The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1908-10-08
Recent Occurrences of Interest
in Sweden, Norway and
Denmark.
EXPLORER HEDIN IN Tibet
Tolls of Visit to the Holy Lake and
the Discovery of a Great Noun.
tain Range.
SWEDEN.
Stockholm.

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DR.. Sven Hedin, who will surely
come to America to lecture and whose
coming is awaited with pleasure
by all who are interested in geographic
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 a friend in
| Stockholm he has related the follow
ing brief but interesting account Of
his latest achievement: ''Two thou
sand miles of mountains, pass 10000
feet high and lake of singular beau
ty, 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 it should be possible for any
one to practically discover a mountain
range 1000 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-
| er such mountain chain. I have
named it after its highest peak, Uin
Chen Tangla. I went down and
camped by the holy lake Manasawar.
! the most early and most famous of all
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.
| l was often near weeping for joy at
the sight of this wonderful landscape
of surprising grandeur, and I cherish
a secret hope to be able some day to
describe it in words for others, to be
able in my 1nsigniicance 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 a sudden, drew a revolver and fired
a shot into his head, which killed him
almost instantly. No one seems to
know the cause of the terrible act on
tie part of this young man, who
seemed to have lots of money and was.
to judge from his dress, a man of re-
fnement.
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 a
descendant from an old English fami-
~ and was born in 1859. He made
his first diplomatic achievements at
| Washington, D. c., Toxic, Berlin and
Constantinople. In 1900 he was ap-
pointed charge de'affares at Teheran.
and 1908 he became secretary of the
embassy at St. Petersburg.
| The state church of Sweden held it's
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 a
number of years. The appropriations
made for various charity and mission
airy work, both home and foreign.
amounted to about $4,000 crowns in
round numbers.
Rents are Outrageously high in
Stockholm. For a suite of ten rooms
a price varying from $500 to 5000
crowns is asked all according to the
neighborhood in which they are To-
Gated. The result is, of course. that
a great many fats are standing empty
and even people of means are COM
mencing to register their complaints.
| A recent telegram from London
states that DR.. Sven Hedin, the ex-
plorer, has arrived at Simla, in British
India, and that he is already on his
way home to Sweden. 1t goes with
out saying that he will be accorded
magnificent reception when he ar
rives in Stockholm.
King Gustaf's moose hunt up around
Hunneberg turned out to be very sue
cessful and he will continue the hunt
there again in the very near future
Inc king and his party killed four
moose and big lot Of small game.
Stockholm's oldest inhabitant. Jo-
hanna Berhns, celebrated her birthday
Sept. 10. She was then 100 years old
and is still enjoying the very best of
health and is able to take long prom.
enade every day.
Tie city Of Stockholm will during
the next year spend not less than
5'oOo,OOO for street improvements.
This is the greatest sum that the city
has ever expended during the course