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KAISER ORDERS HIS SCHOONER TO
ne CHRISTENED THE
"METEOR."
PRINCE TO LAND AT new YORK
ADMIRAL EVANS BUSY MAKING HIS
ARRANGEMENTS.
Launching to Take Place ON Febru-
airy Twenty-Sixth-WOr ON
Boat Ii Being Pushed.

NEW YORK, Jan. 16.-His majesty,
the German emperor, has decided that
the schooner yacht building at Shoot
ers island, in this harbor, shall be
named the Meteor; and Captain Hubert
Van Rebeur, the naval attache at
Washington has no advised Messrs.
Carey, Smith & Barber of this city, the
designers Of the vessel.
Under the direction Of Theo. E. Fer
ris, superintendent Of construction at
Shooters island, the plating Of the Me-
teor is being hurried with all the speed
that is consistent with the best work.
manship. If nothing happens the yacht
will be ready to be placed in the water
on Feb. 20, almost a week before the
launching date now talked Of. which
is Feb. 26.
Bob Evans IL Busy.
Washington, Jan. 16.-Rear Admiral
Robley D. Evans, who has been
charged with the preparation and ex-
ecution Of the naval program at the
reception Of Prince Henry of Prussia,
called upon Dr. Won Holleben, the Ger
man ambassador, at the embassy to-
day, and consulted him regarding the
oil dAEc11lSIlLS lOi IIc naval welcome
to be accredited the distinguished visit
ors.
Admiral Evans will keep in close
touch with the ambassador and the
embassy officials, in order that he may
conform his own arrangements to those
of the visiting party, notice Of the lat
ter's plans being conveyed from Berlin
to the embassy at Washington. It may
be stated upon authority that the Kron
Prinz Wilhelm will not deviate from
her course and go first to Hampton
Roads, as heretofore reported, but will
bear Prince Henry directly to New
York, where the naval demonstration
proper will take place.
Ships Forming Squadron.
The following squadron has been as
signed to Rear Admiral Evans by the
navy department to welcome the
prince:
Flagship, the battleship Illinois; pro-
tected cruisers Olympia, San Francisco
and Cincinnati, and the cruiser Hart
ford.
While detailed arrangements for the
movements Of the squadron have not
yet been made, Admiral Evans states
that the vessels probably will rendez-
vous at Tompkinsville and possibly
join the imperial yacht Hohenzollern~ on
her way up the Atlantic coast and es-
cort her to New York harbor.
Admiral Evans will have with him
the same staff that was selected to &C.
company him to the Asiatic station.
Captain George A. Converse, as COM
mander Of the flagship Illinois, will be
his flag captain; Lieutenant Frederick
l.. Chaplin, his flag lieutenant; Lieuten-
ant Thomas Washington, flag secre-
tary, and several other naval aides.
New York, Jan. 16.-Prince Henry of
Prussia will bring from German" a
handsome present for Miss Alice Roose
welt from the emperor in recognition
and as a souvenir of her part in the
launching Of the new royal yacht. An
nouncement of this fact was made to-
day in dispatch to the Stats Zeitung
from Berlin. The cablegram also said
that Prince Henry had been directed
to arrange for aquatic sports between
American and German tars in the for
eign ports where they meet.
The German government has accept
ed Mavor Lows offer Of the use of
West Thirty-fourth street for the i'm
perial yacht Hohenzollern during the
visit in the city Of Prince Henry. The
acceptance is accompanied by an ex-
preston of thanks, in the name Of
Prince Henry.