The age-herald., 1902-03-03

plank was half demolished and the vesti- bule door was torn off the car. If the train had gone foot further the platform on which stood the mayor and reception committee would have been demolished. The Prince stepped from the steps of the front platform of the last car to the tenn porary platform. accompanied by Colonel Bingham and several secret service men. including Chief willze. He was met by D. Pollier, German consul at Cincinnati who presented Mayor Grainger of Louis vile. The mayor presented President Marion D. Taylor, of the board of trade and others of the reception committee and then formally welcomed the royal wis itor to Louisville.
 As Mayor Grainger said Tt is a great disappointment that your visit to the United States is of short bried duration.' the prince interjected, I'm sorry. too" Mayor Grainger then handed to the prince a souvenir album. saying as he did so that he hoped the prince would look over 1t at his leasure in order that he might be reminded that Louisville was on the map"
 Presented With Album.
 Prince Henry took the album with thanks.
 The album presented to Prince Henry is bound in ooze leather On the back is the seal of the city of Louisville stamped in gold. On the inside of the covers are stilk American flags. On the first of the twelve pages in illuminated lettering are the words: Greeting to His Royal High ness, Prince Henry"
 On the second page is the following address printed in large black type with red initials:
 '"ro His Royal Highness, Prince Henry of Prussia:
 '"The Mayor and undersigned committee of citizens of Louisville in behalf of the city extend to Your Royal Highness with pleasure a hearty welcome. To Your Royal Highness, es the representative of His Majesty, the Emperor, and the people of Germany, we offer this slight mark of our respect and good will and we hope that Your Royal Highness' visit may be pleasant and may help 10 preserve the friendship between your country and ours"
 Oh tno pages OL lue are mezzotint photographs of the various public buildings of the city, the tobacco ''breaks," tobacco warehouses, bridges and parks. There are also portraits or Governor Beckham and Mayor Grainger. On the last page Is a concise statement of Louisville's business resources and ad- vantages.
 Mayor Grainger, indicating to the crowd of seven thousand persons, said:
 They have been waiting here for near ly an hour to see you, and we are all sorry you could not arrive earlier"
 The Prince replied:
 Came As Soon As He Could.
 T got here as soon as I could" He had evidently not seen the extent of the crowd on account of the darkness, and the fact that he was, surrounded by mem- bers of the reception committee. The Prince stepped to one side of the plat form and the crowd cheered. He touched his AdmiraIs fatigue cap and encouraged by the continued cheering of the crowd, stepped upon a bench near the railing of the platform. For this extra exertion he got roar of cheers from the crowd,
 
 luting. When the Prince stepped from the bench Col. H. s. Cohen of Louisville. a Franco-Prussian war veteran, said to him in German:
 ''As one born in Germany and now one of the citizens of Louisville and publisher of the Anzeiger, I greet you in our midst. May your visit to us be of everlasting benefit to both nations
 Prince Henry warmly shook Colonel
 
 T thank you very much for your friendly greeting"
 Turning to Mayor Grainger, Prince Henry said he was little hoarse and therefore would not attempt to make a speech. He mentioned that splendid crowd had turned out to see him and then said to the mayor:
 "Be kind enough to give my thanks to your people for this royal reception" The prince then received from D. Pol Her the German consul at Cincinnati. an engrossed address from the German Soldiers Aid Society of Louisville, which MT. Pollier was deputed to present
 Shook Germans Hand.
 Prince Henry boarded his train As he was passing along the side of the car nearest the crowd a German citizen stuck up his hand and the prince shook it. Immediately hundred hands were at the window. The prince. unknown to the crowd passed on, but someone in a naval uniform in the car shook as many hands as the few minutes the train re- mained allowed.
 Four hundred members of the Social Mannerchor Liederkranz and Concordia greeted the arrival of the prince with America" and as he re-entered his train they sang My Old Kentucky Home" Two bands furnished music and the crowd which filled the railroad yards and a vacant lot beyond the railroad yard fence cheered at every opportunity At 8 p. m. Prince Henry's train left over the Pennsylvania for Indianapolis
 Louisville secret service agents had re- ceived from headquarters at Washington a message asking whether there was any strong feeling in Kentucky against Prince Henry. The board of public safety had one hundred policemen and detectives at the railroad station tonight and eight detectives were assigned especially to the princes person.
 After Prince Henry's departure the various German societies held a "Kom- mers" at Liederkranz hall and there was also a banquet of German citizens at Seelbach's hall.
 The Louisville Anzeiger printed seventy five copies of this mornings edition on special paper and by permission of Am bassador Holleben. sent them to Bowl ing Green, Ky, where they were dis tributed among the princes party.