Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1906-05-24
Recent Occurrences of interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
MANS CELEBRATE
OF vesterbotten. Received
with Joy.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

The new born prince, the duke OF
Vesterbotten. was a popular arrival
No sooner had the royal stork paid his
important visit and the announcement
given by means OF double salute or
cannon that il was a boy prince be-
fore all Stockholm began to celebrate
Although the announcement came Mt
an hour when Stockholmians preferred
to retire, it did not take long before
the streets were filled with jubilant
throngs, who sang and "hurrahed."
The restaurants and cafes became sud
denly crowded and "skal for the
prince, the duke OF NeSterbotten." was
the order of the hour. King Oscar is
now a greatgrandfather and his wish
that II be a hoy prince has now been
fulfilled. The little prince need not
worry much about being cheated out
OF any names. He has. indeed, a
superabundance of them. He has been
given the following names: Gustaf
Adolph Fredrik Arthur Edmund His
official title will be the duke Of Yes
terbotten. The duke and duchess Of
Connaught. who have spent the last
few weeks with their royal daughter
and son-in-law, returned to England
last week.
The Chicago Daily News cor
respondent writes under date Of May
! II that the defeat of the general suf-
frage bill in the upper house of parlla
ment has caused great excitement
throughout Sweden, as the measure
was an exceedingly popular one. Ac-
| ton by the lower house is awaited at
any moment and police force will be
ready for possible trouble. The gov
eminent franchise reform bill was pre-
scented to parliament Feb. "a. 1t fixed
the membership of the second chamber
at 165 rural and sixty-fve urban repre-
sentatives. Under II all men of good
character and "a years old were en-
| titled to vote. Under the existing law
property qualification Is required
and II is so high that in 1902 the num-
Der OF those qualified to vote for mem
bers Of the second chamber was only
IA per cent. of the population, and OF
these less than half actually voted.
According TO latest newspaper dis
patches the river Ljusne. in the prov
ince of Gefleborg, Is overlooking its
| banks and thouands of farmers and
villagers have lost their homes. The
| factories in the towns OF Lottefors
and Bolnas have suffered much dam
age. People along the banks of the
stream are escaping towards the south.
The province of Gefleborg is about 100
miles south OF Stockholm in the east
ern part Of Sweden. The river Ljusne
is 900 miles long and flows into the
gulf Of Bothnia. There are number
Of lakes along its course.
President Fallieres rendered n
breakfast at the Elysee palace In Paris
April % in honor of King Oscar. About
thirty guests We're present, among
them some Of the most distinguished
men Of France. King Oscars reply
to President Fallieres' address was
spoken Of by the French dailies as one
speeches ever delivered by foreign
potentate visiting French shores. The
kings visit in Paris has been alto
gether a delightful one and the veneer
able old monarch has been In the very
best Of spirits.
The board Of directors for the great
Falun copper mine at their annual
business meeting reported an annual
net gain Of 1901 24 crowns to be di.
vided among the various stockholders.
During the six months $4,000 crowns
will be spent i'm improvements and an
additional sum Of 100000 crowns will
he subscribed to the Workingmen's
Old Age Fund. The Falun copper
mines are among the richest In the
world and have been worked for more
than 100 years.
| Among foreign fire insurance COM
panies who are heavy losers through
the San Francisco contastrophe Is the
Syea Fire Insurance company OF
Gothenburg which, according to The
Daily Telegraph Uondon). lost insur-
ance risks amounting to not less than
100000 crowns.
A subscription'fo The San Francisco
sufferers Is being taken in Sweden ut
the present time. The subscription Is
conducted by the Swedish-American
society of Stockholm. The funds thus
collected will go to destitute Swedish
Americans in Frisco.
Former Minister w. w. Thomas
has abandoned his hunting trip north
and departed for America April "a
Mr.. Thomas is expected to visit Wash
pgton, ID. c., In the near future.