The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-02-23
The PRINCE IN SIGHT
TIE KRON PRINZ WILHELM SEEN
OFF NANTUCKET.
TO REACH NEW YORK TO-DAY.
VESSEL DELAYED ny NORTH At
LANTIC STORM.

Delay in Arrival VIII Affect Pro-
grnmme Somewhat, But Prince
Henry's Welcome VIII be Just AZ
Warm-AdmiraI Evans Ships In
the HarbOr BuTeted by SNOW
storm and Press Craft Driven to
Safer Waters-Prince VIII Place
Wreath ON Grants Tomb To-day.
New York, Feb 23.-The Kron Prinz
Wilhelm, with Prince Henry of Prus-
sia on board, was sighted at / O'Clock
this morning off Nantucket lightship.
She will arrive off Sandy Hook at 10
o'clock this morning.
New York, Feb. 22.-Germany and
America united In regret that adverse
Atlantic gales have prevented the
great ocean greyhound. the Kron
Prinz Wilhelm, bearing Prince Henry
to port in time to receive the splendid
welcome arranged for him to-day. II
was considered as certain that the ves-
sci would have been heard of to-day,
but UP to a late hour tonight no It'd
ings of her had been received. Some
hope was entertained that the steamer
might have slipped by the Nantucket
station undetected, and the uncertain-
ty was intensified by the fact that
communication Is interrupted with
Fire Island, where incoming liners are
first sighted. This makes 1t probable
that she may at any moment appear
unannounced off Sandy Hook
The North German Lloyd line man
sgers decided this evening that even
if the Kron Prinz Wilhelm should get.
into quarantine tonight, she would
not come up to her dock before morn
ing.
Just before nightfall Admiral Evans
ships, the Illinois, Olympia, Cincinnati
and San Francisco, which had been
lying at anchor Off Tompkinsvine all
day. awaiting the arrival of Prince
Henry were enveloped in a snow
squall that obscured their view of the
lower bay, which they had been watch
ing since daybreak.
At that time the storm, which had
been raging all day, Increased it's fury
The wind blew at the rate of fifty
miles an hour, and at o'clock snow
storm started, which increased Ia vio-
lence every minute
AS darkness came on, the holiday
decorations, which had been flying all
day from the mastheads, were hauled
down and little later nothing could
be seen of the fleet but the twinkling
lights that came from the portfolios.
At o'clock this evening the storm
was so severe that press boats were
looking for better protection than that
afforded at the quarantine station.
Should the Prince arrive late to-mor-
row the programme for his reception
may be slightly changed. He is sched-
uled to place wreath on Grants tomb
in the afternoon and to be the guest
of the Deutscher Verein In the evening.
At midnight he is to leave for Wash
ington, escorted by the Presidents del
egates.
The Cunarder Etruria sailed at D.
m. The Marconi operator aboard has
been continuously on the watch and
should be able to communicate with
the Kron Prinz he will endeavor to
flash the news to the Hohenzollern.s
At the quarantine tonight the
weather had moderated, the snow had
ceased falling and a clearing sky
seemed to indicate clear weather for
Tomorrow. Ships arriving off Sandy
Hook reported very rough weather
outside, furious gale raging all OF
Friday night