The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1909-11-25
1ID|INCS FROM
SCANDINAVIA
Interesting News from Sweden,
Norway and Denmark.
INCREASE IN PHONE SERVICE.

INCREASE IN PHONE SERVICE
Number Of Conversations Held Over
the Lines in Sweden During the
Year Were 312,467, 1873, According to
the Report of the National TeIe.
phone Company Increase
in the Extension Of the Net Of Wires
Throughout the Country.
SWEDEN.
According to the annual report OF
the National Telephone company, the
telephone net has been increased with
1879 kilometers. and the number of
kilometers along which telephone ser.
vice is now supplied aggregates 22S..
100 kilometers. To show what an en-.
ormous increase there has been in the
extension of the telephone nets over
the country, the length of the lines ten
years were only 81, 1922 kilometers. The
number of telephone apparatus have
to 109,939. The number of converse.
lions during the year, were 312,467,-
87S: of which 14,730,S7S were for ex-
tended periods of conversation and for
which extra payment was charged.
Stockholm naturally comes first on the
list with flfty-one million converse.
TONS The total income from tele.
phone subscribers amounted, during
the year of 1908. to not less than
5,695,571 crowns, with an additional
100000 crowns for extra conversa-
lions, showing an increase of over 10
per cent. Since 1881, the National
Telephone company has therefore net.
ted the country the very respectable
sum of 47,443,573 crowns.
The proclamation of the Finnish
senate, issued Nov. Is, making Russian
martial law applicable to Finland,
threatens to precipitate the Russian.
Finnish struggle which has been i'm
pending for more than a year. All
Sweden is deeply interested in every
move and the Swedish papers are fol-
lowing events in Finland very closely
these days. The senate, stuffed with
Russian representatives, juggled into
office when the Finnish members re-
signed rather than turn their countrys
funds over to the car, is of course
purely pro-Russian. The martial law
proclamation is considered the first
step in the movement to wipe out Fin
n1sh Independence. In Swedish minds
there is no doubt that the Films will
make an attempt to stave off the swal-
lowing up of their country by Russians,
but there is some doubt whether they
succeed.
Edward S. Winslow, the American
consul general in Stockholm, when on
visit to Berlin short time ago, spoke
some very f1attering things regarding
Sweden and the Swedes. He urges his
countrymen to pay a visit to Sweden
Tor that country is, he says, one of
the most interesting countries in the
world to visit. Among other things
Mr.. Wlnslow said: Sweden is Just as
interesting in winter as in summer.
We have there real winter and a real
summer. Winter brings clear weather
and glorious white snow, and JOURNEYS
through the country districts are es-
pecially interesting to the tourists ow.
Ing to the great variety of scenery that
meets the eye on every hand. The
railroads are a point of comfort and
their equipment is the most modern in
the world
A few women have begun protesting
against keeping wild birds in captivity
In the great open air geological gar
den Skansen and on the evening OF
Nov l, they held meeting at which
appeared several women speakers
among whom were Miss Lizzie Lind,
one Miss Dawson from London. Miss
Schartau and others. They protest
against keeping wild birds and other
animals in captivity on the grounds
that it is cruel. It is not believed that
their protests will have any effect on
the Park authorities or on other class.
es IN Stockholm, as Skansen is re-
garded an educational institution, be-
ing one of the completest botanical and
geological gardens in the world. The
wild animals are receiving the very
best of care and seem to thrive verv
well indeed.
The first sky scraper has now been
erected in Stockholm and is only a
small building of course in comparison
to the Chicago and New York sky
scrapers. The building, which has been
erected by the Kattingen Real Estate
company, is located near the Kings isl.
and and is fourteen stories high. It
has been erected at an expenditure Of
100000 crowns. The Stockholmians
think the building is altogether too
high and say that the architectural ef~
feet of such a building is not pleasing
to the eye.
Nov. 6, which marked the death of
King Gustavus Adolphus on the battle
held OF Lutzen, was commemorated in
stockholm in speech and song The
stockholm singers gathered around the
statute of the king in Stockholm and
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