The searchlight. [volume] (Culbertson, Mont.) 1902-current, 1909-05-14
IN THE SCANDINAVIAN NORTH
Cleaninss Of Important News Of Noyuoy. Sspedsn
and Denmark, with Occasional Comments.
By MARTIN w. oDLAND.

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The Peoples House Of Stockholm
fas done a fine years business, and
has now a balance Of over 900, 900
crowns. The property is worth over
100000 crowns.
The death OF Mayor General z. Rud.
beck. at the age OF seventy seven, re-
moved an able army officer. and one
who was universally esteemed. He
was the chief OF the Second Life
Guard regiment. During the Danish
war of 1864 he distinguished himself
by his bravery. He was well known
throughout the country. having been
leader In military circles for q long
time past.
The sugar industry IL one OF the
most important In Sweden. Last year
over 10000 acres were planted to
sugar beets. and the crop amounted
to over $7.O0O.OO0. About $4,000 peo.
pie were employed In the cultivation
OF the crop, and over $2.000.O00 were
paid out In wages. These facts were
brought out In the riksdag when the
socialists introduced a bill to lower
the tarif on sugar and raise the tax
on It's manufacture. The bill received
slight consideration.
The city OF Goteborg has recently
taken stand to suppress the reading
OF Nick Carter detective stories and
other blood. thunder literature ON
the part OF the school children OF the
city. An investigation was made
among the 900 children Of the com.
mon schools. and 1t was found that
~ per cent OF the boys and 10 per
cent OF the girls were addicted to
such literature. A great many of
these children are as young rs nine
or ten years. The investigation sur
prised the authorities. who had little
realized how wide spread the evil
was. The result II that Nick Carter
Is banishcd. and the children win DO
educated to . taste for better lltera-
ture.
A dispatch from Copenhagen that
the wedding OF Prince Harald of Dem
mark and Princess Helene OF Glucks-
borg will take place April 2s In tho
old Glncksborg castle on FIensborg-
ford, Schleswig. where the Danish
king. Frederick VII. died.
Neither Haralds parents, the Dan.
ish king and queen. nor ihe brides
uncle and aunt. the German emperor
and empress. will be present. Prince
Harald will be attended by only one
royal personals and Helene's old
grand uncle. Prince Hans. brother OF
tho late King Christian.
Denmark and Germany have mot
been on cordial terms since Prussia
seized Schleswig. Holstein In 1864.
This explains the absence of the prin.
cipal members OF the Danish and
German royal families from the we'd
ding.
The Uppsaia musical committee has
been investigating music conditions
In the country districts. and from q
parish In Uppland has received tho
following report: There IL no one
In this parish who plays the violin.
Two years dgs there was hired man
who sawed at It. but II sounded worse
than an accordion. Fortunately he
died. Accordions to the number Of six
are In the parish. but there Ia no one
who can play them. But what We
do have is grammofones. have
eleven. but there may be
more. Those who own these arc
looked up 10 m Of superior class.
and are much sought after ut social
doings. Those who do not own gram
scratch with wooden pins ON
the window panes. and the sound II
much like the screech OF the ma
chine" The Uppsala committee II OF
opinion that great music critic has
been lost to the world when the