The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1911-09-29

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The Olympian games are the topic
of the day at present in Sweden and
great preparations are under way, for
1t will be one of the greatest events
on record in Sweden for many years
Several new features will be intro
duced. The start and the finish of the
Marathon race will be from the Stad-
ium,- and this is something which is
certain to please all competitors
Then the course will be arranged in a
triangle, so that there can be no
chance for the runners to get all into
a heap at the finish. Another most in
teresting feature Of the games will be
the great male chorus, consisting of
not less than 1000 voices, which is to
assist in the programs with singing.
The singing will perhaps prove as
great, if not greater, drawing card
than the games themselves. The
Swedish singing societies from all
parts Of the country, will gather at the
nations capital at this time and it will,
judging from all indications. be the
greatest gathering of singers that mas
ever been held in Sweden.
! About thirty prominent French ply
sicians paid Stockholm visit during
the first week of this month and dur
ing their stay in this city they were
the guests of the Stockholm Medical
association, and to say that they We're
accorded hearty reception is putting
/. it mildly. The leader Of the visiting
party was DR.. NJ Etienne-Bazot, who
Is chairman of the International MedI-
cal association and regarded as one, Of
/ the most learned men in the world.
He expressed himself as being very
| well pleased with his visit to- Stock
holm and spoke very highly of the
Swedish. as we'll as the Norwegian
physicians, stating that they were
among the best in the world. The
thoroughness of the medical courses
in the Scandinavian universities was
also touched upon in flattering way
i by the learned French doctor. The
French physicians also visited Copen-
hagen and Christiapia, where they
were given an equally hearty recep-
ton.
Abraham Lejonhufvud. formerly
minister of the navy and recently chief
of the Stockholm Notifications, died
the other day, having attained an age
! of eighty eight years. The career of
this man is@a long and distinguished
one, and both his military and politi-
cal record is one which places him in
the: foremost ranks of Sweden's great
men, of later years. He served for
many years in both branches of the
riksdag and proved himself very
able statesman He was equally sue
cessful in the army. He was born in
Orebro and was son of Baron Carl
Lejonhufvud and Baroness Sofia Lee
jonhufvud.
The national board of health re-
ceived reports from ninety nine new
cases of infaptile paralysis during the
second half of July 1t is feared that
the number was really much larger,
for the physicians are not required to
report such cases. Of the ninety.nine
cases, seventy-sesen were in the cOun-
try. and twenty-five in cities. The
pest originated in Norrland, and there
it is also most frequent. 1t must be
contagious, but the manner in which
1t is carried from one person to anoth-
er is still mystery.
! Former United States consul at
Stockholm, Edward D. WinslOw. whose
home in the States is in Chicago, has
been assigned to the consulship at
Copenhagen. This is one of the best
paying consulships in. Europe. having
a set salary of $4,000, besides. some
other valuable features. Mr.. Wins
lows wife is Swedish and is he is him
self of Swedish extraction, his people
hailing from Southern Sweden
The mission society of the Church
of Sweden (Fosterlands society has
46 European missionaries, SO native
workers. 1859 communicates, 81
schools, 1920 pupils and four orphan
ages on it's African field. principally
In Abyssipia. In India there are 81
Swedish missionaries, 127 native
workers, 1,447, communicates, 80
schools and 1,O9S pupils. X.
There are large number OF Rus
sian Jews emigrating from Russia to
Sweden these days. In Stockholm
clone there are at present more than
$500 Russian Jews and there are a
great many of them in Sundsvall,
Gefe and Norrkoping. Their numbers
are steadily increasing.
Il Pears and plums to the value OF
100000 crowns, were shipped into
Stockholm on Sept. 1. Most OF this
fruit comes from Germany and France
Out of a population of over 100000
there are in Sweden 100000 persons
who have right to vote at the gen
!, eral elections.
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