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March 10, 1001.
f Swedish Lutheran
Church in Nebraska
lu litiT Hov. S. C!. Larson entno to Omaha this property Is only $G,"70. In 1000 tho
mill established the llrst Swedish Luth- conference raised $8,310.73 for mission worn.
I till mission In tho statu of Nebraska. Tint Mum itionnv In In hit rn I m-il ililu venr. Ail.
next year ho organized Kinnniiel church la dltlotinl missionaries will be stationed In
Omaha and from that beginning has grown Wyoming and particular attention will lm
the Nebraska conference of the Lutheran given to the work In Omaha, South Omaha
Augustaua synod of America, an orgnulzn- and Lincoln,
tlou which has a membership of nearly
lu.uoo.
Hov, Larson was essentially a church or
ganizer. After ho had started the work
among tho Swedish population of Omaha hi
tinned his attention to Oakland, where he
succeeded lu establishing a church In ISiJs.
Two years later he organized churches
nt Alma, Kdlusburg. Swedeburg and Lin
coln.
About Noted People
(ieorgo H. Cole, au old uregou pioneer,
who hud charge of the supplies received at
Cor vail is fur Fort lluaklns some lltty tears
ago, lel.itLM thai Lieutenant l'lill 11. Sheri
dan, then iiuaricnuuHtcr and commissar) ,
lrupioiilly (.mho to Ins store and sometluies
remained over night, lie never would uc-
Other ploneeru In the church's Nebraska iopt the otter of a bed, but prefened to
illusion work were Uev. J. S. Hciison, He, sleep on blankets spread on tho counter.
L. 1'. Ahlqulst, Hov. J. Torell and Hov. N. - i
Nordllng. In tho early days of the Swedish Tho mallet and trowel with whlehlieoige
Lutheran church In tho state all congrega- Washington laid tho corneistone of tho
lions belonged to tho Kansas conference eapitol in 17'j:i lire to bo used at tho laying
and Nebraska was known as a mission dls- of the cornerstone of tho Carueglo llbrar
trict. ni Washington a few weeks hence. The liu-
ii una in ism: iIku h... wt.pnuioi rniif.ip. pleiiieius have only been used once. Thov
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swered proudly: Kltel wou't realize that
1 am crown prluco of Oermany and crown
prluco of l'russia," to which camo litnuedl.
ately tho stem reply; "Well, 1 must teach
you that I am emperor of Germany and
Mug of 1'riiBaln. " And thereupon the young
man received a good thrashing.
There Is an old tradition In the High
Inuds of Scotland to the elTect that the
owner of llalmoral dies when the snow lies
on a particular spot of lochuagar which
Is rarely covered, oven in the sevi rest
winters, lu fact, according to the local
repori, the snow has lain there this wlutit
for tho llrst time during the reign of lu i
late majesty. It Is not generally known
either, that the custom of stopping the
clocks nt llip moment when a "laud dim
and keeping them so until after the
funeral was practiced nt llaliuoral castle
where the clock in the tower was stopped
at tho hour of Queen Victoria's death Jti.-.t
ns the Hag was at once lowered to half
mast.
"The best wo can say of ex-King Milan of
Sen In," says the London Saturday Hevlew
"Is that the rascal possessed a pcrsuuslw
tongue. One day when a mob was how Hug
for his blood outside of Konak at llolgrnib
he came out upon the balcony amid a pan
ilitiioulum of groans, but before the lap:i
of many minutes all were listening to hn
enco camo Into existence and Nebraska and u,' 11,0 property of tho Alexandria lodge of language with rapt attention, and soon his
Wyoming were united in a separate church
organization. Hov. J. Torell, who is now
pastor of tho Swedeburg church, was the
llrst president of tho conference. This
change In organization proved very bene
ficial to thu church and marked a new era
in Its growth.
Tho Swedish population of Nebraska and
Masulis, of which Washington was onco peroral Ion was the signal for wild applause
worshipful master, 'lho tiowcl blade Is Ho was a bad king, a bad man, a bad
mado of bllvcr and tho handle of Ivoiy. father and an abominable husband, and we
y can only plead for him that an evil natui-i
"Kil" Alvey, a prominent Kentucky gam- and shameful education were accentuated
bier, ha8 bcou convicted and sentenced to by tU! blackest misfortune. Ills death leaves
two years lu the Frankfort penitentiary. Servla. almost nlono among civilized slates
Kx-Cotigrcssmau Owens, "the coolest man without an heir to the throne. King Alexan
Wyoming numbers about 120,000 at present w,1 ovcr 8at 1,1 a Kentucky poker game," ,i,r Is the last of the ObronovitohoH nnd
and one-twolfth of this number is (titillated
with the Swedish Lutheran church, There
tiro forty-llvo parishes, thirty-nine churches,
twenty-seven pastors, and tweiity-thrco par
sonages lu the conference.
