The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-10-17
news OF SCANDINAVIA
Recent Occurrences of Interest
in Sweden, Norway and
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StOckhOlm's Oldest MESSENGER Boy
Has Recently Celebrated His
SOth Birthday.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

Stockholm.
StOckhOlm's Oldest ''messenger Doy"
celebrated his SOth birthday Sept. 20.
His name is Magnusson and his head
| quarters have been on the corner of
| Mastersamuel street for forty-four
years. When the so-called statsbud
| service-rather the messenger service
was introduced in the city in 1868,
ne was the first one to join and he has
remained faithfully in the service ever
since. He is the nestor among Stock
holm messengers and the wonder of
1t is that he is still in active service
and able to attend to his duties. 4
Stockholm "stadsbud' carries ali man
ner OF packages, trunks, etc.. to the
destination ordered and the old man
can still take a heavy trunk on his
back and carry it up a fight of stairs.
He is the father of eight children and
has one son 45 years old, who also
follows the same vocation.
The rumor that the Grand Duchess
Maria Pavlovna's marriage to Prince
Wilhelm will take place this year has
been given fresh impetus by the re-
port that the duchess has employed a
Swedish Instructor and is now study.
| ing the Swedish language and Swedish
history. 1t is believed that the we'd
ding will take place during the Rus
| sian Easter which is celebrated in
May, and that the Russian ceremony
will be held in st. Petersburg and the
Swedish one in Stockholm. The
| duchess will be accompanied to
Stock by her brother, the Grand Duke
Dimitri.
Age is beginning to tell very plainly
on King Oscar, although he has
| gained his health Temporarily. He
| resumed the reins Of government last
June. when he celebrated his fiftieth
wedding anniversary. Therefore the
cabinet meetings at the royal palace
are comparatively tame affairs. The
old king becomes easily tired nova
days and his memory has failed him
somewhat. Crownprince Gustaf is
taking more part in government af-
fairs every day. The latter has just
returned from Germany, where he at
tended his father-in-law's funeral
Rear Admiral Otto Lagerberg. COM
mander Of the armored cruiser Karls-
krona, died a week ago last Friday in
Stockholm. He was born June %,
1927, and was commander of the
Vanadis, which made trip around
the world in 1861 with Prince o.
car Bernadotte aboard.
Foreign Minister Trolle and the
Russian foreign minister, Iswolsky,
had long conference in Karlstad last
Friday. Just what the conference in
volved is not known, but it is thought
that the boundary dispute between
Finland and Sweden was the matter
discussed.
In Copenhagen it is declared that
the Swedish yachtsmen who desire to
challenge for the Americas cup are
ready to accept the conditions under
| which Shamrock III sailed off Sandy
| Hook. 1t has been decided to build
the Swedish challenger entirely of
wood.
Electric bells have been placed in
| the Johannes church in Stockholm.
They were manufactured in Essen.
Germany. are made of pure steel and
are three in number. Such church bells
have also been placed in the church
tower Of the Storkyrkan.
| Carnegie & Co.'s sugar refineries in
| Gothenburg have been sold to the
| sugar trust. which assumed complete
control of it's affairs Oct. l. Carnegie
& Co. were incorporated in Gothen-
burg with a capital stock of 10000
GOO crowns.
The "Blue Book August Strind-
berg's latest book. which was placed
on the market Sept. -, is a huge sue.
cess, both from literary standpoint
and financially speaking. The first
edition has already been sold out.
| Hotels Germania and Bellevue. near
Gustaf Adolf Square, We're con-
| solidated Oct. I and will be known
from now on as the Germania hotel
| Plans are under way for erecting
new building next summer.
| Professor J. Borjesson has rendered
| bis resignation as professor of figure
drawing at the academy of Liberal
| Arts in Stockholm. Professor Bories-
son centemplates spending the winter
in Paris.
| Sweden will send large delegation
Of athletes. runners. swimmers and
wrestlers to the Olympian games
which will be held in London next
year.
A. Karlgren has been chosen presi-
dent Of the Upsala Students Male
Chorus. The chorus has now 1OS mem
bers.
NORWAY,