The age-herald., 1898-10-05
The Prince of Wales
May Visit America

The rumor of early summer that the Prince of Wales would probably visit Amer lea this season is now being discussed by the New York papers with less degree of uncertainty. and swelldom in Gotham is al- ready preoS4ing to honor the Prince in many ways, whenever the rumor material izes. The president it is said, will likely extend an official invitation to Prince Al bert.
 MT Henry Clews. the well-known New Yorker, in referring to the contemplated visit of the Prince, recalls his former visit in 1860.
 'I recall the former visit of the Prince of Wales" said Mr. Clews, "as vividly as if it were yesterday. I danced in his set at the Academy of Music, and was one of the committee to welcome him here.
 '"The prince was invited to come here by the Canadians, who desired to have some member of the royal family present at the opening of the Victoria bridge in Montreal. The Duke of Cambridge and several other members of the royal family wanted to come, but Queen Victoria as- tonished everybody by designating Albert Edward as her representative. When the news reached this country the president 6chl du dutO5 dph iCteSi eO &oOSh fiSeoAA"' inviting the prince to visit the United States.
 There was universal rejoicing when the queens reply of acceptance was receievd. She made also the special condition in def erence to the democratic government here that the prince after crossing the Canadian border should drop all royal state and cos tune and assume the lowest title to which ha nn111l 1ax 1ait F plain MT. Renfrew, a name taken from a Scottish town.
 ''The prince reached Canada in July, &C., companed by the Duke of Newcastle, Lord Hechen Brooke, Major Teasdale, Captain Gray, General Bruce and pr. Auckland.
 Mayor Fernando Wood sent the prince a special invitation to visit this city on Au- gust 25, and the prince accepted over his own signature. The prince was insulted as he went through Canada by religious fa- natics, and, in fact, he received much bet ter treatment in this country than he did in the British colony He reached Detroit in August, and started on triumphal tour through this country. He was I.tertained everywhere in splendid style, and won the heart of the nation by placing floral wreath on Washington's tomb at Mount Vernon.
 "He reached New York on Thursday, October Il. He was met at Perth Amboy by former Governor Hamilton Fish, former Governor John A. King, Augustus Schell Cyrus w. Field, John Jay, General Scott Peter Cooper, William B. Astor, John Ja- cob Astor, Royal Phelps, Judge Roosevelt and Charles OConor. They escorted him to the city on the tug Harriet Lane.
 The party was met at the battery by Mayor Wood and the common council, who extended to the prince the freedom of the city. The prince looked very boyish. He was only nineteen years old, and bore the honors meekly. He never saw anything like the crowd which lined Broadway. Fully boo,Oo0 people tried to get a look at him as he was driven up Broadway to the Fifth Avenue hotel.
 '"The grand ball was given to him on Fri day He was attacked by an Englishman as he was leaving the Fifth Avenue hotel Tor the Academy of Music, and might have been seriously hurt if it had not been for the prompt action of the police. The Acad- emy of Music was never so crowded, and the prince had a narrow escape from be- ing injured when the dancing floor col lapsed.
 The prince deserves rousfng welcome in this city and country. I know that it was mainly through the efforts of the prince that the war cloud raised by Presi- dent Cleveland over the Venezuelan affair was dissipated'