Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-10-17
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS BUDGET.
fPrsparsi Jrea Special Cabi.0fdn' 0or ne
DEsEnEr NEwsl
SWEDEN.

Tbrre fishermen were drowned
while fishing Oh the coast Of kosiagen'
Typhoid fever il raging sPldenicaily
IN the Myftsjo parish OF Smoland.
A little 3 andlnAvian church will
be credited In Calais, France.
Attorney Tn. Vetiervick, has bson
eltcled mayor Of Enkoping.
A large institute for deaf and dumb
will be built In the city Of Venersborg
The steamer sandrlck was wrecked
or Halmstad. Two Of the crew were
drowned.
Dr. wahlIn, Of Falun. was elected
CONGRESSMAN from that district with a
majority OF only one vote.
Mr.. Eva Amberg, Of Mas, gave
birth 10 tfiplsts, and both mother anu
children doing we'll
The board Of health OF Vexio has
prohibited all house owners TO rent out
Easements for lodging purposes.
The Enstorn farm In Brolinge was
burned 10 the ground and many scores
OF cattle were roasted 10 death.
Their golden Wedding was celebrated
by Emil johnson, a prominent met
chant Of Sundsvall, and his wife.
Ex-Governor Count q. Lage'bielko
has teen reelected ~ memtef u tue
upper houte Of the Swedish lIikAdag.
Governor J. I. Cruseljorn has been
elected senator vice Governor 3. Hus'
terg, resigued.
The opera singer Eugene Dauck.
wArat, who has returned from Amer.
ca, was to appear vi n concert In Malmo
the other day.
The Bfmcke steam saw mill and
large lumbcr yards In Jemtland were
burned 10 the ground. The loss IL
total.
Several OF tho recently graduated
physicians have received offers 10
settle down In some OF the Scan
dinavian settlements In America.
The liberals were victorious ut the
Stockholm elections for the r,ks Tag.
\. A. Hedin, however, the most prom.
inent member OF the lower house, was
not elected.
Mrs. Anna Larson, Of TOrkAp, Val.
lontuua, celebrated her 0Sth birthday.
Che II In the best OF health and walks
every Sunday to the church, a distance
Of four miles.
Nils Berg, an old soldier Of Lung.
lyckorna, committed suicide by hang |
ing himself rome time ago. A few |
days Afterwards Hans Berg, his sou,
who was 85 years old, also committed |
suicide by hanging himself
John Erloksou's creates, day of iri.
umph, tho day when tho United Siatea
honored him by sending his dead boiy
home 10 Sweden aboard the Baltimore,
was celebrated by tho city Of Philip
fiad, near which city the greatest Of
Swedish Americana has been buried.
The Swedish athletes, wahlund snd
Johuson, who are nj present giving
performances In Europe meeting with
great succts,, are looking Tor America.
Wahlund IL considerably stronger than
either Sandow or Sampson, and
carries essily, supported by his legs
and arms, n platform with ninteen
men on his breast. When Wahlund
come time ago gave = performance be-
fore tho Russian emperor, the latter,
who Ia himself very strong man, said
10 the swedish athletei 81 guets Pm
not in u with you"
In the Swedish Rlksdag the speak.
ere, or presidents and vice presidents
~ the chambers, afe appointed by the
king from among the members u the
Questions rejected In eilhnr
are dismissed, excepting
only such As relate 20 grants which In
this case arc decided by renewed
voting In common. The Diet alone,
by its chosen delegates, administers
the Bank OF the Realm and the
National Debt Onlce, aud appoint. a
solicitor general, who shall watch over
mud, In case II dellct, hrrnign the
government OH elsls AMI the judges.
The university extension lectures
given at Up,ala last summer have
aroused great Interest throughout
all the Scandinavian C0untries,
and II will not be long before Coppn.
hagen and Christians will follow In
ths wake Of old Upsals along this line.
The admission toA single lecture was
1S1 cents, but when tickets WIRE
bought for n whole course the reduc-
lion was very great, and one gentle.
man aud one lady could attend every
lecture for $40. The experience
gainsd at Upsula will be N great value
Mt the opening Of similar courses In
the other Scandinavian countries.
The national church Estate churchl
In sweden Is Lutheran, anu oil oitl-
zrns are obliged 10 contribute b IT,
maintenance, Nonoouformiels, how.
ever, are entitled T. perfect freedom NJ
regards religious observances, and all
civil rights, with but rare exception,
nrc entirely unaffected by faith pto-
fe'ssd. The hignest authority u the
Swedish church Is the king, and next
In order D. him come twelve bishops,
Of whom the b,ShoJ OF Upala rsnks
mat anu 10 called arohbl'hop. Sweden
Il divided into about $500 Lutheran
parishes, wnich themsuiyes choose
their clergy, but with some restrictions
~ favor u ito government aud the
diocese.
The administration Of Justice IA
Sweden Is ~ follOwf; Every town, NJ
hlao every district OF Jurlsdictl0u In the
country, has liz cpuri OF liri. Instance.
the total number Mt present being gu7.
Courts OF appeal hre the three high
courts In Stockholm, J0npoklng and
ChTiatianslad. The very highest IN.
stance II the supreuo court consisting
" sixteen mumbers. lu Sweden "A
Jury is never impanellod except for
matters oouOerninx the liberty OF
tho prtsti ut tho lower courts there
are, however, always Jurors choSeu by
the people. In Sweden iudgea canuot
be dopOstu unless duly Tried and son.