Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-10-12
ROYALMESSAGE TOUTAH
SENT HIM BY UTAH SCANDlNAVIANs.



9'"cknolIn' sweden sept ~ lS9"
10 .ne hd'tor'
.'"sc zen my eountrymen' the
""tuea ana Nor"eElohs'lh your state
)" 'u'"' 'hat sincerely thnnk them
Tor the handsome present they have
given me l wish them success in
their. for o,.,,, ho,,,, .,
"a.
N' '"'9c ""Iua On " prominent page
OF your esteemed publication.
They were uttered by his Majesty.
The kim az syy.i., mud N-.,,.,,..,,. os,,r.
II a.. -. -,
80 '' E""i correspondent uurlhS an
audience at the royal palace today
And the way in which they were ut
tered, There ~ rnoiastv in overv
,,.ti.t,. -
''' ,"1'e were "lsu I1t"ci'S
aHectlon ana love- Never shall l for
get the few minutes during which his
Majesty grneiousIv hold my hand In
his f,r no ,,,.,,,,.,3 e., ,,,, t..,a 4, A..
'' '- s'"'p'N ~ al" 'etu II uui
iHE inc 'htlfe interview, ana IL seemed
us II his whole soul went out towards
the people In the far yveat Of ,ybnrn T
r..r 49,. IL, l. -. . -,
'''I '''''e Oe'ib was huiilple repre-
sentative
Most of your readers are aware that
some time spo tho ii.a ,,.,. cor,,i,,o1
i.,. e.. e-.It.,.t.
~ VIZ 'N""uii'"F'uHS III utah 10 sehu
their maJesties token Of esteem at
the occasion OF their Jubilee. AS soon
ns TIA. s,ittoct y..s Lr,,aob,l I, ro,,,,a
:. ''"'''
S''H"i 9t"l'Ht al oNei the state ana
means began to come in. 1t was
thought best 10 send something char
actcnstic of the State, presents of gold
and silver being rather too common,
and after much discussion 1t was de-
cided to have a box OF Utah onyx made
and to deposit in it a handsomely
bound Book of Mormon The design
of the box as well as the workmanship
on 1t was entrusted to the care Of
Brother Olof Nilsson of Salt Lake city.
and the binding was ordered at the
"Deserct News" Office You have al
ready had n description of the artistic
work and many OF your readers saw
the box and the booi: before they were
sent out ON their long tourney.
The precious articles arrived safely
in Stockholm in the care Of your cor
I rpsuondrnt on Sent stb Tho sauna
dnv | went 10 the palace where l met
the kings first court marshal Count
Won Rosen. to whom | stated my err
rand The count is a distinguished
looking gentleman with a marital
! hearing Hts Innruape "a elegant and
/ infinitely precise--not a syllable too
much or TOO little in his sentences
] hapuened to mention that | had letters
! OF Recommendation to the American
] mi His TNppIlpppE Ferguson.
and I fancipd there was the vary least
/ III ~ n shr,,c ~ the .,houIder In ranIv-
/ / may he mistaken though.
AZ soon IA nroctirnI / maid my re-
/ spccts nj the American legation. where
I was very courteously received by his
| exceIlcncy, Mir, Ferguson read my let
/ t@rs from Cnvernnr Wells and Con
/ eressman King carefully and then
I promised TO inauire without delay
I whether his majesty would be plensed
I In rnreIve the presents from the Scan
| dInnyinns in Utah called several
/ tIn,oe AZ me Iegntion always TO hear
/ thnt no rcnIv mad been received and
I that nothinr more could be done.
Al last I decided to sec the kings
. cbnncoiior a.. rilssrno rslnlken. count
,,,,, Egs,r, II w,ne'a busy fine MT the
nninr,. and diflcult 10 obtain an inter-
| ,,Io,,, Win the arnInble count. but when
] a, I,st I srcceadsd | ,yns more than
repnid for my patient waiting Count
,,p,'' Essor is n Gentleman In the hest
a,,sa % the word extremely kind to
s, -. 49,, s,,rrn,,rd him and vet
n,,,roit,, co,n,nandirp respect. He is
r, ox,ctI,, vn,inlf in looks. but his
movements are those of boy. He al
,,,o -, ives Won the Immersion of a
nan ,i,,m ~. orders 70 his officers to
resnectfulIv listen to visitor who
ta,n, On soue business and to answer
,i,,tni toionbona message. an AZ the
tllNtI, Vel I SOU him and
800 ,,,, business and he grasped
,a,n 49,, ba,ds ana bid me welcome.
~, ny bo,r aftar had left him /
~. um 49,, ,,,I'.,a 20 bis oalce again and
Ia to he tbore the next day at 1880
''u , arnssad I'm 10 meet the king.
d. u ~, a,,,'ojrtad time / was at the
,g1'a nf NJ ,,lsmarslalk. The count
,,in, ,bere too conld not make out
na,,,,h ,,.hetber no saw me or not. un-
~ ~ n,cn he seized his hat and
VI ~, "a, Mo me follow him. did
co'o "I togctb,r we went pnst saluting
,r,r1s mn n night Of stairs. through
E,.',,,,t,, currishcd rooms alive with
W., s,r,,,'d bumnnItv. had no time
w ~, az ,nvthinr for Count Won Es-
!" 700" ',.,g Sr :, oraaf hurry. He simply
~, w the eteIrs, two and three steps
~" w - ond md no sooner entered
r"or, before he Ind left It through
. s,,,,o other door OF course, the count
S,os onx,ous not 10 lose one minute in
.,,,,iasg obsencs from the presence of
boio,,,S King hut II was different
,,n no To me the surroundings
,,.n,.c ali now. and curiosity absolutely