Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-07-29
SWEDEN.

holm.
SWEDEN.
The funeral of Major General o. L.
Becknan, who was murdered by An
archist Wang during the recent visit
of the Car of Russia to Stockholm,
was held from Skeppsholmen, and was
attended by thousands Of people, in
GLIDING the king and all the members
Of the royal house. He received, of
course, military burial and the re-
mains were inferred in the Skepps-
holmen's church. Wang, the anarchist,
who murdered General Beckman and
who afterwards shot himself, was
buried in the Nya Kyrkogarden. Only
two persons were present at the flu
neral. Prior to committing the MUIR
der, Wang wrote the following letter
to the military authorities, who had
ordered that a rigid watch be held
over the car during his visit to the
capital: ITO the Commander of the
Arboga Regiment No. So: I hereby
desire to inform you that l shall not
participate in your murderous maneu-
vers. And will not, therefore, be pres
ent on the day stated. If desire to
murder some one, can do this with
out your instructions. You may come
on with your jails. Our courage, our
enthusiasm, you cannot kill. Long live
the revolutionary socialism. Hjadmar
80 ~ H..
Northern Socialist club" This is but
sample of the work of the young So
cialists in Stockholm, who are fast
becoming terror to all law and or.
der in the Swedish capital The au-
thorities are watching them closely
and If there is a repetition of the Beck
man tragedy it may go hard with the
young socialists in Sweden. Prior to
the arrival of the Russian car In
Stockholm seven Russian anarchists
were placed under arrest, among them
Wang's roommate, Paul Felizoff, for
merly a student at Russian univer-
sity. The others were Saul Chain
Selzerovitch, chemist; Karl Sers-
chan, public school teacher; August
Kirchbaum and Fritz Girgensohn, tele-
graph operators; Menchner Tobbis, a
tailor, and young woman, Helena Ma
Italia Sachsen, who was the affianced
of one of the Aforementioned. They
are all held in prison and their cases
will come up for trial in the near fu-
ture.
After completing his successful
tour In America, John Svanberg, the
runner, will make an extensive tour In
Europe, going first to Italy, where he
will meet all corners. He will first be
interested in a series of running races
In London, where he will join his wife.
In Italy he will meet Dorando and 9TH
er famous runners. Mrs. Svanberg
will accompany her husband on his
European tour, and after he has CON-
pleted his running races in Italy he
and Mrs. Svanberg will enjoy well
earned rest there next fall. Svanberg
made good money In America this sum-
mer and is well pleased with his visit
here. He has been winning right
along and is taking splendid care Of
himself. Svanberg is now Justly re-
garded as one Of the greatest runners
In the world.
According to telegram from Stock
holm, Sweden intends to put forth
strong efforts to increase her foreign
trade and the government will for this
purpose send number Of young bust.
ness men to foreign countries to So
licit trade. Among the countries to
which Swedish business representa-
tives will be sent are Mexico, Argen-
tine, Egypt, Chile, Russia, Spain, Eng
land, Germany and France. America
does not seem to be on the list and
just why 1t has been eliminated is not
exactly clear at this writing. There
have. however, been so many attempts
made by Swedish export merchants to
reach out for Swedish trade that may
be 1t is considered that enough energy
has already been spent In that direc-
ton.
From the 9th inst, until Aug. %,
the Swedish king will lay aside the
arduous royal duties at Stockholm and
will spend his vacation somewhere In
the northern section of the country.
But he has been careful not to let
any one know where he is going, so
there will be some section of the land
that can expect visit from the first
man in Sweden" at any old time. The
King will travel incognito. and does not
want his subjects to make any fuss
over him wherever he may chance to
bob up.
Queen Victoria of Sweden during her
recent visit to Berlin displayed such a
knowledge OF military affairs In the
presence of the German emperor that
he at once asked her II she wanted
an honorary rank In the German army
Her majesty replied that she would
be willing to accept such an honor and
sure enough Emperor William has now
made her a colonel In vfe German
army. Her majesty Is a fine. horse,