Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-12-28
Recent Occurrences of interest
in Sweden. Norway and
Denmark.
OSCARS PRIVATE PROPERTY
That Which Was in CHRISTIANS Has
Been Sent 20 Stockholm With
Some Exceptions.
sWEDEN.
Stock holm.

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furniture. works of art. silverware,
etc, which was the property of King
Oscar. has now been sent to Sweden.
King Oscar has. however. expressed
the desire that some of the works of
art i'm the Christiania palace shall re-
main. viz. two has reliefS and -four
portraits of members of the house of
Bernadotte. These his majesty has
donated to tile Norwegian govern
nlent. He has also donated all the
paintings and pieces OF sculptural art,
which were presented to him and
Queen Sophia on their silver wedding
anniversary. TO the Norwegian people.
Also Il number of very valuable paint
ingS have been given to the National
Art gallery. The seven Villas which
or another occupied by King Oscar,
have been sold for $4,000 crowns"
AT the naval academy Of the United
States in Annapolis there were reports
on hand concerning foreign fleets. OF
the Swedish naval officers II says in
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officers combine in a high degree their
theoretical knowledge with practical
application OF the things in hand and
are in this respect far superior to 9th
er foreign naval officers. But they de-
serve still greater credit for their
p~oliteneSs and courtesy. which Is
everywhere appreciated and respected
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among Swedish naval men is of the
highest order and they compare easily
with the officers of the best navies
in the world"
The duke and duchess of Skane win
occupy the northeastern wing of the
palace. which up TO this time has been
the apartment where the royal coat Of
arms have been preserved. The on
tents of this apartment will o be
removed to the NordiSka museum. The
apartments will be entirely rearranged
and will be ready for occupancy by
June. j.
Three new parade days" have re-
Gently beeu added to the list. These
are as follows: January II, the birth.
day Of the duchess of Skane: July 20.
Princess Margareth's nameday, and
the naweday of little Princess Astrid.
which is Nov. 81. Thus Stockholmiaps
will have three more holidays. which
will naturally occasion some festivity.
King Oscar has appointed as Swe-
Gen's envoy to the Norwegian court
T.. A.. Guncler and III. Won Essen as
legation secretary. The Swedish
newspapers all unite in saying that
the choice is an excellent one. Mr..
Gunther has been prominent in public
life for a number of years.
A Danish writer claims that Swedes
annually expend about 15,0OO.O0O
crowns in foreign lotteries. The lot.
terry mania is quite prevalent in Stock
holm and there is no use i'm %concealing
the fact that Swedes generally have
a passion for this form of risking
money.
The "Kaptensudden" has now been
purchased by the Nobel committee for
100000 W This point has been
for years owned and controlled by the
Stockholm Sporting Mems club and Of
the sum total the club receives $4,000
crowns for its share.
King Oscar recommends q riksdag
proposition calling for an allowance OF
2,IcO.G0o crowns for firearms and am
munition for the Swedish army during
the year of 1906. This exceeds the APP
preparation for last year by about
100000
Ground has been broken for the
new Grand Hotel Royal which is to
be erected in the near future ut
Blasieholm's place. The hotel which,
II is calculated, will be completed
about July, 1907, will cost 10.0o0,0O0
crowns.
A new million dollar stock company
has been organized in Stockholm
known as the Jungner Accumulation
company. The maximum capital has
been placed at 3.3OO.OOO crowns and
the minimum capital at 100000
crowns.
The Vasateatern was formally
opened for the season Nov. 30. The
theater has a seating capacity Of p
100 and next to the royal opera is now
the leading playhouse in the Swedish
capital.
Guiding a library and museum. We're
sold at auction a few days q for
100000 crowns
A. T. Odelberg has been appointed
director Of the Academy Of Agrfcul-
ture. He will assume his duties
Jan. /.
II Is rumored that King Haakon and
Queen Maud are to pay a visit to King
Oscar in the near future.
NORWAY.