Although tho church llrst secured a foot
hold In Omaha Its work In the state ban
been conllncd chlelly to farming communi
ties. .Most of the SwedlBh-AiiiorlcniiB In
Nebraska have been on farms nnd mission
work has been conllncd chlelly to rural
districts. Of recent years, however, the
Swedes have entered Into other lines of
business and are now so numerous In the
cities and towns of the state that particu
lar stress will be laid upon city mission
work during tho present year.
Knianuel church of Omaha, located at
tho corner of Nineteenth and Cass streets,
was the cradle of Swedisli Luthcraulsm in
this stnte. It was lining that the llfteenth
annual meeting of the Nebraska conference
should be held lu that church. From l'eli
iuary 22 until March fi representatives of
the various Lutheran parishes In Nebraska
and Wyoming convened In this city.
Hov. K. N. Swnnborg of Oakland was re
elected president of tho conference for the
coming year and thu other olllcers named
were: Hov. 1'. M. Llndberg, Omaha, vlco
president; Otto Peterson, Minden, treas
urer; Hov. C. H. Chiiiluud, Lincoln, secre
tary; Hov. L. Hokenson, Stroiusburg, stat
istician. In 1SS3 Luther academy was established
nt Wahoo by tho Nebraska conference, Hov.
M. Iloyd was Its llrst president and waft
succeeded by Dr. S. M. Hill, who was lu
chargo of tho school for fourteen years.
Hov. F. M. Kkman of Center City, Minn ,
was selected by tho conference to preside
over tho school next year. There are nvo
professors In the Institution nnd 100 stu
dents. Tho threo buildings owned by tho
academy aro valued at $30,000.
The academy has attracted ninny Swedes
to Wahoo nnd has become a popular gath
ering place for Sw'edlsli-Anierlcnns, Na
tional festivals nro celebrated there and
several times within recent years thousands
of people have gathered on the ncademy
grounds to revive customs of the father
land. Imninnuel hospital, Imniauucl Deaconess'
association and Iuimanuel orphauago of
Omaha nte nlso under the care of tho con
ference. Hov. K. A. Fogelstrom Is man
nger of these Institutions. They havt.
buildings valued nt $.10,000 and their yearly
income is about $22,000.
During I'.iOO 328 patients wore cared for
in Iminanuel hospital. Tho orphauago, which
was dedicated during tho recen'. meeting
of tho conference, is now caring for three
children nnd has accommodations for u
much larger number.
Churches nnd parsonages owned by
parishes In tho Ncbrnskn confereneo
wns retained by tho Social l'uiity league
to prosccuto Alvey. One lawyer remarked
when lho verdict wns brought In: "When n
ii, nn sorves a scutenco for gambling In Ken
tucky wo will quit drinking whisky and
burn up tho stock farms."
cannot point even to u distant cousin with
the remotest claim to succeed."
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(ilONI'HAL OFFICKHS OF THU NHUHASKA SWHDISH LUTHKHAN CONFKHKNCK
Former Coventor William A. Newell,
who had tho rare distinction of being gov
ernor of two states New Jersey and Wash
ington writes) in the March "Success" of
Onco when tho Oerninn enmeror was at his romantic experience as a congressman Mr. Nowoll snys: "Various objections
rotstiain in nts siuuy no overnearu a great in isiy, wiien no originaieu mo mo-saving were inauo m my momm, mo mi'inwi " l))0 t() H(,() (ual ,.,.M11iti,m
nolso nnd clatter overneau, anil no rusneu service by oitering a resolution in tno nouse wuicu was nun inu hchciiiu iniinm-ui-upslalrs
to nsrcrlnln tho cause of the tu- of representatives to appropriate money to able I laid tho mntter before a great many
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Itev. F. N. Swanbory, A. Olson, Uev. L. Hokenson, Nels Llongtson, Hov. J. Torell. Hov. U. 10. Hiving,
Oakland. Lincoln. .Stroinsliurg. .Swodoburg. Swedeburg. Omaha.
