The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-01-24
Duchess Of connausht and Princess
Patricia Are Just simply
Crazy" Over Big
City.
Party Took an Auto four Down ToWn
Today and Saw Some
Real American
Hustle.

| united Press Leased Wire Service1
NEW YORK, Jan. 24.-Pursued by
eight taxicabs loaded with newspaper
men, the duke and duchess Of Con-
naught and their daughter, Princess
Patricia, braved the maelstrom OF
downtown traffic today and visited the
stock exchange where they were fore
ed to fight their way through vast
crowd
The party left the Reid home in
three automobiles. Ambassador and
Mrs. Reid and the duke and duchess
occupied the first car. Princess "Pat'
and her lady in waiting, Miss Tully,
We're in the second machine, and the
dukes bodyguard followed close be-
hind In third touring car At Thir-
teenth street and Fifth avenue, the
chauffeur in charge of the princess
car lost his hat While he was re-
gaining it, Ambassador Reid's car
went speeding down the avenue and
was hopelessly separated from the
rest of the party. A few minutes lat
ter the secret service men were
caught in the crush and were forced
to make wild drive to catch UP with
the princess.
When the duke and his party arriv-
ed at the stock exchange, Princess
Pat" was not in sight. A searching
!; party was being considered when her
& machine dashed up, accompanied by
7 the secret Service men. BY this time
such a crowd had gathered, that the
royal guests fairly had to fight their
way into the visitors entrance of the
/ exchange.
The royal guests were taken to the
governors room where they were in
/ troduced to the members. They then
4 returned to the visitors gallery and
4 the duke spent fifteen minutes watch
/ ing the trading, but most of the mem
bers gave their attention to the royal
visitors.
When the party started to leave the
exchange funeral procession was
coming down Wall street, The crowd
around the entrance was so big that
1 the hearse was forced to stop. The
Z, duke an duchess and Ambassador
and Mrs. Reid got into their automo-
bile. The driver of the hearse, some
what Illustrated by the tieup, fell in
behind the dukes car. BY the time
Princess Patricia got started, her car
was caught between the carriages of
: the mourners, and the secret service
men were obliged to trail the entire
procession.
The newspaper photographers de-
termined to get good photographs OF
the strange procession, climbed on top
: of the hearse and from this unique
point of vantage exhausted their sup
ply of films. An unsuccessful effort
was made to push them from the top
of the hearse. AS soon as the process
sion reached the first intersecting
street, the royal party separated fren
the funeral cortege and drove about
the financial district viewing the
ruins of the Equitable building, the
!, city hall, the Tribune building which
: is owned by Ambassador Reid, and
other structures At ] o'clock the
: Connaughts, accompanied by Ambas-
: sador and Mrs. Reid, went to the home
OF Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt, on Fifth
avenue, where they were luncheon
guests
New Yorkitis'' has attacked
: the duchess of Connaught and
, her daughter, the Princess Pa
tricia, to such an extent that they
are in no hurry to get back home to
their adopted country. Instead, they
! have about decided to prolong their
stay here until Friday night and will
: not even accompany the duke te
Washington tomorrow when he viii
! pay friendly visit to President Taft
2 Two active days of sight seeing
opened to the party the possibilities
, of what can be viewed in this city ant
! it was said that the duchess and
= princess have insisted that they neeo
more time to see everything. They
will attend the opera Thursday after
] noon and evening. If it can be ar
a ranged, the duke will go to the operS
D, Friday night and Immediately after
e ward will start back to Canada.
e 1t was said that one reason why th'
n women will not accompany the duk'
t to Washington is the desire of Mrs
le Reid to emphasize the claim that sh'
n. is really the social mentor of al
h America, and she did not desire t.
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