Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-29
TRIP TO MT, VERNON
Commissioners and Party En-
bark on the Dolphin.
InNANF nnllu TILT nngTn
VOYAGE DOWN THE RIVER
Pleased With the Furniture in the
Home of Washington.
LUNCHEON SERVED ON THE BOAT
Entertainment Arranged for Tonight
Tomorrow They Will Visit Gov
eminent Printing Office.

| vernon. The arrangements were much the
same as those made for the visit of Prince
Louis of Battenberg. The Chinese visitors
were accompanied by Sir LANG, the Chi
| nest minister; Mr.. Charles DENLY of the
State Department, and party Of army and
naval officers, many of whom had previous
| ly served in China and the Philippines.
Col. Hatfield. the post commandant at
| Fort Myer; Lieut. Col Wotherspon Lieut.
| the army, and there were present from the
other branch of the service Capt E. *.
| Moore. Commander Glenman, Lieut. Com
mander Snowden, Lieut. Commander Fen
ton and Lieut.. Commander Washington
1t was beautiful day. and all of the
| ofhcers of the Dolphin were in full dress to
rines was paraded in front of the landing
and the Marine Band grouped at one
side. Eight boys manned the gangway, and
| the party was received with all the cere-
mony that is due q visiting representative
| of foreign power
When the Dolphin cast off there was
roar from the saluting gun the wharf.
and she steamed away down the river to
salute Of nineteen guns, with the Marine
Band playing THE Star Spangled Banner"
The Trip Down the River
All Of the commission except those in
European clothes were wrapped in fur-lined
oyercoats, but 1t was not long before the
chill air OF the quarterback was too much
for them, and in spite of the fact that
bright sun was shining, they trooped below
where apt. Webster, the commander of the
Dolphin, made them at home in the cabin,
and they smoked and talked till the boat
dropped anchor off Mount Vernon One of
the party was faithful to the outer air
Gen. hwang remaining on the deck and in
speeding the mechanism of the guns and ex-
examining the deceptively exposed old stone
defenses of Fort Washington
Inc Dolphin could not get into the wharf
! at Mt Vernon and the whole party had
to be transferred in steam launches over the
mali mile of water. They were met at
the wharf by Mr.. Dodge the superintendent
OF Mt. Vernon and went at once to the
tomb OF Washington, where they stood for
few minutes with barred heads before the
iron gates. Then the party went slowly up
to the mansion and inspected it-from top
to bottom. They were much struck with
the plalnness and simplicity of the old
house, but expressed decided adnira ton
| for some of the artistic colonial furniture
They afterward visited the greenhouses
and both of the commissioners took back
with them some cuttings of the ivy from
the tomb. Cuttings of that vine have
gone to almost every quarter of the
globe, but this is one of the few times in
the history of the republic when any of it
had been taken back to Picking.
Start was made back to Washington
about i o'clock, and luncheon was served
on the boat. which arrived little after .
The commissioners said that they were
greatly pleased with the visit and with
the arrangements that had been made for
their comfort
Mr.. Denby's Value.
Owing to the absence of a number of the
English-speaking members of the party
who had gone to New York, the Chinese
minister and Mr. DENLY were among the
few who had a working knowledge of both
Chinese and English, and they We're kept
| busy interpreting and explaining to the
other members of the party. Sir LANG has
been unfaiing in his attendance on the
party ever since they have been in Wash
ington, and the fact that Mr.. DENLY knows
many of the mission personally and can
talk to them in their own language has
made his detail from the State Department
steady job.
The commissioners will dine tonight with
eX-Secretary John w Foster 1t will be
merely private affair, but there will be
a number of people from social and official
circles to meet the guests of honor.
Tomorrow the party will first visit the
government printing office and see how this
will be told what efforts the present public
printer IS making toward cutting down the
national printing bill
In the afternoon they will visit Fort
Myer, where special drill has been ar
ranged for their benefit and in the evening
they will be the guests of Mr.. DENLY at
dinner.
The Commissioners Work Yesterday.
A visit 10 the Soldiers Home yesterday
was the only sightseeing INDUCED In by the
Chinese commissioners though small par
ties of the various members of the suite
visited the Corcoran Art Gallery, the Zoo
and the Congressional Library. The party
left the Arlington at pm. and drove to
the Soldiers Home, where they were met
by the commandant, Gen Hamilton Haw-
kins. The commissioners were accompa-
MED by Sir Chentung LANG Cheng, the
Chinese minister and Chief Clerk DENLY
of the State Department.
The visitors were shown all over the
buildings at the home, and a number of the
addressed briefly by the Viceroy Tuan Fang.
His remarks were translated by Mr.. Woo,
as follows:
You brave men have indeed an elegant
home, and the American government must
feel proud to think they make COM
Portable those who have fought and served
in its cause"
The question of public institutions and
public charities is one of the things that
has occupied the attention of the com
missioners very closely while in this coun-
try, and they will make very full report
on 1t to the empress on their return, this
is one of the lines of reform that will be
instituted in the empire during the expect
ed regeneration of the next few years.
The visit to the Soldiers Home was fol-
lowed by calls on Ambassador Speck Won
Sternburg of Germany and Ambassador
Hengelmuller of Austria-Hungary, whose
countries the commissioners are TO visit be-
fore returning to China. The Chinese min
lister alsa accompanied them to the
bassies i call at the house of Mr.. DENLY
closed the visiting for the day.
A party of eighteen of the commission
under the direction of Mr., Cyan King, the
Chinese consul at San Francisco, will leave
Washington today for New York, where
they will make arrangements for the COM
ing of the commissioners and the rest OF
their party a week later. There have been
a number of entertainments arranged for
the party when they all arrive In New York
including dinner at the stock exchange
and an entertainment by the American
Asiatic Association. There may be also
a dinner at the City Club though this has
not yet been definitely determined The
commissioners however are much interested
in all American municipal arrangements and
the City Club and the Citizens Union will
be In a position to furnish them with much
useful information.
Senator Burton's Case Advanced.
The Supreme Court of the United States
today granted the morton to advance the