The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-10-31
Recent Occurrences Of Interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
JOHN swAMBERG, THE RUNNER
Makes Remarkably Fast Time in a
Five.Mile Race With John Dun
can at Stockholm.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

Mail advices from Sweden record
some wonderful running by John
Swanberg, the Swedish champion,
who finished second in both the five
mile run and Marathon race at Athens
| last year. In a match race at Stock
holm against John Duncan, the four
mile champion of England, Swanberg
ran five miles in "a minutes ~ 3-5 Sec
onds, beating Duncan by nearly an
| eighth of a mile. He led from the
start, passing the first mile in AL 3 5.
He reached the second mile post min
tes and 43 2-5 seconds later, or 9:23
| for the first two miles. This is nearly
| three seconds faster than the Ameri-
can tWO-mile record, 9:27 40, by Alex
| Grant. Swanberg reeled off the third
mile in 500 4-5, or 1925 10 for the
three miles. At this point he led Dun
can BY 70 yards and the Briton was
almost groggy. SWanberg ran the
fourth mile in SIP 4-5, making his
total time to that point 1888 3-5. In
the last quarter mile the Swede made
a glorious sprint, leaving the English
man far in the rear, and creating great
enthusiasm among the throng Of his
countrymen present. This mile he he
gotiated in 500. A few days later
Swanbcrg and Duncan met again in a
race of 5000 meters e miles and about
POO yards). Again the Swede was VIC
torious, winning by about so yards in
Is minutes and 26 Is seconds.
August Strundberg, the author and
playwright, who perhaps more than
any other Swedish author is in the
public eye at present, is now devoting
a great deal Of his time in finishing
FIVE new plays for the Falck's new
theater, where so many of his latest
plays have been turned out. The
''Kronobruden'' proved a great success
and Mr.. Strundbergs new play will
be entitled Svanehvit. Mr. Strund-
berg is a hard worker and allows him.
self very little rest.
Hugo P. Tamm riksdag representa-
tive and member Of the Swedish Acad-
envy. died at his home in Fano Oct.
4. He had just returned from an ex-
tensive trip in Norrland, whittier he
had made business trip: He died
from heart disease. Tamm was a
very prominent man, both in political
and business circles, and was regarded
as one of Sweden's most progressive
thinkers. He was twice married and
| was the father of thirteen children.
Sweden produced only about forty
pounds of gold during the past year.
while the production was 103 pounds
for the previous year. The Fa Jun cop
per mine was the only one that pro-
duced gold last year. This result in
dicates that the ''gold fields'' in Nord-
land must have existed largely in the
imagination of sanguine prospectors.
A municipal congress, attended by
not less than 700 delegates, met in
Stockholm a week ago last Saturday.
The congress was called to order by
the secretary of the department Of the
interior. A municipal league has been
organized for the purpose of consider
ing laws an conditions in general reia-
tive to municipal affairs.
1t costs money to buy whisky in
Sweden and it costs more now than
it has done for a great many years.
Owing to the high price of whisky the
price of potatoes has been raised to
80 cents, which is considered an un-
usual price at this time of the year.
Captain Stephen Slocum has been
appointed military attache at the Am
erican legation in Stockholm. Major
Gibson, the present attache, has been
appointed to a minor military Dost at
Sandy Hook and will leave Stockholm
in the near future.
The Swedish members of tho inter-
national peace congress, which recent
~ convened in Copenhagen, intend to
present proposition to the next Swed-
ish riksdag calling for seDarate
board Of arbitration in the foreign de-
partment.
The Lund University male. chorus.
which visited America three years ago
making, as is we'll known, a splendid
success, will now make a concert tour
through Austria and Germany under
the direction Of DR.. Alfred Berg.
3. r. Beskow, D. D., we'll known
authority on theology, died at his
home in Stockholm Oct +, aged IS
years. DIR. Beskow has for many
years been connected with the Latin
school in Stockholm.
Ex-Minister w. w. Thomas has gone
to his hunting grounds on GLAND this
month. Mr.. Thomas will make a visit
| to America next YEAR
A London paper states that there are
not less than 5000 Swedes serving as
seamen in the British merchant ma
rine.
Director Ranft has purchased "Isola
Bella.' the beautiful little villa To-
Gated near Furusund.
NORWAY.