Morris tribune., 1908-10-10
Recent Occurrences of interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
EXPLORER HEDIN IN THIBET
Tells of Visit to the Holy Lake and
the Discovery of Great Noun.
tain Range.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

coming Is awaited with pleasure
by all who are interested in geographi-
cal explorations, has not yet been able
to give us much of an idea of what
he has seen during his last trip into
the Asiatic interior, but to friend in
Stockholm he has related the follow
ing brief but interesting account OF
his latest achievement: 1.-TWO thou
sand miles of mountains, a pass 10000
feet high and lake of singular beau
fy, were my recent discoveries in
Thibet. It may sound strange when
one considers how thoroughly the
world has been explored that at this
late day 1t should be possible for any
one to practically discover mountain
range 1900 miles long. Such a dis
covery cannot be made again, for
there is now no unexplored space on
the globe big enough to contain anoth-
err such mountain chain. I have
named it after it's highest peak, Uin
Chen Tangla. l went down and
camped by the holy lake Manasawar,
the lakes in the world, the goal of
thousands of Hindu pilgrims, lake
which has been celebrated in religious
hymns since the time Of the Vedas.
was often near weeping for JOY at
the sight of this wonderful landscape
Of SURPRISING grandeur, and cherish
a secret hope to be able some day to
describe it in words for others, to be
able in my fnsignifcance to utter fee
BILE and faltering word of praise to
the Almighty. have no words in
which to describe it. To my dying
day I never shall forget it. Shut in
between two of the greatest mountain
chains of the world, Kaias in the north
and Gurla Manochata in the south,
stretches the holy lake, almost round
in form and nearly twenty-five kilo-
meters in diameter" This is merely
giving the reader a faint idea of what
will be forthcoming in DR.. .Hedin's
book, which of course will be pub
lished in all the modern languages of
the world.
A Dane by the name of Evjolfssen,
aged about twenty-five, committed sui
eide the other day while apparently
enjoying an auto ride out on Strand
wagon. He stopped his machine all
Of sudden, drew revolver and fired
a shot into his head, which killed him
almost instantly. NO one seems to
h. nf II
the part of this young man, who
seemed to have lots of money and was,
to judge from his dress, a man of re-
6nement.
According to official reports, the
English minister to Sweden, Sir J. Rem
nell Rodd, has been appointed minis
ter to Rome and will be succeeded by
the English minister at Teheran, Sir c.
A. spring-Rice. Mr.. Spring-Rice is
descendant from an old English fami-
~ and was born in 1859. He made
his first diplomatic achievements at
D. c., Toxic, Berlin and
In 1900 he was ap-
pointed charge de'affares at Teheran,
and n 1903 he became secretary Of the
at st. Petersburg.
The state church Of Sweden held its
annual convention in Stockholm a
short time ago and clergymen from all
parts of the country were present at
The Church riksdag," which it has
been Enthusiastically called for
number of years. The appropriations
made for various charity and mission
ary work, both home and foreign,
to about $4,000 crowns in
round numbers.
Rents are outrageously high in
For suite of ten rooms
a price varying from $500 to 5000
crowns is asked, all according to the
leighborhood in which they are To-
Gated. The result is, of course, that
4 great many fats are standing empty
and even people of means are COM
to register their complaints.
A recent telegram from London
states that DR.. Sven Hedin, the ex-
olorer, has arrived at Simla, in British
india, and that he is already on his
way home to Sweden. 1t goes with
,ut saying that he will be accorded a
reception when he ar j
ives in Stockholm.
King Gustaf's moose hunt up around
turned out to be very sue
.essful and he will continue the hunt |
here again in the very near future. |
The king and his party killed four
moose and a big lot of small game.
Stockholm's oldest inhabitant. Jo- !
lanna Berhns, celebrated her birthday |
Sept. TO- She was then 100 years old |
md is still enjoying the very best OF /
lealth and is able to take long prom |
made every day.
Tie city of Stockholm will during |
he next year spend not less than |
100000 for street improvements. |
This is the greatest sum that the city |
las ever expended during the course
# one year.
A case of Asiatic cholera was found |
board the Finnish steamer ''Tornea
when it landed in Stockholm week |
rom last Tuesday. The vessel was |
nm ndiatnIy oI1a1a mined