Morris tribune., 1907-12-07
NEWS0F SCANDINAVIA
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
RESIGNATION OF NICHOLSON
Stockholm Dagblad Gives q Note
worthy Swedish View of the
Premier's Retirement.
SWEDEN.
RESIGNATION OF NICHOLSON
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

appeared IN Tne Stockholm DaSDtad re-
Gently and gives in part at least a note
worthy Swedish view of the premier
retirement. ITO Sweden he gave Il
wound which will rot heal quickly,
and even if it is understood that he
| acted because he thought he fulfilled
| an historic mission. and even if it is
realized that the 7th of June was not
his work alone, but that he only exc
cuted the idea of an all-controlling pub
lie opinion, still it will not be easy in
our country to remember him without
bitterness. But this does not prohibit
US from respectfully remembering
what he has done for the safety Of the
new kingdom after the happening Of
what he looked upon as unavoidable.
He himself perhaps never believed that
the disruption of the union would open
the doors to a Utopia where all the fat
resolutions Of popular maSSmeeetingS
would assume the form of reality, but
there were so many others who
thought so. He prevented these from
taking the 'high-seat,' and for that deed
we shall respect him, even in our coun-
try; for kingdom turned into a field
Of parliamentary experiments on a
large scale is some what unpleasant
even to it's neighbors. The last two
years of his administration were full
Of trials, but he stood them well, and
some day it may be acknowledged.
even on the other side of the boundary
mountains. that his exploit Of June Z.
1905. was thrown into the shade by the
difficult piece of statecraft of the
period Of reconstruction which fol-
lowed that day"
Professor Lindman, of Upsala' uni
versity, has made a discovery, which
will not fail to interest bOtansts all
over the world. He has discovered.
and that purely accidentally. a herbari-
UNI of 1000 flowers, which have been
pressed by Carl Won Lime himself.
They are we'll preserved and also pro
vided with the proper descriptions.
The herbarium was once presented by
Lime to his pupal, Jonas Alstromer.
who left them to his heirs. in whose
possession they have been for manv
years without them knowing their real
value. The British museum, which
has the largest Lime collections on
record. has offered to purchase the her
barum, but it is doubtful if Professor
Lindman will allow it to go out of the
country,
A telegram from Stock holm states
that President Fallieres of France will
pay visit to Sweden next March, al,
though Sweden was not originally in
Guided in his list. Had the French
president passed Sweden up it would
have been a serious breach of etiquette.
as King Oscar has paid not less than
two visits to France during the past
four years. AS it is now arranged
President FaIlieres will first visit
Stockholm and then Malmo. He will
then proceed to Copenhagen AMI
Christiania. A French naval squadron
will pay a visit to Stockholm at the
same time that the president will be
there.
Kristina Nilsson, the Countess Casa
de Miranda, is at present enjoying Il
visit in Stockholm. She has not been
In good health for some time and has
conferred with eminent specialists here
regarding her condition. She is suf
fering from heart disease and her ply
sicians have advised her that she must
avoid all excitement and spend as
much as possible OF her time at home.
She has expressed it as her sincere
wish to spend the Christmas holidays
in Sweden, but she may. owing to the
uncertainty Of her health. be compelled
to return to southern Europe, where
the mild climate may help her
The Nobel prize for chemistry will
he awarded to Sir William Crookes. of
London. He discovered thallium, an
element. in 1861 and invented the
radiometer in 1874. He recently dis
covered Il process Of extracting nitric
acid from the atmosphere. which. it
was announced will soon be available
for commercial. industrial and agri-
cultural purposes and will revolutions
ize the nitra1e Industry and the worlds
IO-.'i prone Il.
The I\ristianstad Milk company has
commenced to make fancy cheese of
different kinds, which have never been
produced for the market in Sweden
The import has amounted to about
$4,000 a year. and efforts will be
made by said company to supply the
home market A foreign expert is SUI
perintending the work IN order that a
first-class article may be turned out
from the very start.
Marine Director Alphons Engstrom
In one of his recent reports points out
that the Swedish navy lost 10000
crowns last year through contract
with an American company known as
the "Cacuum Oil company" which was
to deliver so much oil to Swedish YES
sells. The report has caused much
comment in government official circles
and rigid Investigation will be
started.
Professor Oscar MOntelius has been