Show OUR STOCKHOLM LETTER STOCKHOLM december ath mrs eva nansen the wile wife of dr frithiof nansen the brave norwegian explorer who is now on his way to the north pole has just given a couple of concerts in stockholm one of which was attended by king oscar and the princes the large hall of the academy of music was at both occasions filled by a very enthusiastic audience mrs nansen is a can aatrice of rank and has besides a very lovely appearance being interviewed I 1 by your correspondent who inquired if she had not already begun to wait for the far anav husband she answered smilingly oh no two years from now not before is it time to expect him and I 1 know he will surely come back she added with a firm voice many offers among those several from the united states have been made to purchase the summerhouse summer house of emanuel the famous scientific tiso whose doat doctrine ine has perhaps a larger number of confessors in the united states than in europe at the same time great efforts have been made to keep it in sweden which have at last been crowned with success the summerhouse summer house was a few days ago sold to dr arthur hanelius Ha zelius the founder ot of the great northern museum at stockholm and will now be removed from its present place a backyard in stockholm to skansen a garden and a branch of the aforesaid museum As it will be known is said to have experienced most of his visions in this little house mrs filiano N gore born at stockholm but was married to professor J howard gore of the columbian university in washington has some time been visiting with relatives in dalecarlia Dale carlia she now returns to the capital of the united states where she intends to lecture on the peculiar customs and manners ot of the Daie carlian people taking with her for this purpose quite a number of national costumes A lecture on the swedes in america was recently held by editor ernst lindblom in the hall of the academy of science of stockholm the it lie cure ure being for or the benefit of the john ericsson monument to be erected in that city with one ericsson monument in new york another at Fi linstad and a third soon to be erected in the city of gothen burg the famous inventor of the monitor will have no less than four monuments raised in his bis honor certainly were be able to speak now the plain man as he was in life he would give an order to raise them all the stockholm Afton bladet has purchased about fifty pair of letter carral earning rig pigeons from belgium chief engineer S A andree who intends to strike out for the north pole next summer by means of a balloon will carry the birds along with him in his air vessel for the purpose of letting them loose by crowds as the journey proceeds in that way the Afton bladet believes the world at large will not be in ignorance of the fate be it success or failure of this original cip expedition edition the pigeons are to be trained on the northern coast of norway in such way that fishing vessels will conduct them as far north as possible thereupon letting them loose that the they may y find their way back to the pi pigeon ak n house ouse which the dispatches will be e wired to the stockholm paper A rumor is out according to which prince carl the third son of king oscar is to marry princess elizabeth the twenty six year old daughter of the grand duke of mecklenburg schwerin the danish minister of foreign affairs has received a dispatch from the spanish government who com complains that danish steamers have carried volunteers guns and ammunition to the insurgents on cuba on that account the minister has through a proclamation warned all danish ship brokers and ship owners by taking part in such dangerous expeditions as the danish government can do nothing for them in case their ships 1 should be overtaken by spanish men of war and confiscated the next norwegian will be asked to grant an appropriation in order that norway be represented in in a worthy manner at the great industrial exposition to be held at stockholm in 1897 even denmark and some other european countries will be represented at the same As perhaps known an expression of opinions in favor of negotiations has been prevailing both in sweden and norway during the last month on the kings part steps were first taken to open negotiations and since the formation of the new ministry in norway called especially in view of negotiations with sweden the two governments have nominated a commission of fourteen members seven chosen by each to devise vise a plan which shall put an end to the differences this is probably already known to the readers of the NEWS it remains therefore only to say that serious negotiations which will probably embrace a thorough revision ot of the act of union have now been opened the difficult thing will be to bring them to a satisfactory issue the first requisite for this is that there be on both sides an honest intention and a dispassionate temper in this regard the evidence which has been exhilarated by unreasonable men in both countries has done much evil no real danger of a disturbance of the peace on the scandinavian peninsula has however arisen maybe that after these caporin the public temperament tempe ament will become ail the more calm and conciliatory consilia tory |