Morris tribune., 1908-01-18

Of the fact that he got the prize for
! literature. Mr.. Kipling's books are
widely read in Sweden and had his
visit to Stockholm not been limited to
only three days he would have had a
reception in Stockholm such as no 9th
er literary winner of the Nobel prize
before him had had. To representa-
tive of Dannebrog (Copenhagen) Kip
ling said: "StOckhOlm is one Of the
most beautiful cities I have ever seen.
looked over the city very thorough
~ and of all that fascinated me most
was the wonderful Skansen. But I
realized only too we'll that my time
was too short, so l am going to visit
Stockholm again next summer. The
Swedish people arc exceptionally hos
pitable and ! think they are so natural
and sincere. King Gustave V. made
very favorable impression upon me
and seems to possess all the qualities
that have made his people so famous
He seems to be farsighted and clear
headed and expresses himself rapidly
and to the point. / was especially
well impressed with the comfortable
travelling communications in Sweden.
which are indeed the best that I have
ever enjoyed. Ny wife and can
never forget the tribute paid us by
the school girls Of Stockholm. It is
cherished by us as one of the red let,
ter events of our lives"
The Danish king and queen, the
crown prince Of Roumania and Prince
Max of Bavaria while attending the
funeral services in Stockholm were
guests at the royal palace. Grand
Duke Konstantinovitch, of Russia,
was the guest Of the duke and duchess
Of Vestergotland at the palace on
Djurgarden. The duke of Vienna was
a guest Of Prince Eugene and alsa
Duke Friedrich of Austria and Prince
Ferdinand were the guests of Count
Carlson BOnde. The French repre-
sentatives were quartered with Baron
Trolle
King Oscars fortune is now es-
tfmated at about 25,0O0.OOO crowns. A |
number of papers estimated it a short
time ago at only 100000 crowns,
but the Stockholm papers all unite in
stating that King Oscars fortune was
closer to 100000 than 100000. At
any rate King Oscar was a very rich
king and Queen Sofia has a fortune in |
her own right which easily exceeds TO-. !
COCO crowns.
Prince Wilhelm and Grand Duchess |
Maria Of st. Petersburg will be mar
ried the second week of June and will |
arrive in Stockholm about June 10. At
the marriage festivities, which will!
take place in st. Petersburg, repre-
sentatives of the English, Russian.
German and Danish royal families
will be present
Again the physicians are urging
Queen Victoria to return to Italy for
her health. Her lungs are weak and
she cannot stand the vigorous northern
cline. Very likely the queen is al
ready on her way south to spend the
of the winter in Rome,
where the climate seems to agree with
her best.
King Oscars coffin was purchased
1T a cost of 5000 crowns. The coffin
Is fifteen centimeters long and is the
argest coffin in the Bernadotte vaults
The hearse was exceedingly simple
md there was nothing expensive about
It whatsoever.
Strompattarn, the popular Stock
holm restaurant and concert garden,
las been offered for lease by the city
council with the stipulation, however,
hat nothing but wine and beer be
'erved at meals.
Major General Olof Bernhard Malm /.
will succeed Major p. Fl. Tungsten a
sweden's minister of war. Generall