Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1905-11-23
Recent Occurrences of Interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
swEDEs PLEASED WITH sTAAF
His Selection as Premier of the Cour-
try h Received with Much
Satisfaction.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

expressed In Sweden ct the choice Of
young Karl Staaf as premier Of the
country. Mr.. Staaf is the leader OF
really the first liberal ministry that
the country ever had. He is a famous
attorney and as leader of the minority
In the second chamber, has mastered
statecraft. He u a man Of good adj
dress, much tact. possesses a strong
personality and should be able to carry
through some of the most pressing re-
forms. Most likely he will encounter
much opposition from the first cham
Der, where the old reactionaries are
still in control, but by diplomacy and
with the tacit support of King Oscar
there ought TO be some reward for the
great work he new ministry and the
liberal party is TO undertake. The
rest of the new cabinet Is also COM
posed of young men. Nils Aroid
Trolle. the minister to Denmark, is a
court chamberlain, and though but 46
years old is regarded as an able man
and well qualified for the portfolio Of
foreign affairs. Albert E~hrensvard,
minister of the interior, Fritjof Berg,
minister Of ecclesiastics, and Schultz,
minister Of justice, are all aggressive
men and Sweden has now perhaps the
strongest cabinet she has had for
years and one which is well equipped
to carry out the many reforms so nee
essary for the country at present. 1t
Is believed that the formation OF the
new cabinet will i%naugurate a new
political era for Sweden. This is the
first time that King Oscar has sum-
lions are that there was no sinister
motive, but that the king is determined
to render every assistance In carrying
out the policy Of reform.
Says a Scandinavian correspondent
to The Minneapolis Journal: For
many years commercial companies
have been quarrying chalk along a
belt three miles long and 1000 feet
wide, a few miles east Of Malmo,
Sweden. Upon the surface this ap-
pears simply as a swell In the glacial
deposits from 100 to $50 feet In hight,
the chalk being everywhere covered
with several feet of boulder bearing
clay. The earlier biologists were
greatly puzzled by the position Of
these chalk beds, since they belonged
to an older formation than those which
ordinarily occur In southern Sweden,
and should, therefore have been under
them. But here the order was GER
tainly reversed, and the older forma.
tons appeared above the younger.
The riddle Is now solved by the dis
covery that this whole mass, three
and from 100 TO 200 feet in thickness,
has been torn from the shores or the
bed Of the Baltic and transported bodi.
ly to It's present position, thirty or for
ty miles inland. For, In most places,
glacial till is found to underlie 1t and
separate It from the newer rocks,
which form the substratum Of the
peninsula. 1t should be said, however,
that the chalk everywhere shows in
dicatiOns Of immense pressure and dis
%turbance. The upper portions have
been sheared Off and often mingle
with bands Of boulder clay, while most
Of the abandoned flint nodules have
been shattered and arranged i'm lines
or belts showing the direction OF the
line Of movement. The chalk is also
broken up into small cubes. Still, for
the most part, the immense mass re-
mains compact, and has moved as a
solid body. For many decades to
come, the rich manufacturers and
farmers of Skane will continue 10
profit from this vast mass of foreign
treasure which has been so convent
emily brought within their reach"
A few days ago there arrived in
Stockholm seventeen wealthy Russian
refugees, bringing with them 6O.OOO,-
600 rubles $780, 1000 in cash. Among
them are several officials Of the Nobel
Oil company of Baku, fleeing from the
ruin and atrocities Of that city.
There are at present a large num-
Der of Finnish refugees In the capital.
They are not an undesirable class and
next to Finland, they regard Sweden
the best country on earth.
The chief Of the Flemish junta, DR..
Alfred Lille, has returned to Finland
after years of exile In Sweden. Fria
Ordet, the organ Of the junta. has
ceased publication.
Rear admiral Otto Lindbom, aged
80 years, died at the Sofia hospital last
month. He was very popular In naval
circles and bore an excellent reputa-
ton as an officer.
Nine. Sisrid Arnoldsson- Fischhof,
the actress, has departed for Berlin,
where she will appear in a series Of
Swedish plays.
The engagement Of the popular
prima donna, Ljungstedt-L Linden. to
FRITZ R~eutersvard. the artist, has been
announced.