The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1909-06-25

By MARTIN w. ODLAND.


The new water works at Uddevalla
is now completed and is In service.
The system cost about $4,000 crowns
and was put in under the directions of
City Engineer A. H. Lindeberg.
Queen Victoria has been spending
some time at Karlsruhe, where the
climate seems to agree with her. The
health Of the queen is considerably
better now than earlier In the season.
At Sundvall weather observations
indicate that spring is later this year
than any season since 1867. In many
places in the vicinity the spring work
in the fields was not commenced until
in June.
| Lektor r. p. Waldenstrom, the
head Of the Mission Church OF
Sweden, is i'll and will be compelled
TO take long rest. He broke down
during a church conference held at
Dresden recently.
Stockholm is making a big bid for
the Olympian games in 1912. The i'm
ternational committee has Just held a
| meeting at Berlin to consider a place
and the Swedish members were in
hopes Of winning the coveted honor.
The duke Of Smaland has started q
| fund for the assistance OF poor
| parents who wish to educate their
| children. IT Is to be known as the
Duke OF Smaland fund The duke is
a young man and his act has won for
him much praise
| The Russian vice counsel, A. Han
son, and his Wife, have donated to the
city OF Helsingborg three estates val
ued at 254,o00 crowns. The income IL
to be used as fund for the help OF
needy servant girls, and also for the
Identification Of the city.
The new rector at the Eoteborg
high school is Prof. L. Stavenew, who
succeeds Prof. Johan vising. Rector
Stavenow was born in Stockholm I'm
1864, and was educated at Upsala,
where he later held the position OF
| decent Since 1895 he has been pro-
| fessor Of history and civics In the
high school at Goteborg.
A new measure has passed the riks-
dag, having for Its object the encour.
agement of the return Of Swedish.
Americans to Sweden. The measure
provides that any one having been q
resident OF a foreign country for eight
years shall be excused from military
service. This, II is thought, will have
weight with many who are half-in-
clined to return to the mother coun-
try,
The state department has granted
aid for the erection Of tuberculosis
santoriams In the city OF Gef3e. where
q building to accommodate forty beds
IL being erected; also at Orebro for 3
twenty-flve-bed sanatorium; and at
Norrby for 4 twenty -five-bed sAnA.
torium. The fight against the disease
is becoming better organized every
year, and new sanatoriums are In PRO.
cess Of erection In many places.
The Society Of Colonial Wars IN tho
commonwealth Of PennsylvaniA has
recently unveiled 4 memorial tablet
in commemoration of the swedish col.
ony OF 1898 on the Delaware river.
The society offered the city Of stock.
holm a bronze replica OF the tablet,
which gift the city authorities accept.
ed with thanks. 1t was decided to
give X position on the Bergstrahl.
aka house, one Of the city's public
buildings.
DENMARK.
Complete returns AZ to the election
Of members Of the folketing show that
the report gave last week, al to the
result, is essentially correct-namely,
that the people gave no definite ef
positive answer ~ to the principal 10.
sue, the national defense. OF the ia
members elected, only - ore commit.
ted to Premier Neergaard's plan OF
defense. but - others have declared
In favor OF the proposition II general,
but may not approve any plan salts.
factory to the government. The ex.
treme Radicals and Socialists, who
are absolutely opposed to all forfns 81
defense, make up total Of 30, and
there Afs II "Free fAnces," who are
not pledged to any party
One slgnifcant feature or the elec
tion was the large gain made by the
party Of the right The ultra -conserva.
tive. which Will have 20 members In
the new folketing, a. against II Ii
the old, II \ apparent from this out.
line that Premier Neereaard and his
government forces will have dim
cult task To put through the next ries
dag any plan suitable to them. They
suffered. In reality. defeat.
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