The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1908-04-24
SW EDEN.

The people of Sweden are looking
forward with much interest to the
marriage of their prince. Wilhelm H..
with the Grand Duchess Maria Pay
Iona Of Russia, which is to AXE place
April 81. 1t is reported that there is
a hitch in the preparations for the
notable event, the bide-tobe's aunt
! and guardian, Grand Duchess Eliza
beth. objecting to the presence at the
wedding of Maria's father. Grand Duke
Paul of Russia. whom she hates. The
future Swedish princess stands by her
father, insisting that he shall not be
sighted.
The body of Emanuel Swedenborg,
the great Swedish seer, was eXhumed
at London April I and sent to Sweden
on board Of S~weden's finest warshlp,
the Fylgia. A dispatch from the Brit
ish metropolis gives the following &C
count of the interesting event:
THE Swedish government request
ed the elimination and surrender Of
the body AMI the British government
assented. The Swedish minister to
Great Britain, Count Wrangel, Pastor
Lindskog and officers from the Fylgla,
attended the exhumation. The leaden
shell of the coffin was found intact. 1t
was opened and in it were the bones
of the famous author n a heap OF
dust. The shell was then encase1 in
a new coffin. placed on the altar table
and covered with wreaths sent by
Swedish societies and other admirers
Of S~wedenborg. Pastor Lindskos con
Quoted a service in the English and
Swedish languages.
Among those present were mem
bers of the Swe1is isl legation here
members of the Swedish colony OF
London, representatives of various
Swedish societies and Freehere
~Leyonhjem, a descendant Of Sweden
borg"
Sweden seems likely to have a rail
wav merger or trust. AS is wei
known, Sweden has a national railway
system, but there are also many pri
vate lines, some of considerable i'm
%portance, such as the Falun-Gothen
burg line, the OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
line, the Gefe-Dala line, and others
connecting important commercial
c%enters: and effort is being made tc
bring about a cooperation among
these leading private lines. If this i:
successful. the merger" will be able
to compete with the national railroad
in certain districts.
A rather unfortunate episode tina
has had = tendency to emphasize I'm
duly the fact that there is a lack o
amity and good will between Swedel
and Norway, is the refusal Of thu
Swedish Anthropological society to is
sue the Vega medal to Capt. Roalt
Amundsen, the discoverer Of thu
Northwest passage. 1t was confident
ly expected that by reason Of hi
great geographical and scientific
achievements. Capt. Amundsen woult
be honored with this medal: no media
was awarded at all. DR.. Torild Wulf
addressed an inquiry to the director
of the society. asking why the captain
did not receive the medal. He statet
he could not believe that polite
would influence the actions of the di
rectors.
Prof. Anderson. a member of tn
board of directors. answered that tn
). medal was withheld from Capt. An
undsen because OF his conduct afte
his return from the polar regions. |
was we'll known. said Prof. Anderson
that the late King Oscar gave Amund
sen considerable assistance when h
started on his expedition, but this tn
explorer had forgotten when he re
turned home, making no acknowledge
ment Of gratitude to his benefactol
On that account the society felt tina
the medal ought not to be awarded t
Capt. Amundsen.
Alexander hansen. the legal repre-
sentative of Capt. Amundsen at Chris
tiania, issued a denial on behalf OF nj
client. now absent in America, Of tn
charge made by Prof. Anderson. H
saws that Amundsen sent several tele
grams to King Oscar. on his arrival a
the first telegraph station, but thai n
had learned that they did not reac
: their destination. The captain mad
an attempt to get an audience wit
King Oscar or Crown Prince Gusta'
TO expiain matters, but was unsuccess
full.
The refusal of the an~thrOpologfca
society to award the Vega medal I
Amundcen has aroused much con
ment and criticism in both countrle: