Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-06-03
fIDINGS FROM
SCANDINAVIA
Interesting News From Sweden
Norway and Denmark
PEARY TO VISIT STOCKHOLM

American Explorer Will Deliver Lee
ture in Swedish capitaI-chicagt
Paper Pays Norwegians a compIi
nent in Its Editorial coIumns-co
penhagen Brewer Donates 4oo,o0t
Crowns to Rebuild Church Tower.
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From st. Petersburg comes the def
mite report that Robert E. Peary will
visit Sweden and Stockholm some time
this month and will, while in Stock
holm, deliver a lecture under the
auspices of the Swedish Geographical
society. He will be received and en-
tertained by the same society during
his visit to the capital city. Mr.. Peary
will also lecture in Copenhagen anG
his visit there will create especial in
terest, owing to the enthusiastic re
ception which the people there were
led to give in honor of DR.. Cook, who
falsely represented himself as having
discovered the North pole The Danes
are very suspicious now, they are all
from Missouri in regard to this mat
ter, and it will be up to Mr.. Peary tc
show his papers, provided he is to
count on genuinely hearty reception
in the Danish capital.
StOckhOlms only negro committed
suicide at the Hotel Kronprinsen the
other day because his woman. had de-
serted him. For a long time he had
been fearing that he would lose his
position and since a white woman
whom he appropriated as his compan
ion deserted him life looked so gloomy
to him that he decided to commit sui
eide. His name was George Barnett
Start and he was born in 1885.
King Gustaf in the very near future
will go to Vienna, where he will pay
a visit to the aged Emperor Frans
Josef. Prior to his visit there he will
meet the queen in Rome, who will
accompany him to Austria If it should
be necessary to do so the king will
return to Munchen, where he will
again take medical treatment from DR..
SchWeringen.
The Norwegian residents in Stock
holm are very DESTROYS of having Min
lister Vogt retained in Stockholm and
declare in petition to the Norwegian
government that the Norwegian col
ony in the Swedish capital would sus.
tain severe loss should Minister
Vogt be removed to another post.
The Swedish colony In Berlin dedf.
Gated its new clubhouse at Belle-Alli.
ance strasse April "a in the midst of
great ceremonies. The programme
consisted of speeches, national folk
dances and plays. There was a large
audience present, including at least
800 Swedish men and women
Stockholm is getting ready for the
great Olympian games which are to
be held there in 1912. A great sta
dunn will be erected in the Idrotts
park, with seating capacity of $4,000.
Work on the new stadium will COM
mence during the latter part of this
summer.
Swedes are supporting a medical
station at Bethlehem Of Jul
dea. The parish sister of the Arabic
Lutheran congregation is assisting
him. Another deaconess, a native
woman educated in Germany, has a
fourishing kindergarten there,
There are at present 1924 Ander-
sons in the city of Stockholm. The
Johnsons follow next and are 1869 in
Then follow the Karlssons,
Petersons, Erickssons, Missions, Lars
sons and Olssons.
A number of Russian tourists are
expected to visit Stockholm this sum-
mer. Among them are 400 women
teachers, who are going to learn all
they can about the Swedish school
system.
The Duke of Vestmanland is now of
age, having celebrated his tWenty-first
birthday April 20 He is fine look |
ing young fellow and is regarded as a
very bright and promising prince.
Zorn's bronze statue, ''The Morning
Bath" has been erected in front of |
the Academy of Fine Arts and was I'M
yelled April 80.