Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1909-05-27
in THE SCANDINAVIAN NORTH
Gleanings of Important Nelus of Norway, Sweden
and Denmark, with Occasional Comments.
By MARTIN w. ODLAND.


The postal department has made
public it's reports for last year, and
shows surplus of $4,000 crowns.
The Socialist party in Sweden is
blamed for the anti-militarist feeling
that has shown itself in many places.
IL Is charged that the party is incit.
ing young men not to take the COM
pulsory military drill, and thus has
caused trouble in a number of in
stances.
Bank Director Lindencrona and his
daughter, Miss Sofia Lindencrona,
nave made donation of 1000 crowns
to the Angelstad church for new
pipe organ. The condition is that the
church shall care for the grave of the
Llndencrona burial place in the Angel.
stad church yard.
The Katrina street in Stockholm,
Which is in process of construction,
Will be the most expensive of any yet
opened by the city. A total of 1SO0,-
600 crowns will have to be expended
to secure the right of way, do neces-
sary excavating, etc, and in addition
1t Will take considerable more before
The two new torpedo boats "Thetis
and "Sigrd" are now ready for de.
livery The former was built at the
Gotta Iron works of Gothenburg, and
the latter at the Lindholmen factory.
They have been sent to Helsingsbore.
where they will be tested in the sound
there before being accepted by the
government.
The department Of agriculture has
been investigating the cost of import
ing goats from Switzerland, with a
view to securing a few of the better
breeds for Sweden. The agricultural
director at Berne has informed the
department that goats can be import
ed for 100 tc las crowns apiece, and
! it is likely that few hundred will
be imported at once.
The steamer Albert Zelk, from Ros.
took, stranded on the reef near Fal.
sterbo the latter part of April. The
steamer was loaded with rye. The
Neptune wrecking company has taken
| the job to release the ship and save
| the cargo. The vessel was badly dam.
aged owing to striking the rocks. The
wreck was due to a bad storm, which
made it impossible to see the signals
the street will be fit for travel.
meeting of sugar manufacturers
and dealers was held at Stockholm
recently. One of the speakers pres.
ent, Mr.. Berg, member of the big
| wholesale firm of Berg &, Hallgren of
Hudviksvall, was stricken with heart
failure as he finished his speech, and
died before a physician could reach
the place. His wife was present at
the meeting, which was dismissed as
a result of the tragic event.
The antituberculosis work is re
ceiving liberal support in Sweden
Showing the interest of the people in
this good cause. The reports of the
| society show that the income from the
sale of the green stamps amounted to
35,162 crowns in year. Besides this
the work has been advanced by many
private donations. New sanatoriums
are being provided as the resources
permit and the fight against the dread
disease is being better organized as
the conditions are better understood
The Beskowska school of Stockholm
has recently received some handsome
donations from the royal family fol
the establishment of a pension fund
The king gave 200 crowns, and Primo
ess Carl, Eugen and Bernadotte gave
| each 1000 crowns. They are particu
larly interested in this school, owing
to the fact that part of their educa
ton was received here. Other former
students and parents of some of those
now attending have also been gener
Gus in adding to the pension fund O.
the school.