The sun., 1902-02-17
KAISER'S WREATH ON CRAVE.
HIS TRIBUTE TO MISS GOBLET
DELIVERED YESTERDAY.
Admiral PNudissin the Envoy who Carried
Out the Emperor's wishes-A Multi.
tude Goes TO See the Royal Yacht at
Hoboken. but Few Get on Board Her.

tude Goes TO See the Royal Yacht at
Hoboken, but Few Get on Board Her.
Admiral Won Baudissin Of the Hohenzollen
carried out the wishes Of the Emperor Of
Germany yesterday by taking to the resi-
dence of Mrs. Robert Goelet at SOL Fifth
avenue the wreath ordered by the Kaiser
for the grave Of Mrs. Goelet's daughter
Beatrice, and conveying In person the
message Of the Kaiser, who had met Miss
Goelet on board her fathers yacht the
Nahma, then cruising In German waters.
The message, which came by cable, was
signed by the Emperor's secretary and read:
The Emperor and Empress desire you to
express to Mrs. Goelet coincidence for the
death of her daughter. Miss Beatrice. Their
MaJestIes desire that you place a wreath on
her grave.
The Admiral was in civilian dress and
accompanied by his aide, Lieutenant Com
mander Won der Osten. The wreath was
made OF white roses, lilies Of the valley
and white tulips. The ribbon with which
1t was bound was Of white silk, the edges
being trimmed with solid gold. The rib
bon was brought over on the Hohenzollern
although the use to which some Of 1t was
put Yesterday was not foreseen then. 1t
bore the monogram and crest Of the Kaiser
as did the card which accompanied It,
The Admiral and his aide reached the
Goelct residence at about ll:3O o clock ana
remained half an hour in conversation with
Mrs Goelet and other members OF the family.
The wreath was taken to Woodlawn Ceme-
terry late In the afternoon by a member
of the family.
From the Goelet residence Admiral Won
Baudissin drove 10 the residence OF Consul
General Buenz where he took luncheon. He
returned TO the Hohenzollern about 4:30
o'clock.
Because of the nearness OF the arrival
Of Prince Henry, whose official residence
the yacht Is TO be, work on her was not
entirely suspended yesterday in spite Of
the crowds OF visitors which oyerran her
in the afternoon. A gang of painters
were recoating her sides a beautiful cream
color and gliding the interior fittings.
The visitors seemed to come from all
over Crowds poured over the ferries from
New York and on the HOboken side were
Joined by more crowds from the trains and
trolleys until Washington street leadin
to the pier at which the yacht is lying
was choked at times by the multitude
Most Of the people seemed to be of German
birth Not few carried little German
flags or wore ribbons with the German
colors. From many Of the houses along
the waterfront German flags were flying,
the whole effect being that Of a German
festal day. Along the street from the
ferries to the pier fakirs did big business
selling pictures of the yacht. pictures of
the Prince and buttons with both on them.
IL was only a small proportion of the
people who got anywhere near the Hohen-
zollern and a still smaller proportion who
were permitted to board her. The En-
peror's yacht has never been a vessel for
the multitude TO swarm over and there was
no intention OF making yesterday any ex-
ception 10 this rule. At the same time out
Of consideration for Sunday any one who
pretended to have friend on board and
COuld back this up with show Cf truto was
allowed on board although care was taken
not to have the ship uncomfortably crowded
at any time
In the afternoon the crowd became so
great that the steamship company made a
rule that TO get by the pier entrance pass
must be shown These passes were given
out in an Office across the street. The re-
suit was that there was struggle to get
into the Office as well as TO get on the pier.
At one time il was estimated that as many
a. 5000 people we're In the street about the
pier entrance TO get on the pier. IL was a
good-natured typical German crowd. and
those who were unable 20 go on board
seemed to he content with admiring the
lines Of the beautiful vessel and oorralling
the sailors who came ashore and who were
ALWAYS willing To answer questions for
any one who asked them in German.
The German club of Hoboken gave what
is known as "fruhschoppen' at noon for
the officers who could attend; The Presi,
q
by Mayor Iankering Toasts were drunk
10 the Emperor, the President and TO the
! Hohenzolern's officers Last night Ad-
miral Won Baudissin and five Of his officers
we're entertained at dinner at Sherry's by
Consul-General Buenz. The guests num-
bered fifteen. Some Of the crew attended a
smoker at Arlington Hall given by the
veterans of the Franco Prussian War.
Admiral Won Baudissin will go to Phila-
delphia to-day to visit his brother-in-lsw.
n all Tuesday Epur pf the
officers will leave for Niagara Falls The
four who left last week will return this
The Union League Club is going TO give
| n smoker and concert 90 the yachts officers
| on the evening Of Feb, 2s, All the officers
| have accepted the invitations uncondi-
| tionally, with the exception OF Admiral Won
Baudissin He will be present, too, unless
he has to accompany Prince Henry when he
| goes West. Many distinguished army and
navy men and civilians have also been in
| vited. Among the number are Admiral
Barker, commandsnt Of the Brooklyn Navy
! Yard, and tho members Of his staff. On
! the Admi ais STAFF is Capt. Coghlan, who
made history at the Union League Club
when he rected the sHoch der Kaiser"
| poem.
| tality to Prince Henry. but so far has been
| unable to have a time set upon which to
| tender him a reception. A committee has
the matter in charge but i is not thought
now that the reception will take place, be-
cause OF the Princes numerous other en-
gagements.
Capts Ben and Dan Parker, who are TO
sail the Emperor's new yacht TO Germany,
arrived here yesterday on the 81. Paul.
Capt Ben as the skipper Of the first Meteor.
He came over here with Sir Thomas Upton
in 1899 to assist in sailing the first sham
rock The two shippers put up at hotel
In West street
HoHESzoLLKRS OFFICERS SEE NIAGARA.
NIAGARA FALLS, n. Y, Feb. ia party
Of the officers Of the Imperial German
Yacht visited Niagara to-day. IL was
composed of Iieutenant-Commander Won
Mantry, Lieut.. Ellie, Lieut.. Steinmeyer,
Lieut.. Nicolai, DIR. Uthemann, Marine
Paymaste Heppner and William Williams
and j. w. Miller, Of the New York com.
mittee. They came In a private car and
were met by Harry Parry and Is. b. Den,
nison Of the New York Contra who escorted
them about. They started sightseeing
soon after 0 o'clock this morning. In
large sleigh, drawn by four white horses,
they went 10 Goat Island Never did the
Falls appear to better advantage and few
have looked upon Niagara when IL was 30
truly beautiful, Last night there was a
heayv hoarfrost and this added TO the