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Show ADMIRAL EVANS AND PRINCE HENRY. Under the title "Prlnco Henry's American Impressions," Admlial Hob-ley Hob-ley D Uvan (of Utah) conlilbutes n llvel) article to McCluros Magazine for Ma). Tho Admiral wna. by the speclul request of tho Umperor of (Jermnny. detailed n a special aide-de-camp In tho sulto of the Prince while he was In thla counlr), and aa such wn constantly con-stantly with him nvins had formed a personal friendship both with the I-m-pcror nnd with Prlnco Henr) while on rervlco representing thla country on tho oecuslon of tho formal opening of the llmperoi s pet canal at Kiel Accordingly, Ac-cordingly, when the Prince landed hero on this visit ho expresacd hi eiatlllca-tlon eiatlllca-tlon that tin old friend should bo tho first to welcome, him. lie was Jolly companionable nnd mot appreciative throughout the whele of hla visit Ono of the moat striking experiences of the Prince s rounds In thi country coun-try wob hla very cordial reception by the (Scrmin-Amcrlemi put of the imputation, impu-tation, The Prlnco was equally cordial and advised them to show their quality by being always zealous und lo)al mip-pnrleia mip-pnrleia of their adopted country The vast trow da thnt turned nut to greet the vlaltor cheeicd hlui moat en-thualaatlcall) en-thualaatlcall) The crowd ever)heie were good-naturodly demonstrative, and the vlaltor seemed to enjoy It all, Hven when tho bo)a on the street would cull out, "Hello, Hemy ' or "W here'a Henry?" "Hello" he would pnavvei or lleie I nm,' 'I um Henry or, with Ills finger pointing to 111! biruat Hero la Prince Henr) ' If they aald 'Hello, Prince, how aie jou?" he would leply, "All right how are Ou ' Hla use of Uiihllsh exlenjed to bits of alang, na when he aald one day, " If wo are to get thiough well have to hustle,' an 1 on one occasion lie aald ' time h n, cinch" When fume one asked him to make a speech In llohton he said, "Not on )our life" At one of the te eptlona in Huston a very long epeech wua being tired off ut him whon he looked ut Chief Wl'kle nnd made a motion InHldo his coat, wheie he knew W llkle ouirled a plHtol the motion being interprets 1 an n suggestion sugges-tion to 'ahuot Ho orator." The Prime enlO)nd the popular acclaim, und wanted to go ever)vvhere and Be everything, every-thing, he wanted to visit tho iHtlnhter-liuusia iHtlnhter-liuusia at 1 u lgj, but was dissuaded for fun lume of the Polandtrs "irro might do him un injur). He warded to rldo on the locomotive nnd did so for a bundled miles from Summit Sum-mit tov ui I Pittsburg. His fondneaa ror muihlmi) and Industrial operation 1 Was marked Ho wanted to htnp the tt am si tint he might Im-poct the oil vve.ls In Ohio, und was unxlouu to bco the electric light plants at various points, but was able only to see that at Niagara Talis, which he went oer thoroughly. He met various of the captains of Industry,' J rl'rpont Morgan, Charles Schwab and others and pumped them Indefatlgabl). He enjocd negro minstrel l"5" In his honor, and seeing Hooker Washington at a function In the Waldorf-Astoria, asked that he be presented, pre-sented, sa)lng he regarded him as the lending man of hi race He did not meet many women but among the crowds the women of Milwaukee Mil-waukee struck him a the most beau-tlful beau-tlful As they drove alorg In that clt). the Admiral writes. 'I was full) occupied occu-pied with the faces on my ilde of the carriage, y t Prince Henry kept calling my attention to those on his side At last I warned him that each had enough to do watch hie own share, and that If we both tried to see all there were on both sides of the road, wo should soon be erosi-eyed After that we left ench other alone and jet aaw nn aninslng number of beautiful faces" Thla Is a new fame for Milwaukee, has the old fame anything to do with It" Iho Prince wanted to aeo the West, and regretted that hla Milt was ao timed as to forbid It. Hut Uvans In-vlted In-vlted him to come over at another time anl have a hunt In the Western mountains moun-tains It Is to be hoped that he will accept, and that Piesldent Hoosevclt may como along aa counselor nnd friend If Hvane should ateer him to his old camping ground, ho will bring him straight to this elt). To the nbove we may add a story told In the Leslies Weekly of April 17th, which Is ' Prince Henry of Prussia Prus-sia who was recently the Nations guest, was deeply loved by hla father tho lite Hmpcror Trederlek. It was to him that the Tmperor wrote on a slip of paper when he was no longer able to apeak Vou, at least, havo never given mo a moment's sorrow, nnd will make as good a husband ns )ou have been 11 lov lug son ' And if ter his death It was learned that the Umpetor had left the largest portion of his fortune to his beloved Bon Henr)." |