| Show LETTER FROM STOCKHOLM STOCKHOLM february ath special to the NEWS gustavus Adolp adolphus tius and the late celebration of the booth anniversary of the birth of the swedish king were recently made a subject tf of discussion in the prussian reichstag the government has been greatly taken to task by the catholic members of the house not only for allowing the celebration ob bration ration to go on but still more for its giving an official stamp to the same the protestants were up in in arms one of the catholics who styled the great swedish king as an incendiary came it is said near to be thrown out of a window the discussion ended with a speech by dr friedberg in which he praised gustavus adolphus as the hero of protestantism simultaneously denouncing noun cing rome and the pope under the most vigorous protests from the catholic side of the house king oscar has aust conferred with the norwegian leaders of the left and some ex ministers of the state in regard to the present political crisis his majesty has attentively listened to the advice ot of the politicians but refuses to divulge anything which can give even the slightest clue to his own opinion in regard to the situation after an absence of several years princess marie and her husband have returned to copenh copenhagen gen where they were met at the railroad depot by king r christian the crown prince and crown princess princes christian and carl prince jean of orleans and prince hans the wild rumors which have been circulated to the effect that the princess should be a chronic a loose woman etc are said to be without any foundation whatever and the royal reception tendered the princess may be regarded as an official denial of another rumor that her highness should be a persona non grata at the danish court A swedish expedition to terra del fuego or Fi reland will leave stoc stockholm k next october the leader will be dr otto a son ol of professor A E of arctic tame another man of science who will accompany the expedition is dr axel oklin recently back from the expedition which was sent out to rescue bjorling and Kallsten Kall jus the yount swedish explorers claude monet the famous french artist and the so called father of impressionism press will spend a few weeks in for the purpose of painting norwegian scenes the worlds record in heavy lifting was broken here last sunday at an exhibition hibi tion given by the stockholm athletic club arvid anderson an amateur athlea performing the feature by lifting a pound dumbbell over his head the city aldermen of stockholm have granted an appropriation of kronor for the international industrial exposition to be held here in 1897 captain C of the norwegian navy was greatly reprimanded a few days ago by his superior officers on account of his having written the following threats against sweden in a paper he who believes that th the sword of a norwegian officer will stay in the sheath as soon as an armed swede shows himself on this side of the frontier iron tier will be greatly disappointed and must take the consequences of his disappointment will sweden have peace she shall have peace but does she want war war she shall have we neither afraid nor do are we despair f T n of 01 the result monsieur lugne poe the french actor and theater manager who is said to be a descendant of allan edgar poe the american poet received recently the liberis et artibus gold medal of king oscar as a reward for the great interest mr poe has manifested in introducing scandinavian dramas to the parisian theatergoers theater goers A commercial treaty between norway and portugal will probably be signed in a few days by representatives ot of both countries negotiations are now going on and promise a good result A number of young swedes all born in stockholm are doing service in the japanese army and acco according iding to letters received here many of them have been promoted since the war against china was declared at the skating tournament in last sunday wilhelm M manseth anseth won the metre race he covered the track in 46 45 4 5 seconds smashing all previous records for that distance an elaborate banquet in honor of baron tamm the president of last summers congress was given here by the arranging committee of said congress several ot of those attending declared their intention of visiting the next congress which is to be held in mexico mormon missionaries who visited sweden norway and denmark last year report the number of converts as since 1850 scandinavians nave become mormons cormons Mor mons of which number about have emigrated to salt lake city utah A grand patriotic festival will be celebrated at the royal opera house of stockholm in the middle of next month the irbe entertainment is being arranged by the women B society I 1 tor tor the benefit of Sw Ow edens naval defense the proceeds to go to the same the merry wives a new comedy ly by jonas lie the famous norwegian author was given at the theater last monday night being received with great enthusiasm kin king oscar and henrik ibsen attended tj the I 1 performance miss maria a swedish 5 who has been singing at concerts in miln italy with great success das been simultaneously offered engagements gage age ments as prima donna at the f acala cala theater in miln and the san carlo theater in naples the people ot of two small farms at JK vaen angen norway were buried under an avalanche a few days ago eleven persons perished and the only thing left eft of the two farms is a stable where fame cattle were found and rescued |
