The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-08-15
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appointed chief o. the treasury depart
zneat az Sweden. vice Wersaii, VITO mas
rs~. gne3.
will leave II the early spring fer the
Alaskan gold fields Via the eackdoaT
route as the Hudson Bay Company 5
1rsn is called Il is a railroad journey a.
far as Edmonton. % TIC Canadian PaolnS
road. and then a tramp across country
fer some forty miles 10 the Atnaoascs
river and 50 down stream the waoie re-
msining distance Via the Atha assca ard
Great Slave rivers. and Great Save lake,
TO the Mckenzie
The widow Of Or Hernandez. the life
surgeon of the late Gen. Maeec. although
born in Western Cuba. IS a Norwegian
by descent. She is 2 years old. When
the war broke out she organized q corrl-
pany az Cuban sInaxoas and went 70 he
front. She participated IN several bat
ties and attended the wounded soldiers
on the battle1lelds ard IN the hospitals
After the murder OF her husband and
Gen. Maceo, she was captured by the
Spanish and Gen. Weyler ordered her
sent 70 the prison OF the island Of Pines.
where she was recently interviewed By a
New York ceres pendent.
4 pauper died some time ago IN Aren-
dai. His personal effects. consisting OF
few piscss Of furniture and cooking uten-
sis we're sold at public auction In these
ola. rusty utensils the buyers found hid
den 1850 crowns.
Chr Aspelia. leading manufacturer Of
Nastu.sniGn9. has sent 80 employees to the
Stockholm exposition, paying all their
travelling expenses, as well As the adInis
sion tickets 10 the fair grounds.
Afshanistan is represented at the Stock
holm fair. While the exhibits are not
large. they are greatly admired by visit
0rs. as showing the enterprise Of thu ex-
biMtors and the advance of Afghanistan
IN sloid WORKS Sweden is unquestionabiy
the hearthstone OF the sloid industry. and
when two Afghanistan merchants, who
are dealing exclusively IN native sioid
works. heard of the Stockholm EXPOSE
ton. they collected four trunks fun Of
sloid works and started III post haste tor
the Venice OF the north.
A nickel-in- the-slot piano Is one of the
novelties at the fair. Ii is exhibited by
Ludwig HapfieId. Of Leipsic, Germany.
The Chicago Skandinaven sent the fol-
lowing telegram to the COMMITTEES in
charge Of the S0oth anniversary OF pron-
theim formerly Nidaros) OH the 18th Of
July. 81. Olaf's day:
Hail Nidaros, the greatest heirloom be-
Queathed by old Norway to new Norway"
In some OF the larger Eastern cities 1t is
not an unusual occurrence to meet sprig3
of nobility and arissocracy from Europe
and restaurants and even saloons. They
are chiefly worthless chaps. who have
after leading a life OF dissipation failed at
the universities or been discharged from
army service. They have been sent to
America to reform. and when their al
lowauce has been cut short they have
had To work at anything. Some have be-
come men, others have disappeared.
Carl Cronhyelm is a Swedish nobleman
who has worked at different occupations,
and the last two years in Boston. fe-
Gently he received word from Sweden that
his elder brother, Baron Henrik IuliGs
Cronhyelm, was dead without heir. ana
tina, his ancestral baroniai home awaited
his arrival. The new baron will leave
Boston shortly for the Cronhyelm castle,
which he left twenty-seyen years ago.
The Norwsg;ans of Minneapolis viii
give DR.. Fredthof Nansen a rousing re-
ception upon his arrival He will be met
at the depot by a reception committee,
headed by J. ". Arctander. and escorted
10 the West MOTEL. In the evening a torch
light procession Will escort the explorer
to the Swedish tabernacle. where he will
lecture. The arrangement committee
consists Of delegates from seven different
societies in Minneapolis.