Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-12-29
SWEDEN.
stockholm.

the great bequest which Alfred Nobel
the Swedish inventor. set aside for the
Advancement Of learning ard human
ity served M other purpose IL would
still be Of value In directing attention
from time to time TO the real progress.
making forces Of the world. The dis.
tribution OF the prizes this yenr again
gives recognition to men the Inn
portance OF whose work might other
wise have escaped a just, worldwide
appreciation. IY,e KNOWN impa ytialfty
and thoroughness OF the Judges desig'
mated By the Swedish academy. which
authorizes the awards. iustifies the De-
iie< that the prizes represert estimates
OF real worth. irrespective Of popular
ity or renown. BY the terms OF Nobers
viii prfxes-payabIe out Of the Interest
Gu the fortune which he ieft-are 70
be Distributed among tbose VINO have
deue tia most important work during
eAs year IN ave different departments
81 sptivity-clemistry, physics, med
lena, heaiistic literature and the pro.
mouon OF universal pcace, In making
the awards no account Is taken OF
nationaiity. 1t is a fact Of some
stsniHcance, therefore that in the four
annual distributions that have been
made thus far representatives OF
three Internationally. England and
Frarce-haye carried or a majority cf
the honors. England and Germany
have each won a prize In the depart
ments OF medicine, chemistry and
physics, Sir william Ramsey and Pro
lessor Rayleigh winning the last
famed honors this wear. Fra nce has
won two prizes In literature and one in
physics. Holland, Sweden. Norway,
Russis. Denmark, Switzerland and
Spain complete the list of nations thus
honored. As yet no American has
come forward to share honors with
the Roentgens. Decquerels and Arrhen-
fuses, the Mommsens and B~jornsons
OF the old world. The fact leads one
to wonder what ground there may be
for the assertions lately made that this
country Is not keeping abreast Of the
leaders in scientific research"
Won Lagerheim. minister Of foreign
affairs, will shortly present for the Sec
ond time. his resignation to King Os-
car. The king will accept It and Count
Gyldenstolpe will probably succeed to
the direction Of the foreign Office. Won
IAgerheim gave a farewell dinner Dec.
8 to the diplomatic corps. He pro-
posed the toast to the president OF the
United States. eulogizing President
Roosevelt. Mr.. Thomas. the American
minister. replied, complimenting King
Oscar. Count Gyldenstolpe is a man
OF IS years. and has had a varied ex-
perfence. His wife's maiden name
was Nora Piunkett. She is q daughter
Of Sir Francis Plunkett- formerly Brit
ish minister at Stockholm, and now
British ambassador at Vienna.
BY Ear the most striking feature.
snys the New York World. Of the visit
paid to Paris last week by the Scan
dinayian delegates In favor OF inter
national peace. was represented by the
reference to the great role America
IN bound to play In spreading general
arbitration and good will. In numer-
ous speeches BY the Scandinavians and
their French hosts President Roosevelt
was acclaimed as the chief hope of
those who seek to abolish war. In
view OF this. the French press com
ments III good natured satire on Amer
ica's great plan for increased arma-
ments. as f0reshadowed In the presi-
dents message to congress.
the winners OF the annual Nobel
prizes were announced Der. 10. az fol-
lows: Physics-Baron Rayleigh. pro
fessor OF natural philosophy in the
British royal institution Chemistry
SIR william Ramsay. Medicine-PrO
fessor Pavioff. Of the military academy
Or medicine sttSt Petersburg The
prize for literature was divided be-
tween Frederick Mistrai. Of France.
and Don lose 'Echegaay. Of Spain
The peace prize IL awarded to the in
stitute OF international law.
Japanese baths are becoming popu-
Tar Ii the Swedish capital. Those who
have tried 1t claim that a temperature
Of 4b degrees IL perfectly suitable to
them. ana that they feel 40 well after
mch a hath as though they had had
the customary Swedish "dusch.v which
II many instances has weakening e.
fecfss
According to a recent statement to
1 military attache or the Russian Legal
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