Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-09-07

Landmark Near Stockholm Had Been
/ cestroyed by vand-is = Norwegian
Wcrkingmcn Aidlrs Their unam.
rloycd Brethren to Leave the coun.
try--copenhasen Journalists Uses a
Novel Method Of Convincing Author
tiles That the National Gallery Is
inadequately Protected.
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"Kungshatt"-"The Kings Hat
\ has again been erected There are
perhaps few Swedish people in any
\ section Of the Globe shat have rot at
+ some time or ether heard of"KunGs
( haiti II WIS erected about mile
from Stockholm, on a little island in
. the Malaren, some twenty-five years
go aud every tourist steamer and all
launches that passed By this place
could always see "Tha Kings Has
loom up Or rrominent cliff But
few months ago some foolish young
men ca mischief bent went to work
and tore down the hat much to the
ohagrin and disappointment Of all
Z StccEholmiaGs and Cchcr Swedes, who
were proud CT their country every
time they passed It. "Kungshatt" is
the nome Of a saga, rather poem SO
entitled, which tells Of brave Swed-
i5h king, who, when he was pursued
by the Danes, jumped horse and all in.
\ to the Malaren and swan to the other
side. So says the contents Of the
\ poem, at any rate, and because the
famous poet X. A. Nicander, wrote it,
patriotic Stockholmian again caused
hat of copper to be erected, and it
has been so substantially built that it
will be difficult for any nlischievous
boys to pull 1t down from now on.
The Paris paper Excelsior has been
conducting an interesting vote in
which it asked its "a 600 subscribers
which city ia tbs world they would
chooge TO I've in. Out of TIE votes
cast Naples received tie largest mum.
baf, It being the choice of not less
than 5000 Parisans. Next followed
yepice, wiah 1000, EEuss y 1900,
thcn Geneva. Aleiefs. Monte Carlo,
+ Rome, London, San Reno, Vienna and
x Florence. cf Northern European
cities ST. Petersburg received seventy
votes, Copenhagen Just es many and
ChristiarlE fifteen EGt Stockholm
often called the Paris ot the North :"
did not receive q single vote. This
. seems doubly peculiar since 90 many
hundreds al French tourists visit the
Swedish capital every summer and
have been profuse iii their praise Of
! its hospitable citizens and charming
4 enyirons. Yet 1t must be that French
men do not thiye IN Northern cltmes
The entire country is gasping for
rain, says Stockholm correspondent
/ The sun continues to shine hot over
the national capital and from all over
the country districts come reports Of
continued drought. Naturally enough,
therefore, the grains have suffered
much and the harvest throughout the
country has been damaged in many
places. In Gellivara some little rain
has fallen, but not from one of the
meteorological stations throughout the
country is there a single report of any
rain. Hundreds of wells have run
dry and in many country districts
there is great difficulty in securing
enough water for the cattle. August
has been the warmest month on rec
ord in Sweden for the past fifty years.
Prince William distinguished him
self the other day when he jumped
into the water at Marstrand and saved
boy from drowning. Sixten Nilsson,
nine-year-old boy, fell in the water
while walking up the gang plank to
board cruiser which was anchored
in the harbor at Marstrand. Prince
William, who stood close by and noted
the boys fall into the water, jumped
in and pulled him out before any 9TH
er assistance could reach him.
p. M. Wikstrom's donations now
amount to about 100000 crowns, of
which amount Vasterbottens 'lan"
will receive 100000 crowns. The so
called Stockholm's Workingmen's
union receives $4,000 crowns. Large
sums have also been donated by the
same person to various charitable in
stitutions in the city of Stockholm and
other cities in Sweden.
The Nobel company's powder fac
tory in Bofors was set on fire by light
ming the other day and a terrific ex-
plosion followed which practically de-
stroyed the plant. Fortunately none
of the laboring men were present, the
explosion occurring shortly after all
the men had left the plant. The dam
age is estimated at 100000 crowns
Queen Victoria, who has returned
to Sweden after an extended visit on
the Continent. celebrated her forty
ninth birthday at Tullgara Aug. Z,
where she enjoyed the day with the
crown prince and crown princess. The
Duchess of Sedenmanland was also
present.
Professor Quensel Of Upsala, Swe.
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