The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1902-02-27

| Henry, President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
| Miss Roosevelt desired to reply at once.
| so the President asked for a pad and
| pencil. He began to write the message
| and had written few words when Mrs.
| Roosevelt smilingly took the pencil from
| him and added a few words. She then
passed the pad and pencil to Miss Alice,
| who completed the message. Thus the
| cablegram to the Emperor was the JOINT
production of the President, his wife AMI
I, his daughter.
The luncheon was finished about 5
| o'clock. At $40 o'clock President and
| Mrs. Roosevelt entered a carriage and
We're driven to the Twenty third street
| ferry where they took their special
| train for Washington.
| The Presidents departure from the
| Hohenzollern was preceded by pretty
ceremony. The Presidents flag 1ying at
| the peak was hauled down and the sailors
choered while the band played the Star
| Spanged Banner
Prince Henry with several OF his Of
| ficers boarded the Navy Yard tug Vigil
| liant and went to the Battery, where he
| was to land to afterwards receive the
| freedom of the city.
| An immnese crowd had assembled in
Battery Park to do honor 10 the Prince
and his suite
FREEDOM OF THE CITY.
| AS the Prince stepped ashore he was
greeted by the mayors secretary and as
| the party consisting Of the Prince, Am
bassador VonHolleben, Consul General
! BuenZ, Admiral Evans and the Legation
| Attaches, walked into Battery place, there
| was n tremendous outburst of cheering.
/ AS the carriages, containing the party,
were driven rapidly up Broaway the
throng which lined the pavements and
stood at the windows of the tall building
gave the occupants a rousing welcome. At
Wall street an avalanche of ticker tape
almost covered the Prince who took it in
good part and saluted the throwers.
The mayor and members of the Citi-
Zens' Reception Committee were awaiting
the Prince in the Governors Room"
The mayor received the Prince just af-
ter he crossed the Threshold of the
Governors Room" and they shook hands.
The members of the suite grouped them
selves about while General Daniel e.
Sickles and Carl Schurz were especially
presented to the Prince.
The entire party then started for the
chamber. The Princes suite preceded
him and took seats at the right of Presi-
dent Fornes, of the board OF aldermen
AS soon as they were seated the Prince
entered on the arm of President Cantor,
who formally introduced him to the board
of aldermen and the president.
President Fornes briefly acknowledged
the presentation and then said:
Your Royal Highness, Prince Henry of
Prussia, it is my especial honor to re-
quest his honor the Mayor of New York,
to tender you the resolution passed by
this body granting you the freedom of
the city,"
Thereupon the mayor formally present
ed the resolution and in q speech spoke
OF the charter granted the city of New
York by Governor Dongan in 1868 and
! added
1.-The freedom of the city which is now
to be conferred upon you has not very
often been granted in all our history. If
it be now, in fact but form of words,
it is form that signifies high regard
end genuine friendship for him on whom
| it is bestowed"
THE PRINCES REPLY.
Prince Henry replied:
''Mr Mayor, / am most grateful for the
reception l find here in this house as well
as for the very kind words you express
on this occasion. l am fully aware of
the fact that it is an exception that
member of my family should have been
offered the freedom of the city of New
York. l may add that ] am proud of it,
1t Is the first city which so many from
| the Old world going over to the new
world meet and see. 1t is a city which
has been an asylum for many of my
countrymen. l was deeply touched by the
reception which I found on the day of
my arrival, as we'll as today when |
drove to the City Hall. All of you know
perfectly we'll that / am not here on my
own behalf, but that / am here on behalf
of His Majesty, the German Emperor, my
beloved brother and sovereign.
81 am sorry that l cannot repay you
for all the kindness l have found here
but think that l am quite safe in say
ing that | may offer you the friendship
of His Majesty, the Emperor of Germany.
and / agree with you, Mr.. Mayor, that
| have not come here to create a friend
| ship but to carry on the old friendship
| which has existed between our two ma
| tons and which | hope may remain the
| same il the future"
! After the Prince had made his reply
he was applauded for some minutes and
| the official ceremony came to an erd. The
royal party went to their carriages and
with Squadron A, as an escort, drove up
B, oadway through a line of enthusiastic
| reople to 34th street and thence to the
| Hohenzollern.
! The Hohenzollern was reached at $3.50
o'clock. Along the route from the City
Hall to the yacht the Prince was given
| a continuous ovation and the American
| and German colors were everywhere.
At eli the Prince, his suite and Admit
raj Evans drove to the Metropolitan Club
where they were the guests at dinner of
the mayor with the Presidential delegates
and a number of citizens. There were no
| formal speeches.
THE PRINCE AT THE OPERA.
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