Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1904-08-18
Recent Occurrences Of interest
In Sweden, Norway ard
Denmark.
MUCH TROUBLE OVER A NOVEL
Swedish Author Sued 10y the Hamburg
Culture Club-Ca~e Dismissed
by the Court.
SWEDEN.
stockholm.

stockholm.
The Swedish author Adolph Paul.,
who for nan years has hNeu III
Germany. has recently been sued ny
the Hamburg Culture club Tor pup
fishing a novel entitled die
nit dem ~Rosenbush.'' The chleI
charge against Mr.. Paurs mover Is
that il contains a "pervers fantasi-
and was even referred to in one OF the
Hamburg papers as being a oooh'
which would have a demoralizing Ell
sect on public morals. When the case
came up for trial. however. IL oe-
yeloped that with the exception Oh
two, none Of the members OF the
| Culture club had read MIR. lauls
book. and ii was also proven that the
author himself had stolen the greater
part of his story from an old sybeck-
chronicle. The case was dismissed
A PARTY of four Stockholmians re-
Gently made their way from stock
holm to Gotland in a sinai motor
boat. The daring travellers arrived at
Kappelshaum on the morning of July
81 after spending more than Twelve
hours battling against the WIND ana
waves. The boat, which has been
named "Sea Express" belongs to the
Sea Express company of
and Is only thirty-slx feet long ana
ira vel eight knots an hour. This Is
the first time any attempt has been
made to cross the open Baltic between
Stockholm and Gotland In sucn a
small craft.
Count Axel Wachtmeister, who was
secretary OF the Swedish Norwegian
consulate In Chicago some years ago,
has been appointed consul general n
diplomatic agent for Sweden and Nor
way TO the Cuban republic. Count
wachtmeister In May 1899. married
Miss Beulah Hubbell, daughter of a
railway magnate, +. M. Hubbell OF
Terrace Hill, Des Moines, la. The
countess Is a descendant of James
Kenmore Cooper, the novelist. The
Wachtmeisters belong TO Sweden's
most ancient nobility.
Owing to the exceptional building
activity In Stockholm during the
spring and summer, there are now an
ample number OF flats for rent at
reasonable prices. Last year the con
ditions were just the reverse. While
n year ago ii was almost impossible to
secure a five room fiat, there are any
amount of such for rent and the adj
yertising columns are filed with
"Flats for Rent"
Stockholm has during the past sum
mer been visited by an exceptionally
large number of tourists. Americans
are here in large numbers and the
number of English and German tour
lists is much larger than last year.
The hotels and restaurants have In
consequence been doing IN excellent
business.
The first submarine boat constructed
for the Swedish navy hats now been
launched and IL awaiting Its trial
trip, which will take place some time
In October. The government will on
struct another submarine boat next
year aud negotiations are already I'M.
der way with an English syndicate.
G.. q. Soderstrom, one of S~tockholm's
wealthy merchants, has donated 25,C00
crowns to a fund for the maintenance
of ~workingmen's cottages In the larger
cities Of Sweden. Mr.. Soderstrom
donated 2o,o0o crowns a couple Of
years ago to poor school children Of
Stockholm.
King Oscar has, according TO The
Morgenbladet (Christiania) expressed
q beside to take a trip on the Ljoyik
railway In Norway, which was COM
pleted a couple of years ago. No
definite arrangements have been made
as yet for the trip, however.
Sweden's richest private citizen is
Consul General j. w. Smitt OF Stock
holm, who has an estimated income
Of $4,000 crowns a year. Mr. Smitt
is 70 years old and enjoys excellent
health.
During the first six months Of the
present year 10.401 600 Kilograms Of
butter were exported from Sweden.
Last year the number Of Kilograms ex-
ported were 9.S4S,000.
The king has donated 200 crowns
to the survivors OF the Inflated
Norge" A subscription OF 1900
trowns was also made In Stockholm.
NORWAY.