The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-06-19
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stock companies Of speculative nature.
ard there hax sprung up in the Swedish
capital q collection OF relatively young and
elegant men. calling themselves brokers.
directors. trustees Of this or that, agents.
ready 10 crack A bottle Of champagne a,
any time ard equally ready 10 dsfrsud ne
honest saving citizen % the middle Or
So.es eiassss. Typical OF this class was
osear Walleri. an engineer who started
sonae Kind Of stock company on the
strength Of a patent. The capital sfOrk. or
as much OF IL a. had been sold. was speed
lily expsn GeG md the company Soor found
it~@f unable 70 meet It's obligations. Wal
ieri bad traded Is large portiaD OF his shares
IN a residence horses and carriages and
other articles Of value TIE promoter was
also director Of several other companies.
The bubble finally hurs'ed. An invesslga-
tion followed and (. was found tina. Val
lerf had secretly sold the patents 10 q laird
person Wallert had "A partner George
Pande, "a Norwegian WHO mad failed in
business In FTstirikstad. and had heen ar
rested. bu; released on the condition that
he should leave the country and 20 TO
South America. Bur ne went instead 10
Stock holm. Pande was also arrested.
Things were getting rather disagrseabie:
the detectives were too inquIsiivf and
creditors too pressing, so TIE two sw!ndlers
decided 80 leave an uugraIefui fatherisnd
ard 20 To the KlonG!ke. Bat when they
made their first hove they we're arrested.
Waleri was born In is6S in Stockholm.
Pande IN 1863 in ToHsberg
4 John Ericsson statue will be erected in
Stockholm.
Lieut. X H. Kreuger. OF Cora Life
G,iard. mas committed suicide.
TIVE hundred swedes have applied 10 the
American consul TN Stockholm 70 enlist as
volunteers In Uncle Sans army.
Henrik Ibsen's comedy-dramd. IAN En-
envy Of the People was played some time
ago al the Renaissance sheater IN Paris
and oecastoned one Of the greatest Demon
STATIONS ever witnessed in the theater.
The performance had been arranged by The
magazines La Revue Blanche and lie Mer-
cur.. de France and dramatic critics Of the
leading Paris dallies as a jubilee perform
ance I'm honor Of the Norwegian play
wright The part of Dr. Stockman he hero
Of the drama was played by Lugne-poe.
who was masked as Bjornsfjerne Ste'nson.
The elite of Paris attended. The play Is
satire on a press subseryieut 10 otfic!aldom
and the compact majority. ana 10 the au-
dience II seemed though the olay had
been written expressly as satire on the
camstan ee- surrounding the late Zoia cru
SADIE The actors were continually APP
piauded and interrupted by remarks from
the audience. Some one called out: Just
like FAurors." And from another part or
the theater some one answered: Yes. or
like lie Steele" while others called out in
response. No, Figaro" The actors were
compelled TO watch ther opportunity be-
TWEEN faf autnlrsts CE applause "a say
their lines The second and third acts
lasted twice as long Is usual suddenly
some one shouted. "t!ve Zoia.' Then
paudemoniufu reigned II suddenly cawned
upon everybody that the performance HAD
been given In order 20 bring The marty
from Patt.s de JuSticc den 1ustta tie.
When the curtain finally dropped a the
end - the last act. the audience arose en
masse and shouted though frantic;
"Vivt Hela." Thea Legne- Pc aOrztrti
before the curtain and said: Ladies and
Gentlemen: The play We have Just acted
was written by Henrik lbsen" And up
frorl the SEA ef frenzied partisans was
shouted the name of the Norwegian dram
atlst amidst a treme ndous upfoar. The
audience did not leave the theater until
o'clock.