Morris tribune., 1908-05-02
VESSEL TOO HEAVILY LOADED
Moss of the Cans. @Eamer Gotta ALI
at Gothenburg with Twenty.
Two Passengers-Captain
and Crew Escape.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

| Dor and that twenty persons per1Sneu
Those who persisted We're all passen-
gers The captain and crew saved
themselves by swimming ashore. The
| cause of the disaster was evidently
the fact that the steamer was too
heavily loaded. Only a few bodies
were recovered during the night, but
dragging for the remaining bodies be-
gan the following day. The steamer
was ON old one and had been running
In the canal between Stockholm and
Gothenburg during the past twenty
years.
A Swedish engineer named Wester.
| berg has invented a new railway car
to be used in the tunnel under the
Hudson river at New York. The car
10 made OF steel throughout and has
platform on both sides SO that at
the stations passengers can step both
off and on without the slightest in.
convenience. They can get off on one
side and on on the other side. The
car cannot start before all the doors
are closed Mr.. Westerberg is at pres
emit a resident of Gothenburg, but has
lived in the United States for a num-
Der Of years.
A telegram from st. Petersburg
states that Swedish military balloon
landed about 3 o'clock in the after
noon near Schulussenberg, twenty-one
miles east of the Russian capital, on
April II. In the balloon were Lieu
tenant Moller and another Swedish
army officer. The officers stated that
they had left Stockholm the previous
morning at I a. m. The Swedish Of
fcers were permitted to pack their bal
loon and return with it to Stockholm.
The boundary disputes will, accord
ing to present indicat lions, be speedi-
Nv settled in the near future. The two
countries have now agreed to place
the settling of the whole question in
the hands of a court of arbitration con-
sisting of the Queen of Holland. two
Swedish and two Norwegian dipln-
mats. One of the Swedish members
Will serve as chairman. Queen Will
helmina will decide where and when
the court of arbitration shall meet.
Count Burger Morner, the Swedish
author and at present Swedish consul
at Sydney, Australia, has been made
an honorary member of the Australian
Archaeological society. Count Morner
is we'll known In Sweden as an au-
thor and his translations from the
Danish and German are considered es
pecially good. Mr.. Morner resided for
number of years in Copenhagen
Telephone connections between
Gothenburg and Stockholm were
opened April 1 and the line is now in
full operatio The city Of Gothen-
burg does an immense export business
with Germany and the new telephon"
connections will prove a great boon to
export men in both Berlin and Gothen-
burg.
There are quite few temperance
people in Sweden, judging from recent
statistics. According to these there
are at least 463, 1888 persons who are
allied with some temperance organiza-
ton or other. The temperance cause
has received a great impetus In Swe-
den recently.
There is a professor at Upsala who
does not want his son to study re
iigion His name is Professor Wick /
sell The professor petiioned the ma
tdonaI government to excuse his son
from passing high school examina tons
In religion. but his petition was not
granted.
The Morgenbladet (Christiania)
states that Nine Gunther- Mothagen, !
wife Of the Swedish envoy at Christi |
ania. Herr Gunther, died at the Voxen-
kollen sanatorium April 4, where she !
has been confined to her bed for a
number Of weeks.
The Swedish club in Riga, Lifland. !
has invited the Upsala Students Male !
chorus to give two concerts this sum-
mer in the aforementioned city. They !
will guarantee the students 1000 ruble !
If they determine to come. I
It is now definitely decided that /
President Fallieres. of France. will |
pay Stockholm visit during the lat
ter part of the month of June The
French president will also pay a visit
to Chfistiania.
An English newspaper correspond
emf states that the Russian govern.
ment no longer has any designs on
the Aaland islands and has abandoned
all efforts to forttfy any of the ISL
ands.
AS diplomatic agent in Egypt, Swt.-
den has appointed the consul general
in Cairo. Count G. A Wachtmeister
The Swedish consulate has also been
to Cairo
Queen Victoria departed the 4th
inst. for karlsruhe and from thence
she will continue her journey TIC
Venice, where she contemplates re-
naming for number OF weeks.
A Turkish exhibition is at present
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