The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-09-05
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/, CT the Gothic. The body Of the vase is
oval. with two graceful handles bound Or
APPLIED with the Llnaea borealis. the
Swedish national flower. On the front Of
the body ef the vase appears the fgure.
IN high relief. OF Peace. syEholixed by
beautiful woman with the olive branch.
the chosen emblem Of peace. The figure
stands in front Of the Kings monogram:
above is the motto. Brodrafolkens Val,
the welfare OF Tire brother nations. and
below the word Pax. peace. Beneath the
nsure the Swedish and American flags
are joined. their eolors skillfuily repro
dncsa by the use of richly tinted enaTa-
els.
The ensmeling on the base Is very ef-
receive On the stem are four small col
ored enameled panels. smhellsfed with
sinsie female figures. IMPLYING Music,
Poetry, Literature and Art. IN all OF
Wnlch King Oscar of Sweden IS very
mueh interested. Early in LIE he evinced
decided inclination for study and trav-
el hts literary productions are said 10
snow genuine talent; he has written
plays and IS fond of music and attentive
10 art The base OF the vase Is ornament
ed with delicate Gothic tracery and here
q gain are enameled panels. mainly lovely
Mite landscapes. There are eight alto
setner. principally Swedish subjects in
ctoCing a representation of tie bronze
equestrian statue Of Charles XIV. in
stockhoim; the royal palace at Stock
hcim' Drottiningholme palace; the Kings
summer residence, the National museum.
Riddarhol'ns church. where the bodies Of
the Swedish Kings are entombed a rep
resentative Swedish war vessel, korvet-
ten NoTkoping. in which the King as a
Young man made a tour of the world, and
on the remaining two panels appear an
American Indian and an ancient Morse
man. On the back OF the bowl of the
vase Is applied wreath OF oak and lau-
ticn-
The neck of the vase bears In front an
enameled scene. representing an ancient
viking vessel. and on the back view of
Old Swedes church in Philadelphia
A number Of Swedisn-Americans resid-
Ing in various parts of the United States
have appealed TO Uncle Sam to assist
them in getting possession Of legacy
which is better than all the placer claims.
OF i've hundred and forty million crowns.
or Sioo0",ooo and tract of land on the
coast CT South America between the riy-
ers Moruga and Irmoco. The claimants
are descendants of a sea pirate, Jonas
Berntsson Wennman-Lambert, who
served in the DItch navy about 1ee0-l7a6.
Large sums OF money have been spent
cover his fortune from the government of
Holland. but in vain The proofs OF re-
lationship have not been satisfactory TO
the Dutch. The Swedish heirs have in
terested the Swedish government in their
cause and the Swedish-American heirs
expect to interest the government of the
United States in their behalf.
From the parish records of the town of
Cmea In Northern Sweden. il appears
that Swede, Jonas Bernlsson Lambert
born in Umaa In 1s65. had died in Holland
in the year l72s. unmarried. His parents
were Bernt Johnson Lambert, a mar
chant, and his wife. Breta wennman.
As a young man Jonas Lambert had
left his native city. and little was heard
from him. In 1890 the first authentic re-
pert was received by his relatives. and he
was then Commander of a frigate'' be-
longing to the Holland navy. During
many years he continued in the service of
Holland, and particularly during the war
with France served with great distinc-
ticn. So great had been his service TO
the government and so profitable his
crimes, that the government OF Holland
and the states general in the eonfedera-
tion decided to him and his heirs forever
a tract of land on the coast OF South
America in Guayana. also known as De-
marary between the rivers Moruga and
Orinoco* and over these possessions he
was given suzerain rights. When Lam
bert obtained possession OF this tract OF
land several plantations had been start
ed and Lambert, who appears to have
been a hustler. soon increased these. at
his death 100 plantations being under cul-
tivation. all of them being named by
Lambert, and their names recorded in
the courts OF Amsterdam. As late as 1880
these plantations We're known as the
Lambert plantations. and that part OF
Guayana was on official maps known as
Nova Svecia.
When Lambert died, in 1875, he left these
plantations and the sum OF ESQ. 090, eco,
deposited in banks in Holland and Eng
land and by will left the whole of his
fortune TO his relatives III Sweden. The
laws Of Holland require that claims In
such eases must be made within the per-
Tod of thirty years, il not the state claims
the right Of primogeniture. News in those
days did not travel fast and the thrifty
Hollanders were probably In no particu-
lar hurry TO inform the Swedish heirs.
but they were enabled to make a claim
within the prescribed Period. Years went
by. and finally the heirs in Sweden dis
patched TO Holland a notary. Erik Hag-
win Huss, TO prosecute the claim In III2.
Huss disappeared. and after many years
of fruitless search IL was finally ascer-
tained that Huss had been sent by the
government of Holland as administrator
of the Lambert plantations TO Guayana.