Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1903-03-09
REMAINS ARE INFERRED
REMAINS OF LATE DR.. PORTER
WERE BURIED At AGRA,
MARCH 4.
WILL PROBABLY NOT BE Ex,
HUMED UNTIL SOME TIME
IN FUTURE.

Letters and Postal Cards Mailed From
China and Manila Form a Sad Re-
minder Of Dr.. Porter's Oeath-sends
From Honskong an Account Of the
Chinese New Year.
cablegram from the Hotel Met
ropOle, at Agra, India, to H. F. Doug
lass. who left the city yesterday af-
ternoon to return to Minneapolis,
states that the interment of the re-
mains Of DR.. H. r. Porter. who died
there on March 8, occurred at Agra
on the following day, March 4. 1t has
also been learned by the state depart
ment at Washington. which took up
the matter of the return of the re-
mains to the United States, that while
exhumation of the remains would be
allowed, it was not advisable at this
time. 1t is probable that under the
circumstances the remains will be al
lowed to rest there until such time in
the future as they can be safely re-
moved and that then they will be
brought to the United States.
A sad reminder of the late Dr. Por-
ter was received this morning when
the mails brought to the Tribune cop
les of Hongkong papers, which were
mailed Jan. 30. and postal cards from
Manila. mailed Jan. 49, On postal
card mailed from Manila Jan. 19. DR..
Porter writes: "This is the best place
to leave I've struck. Return to China
in five days" From Manila DR.. Por-
ter returned to China, and from there
evidently went to India on the trip
that proved his last
Dr. Porter was in China at the time
of the celebration of the Chinese New
Year and a copy of the HOngkOng
Telegraph of Jan. %. contains an ac-
count of that festival. which is a NOV
able festival like our Easter occurring
not before Jan. 81 or later than. Feb.
10. In this connection the Telegraph
says:
The great activity among the Chin
ese at this season of the year, show
the innate vigor of their race. ana
their ceremonies and customs will
serve as an index to their thoughts
and ideas. 1t Is a time of intense
energy and excitement. Yet even here
their ingrained habits are not forgot
ten Most people know that in Chin
ese city is the rule for vendors OF
the same commodity to congregate
together in the same street. Hence
all the shops of one street will sell
shoes. of another scrolls. and so on
In passing along Bonham Strand
Jervois street and other thorOughfares
in that locality one sees the same pc,
culiarity obtains. even in their tenn
porary stalls. and it will be observed
that most of the things offered for sale
on these occasions. are luXuries for
the house or for the palate. To see
this annual sale in full swing. however
one should visit the eighteenth street
in Canton. which on ordinary Occa
siOns is devoted to the sale of curios
and foreign goods. The entire street
one of the finest of Canton-is liter
ally jammed with people, and one car
only move with the moving mass. as
rock embedded in a glacier must
move with the ice. Much business is
done in more than the recognized way
This. too, is the great harvest OF pick
pockets. Visitors have their gold
rimmed spectacles snatched from thell
faces. and on returning home will
find the pockets Of their ulster cut
omen and the contents extracted. Or
New Years eve occasionally, an artl
Gle of value may be secured at rea
sonable price and in HOngkong this
has become a recognized fact as wit
ness the bartering at the fair. Tt
stand by the side of those typical stalls
is a study in itself and affords cap
ital insight into the cuteness OF the
oriental as he offers his goods to the
bargain hunter. Usually however
like the Cheap Jacks" at home. the
sellers. though selling at ruinou'
price, are careful to guard their owl
interests. and are quite as contentet
with their transactions. as vendors, al
the enthusiastic foreigners are as pur
chasers But one of the most striklnf
results of the advent of the New Yea
is the complete cessation. on the par
of all persons. from every kihu y
work and worry Perhaps there II
no country in the world where peopi'
work so many hours as in emma VIII
out break. and accept the SITUATION 81
complacently True, some OF the worh
ers cease work at times, but no gen
eral rest is proclaimed. In the mids
of a piece of music, individual player
will stop for breath for moment
whilst the band as whole plays on
so in China some stop now ana tnen
but the work never stops. This gen
eral and absolute cessation from al
kind of work appeals to the imagina
ton. In the great walled cities, ant
in the country villages; on the farn
and on the sea, custom and deslr
command everybody to pull up. Thi
deep repose is in striking contrast t
the intense restlessness and tremen
dous storm of noise which obtall
everywhere on the previous night
II is, too, time of universal Worship
In Hongkong we really see but littl
of this. Nevertheless. the fact re
i,aaa,xsalao,at all to XQI