted OF fiv,
coaches, containing every com fort tina
may be carried on wheels, all in the per
sonal charge of Assistant Passenge
Agent George w. Boyd.
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