The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1902-02-28
PRINCE HENRY HAS ARRIVED
HE CAME THROUGH STORMS.
Landed I'm New York Sunday-wAs
Met by Representatives of the Ma
tionai Government and Officials
of New York City-wil start ON
His Trip n. Scheduled.

z brother, the emperor of Germany, a
S the launching OF the latter's American
built yacht, reached New York ant
/ was cordially welcomed as guest o.
the nation.
e The land batteries that guard the
e outer harbor sounded the first greet
ing In ponderous salute of twenty.
one guns. and the rifles of special
naval squadron, assembled in his hon
or. responded to the sentiment. There
were verbal greetings from the repre-
sentatives of President Roosevelt the
army, the navy and the city OF New
York. and great crowd lined the way
into the city TO see and cheer the
sailor prince Of Germany.
Y The great storm against which the
kronprinz Wilhelm had struggled for
days and which had glazed the Allan
tic coast In an armor OF ice. had lost
its force and resigned its sway TO
warm sunshine and cherry blue skies.
so there We're no regrets that the royal
guest was full day late for the en-
tertainment provided for him.
Rear Admiral Robley ID. Evans. COM
mander of the special squadron and
honorary aide to the prince. left the
flagship Illinois at $40 o'clock In the
naval tug Nina With him were Capt.
Converse. his chief OF staff: Flag
Lieutenant Frederick Chaplin, Ensign
Frank t. Evans. aide. and Capt. Ebeur-
Paschwitc. the naval attache at the
Washington Embassy OF the German
government They were all In full
dress uniform. The Nina met the
Kronprinz beyond Fort Wadsworth. |
and. sailing around en- the starboard |
side Of the liner. steamed up the bay
Prince Henry. attired In the uniform \
of an admiral of the German navy, and 1
surrounded by his naval and military
stan in brilliant uniform. stood on the
bridge Of the liner. As the naval tug
drew nearer to the side OF the steam
ship. Prince Henry and Admiral
Evans caught sight of each other and
exchanged informal salutes.
The distance from the steamer 10
the tug was too great for conversation.
however.
past Fort wadsworth. the first salute
OF twenty-one guns was fred
When that ceremony was over, the ,
Kronprinz Wilhelm was stopped, and
the Nina went around to the port side !
and Admiral Evans and hts staff ,
boarded her. The passengers were
gathered ON the main deck. and there Z
boz cr0 II
came on the gangway. I
Admiral Evans was escorted for 3
ward at once and into the quarters OF =
Capt. Richter. master OF the Kron- I,
prinz. where he and the prince met i
The prince came forward. and taking q
he hand Of the naval officer. shook 7
I warmly. In
Il am very glad to see you. sir" .
'aid the admiral. Everybody In the ,
United States is waiting to welcome
'ou. II Is my pleasure. sir, to formally n
greet you In their behalf" n
II thank you. sir. and through you n
he people Of your country" replied b
he prince. I am very glad to be n
Iere, and on this splendid day. The EN- n
'eror directed me to convey his com '
'liments to you, admiral. and do so I,
With very great pleasure" u
Admiral Evans expressed gratifica-
ion at the thoughtfulness of the en-
error. He presented the members of
is staff and the prince gave each a n,
earty handshake. The newspaper n
len who are TO accompany him on his re
Dur through the United States we're a
lso presented. The prince smiled te
Then he faced the newspaper writer's, N,
nd after the formal part OF the pre- a.
entation. said he was quite sure that esi
leir relations would be very happy.
After a brief halt the liner moved
head and at 1850 was abreast OF the
Decial squadron of Tompkinsville. Gl
he German standard was run to the ST
,retop of the Kronprinz, and It's ap- ep
earance gave the signal to the Amer mn
an fleet to salute. The San Fran on
SEQ, Cincinnati. Olympia and Illinois mi
y In perfect alignment in the order an
smed, and made an attractive picture
it'll their crews manning sides, tur-
ts and tops. They raised the Ger
an navel standard and then opened vo
ank fire. The prince stood at at on
nticn on the bridge, and back OF him Ms
ere Admiral Evans and his stan and TIL
e numerous suite OF the German visi- DIT
r. The prince and his star we're es- CHI
cially Interested in the Illinois and
ympia. and offered warm congratu-
ions to the American admiral on the ]
lendid appearance Of his squadron. So
10 prince said that he was very anx- phi
is to visit the squadron, and that he si,,
uld do this at the earliest moment.
New York and surroundings have
ely shown to greater advantage cor