Mr. John Goodnow, Conaul-General for the United States and Senior-Conaul at this port, entertained a number of Chinese notabilities at dianer on Sunday evening. Covers were laid for about thirty persons and among those present were H.E. Wei Kuang-tao, Viceroy of Nanking, Tarts Cho Ha-pu, Lit Hai-huan, President of Board of Works, Wu Cheung: hs Director-General of Imperial Telegraphs, Wu H.S.A., Ting:
ni. ex-Minister Wane king Bureau of Foreizn Of Chou: un, Provincial Commander-in-Chief of Lower Kiangsu, Huang Kai-kah, Vice Commissioner to' the St Louis Exposition, Messrs. Hippisloy_and Taslor, Treaty Commissioners, Mr. Carl. LIN. Customs, Captain Mahan, U.S.S. Monadnock, Drs. Hykes and Barchet, U.S. Consular Service, and two Intorpreters. All the foreign Consuls were also present.
The table was decorated most artistically. with red flowers and shades, which were most appropriate, red being the colour used in China on festive oectsions, The dinner consisted of cleve MI as there were two interpreters present the conv tion did not thes throughout the evening. At the conelus nar Mr. posed the alths of our and the Vicwrny and Chinese guests."
'The Viceroy. the interpreter, ied, expressing his pleasure at me reign Consuls with whut he hoped to have as' friendly relations as his pro: HE. expressed his glut for the first hoped that, when, in the near nking Railway was would he muck frequent between the officers and cials at Nanking and Shanghai, who uniform, Excellency had attended, and M lee i for the successful way in whic aatried out from start te finish
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