Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1907-10-10
news OF SCANDINAVIA
Recent Occurrences of Interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
SWEDEN AFTER AMERICAS CUP
Yachtmen VIII Try for the Trophy
Again After Larse of Fifty
Five Years.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

ockholm.
Sweden has suddenly come strong
~ into the public limelight in America
through her recent declaration t.
challenge for the Americas cup, which
she is going to try and bring back t
the other side of the ocean. The fol-
lowing dispatch from Stockholm,
dated Oct. ], would indicate that the
Swedish Yacht club means business:
After many years given to the con-
sheraton Of the subject, the financial
and other difficulties have been over
come and Sweden is again about 10
challenge for the Americas cup, for
which she competed in 1852. This
project has the warm support Of King
Oscar, who is honorary admiral of the
Swedish Yacht club. through which
the challenge Is being issued. Two
prominent millionaire yachtsmen, Will
lam OLSON and Goesta Kyhlberg, have
subscribed Sl35,OOO toward the ex-
pense of, the undertaking. and they
have engaged the services Of the best
yacht designers and builders in Swe-
den. Should the challenge be ac-
cepted, John Carlson, one of the
ablest OF Sweden's yachtsmen, and a
winner of many European races. will
have command Of the challenger. The
prospect of series of races for the
Americas cup with a Swedish boat
has created the keenest interest here,
and there Is much confidence that Swe-
den will have a chance or winning. NJ.
Kyhlberg's yacht Santoy, with other
Swedish boats, have won a number of
prizes in European waters of recent
years.
Not long ago the chauffeur of the
British minister in Stockholm was
summoned before the police court Of
Stockholm on the charge Of having
killed a policeman's dog with the min
listers automobile. The judge sug.
gested that the owner Of the automo-
bile be made responsible and the Brit
ish minister was expected to appear
in court. But no such thing happened
as an old practice excuses a foreign
ambassador from appearing as de-
PENDANT in a Swedish court, and the
owner Of the dog must sue the min
lister before British court.
The new Dramatic theater will be
completed in January. The COM
pletion Of the facade alone has en-
tailed an expenditure Of not less than
$4,000. The walls and floor of the
foyer are built of Grecian marble, the
cost of which is estimated at $780,
600. The stage has also been about
completed and II is the largest stage
ever erected in Sweden.
From Stockholm comes the report
that John Swanberg, who won second
prize in the Marathon running races
in connection with the Olympian
games in 1906. intends to move to
America and locate permanently IN
this country. Great efforts are being
made to induce Swanberg to remain
in Sweden, but he seems determined
to go.
A monument Of Swedish granite
was unveiled during the early part of
last month at Altvanstadt, Germany,
in memory of the historical fact that
King Charles XII of Sweden, while
stopping at that place 200 years ago.
compelled the kaiser to obey the West
fallen treaty and to grant religious lib
erty to the Protestants of Sweden.
Sweden seems ready to adopt dras-
tic measures in regard to immigration.
Generals Matern and Uggla of the
regular army will next year present a
proposition for a law which shall for
bid any young man between the ages
OF II and 80 years to emigrate from
Sweden.
Crownprince Gustaf is at present in
Karlsruhe, Germany. whittier he went
to attend the funeral of his father-in-
law. the grand duke of Baden. Crown
princess Victoria has been there dur
ing the past two months.
Geneologists have now discovered
that the Duchess Maria Pavlovna, the
fisncee Of Prince Gustaf Adolph, can
trace her lineage to King Gustaf vasa
I'm not less than twenty-seven different
ways.
The Skelfle1 paper has candidate
for the first chamber Of the riksdag
from that district in the person Of r.
p. Waldenstrom, the well known lead
or of the Covenant church Of Swt-
den.
Queen Sofia has returned to the
capital from Abo, where she spent the
greater portion Of the summer. sThe
king and queen are now residing at
Dronningholm palace.
The cavalry statue of Karl XIV has
been completed and will be unveiled
some time next month.
NORWAY.