The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-06-04

By MARTIN w. ODLAND.

W. ODkA<AlVDs -
A company has been organized in
Sweden for the production of radum,
and large tract of land where the
precious metal is supposed to be
found in paying quantities has been
| secured and work will commence at
once. The country will watch with
| interest the efforts Of the company to
| produce this metal, which few years
! ago was worth million dollars q
pound.
The 18th. and 10th. of June the
Schubert Mems chorus, the most not
| ed of Austria, will give concerts in
Stockholm. The chorus consists of
$50 members from the musical and
professional circles of Vienna. The
club will arrive by special steamer at
Stockholm, and will give two con-
certs. They have already appeared
in Paris, Bosnien, Switzerland and
Herzegovina. The proceeds of their
concerts in Stockholm will be turned
over to the city for various philan-
| thropic purposes. Adolf Kirchl is
honorary choir master and Prof.
Hans Wagner is active director, both
men being considered the most
prominent musicians of their country.
DENMARK. ssa
| All Danish-Americans will be inter-.
ested in a dispatch from Aarhus,
which, says that the Danish American
ASSOCIATION has made arrangements
for festival of a novel character to
take place here July 4, in connection
with national exposition now in
progress. 1t is the first time. that an
attempt has been made to have a
Fourth of July celebration in a for
eign country, arranged by naturalized
American citizens descended from
! that country.
The object is ito afford Scandina-
vians an occasion to learn the truth
about the country which many Of
their nationality have made their
home and learned to love as their own
country, where they have availed
| themselves of the opportunities Of
| fered them and with which they are
| thoroughly familiar.
The crown prince. of Denmark and
both the American, ambassador to
Denmark and the Danish ambassador
to the United States, as we'll as
Danes, will participate in the exer-
cises. At least 1000 persons from
the United States will be present in
Aarhus on the Fourth Of July. An
attendance of $4,000 is expected by
the exposition authorities.
The program arranged by the DAN
ish-American association follows:
First Part, 10 A. N.
Cantata by Ivar Kirkegaard, Racine,
Wis; music by Carl Busch, Kansas
City, Mo-; chorus OF 100 voices; solo
by Helge Nissen of the Danish Royal
opera
Address by the president of the ex-
position, Mayor Drechsel.
Remarks by the chairman Of the
Aarhus Day committee by Dr. Max
| Henius, Chicago.
! Address by the representative OF
the Danish government.
| Orchestra.
| Second Part, I p. M.
Orchestra.
"The American From a Danish
Point of View," by the Danish minis.
ter at Washington, Count Carlo
Moltke.
brief History of the American of
Danish Descent" by Ivar Kirkegaard,
Racine.
"The Danish-American of the City,"
by Carl Antonsen, Chicago.
THE Danish-American of the Prai.
rie," by Carl Hansen, Tyler MINI.
"Our Homes in the United States"
by Rev. Adam Dan, Chicago
Danish national hymn. by audience.
accompanied by orchestra.
Third Part, p. M.
Orchestra
"The American of Danish Descent"
by the American minister at Copen.
hagen, DR.. Maurice Francis Egan.
'The Call of the Outer World" by
Theodor Bredsdorff. director of the
high school at Roskilde.
| Orchestra, cello solo by Herman
! Sandby, New York
'The Call of the Home" by Prof.
George Brandes, Copenhagen.
my Country. 'Tis Of Thee" by au.
dience, accompanied by orchestra.
The orchestra under direction .of
Carl Busch. E
In the evening grand concert, So
ioist Peter Cornelius (the, famous
Danish tenor, who intends visiting the
United States in 191O); Helge Nissen.
Mrs. Ulrich and Miss Krarup Hansen.
all of the Danish Royal opera, Copen-
hagen. After the concert q, banquet
rendered the Americans by the city
Of Aarhus.
The crown prince has accepted the
invitation Of the committee, and win
participate in all the festivities