Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-03-21
NEWS OF SCANDINAVIA
Recent Occurrences of Interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
OSCARS HEALTH IS RESTORED
sweden's King Able to Resume His
Customary Drives About City
OF Stockholm.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.


King Oscars health is now almost
completely restored and the aged mon
arch may now be seen enjoying his
daily promenades. His physicians
will not, however, as yet allow him
to go unattended, as it is believed that
he still should exercise the utmost
care. Durisg the past two weeks he
drives about town and seems again to
be in the very best Of spirits.
An autograph of Carl Won Linne's
handwriting is in possession of a pub
Usher named GuStaf ~Johansson in
Lindkoping. He also has in his pos
session the original manuscript of
LINES neutrality-suspicious." contain
ing a prolouge dated in May 1871. Mr..
JOhansson has from more than one
source been offered a handsome sum
for this copy, but thus far he has de
clined to give it up.
The Swedish academy has, with the
consent of King Oscar, filled the two
vacancies caused by the death Of Pro-
fessor Ljungren and Bishop Rundgren.
The former will be succeeded by vi
tails NordstrOm and the latter by |.
Afzelius. Judging from the comments
Of the papers the choice of these sue
cessors does not create any ~agreeably
warranted surprise on the part of the
public.
A N~Orrkoping paper states that
when Prince BeTnadOtte and Princess
BernadOtte paid a visit to |. w. Eng
wall at Malsjo in Grodinge a few
weeks ago. they offered Mr.. Engwall
a handsome sum for his home, with
which the princess is very much in
love. 1t is likely that the prince will
purchase this property provided Mr..
Engwall can be persuaded TO sell it.
The old "StadshoteIlet' (Gastis,
which since 1872 has been the proper
ty of Svanfeldt, has been offered for
sale. The city is unwilling to renew
the contract regarding the sale of
liquor Gncluding students special
privilegcSl which the company has
had, and therefore this popular stu
dents resort will fall into new hands.
Director Sachs and wife, of Stock
holm and Aurthur Thiel and wife have
ton of a children's hospital in the
Swedish capital. This hospital viii
also be backed up by an endowment
fund of 100000 crowns and its future
financial success is therefore practical
ly assured.
DR.. Axel Thedenius, for many years
a practicing physician in Upsala and
also a lecturer on medical science at
the Upsala university, died March ].
aged 52s years. His father was the
we'll known botanist, Professor The
Genius, of Stockholm.
Crownprincess Victoria, who has
been seriously iii in Berlin, is now
very much improved in health and
her physicians now entertain the best
hopes for her recovery. The chances
are that she may return to Sweden
some time in May.
A new high school chorus has been
organized in Gnthenburg and consists
at present of fifty voices. The chorus
will make a concert tour in central
and southern Sweden during the sum-
mer. The leader of the new chorus is
Edward Naumann.
Three children were burned to death
on the night of Feb. % at a farm
house near Borsta. which is the prop
erty Of Consul Peter OLSON Of Hell
singborg. The father and mother had
gone away for the night and left the
children alone.
Station Agent o. Skog, of Katrine-
holm, died very suddenly after eating
breakfast the other morning. His
physician found upon investigation
that he had been eating potato pan
cakes and been eating them so rapidly
that he died.
Professor Hjarne has been giving
a series Of lectures at the royal palace
over Sweden's history. The auditors
who are especially interested in these
the younger members Of the royal
household.
The bridge between Drowning
gatan and Helgeand island, which was
to have been completed about the mid
die Of last month, has not yet been
completed and will in all probability
not be ready for traffic before
April l.
Prior to his departure for America
General Booth was given an audience
by Queen Sofia, who spent the better
part of two hours with the general,
her majesty desiring to know all about
the work of the Salvation Army.
Anna Hellstrom and Knut Frank
mann, the opera artists, have been en-
gagged for next season by Anton Salm-
sons Opera company. Nine. He'll
strom is well known among Swedish
Americans.
Rev. j. A. Eklund, Of Kalmar, has
declined to be a candidate for the va
cant bishops chair In Kalmar diocese.
Candidates for this position are not
lacking, however.
The oldest %inhabitant In Borgholm
celebrated her 1920 birthday a few
days ago. Her name Is Kjerstin Pers-
dotter and she Ia a minister's daugh-
ter.
j. c. Schneider has been appointed