Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1910-06-10

Two Hundred Bicycles in One Year.
King Haakon Honors Two Norwe-
gian-Americans - Daughter of Fa-
nous Danish Author and Poet, Oh
IenschIaeer, Dies at Copenhagen.
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Gustaf Peterson, a Stockholm thief,
who was arrested few days ago for
stealing bicycles, has confessed that
he has stolen during the past year not
less than 200 bicycles. It seems that
he has been making a speciality of
dealing in bicycles in this style on
large scale. AS soon as he had stolen
a machine of this description he
shipped it to some other city, repre-
senting himself to be bicycle manu-
facturer He admits that he has been
making good money lately. He has
also employed other persons to assist
him.
Bishop Gezelius Won Scheele,
prominent bishop and church leader in
Sweden, will visit America next month
and will make a tour of the Western
tieth anniversary of the Augustana
synod at Rock Island, ILL.,, and will also
visit Chicago, St. Paul and Minneap-
oils and on his way will appear in sew
eral cities in the East. This will be
the third time that the bishop has
| visited America. 1t is not understood
chat he is coming this time in any
official capacity
General Booth, on his eighty-first
6irthday, which he celebrated recently
In London, was the recipient of the
following telegram from DoWager
Queen Sofia of Sweden: GAS I have
fust learned that you are celebrating
sour eighty-first birthday l hereby
send you my heartiest congratulations,
thanking God for having placed you
in a position to perform such great
work, and especially do l thank God
Cor what you have done for Sweden"
The "Helsingborg Dagblad" says in
a recent issue: 'The other day a rep
reseqtative of this paper met young
Kermit Roosevelt in Stockholm. He
was fine young man, bright and I'M
| assuming. He seemed greatly inter-
ested in the Olympian games that are
| to be held here in 1912 and said that
he would try and be present on that
occasion and that he hoped the Amer
icans would carry off the biggest share
of the prizes"
Editor Gustaf Gullberg of the Stock
holm Tidning, who has been seriously
ill, is now very much better and has
gone to bathing resort in Germany,
where he hopes to regain his former
good health. Mr.. Gullberg, who is
justly regarded as one of Stockholms
ablest newspaper men, has been in the
harness for thirty years and hosts of
his friends in Stockholm hope that he
will come back in good health.
Princess Ingrid was baptized in the
! chapel of the royal palace May 5. A
number of diplomats and members Of
the riksdag were present. All the
members of the royal family who were
! in Stockholm attended. The oficiat-
ing prelate was Bishop Billing. Fifty
! salutes were given from Skeppshol-
men.
The Stockholm breweries have
pooled their interests and they are re-
ported to have an aggregate capital of
something like 100000 crowns. The
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are the Munchen, Pillsner, Stora
Bryggeriet and Gustaf Piehl brewery.
Count C. A. Ehrensvard, head of the
navy department, has rendered his
resignation. Count Ehrensvard has
held this position since 1907 and has
made a good chief of his department.
He was born in 1858 and was made a
commander of the fleet in 1905.
The busts of Fryxell and Wiesel-
gren were unveiled at Kindergarten,
the famous Stockholm park on May
i12. There was a large gathering on
| this occasion and the address at the
unwilling was delivered by the young
! crown prince.
I The German church in Stockholm is
undergoing a thorough renovation,
which will entail an expenditure of 81
I 900 crowns There are a large num-
Der of German people in Stockholm
who are attending service in this edi-
fee.
t Lektor Waldenstrom will not visit
| America this summer, as he had
planned. His advanced age will pre-
vent him from making the long jour
ney.
The cornerstone of the new Engel-
! brekt church was dedicated on Trim
! ity Sunday. There was large attend
ance at the dedication, including sew
eraI members of the royal family -
There has been a decided raise in
the price of Swedish rubbers, amount
| ing to not less than Is per cent
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