Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1902-03-01
Recent Occurrences of Interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
CARE OF NEGLECTED CHILDREN
Swedish Government Plans to Disct-
pline and Educate the Vicious
and .Uncared For.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

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The government has introduced two
bills in parliament for the discipline
and education Of vicious and neglected
children and youths. 1t proposes to
empower the courts to send offenders
from ID to Is years of age to special
state institutions, for the erections OF
which the bill provides. In these ref
uges they will be kept until they reach
the age of 20. Neglected children un-
der Is years would be placed in homes
erected by the county councils Of every
parish. The bills also provide that the
county councils elect committees to
watch over children and to take neg
lected ones to the homes.
The Swedish society of engineers,
convened to consider the situation Gre
ated by the decisions of the law courts
making the waterfalls of the country
the property of the crown, declared
that it would be unworthy of parlia-
ment to take advantage of the deci-.
sions, thereby Gripping Swedish indus
try, which cannot afford to pay large
rents. The society recommended that
the government adopt the American
system, under which private enter
prise is permitted to utilize freely the
resources of the country.
Persons interested in shipping in
Gothenburg recommend the adoption
of the fore-and-aft square sails. It
is stated that fore-and-aft sails hold
the wind better than square sails, and
that the Americans, practical people,
have very large schooners sailing on
deep water as well as along the coast.
It has also been proposed to adopt the
American custom of using large, sea-
going barges, towed by small steamers,
for coast navigation. ..-
According to recent reports from
Sandefjord, Norway, the famous
"Vega" the vessel which Professor
Nordenskiold used on his famous north
polar expedition has now passed into
the hands of Norwegian whaling
company in Sandefjord. Peculiar it is
that the vessel was sold just six |
months after the death Of Nordenskiold |
and now passes into Norwegian hands. |
Popular old General Sven Lagerberg
celebrated his SOth birthday Jan. 20.
During the day he received personal
call from the king and queen, the
crown prince and number Of other |
men Of public prominence. The old T
general is justly considered one of the
most popular of public men in Stock
holm and is perhaps King Oscars clos
est friend in Sweden.
Thousand of wordngmen, represent
Ing almost every trade, are idle. Over
production and the Introduction of |
American goods are the principal
The expectation of cut gran
lite to England has almost ceased since
the war in South Africa began. A
heavy emigration to the United States |
is predicted.
With the object of diminishing the
number of unemployed in Sweden the
government has empowered the state
railways to place large orders with
Swedish workshops, subject to the
consent Of parliament. Other subordi-
'HltC q uLhOA1ClCo arc dlSO SuCOuIdSSu I'd
ind work for the unemployed.
One Of Stockholm's wealthiest bust
less men, Johan Backstrom, died at
his home in this city Feb. Is. He was
porn in Umea in 1926. He was one of
he directors Of the Frans Schartous
Mercantile institute and was also a
president Of the board of directors of
0anvik hospital. N.a ...a
The Swedish interparliamentary No.
rel committee has for the Nobel prize
recommended the English parliament
arian, w. Randall Cremer and the
writer, Bertha Won Suttner.
A match trust in which English,
swedish, Norwegian and Danish CAPT
alists will be interested is being or
;anized in Stockholm these days.
A workingmen's palace is to be ,
rected at cost Of 100000 crowns. It
will be erected by a stock company
With capital Of 100000 crowns.
Editor L. A. Ahlgren Papirus) has :
eceiyed the Hierta stipend Of 500
rowns for journalistic work on the {
ointment. !
Representative Tropp has PROPOSE D
ion before the ridsdag to establish a s
avail academy in Helsingborg,