Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-01-20
TIDINCS FROM
SCANDINAVIA
Interesting News from Sweden,
Norway and Denmark.
SWEDISH RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS

SWtUISH RtlIGIUUS AFFAIRS
State Church Is Coming More ane
More to See the Value Of the Sun
day School as a Feeder to the
Church and Authorities Are Paying
More Attention to the Children Thar
In Many Years Past.
SWEDEN.
Says writer on Swedish church af
fairs: The state church is comma
to see more and more the value of the
church, and the authorities are
paying more attention to the
children than In years past. In many
OF the churches the minister himself
teaches a class besides acting as su
perintendent, in the work, Since the
attempt of Lektor Waldenstrom tc
have religious instruction eliminated
from the common schools, the ques
ton of religious instruction has be
come a very live one in the country
1t will have the effect of calling atten
ton of parents to the teaching, and Il
may be that wrong teaching and aes
thetic teaching will be eliminated
Prince Carl's new villa at Fridhem
near kolmorden, has about been com
pleted. The villa is a three storN
building of wood, with a high, brown
roof, covered with black brick. Tn,
facade, which faces southeast, is ele
waited by means of two balconies anC
In the middle section by a beautifully
arranged terrace. Shortly before
Christmas. the expensive furniture ar
rived and last week the prince anC
princess were to occupy their new
home for the first time.
AT a meeting Of the Church Board
management in Sweden some time ago
. motion to establish a course in So
GEOLOGY for ministers was lost after {
/ short debate. Another motion TO ar
range an annual meeting of the clerg!
! in each disocese and to revise the hand
book on ministerial acts with refer
/ ence to communion of the sick was al
so voted down. These matters are
therefore, to remain as they have beei
heretofore in the church of Sweden.
! An international tuberculosis con
gress is to be held In Rome in 1911
Guido Bacelli, has issued invitations L
the nations to send delegates. Swe
den will have a representative from
the National Anti.Swedish Tuberculo
sis society. which has appointed a com
| mittee to have charge of the arrange
ments for Swedens participation il
/ the congress.
During the years OF 1902 to roo
| there were 1887 suicides in Sweden
| OF these there were 5000 male and 60
female Nearly all OF the male sui
| cides were married men. While thu
| percentage of suicides is small com
pared TO that of the United States. /
is still too large by far. 1t is a strang'
thing too that the percentage of NAL
suicides is always larger than that O
| females.
A week ago there was a terrible
storm in Stockholm. Roofs wer
blown off from houses and telegraph
and telephone wires were torn down b.
the wind in nearly every section of tn
city. The storm which was accom-
panied by rain and snow was the sc
verest which has been encountered il
the Swedish capital for many day
Count Claes Lagergren, the onl
Swedish papal chamberlain to the pop
in Rome, departed for the "holy city
the other day after spending a fey
weeks visiting friends and relatives i
| his native land. He is OF course
strong Catholic and has become tho
oughly Romanized.
The United States pension burea
paid out In pensions to former soldier
Of the Cicil war, who are at present n
siding in Stockholm, a sum of 1000
crowns, during the past year. Their
are about the same amount in Unite
States pensions expended in Gothel
burg.
The rumor that the Duke of Coz
naught, father-in-law to the Swedis
crownprince, will be appointed go,
ernor-general Of Canada, has been r.
ceived and commented on with unive
sal satisfaction all over the country.
The civil commission has just di
covered that the navy department hs
been paying unreasonable prices fC
marin oil, and that the department ha
lost about $4,000 crowns on the de-
this year.
The coffee consumers OF Sweien r.
ceived a New Years present in q
shape OF an increase OF so per cent 9
the duty on coffee.
The crownprince and crownpr,uce
have chosen the Jacobs church
! their place Of worship. They have T
served two pews close to the pulpit.
1t is reported from reliable a
thority that the Socialist papers
Stockholm were run at loss of 10
600 crowns last year.
Sven Lindberg has been appoints
| Japanese consul to succeed the rece
Carl Settervall.
The general major and chief OF Sw
den's Notifications has rendered b
resignation.
The city budget for 1910 for Stoc
holm involves sum OF 6i.Oll,7
crowns.