Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-06-29
NEWS FROM The FAR NORTH.
King Oscar Visits His Grandfather S
Home.
IBsEy WRITING 4 NEW DRAMA
swedes In Copenhagen.-Labor Unions
In Observation-Disclosures Eugene
a. q Painter.


consists Of mechanics and labOrers.
BjornsUerne Bjornson recently made
speech not far from Lillehammar, In
which be said that Norway will come
out victorious In the fight the radical
leaders are waging against Sweden.
Henrik Ibsen Ia at present spending
several hours every day taken up with
a new modern drama, which will be
publishcd some time before Christmas.
He will stay in Christianis until the
new play Is finished.
"Sweden and the Swedes," the
great work by w. w. Thomas, the
minister OF the United States TO
Sweden and Norway, has now also oh.
tanned tho most favorable mention In
various Gesuan newspapers.
Five young society men, members Of
n boat club In Aarhus, Denmark, were
drowned the other day. They were
all very well known In the city, and
their funeral was attended by nearly
oil the inhabitants Of the place.
Alta big mass meeting held by the
various labor unions OF Chtistisuin, In
order 10 elect new officers, somewhat
Of n small riot took place. Order, how.
ever was restored by the police, the
Liberals scoring victory over the
Socialists.
King Oscar has appointed Prof.
NCrdenskiDld, the famous arctic ex.
plOfer, 10 be ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS nj
the great Columbian festival which
will be celebrated In Madrid this fall.
Prof. Nordenskioli will also be com.
missioner TO the historical American
expedition, which IL to be held ON the
same occasion.
The Norwegian Geographical Society
has recently been requested by tue
italian geographical society, Marquis
DoriB, TO send delegates TO the
geographical congress at Genoa, which
will assemble ON HccJunt OF the 'Ourth
centenary Of the discovery VI America
by Columbus. The meeting Of this
congress was already decided upon
last year Mt Bern h. Switzerland. 1t
will be held ia the middle Of Sep
TENDER.
Prince Eugeno's painting, "a SUM
mur Evening nj n Lake In NaldersD(iu
Norway, which was shown al the last
autumn exhibition and then was prO.
nOunced great success by the artists,
Is nj present being exhibited IN the
Salon " Champ dc Mnr- In Paris.
Also there II ~ receiving tho mcde Of
high praise by the artirts. when
Prince Eugene learned that II was n
general desire by the Norwegian
painters that he might be represented
by this painting with them, he pre-.
scented the picture 10 the Norwegian
national gallery.
Sweden formerly possessed the great.
et part OF northern Germany, but the
swedish government wAs In great
stress OF money IN 1903, and borrowed
the sum l,20O,0O0 riksdaler Ham
burg-f-banco with 3 per cent. running
interest OF the Grand Duchy OF
Mccklenburg- SchweriD, giving NJ n
pledge the city Of Wlsmar, with n
right to redeem II after 100 years. The
time now approaches, and the SUN Is
computed to reach the formidable bulk
OF 96,OB2, 500 crowns Of the present
money, which, Of course quite pre-
clude- all thoughts Of Teclaiming this
lost Jewel Of the Swedish crown, the
last remnant Of the once powerful
swedish empire Ia Germany.
a Parisian newspaper recently drew
the attention 10 the cOincidcnt, that
tho moment King Oscar entered
France, tho house In Pau, town near
the Pyrenecs, where his ancestor BeT.
nadotte was born, was offered for sale.
II IN an unpreten,ious little building OF
one story, with three windows facing
rue Trsu. Above the entrance IN n
marble tablet inserted with the follow
ing inscription: "ChaTles Jean Berna.
dOt,e, King OF Sweden, called 10 the
throne by the unanimous desire OF the
iwedes, was born Ia this house Janu.
AIRY 20, year 1903" King Oscar visited
he house OH his recent journey to
Blarritez, and remained In 1t n few
moments, when no doubt emotional
thoughts crowded upon him, where
stood the cradle OF tho founder Of his
dynasty, who 80 unexpectedly became
the King Of Sweden and Norway, and
to whom ne WAS himself Indebted for
the exalted position he holds. But Ia,
scion did not buy this memento OF his
grandsire, which probably had been
the hope Of the advertising owner
King Oscar left for the north, where
ia Berlin he was met at the depot by
Kaiser william, and hrotherly em.
hrRced by the mighty Emperor, and
tho Bernaiotte house nj Pau faded into
the history OF the past before the bril-.
liancy AMI glory Of the present.
The Ddiy Chronicle OF London oplnes
that II is impossible that the earnes,
morality Of the Scandinavian auth 1rs
may claim the attention OF tho world
ut large. The voice OF the inspired
seers have, during centuries past, pro-
ceeded from the South 10 the North.
Europe haa alternately listened To the
voice OF Greece, Spain ana Italy, and
later TO those OF France, England and
Germany, and now 1t seems, M N had
come the turn OF tho Russians and the
NOrsemen to speak. The muses. OF the
North strike chords that vibrRIe to the
heart and call TO life thoughts which
lind ready response In our modern
days In scandinavian AMI Muscovito
society evidently exist greater natural.
ness than In the Parlsian salons and
the London drawing rooms. This ob.
lains irresistibly among an artificial
society. Tho chief attraction conslsis
In that theBe literary men Of the
North simultaneously while retaining
their bright originality, have under.
stood how N penetrate into the depths
OF the most recent European philoso-
ply, aud depict this In most natural
manner On reading rolstoi, Turgeu.
JET, Ibaen, 5trindberg and others, our
interest is divided between the pro
found thoughts, which are stirring the
whole cultured world anu fresh scenes,
where the smoke has not yet begrimsd
and destroyed natures own colors.
IIusbnnd-rhis is the most rcmarka.
bio weather ever saw in my life. TIA
neither blazing hot nor freezing cold