Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1908-05-14
NEWS FROM SCANDINAVIA.
Principal Events That Have franc
pred in the Old Countries
Within 4 Weok or So.
DENMARK.

DENMARK.
The labor unions Of Copenhagen re-
Gently held meeting which has at
tracted attention thruout the whole
country. The leaders Of the Social
istic party were violently denounced
because they do SO little to relieve the
distress caused by lack of work. In
times of prosperity the laborers con-
tributed handsomely to the labor
funds, but now the contributors can
not get back what they want from
those very funds. It was set forth
that the authorities could not be ex-
pected to do anything for the unem-
ployed as long as large sums of money
are kept in the treasures of the labor
organizations.
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 a writer.
In other rooms are displayed several
articles of furniture which were used
by Andersen and many articles of
taches to a skin bag that Is carefully
| preserved under glass. This bag An
dersen wore on his breast, and it was
found there after his death. It con-
| tanned at that time 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 a 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 a jeweled diadem,
and from her shoulders hung a 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 it's 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
rait. 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 7:3O 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