Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1909-04-15

TO do away with capital punishment in
/ Sweden.
! Prince Williams villa, which is un-
der course of construction at Furu-
sund, will be exceedingly simple in
every point. 1t will be built strictly
for comfort and the ornamental fea-
lures of the building will not be at all
conspicuous. The villa will not be
completed until about a year from
now, but the prince and princess will
spend part of the summer there this
season.
Dowager Queen Sofia, who during
tho last few months has been in I'll.
health, has been advised by her ply
sicians to make change of climate.
She will leave for Wiesbaden next
week and will remain there for an in
definite period. The good old queen
has mourned King Oscar deeply and
her health has been steadily falling
since his death.
The Swedish newspapers have had
not little to say lately regarding Elk
President Roosevelt's hunting trip to
Africa and there Is a great deal OF in
terest expressed from all sides. The
people of Sweden admire the famous
American and the newspapers will be
sure to publish every available scrap
of news regarding his experiences In
the African jungles.
Wireless telegraphic communication
between Gotland and Stockholm has
now been established and will be In
full operation within a few days. Cap
tain Dahlgren and Commander Exc
lund are the experts who have charge
OF the erection of the wireless tele-
graph station in Gotland. They will
erect another station In the near fu-
ture at Farosund.
c. Lundouist, one of StockhoIm's
well known policemen, who has been
connected with the Stockholm police
force during the past twenty-five
years. committed suicide the other
day by shooting himself in the head
with a revolver. The tragedy occurred
at his home on Karduamakare street.
He leaves wife and two children.
The unlucky steamer Gotta Elf"
plying on the Gothic canal between
Stockholm and Gothenburg, has been
sold to a steamship company in verm-
land for $500 crowns. The steamer
will undergo thorough repairs and will
be re-christened and will during the
coming season run between SefIe and
Arvika.
The consular department reports the
appointment of Joseph Ansgarius Jack.
sor to the vice consulate in st. Paul.
Gustaf Peters has been recognized =
German consul in Hornosand, and
Hjalmar Carlsson-Dahl has been an
pointed Brazilian consul In Karlsham.
The Tingstad Gothenburg railroad
was opened for general traffic March
I, and the traffic from the start has
been exceedingly heavy. The country
through which this road passes is en-
excellent farming country and excels
In potato culture.
The Gothenburg high school has re-
ceived a donation of 100000 crowns
from Erik WIKI, wealthy philan-
thropist of that city, who has during
the past ten years made many dona-
tons OF note to charity institutions Of
that city.
Lieutenant K. Linder of the royal
guards has been appointed military at
tache at the Swedish legation in Lon
don. Under has during the past three
years served in the same capacity at
the Swedish legation in Paris.
''The Throne, the Altar and the
Pocketbook" is the name of disserta-
ton published recently by the well
known Professor Knut Wicksell. The
professor will also deliver q series of
lectures on this topic.
DIR. Sven Hedin has received so
many honorary titles and medals that
II will be a difficult thing for him to
keep track Of them all. He received
his last title from Oxford university.