The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1900-09-16
Z SCANDINAVIAN NEWS.

Sweden has at present twenty-nine phi
vate colleges with 25c0 students.
The English Journal. Iron apd Coal
! Trades Review, says: sweden nas ex-
hibited the richest and best iron ore at
the worlds exposition"
The noted jurist, Fr l.. Brandt. Of Md
deifart. Denmark. Is dead
The Norwegian capitalist. E. Lundt, has
contributed 5000 crowns to the building
OF permanent exhibition palace at Ber-
gen. Norway.
The Danish bark, Ellida, which brought
1900 tuns of petroleum from America to
Aarhus, has been sold to an Italian for
5000 crowns.
At Mes, Norway. the Rightists have
hiiate the influence of a certain Iacaon
which has fused with the socialists
Poet Bjornsjerne Bjornson is exerting
hts usual infiuence. In places where no
has been speaking the two extremes
Rightists and Socialists. have been con-
vertcd to the doctrine Of the Leftists.
The Norwegian missionaries in China
have gathered at Shanghai. where they
feel safe
Mrs Lena Foyn has donated 1000 crowns
to the Norwegian orphans home
Sweden has applied e IT the United a STATE,
Park bank, in New York. has offered 70
furnish the money. Chicago bankers have
also notified the Swedish government OF
their willingness to make the ioan-
George Erickson. a Chicago pioneer, 10
dead. He was SO years old
The old Owe I<attevold. Of vaiders. Nor
way, has arrived in the United states:
He is IS years Of age, but as strong and
vigorous as a man at e a, presen. ne
MINI.
wealthy men Of Sweden have offered to
contribute 100000 to the Augustana coll
lege, Moline, ILL.,. for the establishment OF
a chair Of science.
dish at Yale university. has been Of
fered professorship at Augustana coli
lege.
X. A. Dohl. highly respected citizen
Of Spring Grove. MINI. Is dead. He
was 70 years old,
Thorgcr Kjas has been appointed tenn
perance state lecturer In Minnesota
.ae Norwegian Danish Press Associa-
ton met at Madison. Wis. the 18th OF
September. The nam object OF the gath
ering was TO arrange for campaign work.
Mrs. Rees. a widow, Of Denmark. has
made a testament OF 5000 crowns. to be
used for poor children.
Henry Knute Nelson. son OF Senator
Nelson, has been nominated by the Re-
pablicans In Grant equity. Mimi. for the
legislature.
Speaking about Sweden applying to the
United States for a loan OF 100000 900.
Skandinaven says: "A few years ago the
government OF the United States went TO
Europe TO borrow money. Now the gov
ernments OF Europe appear as borrowers
in the American market. French, Ger
man and Russian bankers representing
cd America nnanciers as TO placing gov
eminent loans here. A lew weeks ago
an issue of s2s.0oo.0oo OF English bonds
was offered and taken in New York. and
now a Swedish loan of $4,000 900 has been
placed in New York and Chicago.
"Sweden's financial condition is excel
lent and her credit gilt-edged. Gold Is
the standard OF value. and the banking
system OF the country Is sound. The
public debt Is comparatively light and
provisions are made for an ample sink
was establishea some Twelve years yss aao
there has been handsome surplus In the
public treasury every year The indus
tries OF Sweden have hourished and she
and prosperity.
The SCANDINAVIAN governments have
generally placed their loans In London or
Hamburg. Their credit Is good and their
bonds have found ready takers at low
rates of interest. The present Swedish
loan was originally offered In London.
But neither England nor any other coun-
try in Europe has any gold 10 spare Just
now; London passed the bonds to Uncle
Sam the only great gold bug OF these lat
ter days. and he viii take them.
Amid all the wonderful developments
the American people have witnessed dur
ing the last few years the most remarka-
BILE and certainly the least expected