The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1901-04-01
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Never in the history Of Chinatown has a
funeral service been marked with the pomp
and splendor which attended the burial OF
Gan, Lee in Hop Alley Sunday afternoon.
The funeral procession was formed at l
o'clock at the entrance to the alley be-
tween Market and Wa.nu streets In
Andrew Foo. n Christian Chinaman, who
| was mounted on a snow-whlte charger. Be-
hind him marched the y. +. NJ. band. then
followed the funeral cortege, members OF
the lodge Of Chinese Masons. mourners,
friends ard a throng of morbidly curious
individuals. for the most part negroes. who
laughed. jeered and shouted in the wake of
the unique procession, which was moro
than three blocks long.
All along the route from the entrance to
Hop Alley to the Wesleyan Cemetery on
the Olive street road. thousands of st.
Louisans expressed interest in the black,
white and yellow gowns Of the Chinese
guard Of honor and the red turbans and
similar CARDS Of the Masonic fraternity.
The carriages were decorated with Chi
nese flags and the four members of a Chi
nese funeral band rode in carriages and
discoursed weird music. which mingled dis
cordantly with the dirges of the A. f. NJ.
band. More than 100 costumed Cinnamon
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lowing the body to the cemetery. where
the Masonic rites were said and the BODY
lowered to the grave.
Long before noon. the hour appointed for
the funeral. more than 1900 whites. negroes
and Cinnamon crowded into Hop Alley, list
ened to the weird strains of the Chinese
funeral band and visited the street stands
Of Cinnamon. who vended dressed turkeys,
chickens. ducks and othed edibles. While
the funeral services were in progress, the
crowd was augmented to several thousand
laughing, shouting, curious men. women
and children. and chattering Cinnamon
viewed the formation Of the procession from
the windows of their restaurants and chop
houses. STREET cars were blocked for more
than thirty minutee. Eighth street, from
Market street to Walnut street, and the in
tersecting alley were packed with people.
When the procession started It was neces-
sary for a squad Of police to compel the
crowd to disperse in order to permit the
thirty carriages in waiting to fail into line,
All of the honorary pallbsarers were inti-
mate friends Of Gam.
Lulu Lee. his widow. did not ride in the
carriage Immediately following the hearse,
as. according to the Chinese custom. the
first carriage had as occupants only the
immediate male members OF the dead King.
designs emblefnatic of the fraternity. Joss
was burned freely. The national color. vel
low. predominated in the carriage decora-
in evidence.
The services at the grave in the Wesleyan
Cemetery on the Olive street road, in
Hop alley. x Chinese o a.si tp '1 Of ten m
pieces played an orchestral selection. which
was followed by a prayer led by Leo Nun
Sing: a teacher from Rock Springs, Wyo.
Orations in English and Chinese were de-
livered. eXtolling the Virtues of the dead.
Lee Con. Cams brother. and Now Lin. a
cousin, wept when the coffin containing the
body of the dead King was lowered into
the grave.