The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1896-12-08
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NJ. Giant monarch, who will hold
a u",.nce of power in the commission
O''a 70 he appointed to arbitrate IN
hl .nl.'o,uelan dispute, Oscar OF Sweden
v NOruay, king of the Goths ana the
b ,s NOs" i a most picturesque figure
an" na the royal personages of Europe.
none man over 8 feet in height.
ropg and muscular Although ,,si,a now os o.. o.
rvrS old, the king has lost little OF the
b r,d vigOr and the capacity l ,o .a- ao'
yS,vo ork and study which have charac-
t " him all through life.
i as takes great interest in all the daily
sairs Of the lives of his subjects ana is
i' - going about incognito both IN
n' a,tv Of stockholm and in the coun'
T. districts 1t is rather hard however
s;s MAJESTY to go about and not be
p n,a on account of his huge form
= - the fact that his face is familiar
~ % his subjects. 1t is considered
;o a. however, when the king would
w uaroun.al- Raschid, to pretend not
NOW who he is, and many a CONVEX
80 has Oscar had with a subject IN
's,;o resorts in the capital or by a
onntrv roadside when the subject knew
| !, ,be time TO whom he was talking
nd the king never suspected his knowi-
dge. ,...osoa 20 mt nm
.oany Of the pomps and vanities OF roy
,tr He cannot forget that his grand
Satber was private in the French ma
ines and that his paternal ancestry IS
Rlebeian. In 1888, however, the king had
4 draw the line and remind his family
Ibst never mind about grandpa; at pres
Mt thew were royal family, with two
Kingdoms 10 rule over, to say nothing
bf the nebulous Cloths and Vandals wait
u no them in Valhalla.
The kings second son, named for him,
oscar. fell in love with a Miss Ebba
MINK, the daughter of private gentle.
|nap Of Fulkila. The king said that II
Oscar married Miss Munk he would have
n give up his claims to the throne: Os-
har iunior, said: "Keep your old throne.
What are thrones to my EbbaT Mr..
klunk said he guessed his ancestral line
WAS as long as that of the Bernadottes.
Miss Munk was liked by the royal fam
Sly and had been quite belle in Stock
holm, but she was not royal.
The king was rather disposed to en-
noble the whole Munk family and let
Soung Oscar keep his place in the sue
Icession to the throne, but the wise min
listers said it would not do. So young
Oscar gave up all rights to the success
|sion, and he and his wife have lived
happily ever since on the best OF terms
with the rest Of the family.
King Oscar among all his titles is
|proudest of that of doctor of philosophy.
This degree was conferred upon him by
7 the University of Erlangen. The king
| Of Sweden and Norway is especially
well adapted TO be an arbiter in a dis
pute between the United Kingdom and
' the United States from the fact that
though monarch, he is not closely al
lied to the reigning houses of Europe.
! His father was son of Bernadotte, anC
his mother was daughter of Prince Eu
gene, the son of the beautiful West In
dian creole who shared the throne o.
great Napoleon. King Oscars wife
Queen Sophia, is the daughter Of TIT
late Duke William of Nassau. OF al
the crowns which Napoleon showeret
upon his brothers and his marshals tn,
one worn by King Oscar alone remains
Benadotte saved himself by forsakini
Napoleon in his hour of greatest need.
The present reigning house of Swedel
and Norway is called the house of Point
Zorro, because after Bernadotte, the pri
vate Of marines, had fought his way a
TO be marshal of France Napoleon mad
him Prince of Ponte Zorro. The roya
houses which reigned in Sweden an
Norway before Bernadotte came on tn
scene had origin in the dim twilight @
the ages.
The house of Ponte Zorro is IS year
DID, 1t was in 1918 that the first Of tn
line became king. Marshal Bernadott
was succeeded by his only son. Osca
J. VINO died in 1869 and was succeede
oy his son Charles. who died in 1870,
oe succeeded by his brother, the preser
KING Oscar III has four sons-Gusta,
,ne crown prince, who is married to
laughter OF the Grand Duke Of Baden
oscar who married Miss Munk, an
Oarl and Eugene, who are unmarried
oscar, who married Miss Munk, cal
himself now Prince Bernadotte.
Inc royal family of Sweden has
s svi, list OF $5S4,790 OF this they q
SNnoO''OO from Sweden, $134,745 frol
NUtway and the rest from a pensio
s Saicn was voted in perpetuity to Bern,
sO''e and his heirs when the marsh,
accepted the crown. When it is consi,
s sis.; mat all the royal family, now col
ISSUING OF IL persons, have to be su,
r rU.'eo out of it and keep up style b
SoUnllng royalty, this is not a large sun
S ~ an average they get over $53, 900
i toas Out OF it, however, which is mo
Ia. sne pay of the president of Il
N"'eu states. New York Press.
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