Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-04-19
NEWS OF SCANDINAVIA
Eecent Occurrences OF Interest
in Sweden. Norway and
Denmark
FEAT OF GERMAN AERoNAurs
Star, from Beriin tor russ,a ~, Ar
Carried AcI0sS ihe Balt,o
into sws@>
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Stockholm.
/ A German balloon landed ~ Mastad.
about thirty ktIometers from karls
krona on the night of March - The
! balloon belonged To the Aeronautlc
Battalion company, Of Berlin, and
carried two passengers. viz, two SOL.
diers, veith and Jurgens When the
balloon assembled the soldiers expected
! that owing to the wind conditions.
they would land in Russia When
they were out In the middle Of the
Baltic the balloon suddenly changed It's
course and so they landed Ia Sweden
Instead Of Russia, The daring bal
looniSts We're in good health and spirits
and said they never feared bat what
they would effect a successful land
ing They seemed, however, to be
quite thankful to land on terra frpa
and stated that they were more than
pleased 20 return 10 Berlin by means
Of ordinary transportation methods
Two Young Swedish engineers
named Schonstrom ana Fogelius have
started on an expedition into the in
| terror Of Peru. the government of
which has granted them S6250. Tie
| expedition is expected to be completed
within three months. The party IN
tends to search for a pass over the
Andes, through which the railway
planned to connect the Amazon river
with the Pacific ocean can be laid
Three Peruvian expeditions have
searched in vain for such pass. The
two Swedish engineers will be ac
companied by twenty Indians.
The Sofia church was formally
dedicated last month with appropriate
ceremonies Present at the dedication
was Crownprince Regent Gustaf, the
duke and duchess Of Skane ana yester
gothland, Prince and Princess Berna-
dotte, University Chancellors Bostrom
and Gillian and Bishops Scheele aud
Billing who were the officiating
| ecclesiastics.
c. +. Strom, the well known lithog
| rapher, born IN Gothenburg in 1916,
celebrated his 90th birthday last
month. He comes under the caption OF
'The Men of 1916" society which
was organized many years ago and
which originally had 100 members.
! There are now only three members
left. viz, Cederstrom, j. Aspcgren and
G. f. strom.
The famous Kneipbaden institute
at Norrkoping was totally destroyed nv
/ fire last month The eighteen inmates
were barely able to escape with Their
| lives, as the fire occurred at midnight.
| 1t is doubtful whether tire Institution
will be rebuilt this season.
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Longworth
will, according to latest reports, pay a
/ visit to Stockholm during the latter
part of May. They will remain in
Sweden about two weeks. They viii
also visit Christiania and Copen
hagen.
Three Russian students were ar.
rested in Stockholm a few days ago
! by the Finnish police authorities. 1t
is believed that they were the per.
sons who committed the much talked
Of bank robbery in Helsingfors recent
ly.
A new commercial college Is to be
| started in Stockholm in the near fu-
ture. Thus far 100000 crowns have
been subscribed for the proposed In.
stitution and additional funds are ex-
pected to he raised in the near future.
The reform In Swedish spelling,
/ which has caused no end of discussion
/ in university and school circles in gen.
eral, has now been left to the Swedish
academy, which will undoubtedly set
tie the question in the near future.
A laborng man in Halmstead, Johan
OLSON, won $4,000 crowns in the
Danish class lottery In Copenhagen.
The OLSON family is large one and
/ II Is but needless to add that they were
overjoyed at such unexpected luck.
Professor Mittag-LefIler has donated
and accompanying references to the
Stockholm high school. 1t Is one Of
| the most valuable collection of its kind
In Europe.
Signor Ferrara Dentice will succeed
! Count di Foresta as Italian ambas-
sador to Stockholm. Signor Dentice
was twelve years ago secretary to the
Italian legation in Stockholm.
! Professors John Berg and Emil
Holmgren, Of the Karolinska medical
institute, will this year serve on the
medical branch Of the Nobel commit
! tee.
DR. Thor Stenbeck has been sus.
pended from the Stockholm Medical
society. Charges Of malpractice have
been preferred against him.