The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-06-18
Recent Occurrences Of Interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
GUsTAFS VISIT TO BERLIN
King and Queen of Sweden Are Given
an Enthusiastic Welcome to
the German Capital.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

Ce1Feu al euluuSldSuc reception Oh
their arrival in Berlin, Sunday, June
Z. Emperor William and other men,
bers of the German royal family were
all on hand to give the Swedish king
and queen a hearty reception and the
streets were lined with cheering
masses. In the evening a gala ban
quet was given in their honor at the
royal palace. The emperor gave a sig
niicant toast in which he expressed
the wish that the good relations be-
tween Sweden and Germany would
continue and that their trade rela.
lions would be improved. King Gus
tat replied, thanking the emperor for
his we'll wishes, and stated that it had
always been Sweden's aim to become
closer united to the sturdy German ma
ton. The receptions to the Swedish
king and queen were equally enthusi
astic in Copenhagen, where they. of
course, were equally royalty enter
tanned at the royal palace. During
the course of an address which King
Gnstaf delivered in Copenhagen he
said: 1.-THE clouds which have dimmed
the scandinavian heavens have passed
away and there is a new and brighter
dawn"
Where is Sven Hedin, the Asiatic
explorer? is question which is gener.
ally asked by all those who are inter-
ested in this wonderful ma1 and his
remarkable travels. Since last Deem
Der not word has been heard from
him and many are those who believe
that he has persisted. When last heard
from he was in the vicinity Of Brama-
putra and stated that he intended to
visit the Mansarovar islands. The let
ter was dated Dec. 6, 1907, and he
stated that he was at the time Of writ
ing enjoying good health and hoped to
reach Stockholm during the early part
of next month. Some alarm is being
expressed because he always used to
write often and used to send bulle-
tins to the daily papers in Stockholm
very regularly.
The cabinet has proposed to the
riksdag that the government shall sell
the Laholm waterfalls to the South
Swedish Power company for 274,OOO
crowns and that this sum be used fol-
the purchase Of other waterfalls to be
owned by the state. The government
has already purchased the cataracts on
the Motala river between Roxon and
Norrby sjoen for 1852, 900 crowns; also
the korseforssen in Lagan for 1885,
COO Crowns; the Hammarby falls in
Jarlen for 100000 crowns, and the
Skeen falls in Bohuslan for 100000
crowns. The railway commission has
recommended the purchase by the
government Of several other water
falls in Lagan for 6333 1892 crowns.
Director Hoegberg and his Krono.
berg military band, which made a con,
cert tour in America this spring, have
returned and are profuse in their
praise OF the Swedish-Americans and
state that Dowager Queen Sofia is in
ill-health and has not been able to car
~ out her plans for the summer and
is sticking closely to her apartments.
She has catarrh Of the throat and dur
ing the past few days she has had a
slight fever. She is at present at u
riksdal and will most likely remain
there all summer. The other day she
enjoyed a visit from the Dowager
Queen Emma of the Netherlands. The
latter may spend a month or two later
on at Ulriksdal
The Duke and Duchess of Solder.
mainland left Karlsruhe the other day
and are now enjoying a flying trip
through Italy. They are expected to
arrive in Stockholm within a few
days, where extensive preparations
are under way for their reception.
They will enter the city in the late
King Oscars pleasure yacht and will
be received by the king and queen
and other members Of the royal fami-
ly. The royal young couple will not
long remain in the Swedish caDitaI.
but will go to Stenhammar, where, it
is understood, they will spend the re-.
mainder of the summer.
King Oscars apartments at the
royal palace have been left undis-
turbed since his death. The bedroom
and writing room stand exactly as they
did prior to the kings death. Even
the bed in which he died remains IN
touched and will remain so for some
time by order Of King Gustaf. No
changes have been made in King o.
cars winter garden, where he was
fond of spending much of his time,
especially when he was reading the
newspapers.
This is the time of the year when
hundreds of Stockholm citizens move
out to their villas on the islands to
spend the summer. Owing to the
present house famine in Stockholm
there will be hundreds of people who
will move out of the city this fall.
Professor Svante Arrhenius has
been elected member of the Acadamy
of Sciences at Washington, D. c. It
is possible that Mr.. Arrhenius will
pay a visit to America in the near fu-