Morris tribune., 1902-01-25
POPULATION ON THE INCREASE
Cities Ole Scandinavia Are Growing
Slowly but Surely Copenha-
gen 100 Years Ago, N.
as 1,l M --..,- Sissss.sz
SWEDEN.
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stockholm.

which at that time had 101, 100. Next
followed Stockholm with 10000, Ber-
gen with $4,000, Gothenburg with IT.
600, and Christiania with 12,400. In
1901 we find that Copenhagen 10 still
in the lead with 476,000 inhabitants
and Stockholm second in order, with
population of 100000, and next in
order Christiania, with 228,000. Goth
enburg follows with $780, 900 and Ber-
gen with $4,000. The sikh Scandina-
Wan city in size is Malmo, with Co.
300 Inhabitants. One hundred years
ago Malmo had only 1890 inhabitants.
The queen of Greece, says London
paper, has an album to which nearly
every crown head of Europe has con-
tributed. 1t is quite interesting to
read the different answers given to
the question: What do you under
stand by happiness? The king of
Greece has answered.: "To always
have a crown To the question:
tWhat is your idea of unhappiness"
King Oscar has given the Following
answer: Narrow shoes, on corn and
a large foot on top"
Aron Hejdengren, who founded the
.Hejdengren Sloyd institute in Hell
S'singborg, departed recently for Cuba,
where he has accepted a position as
teacher Of Sloyd in the public schools
Of Havana. Mr.. Hejdengren received
the position through an American
friend, who at one time was his pupil
in the Mas School Of Sloyd. SWe-
den has at present more than 100
teachers of Sloyd in foreign countries
DR.. Joseph Muir, secretary to the
United States legation in this city, de-
parted for New York Jan. 6 and ar
rived there Jan. IA, to attend his wife's
funeral. Mrs. Muir, who died recent
~, was the daughter of the late ex-
Senator John r. Mcpherson of New
Jersey, and at the time of her death
had entered suit for the contest of the
will of her mother. whose death oc-
CURED several months ago.
1t has been decided to erect Swe-
dish pantheon. The new building will
be called the "Nordiska Museum and
will be unique building, containing
enormous collections illustrative of the
material and mental development of
the Scandinavian race Statues of all
the eminent statesmen, poets and schol.
airs of Scandinavia will adorn the pam
theon.
Sweden's greatest embezzler is un.
doubtedly f. JohanSon of Oscarshamn,
who recently made a confession, stat
ing that he had forged in all $40 checks
representing 209,955 crowns. He has
been operating for several years and
has proven himself the shrewdest and
most successfully evasive embezzler
ever captured by the Swedish police.
Yngoe Rasmussen, the young Goth
enburg architect, has recently been
honored by receiving an order to draft
the plans for an italian monument
similar to the John Ericsson statue at
F'ilipsstad, Sweden. The order comes
from an Italian prince and shows how
highly Mr.. Rasmussen's abilities are
regarded in Italy. ~~ %I4
The ''Kommerskollegium'' has pre-
pared statistical report of the num-
Der of, merchants in the country dur
ing the year Of 1900, classed into city
and country merchants. There were
in all 2S,962, of whom 10 1893 were city
merchants. The remainder (13, 049l
We're country merchants.
AT the recent meeting of the Swe-
dish Typographical union the follow !
ing officers were chosen: o. LOT and |
r.. Lindberg and S. Tn. Oleson mem
bers of executive committee; auditors,
A. G. Lindberg and A. E1fstrom. G.
Didrikson was chosen corresponding
secretary. l&s.I
August Rohss, prominent and
wealthy merchant in Gothenburg, has
donated 300 shares (nominally 1S0.0O0I
crowns) of the Bergslag railroad com.
pany to the new art-industrial museum
in that city.
The funeral of Professor e. A. Key,
who died Dec. 81, occurred jan and |
was the largest funeral during the |
past year. Professor Key was one of /
the most noted Psychologists of Europe. +
The winter in Sweden has so far
been remarkably mild In southern
Sweden no such mild winter weather
has been recorded during the last TWEEN.
ty years, says the Malmo Tidning.
The aftermath of the celebrated
Press week" is still a topic for much
comment in Stockholm. The financial
loss Of that ludicrous affair amounts
to not less than 1850 crowns.
At the recent dedication of the
sFolkets Hus' in Stockholm the dedi-
catory address was delivered by the
well-knoWn social leader and writer,
Hjalmar Branting.
G. G. Nordstrom has donated 10000
crowns to the Nordiska museum. The
money will be used for erecting a mon
ument to the founder of the museum.
August Strindberg, the author, and
wife will spend the remainder of the
winter season in Paris, where he will
complete his new novel
The number of SWedish-A mericansl