The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-04-02
NEWS Of SCANDINAVIA
Recent Occurrences of Interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
FORESTRY EXHIBITION IN 1910
Government of Sweden Will Invite All
Nations to Attend the Show
at Stock holm.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

Stockholm.
The government is preparing invita-
lions to the nations Of the world to
take part in a forestry exhibition in
Stockholm in 1910. Wood products of
every sort and in all stages of manu-
facture will be exhibited. The most
expert foresters Of the various coun-
tries will give lectures on the latest
phases Of the art Of preserving, de.
veloping and taking care of forests.
An important part of the exposition
Is expected to come from the Adiron.
dacks and other sections Of America
and also from the insular dependencies
of the United States, where the recent
work of exploration and analysis OF
timber Is considered to surprass in in
terest and value that in any other
quarter of the globe. Britain will be
requested to send exhibits from Egypt,
South Africa and India. For the first
time it is expected that the tree
wealth of the far east will BE- AIDE.
quately shown. Canada, Australia
and New Zealand will all have ex
hibits. Comparisons will be made OF
rare woods from remote parts of the
world. 1t is the intention to make
extensive preparations for the proper
entertainment of visitors.
Bishop Billing made some very
pointed remarks regarding college ex.
aminations during the course of an ad-
dress relative to the university ap-
preparations. I'VE have" said the
bishop, Exaggerated greatly the value
Of the censor's control. It is a poor
teacher who can not arrange his ex-
aminations so that his favored student
can pass. At least during the time
was teacher I had occasion to try
this method Qaughter) Then they
come and tell us that the final exam.
nations are too easy, but 1 doubt il
there is any one, even in this august
assemblage. who could successfully
pass Them
Word comes from one of the In
land papers of Sweden that more than
two-thirds OF the beet growers OF the.
country have positively refused to rec
Ognize the sugar trust until it will Of
fer them better prices. 1t is believed
that the sugar output during the com
ing year will be only one-third Of the
earnings of the laborers who weed and
dig the beets will be hit hardest of all
and that the reduction in their earn
ings will total up to at least $780,
600.
The good women Of Sodermanland
are going to present Prince Wilhelm
md Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna 4
suitable wedding gift and are now
busy soliciting funds for this purpose.
Latest cable dispatches state that the
wedding will take place in st. Peters
burg May 3 and that King GUSTAV, the
bridegroom's father. may possibly at,
tend the wedding. In the latter event
1t will be the first time that King Gus
tat visited foreign court since his ac-
cession to the Swed1sh throne.
The contract for building the new
torpedo boat destroyer has now been
let by the government to the Kockum
Iron Works in Malmo. The vessel.
when completed, will cost $2GO,OOO
and all the building material. designs
and everything will be typically Swed-
1sh. 1t is understood that English
firms offered to build the boat at Il
much lower cost. but the government
decided to patronage home industry.
Sven Hedin's big scientific work
describing his trip and explorations in
central Asia in 1S99-19O2 has now
been completed. The work comprises
six volumes with text and three
volumes of maps. 1t is the most i'm
portant scientific work of modern
Sweden and will be translated into
French, German and English.
The total receipts of the postofice
department in Sweden during the yea
Of 1907 were 100000 crowns. The:
total expenditures amounted to H.,
$4,000 crowns. Thus a surplus re-
mains amounting to 2,O7O,4OO crowns,
which is a decided increase over that
Of the previous year.
The new Spanish ambassador to
Sweden is Caro- SZechenyi, who was
formerly Spain's ambassador to Wen
ma. The new ambassador arrived last
month.
Professor Carl Wilhelm Skarstedt.
the eminent educator, was buried u,
Lund's cathedral March 2. It was one
Of the largest funerals ever held in the
city.