The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-01-08

brought her down from her former ar
roSance, and this confirmed the i'm
preston that she is returning to Pekin
with anxiety Tor her safety
Streets Of Forbidden CITY.
The streets from the Machiapo sta
ton to the gateway Of the forbidden
city distance Of four miles. were
swept and garnished early this morn
ing. The great plaza between the
Temples Of Heaven and Agriculture
were sprinkled with yellow sand The
soldiers and police formed a close cor
don along both sides OF this entire dis
lance
A sharp wind, bringing sand from the
Monaghan desert, blinded the specta-
tors The special train bearing the
emperor and empress dOWageF, com
posed of twenty-five cars, were pre-
ceded by a pilot engine and arrived
SHORTLY after noon. The engine and
the emperOr's cars had been decorated
with yellow silk dragons by the Brit
ish railroad officers.
Two companies Of Chinese cavalry
mounted on white horses and two COM
panies astride horses from Australia
were drawn up at the side Of the sta
ton.
Two thousand officials, princes. vice
rOyS and TaOtaiS in q Kaleidoscope
field Of silks and furs, in which
cleaned an occasional yellow jacket,
were massed upon the platform. When
the emperor appeared the entire assem-
bIage Frustrated itself and remained
kneeling until his majesty had taken
his place in his chair. At the station
the dowager empress summoned Traf-
fic Manager Foley and Superintendent
MOffatt Of the railroad, the. latter hav-
ing driven the engine which drew the
special train, and presented them TO
the emperor. who thanked them for
their services.
Officials on Shaggy Ponies.
The imperial cavalcade then moved
off at swift trOt, the Chinese cayaI-
~ in the lead. Then followed the great
body of officials riding shaggy Mon
gOlian ponies, the Manchu bannermen,
the umbrella bearers, the spearmen,
General Yuan Shi Kai in his newly
bestowed yellow jacket, and the en-
perOr, with white bearers carrying his
chair, and a guard of infantrymen
marching on either side. Then came
~the empress dowager, with an equally
conspicuous encourage. The latter was
followed by the boxer chief and prime
minister, Jung Lu, in yellow chair.
and the lesser officials were carried IN
yellow and green chairs.
While their majesties passed, the sol
diers lining the route Of the procession
knelt down, holding their guns at pre-
sent arms, and the buglers sounded
their instruments continuously. Al
though the streets were kept empty,
thousands of Chinese crowded the ele-
vatiOns along the line Of march, thing
never. permitted before.
The soldiers of the American garri-
son stationed here witnessed this spec
tacle from the parade ground opposite
the entrance to the palace The British
garrison, including its officers. were
kept in their quarters. This OccasiOned
much Iamentation The majority OF the
foreign ministers here, including the
British. American, French and Russian
representatives. absented themselves
from the spectacle. but the ladies Of the
legations were entertained by Chinese
officials on balconies all along the line
of march.
It appears that the empress dOwager
ordered that every courtesy be extend
ed to the foreigners at Pekin, and that
the efforts to exclude them from wit
Messing the passage Of the imperial
cortege emanated from local officials.