Morris tribune., 1908-11-28
Recent Occurrences OF interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
HENNING BERGER I'm TROUBLE
Swedish Author and Dramatist Ac.
cused of Criminal Carelessness
in Causing Death of
~ Hans M. NOrdlind.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.


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, q promising young
writer. Berger accidentally shot Nord-
lind with a pistol which he was
brandishing. Berger, of course, "didn't
know it 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
Mr.. Berger in his American sketches
has characterized as typical of Amer
ican manners and daily occurrence in
American Cities" Mr.. Berger was en-.
tertaining some friends at his apart,
ments in the fashionable club build
fng "Anglais," among them Mr.. Nord.
lind. Mr.. Berger was calling the at.
tention of his friends to a revolver of
a 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 a singular career. For
some years he lived in Chicago and
was there employed at various occupa-
hons 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 success as a writer
Of American sketches, and published
several books ON America and especial
~ 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
fraud, 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
of the country. This work is carried
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. T. 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 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 it to be free from tuberculosis.
In all parts of the country such chill
dren are now being cared for, es-
pecially at the chiIdren's homes Such
q home at which children who have
had consumptive parents are being
exclusively cared for, is located near
Gothenburg and is known as the
Birthday 1t is supported by the s.
T. A, but 1T 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 Montelius, the emil
nent historian and lecturer, is now ON
a 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 Montelius
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
his lecture. which is stereoptican, he
shows pictures of pottery, weapons
and furniture which were being manu-
factured in the northern country at
that time, which compared favorably
with that of southern nations, who
We're supposed to be far in the lead
In the matters of art and in decorative
work. That the Swedes of that time
were masters of the art of embalming
be shows by giving views of bodies
that had been preserved in tree
trunks for more than 5000 years and
which are now in as good a state of
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 fiuently and is an
able speaker.
Moose are very plentiful this season
and some of them are SO tame that
they come up to the borders of the vii