Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1905-05-24
Recent Occurrences of Interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
KING OSCARS NEW AMBITION
Expresses a Wish to Live Until He Be-
comes a Great Grandfather-Ap-
preaching Wedding.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm,

Prince Gustaf's recent engagement
to Princess Margareth and his con-
templated wedding is the CHER topic
at the Swedish capital. King Oscar
is reported to be especially well pleased
with the match and has expressed the
desire to live until he will be great
grandfather, distinction which as yet
never came to any Swedish king. When
young Prince Gustaf returned from his
trip abroad the other day he was es-
pecially well received by his grand
father, who reported that 1.-The boy
seemed overjpyed and is very much in
love with the princess, who l un-
derstand is both good and beautiful.
The dearest wish of my life is to live
until shall become a great grandfath-
err" There is a rumor that King Os-
car and Queen Sofia will present the
young couple the beautiful palace
''Sofiero" as wedding present.
A new painting of historic interest
has just been completed by Count q.
Cederstrom and is entitled Karl XII
at the Battle of Narvia." The king
appears on horseback while the Rus
slams are surrendering their flags and
weapons. The painting will be seen at
The exposition in Munchen this sum-
mer. Art critics claim it is a master
piece and have given unexpected praise
to Count Cederstron1.
P The "Army and Navy Gazette Uon-
dom reports that the English squad
ron, which should during the latter
part of this month depart for the West
Indies, will instead cruise along the
Swedish and Norwegian coasts. The
squadron is under command of Vice
Admiral Bosanquet and consists of the
following vessels: Ariadne, st. George,
Hawk, Gibraltar, Highfyer and Isis.
1t is somewhat unusual that a Swede
marries a Laplander girl. but this is
what happened not long ago when the
Rev. Gus Bjorkman married a stout
and cheerful Lapp girl. A good many
girls of the congregation naturally
envy the happy bride, but she never
theless enjoys the distinction of being
the first Laplander girl to marry
Swedish pastor.
The medical examination of the re-
cruiting officers of the Swedish army
for 1908 was published a short time
ago. The report says that 31,693
young men were examined and of
this number 5066 were found TO be
physically unfit for military service, a
little more than 1872 per cent. OF this
number All were suffering from tuber-
culosis.
According to a Gothenburg paper
Queen Sofia will spend the summer
in Norway, although it is well known
that Skinnarbol is her favorite sum-
mer residence. she will in all prob
ability spend her summer at Ryholm,
in the Moholm vicinity. King Oscars
plans for the summer have not been
announced.
Edwin Osterberg, Phi. D.. has been
selected as Princess Margareth's
Swedish tutor and will in a few days
depart for London, where the princess
will receive instructions in Swedish
until her wedding day. Dr. Osterberg
has resigned from his position as prin-
cipal of the Nya elementar school in
Stockholm.
P. p. Waldenstrom's resignation
from the rectorship Of Gehe college
has now been accepted. Mr.. Walden
strom may again be a candidate for
the riksdag and he will most likely be
reelected. The rumOr that Mr. Wal
denstrom intended to become an Amer
lean citizen evidently lacks contirma-
ton.
The Swedish riksdag has been con-
sidering a bill giving TO women the
right to vote, but the bill was eventu-
ally lost. Another bill has been in
troduced revising the election code. af-
fording greater privileges to the liber-
ais.
The king has again refused Walter
Schaumann's application for right OF
residence in Sweden. Walter Schau-
mann is the father of young Schau-
mann, who was Bobrikoff's assassin.