The Washington times., 1901-09-19
WELCOMED TO MONTREAL.
The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall
and York Greeted.

| MONTREAL. Que. Sept ls-The Duke
and Duchess of Cornwall and York made
I their entrance into Montreal shortly afte,
| } o'clock this afternoon and were received
| by enthusiastic thousands. The Governor
Generals train, with Lord Minto and
| Lady Mimic and suite. which preceded the
| royal train. arrived at 2:30 o'clock The
| royal train. with the Duke and Duchess
| of York. steamed into the Central Pacific
Railroad station few minutes before :
o'clock
When the royal train arrived salutes
thundered from the shipping in the har-
Dor The royal party was welcomed at
the station by the members of the civic
reception committee and escorted to a
beautiful canopy which had been erected
on Place Viger. opposite the depot. Here
hundreds of citizens prominent in Mon
treal professional. financial. and CONNER
ciai life were assembled to welcome them.
Mayor Prefontaine. looking rather un-
comfortable in the official uniform and
cooked hat, which he had ordered from
London for the occasion and which he
wore for the first time. officially well
coined the duke and duchess on behalf of
the chief citizens of Montreal. Grouped
on the platform were the Governor-Gen-
eral and Lady Minto, Sir Wnfrid Laurier.
Prime Minister of Canada; the Roman
Catholic and English Archbishops of Mon
treal; representatives of Parliament, of
the bench and the bar. and of the general
public.
The duke and duchess took their places
on a raised dais and the mayor read a
formal address of welcome. His royal
highness in reply referred to the loyalty
that had always been displayed by the
French and English people of Montreal
toward the British Crown and the impor-
tant part taken by Canadian soldiers In
the South African war. The duke was in
terrupted by frequent applause.
Following the dukes reply. several 9TH
er addresses from Montreal societies to
the duke were presented, together with
a fine gold-headed cane. given by the An
tiquarian Society of Montreal.
One of the most interesting features of
the reception was the presentation to
the royal visitors of delegation of chiefs
and squaws from the Iroquois and Five
Nation Indians of Caughnawage. near
Montreal The Indian chiefs. who were
dressed in fun Indian costume. shook
hands with the duke and the sduaws
kneit Both the duke and the duchess
were apparently DOtn piedSeu ana dmu5eu
by this novel incident The duke then
presented the South African medals to
those men of Montreal who were entitled
to them. This concluded the programme
for the formal reception.
The duke and duchess were then escort
cd to their carriage and accompanied by
the Governor General and the members
of their households we're driven to the
residcnce of Lord Strathcona, where they
will stay during their Montreal visits.
The streets through which the royal visi-
tors passed were lined with spectators.
and a hundred thousand people is a con-
servative estimate of those who turned
out to see the royal party.
Tonight the city was beautifully illumi-
mated and torchlight procession. in
which all the athletic organizations of
Montreal participated, took place The
big civic reception, however. which was
to have been held, was Cancelled out of
respect to the memory of the late Presi-
dent Mckinley.