Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1902-03-13
PENCE HENRY DIMES WITH GER
MAN-AMERICANS.
WILLIAMS GRtAl 0ir !
Valuable Casts Coming TO Harvard
Museum From the German En-
peror-Meteor's Crew Arrives
Leading Berlin Papers Comment
On Significance Of the Visit.

vas the guest Of the German society
of the city of New York last night.
The prince entered the small ante
room on the 33d street side of the
hotel at 80, accompanied by the mem
bers OF his suite in uniforms. He
was received by President Gustave
II Schwab of the society and sub
stitute committee He remained in
the room some time conversing with
a members of the general committee
on reception, entering into an animal
ed conversation with Carl Schurz.
Those Of the presidential delega-
ton present were Rear Admiral r. d.
Evans. Adjutant General Corbin and
Colonel Theodore Bingham. The
large banquet hall was beautifully
draped, over the guest table being two
immense German flags around Ger
man imperial eagle which was stud
ded with electric lights.
There were $50 guests in the ban
Quet hall when Prince Henry was cs-
o0rted in by President Schwab and
the reception committee. With the
prInce and President Schwab at the
guests table were Carl Schrz, Adj
7airai Won Tirpitz Prof Nicholas
Murray Butler Admiral Won SCken-
IOrf, Admiral Evans, Rudolph Kemp
Inr Captain Won Muller Count Quadt,
Hubert ellis, Captain Won Grunme,
Commander Cowles, Edward Uhl, Con
sat Geissler, Captain Won Egldy,
Mayor Low Of New York, General Won
Piesscn, Frederick w. Hollis, Admiral
Fon Eisedeher Assistant Secretary Of
state Hill Admiral Won Baudissen,
Admtant General Corbin, Consul Gen
oral Karl Beunz, r. G. Wander Emoe,
Gel. Thco. A. Bingham, Capt. Schmidt
Won SchWind, Geo. Ehret, E. l.. Boas
al Captain Won Trotha.
The prince wore the dress uniform
Of a German admiral and spoke in
German. He said the reception was
new additional proof of the friendIi-
ness and enthusiasm with which he
had been received in every part Of
the United States he had visited. He
expressed deep appreciation of the
demonstrations Of friendliness and
kindly feeling.
Carl SchurZ, the next speaker re
viewed what the German-bOrn citizens
had done for the union during the civ
il war. referred to the sympathy of
Prussia with the union cause and
spoke Of the present friendly relations
of Germany and the United States.
Continuing he said:
And what has become of the goad-
ing and nagging attempts to stir up
n 70 tI,r
German government designs to in
trude as a land grabber into the
American sphere, attributing to us
here a ruffianly itching to measure in
the combat of a new war the fleets OF
the two countries, as if such combat
We're only a football game between
college students? Has not every sen
5ible person long ago dismissed these
goadings as puerile twaddle? Like
wise the well-worn legend of the
threatening of an anti-American coal.
ition of the continental powers of Eu,
rope at the beginning of our Spanish
war, the coalition said to have been
under the leadership or at least par
ticipated in by Germany from which
danger some mysterious providence
had to save us, has recently died a
somewhat inglOriOus death"
Schurz was followed by President
Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia
University, Frederick w. Hollis and
Rudolph Keppler.
Meteors Crew Arrives.
Eew York. March 9.-Twenty
allors to man the German emperor's
Yacht Meteor. arrived yesterday on
the st. Paul, They are English and
have been in the emperor's service
from five to seven years each.
Emperor's Valuable Gift.
Cambridge March An eXamIna,
ton OF the portfolio of photographs
PRESENTED by Prince Henry 20 Piesi-
Int Eliot of Harvard at the reception
rt the Germanic Museum association
"Wednesday shows Emperor William
-lft to the museum, as indicated
10y the photographs to embrace casts
1t p subjects. Many of them are
important architectural monuments
and the collection ranges in point OF
time from the Ereat honze doors at
the cathedral OF Hndescheim. which
date from the beginning of the cIeI Cnth
century down to Gottfuend Schadows
statue of Frederick the Great at Sret
tin erected in 1898.
1t is expected the casts viii arrive
ia this country about the middle OF
the summer
German Papers Comment.
Berlin. March "A progressive
newspaper usually not a a particuia,
admirer OF the monarchy, finds con,pli
ments for the way in which Primo,
Henry of Prussia has pleased tn,
Americans Dr.. Barth editor of tn
Nation, says:
He acted as a free. modern maj
among freemen without a trace OF tha
Earrow-souled haughtiness which Jun
kerdom regards as indispensable t,
the etiquette of rank"
Prince Henry's tact and good sens
are praised here by all political groups
except the socialists who continue TN
pleasant criticisms. averring his re
ceptiOn is simply wealth prostraiin:
itself before inherited rank" III
princes democratic ways are locke
upon with wonder by a society whicI
regards the person of a Hohenzoller
as something almost sacred It ca
= not be understood here how the prime