The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1902-03-06
Prince Reaches the City and Will
Remain Twenty-Seven Hours
GRIND BILL In HIS HONOR
Forty-Eight Rooms Reserved for the Prince
aud His Party at the Auditorium Hotel
Where Festivities Will be Given.

Prussia tonight. All arrange
ments for the reception of the ma
TONS guest are complete and the
weather forecaster promises
cloudy weather at worst. Prince
Henry and his suite will arrive
from ST. Louis over the Alton
road on a special train at $50
o'clock. The start from St. Louis
will be made this morning at II
o'clock and the run made by easy
stages but without unnecessary
stops. Every precautlon will be
observed by the railroad compa-
ny for the safety of its distin-
guished passenger and ample
time has been allowed so as to
bring the train into the Union
depot exactly on time.
Although the Princes stay in
Chicago VIII be only twenty
hours long. every effort has been
made to so arrange the program
as to permit the Prince to see the
city as completely as possible
and at the same time not TO in
trude upon his hours Of rest.
Sunday hundreds of workmen
were engaged in preparing the
halls and auditoriums for the re-
ception of the Prince Along
Jackson boulevard, over which
the Prince will pass Immediately
after his arrival in the city, work
men were engaged in decorating
the business houses. At the Au-
ditorium hotel the suite for the
Prince and his party was under
going complete renovation, while
200 men were engaged in decor
ating the banquet hall and the
theater, where the bail will be
given tonight. Another small
party of men was engaged upon
the decorations at the first Regi-
meat emory.
at the Germania Maennerchor
clubhouse the details for the
luncheon to the Prince, which
takes place tomorrow, were com
pleted and part of the decorations
put up. Various committees met
in different parts of the city, and
the details of each seperate en-
tertainment a. aged for the roy
al guest gone ler and approved.
At 5 o'clock this afternoon the
down town portion of the city
will begin to show unusually an
mated signs of life. Committees
will be gathering and police to
the number of 1 400 will rendez-
vous and march to their stations
along Jackson boulevard and Ca
nal street. The German veter-
ans, who will assist the police in
maintaining the line of march IN
tact, and Will also take their po-
Siti0ns early. The escort of
honor from the first cavalry reg
iment of the Illinois National
guard will precede the mayor,
council and other committees to
the Union depot half an hour be.
fore the arrival of. the Princes
tram.
From the car platform the
Prince and his suite, accompani-
ed by Mayor Harrison and the
members of the reception COM
mittee. will pass through the de-
pot to the Canal street entrance
between two solid lines of guards
composed of German veterans of
the Franco Prusslan war and po-
lice. Arriving at the entrance
the troop of cavalry chosen from
the First Illinois, under command
of Colonel Young, will salute the
distinguished visitor with drawn
sabers.
The distinguished party will
enter their carriages, the first of
which will be occupied by Prince
Henry and his aid. Admiral Rob.
lev d. Evans, U. S. N, and the
mayor. Eighteen carriages in all
will be taken The procession
will move south on Canal street
to Jackson boulevard, and thence
eastward to Michigan avenue and
the Auditorium hotel. An es-
cort of mounted police and caval-I
ry will precede and clear the way.
The entire Journey will be made
between lines of police, 1,400 of
whom have been assigned for the