Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1914-01-07
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Recent Happenings n This
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Queen Mother Sophia of Sweden
died at Stockholm on Dec. 20, in her
seventy-eighth year. She had suffered
acutely for several days and sue
cumbsd to an attack of Inflammation
Of the lungs. Her majesty had been
practically an invalid for more than
. quarter of century. She was sub
ject to melancholia, which necessi-
tated a constant watch being kept on
her by her medical attendants. She
took very little part in court func-
tons, devoting herself, whenever her
malady permitted It. to enterprises of
q religious nature. She was great
sympathizer with the Salvation Army,
whose operations in Scandinavia she
followed with intense interest. She
also was a strong advocate of temper
ance. The late queen mother was a
princess of Nassau and was married
at Wiesbaden to the late King Oscar
II. in June, 1857. The royal couple
celebrated their golden wedding an
niversary in 1907, just six months be-
fore King Oscars death. Her majesty
leaves large fortune, most of which,
It is understood. will go to her
younger son, Oscar, who renowned
his rights to the throne In order to
marry Miss Ehbe Munk, his mothers
maid Of honor. This marriage was
the cause Of the csly difference which
ever arose between King Oscar II.
AID Queen Sophia, the latter sncour-
aging the match. A bulletin issued
at the palace said the queen mothers
snd was peaceful.
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Colonel Charles H. Graves, United
etates minister to Sweden, departed
from Stockholm on Dec. 10. his resig-
nation having been placed in the
hands Of the administration at Wash.
ington last spring. His successor has
not been chosen, but until this is
done American diplomatic affairs in
Stockholm will be looked after by
Jefferson Godfrey, temporary charge
d'affaires. There has been much
speculation as to whom President
Wilson will choose for this post and it
r. believed that his choice will soon
ba made and that it will be a man
from the West, and possibly from
Minnesota Minister Graves returns
to America In company with his
young wife and will go direct to Du-
l1th, where he has besu making his
homo for great many years and
where he still holds considerable
property. The Stockholm papers all
speak very highly of Colonel Graves.
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The New Cumberland company,
with capital Of 1,700,5e0 crowns, has
been organized in London. This
company has acquired the majority
Of shares in the Westfjord Iron Ore
company, which owns the greater
part Of the Ofoten iron ore fields. It
10 the object Of the new company to
bring the production of iron ore up to
5000 tons per day. The old and new
companies will jointly conduct the
great briquette works in Cumberland,
Increasing the capacity to 100000
briquettes per year.
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The team Of thirty picked gymnasts
Of Stockholm who are just completing
q tour in America will carry abroad
many American ideas and methods
pertaining to athletics. While the
Swedish gymnasts came here pri-
marily to display their own physical
perfection they have made it a point
to study athletics in the United
States.
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Miss Olga Blome, the Swedish
opera singer, has been engaged by the
Charlottenburg Opera in Berlin for a
term OF five years and on very liberal
terms. Miss Blome has studied in
the Conservatory and Opera School in
Stockholm and won great success in
Germany as an opera singer.
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DR.. Sven Hedin, world explorer and
scientist, and champion Of a party de-
manding more battleships and more
forts and Notifications for the nation
al defense, has issued a call for as
sistance In publishing a weekly news
paper in the interest of this great
contention. ~.
An Industrial monthly in st. Peters.
burg recently published IN article on
the economic progress In Sweden. The
paper relates In Mandatory terms Swe
6sn's rapid progress In all directions
i Stockholm's budget for the yea
1914 amounts to over 62, 10000.
crowns. The incomes are estimates
at 40,443,s74 crowns. The communal
sax remains at 6 crowns per capita. 8
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kota Will Il person present 80 Norway
the statue Of Abraham Lincoln, given
by his state. on July &. 1914, sc Chris
dania Definite announcement sc his
plan 20 make tho trip O. Norway at
the head OF the stats c111nnniaainn