Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1903-05-09
Recent Occurrences of Interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Den mark.
SWEDEN AT ST. LOUIS FAIR
Determined Effort Being Made by
Minister Thomas to Have the Coun,
try FiIlingly Represented.
SWEDEN.
Stock holm.

Replying to Mr. Z. A. Odelberg
minister of agriculture. who has just
introduced in the riksdag a bill grant
ing an appropriation to the famine suf-
ferers, Governor Bergstrom Of Norr
b0tten gives a Stinging inferental re-
buke to official red-tapism. The gov
ernor says in effect that it is useless
to lock the harm door after the horse
has been stolen. He suggests that the
riksdag appropriate 100000 crowns
($107.200l to give employment to the
Swedes who are streaming through
Gothenburg to the United States. This
evil of emigration is beginning to
alarm even the most phlegmatic Swed-
iSh statesmen.
United States Minister w w. Thorn
as has received the following tele
gram from DR. Carl Swenson. president
of Bethany college in Lindsborg, Kan
sas. Thousands of leading Swedish
Americans pray for Sweden's repre-
Sentation at st. Louis. Help us
win. SwenSon" Minister Thomas
has promised 10 do all in his power
to urge the authorities to make suit
able appropriations and it is now con-
sidered that a determined effort to
have Sweden fittingly represented will
be made by the government.
Prince Oscar Bernadotte is contem-
plating visit to the United States
for the purpose of conducting revival
u-nJ,l- 10
old and in 1888 renowned his rights
to the throne of Sweden and Norway
and married Miss Ebba Munck to
whom he was attracted by her intense
~ religious disposition. The prince,
since his marriage, has consistently
worked as 4 religious propa gandist, es
pecially among the sailors and soldiers
of his country
Stockholm city council elections
have resulted in a decided victory for
the Liberals and social reformers
Mr.. Wallenberger. the banker, who
has been the chief opponent in the
council of municipal trading and an
energetic housing policy, has lost his
seat to Blomberg, the Social Democrat,
who is the first of his party to gain
admission to the council, which is
elected by a plural vote system.
President David R. Francis of the
st. Louis exposition has chosen John
Hammar, director for Sweden's export
society, as official representative for
Sweden at the st. Louis exposition
Judging from the determined way in
which men of industry are approach
ing the Swedins riksdag, it is quite
certain that Sweden will have an ex-
hibition at ST Louis
There are some pretty good salaries
paid to newspaper editors in Stock
holm at present. Adolf Hallgren, the
editor ofthe Stockholm's Tidning, re-
ceives salary of $4,000 crowns an
nually and the Finnish journalist
Lille, who has just arrived in Stock
holm has been enga ged by the same
paper at a salary of 10000 crowns a
year.
Plans are now under way for build
ing one Of the greatest singing palaces
in the world in Stockholm AS one of
the initial steps mammoth choir has
been practicing in order to render a
series of concerts the income of which
will be devoted to that purpose
Professor Curtis Wallis and Lektor
P Waldenstram were Sweden's of
fetal representatives at the inter
national congress held against the mis-
use of Intoxicating liquors in Bremen
April II to i4
DR.. R. Tornebladh has been chosen
''praeses" for the Veteenskaps Aka.
demien for the ensuing academic
year.