Morris tribune., 1910-07-01
TIDINCS FROM
SCANDINAVIA
Interesting News From Sweden,
Norway and Denmark
is NOW IN THE NORTHWEST

Bishop K. H. Gezelius Won Scheele of
the Swedish State Church Gives In
teresting Misunderstanding Haakon
of Norway Abandons Trip to Russia.
| Former Danish Premier Acquitted
of ENLIGHTENMENT
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Bishop K. H. GezeIius Won Scheele
of the state church of Sweden, who is
at present on an extensive tour in the
| Northwest, after a visit to Rock Island,
Ill, where he appeared as the personal
representative of the king of Sweden
at the jubilee festivities of the Au-
gustana synod, made the following in
teresting statement on being inter-
viewed in Chicago recently:
| Much of the progress of Sweden
J during the last few years is attribut-
able directly to the natives of Sweden
who returned home after living some
! years in the United States. I talked
much of emigration to my country
men at Rock Island, Ill. I appreciate
the many good things in store for my
countrymen here, but I feel that it
would be better if more of them re
manned in their own country. I bore
a message from my king to President
Taft, which I delivered on June 2. ]
| found President Taft charming man
though l do not know him so well as
! know Colonel Roosevelt, whom Il
met few weeks ago in Stockholm,
| Sweden
Bishop Scheele first made the &C
| quaintance of Roosevelt when, as the
kings ambassador, he came to Amer
| lea in 1905. He seems to be a great
admirer of Roosevelt. Said the bish
op when interviewed in st. Paul,
Mimi, the other day: ~.r
Five weeks ago I met Roosevelt at
| Stockholm and conyersed with him
for more than an hour. The emperor
! of Germany has visited my diocese in
Wisby Ave times. The two men are
very much alike in character, very,
very much alike. The American mind
is a great thing"
The bishop is member of the low
eT house of the Swedish riksdag, de-
spite his high position which has
kept so many men from that body.
Il think the common people felt
that I would look after their interests.
l have always been democratic in my
views"
The bishop; however, is an arts
tocrat by birth and habits, being a
Swedish nobIemaHs His wife, Lady
Scheele, is also a Swedish noble
woman. Lady ScheeIs' is also very
wealthy in her own right and the
bishop is reported to possess a snug
fortune. No bishop in Sweden has
been honored by so many missions
abroad as Bishop Won Scheele. When
the Lutheran church was to be dedi-
Gated in Jerusalem he was present,
also at the unwilling of the Martin
Luther statue in Leipzig. This is his |
third visit to America and he is now
enjoying an extensive journey in the !
far west as Portland and Seattle He |
will be the object of many receptions !
and will speak at many functions dur
ing his long journey. He speaks Ger
man and French fluently, but is rather !
handicapped when talking English. |
The king and queen have both sub
scribed goodly sums of money for the |
annual races. 1t is we'll known fact |
that the king takes a deep interest in
horse races and the queen, too, is
said to be very fond of horses. The |
attendance at the annual horse races
in Stockholm this year will be greater
than ever and the finest horses and |
the best Craftsmanship that Sweden |
can muster will also be on exhibition
at these races.
An annex to the governments his
torical museum will be erected in the
near future and the plans for the
building are already completed by the
architects. The new building will
cost at least 100000 crowns and will
be one of the most pretentious look
ing state buildings when completed.
Snow fell in Stockholm on May g..
This has not happened for many
years. The snow fall was light, but
the ground was covered with beauti-
full white sheet and Skansen presented
a most beautiful picture when the sun
came peeping forth in the afternoon
Of the 365 students who were grad
uated from the various colleges in
Stockholm and co-educational institu-
ton in Djursholm, mostly all will take
up professional lines. Sixty-six stu
dents failed to pass their examina-
tions.
The Swedish. American Male Chorus,
which is at the present time giving
a series of concerts in Sweden, will
donate the net income from their con-
certs to the oscar H. Jubilee Fund"
says the Svenska Dagbladet
The Duke and Duchess of Vaster-