Fergus County argus. [volume] (Lewistown, Mont.) 1886-1946, 1902-02-26
Prince Henry Of Prussia Received In
New York Harbor With Boom of
Cannon and Big Crowds.
STORMS DELAYED HIM ONE DAY
--oraI Representative of the
Emperor He Will be Entertained
and Make an Extended Tour.

new fOrk, FeD. Z3.-Prlnce Henry
OF Prussia, representative of his bro
ther, the emperor of Germany, at the
launching Of the latter's American
built yacht, reached New York today
and was welcomed as the guest of the
nation. The land batteries that guard
the outer harbor sounded the first
greeting in a ponderous salute of 21
guns, the rifles of the special naval
squadron assembled in his honor re.
echoed the sentiment, there were yer.
bal greetings from the rtepresenta-
tives of President Roosevelt, the ar.
my, navy. and the city of New York,
and a great crowd lined the way into
the city and cheered the sailor prince
of Germany.
The great storm against which the
Kron Prinz Wilhelm had struggled for
days and which had glazed the At
lantic coast in an armor of ice, had
lost its force and resigned its sway to
warm sunshine and CHEEKY blue skies,
S, there were no regrets that the roy
al guest was a full day late for the
entertainment prepared for him. The
genius of Marconi, reaching out from
the storm swept coast, had definitely
located the belated liner and made it
certain the hour that she would reach
Sandy Hook. There was curtain Of
fog off the Hook early this morning
and it was after 9 o'clock before the
watchers caught the shadowy outline
of the cautiously approaching liner.
Rear Admiral Evans, commander
of the special squadron and honorary
aide to the prince, left the flagship
Illinois at 9:40 o'clock In the naval
tug Nina. With him were Captain
G. A. Converse, his chief of staff. Flag
Lieutenant Frederick Chaplin, Ensign
Frank T. Evans, aide, and Captain
Won Rebeur Paschwitz, naval attache
a. the Washington embassy OF the
German government. They were all
in full dress uniform. The Nina met
the Kron Prinz wilhelm beyond Fort
Wadsworth and swung around on the
starboard side Of the liner steaming
up the bay. Prince Henry, attired In
the uniform of an admiral of the Ger
man navy, and surrounded by his
naval and military staff in brilliant
uniforms, stood on the bridge of the
liner. As the naval tug drew nearer
to the side of the steamship Prince
Henry and Admiral Evans caught
sight of each other and exchanged in
formal salutes. The distance from the
steamer to tug was too great for con-
versation, however.
AS the two vessels, with a flotilla
of tugs and official craft, moved in
past Fort Wadsworth, the first of the
salutes of 21 guns was fired. AS the
first gun sounded the prince advanced
To- the end Of the bridge on the Kron
Prinz Wilhelm and stood at attention.
As he passed the big American flag
floating over the Notifications he
touched his cap in salute and the
members of his suite did likewise.
The flag at the jackstaff Of the Kron
Prinz was dipped and the German
naval band accompanying the prince
played "The Star Spangled Banner"
The guns Of Fort Wadsworth were not
silent before those across the Narrows
doomed out their salute. When that
ceremony was over the Kron Prinz
Wilhelm was stopped and the Nina
hauled around to her port side and
Admiral Evans and his stan boarded
her. The passengers were gathered
on the main deck and there was a
hearty cheer as the admiral came up
the gangvay.
Admiral Evans was escorted for
ward at once and in the quarters OF
Captain A. Richter, master of the
Kron PriM Wilhelm, he and the
prince met. The prince came for
ward. and, taking the hand of the
naval officer shook it warmly.
II am verI glad to see you, sir,
said the admiral. Everybody In the
United States is waiting to welcome
you. It is my pleasure. sir, to form
ally greet you on their behalf"
'"'I thank you, sir, and through you
the people OF your country" responded
the prince. II am very glad to be here
and on this splendid day.
THE emperor directed me to con-
vey his compliments to you, admiral,
and do so with very great pleasure"
Admiral Evans expressed gratifica-
ton at the thoughtfulness OF the en-
peror. He presented the members OF
his staff and the prince gave each a
hearty hand-shake and a cordial
word. The newspaper correspondents
who are to accompany the prince on
his tour through the country were
also introduced by the admiral. The