Evening star., 1907-09-03
GOTHAM VISIT ENDED
Prince WiIheIm's Sightseeing
Closed Last Night.
BANQUET BY THE GERMANS
Delivered Speech of Thanks in Pro-
posing a Toast.
BANQUET BY THE GERMANS
YESTERDAY WAS A LIVELY DAY

YESTERDAY WAS A LIVELY DAY
Witnessed Exhibition of Fire Depart
ment-Inspected Model Tenement.
Visited Ellis Island.
NEW YORK, September 3.
Prince Wilhelms last day in New York
began yesterday with visit to fire head
quarters where Fire Commissioners Fran
els ]. Lantry had made preparations to
have a false alarm turned in, while two
of the crack companies of the DEPART
ment among the members of which are
several Swedes, were ready to show
Prince Wilhelm how New York fire.
fighters respond to alarms. In addition
to Prince Wilhelm and Commissioners
Lantry, there were in the party NJ. La
derkrantZ, the Swedish minister; Health
Commissioner Darlington. Ernest Flagg,
architect of the Singer building, and N.
j. Malmoros, engineer in charge of the
construction of that building.
When the princes party arrived at fre
headquarters Commissioner Lantry es-
corted them to the fire-alarm bureau,
where Chief Martin of that department
alarm system works. While Mr.. Martin
was explaining this and that apparatus
Winfield H. Snyder, the operator on duty,
| worked in a false alarm. The prince
was greatly interested in the way the
system worked, and it was said tnat he
did not know at the time that 1t was
all part of a scheme for his entertain
ment
Delighted With Firemen's Exhibit.
Prince Wilhelm was escorted to a point
opposite the entrances to the houses Of
engine company No. 80 and hook and
ladder company No. 16. After he had
talked with Capt. Levy of the engine
company for few moments another
false alarm rang out, and fifteen seconds
later the engine was in the street, its
trio of big horses pulling at their bits In
their eagerpeSS to be on.
Around to Lexington avenue near 6Ith
street, at the rear of the 7th Regiment
Armory, the engine was run. In two
seconds a stream of water was playing
on the armory. Prince Wilhelm re-
exhibition was over. After expressing
| delight at what he had seen the prince
bade the fremen goodbye.
Inspected Model Tenement.
With DR.. Darlington the prince and his
party started down town to inspect a
model tenement house in 42d street, at
| 10th avenue. Arriving there, the prince
walked up the six flights of stairs, look
| ing carefully at all arrangements for the
comfort of the tenants. On the third floor
| the party found that among the tenants
were two Swedish women, Mrs. Nina An
derson and Mrs. Elizabeth Ericsson. While
| talking to Mrs. Ericsson Minister Lager
krantz learned that she was once nurse in
| his aunts home in Sweden. He remem-
| bered her perfectly, although he had not
seen her for twenty-Seven years. The prince
| also talked for long time with his fellow
countrywomen, and he made an appreciative
comment when he saw on the parlor wall
| of Mrs. Anderson a photograph of King
| Oscar. Afterward the prince said that he
was pleased to see and also somewhat
| amazed at the economy and comfort with
| which people could live in such building
When the inspection of the model tene-
ment ended the prince and his party headed
| for Staten Island ferry to go to Mr.. Flagg 8
home the island for luncheon. That
| over, the prince was hurried over to
| Ellis Island, where Commissioner of 1mmi-
grafton Watchorn was waiting to show him
| the greatest immigration station in the
world. Prince Wilhelm greatly inter
! ested and asked many questions concerning
| the way the inspectors did their work
There were several hundred immigrants at
the island. From Ellis Island the prince
was driven to photograph gallery, where
he had more pictures taken.
Gotham Visit Ended With Banquet.
With the cink Of stems and the swing of
| German student songs ringing in his ears,
| the prince brought his visit to New York
| to an end last night He left for Boston at
! II o'clock His last entertainment in New
| York was a banquet and kommers given
| at the Arion Club by eighty members of
| the Old German Students Association, of
| which the princes paternal grandfather, the
Grand Duke of Baden, is an honorary men,
Der.
Prince Wilhelm made speech in Ger
! man, in which he thanked his hosts, ex
| pressed appreciation of all that had been
| done for him in America and concluded by
proposing the health of his grandfather,
! the grand duke. The prince had prepared
| his speech and he read it from the manu-
lish, well. but very slowly. He entered
| into the festive spirit of the occasion and
| sang the student songs as if well acquainted
with them. He called often for a new
| stein. Like the members of his staff he
| wore civilian evening clothes, with single
| order pinned to the breast.
| Dr. Carl Beck, president of the Old Ger
! man Students Association, presided and
| introduced the prince. Justice Mclean pro-
| posed the toast to the Grand Duke Of
| Baden, and Prof. Learned of the University
| of Pennsylvania gave the toast to the
| Emperor of Germany, who is member of
| the association President Roosevelts health
was proposed by John Aspegren, who on
| several occasions has been Prince Wilhelm s
host in New York.
| Other speakers were NJ de Laderkrantz, z,
| Swedish minister to the United States: w.
A. F. Ekengren, secretary of the Swedish
1 legation: Capt. de Klercker. aid-de-camp to
| Prince Wilhelm, and Marbuis Clarholm,
acting Swedish consul.
From the banquet hall Prince Wilhelm re-
turned to the Astor to change his attire be-
fore boarding his train for Boston He was
| accompanied to Boston by Capt de
| klercker, Mr. Ekengren and a United
States secret service agent. The prince
will leave from Boston on the Fylgia to-
| morrow night The Fylgia left New York
| yesterday afternoon for Boston.
Generous With His Tips.
From all accounts the prince, during his
weeks stay here was as generous with his
| tips at the Hotel Astor as Gen. Baron
| kuroki of Japan when he stayed at
| the same hotel about two months ago. If
| report be true the man who opens carriage
| doors at the main entrance of the hotel
| received in all about 500 in gratuities from
| Prince Wilhelm, a head waiter received $1OO
| after a dinner given by the prince to some