Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-10-21
SWEDEN.

The Duchess OF Sodermanland hasl
returned home from q visit at ST.
Petersburg.
Queen Victoria has been spending|
the past few months at Baden ana
Soliden, but is soon expected home
The decrease in the Swedish tour-i
list traffic amounted to 100000 crowns}
this year; the strike being the causei
OF the falling off.
The Stockholm unions are now
waging boycott against the trafiicI
companies to compel them to CONS
to terms as to rates and hours oil
service.
1t Is expected that Queen Olga on
Greece will soon make this countryl
visit. The queen Is highly thought
| OF and will be well entertained when
she comes.
A party OF hunters recently secured
three fine moose in the vicinity OF,
Vexio. Hunting has been generally
good this fall and hunters report good.
shooting OF both large and small game,
Coffee wagons which drive about the
city and serve coffee and rolls to-
workingmen are late feature Of thel
larger cities. In this way laborersI
are helped to refrain from running in-I
to the grog shops for the Intoxicating
liquors.
karlskrona was visited by veryj
disasterous fire recently. q number oil
buildings being totally destroyed. The
Smaland and Southern SwBden bank
buildings were among the most Inn,
portant. Four people lost their lives
as result of the fire. ..
The hay crop and crops generally
have not been good in Jemtland this
year. and hard times are predicted IN
this northern district. In addition tho
strike has cut down the demand for
timber so there Is little prospect for
work during the winter.
J. L. Nelson, wealthy whoIesa1sy
dealer OF Helsingborg, has in his win
donated one-third Of his property to-
the city The property Ii valued ~
several hundred thousand crowns, and
the donation Is not to be- turned oyer.
until the death OF the widow. ,
King Gustaf Of Sweden, oficiallr,,
recognized the claims OF DR.. Cook
as discoverer OF the North Pole. am
sent a congratulatory messagssto the
President of the United States. THAI
Swedish press as whole haze siden
in with Cook in the present dfsputsl
The emigration from Sweden han
been unusually heavy the past few
months. The proportion In one OF TN
districts was 1.136 this year against
| 642 last year. The total for the eight
months of this year was 10.O24 AZ
against 1870 for the same period last
year.
/ The southern GLAND railway WIN
be opened In the middle OF October.
The work has been somewhat delay
ed by the disturbed labor conditions
and lately military guard has been
necessary to make 1t possible to cor
tinue the work without interruDtieu
by strikers.
i The summer resorts have been hay
Ing q good business, from home peo.
pie this year. as many being out a
employment found time to visit around
more or less. The business has mot
been OF the best. however. as too
many Of this class were without funds
and had to be given credit.
The abstinence society or Jonkop-
Ing has applied for 5000 crowns q
the profits OF the local LIQUOR business.
to use In forwarding the cause OF tenn
perance. The sale Of liquor ID regu-
lated according to the Gotenburg sys-
tenn, and thus temperance societies
gain funds from the liquor business
to do temperance work with.
The proposed visit OF Count Lee
Tolstoi to Stockholm this year kaa
been given up. It was, his intenti0n
to visit the peace conferences but
when that was postponed he gave N
his trip. 1t Is hoped that he win b
able to attend next summer q M
Swedish friends are very desfrcus a.
having visit from the great msus.
The new hospital Of Askersuud ~
dedicated in September by Rev. Sand
en-. the local pastor. The ceremonies
were well attended and were very =.
teresting. On the occasion o. Carl.
son made donation Of 1000 crowns
to the hospital in commemorative q
his Goth birthday. The money ID In
tended as fund for a free bed s.
the hospital for the needy. !.
A new tuberculosis sanitarium 4
proposed for the Kristianstad district.
to be built either at Mandala or Bro
by. and committee has been appoiut.
ed to investigate the matter OF -
curing the necessary funds. Sweden
has awakened to the serious inroaAs
of tuberculosis on the health OF the
nation. and the past year or two =
| great deal OF work has been done to
ward preventing as well as curing thu
dread disease.
Finds Executive Clerk.
St. Paul., Minn.--Governor A. q.
Eberhart says that he has decided a