Morris tribune., 1909-11-05
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Interesting News from Sweden,
Norway and Denmark.
KEEP WATCH ON ANARCHISTS

"Reds" Have Made Several Attempts
in Sweden During the Past Two
Weeks to Wreck Electric Cars, Be
inq Successful In Two cases-Bomt
Exploded on the Rails of the kar!s
burg Line. but Fortunately No One
Is Injured by the Blast.
SWEDEN.
During the past two weeks there
have been several attempts on the pari
of anarchists to wreck the street cars
On one of the northern electric lines
in the vicinity of Ropsten road, a bis
and strong piece of iron had beer
screwed fast to one of the ties anc
when an electric car came passing by
1t was thrown off the track. Fortunate
ly no one was hurt The same even
ing out on the Karlsberg line, small
bomb had been placed on the track anc
a terrific explosion, but not in this in
stance either was any one injured. Tht
police are watching matters pretty
close and deputies have been placed
all along the line and a rigid watcf
is being kept in all parts of the city
where the electric lines are passing
through.
DR.. Otto Nordenskiold is another
south polar explorer. who has conf
dence in DR.. Cook and believes that
he had reached the pole Says DR.
Nordenskiold in a recent interview
with prominent Swedish daily: "The
report from Rasmussen convinces me
that DR.. Cook has reached the pole.
regret that he did not leave his obser
vations and data to the Copenhagen
University as soon as he arrived in
Copenhagen, for that would have pre-
vented Dr. Peary from making the ac
cusation that they had been manufact-
ured. The claims of DR.. Peary Will
have no effect on people who are as
we'll acquainted with DR.. Cook as
am. know him to be an earnest and
honest man of research and have all
confidence in him.
In Berlin and Paris, there is, as Is
well known, magnificent ice palaces
where irrespective of weather condi
tions, people can go and enjoy skating
to their hearts content. Now a colr
pie of enterprising Stockholmians are
going to put up a similar palace and
there is one thing certain that they
will be in a position to get ice under
fully as favorable conditions as Paris
or Berlin. The gentlemen figure on
erecting such a. building at an ex
pense of 100000 crowns. It will con
tain an immense skating rink, where
at least 1000 people can find room to
skate at one time. There will be cafe
in connection and the best of music
will be furnished for the skaters while
they are gliding along the ice.
John Forsell, the eminent Swedish
opera singer has now arrived in this
country. It is not announced in just
what connection Mr.. Forsell will
appear but it is thought that he will
sign a contract with the Metropolitan
Opera company of New York. During
the past two months. Mr. Forsell, has
been giving series of farewell con.
certs in Sweden. Mr.. Forsell has ap.
peared twice before in the United
States and each time he created very
fine impression. on all his audiences.
He sang in Minneapolis at the great
Swedish saengerfest in 1904. and ever
since people all over the northwest
have been wanting to hear him again
At any rate, Forsell Is considered tn
be Sweden's greatest baritone
Frans Svanstrom. paper dealer and
manufacturer, died in Stockholm few
days ago, aged seventy-seven years
| The deceased started in business in
Stockholm in 1914 and has been there
ever since. He has been very success
and it is believed that he gave away
thousands of crowns to the poor every
| year. hut he never said a word about il
| to any one, so there Is really no way
of determining just how much he, gave
away. Had it not been for many just
such good hearted men as he was, the
! poor people in Stockholm would have
had to perish during these trouble.
| some times which have drained the
COuutTy especially uuTInS In6 past
| year.
gymastic troupe from Stockholm
gave an exhibition in ST Petersburg
Oct, 1920 nnder the auspices of the
Russian Tourist Society The exhibi
tion was attended by thousands of peo.
| pie and the participants in the exhibj
| tion were roundly applauded and re
| ceived much praise for the St Peters
| burg papers The result of this ax
hihition may be that the Russian gov
, ernment may officially adopt the Swe
| dish gymnaStic system and have it in
| troudced in the schools and universe
| ties.
The Emperor and Empress of Russia
| have presented the Stockholm Yacht
| club with an immense silver service
| which is reported to be- one of the fin.
| est in the continent rhe gift was
| made as an appreciation for the way
| In which the club arranged pleasant
visit for them to Sweden last summer