Abilene weekly reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1888-1935, 1902-03-13
THE PRINCES TRIP
Henry Of Prussia Travels from
Chicago to Niagara Falls.
The SWIRLIIC RAPIDS IMPRESS hin.
The Prince Recognizes IN Old shipmate In
Peter Karpp and Talks Over Old Days
with Him--The Journey to B0s.
ton Resumed.

Rochester, n. T., March 6.-Prince
Henry of Prussia travelled from Chi.
cago to Niagara falls yesterday,
crossed the Canadian frontier for
brief stay, during which he was Of
ficially welcomed by the Dominion,
and resumed his journey at night,
bound for Boston over the New York
Central. line. His longest stop in al
most 80 hours of continuous travel
ing was at Niagara falls which he
saw bridged in with ice. He viewed
the Horseshoe falls from Table rock,
the American falls from the ledge
over the whirlpool on the Canadian
shore, rode down the gorge to a
point below the lower whirlpool and
there inspected the plant of the Ma
CARA Power company, which converts
the force of nature to the purposes
of commerce. He was much i'm
pressed by the falls, and as he stood
on Table rock looking across at the
Horseshoe, he said: ut is magnifi-
cent; it is grand" He was much inn
pressed also by the swirling rapids
down in the gorge, and when he left
his car at the whirlpool he stood for
several minutes watching the tum-
bling of the waters.
The special train had traversed the
distance between Milwaukee and
Chicago, crossed Indiana and was
well on its way over Ohio before
Prince Henry arose. He was worn
out when he left Milwaukee and he
did not respond to demonstrations by
the people of Toledo and of San
dusky. He did not receive notice of
the intention Of the citizens of To-
ledo to formally receive him and his
first knowledge of their plans was
conveyed to him by their band play
ing "Die Yacht Am Rhein." 1t was
too late then to get up and Toledo
did not see him. At Cleveland there
was friendly demonstration. Here
Peter Karpp, formerly a bugler in
the German army, climbed into the
car for a reunion with the prince,
which greatly pleased both. Karpp
was a sailor with Prince Henry back
In 1877 and they were shipmates for
more than two years. The prince
recognized him at once and, taking
him by the hand, led him into the car
They talked over the old days while
crowd looked on with approval.
At Erie, Pa, was great crowd. Wo-
men and children were wedged in
against the train and the effort to
check the swirling crowd which
pressed in from the rear was useless.
Several women tainted and anybody
anywhere near the center of the
crowd was submitted to dangerous
pressure. Mrs. Harriet Gridley and
Miss Gridley, widow and daughter
of Capt G. " Gridley, the man who
fought on the Olympia at Manila
bay, we're received on the train by
Admiral Evans, who went to the ma
val academy with the dead captain,
and were presented to the prince.
All through the morning, as the train
ran through corner of Pennsylva-
MIA and out into the state of New
York, there were crowds at the sta
tons anxious to see the prince and
tender assurances of friendship. At
Buffalo Mayor Knight welcomed the
prince and the local German singing
societies sang. 1t was 2:45 O'Clock
when the special arrived at Buffalo,
and Is minutes later it was steaming
out to Niagara falls. At Niagara
Falls station the prince was met by
Mayor Butler and large reception
committee and formally hidden to
the city.