Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-05-28
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Recent Happenings In This.
Country and Abroad D ID
SWEDISH OPERA IN GERMANY

SWEDISH OPERA in GERMANY
Celebrated stockholm Singers Will
Take the Leading Roles at stutt-
gart "Musik-Fest"-Swed Nj rWe-
CLAN Frontier Dispute Nearing Set
tIement-Queen Alexandria Of Den.
mark Leader in Charitable Affair.
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A Swedish 'tmusik-fest" will be
held in Stuttgart, Germany, June 20,
when Andreas Hallen's ''Valdemars-
katten' will be rendered. On the fol-
lowing day the celebrated "Orpheii
Drangar" will give a concert in that
city. The leading roles in the ''Valde-
markatten'' will be carried by the
celebrated Stockholm opera singers,
John Forsell and Julia Claussen. The
opera, which is Swedish, will be given
in the German language, having been
translated but recently to that Ian
guage from the original. During the
entire "musik-fest" in Stuttgart only
Swedish compositions will be given.
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Recent reports from Stockholm state
that several Swedes have been arrest
ed by the authorities of Russia and
though their innocence has been fully
established there seems to be no dis
position on the part of the Russian
authorities to set them free. At the
same time Russian saw filers" Of a
very suspicious character have again
appeared In Sweden. Russian spies
have been rather scarce in Sweden
since the Russo-Japanese war, but
now they are commencing to show
up again, evincing that Russia still
has good eye" on Sweden.
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According to latest reports from the
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Swedish civil engineer, E. Won Gege-
baden, who was arrested as "spy"
last March, has been set free. Hosts
of Mr.. Segebaden's friends in Stock
holm know that one of the last things
on this earth that he would try to be
is spy and the Russian foreign de-
partment received SO many letters
and kilograms from men of standing
and influence all over Sweden that
the Russians thought it best to let
him 60.
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Following the custom of several
years past an ecclesiastical conven.
ton will be held in Vexio, Sweden,
from June % to July I. The mission
board of the Swedish church, the
board Of the Swedish Mission society
and those of the deaconess and dea-
con institutes have each appointed
one of their members to assist in
making the necessary arrangements.
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In series of music festivals that
will be given in Berlin in connection
with the twenty-ifth anniversary OF
Emperor Williams reign in Germany
this summer, John Forsell, the Swe-
dish opera singer, will be one of the
celebrities to appear. Herr Forsell
has been making a splendid reputation
for himself and is far more popular in
Germany than in the United States.
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There is a German Lutheran church
at Gothenburg, which city is Sweden's
largest seaport. It is not independent
or controlled by the German state
church; it belongs to the church of
Sweden, and it's pastor must be a
naturalized citizen of the kingdom.
The pastors salary is $1,750 a year,
plus $3.50 for house rent. The place
is vacant at present.
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The riksdag recently reduced the
tariff on sugar one-half cent a pound.
That means that the consumers will
save $3.50, 900 year. But the Social
lists are dissatisfied because it is so
little and the Conservatives feel the
same way because it is too much. The
present tariff is 2 cents pound and
after 1918 it is to be III cents a pound.
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According to the very latest statis-
tics issued by the central bureau Of
Stockholm the population of Sweden
was increased last year by 1888 per-
sons, making the population of the en-.
tire country at present 5,604,192.
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Professor S. A. Sjogren will repre-
sent Sweden at the international
Geographical congress, which will be
held in Toronto, Canada, Aug. TIA.
H. M. Backstrom of the Stockholm
high school will also attend.
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