Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-10-20
DENMARK.
Copenhagen.

The Danish Stockholders Bank OF
Copenhagen Is about TO open a branch
In Stockholm with Mr.. Skow Petersen
at head. The project Is looked upon
with some doubt by the conservative
business men Of Stockholm, owing
partly to the indefniteness Of the
plans as laid out In the letter to pros
pective shareholders, partly to the fact
that the paper Is anonymous, giving no
indication Of who are to be the d.
rectors Of the institution. Mr.. Skow
Petersen, in a published explanation.
replies to numerous inquiries, but fails
to set all doubts at rest. While he
prospectus reads that the bank will
conduct q general banking business,
he personally informs the public that
II will not receive deposits for check
ing or savings accounts, Its chief object
being to lend money and conduct Z
trust business. The latter function h
the only one that a Danish banking
company may legally exercise In Swe-
den, provided, however, that II has q
separate and semi-independent organ
ization for that purpose. II seems.
therefore. that this Ia merely n private
project. backed by Danish capital.
The death of Professor Niels r.. Fin
sen, the inventor Of the light cure for
skin diseases and tuberculosis. has
given the Danish newspapers occasion
to cast aspersions IN the Finsen insti-
tute established about a year x in
Chicago. The Dannebrog called 1t IAN
American swindle'' and accused the
founders of the institute of using the
great scientists name without author
ity. A number of papers took up the
refrain. among others The Politiken,
basing their suspicious altogether on
the fact that certain advertisements OF
the institute have appeared in Amer
lean newspapers. Ii is insisted hat
the Danish consul in Chicago ought
to be ordered 10 stop the humbug. etc.
At this point i'm the discussion n Chi
cage paper steps in and
that the Danish consul, G. III. Hansen,
has himself tested the efficiency Of
the treatment Of the Light Cure in
stitute and that with very salts
factory results. His assurances hat
petent and skillful men seems to dis
count fully the newspaper talk in
Copenhagen.
A poor widow i'm Skanderborg some
time ago received a bank draft for
IS as "A birthday present from her son
in New York. When she sought to
have ii cashed at the bank. the teller
refused to turn over the money on the
ground that the draft was drawn in
favor OF a ''fru" Mrs.D and not on an
old pauper widow who was a ward Of
the parish. The letter was offered in
evidence, showing that the woman
was clearly entitled TO the money. bur
to New York, and. provided the sender
is careful 10 have the title changed
from fru to enka widow the gift may
reach her in time for her next birth
day.
The subscription started for the BEN
eft Of those who sustained loss
through the Morse disaster, is about to
be discontinued, the total amount sub
scribed being somewhat over 10000
kr. The Merchants Association, which
has had charge Of the subscription, re-
quests all who may have any claim
upon this fund to forward to the as
cocIation's relief committee, without
delay all information tending to sub
otantiate their claims.
MNM
Fifteen hundred old coins, supposed
10 date from the second century. A. D.,
have been unearthed on The farm Of
n. Christian H~enriksen II Gisfvup.
MARION 8. NoRELIue.