Morris tribune., 1910-12-09

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Herman Lantz, a Swede who is
making canoe voyage through Eu-
rope, had bad mishap on the river
Rhone, France. He left Gothenburg
in August, followed the coasts of
Sweden, Denmark and Holland, and
continued his voyage up the river
Seine to Paris, where he spent two
weeks sightseeing. Then he went up
the Seine still further and crossed the
country by rail to the Rhone. Down
this river he had an easy time of it un-
til he came within a few miles of it's
mouth. The light from the steamer
Ganigou misled him and his little
craft ran against the steamer with
such force that it was disabled and
went to the bottom. The crew of the
steamer saved his life and he says he
is bound to complete his trip. Mr..
Lantz intends to go through the Medi-
terranean sea, the Egean sea, the
Black sea and the Caspian sea, and to
sail up the Volga and return to Sweden
by way of st. Petersburg. He pays his
way by writing correspondence for the
Seglaren.
AS was mentioned previously in
these columns the we'll known chem
ist, Otto Wallach of Gottingen, Ger
many, was awarded the annual Nobel
prize in chemistry. The decision to
honor Wallach with this important
prize came only after a long and
tedious discussion on the part of the
Nobel jury, selected from the Academy
of Sciences and Arts, and it is signifi-
cant that his competitors for the hon
or was Martin, the inventor of Mar
tin steel, and Professor Frank, who is
also considered one of the worlds pro-
gressiVe chemists. Professor Wallach
was born March q, 1847, in Konings-
berg, and he received his scientific
training at Gottingen and Berlin.
A beautiful portrait painting of Mrs.
Taft has been completed and hung in
the White House. The portrait was
painted by the Swedish artist, Bror
Kronstrand, who at present resides in
London. 1t is considered one of the
best portrait paintings in Washington.
Bror Kronstrand was born in Maiestad
in 1875 and graduated from the Arts
academy in Stockholm when he was
only twenty years old. After spend
ing about three years in Paris and
Dresden he located in Newlyn, on the
southwestern coast of England, where
he spent about two years, barely eking
out an existence. He later moved to
London, where he made portrait paint
ings of a number of celebrities, among
others being Lord Kelvin, Sir William
Ramsey and Princess Victoria Louise.
Ludwig Sjostrom, a prominent
SWediSh-American manufacturer, died
at his home in Miami, Fla, Nov. 1S.
The deceased was born in Kristian-
stad, Sweden, March IS, 1881, and was
a graduate of Lund university in 1850.
He continued his studies at the Stock
holm Technical Institute, from which
institution he graduated in 1853. For
a number of years he conducted his
fathers clothing manufacturing con-
cern in Kristianstad and continued in
the same business in HjO until 1867,
when he emigrated to America
The great st. Eriks palace, which
was erected a number of years ago in
Stockholm at a cost of 100000
crowns, is not even paying interest on
the money invested and will soon be
sold at public auction. This building
a few years ago used to net the stock
holders rents amounting to 100000
crowns annually. It takes at least |
200 crowns to heat and light the
building and because it was getting !
old fashioned a number of the Office |
tenants have moved out of the build |
ing.
Frederick Weyerhaeuser, the lum- |
Der baron of the Northwest, has do
mated $150,000 to AugUstana college at |
Rock Island, ILL.,, for the erection of a
conservatory of music. Work on the
new building will commence in the |
early spring and it's erection and !
will be under the sole di-
rection of Mr.. Weyerhaeuser. There !
are thousands of Swedish-American
Lutherans in this country who are re-
joicing because of this generous gift
on the part of Mr., WeyerhaeuseE.
Word comes from Stockholm that
Professor Einar Lonnberg, for a num-
ber of years connected with the Stock |
holm Geological museum, started Dec.
1 for an exploration trip in British
East Africa. He goes chiefly in quest
of geological specimens and will be
by AXE Sjogren and Kon-
Bervator Jansson of the Royal mu-
scum. They will land at Nairubi and
from thence will proceed into the in
terror of the country.