Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-07-13
OF INTEREST TO J
SCANDINAvIANS
Recent Happenings in This Coun-
try and Abroad.
SUCCESSFUL MEET ASSURED

Preparations Well Under Way for
oIympian Games at Stockholm Next
Year-Norwegia Women Have suf-
trace, but No Voice in Church A.
fairs-compIete Reorganization OF
copenhaaen Police Force Planned.
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Preparations for the great Olympian
games next summer in Stockholm are
we'll under way. Everything points to
4 great and successful event. The
Swedish delegates to the congress on
the international committee for the
games have returned recently from
Budapest Kristian Hellstrom, the
general secretary, reports that the re-
suits of the deliberations were wholly
satisfactory to Sweden. The question
most eagerly discussed was the rules
for spear throwing, but Colonel Black
explained that Sweden would not take
part in that game unless the PROPOSE
lions made by the Swedes were adopt
ed. The committee yielded on that
point. 1t is also considered important
that the committee passed the propo-
sition to have Swedish judges at the
game. Naturally Stockholm, rather
Sweden, will be entertaining the par
! Elephants of the great international
games and it is evident that Swedish
judges at the great meeting will en-.
deavor TO exercise the greatest fair
mindedness to all concerned
Athletics have taken on new life in
Stockholm, and all of Sweden for that
matter, owing to the fact that the
Olympian games of 1912 are drawing
near In every city of Sweden young
men are in training for the big event
and it is certain that Sweden's youth
and Drawn will endeavor to show up
at its very best at the great interna-
tional games next summer, which will
place Stockholm on the worlds map
more than anything else that has ever
transpired during the past fifty years
in the history of that beautiful city.
! The Stockholm Y. NJ. C. A. is prepar-
ing to give series of exhibitions in
Swedish gymnastics at Dresden, Ger
many. On their way to Dresden they
are also to give exhibitions at Odense,
Denmark, Copenhagen and Berlin.
Queen Victoria, who is a sister of
the Grand Duke of Baden, is obliged
to spend the winter and the greater
part of each spring abroad for the
sake of her health. Recently she
I bought villa on the island of Capri,
twenty miles south Of Naples, which
is favorite resort for her majesty.
The situation of Villa Capri is a re-
tired one on a steep cliff, from which
there is magnificent view of the
famed bay of Naples. and the only
means of approach is by a mule
track The queen is we'll known to
the people of Capri and is very popu-
lar with them on account of her
friendly ways and many charitable ac-
tions.
The Swedish Mission society, work
ing among the Laps, recently cele-
brated its seventy-fifth anniversary in
Stockholm. Its work Is mostly done
in the support of schools. During the
last year the society supported seven
schools, enrolling 119 Lapp children.
These children receive free instruc-
ton, room and board and many of
them are even clothed. Besides these
seventy-one Swedish children attend.
ed these schools.
Last Easter one of the old historical
churches in Stockholm was destroyed
by fire. The exact date of the first
building of that church is not known,
but so much is known that some of
the decorations and paintings of the
Oldest part dated back to the time of
Archbishop joins Bengtson, of the
time of Axel Oxenstierna. The church
was partly rebuilt and thoroughly
renovated in 1884 and 1885.
A Jewish mission conference was
held In Stockholm from June to g.
The conference was opened by Bishop
Won Scheeie, who, it will be remem-
bered, visited the United States last
year, and the opening sermon was
preached by Professor Kolmodin. The
conference was an international one
and there were about 500 delegates
present.
| Rev. Arvid Boman, who has been
called by the mission board OF the
Church of Sweden as missionary
among the Sweoes in johannesburg,
South Africa, left Sweden for his field
OF labor a short time ago. He was &C
companied by Mrs. Karin Boman, a
sister of Missionary Kempe. now in
South Africa.
II Not little interest il attached to
Che rumor that some well to do Swed-
ish-Americans who are living In
Sweden propose to publish paper in
that country in the interest Of the
Swedish-Americans living in Sweden
and America. The paper is to be
ready for circulation by Jan. 1, 1912.
Negotiations are pending in Paris
by which the Swedish government is
to send three army officers to Persia
for the reorganization OK the Persian
army. This means that Persia may