Omaha daily bee., 1902-02-18
HONOR EMPEROR AND PRINCE
Atlantic Yacht Ulab Elects Beth :,
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EAMOUs MtN wa 30 All LAUNcaMe
Two Thousand Invitations Are Issued
90 Head OF PuBIIc aud Priv
ate Glasses OF Amer
leans.

NEW YORK. Feb. 1.-THE Atlantic Yacht
club held a special meeting tonight and
elected Emperor William OF Germany and
Prince Henry Of Prussia TO membership.
This was in accordance with a decision
reached at a regular meeting held recently.
Commodore Robert e. Todd presided at
tonight's meeting. The election is In recog-
milton Of the bonors Emperor William has
conferred on this club. and especially OF
the compliment to American ship builders
In having Meteor III built here.
Resolutions and other evidence Of the
election will be sent to the emperor and
to Prince Henry.
The program for the opera which Prince
Henry is to attend on his visit to this city
was completed today and will include:
The nrst act OF "Lohengrin,' with Gadski,
schuman Keunke, Bispham and Bdouarde
DeReszke, conducted by Damrosch.
The second act of Carmen" in French,
With Calve. Alvarez and scotti, conducted
by Flon. .rs
The third act OF Aida" in Italian, with
Eames. Campsni, Jondet and Demarchi, cen
Quoted by seIpeli, =
The second act of ~"Tannhauser," with
Ternina, Won Dick and Van Rooy, conducted
by Damrosch.
The first act of LIS Traviata," with Sem
brich and sa~iiasnac, conducted BY Sep
pelit. t:@< ih,
The FIRST scene Of the fourth act Of ia
CID" with Breyai and Alvarez, conducted
by Damrosch- '+i "
G Two Thousand Invitations.
Two thousand invitations TO the launch
ing OF the smperor's yacht were sent out
today by the builders, the Townsend
Downey company. Only those whose names
had been passed upon by the committee oi
arrangements at Washington and the secret
service bureau and personal friends OF the
builders received the coveted cardboards,
The invited guests include those foremos
In oficiai life in Washington and New
York, all the celebrities of finance. poll
tics, l~iteFature, art and the business and
oficial life of this city.
At least two governors will witness the
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. odell Of New York
and Governor Murphy Of New Jersey. Gov
ernor Stone Of Pennsylvania has been in.
vited. Senators Plat and Dspew have been
asked. Prominent Germans, Carl schuFz
and leaders Of German organizations have
been included. The big figures Of Wal
street, among them J. Pierpont Morgan,
J, J. HtiL ell the Yanderbilts, Goulds. AS
tors, e. H.sHarriman, Russell Sage. James
Otiiiuhu, SuHh y. WhleEpuFg, n - DEF
wynd, H. ]. Baldwin, IT,, August Belmont
George II. Haven, Morris X. Jessup. Charles
Steward Smith, Daniel \. Lamont and
others have been invited.
a Naval Men ON the List.
Commodore Lsdyard OF the New Yorb
Yacht club. Commodore Robert T. Todd Of
the Atlantic Yacht club and o%f1esrs and
members OF these clubs. ss we'll as OF social
clubs are invited as guests. Almost ever
name on the list is that Of a man or woman
well known. The lpvitations are hand
somely engraved, with the American and
German flags ON the top. Enclosed with
eseh ihvitatiPnrts . csrd OF, admission 70
the island. ~
No one will be admitted without pre-.
senting this card. A third card invitel
the recipient 70 q luncheon to be giveE
In honor 'faf the president Of the Unitet
States and Prince Henry Of Prussia" I'm
mediately after the launching. The luncheor
will be served in an immsns new building
Just completed, and there will be ZOO
guests. President Roosevelt and party ant
Prince Hehfy and party will be seated OF
at raised platform erected midway Of tn,
building on one side. The guests Of hopoI
win be in view Of ell the other guests.
The arst ana second bsttAlions OF thu
naval militia, under command Of Captain
Jacob Miller, will patrol Shooters iSlant
from 8 o'clock in the morning until afteI
the launching u oyer. Special orders ver'
issued today, giving directions as to hov
the men are, to be. posted.