Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1911-02-10
WELL KNOWN ALL over EUROPE

Death OF Consul General MoiIeF, noo'
manian Representative in Sweden,
Removes Prominent Personase-His-
tory Of Fight for Woman Suffrage in
Norway-psnmark Exported TO-
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In the death of Roumanian Consul
General Fredric Moller of Stockholm
there disappeared a parsonage who
was well known not only in Sweden
but all over the European continent.
General Moller was stricken by heart
failure Jan. 16 and death was almost
instantaneous. He was son of a
prominent Stockholm merchant, Theo-
dore Moller. Consul Moller was born
In Stockholm in 1916 and was grad
uated from the Stockholm lycenm. He
afterwards completed the classical
course at Upsala university. After
wards he completed his education at
the University of Heidelberg, Ger
many, and shortly afterwards entered
the diplomatic service. He was Swed-
ish consul at Antwerp for number
of years, where he was also interest
ed in his fathers export and import
business. in 1879 we find him as Rus
sian vice consul and later on Swedish
consul general at st. Petersburg. In
1892 he was appointed Roumanian
consul general at Stockholm, posi-
death. He was commander of Vasa
and knight of the North Star Order.
His funeral was large one, perhaps
one of the largest accorded any mem
Der of the diplomatic corps that has
ever been held in Stockholm.
The chief of the Sixth army corps
has positively forbidden all profane
language on the part of the soldiers
of the various regiments belonging to
that division The swearing of the
Swedish soldier is well nigh historic
and it is of a class which savors of
such vulgar strength that it is enough
to make even the most Indifferent per
son in the world sit up and take no.
tice. There is a tendency all through
the Swedish army to eliminate swear
ing and it is now absolutely impera-
tive in some divisions of the army.
Military swearing" in Sweden is a
black spot on the country's history.
The French Academy of Fine Arts
has appointed the medallion engraver,
Erik Lindberg of Stockholm, as sue
cessor to the late Sir Francis Sey-
mour Hayden, who during the past
ten years has served az corresponding
France. This is distinction which
becomes all the more noteworthy when
1t is considered that the L'Institut de
France has only two foreign European
representatives of this class.
Dowager Queen Sofia has lately en-
tertained as her guest her niece, the
Duchess Bentheim- Steinfurt, who was
once the Princess Waldeck-Pyrmont.
The duchess, whose first name is Pau
line, is an older sister of the dowage9
queen of The Netherlands and the
Duke of Albany. She was born in
1855. She arrived at Stockholm Jan.
IL and will visit the dowager queen
for an indefinite period.
In a recent address held at the uni
versity in Lund Professor Soderberg
claimed that it is reasonably sure that
the Mortimer discovered America
The claim is an old one, but discus
sion regarding this claim is now be-
ing resuscitated both in Sweden and
Norway as well as America. Some in
teresting lectures and papers On this
subject are bound to follow sooner or
later.
Schuback, the much wanted fruit
dealer of Stockholm, who disappeared
very suddenly last month with a large
sum of money, has been traced to Liv-
erpool, where he boarded one of the
Cunard line steamers for America.
Owing to the great expense in going
after him it is possible that the Swed-
ish authorities may decide to let him go.
Gustave Adolph Belief has been ap-
pointed Swedish vice consul at Fe-
camp. The consulate of that city is
under the jurisdiction of the Swedish
consulate at Rouen, France A mer-
chant, Nicholas A. Alexandrou, has
been appointed Swedish consul at
Smyrna, Palestine.
Sweden has new prince. Princess
Ingeborg gave birth to bright little
royal baby boy recently and his name
is not less than Carl Gustaf Oscar
Fredrik Christian, duke of Ostergot-
land. Both Princess Ingeborg and the
little arrival are in the best of health
According to the annual report of
the Swedish patent service bureau
there were organized during the year
1910 634 stock companies, represent
ing combined capital of 100000