Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-05-07
Recent Occurrences of Interest
in Sweden, Norway and ~ >
- Denmark. p"
THE ROYAL HOUSE OF SWEDEN
People Put Up 2,2OO,Ooo Crowns An,
~ uualiy to Maintain It--Comment
l~F of a Helsingborg Nsws-s ri
g'f Ia paper.1Gs ynnthl ara
SWEDEN
Stockholm.

-. IL CUSIS IN r0uuu UUTfUeTS not less
than 2,2oO,0O0' crowns ANNUALLY ~
maintain the royal house OF S&edet'
and this enormous sum'is expended BY
"a country which has otiiy about 5,OO0,t
900 people. BUT Sweden Hhasda m6iill-
archiai form of government aiid 'liRH
all isli'th c6uhtries I" she wif hhaT9 -
maintain kings aid queens SndBrlnGES
and elegant palaces, etc! 1t costs Sw't.
den annually about 7!0 $50 crowns 10
maintain the royalac6nrtl and then she
has to spend about 625DN0 CROWNS Az,
pually to keep'the different palaces IN,
proper repair etc THE Swedish Xiv
has a monthly income from the gov
eminent amounting TO 1l4.GS3 crowns
For every working day during the
year he has thus IA daily incomes of
4,563 crowns, which, everything CON.
sidered is even a goadUlay's pay'~for
king. a HelsingJorg paper res'
marks regarding the enormous sums
expended for the maintenance or n
king: That we should pay SO mucn
more for the mnintauauGe of our king
than the Frenchmen and Americans
eXpend for their presidents, depends 81
course I'm the first place upon the fact
that we have a. monarrhial form OF
government But the time has come
when Sweden will wake up to the fact
thatishe is only a islaver to time hon
ored traditions and that republieap
form of government is by far the more
ideal. From more than one source
there come complaints regarding the
tremendous expenses involved in main
tanning royalty and although the new
king has given unmistakable signs of
an economical nature, there win soon
er or later come. a day when the c6un
try viii take. up, the agitation for "A
more popular form Of government. ".
w The body of Emanuel Swedepborg
has been returned to Sweden. d., 1t was
exhumed in London, April Z, and sent
to Sweden on board the cruiser Flygia,
which is Sweden's finest warship. A
London paper gives the following ac-
count of the Interesting event: The
Swedish government requested the ex-
humation and surrender Of the body
and the British government assented.
The Swedish minister to Great Britain
Count Wrangel, Pastor Lindskog and
officers from the Fylgia, attended thu
exhumation. The leaden shell Of the
coffin was found intact. 1t was opened
and in II We're found the bones Of the
famous author and heap of dust. The
chnn thor, In
firi. placed on the altar table and COW
cred with wreaths sent by Swedish so
cieties and other admirers of Sweden
borg. Pastor Kindskog conducted
service in the English and Swedish
languages. Among those present were
members Of the Swedish legation here,
members Of the Swedish colony of
London, representatives of various
Swedish societies and Friherre
a descendant Of Sweden
borg"
King Edward and Queen Alexandra,
who have been the guests of King
Christian and Queen Louise at Copen-
hagen during the past few days. ar
rived in Stockholm last Sunday, where
extensive preparations had been made
for their coming. They arrived early
last Sunday and last Monday evening
they continued their journey to Christi
ania. Their reception In Stockholm
was an enthusiastic one and never be.
fore have the preparations for receiv.
ing foreign monarch been so Ella
borate. A full detail Of their reception
in Stockholm will be published In these
columns next week.
Sweden is rapidly becoming Ameri-
The country is now going to
have railway merger. AS is perhaps
known, Sweden has national railway
system, but there are also many pri-
vate lines, some of considerable I'm.
portance, such as the Falun- G othen-
burg line, the Stockholm-Vesteras line
the Gefie-Dala line. and others. con
meeting important commercial centers
and effort is now being made to bring
about a cooperation among these lead
Ing private lines. If this Is success
full, the merger" will be able TO com
pete with the national railroad I'm GER
tain districts.
Swedish papers state that the gov
eminent is expected to ask the riksdag
for an appropriation for sending an ex
petition to Spitzbergen. The aim Of
the expedition will be to make geo
graphical and geological investiga-
tions. The expedition may leave Nor
vik. Norway, in the early part of July
and return in the latter part of August
The men and the outfit will be car
ried across the water by the gunboat
"Svenksund."
King Gustaf will visit Copenhagen
turing the middle Of May after attend
Ing the wedding Of his son, Prince VIII
helm, In st. Petersburg. 1t is re.
ported on good authority that King
Gustaf Will visit several foreign courts
In Europe this coming winter.
Director Ranft, Of the Royal Opera,
has re-engaged John Forsell. the Ia
nous Swedish barytone. There was
some trouble between the two some
time ago. but matters have, 1t appears,
been patched up.
Queen Victoria arrived In Vepica