Morris tribune., 1905-06-17
KING OSCAR n. OF swEDEN.

way until further notice, and to eXer-
else the power heretofore appertaining
to the king. An address to the king
was adopted declaring that no i'll feel
ing was entertained against him, his
dynasty or the Swedish nation, and
asking him to cooperate in the selec-
ton of a young prince Of the house
of Bernadotte to occupy the throne of
Norway When the deputation bear
ing the address, reached Stockholm the
king refused to receive it. He tele-
graphed Mr.. Berper, the president of
the storthing, as follows: "As l do
not recognize the revolutionary steps
which the storthing in violation Of the
constitution and act of union and in
revolt against its king has unfortunate
ly taken. 1 decline to receive the
deputation."
Charles II. Graves. W. w. Thomas
successor as United States minister to
pany with Mrs. Graves at Stockholm
from Malma May 80. At the Central
station they were received by Minis
t. sF L Jmas and other members of the
American legation and went direct to
Burger Jarls street No. II. where the
new legation will be located as soon as
it has been officially transferred there.
At s o'clock in the evening Mr.. and
Mrs. Graves were rendered a dinner
and reception at the home Of w. w.
Thomas Minister Graves says that
he is delighted with Stockholm and be-.
lieves that he and his wife Awill feel
very much at home there. "Of course
had heard that Stockholm was a
beautiful city, but it far exceeds my
anticipations. Before left my native
land 1 had a pleasant conversation
with President Roosevelt, whom have
the honor to consider a personal
friend. He said to me: You go to a
glorious city. good people and to a
land with a wonderful history The
president also told me that the Amer
ican-Scandinavians rank as the best
citizens
The good people of Skane will give
Prince Gustaf Adolph and his princess
set Of French furniture pieces
valued at $4,000 crowns. The furni-
ture will be sent to Sofiero-the
princes wedding gift from King Oscar
and Queen Sofia-and he has expressed
himself as being much gratided at
Skane's selection Of a wedding gift.
In many provinces OF Sweden sub
scriptions have been taken for APP
propriate wedding gifts and the royal
young couple will get a pretty fair
start. everything considered.
'Children's Day." an annual event
in the Swedish capital, was this year
observed May 10 and the sunny dis
position Of the 'Queen of the Bal
tic'' came into full prominence. There
We're street parades, races and mat
inees at the theater. ETC., besides gala
festivities on SkanSen. The days per-
formances netted not less than $4,000
crowns. sum which goes to fund
for poor children.
fi Prince Gustaf Adolph and Princess
Margareta will not. arrive in Stock
holm before July 9. "A Swedish naval
squadron will meet the, royal young
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couple in Copenhagen and escort them
to Helsingbsrg. from which point the
journey will most likely be continued
by rail to Stockholm Great prepara-
lions are underway for their reception |
in the capital ION that date. ~ II
Skansen, the open air museum, con-
tinaes to attract The park is every |
Sunday visited by thousa nds of peo-
pie and already the. flow OF tourists
has commenced During the summer
months there are thousands OF strange
faces, in the city and they come from |,
all parts Of Europe and America, even
from Turkey and Japan. - .4e
Z The weA known opera singer, Johan
Forsefl, VA few months ago SUED
the Dage,4 Nyheter for deliberate