Morris tribune., 1906-04-21
Recent Occurrences of interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
FEAT OF GERMAN AERONAUTs
Start from Berlin for Russia but Are
Carried Across the Baltic
into Sweden.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

A German balloon landed at Mastad,
about thirty kilometers from Karls-
krona, on the night of March %. The
balloon belonged to the Aeronautic
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 its
course and so they landed in Sweden
instead of Russia, The daring bal
loonists We're in good health and spirits
and said they never feared but what
they would effect a successful land
ing. They seemed, however, to be
quite thankful to land on terra firma
and stated that they were more than
pleased to return to Berlin by means
of ordinary transportation methods. =
Two young Swedish engineers
named Schonstrom and Fogelius have
started on an expedition into the in
terror of Peru, the government of
which has granted them $6,250. The
expedition is expected to be completed
within three months. The party in
tends to search for 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 a pass. The
two Swedish engineers will be ac-
companied by twenty Indians.
The Sofia church was formally
ceremonies. Present at the dedication
was Crownprince Regent Gustaf, the
duke and duchess of Skane and Vester-
gothland, Prince and Princess Berna-
dotte. University Chancellors Bostrom
and Gillian and Bishops Scheele and
Billing, who were the officiating
ecclesiastics.
c. F. StrOm, the we'll known lithog
rapher, born in Gothenburg in 1916,
celebrated his Goth birthday last
month. He comes under the caption OF
1.-THE Men of 1916" a society which
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which originally had 100 members.
There are now only three members
left viz, Cederstrom, J. Aspegren and
G. f. Strom.
The famous Kneipbaden institute
at Norrkoping was totally destroyed by
fire last month. The eighteen inmates
were barely able to escape with their
lives, as the fire occurred at midnight.
1t is doubtful whether the 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 will
also visit Christiania and Copen-
ha gen.
Three Russian students were ar
rested in Stockholm 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 flu
ture Thus far 100000 crowns have
been subscribed for the proposed in-
stitution and additional funds are ex
pected to be 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 haboring man in Halmstead, J0han
OLSON, won $4,000 crowns in the
Danish class lottery in Copenhagen
The OLSON family is large one and
it is but needless to add that they We're
overjoyed at such unexpected luck.
Professor Mittag- LETTER has donated
his valuable books on mathematics
and accompanying references to the
high school. 1t is one of
the most valuable collection of it's kind
In Europe.
Signor Ferrara Dentice will succeed
Count oil 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 incident
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.