The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1901-06-04
AMERICAN BUSINESS MEN
HIGHLY HONORED
IN PURELY INFORMAL Way
Royalty Manifests Curiosity to
Gaze Upon Mighty Men of
Finance.


the deep black of British court
mourning, representing many mil
lions of money and vast commercial
interests, were the guests of King
Edward today at Windsor. They
were delegates of the New York cham
Der OF commerce. The visit was ar
ranged by the London chamber of
commerce, the president, Lord Brass
ey, accompanied the American party.
The visitors, who were greatly i'm
pressed and pleased by their audience
with the king, who, the Associated
Press learns, was just as interested
at meeting them as they were at meet
ing him. The king had expressed
considerable curiosity to see what
manner Of men these multi-million-
aires might be, especially Messrs. Nor
gan and Carnegie. AS regards the
latter, the king was disappointed, for
Carnegie was unable to be present.
From the king down all the officials
concentrated their attention on Mr..
Morgan. Their curiosity was not
unmixed with awe. One of the high
officers of the household h~umorously
confessed that inspection of the list
of visitors made them tremble lest
Morgan or one of the other million
aires should take a fancy to Windsor
and buy it.
The Associated Press was officially
informed by Lord Pelham-Clinton,
master of the household, that the
king regarded the presence in Eng
land of such a representative body Of
American business men as highly
significant of the close and friendly
relations existing between the two
countries and in furtherance of that
feeling he was delighted to welcome
them to his castle and make their &C.
quaintance.
After their arrival at the grounds
the delegates were taken to East Ter
race, where they were received by
the king. They were surprised to find
the queen also present, for her ap-
pearance was quite unexpected. With
the king the queen and the Princess
Victoria and children of the duke and
duchess of Cornwall and York. After
this ceremony the visitors were asked
by the king to replace their hats on
their heads and both he and the
queen commenced to chat in the most
friendly way with the little group.
The king remembered meeting pre-
viously William Butler Duncan and
James w. Pinchot, much to their as
constituent. This little Renaissance
over, the royal party INDUCED in
small talk regarding the weather, the
king pointing out the beauties of
Windsor's chestnut trees and referr-
ing to the need the country had for
rain, and so forth.
His majesty regretted that the state
apartments were so situated as to be
invisible. He apparently avoided
business and politics, beyond reiter-
ating how glad he was to meet some
well known men from America.
When the audience was over the
delegates partook of a small feast
and repassed the king and queen,
were having tea in the garden. The
king took off his hat and stood up as
he bowed his farewell. The dele
gates then wen to London.
President Morris K. Jessup said:
I'VE were most warmly welcomed and
spent a most pleasant afternoon. One
of the most pleasant features was the
unexpected presence of the queen.
Both she and the king were most af-
fable. l believe the occasion will
greatly strengthen the relations be.
tween the two countries" All the
delegates said practically the same
thing.
George G.. Ward said: ''When we
saw the queen We could hardly be,
lieve she was the queen, she looked
SO young and charming. Both the
king and queen appeared to be in
splendid health and they certainly
were in the best of spirits"
Following is a complete list of those
present: Morris K. Jessup, Levi P.
Morton, Cornelius N. Bliss, J: Pier
pont Morgan, j.. Pierpont Morgan, Jr.;
John T. Terry, George Wilson, Isa-
dore Straus, William Butler Duncan,
James Speyer, Foster Higgins, Eugene
Delace, A. Barton Hepburn, John I.
Waterbury, George G.. Ward, Levi G.
Weir, William R. Parson, James Nc
Creery, j. w. Pinchot, Vernon H.
Brown, George Bowdoin and W. Bay
Ard Cutting.