The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-03-04
BUSY NIGHT FOR THE PRINCE.
His Arrival i'm Chicago. the Banquet
and Other Festivities.

before the time of the arrival OF Prince
Henry's train at the Alton depot this even
ing every passageway leading into the
building was lined with policemen standing
elbow 10 elbow and officers guarded every
point from the rear platform of the train
to the line of carriages. The train stopped
with the last car, i'm which Prince Henry
rode, opposite the main gate of the depot.
Waiting for its arrival, Mayor Harrison
and the members of the reception commit
tee had been standing for fifteen minutes.
The German ambassador. Baron Won Hole
ben was the first to alight and was greeted
at once by DR.. Walter Viewer. the imperial
German consul at Chicago. DR.. Viewer was
then presented by Baron Won Holleben TO
Prince Henry and DR.. Viewer presented 10
the prince Mayor Harrison. who formally
received the visitors on behalf of the CITY
of Chicago
Prince Henry bowed his acknowledge
ments of Mayor Harrison.s greeting. say
ing simply. Il thank you
Mayor Harrison then introduced to the
prince the Council and members OF the gen
eraI reception committee. The suite OF the
prince and the members of the reception
committee then mingled and introductions
followed so rapidly that il was difficult for
man TO recall. when they were over, how
many people he had met, to say nothing of
remembering their names.
The mayor and the prince, followed by
! the others. then passed through the large
arched gateway and uD the stairs into the
street A dense throng filled the street and
the sidewalks for a square in either drec-
| ton and ringing cheers filled the air as the
| prince passed between the lines of blue
coated officers and emerged upon the side
walk, at the edge of which his carriage
stood in waiting. The cavalry escort which
was waiting, quickly wheeled into place.
! the prince entered his carriage. i'm which
| Mayor Harrison and Admiral Evans were
| seated with him, and the drive to the hotel
| was begun. The other carriages filled rapid
! ~ and there was not the slightest delay
! from the time the prince entered the depot
| until he was riding slowly along the boule-
! ward toward Michigan avenue
a feature of the procession from the
/ depot TO the hotel was the great number OF
4 veteran German soldiers who lined the
! streets and went fairly wild in their effort
/ TO show their devotion TO the prince. They
| had among them by far the greatest num-
| Der of the torches that were seen along the
| avenue, and when the line Of carriages had
| passed the old soldiers fell into line behind
! them and took up the line of march to the
| hotel They constituted the only guard
! given to the prince during his march from
the depot.
AT THE HOTEL.
Only thirty minutes was allotted on the
programme to reach the hotel, and the
| first banquet to the prince was to follow
| at o'clock The committee had miscal-
! culated a trihe however and it was twenty
! minutes after that time when the dinner,
which was spread in the main banquet
! halI of the Auditorium, began. 1t was not
! the intention of the committee having the
dinner in charge, which was composed of
! F. Willis Rice. NIiward Adams, w. ].
! Chambers and II. II. Kohlsaat, to make the
occasion such has usually been rendered
! to distinguished visitors to the city, at
/ which mucn speaking and many toasts are
/ in order. but instead dinner at which
| but a few toasts should be drunk and to
which the replies should be of the briefest
| nature.
At the door of the hotel the prince was
met by +. Wills Rice and Milward Adams
| of the banquet committee, and escorted TO
! the second floor of the hotel The other
guests followed each under the escort of
/ "A local committeeman, and all were shown
/ to their rooms at once. The prince under
! stood that there was but little time in
! which to make preparations, and he was
! prepared for the event when he stepped
! from his car. AS he entered his room he
! turned to Mr.. Rice and said: 81 am ready
/ now" Mr.. Rice laughed, and said that
| the members of the committee would call
| for him in few minutes to escort him to
/ the sixth floor of the hotel, where the BAN
! quet was to be held. The prince in
! his room but few minutes when Mr. Rice
] and Mr.. Adams called for him, and the
/ party, followed by the members of the
! princes suite, went at once to the ban
/ quet hall. The Chicagoans had all preceded
/ them, and as the prince. escorted by Mayor
I Harrison, Mr.. Rice and Mr.. Adams, en-
tered the hall. they made the room ring
with their cheers. The orchestra. which
| was placed behind a great mass of ferns
| anthem as the prince entered the hall. and
continued Il until he had taken his seat.
| The prince seemed greatly pleased at the
warmth OF his welcome. and bowed and
| smiled repeatedly, and after he had taken
/ his seat he nodded right and left to his en-
| tertainers as they seated themselves At
/ the table at which the prince was seated
were: II. r. H. Prince Henry of Prussia.
Mayor Harrison, Secretary Hill. Franklin
! MacVeagh, Secretary Won Tfrpitz, Robert
| Il. Lincoln, General Won PleSSen. General
| Otis, Admiral Eisendecher. George F.
Adams, Admiral Won Seckendorff, T. J..
Lefens. Commander Cowles, Charles l..
] Hutchinson. Captain Won Grumme, II. G..
! Selfridge, Captain Won Rebeur, Bryan La
throp DR.. Reich William r. Harper, Cap
tain Won Trotha, II. II. Kohlsaat, Count
! Won Seckendorff, James Deering, Milward
! Adams. +. Willis Rice, Harry Rubens, DIR.
Mantler, ]. B. FOrgan, Captain Won Egidy,
| HOnOre Palmer, Captain Won Schwind,
Cyrus II. Mccormick Count Won Quadt,
| Watson F. Blair, Captain Won Mueller
w. j. Chalmers Admiral Baudissin. Arthur
| j. Canton Colonel Bingham, a. j. Earling,
Admiral Evans, John j. Mitchell. General
| Corbin Marshall Field, Governor Yates,
Ambassador Won Holleben.
THE BANQUET.
There were nine tables at the banquet,
and including Prince Henry and his suite,
157 people were seated. Mr.. A. ]. Eddy, at
/ the conclusion of the dinner, rose in his
place and said: 81 have the honor of
proposing the health of the President of the
United States" The feast having been
drunk standing while the band played 1.-The
! Star-spangled Banner" Mr.. Eddy proposed
/ The health of his Majesty, the Emperor
! of Germany" This toast was drunk to
the music of My Country Tis of Thee. -
Mayor Harrison then said:
Gentlemen, IN proposing the health OF
| our distinguished guests, l may be per-
mitted to add a few words to the welcome
| which has already been extended TO him
| by the citizens of Chicago. We people OF
/ Chicago are apt 10 consider ours the typical
American city. the city where the American
and Americanism of the present and of the
| future are found in their purest form. And
| so it is that tonight we extend TO his
/ Royal Highness a typical Chicago well
! come, a typical American welcome. lap
| plausel Tomorrow Chicago will celebrate
/ its sixty-hfth birthday, the sixty-fifth an
/ niversary of its incorporation as a city.
| In those sixty-five years Ii has grown from
| q mere frontier trading post to metropolis
! of 1900, 900 souls, the second city in size and
/ influence on the American continent The
| things that have led to that marvellous
| growth and development il would not be
/ necessary or proper for me TO recount here
tonight Still, let me say TO you, sir, that
| in large measure the present Of Chicago is
/ due to the fact that or her two millions
1 of citizens, approximately half a million
are German. either by birth or descent, and
/ have brought TO this city of ours all the
industry, all the Intelligence, all the devo-
tion 10 duty that are so characteristic OF
the race IApplausel We rejoice with
you, sir. in the friendly relations that exist