Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-07-07

a request that the papers De stoppei
and the subscriptions returned tn the
Finnish subscribers. One paper insists
ID IL is the plain duty OF the Swed-
ish postoffice department to forward
the papers regardless Of the edicts or
the russian censor. n adds with
some i%ndignatiou: 1--WE are not yet IN
der the knout. Can il be that the
Swedish postal authorities are assist
ing the Russians In Furnishing the
Swedish press with the sanction of our
own minister OF foreign affairs? we
demand order and justice In these mat
ters, and Bobrikoffian emissaries VIII
be kicked out Of doors II they cross the
threshold OF Swedish newspaper Of
fees" The newspapers generally de-
clare it the duty OF the Russian gov
eminent to make proper restitution IN
this case.
Professor g. II. Odhner. the his
torian, died In Stockholm, June ii.
He was born at Alingsas June II, lS36.
the son of Rev. Clas Odhner and his
wife Anna Carolina Ericsson. who was
n sister OF the renowned Swedish en-
gineers Nils and John Ericsson, the
former known as the builder Of the
Gotta canal. the latter OF Monitor fame.
Having proven his historical scholar
ship in the defense of n thesis on the
states-general of Sweden prior to 1873.
which won for him the Geijek prize,
he was awarded the title Of III. d.,
I'm 1850. He was an instructor at Up
sala university, and became regular
professor of history at the Lund uni
versity in 1871. Sixteen years later
he became secretary of the royal
archives at Stockholm. Professor
Odhner is best known for his historical
writings and researches. He served
for a term of -four years as a member
from Stockholm in the lower house Of
eighteen members of the Swedish
academy.
Julius Ungewitter. Jr.. has disap-
peared from Stockholm after default
ing for large sums. He was a director
and officer OF several insurance com
panies, principally the Suomi, a Fin
nish concern. -Four years 6 that
company discovered that Ungewitter
had embezzled $1,000 crowns as its
general agent, but the matter was
hushed up with e promise Of pay"
Ungewitter gave d note and had. up to
this time, repaid $4,000 crowns, plus
interest. 1t now appears, however,
that this money was taken out Of the
company's funds, the Investigation
showing that the defaulter had with.
held some $4,000 crowns Of premiums
collected. The Suomi is charged with
being not only an easy mark. but also
with criminal carelessness In per-
hitting a faithless officer In its employ
TO handle not only Its own funds. hut
also those OF other companies. unaware
Of his methods.
John Forsell, the soloist accompany
ing the student singers from the Lund
university now touring the United
States, became a singer by mere ac-
cident, according to "A story told by
himself to a newspaper correspondent
While serving az a lieutenant in the
army he became engaged In a dispute
with some comrades in the barrack.
o as to the requirements for adj
mittance to the vocal class at the
Royal Conservatory. why, I'll wage
that Professor Gunther would approve
me without question: said Forsell,
who was known to have a pretty fair
voice for singing. The wager was
laid. and won, for shortly afterwards
Forsell submitted his voice to the re-
quired test and was accepted. The
lieutenant was subsequently promoted
by degrees. to the position OF premier
soloist Of the Royal Opera.
An attempt at dynamiting non-union
workmen has been made Mt LysekiI.
While W freight steamers we're being
loaded at the stone quarries bars of
dynamite were discovered In a stone
pile. connected with fuses and caps
In O manner proving conclusively that
the explosives could not have been
placed there by accident. A number
OF striking workmen who had sat on
this very stone pile looking on while
the work OF loading was progressing
under police protection. hurriedly dis.
appeared when the workmep ap-
preached that pile. They are suspected
OF having laid the trap for the 'scabs."
The labor journals have failed to give
a satisfactory explanation Of the pres
ence of the dynamite and attending
circumstances.
Count A. Stenbock lost his life by
drowning while testing a new sailing
yacht recently In the Stockholm arch
ipelago. He was considered an expert
yachtsman. but the weather being
squally and the craft untried, he la
bored under great disadvantages, and
soon capsized, going down with his
coachman. Stenbock was the owner of