Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-04-16
Recent Occurrences of Interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
SWEDEN SEEKS A FOREIGN LOAN
Wants to Borrow One Hundred and
Fifty Million Crowns TO Relieve
the Money Strinsency.
SWEDEN.
stockholm.

!
100000 crowns 10 relieve the stringen-
cy of the money market. We hope
! that these negotiations will he success
fully closed with all possible dispatch.
Every day that passes by under the
present eXhorbitant rents makes 1t more
difficult to secure money and brings
! injury and loss 10 the country. But
when we shall again have arrived at
normal conditions let us then hope that
! the money market can be so regulated
| that we may not again suffer from the
same dastardly jobberies and frenzied
! speculation, which has characterized
/ the last few years and which last fail
| brought to the public eye a picture o.
such fliehtful lot of economic ana
moral rotteuness. There must IN
questionably he some way to provide
/ the country enough money TO supply
| the righteous demand for ii and ban
| ish iobbery and gambling. The RikS-
bank finally did take steps to relieve
| tire situation and ii had its apprecia-
bic effect. too, but il came too late t.
prevent the disgraceful episodes of
| 1907. 1t is secretly hoped that the
country has been taught hard lesson
this time and that such lesson may
further teach us to prevent repeti-
ton of the wild and sensational gam
bling scenes, which threatened TO
place the country I'm ignominious bank
rupcy. Indeed the whole world seems
to have been affected mere or less, but
there was no occasion for IL In coun-
try like Sweden, which has so many
bitter experiences behind her.
The kings right to create nobility is
recognized by the first chamber of the
Swedish riksdag. On the other hand
the second chambe AM
mously-there being only one vote
against the proposed change In the
law-voted against this antiquated
royal prerogative. The proposed re-
vision of this law will be turned down
during the present session of the riks-
dag, but II will undoubtedly be taken
up again next year. Sweden's nobilI-
ty is decreasing in numbers every year
and with so democratic king as Gus
taf is, 1t is not going to receive any
great impetus during his reign. That
much Is certain.
p. NJ. Wikstrom, who celebrated
his sixtieth birthday the other day
donated 100000 crowns to VeSterbot
ten county, naming his gift the "P. NJ.
wikstrom Charity Fund" Only per-
sons, however, who live In Vesterbot-
ten will receive aid through this fund
The purport is that farmers may Dor.
row certain amount without paying
interest during years when there is a
crop failure.
Dowager Empress Sofia has sub
scribed 1000 crowns to the Deaconess
institute at Skondahl. The good old
queen continues her charity work and
indeed 1t seems that her whole life Is
now wrapped up In charity doing.
Now that her health has been some
what improved, the aged queen is
spending most Of her time visiting the
poor and institutions Of charity.
r. Johansson Tonkoping has pre-
scented a resolution in the second
chamber OF the riksdag demanding
that all gambling by Swedish citizens
In foreign lotteries be forbidden. The
resolution was favOrably received, but
may not be considered in the first
chamber, where number Of import
ant measures have been squelched
during the past winter.
A dealer in postage stamps has Of
fered the Swedish postoffce depart
mcnt $500 crowns for 100 sacks of
stamps. The postofice department has
several million stamps, including
specimens from all parts Of the world.
1t is likely the department will &C
cept the offer and distribute the money
among the postofice employees.
During the year Of 1907 there were
141 $4,000 crowns deposited in the ma
lions savings banks and 134 ,958,0O0
crowns were drawn out. Thus at the
end Of the year, the net savings de-
poslts were 6,622,0 900 crowns, which Is
considered a splendid showing, es-
pecially In view Of last years war
scares.
Last year 21,5S4 persons emigrated
IrOm sweden. VI meSe lZ,OVt were
men and 9,277 women Among this
number 7,102 were foreigners. In this
number is also included Swedish
American who came back to settle in
The homeland, but who prefer to live
In America.
Count Karl Maurilz Lewenhaupt
died at his home In Stockholm about
two weeks ago. He was q direct
descendant Of General Lewenhaupt
and the family to which he belonged
has been prominent in public affairs
Of Sweden for century or more.
Msssrs. A. Norling and Ejnar OLSON.
both members Of the Djurgarden Ath-
letic club, represented Sweden at
the international foot races in Helsing-
fors. Finland, March 8. They cap
tured first. second and third prizes.
Sweden's first woman police Is Agda
Halldin, who since March 20 has
served on the police force of Stock
holm. Miss Ha1ldin. II Is understood.