Waterbury Democrat., 1902-02-25
GERMAN YACHT LAUNCHED
Alice Roosevelt Broke The Bot
 tie of Champagne.

She Also Severed the Rope tfolding
 the Yacht With an Axe-Both Bot
 tie and Axe Were Silver Covered
 Cylinder Head on Princes Train Blew Out and Train Was an Hour
 Late-Rain Fell During the Cere-
 monies.
 New York, Feb 25.-In drizzling rain and in the presence of brilliant assemDiage, amidst cheering and the roar of cannon, the German enlper- or's new schooner yacht, Meteor, was launched from Shooters Island to- day. Unlike the weather, the ar rangements were perfect and no un- toward incident marred the occasion. The president, Mrs and Miss Roose- welt. Prince Henry and the distin- guished party accompanying them were enthusiastically cheered on ar irving at the platform built just back of the bow Of the Meteor Without delay, after greetings mad been ex- changed, Miss. Roosevelt stepped for ward and taking hold of silver coy- cred bottle containing German cham pagne broke it on the side of the yes sel. Immediately she seized T sil- yer axe and and severed the rope which released the weights holding the Meteor The vessel went grace fully into the water with the Ameri- can flag breaking out at the taHrail. American and German national airs were played and from the scores of craft containing excursionists came enthusiastic cheering.
 The special train bearing President Roosevelt from Washington to the launching of Emperor Williams yacht Meteor reached Jersey City at GAO a m. The president remained on board until the arrival of the princes train, q few moments after s o'clock
 \ cylinder head on the engine of Prince Henry's special blew out and the train was more than an hour late in reaching Jersey City The accf- dent occurred shortly after leaving Baltimore. The stalled train was pushed into Magnolia, Md. by a pas senger train and there got new en- zine
 There were some other minor de- lays en route. occasioned by the change of schedule
 Soon after s o'clock the president and the prince and their suites en- parked on a boat for Shooters Island. where the launching took place.
 The weather was most inauspicious \ fine cold rain was falling and the harbor was covered with mist. The boat proceeded directly to Shooters Island. where q guard of police and naval militia had been on duty since early morning.
 President Roosevelt, Prince Henry and Party arrived at Shooters Island at 9:51. The royal and presidential salutes were fired and there was great cheering
 When the prince alighted from the train and accompanied by his suite passed through the station to the boat, there was the usual great crowd of commuters, who cheered him heartily. The ovation was repeated when few moments later President Roosevelt traversed the same route.
 The ferryboat Philadelphia had been awaiting the coming of the president and the prince since : o'clock. She lay in the northern slip of the Pennsylvania station. From her tall midship fagstaff futtered the stars and stripes. Forward was hoisted q flag with white Maltese cross on yellow background. On T round disc i'll the center was the Prussian eagle i'll black, while the royal emblem of Prussia and the i'm l perial crown of Germany were scat- 1 .lD thf. .,1.1 1 flag. Aft was hofsted the blue fiae of the president of the United States The presidents party breakfasted on the train while waiting for the prince. When President Roosevelt appeared he was accompanied by Mrs Roose- welt and Miss Alice Roosevelt. He touched his hat time and again to l the cheering multitude
 He was followed by Secretary of l War Root. Mrs Root and Miss Root and by the other members of the party Detectives and secret service men brought up front and rear. l On board the ferryboat the presi- dent at once joined the prince for ward on the upper deck, where they remained for some time in view of the cheering passengers on the crowd 1 ed IefryDOaIS ln other slips.
 The president and Prince Henry arrived at Shooters Island at 9:3O. They were received with cheers by those present and the presidential and royal salutes, 21 guns each, were fired.
 Shooters Island, i'll anticipation of the arrival of the distinguished visit ors, presented the appearance this morning of q military encafnpment rather than the scene of an event of international comity. Two battalions of naval militia reached the island at s o'clock and were posted at various points between the landing stage and the scene of the launching They l were supplemented later by a squad of petty officers and sailors from the Hohenzollern, who, though not under arms, presented q military aspect. Police swarmed everywhere over the little island, and the snow covered hills of Mariners Harbor, across the Kill, was manned by 25O policemen. Out in the bay revenue cutters, naval tugs and police patrol boats manned by naval militia and bluecoats darted about to keep the excursion fleet back