Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1907-10-10

A new industry 1: to be orY,,. W
at Nora, with a capital stock 81 N
two to six million crowns. Thu G
pany will own and operate saw M
farms and engage in other induny q
pursuits.
The new Strindberg theater |.
Stockholm has decided to present !, 5 Il.
less than seventeen of Strindbenl
plays, and the theatrical world i
anxious to know how the public h B
take this big dose.
A writer in Dagens Nyheter. II
visited the Jamestown exposition, az
not think very highly of the shown
made there in the naval demonshI
ton, participated in by the powers : I
the Swedish armor-clad cruiser Fylat
Chiefs Of the first and second div
ions of the Swedish army, Major c.,
erals Matern and Uggla, have app]Is
to the government to ask the comm
rigsdag for a law forbidding the emf
grafton of any men between II All
20 years of age, with loss of inhetS
lance rights as a penalty and also ioN
severe laws against emigration agent
Some time ago mentioned the AMI
iety created In Lulea, one of the SEA
ports of Sweden, by the mysteriou
visit of Russian torpedo boat, which
acted rather suspiciously, as If it ven
spying. Later there have been oths
suspicious incidents, and the officer
in charge of all Notifications are mor
vigilant than ever in guarding agains
spies.
There is to be tourists expositim
at st. Petersburg and Sweden will
participate, Col. Bale having visitei
the Russian capital to make the nee
essary preliminary arrangements. Ii
this connection it may be stated tina,
plan is being considered to establish
permanent tourist and athlete
museum at Stockholm, with hall ani
a park in connection for the holding d
expositions and athletic carnivals.
Some of the Swedish papers are not
enthusiastic over the visit OF Prime
Wilhelm to America. They hold that
nothing OF value to Sweden will result
from it, as he did not visit the Swed
ish-American centers and come II
coontact. with Swedish immigrants
and 1t was those people be shoul'
have seen in order to influence then
to return to their fatherland. Instead
he went no farther than the Atlanti,
seaboard, where there are but few
Swedes.
The time for the lobster fshinl
having arrived, the Swedish govern
ment has dispatched ships to tn
Grisebaaerne to send boats In anon
the rocks in the Skagerack, there t
keep watch upon the Norwegian fish
ermen and prevent them from az
preaching too near Swedish territor!
The Norwegian authorities have take
no corresponding action, in the hop
that the question, which is one of tn
few problems surviving the separation
would shortly be submitted to arbitrs
ton.
A dispatch from Stockholm says:
"The thirty-fifth anniversary of tn
accession of Oscar II. was joyousl
celebrated throughout Sweden. Al
stores and banking institutions wer
closed and The streets of Stockholm
were one mass of bunting and flags
During the day messages of congra'
ulation from all the rulers of Europ'
were presented at the palace by the
members of the diplomatic corps.
king Oscar succeeded his brother,
King Charles XIV, Sept. Is, 1872 ant
was crowned the following May. n
was born in Stockholm Jan. 81, 1877
and was destined for the navy H
took the course in the university
Upsala. where he was graduated do'
tor of philosophy.
"The people Of Sweden claim tns
not only is he the most learned kin
to-day, but is the best-traveled ma
among the royal scions Of Europe.
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