Morris tribune., 1911-07-07
OF INTEREST TO
SCAND|NAv|ANS
Recent Happenings in This COun-
try and Abroad.
SWEDISH MISSION IN HOLY LAND

Though but Recently Begun EvangeIi-
cal Work Is in Prosperous Condi-
tion-Many NorWegian-American
Spending the Summer in the Father
Iand-Danish Sugar Trust Pays
Dividend of Twenty-one Per Cent.
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When Bishop Won Scheele was in
Palestine in 1898, as travelling
companion of Emperor William, he
felt sorry that ''the most evangelical
of all Protestant nations, the Swedish
people," had no share in the eVange
lization of the Holy Land. On his re-
turn he laid the matter before King
Oscar, who, in May, 1900, accepted
the protectorship of the Swedish
Jerusalem Society,"" The object was
to win over the native population of
Palestine to Christianity by means of
educational and charitable 1nstitu-
tions. Work began in 1903, with a
primary day school at Jerusalem,
whose teacher was a German deacon
ess until 1910, when the daughter of
a Swedish pastor took her place. In
1904 a medical mission was estab-
lished at Bethlehem in connection
with the English and German mis-
sions there. Dr. G. Won Ribbing
is the resident physician and he has
his hands full in a country whose
climate superinduces chronic diseases
and numerous passing ailments. DR..
Ribbing has erected a much sought
for polyclinic there and small hos
pital. King Gustaf is the protector
of the new society, which has set out
to solicit fund of $14O,00O.
The International Woman's Suffrage
congress, which was in session in
Stockholm recently, passed a. resOlu-
ton last week to the effect that the
Woman's Suffrage union will work in
conjunction with Socialist OrganiZa-
tions and other female organizations,
but will not directly affiliate itself
with any particular party in any
country, but will aim to work for wo-
mems suffrage the world over. The
American delegates to the Internation-
al Woman's Suffrage congress In
Stockholm were entertained the 9th
er day at the residence Of Professor
Ernst Beckman. Mrs. Beckman is
!daughter Of Mrs. Baker of Massachu-
sets, who many years ago wrote
charming book entitled, Pictures of
Swedish Life"
The Swedish Tourist association is
making preparations for establishing
a new tourist route in the extreme
northern end of the country. This
will certainly make a most interesting
trip for tourists who have never been
farther north than Jemtland, which
is about as far as the average tourist
goes when in the northern section of
the country. The route will include
! the lake chains Of Big and Little
Lulea rivers and the terminal will be
at Gellivara and Murjek, on the trunk
| line railway from Stockholm. The
! length of the new tourist route will
be about 260 English miles and Stora
Sjo will be one Of the main attrac-
| tions Of the new route.
Says the Lutheran (Philadelphia)
"NorWegians, SWedes, Germans, Eng
lish. is the order in Minnesota, with
Lutherans outstripping all Protestants
combined. The chief Swedish institu-
tion is Gustayus AdoIphus college,
! two hours south of the Twin Cities, at
st. Peter Two large stone buildings
and four smaller ones crown the big
! bluff overlooking the Minnesota val
! ley. Some Of the more prominent
alumni are Governor Eberhart of Min
nesOta, superintendent G. G.. Schultz
and Dr. MattsOn. DR.. J. P. Uhler has
been in the faculty since 1882 and,
though not SWede, is known as the
grand old man Of the institution"
Sweden, according to Paris news
paper, supplied half the pulp paper
of last years production, and in sew
enty years, we are told, the Swedish
forests will have disappeared. This
leads this same French paper to state
i that paper can be made from bamboo,
the burZe brush and the sugar cane,
also that there is an abundance of
papyrus, which lends itself to paper
making, in the French Congo and
Sudan.
! The Swedish crown prince and
crown princess, who represented King
Gustaf during the recent coronation
! festivities in London, during their
stay there were the guests of the
crown princess father and mother,
the Duke and Duchess of Connaught.
A dinner was given in their honor by
Count and Countess Wrangle. Count
I Wrangle is Sweden's ambassador in
/ London.
The number of emigrants that left
Sweden for foreign countries from
Jan. l to May 8 were $780, This
shows falling off in the number of
people leaving the country, for during
| the same period last year there were