The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-06-11
news OF SCANDINAVIA
Recent Occurrences Of Interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
NEW sWEDIsH.RUss1AN UNION
What d Russian Paper Has to Say Re.
garding the Marriage of Prince
Wilhelm and Grand OUCH
ess PavlOvna.
SWEDEN,
Stockholm.

oVEOcNs
Stockholm.
The Russian paper Rossija speaks
| very favorably anent the new union
between Sweden and Russia. 1t re-
fers, Of course, to the marriage OF
Prince Wilhelm to the Grand Duchess
Pavlovna. Says the paper editorially:
1.-THE Bernadottes have broken with
their predecessors, Carl TX, and Carl
X, and their warlike principles and
have instead centered all their efforts
in encouraging industries, arts and
science and they have succeeded so
well that Sweden has a right to feel
proud Of them. The late king, Oscar,
poet and scholar, did more perhaps in
this direction than any one of his pre-
decessors and the present king prom
ises much good for the future and
has already given evidences Of pos
sessing traits, which when applied
with his common sense will give Swe-
den period Of great uplift. An ef-
fort to establish closer relations be.
tween Russia and Sweden as early as
the close of the eighteenth century was
made, but this proved at that time to
be failure. We desire to congratu-
late the young Swedish prince and the
talented Russian duchess and through
this union closer relations have been
created between Russia and Sweden
and it is also a guarantee of the pres.
ervation of European peace"
A company which has made Sweden
known and honored all over the world
IS the Separator Stock company. Since
De Laval invented the celebrated
cream separator twenty-five years ago,
100000 separators valued at one hun
dred and seven million crowns have
been sold. Most Of them have been
exported to foreign countries, but dur.
ing that period not less than $4,000
have been disposed Of in Sweden. The
| company's agents are found in all
parts of the world and they number
at least $4,000. To every country in
the world where agriculture is in
vogue, to North and South America,
Australia, yes even in China and
Japan, the De Laval cream separators
have been exported and it is due to
this important invention that the dairy
industry all over the world has re-
ceived such a great impetus.
The Swedenborg exhibition at the
Nordiska museum has been opened
and hundreds of people have already
been there to view the collection of
portraits. the manuscripts, his old or
gan, writing pulpit and many other
pieces too numerous to mention. The
return Of Swedenborgs remains to
Sweden has aroused a renewed inter-
est in the author and Swedenborgian
| literature is now in great demand all
over.
The Swedish riksdag has appropri-
ated 10000 crowns for the information.
al peace congress, which convenes in
Stockholm next summer. On that oc.
casion there will gather many of the
worlds greatest men in the Swedish
capital. Among those who have been
invited to attend the congress is Pres
ident Roosevelt.
Count Rirger Morner's collections
from the South Sea islands has ar
rived in Stockholm. Among this in.
teresting collection are found two war
canoes, which are about flfty-eight
feet long. They have been sent to
the Photographed museum, where
they are at present on exhibition.
Dowager Queen Sofia has moved out
to Ulriksdal for the summer and will
remain there until the early part of
July, when she will go to Eriksberg.
The good old queen spent few weeks
at the latter place last year and liked
It so we'll that she has decided to re.
turn there this year.
Bishop Billing, who off1ciated at the
marriage Of Prince Wilhelm and the
Grand Duchess Pavlovna at st. Pc
tersburg, has been awarded the high
est insignia of the Russian order of
the White Eagle. The bishop is the
first pre!ate of Sweden to be thus hon.
ored.
After all King Oscar was not such a
rich man as most people imagine. It
is now claimed that his fortune
amounted to only 100000 crowns
which is proof that the general es.
Innate Of his wealth, as in most cases,
was too high.
Twenty thousand school children in
Stockholm sent their congratulations to
Henri Dunant, who celebrated bis
eightieth birthday May 8. Mr.. Dunant
was one Of the recent Nobel prize win.