The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1902-05-31

THE following advices were received
yesterday In the mall brought by
- the City Of Pskins:
pEKIN. May THE court did not
-.e or aa early as ~ expected on sun
s.y morning.. Instead OF at sunrise.
ne hour nxsd. 70 was n quarter past
seven when 10 passed through the
Tuaxhua Men The military body
guard was lined up on either side the
roadway from the Forbidden City. and
vhsn the imperial family came out
turned Ia behind ~. There were the
immediate rstinus and the chamber
keepers In front. n choice seaiawase-
ris. but the advance or foresuard was
dressed up two miles out of the city
awaiting lts charge. The small fry
and less went boWiinE along In carts.
estfinx up the imperial roadway In
rslarca and IN Others taking short cuts
n the direction % the days dsstina-
1son- A few foreigners Witnessed these
doinSs. which were veil worth an early
morning walk. from behind paiinEs. but
the curiosity has worn on with the
crowd: the gorgeous Oriental process
sion 10 too early for the SyLariteS. and
being on Sunday morning the Chris
tfans were outruicd. As announced In
th~ edict. the imperial party drank tea
al the Tun<-yueh-nniao just outside the
Tartar city wall and went on a mile or
so. where they burned incense at
large temple At both these temples
yellow chairs waited to receive them,
three.
There had been n good deal Of fur
bfshlnx and priminE since the last per-
formance- The shabbiness apparent
when they arrived Tn PekinR vas alb
sent. carts. chairs. accoutrements and
III awwfG a
aew. and the procession tossed. rolled
and gilttercd In the sunlight OF course
th~ DowaEer borss with big auser
Shen she gets a fair chance Thou
sands OF people had conEreGated out
side the city to witness 10 and appro-
.rfated IN. spectacle with truly chi
a~se proprictOrship and Independence
AZ though u was their own. which u
-ar. OF course. Their behavior must
be very shocking 20 the writers OF
books about them The man with the
b-pv and arrow who shoots out the eye
OF the chap who dares 20 behold his
sacred majesty. the Son OF Heaven.
must have been dead these thousands
Of years. and yet saw an honest man
Yesterday who knew a Chiuaman VINO
s.aid be had been shot In this way. not
In the eye but somewhere In the limbs
The gentleman told a story OF Tuns-
ChFs Journey 90 the eastern tomos ana
Wa n witness TO his return after days
.f rnin In fathonns OF mud when. the
horses having all been killed by the
con the soldiers were impressed ana
pufIed the Emperor's cart Into the city
Numbers OF horses have already been
Killed by the preliminary exertions. an
,<fea OF which can be gained from the
saet that nearly all the carts for hire
about the town have been pressed into
the service OF the pilgrims Think OF
a. ordinary cart animal. such a. one
sIr,s in the streets. going 20 the east
-rn tosrbs In n week. which. according
!, reliable Chinese information IL from
20 hundred 10 three hundred and six
- n dfstants The butcher shop only
title way above my door - a crying
,rotes, 20 this kind OF cruelty. There
-er. troops. fine ones. lined up In close
rider on both sides OF the road for
I've miles out OF the east gate' Every
Brigade had thirty OF forty OF tnose
rnm~n-e Chinese standards. the breeze ]
,u-t lively enough To- al them A boy
'orcef by his companions into the mid 4,
fIs OF ire road between the standard !
>~ar~rs opposite an inn well fell In :
VI and was left for his mother 70 take ,
way. gouc tinid groups. curiosity ,
,nS wonder struck ludicrOuSly craned ,
Ih~fr rsrks here and there when every .
me else was sioshinS about uonchal-
,at An occasional old man at the
,a.e OF some old stone monument In .
ne field. content with n more quiet :
nd broader view than that OF the con- !
-ndinR crowd Perspective ard thought >
sere his requirements q
The Emperor was In fun view ~ .
srre chair with large windows ana =
ooked intersstediy about him owinE 2
. her seasitlveness on :he subject o. .