Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1900-05-31
SWEDEN.

Possesslons.
SWEDEN.
s.oelho,m.
Baron Gustav Tamm is the fTst pres
ident or chief director Of the ''Nobel
fund" appointed BY the government Of
Sweden and Norway to superintend the
distribution VI the five annual prizes
provided for by the lately deceased
great Swedish chemist and inventor.
Alfred Nobel. Baron Tamm's salary fe
said to be 10000 kroner, OF over $40, 900
per anAum, princely sum as European
salaries 60, which has caused consider
able surprise In view of the philan-
thropical nature Of the. fund.
Mr.. Nobel's will provided that vast
portion of his belongings be converted
into safe securities to constitute q fund,
the income from which each year is to
be distributed to those who during the
year preceding shall have rendered the
most eminent services 20 humanity.
This income is to be divided into five
equal pa1ts. which will be awarded:
First. To the person making the
most important discovery or invention
in the domain of physics.
Second. To the person making the
most important discovery or improve.
ment in the domain of chemistry.
Third. To the person making the
most important discovery in the domain
Of physiology OF medicine.
R'oNYkh To tho v,a~,o,& s-1.o ,I.>ll
have produced the greatest work in an
ideal sense in the domain Of letters.
Fifth. To the person executing the
greatest or best action for the fraternity
Of peoples, for the suppression or dimin.
ution Of permanent armies, and for the
formation and spreading Of peace con.
gresses.
Sixty thousand dollars arc available
for the first years award.
The following report has caused wide.
spread comment among Scandinavians
regarding King Oscar intentions: ga
rumor is abroad In London in pro. Boer
circles that King Oscars declarations Of
sympathy with Great Britain may cause
him to abdicate, as it has embittered
his relations with tho cabinet. The
crown princes birthday, June 20, is
mentioned as the occasion for public
announcement. It would not be sur
prising to learn that King Oscar will.
In tho near future, retire from his re.
sponsible position in favor Of his son;
but the report that his sympathy with
Great Britain will compel him to abdi.
cato. is given little or no credenoo r.,
any one at all familiar With 9. s...and;na.
vian affairs. ~ -'>'-
W. s1'o c...ternoon of April 20, the elite
:" me city gathered at the palace of the
Norwegian minister, Mr.. Blehr, to hear
an American girl harpist from Chicago.
The young lady was Miss Elizabeth
Winslow, and among her listeners were
his royal highness tho crown prince and
Princess 1ngeborg. The concert was
given for charity, and tho result wat
gratifying. Something like $500 was
obtained. which will be given to hos.
pital for children. 49,
1t is learned from Stockholm that
Minister Of Foreign Affairs Won Lager
helm has stated to an American news
paper correspondent that If King Osca,
has voiced the opinions regarding the
Boer- English war credited him by the
English and American newspapers, he
has given only his personal opinion. al
he (King Oscar travels inoognito, and
not as King Oscar of Sweden and Nor
way.
Rev. j. A. Akman has been elected
Lutheran archbishop In the place of the
late DIR. Sunborg. Tho interesting fea
ture Of the election was the fact thnt
the successful candidate received 20;
votes, while the clergyman son of King
Oscar. Prince Bernadotte, who re-
nounoed his royal rights i'll order te
marry as he wished, received only one
vote.
King Oscar has consented to have
some Of his jubilee gifts Of 1897 placed
on exhibition ct tho Swedish pavilion a
the Paris exposition. The ''address" ot
ohe Swedish and Norwegian armie,
will be the most conspicuous among
she many costly gifts on exhibition.
There is much illness in the roya
family Of Sweden and Norway at pres
ent. Crown Princess Victoria has fol
years been in i'll health. Queen Sophia
is also in ill health, aud Prince Euge,
Is still confined to his bed in Grov,
House, London.
Margareta Froling of Hoga receentl,
celebrated her one hundredth birthday
This old woman has spent 81 years o
her life at Hoga.
Gothenburg.
| The fact that common phosphoru
matches are menace to the health o
persons employed in the manufacture
OF such matches has long been recog
nized, and 'As such matches have ofte,
been used for criminal purposes. tn
Swedish government has passed a Law
4 l-2osbiading the sale in Sweden o
matches containing white or yellow
phosphorus. The law will 60 int,
sneoS July !. 1901. In connection will
this IL may be mentioned that tho news
papers report the invention Of a nev
kind Of matches. These arc non
poisonous, but ignite on being brislsl,
rubbed against any hard, moderated,
rongh substance, wherefore special,
prepared igniting surface is not needed
! ~ With ths old kind of safety wRtchs;
~ E,'s:se :ess.!e.