Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-07-16
Recent Occurrences OF Interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
KING GUSTAV so YEARS OLD
Rsoeived Hearty Congratulations from
Home and Abroad Stock holm
People Celebrated the
Event
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

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On June rs King Gustaf celebrated
his fiftieth birthday and his majesty
on that day was the recipient Of many
hearty congratulations from both at
home and abroad. At 1918 In the
morning all the members Of the royal
family and the Swedish court gath
cred In the white Sea" salon (the
most elegant apartment in the royal
palace) and rendered him their wei
wishes as well as that of the govern
ment. At II a. m. came the speaker
of the riksdag, accompanied by the su.
preme court judges and foreign min
listers and ambassadors then the mem
bers of the Swedish Academy and the
Music Academy and so all along the
line. At II o'clock sharp the king re
ceived a deputaton of Swedlsh-Amer'
icnns from San Francisco and at p
M. the king gave dinner TO members
Of the royal family. In the evening
there was family dinner at the apart
ments OF the crown prince and crown
princess. when 800 Stockholm singers
with the Par Bricolle Chorus in the
lead. came to serenade the king The
streets We're lined with festive clad
people who sang the kings song and
were profuse in their EXPLANATIONS OF
well wishes for the Swedish monarch,
Not for many day has Swedish
king received such an ovation as did
King Gustaf on his fiftieth birthday
anniversary and there was no one who
seemed so well pleased as the king
himself King Gustaf has n firm hold
on his people. who seem TO have every
confidence in him. and with such peace
ful relations between king and people,
It would seem that Sweden's future
looms especially bright just now.
A large number Of Stockholm strik
ers held meeting in "Foket's Hus'
week ago last Monday evening fol
the purpose OF protesting against the
wilson Line Steamship company, for
importing 400 English strike breakers
from various parts of England. II
grew to be an intensely animated
meeting and when the police sought in
vain to maintain order the crowd be
gan to throw stones, causing not less
than 100000 crowns worth of dam
age to the adjoining property. 1t is q
general strike. including carpenters,
masons and members of the allied
unions. which involves thousands OF
laborers. Now that the building in,
terests and others have commenced to
import foreign labor and strikebreak
ers the situation has grown prob.
lematical indeed, and the Stockholm
authorities are having their hands full
Princess Maria has already become
80 proficient in the use OF the Swedish
language that she can converse very
readily and that without the slightest
newspaper representative how In
dustrious she had been recently. She
had gotten up at a. m. In the morn.
ings and also related that her Swedish
tutor, Miss Wigert. had been exceed.
ingly strict. The princess Is indeed t.
be congratulated. for 1t Is a well
known fact that Il Is a most difficult
thing for members OF the British royal
house to learn the Swedish language.
The Stockholm papers do not know
for sure whether the French president
is coming or not. The latest report Is
now that he is coming, although II was
not long ago that II was positively an
nounced that his Swedish trip had been
cancelled. According to the ALTON.
bladet' he is now due TO arrive In
Stockholm July % and preparations
are under way to give him q cordia'
reception
The funeral Of the Swedish author
Frans Hedberg, took place at st
Jacobs church June ~. Rev. Emeritu,
Fries officiating. Among those pres
emf were members of the Swedish
Academy and the Swedish Authors SO
ciety and n number of Sweden's most
prominent theatrical men. 1t was one
OF the largest civil funerals which has
occurred In Stockholm for many a
year.
The Social Democratic convention
has passed resolutions against militar-
a
tion of the military burdens. sof dis
armament, of compulsory courts of ar
bitration, Of permanent Scandinavian
neutrality and Of vigorous information.
al cooperation between the labor or.
CARNATIONS against war.
About twenty European tourist So
cleties sent delegations to the interna.
tloDal tourist congress. which was held
In Stockholm June 24-2S. The tourist
delegates were all handsomely enter
tanned during their stay in Stockholm
and II did much to advertise the al
ready worldwide hospitality Of the
Swedish capital.
Grand Duke Dmitri, Of st. Peters
burg, Is at present the guest Of King
Gustaf at the royal palace.