Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1897-05-27
SOME DISTINGUISHED CHINAMEN

SOME DISTINGUISHED CHINAMEN.
Chang Yuen Hoon and His Staff Stop
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, special
envoy to England to represent China
On the occasion Of the queens Jubilee.
WIN MIN are an assortment of oriental
gentlemen, the roster of whose names
sounds like Swiss bell ringers chorus.
Several Chinese dignitaries and some
nifty or sixty Chinese merchants were
dt me station to meet the party. At
the mead 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
70 the platform, followed by his staff.
He is a medium-sized, elderly man
with placidly clever face and a dig
mined bearing. He advanced to within
few steps of the welcoming party,
who thereupon saIuted in Chinese
fashion, which is interesting if not i'm
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
The general effect of the manoeuvre
was as if the crowd, being suddenly
afflicted with pains, had appealed to
'aVen with prayerful 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 party did likewise.
Then came an American greeting. for
contrast. Liang Shung, the ENJOYS
! secretary, caught sight of Vice-ConsuI
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, grasping the hand and
shaking it theoretically. "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 al
Harvard. In the midst of the gronn
Of solemn-faced and gorgeousIy arrayed
| 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 anart
ments occupied by Lii Hung Chang
I when here. One of the party.
LII Ching Yen, is a nephew of Ii Hung
| Chang. The luncheon was not Chinese
but American, and the ENJOYS Dhysi-
| cIan, DR.. w. K. Psao, did not even ex-
anime the dishes to see if they were
poisoned. In China a gentleman of
Chang Yuen Hoon's political promin-
ence who ate food prepared bv stran-
gers, without taking great precautions.
would promptly add a tally to his
family list of i1lustrious 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 envov
! said that he was ready to receive the
chinese merchants who were waiting
TO be formally presented to him. They
came up in a body and formed in a
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 bust
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 May 10. and
| VIII see the town during that time.
Preparations are afoot for a banquet
at the Waldorf to the envoy, and club
i 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. He is secretary of the interior
and treasurer of the empire, and is the
head OF powerful and influential fam
lily. Like Lii, he is progressive, and
has absorbed many western ideas. He
has been minister plenipotentiary at
Washington.-New York Sun.