Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-05-28
NEWS OF SCANDINAVIA
Recent Occurrences of interest
In Sweden, Norway and
r. Denmark.
AS TO THE PRINCESS pAvLovNA
Mastering the Swedish
Language.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

A dispatch from st. Petersburg
makes the following comment regard.
ing Princess Pavlovna, who few
days ago became the bride of Prince
Wilhelm of Sweden: "She speaks
French and German perfectly and Is
making great progress in Swedish,
which Is only natural, as her teacher
Is the youngest Swedish prince. Most
of her life has been spent In Moscow,
and she is Russian to the backbone, a
devout member of the Orthdox church
and an enthusiastic admirer Of Rus.
sian art and literature. She Is par
ticularly fond OF the works of Tolstol
and is proud of having received sew.
eral letters from the great writer. HeI
aunt made a home for number Of Of
ficers and soldiers who had been
wounded in the war with Japan at her
country home in the south, and no Wis
itor was more welcome by the suffer
ers than the Grand Duchess Marie.
She used to spend hours reading to
the patients and would help the
nurses to tend them. The poor fel
lows used to call her the fairy prin.
cess"
During his recent visit In Stockholm
King Edward was awarded the grand
cross of the Vasa Order with chain
from King Gustaf. In return King
Edward awarded the Swedish king the
Victoria chain, which the British SOW.
ereign awards only to members of roy
atty. Prior to leaving Stockholm King
Edward paid fine tribute to his de-
parted friend, King Oscar. At IL a,
Nc. on the day Of his departure from
Stockholm, King Edward, accompanied
by Gustaf, went to the Riddarholm's
church and placed beautiful wreath
of lilies and lilacs on King Oscars
coffin. He also donated 1000 crowns
to the Stockholm poor and regretted
that he did not find time to visit the
so-called arbets-stugor, Of which the
Princess Victoria spoke in such high
terms Of praise during her visit Il
Stockholm last fall
King Gustaf will arrive in Copen-
hagen on the morning Of May % and
will remain there until the following
evening when he will continue his
journey to Berlin. On the evening of
the Goth inst, gala performance will
be given at the royal opera In honor
Of the Swedish king and reception
has also been arranged in his honor
at the royal palace. While in Berlin
King Gustaf will be the guest Of EN-
peror William and will participate in
the great spring parade, which will be
held in Berlin June 1. Queen Vic
toria, the Swedish queen, will join her
royal consort In Berlin June i.
Consul Ljungquist Of Antwerp, who
was to have arranged for the expendi.
lures incident to the burial of the
Swedes who perished in the Tscherniak
drama, is said to have placed Sweden
In discredit. According to reports he
did nothing whatsoever and a Swed-
ism merchant is said to have footed
the funeral bill. The latter has, how
ever, taken up the matter with the
Swedish government and an investiga-
ton has been begun, which 1t is be-
lieved will lead to the suspension of
Consul Ljungberg.
The ladies of Sodermanland, headed
by the Countess Ingjerd Reuterskiold,
have completed their subscription list
started some time ago for the purpose
Of purchasing suitable wedding gift
for Prince Wilhelm and his bride,
Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna. The
subscription list has now reached the
sum of 10000 crowns. The present
will consist Of an elaborate silver set
which Will be purchased from and suit.
ably engraved by one of the leading
jewelry firms Of Stockholm.
The labor unions of southern Swe.
den are reported to be waging an ef.
fective war against the sugar factories
and the result may be that they may
be able to boycott the Swedish sugar
industry completely. Hundreds of mer.
chants are now compelled to import
sugar from foreign countries, which
has raised the price on sugar half a
cent pound.
SuN1h ' itLDAAt, VIM ANNthAlg lbuT~
neyed from Venice to Switzerland via
Simplon, spent day or two at Lake
Geneva, where she paid visit to the
Countess of Flaudrau In Ouchy. She
arrived at Karlsruhe, where she win
remain until the Doth inst, when she
will journey to Berlin to join King
Gustaf.
Fire suddenly broke loose in the
Nordiska museum the other day and
for time the beautiful structure was
threatened with destruction. The fire
department was promptly on the spot,
however. and soon had the flames un.
der control.
Ex-United States Minister w. w.
Thomas, who has been spending a part
Of the winter In Stockholm, has, to-
gether with his family, departed fol-
the United States via England. They
contemplate spending the summer In
New York and In Maine.
General Director Rydin and Count
Hamilton departed for Lisbon last
week, where they win be Sweden's
representatives at the international
telegraph conference, which IL in ses.
sion there at present.
During the absence ~ KIM Custa