Morris tribune., 1907-02-09
Recent Occurrences Of interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
THE IRON INDUSTRY In SWEDEN
Country Will Soon Be in Position
to Successfully Compete with
the World.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

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Says Hugo Vallentin, the Stockholm
correspondent of the Minneapolis
| Journal: There is no doubt that
Sweden is going forward with great
strides from a commercial and in
dustrial point of view. There is also
no doubt that Sweden has a great
future before it, especially in the iron
industry The enormous wealth of
minerals, especially iron, which is to
found in the north and which has been
made accessible through the overland
line. has up to now only been exported
| in its raw state, but inventors are at
work and before long an economical
method Of extracting the iron by cleo
tricity will be ready for use. With al
most unlimited waterpower in the
cataracts that dot the country we have
the motive power for any amount of
electric machinery. Our state rail-
ways have already completed short
electric line which works admirably
and where runs of over 200 kilometers
lper hour mearly 125 niles have been
made. The plan for electrifying our
whole system of railways is already
made What this will mean in the
way of saving for country that has
to import every ton of coal can easily
ltrcity we will make the best steel in
!the world and successfully compete
with all the world. But already be
fore all this has been achieved, there
lis great deal doing in the Industrial
rand commercial world. Values have
l'gone up and futures have been dis
counted to an extent that is perhaps
mot altogether Salutary. Speculation
fhas been going on in many directions.
Fortunes have been made in a few
months without anybody's having
visibly been made any poorer The
extent to which some shares have
risen is really remarkable"
The Boston waltz is the name of
"a new dance which has been intro
duced in Sweden lately and which has
Ebecome exceedingly popular Nine.
| Callmen, who claims to have intro
lduced the dance, says that she learned
tit from some foreign naval officers
fwho We're paying Sweden a visit a
number of years ago. But this kind
of a dance proved too difficult to mas
tier SO it was discarded. Princess In
Egeborg, who is an ardent enthusiast
fin dancing, however, came to it's res
tcue. She introduced it at court and it
know is in popular demand. The ''FBos-
Edon" has this become an established
form of amusement in old Sweden.
Consul General Simon Sachs, one of
>Stockholm's most prominent business
men, died Jan 8 after q very long and
painful illness. Mr.. Sachs was born
Fin 1889. Early i'm life he became con-
nected with Josef LEILA, who owns the
largest department store I'm Stockholm,
and married one of Mr.. Ieja's daugh-
tiers, who died about two months ago.
In 1898 he was appointed consul gen.
ersiI for Swedesa and Norway at Con
stanfinople and served in this capacity
for five years Consul Eadh leaves a
large fortune and has son many toee-
,casions given freely to institutions Of
charity in Stockholm.
Nine, .Nungstedt. ONE of the leading
i.'sstars" at the Royal Opera in Stock
holm. has. at the suggestion of her
!physicians. gone to Switzerland TO take
care of her health. which has beem fail
ing her rapidly for some time 1t is
feared that her lungs are affected.
Name. Jungstedt is one of Swe1en's
greatest if not the greatest prima DON
mas. She is the Nordica of Sweden
and has appeared at Berlin and Paris,
where she acquired fame. Mime. jung
stedt has cancelled all her engage
| ments in Sweden.
| Olaf Strandberg, young singer.
made his debut at the Royal Opera a
few evenings ago and made great hit
with the audience. He possesses a
fine voice and critics believe that IN
/ him Sweden has secured a new "star.T
whose magnitude is in the ascendency.
His father has for many years been
connected with the Swedish stage.
The 4-year-old son of MIR. Norman
Hutchinson, secretary to the Ameri-
can legation in Stockholm. died about
two weeks ago because of fridigness
of the Swedish climate. The little fell
low was born in Venezuela and the
sudden change of climate was too
much for him.
H. L. r. Lagerkrantz has been ap-
pointed minister of Sweden to the Uni
ted States Mr.. Lagerkrantz is well
known in diplomatic circles in Stock
holm and has for years been one Of
King Oscars closest advisers.
Elizabeth Henrietta Kellgren, wife
of DIR. Arvid Kellgren. has inherited
100000 crowns from her father, Carl |
l.. LETTER. who died in Switzerland. |
Nov. II. 1885, Mr.. LETTERS fortune is |
estimated at 100000 crowns.
Naw Yaar's o,,,ootinps x.yanr lo.s %b.