Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1902-03-04
NATIONS ROYAL GUEST.
kaiser's Brother Receives Heart
Greeting as He Reaches New York.

kaiser's Brother Receives Hearty
Greeting as He Reaches New York.
Prince Henry, brother of the German
Emperor, accompanied by brilliant staff
Of officers high in rank in the German
army and navy. is now a guest of the
United States. The prince arrived on the
steamer Kronprinz Wilhelm at New
\ DIRK shortly before noon Sunday.
His official welcome, which began with
the firing of salutes by Fort. Wadsworth
and Fort Hamilton, the boarding the
kronprinz off Fort Wadsworth by Rear
Admiral Robley d. Evans and his staff,
and salutes of twenty-one guns each from
the battleship Illinois and the cruisers
Olympia, Cincinnati and San Francisco.
was continued after the prince boarded
the royal yacht Hohenzollern by series
of official calls from Mayor Low, Admiral
Barker and his staff, Gen. Brooke and
1taff, and the German ambassador and
staff
Events followed swiftly once the steam
err bringing Prince Henry hove in sight.
In due time the special representative
Of President Roosevelt boarded the Kron-
prinz Wilhelm and offered the nations
welcome. Then the navy, army and city
Of New York representatives did likewise
for Il 2ir respective constituents. Prince
Henry landed and went aboard the Kais-
ers imperial yacht. the Hohenzollern.
Later he returned the calls of his visitors.
in the course of which he went aboard
the battleship Illinois.
Great crowds were on hand to greet the
arrival of Prince Henry, but few persons
caught more than a glimpse of him when
the Kronprinz Wilhelm tied up at the
landing. Militiamen and police Kept the
crowd far back. Piers and all ships in
the harbor were gay with flags and bunt-
ing and there were American bands in
numerous places. These played German
airs. Aboard the Kronprinz Wilhelm
was the crack German band and this
played THE Star-Spangled Banner" and
o. er patriotic American airs as the big
liner plowed its way through the harbor.
The wharves were lined with thousands
of shouting Americans in gala day dress.
The unofficial welcome, although unac-
companied by gold lace and the roar of
cannon, was none the less sincere and APP
parently was quite as much appreciated
by the distinguished visitor as were the
more perfunctory ceremonies.
The popular welcome began with the
footing of tug and steamboat whistles
far down the lower bay when the huge
Kronprinz first doomed in shadowy out
line out of the mist that hung over the
water The liner had arrived at the bar
at $50 a. m.
The whistle blowing continued in IN
creasing volume all the way up the bay
and the North river, and on the final
home stretch from the Battery to the
pier was accompanied by the shouts and
cheers of thousands upon thousands IF
people, who swarmed along the sea walls
and on every pier lead on bath sides of
the river.
Standing alone. erect and clear cut in
his handsome uniform of an admiral, ON
the extreme end of the ships bridge. the
prince returned these greetings by repeat
edly touching his hat.
The thread of events as planned was
taken up Sunday by the princes depart
ure at midnight for Washington, and
with no i'll luck to prevent will be carried
out to the letter until his departure for
Germany.