The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1907-02-07
Recent Occurrences of Interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
THE IRON INDUSTRY IN SWEDEN
Country Will Soon Be in a Position
to Successfully Compete with
the World.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

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Sweden is going forward with great
strides from a commercial and in
dustrial point Of view. There is also
no doubt that Sweden has a great
future before it, especially in the iron
Industry. The enormous wealth Of
minerals, especially iron, which is to
found in the north and which has been
made accessible through the overland
line, has up to now only been exported
IN it's raw state, but inventors are at
work and before long an economical
method Of extracting the iron by cleo
fricity will be ready for use. With al
most unlimited waterpower in the
cataracts that dot the country we have
the motive power for any amount of
electric machinery. Our state rail-
ways have already completed a short
electric line which works admirably
and where runs Of over 200 kilometers
per hour (nearly 125 miles, have been
made. The plan for electrifying our
whole system Of railways is already
made. What this will mean in the
way of saving for country that has
to import every ton Of coal can easily
be imagined With homemade cleo
fricity we will make the best steel in
the world and successfully compete
with all the world. But already be-
fore all this has been achieved, there
is a great deal doing in the Industrial
and commercial world. Values have
gone up and futures have been dis
counted to an extent that is perhaps
not altogether salutary. Speculation
mas been going on in many directions.
Fortunes have been made in a few
months without anybody's having
yisibly been made any poorer. The
extent to which some shares have
risen is really remarkable"
The ''Boston waltz is the name Of
new dance which has been intro
duced in Sweden lately and which has
Become exceedingly i:opular Nine
callmen, who claims to have intro
duced the dance, says that she learned
it from some foreign naval officers
who were paying Sweden visit
number of years ago. But this kind
Of dance proved too difficult to mas
ter so it was discarded. Princess In
geborg, who is an ardent enthusiast
In dancing, however, came to it's res
cue. She introduced it at court and it
now is in popular demand. The "Bos-
tom has this become an established
form of amusement in old Sweden.
Consul General Simon Sachs, one Of
Stockholm's most prominent business
men, died Jan. after a very long and
painfull illness. Mr.. Sachs was born
in 1889 Early in life he became con-
nected with Josef LEILA, who owns the
Rrgest department store in Stockholm,
and married one of Mr.. Leja's daugh-
tiers, who died about two months ago.
In 1893 he was appointed consul gen.
eral for Sweden and Norway at Con-
stantinople and served in this capacity
for five years. Consul Saoh leaves a.
large fortune and has on many oc-
easions given freely to institutions of
charity in Stockholm.
Mime. Jungstedt, one Of the leading
"stars' at the Royal Opera in Stock
holm. has, at the suggestion Of her
physicians, gone to Switzerland to take
care Of her health, which has been fail
ing her rapidly for some time It is
feared that her lungs are affected.
Nine. Jungstedt is one Of Sweden's
greatest if not the greatest prima don
mas. She is the Nordica of Sweden
ana has appeared at Berlin and Paris,
where She acquired fame Nine. Jung
stedt has cancelled all her engage
ments in Sweden.
Olaf STRAWBERRY young singer
made his debut at the Royal Opera a
few evenings ago and made great hit
with the audience. He possesses a
fine voice and critics believe that in
him Sweden has secured a new ''star,"
whose magnitude is in the ascendency.
His father has for many years been
connected with the Swedish stage
The 4-year-old son Of MIR. Norman
Hutchinson, secretary to the Ameri-
can legation in Stockholm, died about
two weeks ago because of fridigness
of the Swedish climate. The little fell
low was born in Venezuela and the
sudden change Of climate was too
much for him.
II. L. r. Lagerkrantz has been ap-
pointed minister Of Sweden to the Uni
ted States. Mr.. Lagerkrantz is well
known in diplomatic circles in Stock
holm and has for years been one of
King Oscars closest advisers.
Elizabeth Henrietta Kellgren, wife
Of DR.. Arvid Kellgren. has Inherited
100000 crowns from her father, Carl
L. LETTER, who died in Switzerland.
Nov. IT, 1896. Mr.. Letters fortune is
estimated at 100000 crowns.
New Years greetings were less this
year in Sweden than formerly. Last
year the Stockholm postofice handled
100000 New Years cards, but this
year there were only 100000 and
next year they will be less,
r. P. Waldenstrom, the we'll known