Morris tribune., 1903-07-04
recent Occurrences of Interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
EMIGRATION FIGURES FOR MAY
"American Fever" Shows No Signs OF
Abating-Money Sent Back Ofsets
Loss of the People.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm

The emigra ton figures for May, 19O5'
show that more than twice as many
persons emigrated from Scandinavian
countries to America than during the
same period last year, and the 'Amerl-
can fever shows no signs of abatlng.
1t is shown, however, that the money
sent back by Scandinavian settlers In
the United States offsets to large de-
gree the loss to the country caused by
the emigration of so many OF its pest
citizens. Figures recently published In
Christiania show that during 1902 to-
tai of 100000 crowns was RENTED
in this way to Norway alone. Says
The Reccrd-Herald (Chicago) anent
Scandina Wan emigration: In the first
ten months of the current fiscal year,
while the total immigration increased
SO per cent. over the corresponding
months of 1902, the immigration from
the Scandinavian lands-SWeden, MOI
way and Denmark-increaSed 40 per
cent If the proportion of arrivals in
MAY anu JUNE luC A0IiO
to the arrivals of the preceding ten
months this year as last the United
States will receive for the whole year
1000 Danes, $4,000 No. wegians and
4650O Swedes, a total of $500.
This will not, however, make 1903
the year of the greatest immigration
of ScandinavianS. In 1882, the record
year up to the present for total i'm
migration, these three lands sent 1885,
1926 persons to our shores. The years
1880, 1881 and 1888 were also years
of heavy Scandinavian immigrat ton.
After that the numbers fell off some
what, but increased in 1887 and 1888
and again in 1892 and 1898 With 1894
and hard times in this country came
a swift decline, which continued till
1885, when. less than 10000 immi
grants came from the three countries
together. The increase since then has
been steady"
Crown Prince Gustaf, in a recent in
tervieW with Director J. Hammar,
president of the Swedish Export socie-
ty, stated that he would surely visit
the st. Louis exposition unless he was
h.ndered by sickness. The crown
prince will be appointed honorary
president of the Swedish department
at the exposition.
King Oscar will arrive at TromSoe
July 49, 1t is purely recrea ton trip
taken in connection with the dedica-
focfivifioc Tiu OF ha
of the Ofoten railway. The king will
then visit the queen at Skinnarbol, and
will afterwards return to Stockholm.
E. w. Dahlgren has been appointed
Ito arian in chief of the Royal library,
to succeed the recent Carl Snoilslzy.
Dahlgren was born in 1913. He was
appointed librarian at the Karolinska
institute in 1887 and librarian in chief
at the Academy of Sciences in 1893.
The American. "cakewalk'' has been
introduced in Stockholm and is now
the rage at all the vaudeville houses
1t has undergone some material
changes, however, after it's popular
run" in Paris.
A wrestling match between the ia
nous Danish wrestler, Beck Olsen, and
Lundin, the SWedish-American, has
been arranged IN Stockholm. The
match will be held during the early
part of July.
''Sigurd," the popular novelist, is at
present at work on a new novel en-
titled 'Svenssons," which is to be pub
lished this fall by the Hugo Gerber
Publishing company.
Three hundred and fifty Swedish
Americans arrived with the "Aristo" at
Gothenburg June 8 to spend the sum-
me with relatives and friends.
Crown Princess Victoria is at pres
ent in Helsingborg, where she will re-
main until July 5. Crown Prince Gus
taf will join her there July 8.
The new frst-class armored cruiser
which is to be launched at Karlskrona
during the latter part Of next month
will be christened oscar l."
It has now been decreed by the city
authorities that the Poltava monument
is to be erected in the Artillery park.