Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1911-11-09

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Stockholm dispatches state that this
years Nobel prize for physics will be
awarded to the world famous inventor
and scientist, Thomas Alva Edison.
who has just returned to his home in
Brooklyn after an extensive trip
through Europe. The prize could not
have been awarded to a more worthy
man than Thomas Edison and in
Sweden Edison's selection has met
universal praise. Professor Allvar
Gullstrand of Upsala university will
receive the Nobel prize for medicine.
Professor Gullstrand is regarded as
the greatest authority on the eye, ear
and nose in his native land and has
an international reputation, having
been honored by many learned socie.
ties Of Europe. He has also written
several exhaustive treatises on medi.
cine, which have been translated into
English, French and German.
In the death of Consul Peter OLSON
of ~Helsingborg, Southern Sweden has
lost one of its most prominent and in
%f1uential men. He was born in 1880
and as early as 1853 he engaged in the
grain business, at which he soon made
a great success. He established a
sugar factory and a furniture factory
the importing and exporting business.
He served for several years in the
Second chamber of the Swedish riks-
dag and since 1900 he has been consul
for Germany, a post which he has
filled with singular success. He was
regarded as Helsingborg's most promi-
nent business man and leaves a con-
siderable fortune.
Stockholm papers relate that An
drew Carnegie has announced to the
American legation that he has donat-
ed a hero fund, consisting of s230,000,
or 500, 900 crowns in Swedish money.
This fund will be placed in the hands
of a committee, whose duty it shall be
to see that hero donations" will be
properly made. This donation on the
part Of Mr.. Carnegie has been much
praised in all Swedish papers. Young
people throughout the kingdom are
universal in their praise of Mr.. Carne-
gle and the prediction is that heroes
will not be lacking in Sweden.
During the past summer ~infantile
paralysis was quite prevalent in Swe-
den. From reports now in the hands
of the national board it is evident
that the disease originated in the
province of Norrland and there it has
also been most prevalent. Out of
n~inety-nine cases recently reported
to the board seventy-seven were in the
country and twenty-five in the cities.
1t is evident that the disease is very
contagious, but how 1t is carried about
Ia still unknown to physicians.
Swedish-Americans have been
aroused by the cruel murder of a
prominent mining engineer, c. L.
Erickson, who was shot to death In a
hotel at Salt Lake City. Utah, a couple
of weeks ego while endeavoring to in
tercede in behalf of Saul S. Brown,
who had been enticed into one OF the
rooms of the hotel and robbed by two
masked men. Erickson graduated as
a mining engineer in Stockholm and
was considered an expert in his pro-
fession.
The United States foreign depart
ment has been making inquiries
through the American legation at
Stockholm IS to the cost of erecting
a suitable home for the United States
legation in that city. All the other
powers have prominent locations in
the city and the United States wants
to either erect a building OF its own
or buy a building in a desirable part
of the city.
Johan Christopher Schneider, vice
admiral of the Swedish navy, has re-
ceived the flattering assignment to re-
organize the Siamese navy and depart
ed for that country about two weeks
ago to engage in this important work.
Admiral Schneider was at one time a
marine attache in London and Paris
and has for years been considered one
Of the most able officers in the Swed-
ish navy.
The State Church of Sweden has D.
700 ordained ministers laboring In the
different activities of the church. A
report has recently been published
which gives the name and address of
each m Also the position or posi-
lions each n holds; the number of
persons belonging to each parish and
some other valuable information on
education.
Swedish officers are popular in Per-
sia. The Persian government now re-
quests that ten more Swedish officers
be sent to help train their army. There
are at present over twenty-five Swed-
tsh officers In the Persian army.
Prince Wilhelm and Princess Maria
left Stockholm last week for Siam.
where they are to attend the corona
ton festivities.