Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1902-03-08
ExCITEMETT OVER BIG DEAL.
The Gellivare Company Said to Have
forfeited Its Mining and
Land Rights.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

i properly 10 the American steel uuSL
The legal advisers Of the crown de.
clare that the Gellivare company has
forfeited its mining and land rights
by violating the law regarding condi.
lions Of concessions and counsel legal
action In behalf of the state Mean
{ while thegovernment registrar refuses
to register the name of one Harrison %
the reputed agent Of the American
steel trust, as the buyer Of the COM
pany's shares. The British consul has
made an unofficial inquiry at the COM
j pany's Office in Stockholm, and ex-
presses establishment to find the
shares transferred on the company's
books, not Harrison, but to the Swe-
dish banking syndicate. A notary pub
lie Immediately Investigated the mat
ter and discovered that the clerk in
charge Of the registry book had re-
ceived orders from different directors
and consequently refrained from MAX
ing any entry. However, the banking
syndicate possesses the shares of the
trust and seems to think it bought
The upshot Of these mysterious man.
euvers seems to be that the shares were
sold twice and moreover were offered
| to the Swedish crown, while the min
ing rights were disposed Of to inter-
| national capitalists. Nobody knows the
| precise facts, but it is thought that
| the trust cannot have been duped? Mr..
Hunsaker, European representative Of
| the American steel trust, denies that
the United States steel corporation or
| it's constituted companies have any
| interest whatever in Swedish mining
property, and says that he has no
knowledge Of the puzzling situation in
Stockholm. He says that the Har-
rison mentioned is Clark w. Harrison,
representative in London Of the United
States Cast-Iron Pipe company, who is
at present absent in Sweden. .....
The agrarian party at it's meeting
Feb. 81, in the course of it's discus
sion Of resolution for the manage
ment of forest industry by the state
showed itself in sympathy with pro-
posal to compel farmers when borrow
ing money on land to obligate them
selves to pay back per cent. of the
loan annually. Major Denmark, al
member Of the upper house of the
rigsdag, said: Agricultural property
has been mortga ged for one-third Of
it's total value during the last TWEEN
ty years. If this continues the farm
ers Of the next generation will be over
whelmed with debt and unable to
Withstand competition. Furthermore,
10 10 q nd 40 hJ1vsi o1l
under mortga ges a national peril. The
state forces the municipalities to re-
pay loans within a reasonable period. |
The same principle should apply to !
farmers.
Prince Gustaf Adolf, eldest son OF |
the crown prince, has begun his stud,
les at the University Of Upsala, where
it is necessary that student belong
to one of the so-called provinces" It
was proposed that the province Of
Stockholm should admit the prince as
an honorary member, but that prov
ince decided that he must begin as a
''youngster" and submit to the ordi.
nary discipline. The prince declared
his perfect willingness to enter on the
atoms ago even young noblemen were
freely admitted as honorary members
of the provinces; but such has been
the development Of Scandinavian de-
mocracy that now even prospective
kings must yield to Democratic re-
quirements.
AS fresh illustration of the steer.
x,c,@c ~ |
steamer Fanny was wrecked couple
of days ago outside of Gothenburg be-
cause Danish sailor failed to know |
the contradictory words of command 1
in use on his vessel. When the master ]
commanded ''starboard" the helmSman
turned the wheel starboard, with the s
result that the steamer ran on rock {
and subsequently sunk. The crew was
saved in this instance, but it might ]
have been otherwise. 1t is strange !
that this matter is not settled by in. I
agreement when vessels 6
often are manned with seaman of diff |
ferent nationalities. S
Now that joint committee of Swe !
dish and Norwegian experts has set
|
FOR the two countries, the Swedish
foreign minister proposes that. the two
governments substitute fixed salaries
sor consuls in place of the present ship. I
Ding dues. The shipping world OIL q
Sweden and Norway has long desired I
his reform, but thus far it has been :
lefeateu by politics. Inasmuch as the
1o4ltical side of the question bids fail
o be. solved in a friendly spirit, it is a
thought hat the proposition to dis G
o'ace fees by salaries will be vel y
!, a on both sides of the frontier. g
In obedience to the expressed wish y
# parliament the government has or. 2
Tered commanders in the army enforc.
ng the new compulsory law to per s
nit conscientious DIRECTORS to mill Y
al service to be exempt from wear. Il
II 9ssi arns and carrying arms, bu.