The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-03-11

The prince was particularly pleased
with the metal furniture with WnlcA
The Retvisan is equipped, and made
notes az this new departure. Before
The prince left the ship ne Inspected me
sailors on the quarterback. As tile
German admiral walked down lhs
g5nglgay the entire ships company lea
by Baron Fersen naval attacne OF ths
Russian embassy al Washington gave
three cheers for Prince Henry OF
Prussia"
The prince. by this time, was grow
ms. enthusiastic over what he was see
ing. He made q rapid Inspection OF
the big armored cruisers Colorado ana
Pennsylvania. which are still on me
stocks. Of the Finland and kroonland.
the largest merchant vessels ever DullJ
in tnis country. and of the Turkish
cruiser, which has not yet been given
a name. The prince did not know tpat
the sultan had ordered cruiser IN TINS
country and he showed surprise Wnen
Mr. Cramp pointed out the keel OF the
new Turkish vessel,
Having seen all the ships in the yard,
the prince was then shown through the
various departments in which the ma
terial for vessels is made, and OF all
these the machine shops interested MN
most. Here he saw many tools IN use
that are of purely American invention,
and asked many questions about theln.
He paid particular attention 10 the
electric and pneumatic devices, and
vas particularly interested IN a ma
chine known as the multiple hange
drill, which drills all the holes in a
hange at one time. He made a minute
examination of this, and remarked that
the Americans are certainly ahead OF
all other nations in respect TO pneu-
matte tools.
Busy Bowling to the Crowd.
Before taking his departure the
prince expressed himself to Mr.. Cramp
as highly pleased with all he had seen
and added that his rapid tour in the
yard was very instructive 1t was l;O5
when the royal visitor left the snip
yard, and, driving rapidly between two
solid masses of people, the party
reached the Union League at 1.30 p
m. On his drive to and from the
Cramps. Prince Henry talked enter
tainingly with Mayor Ashbridge re-
gsrding his tour through the country
He told the mayor that he had hac
an exceedingly pleasant and instruc
tive trip. He said he felt a little ia
tigued at times. but that he soon re
covered from this.
The prince said to the mayor that h
regretted very much that he did no
have an opportunity to inspect the in
, dustTies Of the United States, which n
knew TO be very interesting.
Later on, during the eight-mile driv
through the city. the prince constantl
saluted in response to the cheers, ant
| his royal highness said that he wishe'
IL were proper to salute with the lef
! hand, as his right arm WAS so tired
panied him every time he raised il.
At the Union League Prince Henri
| was the honOred guest at a privat
/ luncheon attended by 100 prominent CIT
/ liens. The banquet room was beauti
| fully decorated. The center Of tn
ia BILE represented a lake. in which rest
| ed an electrical and floral ministuT
/ OF Emperor Williams yacht Meteor
The chief feature Of the floral decora
/ tons was a new pink caTnatiOn name
/ Prince Henry. On the wall direCtl
| facing Prince Henry as he sat at tn
/ table was a Iife-size oil painting q
/ Emperor William. tastefully drape
! with German cOlors. The guests a
the luncheon were presented individu
ally to Prince Henry, and later tn
members Of the Union League, who hs
gathered to honor the prince weT
presented collectively. The prince mad
/ a brief address, saying:
I wish to thank you for the kin
reception I met with in the Unto
| League. Gentlemen, this is probabl
the last opportunity I will have durin
my visit to the United States to spea
in public, and I am not sorry that tn
should be so. What I am going
communicate TO you here 1 am sayin
before the world. There has been al
solutely no secret object cOnnecte
with my visit to your nation Shou
any of you read or hear anything
the contrary / authorize you herewit
to fatty contradict it. l was told b.
fore leaving my home to open my eyt
as well as my ears as wide as pOssibl
to speak as little as I could. In tn
latter instahce I am afraid my missiC
is a failure. 1 saw many more thin'
than many of you may be aware c
I equally heard a great many thing
I among others many kind words of II
dividuals as we'll as the shouts
. welcome of thousands of your coul
/ trymen, What I express in your pre-
ence ] express in the presence of yo1
+ nation-ny heartfelt thanks for Il
J cordial reception and good feeling
met with during my stay in your cou
try. II viii be my duty to inform Il
Z emperor of this fact I am homewa
I bound tomorrow. 1t would be wrol
= Of me to say I am sorry to go hon
{ but at the same time I feel sorry
e leave a country in which | have IN
r / with so much kindness and hospits
] it,. Let me add, gentlemen, let
d | try and be friends"