Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1907-04-06
Recent Occurrences of Interest
m Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
aFYLGIA" TO BE AT JAMESTOWN
Swedish Cruiser Will Take Part in
the Coming Great Naval
Exhibition.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

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Crownprince Gustaf's announcement
that the armored cruiser "Fylgia"
would participate in the naval exhibit
ton at the jamestown exposition n
Hampton Roads has caused unmeas-
ured satisfaction, both among Swedes
and Americans. The fact that Prince
Gustaf Adolph will also accompany
the "Fylgia' as it's nominal COM
mandant lends unusual interest to
Sweden's part in the jamestown ex-
| position. The last time Swedish
prince visited America was in 1876,
when Prince Bernadotte, then known
Dis Prince Oscar, was Sweden's Of
fetal representative. 1t is doubtful,
however, if Prince Gustaf will take a
"trip westward to the northwestern
centers, where the Scandinavian popd-
lation is densest.
Bank Director Knut Wallenberg
has just returned from his extensive
east Asiatic trip and has given the
newspaper men of Stockholm long
| interview, in which he relates in de-
tail his experiences during his long
trip. When asked as to what possible
future there could be for Swedish
exports in China, Mr.. Wallenberg
| stated that Sweden's chances in this
direction were but meager, but that
| IN Japan Swedish goods would find
| a market if properly introduced. Mr..
Wallenberg believes that, Swedish
| Asiatic export company should be es-
| tablished in the near future and that
such a company would make spIen'
did success.
| Rumor has it that Prince Bernadotte
ccntemplates selling his "Tridhem, 'o1
| Gotland, where the prince and prin-
| cess have spent so many happy sum-
n,ers together 1t is thought that an
enterprsing Stockholm cafe and
restaurant proprietor is specializing on
| tire property for the purpose of catch
ing the tourist trade which comes TO
| this section of the island, viz, Visby. \
| S;sby paper states that the pr nee
| should rather have turned this place
INTO sanatorium for consumptives, as
1t is ideally situated for this purpose
| Warren's match factory in Fred
riAsdahl was entirely destroyed by fire
few days ago, entailing a loss o.
100000 crowns. Tt is suspected tina.
an incendiary had been at work anil
number of suspicious characters
have been arrested. The Warren
Match company has been doing a big
export business, shipping it's matche.s
mostly to England, Germany and
America. The plant will in all proba-
5ality be rebuilt during the sumner
raonthS. The property was amply in
4ured -a.
J.. A. Carlson, proprietor of the raia-
way hotel in Eksjo, committed sui
eide few days ago by. shooting hiua-
self in the head with a revolver. DHe
ing the East two or three months ne
hos been worrying considerably about
M0ney matters and this is believed to
he the reason why he committed the
rash act He was a much respected
man in the community and was well
known among hotel men in Stockholm.
aIe leaves wife and three children.
A delegation Of Stockholm police
men will during the coming summer
visit London, England, to study at
close range the English police system.
A notable feature about the Swedish
i,oliee force of Stockholm is that near
" all of them are well educated men,
there being a score Or more of them
who are university graduates.
The Svenska akademien (the Swedish
academy will, for time at least, lie
without home, for it's property,
S1eppsbron, No. 1S, was sold the other
day for $4,000 crowns to the well
known firm of Lundstrom & Co,
which will erect large department
stone on this lot. The old building
will be torn down. .....r-,
l. The well known Stockholm banker,
,Aigot Burman, departed few days
ego for India, accompanied by tis in
Inmate friend, B. Linderoth. The two
gentIeIaen are to visit India for the
purposet of participating in lion and
tiger hunt, which has been arranged
for them by two of their English
friends in Calcutta.
Etockholm's newest concert hall will
be completed within a few days. 1t is
located at BrunkebergstOrg and has u
seating capacity for 900 persons only
The hail has been dedicated to music
and only those who are true music
lovers, are invited to patronize the
talent which will here bid for ap-