Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 92, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1903 — Cruise of 56,000 Miles Ended. [ARTICLE]

Cruise of 56,000 Miles Ended.

Dr. Daniel N. Bertolettc, of Reading, fleet surgeon of the Asiatic squadron, is home after a cruise of 50,000 miles. Dr. Bertolette, as a member of the staff of Rear Admiral Rodgers "was received by the Empress Dowager and the Emperor in the royal palace in the Imperial City, which is the innermost part of Peking. Between thirty and forty of China’s greatest mandarins were in attendance. On tihe day of the presentation chairs were sent to the United States legation, and United States Minister Conger, Admiral Rodgers, Surgeon Bertolette and the rest of the party, escorted by a troop of cavalry, were carried between four or five mHes to the outer gate of the Imperial City, reports the Philadelphia North American. There the cavalry escort stopped 'and the guests passed through. At the next gate all had to get out of their chairs and walk, with the exception of the admiral and the minister, and at the third gate they, too, had to alight, and then the party entered the ante-room of the palace. They were received by the mandarins, and In half an hour entered a large room, where, amid oriental splendor, the 65-year-old Empress and the young Emperor were seated on a raised dais. The visitors bowed on entering, then took two steps and bowed again; two more steps and another bow to their majesties on the throne. Each of the visitors was presented, and Dr. Ber-

tolette is thus one of the very few Americans to meet the famous oriental rulers. ,«,, r „