Morris tribune., 1903-08-08
Recent Occurrences of interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
CAR STILL CRUSHING Firms
Emigrants Find Difficulty in Leaving
the CONTEMPLATION of Swedish
Ironmasters.s
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

The Russian car sui peiSlSlS Ia
crushing the Finn, and he and MS
officials are now trying to check emil
grafton by adding to the number OF the
frontier guards. The people have,
therefore, ceased to emigrate In large
parties and are stealing across the Dor
der by twos and threes. Many sue
coed in reaching northern Sweden; otn-
ers take passage in Finnish schOonerS,
Disgusting themselves as deckhands.
Almost every day forty or fifty rims
leave for America, but the greater
number settle in Sweden. The refu-
gees accept almost any kind of work
which they can pick up. Eventually,
every Finn who is in a position to
move will emigrate if they can posi-
bly get away. Men and women are
being thrown into prison because they
insist on holding prayer meetings In
behalf of the restoration of the Fin
nish liberty. Even the utmost vigil
ance of the secret police and gen
darmes does not prevent assemblages
of persons, both in town and country,
to discuss the plight of the nation and
to speculate on possible means of de-
iverance.
There are a large number of tourists
visiting Sweden this summer. VI
course, nearly all tourists come to
Stockholm some time or other during
their journey, and as tourist center
Stockholm now ranks as one OF the
leading cities in Europe. Americans
and Englishmen are, as usual, the
most numerous. Next come the Ger
mans and Austrians and this year the
influx of French tourists has been very
marked Stockholm tourist bureaus
are all doing an excellent business and
hotel and restaurant keepers all seem
in good humor The popular water
way-Gota canal Stockholm Gothen-
burg)-is patronized very heavily this
season An unusually large number
of Swedish-Americans are spending
the summer in Sweden visiting rela.
tives and friends.
Responding to the petition of the
ironmasters of southern Sweden, the
state railway administration has con-
scented to reduce by one-half the
freights on Lapland ores in order that
extensive trials of the products may
be made 1t is believed that the tests
will prove successful and that great
iron industry will spring up in this
section of the country, giving employ
ment to thousands of people. Contracts
for shipment of Lapland ores to for
eign works expire in ten years and will
not be renewed. 1t is expected that
by that time the Spanish mines that
are at present the chief feeders of the
English iron industry will be exhaust
ed. Thereafter Great Britain would
be mainly dependent on ore from
America, Canada and Sweden.
Servia's royal tragedy and the unan-
imous Endorsement of the crime by the
skupshtina reminds the Swedish press
of the following story: "In 1874 an
international statistical congress met
in Stockholm and it's members were
received by King Oscar, who directed
a few words to each delegate when
Inc members were introduced to him.
He asked the Servian delegate if he
was member of the skupshtina, but
the learned professor answered, indig
nantly: L am not enough of a scoun-
drel for that
The well-knoWn statistician, G.
Sundberg says Sweden has during the
last twelve months lost 10000 people
through emigration. The Froso mill
tia consisted last year of 1000 men;
this year the number has dwindled
down to 600.
Queen Sofia is at present in Kongs-
vinger, Norway. She is reported in
excellent health and says that her
health is always the best when she is
In Norway.
Professor Alfred Nathorst has been
made an honorary member of the Geo
graphical Society of Berlin.