The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-09-07
STOCKHOLM
IS ALL AGOG
Swedish Capital Perturbed Over
an Internal Machine
Mystery.
CORRESPONDENTS of The Journal.

Correspondence of The Journal.
Stockholm, Sweden, Aug. 19-This
morning about half-past ten o'clock
people in Norrmalmstorg, a square in
by loud explosion and the sound Of
splintered glass. The next moment two
men appeared on window sill on the
first floor of a corner house in the
square, calling loudly for help and a
ladder, This is procured and one OF
of pain are heard and thick volumes Of
yellow smoke are belching forth.
Crowds rush up to the house and few
minutes later the warning horn and
bell of the frebrigade IS heard while
their vans come rafting thru the
streets. There is nothing for them to
ambulance, in which the one victim
of the explosion is removed to the hos
pital.
The police arrive on the premises and
shut out all the curious, who have to
content themselves with conjectures as
to what has occurred. But very soon
extra editions are scattered broadcast
over the city with detailed descrip
ton of the remarkable occurrence. This
is what has happened:
The Intended Victim. ~
The explosion had taken place in thu
office of the Swedish Centrifug com
pany, limited, a concern which manu-
features a well-known separator. Th'
business manager is K. FIR. Lundin, VIII
formerly was connected with anothe
separator company and has quite re
Gently been appointed to his new post
It was against him that the dastardl.
attempt was directed.
The Mysterious Box.
In the same house as the Centrifu
i large confectionery establishment
4 where daily crowds Of people, espeecia
- ly ladies 90 to drink chocolate and ca
=, cakes About clock yesterday ate
a noon one of the employees of this estaI
=. lishment answers a telephone call. =:
10 mans voice at the other end OF u
=. wire says: &c! am Mr.. Lunain, manage
N left a parcel about somewhere when
q, was at your place little while ago.
r. YOU find it please send it up to n
J.. office on the floor above.'
n The parcel is found and a woman e1
or ployed at the confectioner s is sent WI
e. is left on q table in the directoor'ss roo!
as Mr.. Lundin has already left for t
be day. Next morning, when Mr.: Lund
e. arrives he sees the box, to which is
,ir tached a label bearing the print
TO- name and trademark Of Nordis
"a Kompaniet, large store in Stockhol
On this label, which has the appearn
CHI of having been used before, Mr.. LII
90 din's name was written, appears t
to legend: "Sanple collection w Al, TO
s. used free of charge. $3.50
g. He cuts the string, takes OF the ]
per and has in his hand "a small +
an heavy box of mahogany: He opens
lid Of this box and finds inside 81
parcel connected with the lid by mef
of a string. He cuts the string and
explosion takes place!
in Windows crash and door is thro
off it's hinges and nearly kills the ca
Ter in the outer office. The rooms
filled with smoke, papers catch !
tic while the contents of the box; are bio
led about. One of Mr.. Lundin's subm
ion ayers, the man who went back In ,.
vas. room, from the windowsill, finds his 81
in burnt and bleeding in face and
all hands, and his clothes on fire. 70
ure moment there is an awful conste1
olu- ton, but soon order is restored, Mr.; l
i'm din is sent away to the hospital,
the police are on the premises. l
is then found that the box which is bl
had to bits was an internal machine, 4
the tanning a powerful explosive an
lent great number of bullets, none of VIII
the however, seems to. have hit Mr.. Lun