Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1906-06-02
Recent Occurrences of Interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
MANS CELEBRATE
Advent of New Born Prince. the Duke
of Vesterbotten. Received
with Joy.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

The new born prince. the duke OF
vesterbotten. was a. popular arrival.
No sooner had the royal stork paid his
important visit and the announcement
! given by means OF double salute Of
| cannon that it was a boy prince be-
| fore all Stockholm began to celebrate.
| Although the announcement came at
| an hour when StOckhOlmians preferred
! to retire, it did not take long before
! the streets were filled with jubilant
throngs, who sang and ''hurrahed. :
| The restaurants and cafes became sud
| denly crowded and ''skal for the
| prince. the duke of Vesterbotten," was
| the order of the hour. King Oscar is
| now a greatgrandfath Their and his wish
| that it be boy prince has now been
| fulfilled. The little prince need. not
! worry much about being cheated out
! of any names. He has, indeed,
superabundance Of them He has been
given the following names: Gustaf
Adoph Fredrik Arthur Edmund His
official title will be the duke of Yes
terbotten. The duke and duchess of
Connaught who have spent the last
few weeks with their royal daughter
and son-in-law, returned to England
last week.
The Chicago Daily News cor
respondent writes under date Of May
Is that the defeat Of the general suf-
fraee bill in the upper house of parlia-
ment has caused great excitement
throughout Sweden, as the measure
was an exceedingly popular one. Ac-
ton by the lower house is awaited at
any moment and a police force will be
ready for possible trouble. The gov
eminent franchise reform bill was pre-
scented to parliament Feb. "a. It fixed
the membership Of the second chamber
at 16J rural and sixty-fiye urban repre-
sentatives. Under it all men of good
character and a years old were en-
titled to vote Under the existing law
a property qualification is required
and it is so high that in 1902 the num-
Der Of those qualified to vote for mem
hers Of the second chamber was only
a per cent. of the population. and Of
these less than half actually voted.
According to latest newspaper dis
patches the river Ljusne, in the prov
ince of Gef1eborg, is overlooking its
banks and thouands of farmers and
villagers have lost their homes. The
factories in the towns of Lottefors
and Bollnas have suffered much dam
age. People along the banks of the
stream are escaping towards the south.
The province Of Gefleborg is about 100
miles south Of Stockholm in the east
ern part of Sweden. The river Ljusne
is 220 miles long and flows into the
gulf of Bothnia. There are a number
of lakes along its course.
President Fallieres rendered a
breakfast at the Elysee palace in Paris
April % in honor of King Oscar. About
thirty guests We're present, among
them some of the most distinguished |
men Of France King Oscars reply |
to President Fallieres' address was
spoken Of by the French dailies as one
of the most eloquent after dinner
speeches ever delivered by a foreign |
potentate visiting French shores. The |
kings visit in Paris has been alto
gether a delightful one and the veneer
able old monarch has been in the very
best of spirits.
The board of directors for the great |
Falun copper mine at their annual |
business meeting reported an annual |
net gain of 1907 ,424 crowns to be di- |
vided among the various stockholders.
During the six months $4,000 crowns |
will be spent in improvements and an
additional sum of 100000 crowns will |
be subscribed to the Workingmen's |
Old Age Fund. The Falun copper
mines are among the richest in the |
world and have been worked for more
than $50 years.
Among foreign fire insurance com
panies who are heavy losers through |
the San Francisco contastrophe is the
Svea Fire Insurance company of
Gothenburg which, according to The
Daily Telegraph Oondon), lost insur-
ance risks amounting to not less than
Z 100000 crowns.
A subscription for the San Francisco
sufferers is being taken in Sweden at
the present time. The subscription is
conducted by the Swedish American
society of Stockholm. The funds thus
collected will go to destitute Swedish
Americans in Frisco
Former Minister w. W. Thomas
has abandoned his hunting trip north
and departed for America AnriI 81