Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-03-04
THE PRINCE At CHICAGO.
Royal Guest Leads a Strenuous
Life in the Windy
City.
His Arrival Last Night Greeted
by a Large and Noisy
Crowd.
Grand Ball at the Auditorium
One of Great Splendor and
Magnificence.

Chicago March A glare of rec
fire that could be seen for miles, the
blaze of hundreds of torches the
sparkling of nyriads of electric lights
4 and the cheers of thousands of people
made up the first stage of Chicago's
hospitality that was given Prince
Henry of Prussia upon his arrival In
this city last evening.
/ His train arrived at the depot of the
o'clock and from there, after he hao
been formally welcomed by Mayor
Harrison and the members of the gen.
eral reception committee Prince Henry
rode thru streets packed with a dense
4 multitude whose cheers compelled the
/ distinguished visitor to bow continually
tc right and left. The prince arrived
in the city al. a time when the streets
! We're thronged to the utmost 1t being
the hour when many thousands of peo-
/ pie were leaving their places of bust
ness for the day, and of all these peo-
pie it seemed that nearly every one
walked over to Jackson boulevard TO
await the arrival of the prince. For
the entire distance the sidewalks were
solidly massed with people so closely
/ packed that it was with the greatest
difficulty that the line of policemen
drawn up in front of the court carriage
could restrain the people from crowd
| ing over the street and encroaching on
| the line of carriages.
! No more fiattering welcome could
| have been extended any visitor, and 1T
came not so much from the officials of
| the city as from it's citizens. Every
building along the line of his route
! from the depot to the Auditorium hotel
was gaily decorated with bunting, the
prevailing plan being the American
t and German flags intertwined, with the
black eagle OF Prussia over all. Many
I of the buildings had upon their fronts
elaborate devices made up of hun
dreds of electric lights. There We're
welcomes" by the dozen; there We're
eagles and flags. and there were strings
of gay colored lights almost without
number. No hint of the electric light
decorations We're given to the prince
until after his carriage had rolled over
jackson boulevard bridge and was de-
scending the gentle slope that leads
toward Michigan avenue. Then, al
most IN the same second, the lights
were turned on, and what was a sec
ond before a lane between dark tower
ing buildings was an avenue OF daZ-
zling light. The torch bearers, who
were German soldiers, lit their torches
at almost the same time, and from end
to end the boulevard between the
bridge and Michigan avenue, two
thirds of mile away, there was an in
Simultaneous blaze of red fire from both
sides of the street
For thirty minutes before the time
set for the arrival of the train at the
Alton depot every passageway leading
into the building was lined with po-
licenen standing elbow to elbow and
officers guarded every point from the
of carriages. The train stopped With
the last car, in which Prince Henry
rode, opposite the main entrance of the
depot.
Awaiting its arrival, Mayor Harrison
and the members of the reception COM
mittee had been standing for fifteen
minutes. The German ambassador,
Baron Won Holeben, was the first to
alight and was greeted a once by DR..
Walter Viewer, the imperial German
consul In Chicago. DIR. Viewer was then
presented by Baron Won Holleben to
Prince Henry and DIR. Viewer presented
to the prince Mayor Harrison, who
formally received the visitors on behalf
OF the city of Chicago.
Prince Henry bowed his acllnowl
Judgements of Mayor Harrisons greet
ing. saying simply:
Il thank you
Mayor Harrison then introduced to
the prince the committee of the COM
mon council and members of the gen
eral reception committee. The suite of
the prince and the members of the re-
ception committee then mingled and
introductions followed.
The mayor and the prince followed
by the others, then passed thru the
large arched gateway and up the stairs
into the street. dense throng filed
the street and the sidewalks for
square in each direction and ringing
between the lines of blue-coated Off
GERS and emerged upon the sidewalk
ct the edge of which his carriage stood
In waiting.
The cavalry escort, which was wait
ing, quickly wheeled into place: the
prince entered his carriage, in which
Mayor Harrison was seated with him,
and the drive to the hotel was begun
the other carriages following closely.
The prince was In his room but few
moments when Mr.. Rice and Mr..
Adams called for him, and the party.
followed by the members of the princes
suite, went at once to the banquet hall.
where the first banquet to the prince
was held. The Chicagoans had all pre-
ceeded them and as the prince, escorted
by Mayor Harrison, Mr.. Rice and Mr..
Adams entered the hall, they made
the room ring with their cheers
The orchestra, which was placed be-
hind a great mass of ferns and palms,
struck up the German national anthem
as the prince entered the hall and con-
tinued it until after he had taken his
seat.
The prince seemed greatly pleased at
the warmth of his welcome and bowed
repeatedly and after he had taken his
seat, he nodded right and left to his en-
tortainers. Among those at the table at
which the prince sat were Governor
Yates Mayor Harrison and other