Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1907-02-23
Recent Occurrences Of interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
CLAIMS ERICSSON INVENTION
Man Named Timby Says He Evolved
the Revolving Turret Idea of
the Monitor.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

The following editorial in the Min
neapolis Journal bearing date of Feb.
il. will not fail to interest every
patriotic Swedish, American in the Uni
ted States: "A man with the classic
name of Timby now comes forward
to claim the credit and usufruct for
the invention of the revolving turret
idea, which enabled Captain John
Ericsson's Monitor to put the dreaded
Merrimac out of business in the
memorable battle of March 9, 1862.
incidentally, he wants the government
to pay him 100000. The court of
claims will pass on Timby's suit, but
1t seems quite unlikely that the laurel
wreath which crowns the fame of tho
great and unselfsh Swedish inventor
will be disturbed. Fortunately, there
are men still alive who know of the
priority of Captain EricssOn's inven-
ton, which he gave so freely to the
government of the United States at the
very moment when it was most
needed. When he died, in 1889, hon.
Ors were showered on his memory and
his great deeds by both the land Of
his nativity and the land of his adop-
ton. His statue now stands in New
York, and great mausoleum was
reared to him in Sweden, whittier the
remains were taken in an American
battleship. The claim of Timby for
ty years and more afterward seems
absurd. 1t is recalled that Ericsson
presented his novel ideas to Napoleon
III in 1854, several years before the
war of the rebellion broke out Despite
the priority of his invention, he made
no effort to get patent when he was
commissioned to build the Monitor
His achievement in turning the for
tune of war at the critical moment
toward the union cause will never be
forgotten by grateful nation"
News from Sven Hedin, the Swedish
traveller, who last year started from
Chinese Tslrkestan on journey of ex-
ploration to Tibet. reached Calcutta
Feb. 5. Hedin. who then sent off his
courier had already explored $40 miles
of unknown country, said he hoped to
reach the mouastic city Of Shigasre,
$50 miles from LhaSssa, at the end of
this month. The geographical and
geodetic results oil the expedition are
exceptionally rich. Hedin has discoy-
cred many unknown moantain ranges,
rivers and gold fields and travelled
eighy-fOuT days in the solitude of an
arctic winter. not seeing single
TipeTan. Hedn's report concludes:
''The journey is the most wonderful
I taye made i'll Asia in my twenty
two Years of travels"
Direct steamship communication he
tween Stockholm and the Unifed States
will soon be effected through the re
cent organization Of the Cosmopolitan
Steamship company, representing pow
erfuI American railway corporations
and the firm Of Heckscher & Son of
Copenhagen. The first connecting
points will I've Stockholm and Philadel-
phia. and other eastern American har-
b0rS are to be reached later. From
Stockholm viii be shipped Swedish
iron and lumber to American DOrts
and Stockholm viii thus become q dis
+rib77+iap nofu+ for American oon,1s in
the Scandinavian nerfnznIa II viii
he p o,iran7ic r-n5tl,+a1,fn., and +bn,
Stockholm Agents for fba comr,a,,v
VIII no zgaaS,e r,;~,fa,7a,, and
Waern.
The kings 1f~1hdav WIS observed
tl3f4 wear IN +ra c71starr,a1r, ,aa7,,,e,r
His msifasfv's health seems s+aadiIv
fm3rovirg. I'm .eonsa1rarap tba Gaily
bulletins rpgaratru his condition have
uecn discontinued. Th.. Efro ana
queen gave a family dinner an hfs ma
5ezty<s birthday and the latter was
well euou2h,to 7sartiefDa+e and enfovea
ii. 4 persistent l7mor claims that
King Oscar viii andicate the throne in
favor Of his son. Crownnrfnce GzStaf
on the kings and queens golden wei
ding anniversary, which will The aale.
brarad june e. this year.
. THE Happy Widow is play which
has taken tie Swedish rapital bv
storm. The fnitfdtorv performance.
which was given OH the evening Of
y. sesa