Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1906-05-12
Recent Occurrences of interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
KING OSCARS HEALTH BETTER
Queen Sofia, on the Other Hand. Has
Been Ill and Confined to
Her Rooms.
SWEDEN.
Stock holm.

King Oscar and Queen Sofia were al
the Riviera when last heard from
They have had a pleasant fortnight
there and King Oscar is reported
much improved in health. According
to kilograms from Cape Martin, the
reports that Queen Sofia had accom-
panied the king on several excursions
! at the Riviera and vicinity are un-
/ founded. The queen has been i'll re-
| Gently and has for several days been
| confined to her rooms. The old king S
heart must have been gladdened when
| the telegram announcing the birth of
a grandson reached him. 1t was bis
! hearts desire to live to see an heir to
! his favorite grandson, Prince Gustaf
! Adolph, and the venerable monarch
| doubtless set out for home Immediately
on the receipt Of the glad tidings. The
little prince is a Bernadotte of the
sixth generation and through his moth
err. formerly Princess Margaret of Con-
naught, is related to the royal houses
of Great Britain and Germany.
A few days ago the royal commits
gest a plan for the reorganization of
the Swedish diplomatic and consular
service submitted q comprehensive re-
port to the government 1t is pro-
posed that the number Of ENJOYS be
/ limited to the immediate neighbors,
viz, Russia, Germany, Denmark and
Norway and in addition Great Britain
France, United States and Japan. The
envoy at Paris is also to- be accredited
to the court of Brussels and the envoy
at London to the court of The Hague,
and the positions of minister to Bel
GUM and Netherlands be abolished.
ConsulS general are recommended to be
established at Antwerp for Belgium
and at Rotterdam for the Netherlands.
To what extent the consuls shall be
under the jurisdiction OF the ministers
has not yet been made known.
The Swedes who participated in the
Olympian games at Athens were the
following: E. Granfelt, Anton Gus
tafsson, Kristian Hellstr0m, Sven
Stromberg. q. Svanberg, Bruno Solder
strom, G. Tornros, all from Stockholm;
f. Fernandez from Gefe and August
Gustafsson, Andrew HANSON, Erik
Lemming, Knut Lindberg and HAL
mar Mellander from Gothenborg.s TIE
leaders were Major V. G. Balck ana
Baron Sven Hermelin. From Stock
holm the party Travelled via. SaSsnitZ
to Berlin and they arrived at Athens
Nhn At &c fn 70
turn to Stockholm by May 10. Judging
from newspapers the Swedes made
comparatively poor showing, being far
outclassed by the Americans, who cap
tured the first prizes, the British be
ing second in order.
Indications are that there will be an
unusually large number of Swedish
Americans who will pay visit to the
mother country this summer. The
various steamship companies have
larger bookings then during the ex-
position year of 1897 Establishment
cans will be especially numerous in
June. when they will take advantage Of
the general midsummer festivities.
They bring a good deal of money
with them and spend it pretty freely.
so they are welcome guests. Every
summer, not to forget the Christmas
holidays. there are many happy re-
unions in the land of long nights and
the prosperous Swedish-Americans
have it to their credit that they re-
member the loved ones 'at home"
The sale Of the Norwegian legation
building in Stockholm to a Swedish
syndicate is announced. The terms
were not announced but as the Nor
wegian government has previously re-
jected an offer of $4,000 crowns, it is
assumed that the price exceeded a mil
lion crowns The syndicate, which
will take over the premises on Oct. l.
will erect large fat Or tenement
building On the other hand, the
Swedish riksdag has authorized the
foreign. office to purchase property in
Christiania for the use of the Swedish
lega ton.
w w. Thomas, the former United
States minister, who, together with 81
wife, has been spending the winter at
the Riviera returned to Stockholm
about two weeks ago. Immediate
~ upon his return he started for
Langutskar, where he and some of his
intimate friends will enjoy a fortnight
Of duck hunting.
Swedish American Day will be OBJ
served at the 'Norrkoping fair June 30
Many Swedish are eX-
pected to be present on this occasion
and some prominent speakers from
this country will be invitedto deliver
On address appropriate for the oc-
casion.
The Lrnd student chorus, thirty
strong, will make a concert tour in
Norrland during the month of June.
The accompanying soloist will be the
celebrated opera singer, Johan For
sell.
NORWAY.