Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1909-09-09
SWEDEN.

operating after the strenuous work
of the past year.
A swell new theatre 10 soon to b
opened in Stockholm. It IL to be !
rather exclusive hcuae N the seating
capacity Is to be limited to three hun
dred.
The Lindenholmen Iron Works 10
to build two freight steamers for tho
North Star Steamship Company The
ships are to be OF 1000 tons capacity,
being the largest ever before built IN
Sweden.
The Maria Magdalene church q
Stockholm 10 undergoing extensive
repairs. both within and without The
decorations have been elaborately d.
signed and the work will occupy two
years time.
OF the half q million temperance
people in Sweden, 100000 are Good
Templars. So strong has this order
become that there is talk Of the or
der starting high school of It's own.
in order to better carry on the work
Of the order.
Mr.. and Mrs. Waldorf Astor enter
tanned the Crown Prince and Princess
Of Sweden at their place near London,
on the recent visit Of the royal couple
In England. Their visit was made
very pleasant by q number OF fetes
arranged In their honor.
Stockholm recently enjoyed the en-
perience Of seeing real aeroplans
flight. A Frenchman named Legag-
mean gave an exhibition flight, circl-
ing around Larugards Square and
alighting seven miles from the city
after flight Of 40 minutes.
Stockholm Is already making Or.
rangements to hold great sangarfest
ON the occasion Of the internationaI
Olympian games In 1912. Committees
have been appointed to have charge
of the event. The great series q
concerts held in July Of this year
Melted the association $4,000.
The vegetarians are numerous h
Sweden. and have strong society.
The sixth annual meeting Il soon T.
occur in Jonkoping. An importane
piece Of news for this meeting win b
the announcement that the society
has received q donation OF LII. 200
crowns from Captain A. w. q. GeddA,
Of Stockholm, the money to b USED
In the furtherance 81 veGetarianisn
In Sweden.
The prospects of losing some * Tie
iron export business with Germany III
the near future haA turnnd the IT.
tention Of the iron exporters to Amer
lea as possible field for expiration.
The freight rates between the two
countries are low and It II believed
that profitable business could b
worked up. Plans are under consid-
Grafton for the commencement Of the
export on large scale.
p. p. Waldenstrom, head Of the Mis-
sion Forbund, has made himself very
unpopular with the striking workmen
because OF his attitude In the present
strike. Rev. Waldenstrom has az
pressed the conviction that the striID
is unjust and should not receive thu
aid Of the public. Such an utterance
naturally has riled up the labor lead
ers, and subjected Rev. Waldenstrom
to lot Of severe criticism.
The international peace congress
which was to have been held in stock
holm this fan has been postponed nm
til next year owing to the great
strike. The committee In charge Of
the arrangements felt that 1t would
be useless to try to hold such con-
gress now as the unsettled condition
OF business and industry would make
it difficult to handle. such q largo
body az this congress Is expected To
be.
The strike has made great deal
OF difference In the business OF many
companies, usually In the way Of -
creasing business. The insurance
companies, however. report increased
business. The Scandinavian Accident
Insurance Company was almost
swamped with applications for ber-
glary insurance from the city OF MAI
mo during the early days or tie
strike. Other companies had the same
experience, business being brisk II
accident and IRE insurance.
Prohibition sentiment il making o.
cided gains In the Scandinavian ~
ninsula, and the movement Ii gather
Ing In men Of prominence and stand
ing In d very satisfactory way. H.
Gently DR.. Scharffenburg, prominent
physician, announced that he would
begin the agitation for national pro
hibition, feeling that that was the
best way Of dealing with an evil
which he recognized a. paramount II
the nations life. DR.. Scharffenburg
will not be alone In the Tight for there
is already strong party working Tor
q national prohibition law.
sweden has m the past done nns
business with Germany HI the export
OF lucifer matches. That country No
recently raised the import duties T.
such an extent that The Swe1isk
matches viii NOT be able to conpete
with the home product Ia Germany,
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