HOAHD Oli" DIHKCTOHS OF THU NHIIHASKA SWKD1SH LUTIIUHAN CONI-'UHUNt'U.
Itev. A Handolph,
Khlckli
mult. Ho found tho crown pnnco pommel- save lives Imperilled by the sea Fellow sonatorB and ineinberH, speak'ng to Ihem lu
aro lug Prlnco ICItol Fritz, and when ho naked members of congress nt that session were person. ICx President John (julncy Adams
valued at $211,100 and the Indebtedness on for nn explanation tho crown prluco an- John Qulmy Adams and Abraham Lincoln occupied a seat Just behind mine nnd after
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FLASHLIOHT OF NKI1HASKA SWKDISH Ll'THRHAN CONFRHKNCK IN SKSSION AT FIHST LUTHKHAN CHUHCH, OMAHA
lho leading of tho resolution by the eleik.
leaned forward and said to me, 'I would
t sent (or it
and handed it to hint, lie read it oer
carefully and, handing It to me, said, with
a slllllo 'It Is good. I hope It will prevail.'
Mirahiim Lincoln also read It and nald.
Newell, that Is a good measure. 1 will
In lp you. I am something of a llfe-haver
myself, for I Invented a si ow that lighted
Itself on tho Mississippi sandbars!" "
ItoprcKoutntlW) Llttlelleld of Maine is a
teetotaler and a prohibitionist, but a ha
bitual curd player, ami piogrosslvo euchro
Is his favorite game. Tho other night he.
attended a progressive euchro parly In
Washington and won u beer Htolu for iv
prize. Throo nights later ho went to an
other party and won a corkscrew, which bin
friends coiiBlder ominous.
Direct and Forceful
Now York Tribune: "I heard of a broad
hint that wiih amusingly given at I'arlH last
summer," said M. II. Kpooncr of Philadel
phia at tho Holfmaii house. "A
parly of four -two ladkH and two gentle
men -wero Just Hitting down to a supper at
one of tho cafes, when to them enmo u
third man. It was uu atliaellvo pally, ami
tho third mini wanted to Join it, but the
others wero not ho keen; heneo lho Joy ol
the meeting was prinelpully conllncd to lho
lutctiopcr. Nothing uIiuhIiciI, however, he
Hal down and began to talk, lie discussed
lho exposition ami tho Intent iieauilui lu-
olvlng mutual IriemlH. Then ho paused
for breath, but not one of that pa it I carte
huIiI a word, ho ho blithely Htniied ott
ugalu. This; tlliin he gave tho Chinese
iiicHtiou, transatlantic travel and the com
ing elections lu America (ho beiielll of IiIh
slews, until lack of breath brought him to
another full slop. No comment from thu
four Hllent ones came to relievo the hUiiu
tlon, nnd hi, a trlllo dlsheurlenetl but Hllll
courageous, ho set Ills mouth to work
again. Tint Hucr wur and the Philippine
situation ho wore tu a frazzle, and Dually,
lu ubsoliito desperation, ho turned in and
gave the weather a. twist. Then, with bel
Iowh to ineiid, ho lay back In his chair. The
four reiiiuliied iih linreHponslvo uu before,
hut ho, nlait! could do no more, and simply
sat there nnd panted for breath. One of
thu fulr oiioh Dually camo to the rescue and
relieved the situation. Leaning toward tho
exhausted conversationalist hIio nweetly
said; '1 hope wo don't tiro you listening.' "
Not at All Necessary
Chicago Tost: "No," alio said, iih sho
repulsed him, although perhaps half
heartedly; "mamma says a modest girl will
not kiss a man."
"Of course," ho replied; "that's quite
proper. It Isn't at all necessary Hint she
should. If she Is Just reasonably unresist
ing everything can ho satisfactorily ar
ranged without violating lusli uetlons In
the least."
'What a lesoiirceful and clever fellow
xiii are," sho answeied, with a happy
Millie.
Doesn't Count For Much
Chicago I'ost: "Lovely wedding, wnsn't
If" iiHked the maid of honor.
"Quito bo," admitted the bride's dearest
enemy.
"Bvery detail perfect," suggested tho
maid of honor.
"Oh, I don't know. Wo might innko an
exception of tho groom, don't you think?''
"Oh, possibly, possibly," admitted the
maid of honor, "but that's a minor detail,
anyway,"
