Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1901-11-30
Recent Occurrences of Interest
In Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
wADsrEIE MAKES a SENSATION.
Says Theologians Have cancelled
Many of Luther's Opinions in
Interests of Orthodoxy.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

49,
A sensation has been caused in
Stockholm by recent lectures delivered
by Professor Wadstein, who holds the
chair Of Teutonic languages in the
University Of Gothenburg. He asserts
that recent linguistic study of Luther's
writings shows that theologians have
concealed many of Luther's most inn
portant opinions in the interests of or
thodoxy. He also declares that the e1-
ample Of Luther is against church
marriages and in favor Of free civil
marriages The Swedish Lutheran
church considers civil marriages un-
christian and the law does not permit
them.
Unexpected developments nave re-
suited from Governor General Bob
rikoff's order to the Finnish senate to
report the names of officials guilty of
signing the peoples petition to the
car. The senate has informed the
governor general that several of its
own members and many officials of
Bobrikof's staff exercised their consti-
tutfonal rights to petition their soyer-
eign. The senate adds that if that is a
crime some other body than the senate
must be asked to continue the inquiry.
Governor General Bobrikof has ac>.
cordingly determined to appoint other
investigators.
Bishop K. II. G. Won ScheeIe, the
personal representative of the king of
Sweden, who is at present touring this
country, arrived in Rock Island last
Tuesday morning with Lady Won.
Scheele for a weeks visit to Angus
tana college. On the. morning of Nov.
Is he lectured in the college chapel on
1.-THE Religious Reformation of the
Sixteenth Century" He lectured every
afternoon before the students during
his stay In Rock Island.
The agricultural societies of the
country are manifesting considerable
interest in the bill now before par1ia-
ment providing for freehold homes for
peasants 1t is asserted that the emil
grafton Of the agricultural population
to the United StaLes can be stopped if
the peasants are aided by the state to
acquire small farms on easy terms.
A monument in honor of the poll
tician and author, Lars Johan Hjerta,
is to be erected in Stockholm next
spring. Subscription lists have been
placed in circulation and already sew
eral thousand crowns have been col
lected.
The prolonged drought has dried up
rivers furnishing power to the factor !
les, thus throwing thousands out of |
employment at a time when the sever
tiles of winter are beginning. This has
caused widespread distress.
According to the London Daily
News, the Swedish government has
closed a contract with the firm Var
row in Polar concerning the building
Of new torpedo cruiser with a speed
Of 81 knots.
Per Hallstrom, the author, is spoken
Of as one of the candidates for the
Svenska Akademien. Mr.. Hall
5trom's stories are very popular at
present and are widely read in Sweden.
The Dagens .Nyheter- reports the ru-
NOR that the Annerstedt, the minister
If justice, contempt rendering his
designation. For his successor is men.
Toned Justice Ramstedt.
Editor G. 6. Gabrielson, the we'll
Known socialist and publisher of The
s'olkenbladet, died at his home in this
,ity a few days ago, after a short i'll
less.
Professor Fridtjoj Nansen arrived at
Stockholm Nov. 5 to confer with Pro
essor Otto Peterson regarding a num-
,er of recent biographical discoveries.
The Swedes and Norwegians who
ave been exiled from South Africa,
ave received 10000 crowns as aid I
rom the Swedish government