Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1897-05-27
SOME DISTINGUISHED cHINAMEN.
Chang Yuen Hoon and His Staff Stop
ping in New York.

SndnS 1ue4 HOon ana Ills stan otOp-
ping in New York.
Behind the yellow flag of China with
It's extremely rampant dragon, which
floats out from the first floor of the
Waldorf on the Fifth avenue side, is
ensconsed Chang Yuen Hoon speciai
envoy to England to represent China
7n the occasion OF the queens jubilee.
with him are an assortment OF oriental
gentlemen, the roster of whose names
sounds like Swiss bel ringers chorus
Several Chinese dignitaries and some
fifty or sixty Chinese merchants were
at the station to meet the party. Al
the head of the welcoming group was
Wee Cling Fang, the Chinese minister
When the train came the officials moved
forward, followed by the merchants.
The ENJOYS car was the last on the
train. Chang Yuen Hoon stepped down
10 the platform, followed by his staff.
lie is medium-siZed, elderly man.
with placidly clever face and dig
nified bearing. He advanced to with. II
a few steps OF the welcoming parry
VINO thereupon saluted in Chinese
fashion, which is interesting if not in
pressive from an occidental point of
view. Each man raised his hands with
the fingers intertwined cast his ewes
upward. then bent forward from the
waist until the upper and lower parts
OF the body were almost at right angles
lAe general effect of the manoeuvre
was as ii the crowd being suddenly
aifllcted with pains, had appealed to
,ayen with prayeIful hands for relief.
and in the midst Of the supplication had
suddenly succumbed and doubled I'D in
distress like so many jackknives The
ENJOYS pa.ry did likewise.
Then cane an American greeting. for
contrast. LANG Shung, the envoy's
secretary, caught sight of Vice-Consul
Louis Wing and advanced upon him
with outstretched hand.
How are you, old man." he said
heartily
Glad to see you again, old fellow"
responded Wing, graspng the hand and
shaking it energetically. you don't
seem to have changed any"
All OF which was the effect of Amer
lean college training, as the two Young
Cinnamon had known each other at
Harvard. In the midst of the group
OF solemn-faced and gorgeously arrayei
orlentals however, the greeting seemed
strangely incongruous. From the sta
ton the party drove to the Waldorf
where the visitors had luncheon in the
rooms which were the special apar;-
ments occupied by Lii Hung Chang
When here. One of the party
Ii CHING Yen is nephew of Ii Hung
Chang, The luncheon was not Chinese,
but American, and the envoy's physi
can, DR.. w. X. Psao did not even ex-
anime the dishes to see if they were
poisoned. In China gentleman Of
Chang Yuen Hoon's political promin-
ence who ate food prepared by stran
sers. without taking great precautions.
would promptly add a tally to his
family list of illustrious dead. Here
the entire party will eat American food
during their stay, although they have
cooks among the nineteen servants with
them.
Having finished the meal, the envoy
said that he was ready 20 receive the
chinese merchants who we're waiting
- be formally presented 10 him. They
came up in body and formed In
double line, down which Chang Yuen
Hoon marched preceded by Vice-Con-
SUI Wing, who acted as master of cere-
monies. AS they came to each man he
handed Wing his card, usually a BUSH
ness card, and Wing, after reading the
name aloud. passed the card on to the
envoy, whereupon the merchant saluted.
The reception occupied about an hour.
They will be there until Nav 49, and
will see the town during that time
Preparations are afOot for a banquet
at the Waldorf to the envoy. and club
dom Will also entertain him. On tn
way back from the queens Jubilee the
envoy expects to stop in this country
for several weeks. during which he will
visit the Catskills, Newport and Mag
ara Falls. He has been here before.
Chang Yuen Hoon is second only to
Ii Hung Chang in rank and official
power. Tie is secretary of the interior
and treasurer Of the empire, and is the
head OF powerful and influential fam
lily. Like Ii he is a progressive. and
has absorbed many western ideas. lie
has been minister plenipotentiary at
Washington.-New York Sun.