Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1906-06-02
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

Stockholm.
J. Judging from cable dispatches it is
evident that the hopes of suffrage re-
form in Sweden will not be realized.
The first chamber of the riksdag at its
meeting last Monday rejected the gov
ernment's general suffrage bill by a
vote of 1875 to Is It was not eX-
| pected that the first chamber would
pass the bill, but none suspected such
an overwhelming defeat. The second
| chamber will pass the bill by a sub
| stantial majority, but with the unex-
| pected strength developed by the OPP
| position in the upper house the chances
Of passing the measure in joint session
| are considered practically impossible
/ unless there is g decided change Of
sentiment The action Of the upper
house created much excitement
throughout Sweden. An extra mill
tary police reserve has been arranged
for in the event of possible dis
turbances.
Lektor Waldenstrom has now moved
to Stockholm. where he will become a
permanent resident. He has joined
the so-calIed free religious I'm
manuels church. Mr.. Waldenstrom is
by no means a stranger in Stockholm,
having served a number Of terms in
the Swedish riksdag. The rumOr that
Waldenstrom was to settle in America
as the leader of the Mission Covenant
church is thus set at rest
Tie Swedish government is anxious
to have complete control of the tele~
phone system of the country and has
requested the riksdag to appropriate
1850, 900 crowns for the purchase Of
the properties of the Stockholm Gen
eral and the Bell Telephone conpa-
MES. The government also propose
an appropriation of 10000 crowns for
beginning work on new power canal
at Trollhattan.
Arthur Thesleff, who for years has
been engaged in systematic study of
Gypsy people. has been spending a
couple of weeks in the Swedish cap
ftal. He will in the near future depart
for Finland. where he will spend the
summer. Later on he will go to the
Argentine Republic to continue his re-
searches.
G. F. Lundqvist's Uunkan) fare
we'll concerts in northern Sweden have
been unusually successful The other
evening he gave a concert in Upsala,
which was attended by large body
Of students, who enthusiastically
cheered the patriotic "Lunkan," who
was, when in his zenith, Sweden's
greatest singer.
The Swedish Peace association,
which has been holding it's annual con-
ventfon, has decided to erect a peace
institute in Stockholm and to invite
hold the next international peace con-
gress in Sweden in 1907.
Benjamin Eogt, the newly appointed
minister to Sweden from Norway, was
given an audience by Crownprince
Gustaf at the royal palace and was
rendered his credentials May 1. He
was afterwards received by the duke
or Skane.
Sweden has at the present time a
population of 1898 .851, according to
the government census taken on Jan. 1,
1906. This is an increase of only So
O4O for the year of 1905, compared
with 1880 for the year 1904.
Alfred Petrovitch Rasum Paul
Kalmin and Edward Arson, the Rus
sian spies, who were arrested and
placed in Jail in Stockholm about two
months ago. will be sent back to st. |
Petersburg next month.
Miss Helen Gould intends to spend |
the summer in Europe and will, ac-
cording to reports, spend fortnight !
in Stockholm.