Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1908-11-26
NEWS SCANDINAVIA
Recent Occurrences Of interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
HENNING BERGER IN TROUBLE
Swedish Author and Dramatist Ac-
cused OF Criminal Carelessness
In Causing Death of
Hans NJ. Nordlind.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.


Henning Berger, a Swedish author
and dramatist, who lived several years
In Chicago, is under arrest In Stock.
holm on charges of criminal careless.
ness in causing the death Of Hans
Magnus Nordlind, promising young
writer. Berger accidentally shot Nord.
lind with pistol which he was
brandishing. Berger, of course, "didn't
know 1t was loaded" but the Swedish
law Is extremely severe in dealing
with such offenses, the punishment
being two years Imprisonment The
shooting, according to recent dis
patches, appears to have taken place
under just such circumstances that
has characterized as typical OF Amer.
lean manners and daily occurrence in
American cities" Mr.. Berger was en-.
tertainlng some friends at his apart.
ments in the fashionable club build
ing "Anglais," among them Mr.. Nord.
lind. Mr.. Berger was calling the at.
tention of his friends to a revolver of
n new pattern that he had purchased
and amused himself by repeatedly
pointing the weapon at his friends.
Suddenly he turned round to where
Nordlind was sitting, and pointing
the weapon directly at his visitor,
pulled the trigger, To the horror
OF all present an explosion followed,
and Nordlind fell backward dead,
shot through the eye. Mr.. Ber-
ger has had singular career. For
some years he lived In Chicago and
was there employed at various occupa-
tons until he returned to Sweden In
1900. His married life ended in the
divorce court, an elopement being part
OF the divorce. Returning to Sweden
he made quite a success as a writer
Of American sketches, and published
several books on America and especial
ly on social conditions in Chicago
Everything that Is disreputable In
American life is described in his books
Chicago In particular was painted as
an inferno, as the center of anarchism
private and municipal dishonesty and
frand, and the people the lowest Of all
the American population.
Sweden's care OF the healthy chill
dren of consumptive parents has done
much to prevent the spread of con-
sumption among children In all parts
out under the auspices of the Swedish
tuberculosis association, which In the
year 1906 appointed special commit.
tees for the care OF children In seven
different provinces. In order that a
"children's committee shall have the
right to take a child into its charge
the rules enacted by the S. It. A. state
that the parents of the child shall have
expressed this to be their wish, that a
doctor shall have testified the pres
ence Of consumption Of an infectious
nature within the house or home, and
that the conditions there are such as
to greatly endanger the child, and.
finally, that q medical man. at the re-
quest OF the committee, has examined
tie child and, as far as can be seen
from a careful examination, has
found II to be free from tuberculosis.
In all parts Of the country such chill
dren are now being cared for, es-
pecially at the chlldren's homes. Such
a home at which children who have
had consumptive parents are being
exclusively cared for, Is located near
Gothenburg and In known as the
Birthday" 1t is supported by the s.
T. A., but It Is otherwise dependent
upon gifts which charitable persons
annually contribute upon their birth
days or the birthdays Of persons near
and dear to them.
Professor Oscar Montellus. the emf
nent historian and lecturer, Is now on
q lecturing tour throughout the north
west and wherever he has appeared he
has soken to large audiences. At all
the larger cities where he has ap-
peared he has been cordially received
and In nearly every city banquet has
been given In his honor. Sweden In
the Time Of Moses" is the subject Of
his lecture, and Professor Montellus
aims to show that 3,4OO years ago
when Moses lived In Egypt. Sweden
had already then made considerable
progress In the arts and sciences. In
hts lecture, which Is stereoptican, ne
shows pictures of pottery, weapons
and furniture which were being manu-
featured In the northern country at
that time, which compared favorably
with that of southern nations, who
were supposed to be far In the lead
In the matters OF art and I'm decorative
work. That the Swedes of that time
were masters of the art of embalming
he shows by giving views of bodies
that had been preserved In tree
trunks for more than 1900 years and
which are now in as good state of
preservation as the Egyptian mummies
taken out of the pyramids or other
burial places In the land Of tie
Pharaos. Professor Hontelius handles
the English language fluently and Is an
exceedingly able speaker. ee
Moose are very plentiful this season
and some of them are so tame that
they come up to the borders Of the vii
lage and enter the farmers pasture
lands and Craze alongside OF ordinary