Morris tribune., 1910-10-07
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LAW APPEARS INADEQUATE

"Mashers" Very Numerous in Stock
holm and Few Are Punished for
Their Actions-Southern Part OF
Norway Stirred by Meetings of Sen.
sationaI EvangeIist-Recent Social.
ist Congress at Copenhagen Expend'
ed $4,000 Crowns.
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Women are sometimes treated very
disgracefully on the streets of Stock.
holm and it does not appear that there
are adequate enough laws in vogue to
punish bOOrish men, who stop respect.
able women on the street and engage
in conversation with them and other.
wise insult them with improper pro-
posals. The other evening while
Disponent A Kilblom of Nykoping,
who, by the way, is much respected
citizen in his home town, was, tOgeth-
er with a gentleman friend, his wife
and daughter, leaving a restaurant on
Drottnings street to go to their no.
tel, he was suddenly amazed to see
that his wife and daughter, who were
walking a little in advance of the
men, were stopped by a couple of
WI ID n
place themselves directly in front of
the ladies and engage them in a con-
versatiOn. Mr.. Kilblom Immediately
interfered in behalf of his wife and
daughter, whereupon one of the young
men struck him a fierce blow in the
face, splitting his lip, and also struck
him another blow right over his eye,
which split the eyebrow Mr.. Kill
blom reported the matter to the po-
lice at once, who found that the man
who had insulted the ladies was a fel-
low by the name of NystrOm. He was
taken before the court, but claimed
that he had a right to talk to whom
he pleased on the street and, owing to
lack of witnesses, he was Immediate
ly released. This is only one case in
a hundred and it happens almost
every night in Stockholm that men
will stop defenseles women on the
streets and in the parks and attempt
to engage them in conversation, fol-
low them for several blocks and make
improper insinuatiOns. A woman who
ho
streets of Stockholm after 9 o'clock
can never feel safe. 1t is matter
that the city council of Stockholm
should act on at once, or the city will
get an international questionable
reputation.
The Swedish National Anti-Emigra-
ton society will open hotel in Goth
enburg the middle of next month,
which has been named the Homeland
hotel" In this hotel there will be a
small industrial exhibition, showing
Swedish-American homecomers what
progress is being made along indus
trial lines in the home country. It is
also an aim to make this hotel an at
traction for Swedish-American tour
lists. The Anti-Emigration society in
Gothenburg is a busy organization and
is working Systematically and jealous
ly to induce home returning Swedish
Americans to return for good to the
mother country and also to check the
emigration movement all over the
country by means of advertising liter
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His majesty, King Gustaf, has de-
creed that paragraph 9 of the statutes
of the Nobel foundation shall be
amended to read as follows: AT the
festival of the foundation, which oc
ours on the anniversary of the fOun-
der, Dec. 10, the judges OF award shall
deliver to the winners of the prizes
checks for the amounts of the prizes,
as we'll as diplomas and a gold medal
showing a picture of the testatOr and
a suitable inscription. The prize win
ners shall, if possible, be required to
appear within six months of the fes-
tival at Stockholm and, in the case of
the peace prize at Christiania, to give
public lectures on the work for which
the prizes were given"
Major General J. G. Wikander, chief
of the Sixth infantry, has rendered
his resignation. 1t is rumored that
General Wikander contemplates sever
ing all connections with the military
and devote the rest of his life to his
business affairs. His successor may
possibly be Major General Jungstedt.
Johan Lijegren, a wagon manufac-
turer of Ljunby, suddenly departed
for America, leaving an Indebtedness
amounting to at least 100000 crowns.
Several of his best friends are in
volved and also a number of business
men who were backing him and who
had faith in him.
Queen Victoria is at present in Ger
many visiting her mother, the Grand
Duchess Luise. The crown princess
and her children arrived at Sofero
Sept. and have since departed for
England. The crown prince will join
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