Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-05-13
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
DENMARK.
There has been evident flirtatious
tendency in Copenhagen with Berlin
as its objective. This led King Ed
ward while in Copenhagen to make
the remark to Danish political lead
er that, If Denmark wanted peace, it
was necessary to act in such way
that no suspicion would be aroused
King Edwards words were far from
sensational as to their form and the
way they were spoken. But the whole
nation realized their vast significance
as soon as they were put in their
proper light.
The house at Odense in which Hans
Christian Andersen, the great writer
of fairy stories, was born, has been
turned into an Andersen museum. In.
to this little building of six rooms a
great many relics of Andersen already
have been placed, and, as from time
to time other relics shall be obtained,
they will be cared for in the museum.
A large number of documents relating
to the various stages of Andersen's
life are shown in one of the rooms.
In this collection are to be found pa
pers relating to the great mans child
hood, his school life, his experience
on the stage, and his work as writer.
In other rooms are displayed several
articles of furniture which were used
by Andersen and many articles of
wearing apparel. Pathetic interest at
taches to skin bag that is carefully
preserved under glass. This bag An
dersen wore on his breast, and it was
found there after his DEATH 1t con-
tanned at that time a letter from the
only woman Andersen loved; but the
letter does not exist today, having
been destroyed, as directed in the
authors instructions to his executors.
SWEDEN.
Representatives of the church of
Sweden are going to have a national
conference in Stockholm Sept. Is.
St. Petersburg, May 3.-Prince Will
helm, of Sweden, second son of King
Gustaf, was married this afternoon to
Grand Duchess Marie Pavlovna, cousin
of the emperor of Russia, and daugh-
ter of Grand Duke Paul Alexandra
witch. The ceremony took place at
Tsarskoe-Selo and was accompanied
by all the pomp and brilliant display
of color characteristic of the most
stately court in Europe. In the even
ing great state banquet was served
at which toasts were drunk to the
good understanding between Sweden
and Russia recently reached in the
Baltic agreement, to which today's
wedding, the first in modern times be-
tween the ruling houses of two coun-
tries, puts the seal. The robing of the
bride was performed in the private
apartments of the empress. She was
dressed by the empress and the dow
ager empress, assisted by their maids
of honor and their ladies in waiting.
The bride wore jeweled diadem,
and from her shoulders hung long
trained mantle of strawberry velvet
lined with ermine. In the procession
the train of this garment was borne
by five court chamberlains. AS soon
as the bride had been completely ar
rayed Prince Wilhelm was notified by
the master of ceremonies and conduct
ed to the inner apartments, where the
Grand Duchess Marie was awaiting.
A salute of twenty.one guns and a
blare of trumpets announced the start
of the procession. At its head came
the dowager empress with King Gus
tat, the emperor of Russia, escOrting
Queen Olga of Greece; the empress,
escorted by the grand duke of Hes
sen; Crown Prince Ferdinand and
Crown Princess Marie, of Roumania,
attended by the court ushers and
marshals and other functionaries.
Then arm in arm came the bridal
pair. After the emperor had been
blessed and sprinkled with holy water
he conducted the bridal pair to the
dais before the great golden gates of
the high altar. The wedding rings
were brought from the altar on golden
salvers and placed upon the fingers
of the bride and bridegroom by the
emperor's confessor. The metropoli-
tan then completed the rites of the
Russian marriage service, two Of the
brides nearest relatives holding
crowns over the heads of the bridal
Iai: during the ceremony. While the
TIE Deum was being chanted an i'm.
perial salute of 101 guns was fired.
The procession then returned to one
of the ante-saloons where the Luth.
! eran marriage ceremony was per-
formed by the Swedish bishop Of
Lund. The nuptial dinner was served
at 1880 o'clock in the evening. Cham
berlains and gentlemen of the court
stood behind the chairs of the i'm
perial and royal guests and presented
the various dishes and wines to them.
Late in the evening the bridal pair
took a special train for St. Peters
burg, where the honeymoon will be
passed at the palace of the late Arch
duke Serge. During the day there
were services in all the churches of
the empire, and in St. Petersburg
church bells pealed throughout the en-
tire afternoon.
The Swedish employers union has
2.434 members, the growth of the or
ganization having been very rapid dur
ing the past few months. 1t is CO.
onorof;nu with q sinoi1or organization