Morris tribune., 1911-03-17
TIlI'n,5.3S FROM
SCANDINAVIA
Interesting News From Sweden,
Norway and Denmark
CROW3S HONOR DEAD POET

Funeral Procession at Stockholm Is
viewed by Thousands of People,
Christiania PAPER Advises Closer Re-
lations Between Norway and Sweden
in Preparation for Outside Trouble
Or. Cook to Again Visit Copenhagen.
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4 SWEDEN.
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Not for years has there been pub
lie funeral that attracted such wide
sDrpad attention and such large
gathering Of people as that OF Gusfaf
Froding. which occurred In Stockholm
Feb. II. t',ags f1oated at half mast
from all the public buildings and as
the procession proceeded from the
poets home through the principal thor
oughfares OF the city thousands OF peo-
ple lined the streets and stood with
barred heads 1t was wonderful hoid
that this man Froding had on the
Swedish people The greatest crowds
were found at Gustaf Adolf's "tors
and Strandyagen When the process.
sion reached the Klara cathedral that
magnificent edifce was filed with peo-
pie. The chancel in the cathedral
had been beautifully and profusely
decorated with palms and flowers and
the coffin was literally covered with
white roses. carnations and lilies. The
cathedral was beautifully illuminated
by electric lights and chorus OF the
finest male voices in the city rendered
some OF the poets fayorite songs.
Professor Soderblom ofticiated and de-
Nvered a funeral address which was
very impressive and which was re-
garded as one of the finest efforts that
have been listened to by Stockholm
audience for many day Some OF
gweden's most prominent literary men
were present at the funeral. The gov
eminent was represented by Premier
Lindmann and the royal house OF
Sweden by Prince Eugen The re-
mains were placed aboard a special
train for Upsala, where the funeral
cortege was met b ythe Upsala student
chorus and societies, which escorted
the remains to its last resting place Ill
the Upsala cemetery
According to reports the fight
against tuberculosis is making good
progress in Sweden. The matter did
not receive much attention before
1901. In that year 2.sO persons out of
every 1000 living ones died OF that
dread disease Since then the death
rate has been gradually diminishing
until 1909, when it was 2.53 for every
1000 persons. The decrease was
gradual every year except In 1893
when it was .02 more than in 1907.
These figures apply only to the cities.
While not such rapid progress can
be claimed for the country districts it
e nevertheless noticeable that through
the splendid exertions of she Anti
Tuberculosis society a vast amount Of
good has been done and there is also
o marked decrease in the ravages Of
the disease there. The sanitariums in
the various parts of the country are
now succeeding in curing scores of
persons every year and the claim that
consumption cannot be cured does not
hold water in Sweden any longer
When Minister Graves celebrated
Washington's birthday at the suite of
the American legation on Strandvagen
Feb. % last it was, so far as is known,
the first time that the American holi.
day had thus been observed in Sweden.
Minister Graves entertained about 200
guests, most of whom were members
of the SWedish-American society and
The proposition to award the Nobel
erize in literature to Gustaf Froding,
the recent beloved poet, whose name
Is now household word in Sweden,
comes rather late. But that he was
actually proposed has become known
after his death. The two members of
the committee who proposed his name
several months ago were Professors
Bothius and Noreen.
Nils Ahlin of Upsala, who some
gears ago was president OF Socialist
club, pursued four years course in
theology at the Methodist Theological
seminary of that city and has been
appointed assistant pastor of the St.
Peters church in Helsingborg.
The Swedish Tourist society held it's
annual meeting in Stockholm Feb. II.
The membership of the society has
been increased by over 2,218 during
ehe course of one year, so that the so.
ciety at present has a total member.
ship of 51,659.
Professor Arrhenius will start Oh
Ais American lecture tour March Is
and will first give series of lectures
an New Haven and later on another
series in Boston. He will return to
Sweden some time during the latter
@art of June