Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1910-07-28

Their Triumphal Tour Through
sweden--ski Tournament on a Mid.
summer Day One Of the Years
Novelties in Norway-Rats Causing
Great Annoyance at Copenhagen.
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The Swedish-American singers are
continuing on their triumphal tour
through Sweden and have been giving
concerts during the past week in
Halmstad, Jonkoping and Norrkoping
In all. these cities they received an
enthusiastic reception and their sing.
ing captured the audiences every
time. Swedish audiences are sur
prised at the splendid way in which
the American singers are rendering
Swedish songs and cannot under.
stand that they are able to preserve
the gems of Swedish song out in the
far West. When they arrived in
Stockholm June 80 the Central station
was filed with thousands OF people
and the surrounding streets were
crowded to their fullest capacity. They
were received at the Central station
by United States Consul Winslow,
"Kammarherre Buren," and other
members of the reception committee.
A double quartette selected from the
Swedish-American society of Stock
holm rendered America" under the
direction of Herr Assar and the Amer
lean singers responded with the Swed-
ish national anthem, "yart Land" On
Thursday evening, June 30, followed
the regular concert In Ostermalm's
cathedral Ii was filed to the last
seat with an enthusiastic audience
and the singers were at their best
throughout the entire programme. On
the evening of July the singers were
received by King Gustaf in the
"Hvita Hafvet" at the palace and after
greeting the king with a song the
singers had the pleasure of listening
to a speech of welcome from the
friendly monarch A little later Direc-
tor Ortengren and Olof Nelson Of Chi
cago were called forth and were
awarded the Order of vasa. This is
quite a distinction and both Mr.. Or
tengren and Mr.. Nelson were visably
affected. The singers also were en-
tertained by the Stockholm Press club
and at Hasseibacken.
There are some very notorious night
scenes In Stockholm. although II Is re-
garded as comparatively peaceful
city. The other night a wealthy coun-
try gentleman. who owns large es-
tates, was taking a promenade on
Mastersamuels street when a woman
suddenly appeared and commenced to
embrace him tenderly. Just as sud
denly man appeared on the scene
and while the woman was engaged in
embracing the country gentleman he
made for his large pocketbook, which
contained several hundred crowns In
paper money, and made his escape
with 1t. The gentleman from the coun-
try, however. began to cry "robber"
and soon a crowd gathered and went
in pursuit OF the man and woman, re-
sulting in their arrest. The woman
was found to be a notorious prostitute
and the man proved To be none other
than the daring card sharp and swim
der, Erik Enok Johansson. Similar
occurrences have been rather frequent
this summer and the Stockholm police
are very much ON the alert at present
as a result OF It.
Miss Valfrid Palmgren is the first
woman member Of the city council In
Stockholm and the other evening she
made her debut as speaker In the
large cry council room. She spoke
on her favorite theme, the Better
ment Of the City's Morals" and her
address was listened to with rapt at
tention throughout Her address also
teemed with piquant criticism against
methods that are In vogue at present
In the regulation of city affairs and
while there were replies. and sharp
ones, too, 1t was cheerfully conceded
that her points were well taken. When
she had closed her maiden speech the
room was filled with applause and
braves. The members Of the council
concede that in Miss Palmgren they
have received q valuable member and
she will no doubt be q force for much
good influence in that body and In
augurate reforms which will be of i'm
mense benefit to the city OF Stock
holm.
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A correspondent Of the Minneapo
is Journal writes under date O
Christiania, June g. as follows: The