Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1904-01-21
Recent Occurrences OF interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
CELEBRATION IN STOCKHOLM
Observation Of ..Oscarsdagcn" Rub-
tic Buildings Decorated and
Theaters Crowded.
SWEDEN.
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served In Stockholm as Is customary
Public buildings, business blocks and
private residences We're profuse,y dec
GRATED. All the restaurants and thea
tors were filled with festive Stock
holmians and the Kings Song was
enthusiastically given wherever any
large number of people congregated.
King Oscar received all the members
of the royal family, and members of
the diplomatic crops.
The opera singer John Forsell, who
sang ut the Swedish Singers festival
in Minneapolis last summer, was
made knight of vasa Dec. l. 1t is
stated that Mr.. Forsell had emphaticaI-
~ stated not long ago that unless he
was awarded the yasa order. he would
not accept permanent engagement at
the Royal Opera for the season Of
1904.
Thewc'l known Stockholm physician
DIR. Aushelm Werner died yefy sud
denly from stroke of paralysis In
lucrative practive and was considered
one Of Stockholm's most able physi-
clans.
The notorious evangelist and ''heal-
err" Tjader,' has now returned to
Stockholm and is contemplating trip
to America where he intends to solicit
funds for his new church which he
intends building in the capital soon.
There are hundreds of laborers in
Stockholm who are without work at
present, and the charitable institutions
are pressed to the very utmost. The
past two months has brought much
suffering to the poor of the city.
During July, August and September.
7,49S persons emigrated from Sweden
to America. During the first nine
months of the present year 26,44S per-
sons emigrated from Sweden to tor
eign countries.
DR.. N. G. w. Lagerstedt has been
appointed Sweden's commissioner at
the Worlds Fair in st. Louis. DIR.
Lagerstedt will start for the United
ruary
More than 1000 Swedish Americans
will this year spent Christmas and
New Years with relatives and friends
in Sweden. Many of their friends
will return with them to America
The Svenka Akademien awarded
Selma Lagerlof. Sweden's leading
woman writer a gold medal Dec. 20
1t is the same medal of honor which
was awarded to Fredrika Bremen.
Nine. Therese Elfforss, the highly
respected and once so popular actress.
celebrated her 80th birthday Dec. 3.
In 1892 she retired permanently from
the Swedish stage.
The Stockholm board of education
axis for an appropriation of 100000
crowns for the year of 1905 for ad.
ditional buildings for the Stockholm
technical institute.
A rumor is current that "Berns Sal
onger'' are to be sold. The proprietors
of the concert palace have been offered
100000 crowns for this historic prop
erty
According to recent dispatches, Otto
Nordenskjold left Buenos Ayres for
Stockholm Dec 10. He will arrive at
Stockholm about Jan. 8.
King Oscar has awarded a gold
medal to Nine. Agnes yelin who is
at the head of the Scandinavian Sail
Ors Home i'm London.
United States Minister w. W. Thorn
as will spend the coming spring and
summer at Barnholm, where he has
leased villa Trianon
Crownprincess Victoria's Christmas
fair netted not less than 10000 crowns
The sum in question will be donated to
the city's poor.
Gustaf Stoltz has been elected pres
fdent of the students society of the
Stockholm high school.
The "Literis ct Artibus'' has been
a. arded the composer Julius Wiberg.
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