The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-02-25
PRINCE AT CAPITAL.
Henry Of Prussia Presented to
the President,
FREEDOM OF WASHINGTON BESTOWED
Our Royal Guest Visits Nations LeG~
islattve Halls and German EM-
bassy and Dimes With Nota-
bles at the White House.


bassy and Dimes With Nota-
bIes at the White House.
| WASHINGTON, Feb. 25.-4l the ia
nous blue room of the White House
Prince Henry of Prussia shortly aftel
II O'clock was presented to the presi
dent. Mrs. Roosevelt and Miss R0ose
yelt.
He delivered to them the messages
of good will Of the Aqlser and present
ed to them the gifts Sent by the kaiser
and kaissrin.
The president and his guest were
then Joined by the cabinet members
and their wives, Secretary and Mrs.
Cortelyou, Assistant Secretary and
Mrs. Loeb and Surgeon General and
Mrs. Rlxey.
Prince Henry then went to the Ger
man embassy 10 await the presidents 3
call.
Promptly at noon the president ar
rived, escorted by Rear Admiral Ev-
ans. When the official call was ended,
the commissioners of the District Of
Columbia made their appearance. and
the freedom of Washington was form
ally conferred OH the prince by Chair
man Macfarland.
At 1890 o'clock his special train roll
ed into the Pennsylvania station. A
Gordon of soldiery from Fort Myer sur.
rounded the building. A dense crowd
waited without to catch glimpse of
the royal visitor as lie rode TO the
White House.
The decorations Of the station were
simple. consisting merely Of the Ell.
twined American and German flags.
Secretary Hay and Secretary Long
were at the station to greet the prince.
They boarded his special car Columbia
and were introduced by Rear Admiral
Evans. Later the princes suit was ill.,
troduced.
Escorted by Secretary Hay and Rear
Admiral Evans. Prince Henry strobe
quickly across the station to waiting
carriage He was followed by Admiral
Won Tirpitz, secretary of state for the
German navy. who was escorted by
Secretary Long. Assistant Secretary of
State Hill was with Admiral Count Won
Baudissin. and Adjutant General Cor
bin was the escort Of General Won Pies
son.
Followed by other members of the
party. the prince drove from the sta
tiOn through lane of soldicry. The
military guard extended as far as
Pennsylvania avenue.
When that thorouglifare was reach.
ed, the people caught their first sight
of the visitor and set up a great cheer.
Prince Henry responded by raising his
hat repeatedly. The yolley of cheers
continued all along his route to the
White House.
After the official visits to the White
House and the embassy the cabinet
officials. other high officers of the gov
ernment and members Of the diplomat.
ic corps began to call.
During the afternoon the adjutant Of
the prince in the embassy carriage was
driven around delivering the cards Of
the prince at the residences of the
members Of the diplomatic corps.
At O'Clock, accompanied by the Ger
man ambassador and his suit, the
prince drove to the capitol, where he
had all opportunity to observe the
workings OF congress.
Leaving the capitol, Prince Henry
visited the Congressional library and
then returned to the embassy to rest
and prepare for the state dinner at s
o'clock in the White House.
At the banquet ninety guests sat
down. Mrs. and Miss Roosevelt were
the only women, and they did not re-
main for the entire function.
The affair was on an elaborate scale
and brought together distinguished
company. 1t was an assemblage such
as has rarely If ever before gathered in
the White House. To accommodate the
large lumber of guests the dinner ta-
Bile was set in the east room. the deco. !
ratiors of which were on the most |
magnificent scale ever attempted. An
effective and new feature of the deco.
ratlOns was the electric light ilumina.
tion. Opposite to the president sat Sec
retary hay. while to his right was Dr.
Won UOirhen the German ambassador.
and to his left the French ambassador.
To the right of the German embassa-
dor was the Italian ambassador, and
10 the left of the French cmba Ssador
was Chief Justice Fuller.
Prince Henry gave expression to his
deep sense of appreciation of the splcn-
did reception accorded him at the ma
tional capital. This was done through
the medium of an official very near TO
his royal hiGlneSs, who was asked to
secure from the prince his impressions
of the events Of the day. This was
to Prince Henry who
replied in terms of the warmrs, appre-
citation of the many evidences Of official
and popular good will he had received
since his arrival.
After the dinner the prince returned
to the embassy. whore he was joined
by the members of his suit. and at mid
night he went aboard his special train
md returned to New York. At about
The same hour President Roosevelt.
FRS and Miss Roosevelt and members
If the cabinet left for New York by
special train for the launching.