Morris tribune., 1912-12-06

Gently In. StOekhsIm-LittIe Norwe-
slan City Of saahcIm Equipped With
Every Modern -Galician
Labsr Largely used in Sugar Beet
Cultivation in Denmark.
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A general mission conference was
held recently in Stockholm and lasted
four days. There we're over 800 dele
gates In attendance. Among those
who attended the different sessions
were Prince Bernadotte, the ecclesias-
teal minister; Bishops von Scheele
and Danell, Lector Waldenstrom, Gen
eral Rape and others. The confer
ence was opened with q sermon by
Bishop DaHell on the text, All Power
Is Given to Me-" Prince Bernadotte
and DIR. Fries we're elected presidents,
Bishop Danen, Lector Waldenstrom
and General Rappe were elected vice
presidents, and Missionary SjOholm
was made secretary. The 300 dele
gates represented twelve mission or
ganizations. 1t is reported to have
been one Of the largest and most sat
isfactory mission conferences ever
held in Sweden.
Among important matters which
will come up for consideration at the
next riksdag are the lottery question
and the matter of old age pensions.
The lottery evil still exists in great
many European countries and tickets
are sold In all the neighboring coun-
tries. The secretary of state hopes
to have law passed shutting out the
foreign lottery and in time looks for
complete prohibition of the lottery
business. AS to old age pensions and
disability insurance the minister
thinks that some action will be taken.
Other European nations, particularly
Germany, have for some time been ex-
perimenting with these measures and
they seem to be giving satisfaction
The Socialists are credited with hav-
ing hastened this kind of legislation,
as their platforms have demanded
such doctrines for many years past.
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Stockholm papers state that the war
between the Balkan states and Turkey
has aroused no end of military talk in
Sweden and it is stated on good au-
thority that the admiralty will ask for
two new battleships from the next
riksdag. The ships are to be of the
50 called type, displacing $500 tons
and having speed of twenty-five
knots. Each vessel will carry in ar
mored turrets four 12-inch guns and
a secondary armament of twelve g.
inch long distance rapid fire guns. 1t
is also expected that the riksdag will
authorize the building Of some new
destroyers and the four submarines
which have been talked of for some
time. These vessels, if authorized,
will all be built as speedily as posi-
BILE at Swedish shipyards.
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| The king and queen have donated
800 francs to the wounded soldiers OF
the Bulgarian and Greek armies and
! have also ordered a detachment OF
! five Red Cross nurses, headed by DR.
G. H. Eckhart, to go to the scene OF
war. A number of wealthy persons
have privately supplied funds to send
an additional detachment of Swedish
Red Cross nurses and doctors to Con.
stantinople.
Fully 800 firemen in the employ OF
the Swedish navy have resigned from
their position, complaining that the
work is too hard and that there is toe
little pay 1t is predicted by many
that it will not be an easy task fol
the government to fill these vacancies
and that radical change in the work
ing system will have to be made be
fore men can be secured willing to dc
the work.
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The Regnell botanical stipendiate
amounting to $4,000 crowns, has beer
awarded E. l.. Ekman, Phi. D., ia
nous Swedish botanist, who will dur
ing the next two years make an. ex
tended botanical tour in the tropica
states of Brazil under the auspices O
the Academy of Science.
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Countess Casa de Miranda, Chris
tine Nilsson, once one of the world
most famous singers, has presented
baton used by Richard Wagner to tn,
Stockholm Academy of Music. TIL
name of Richard Wagner is engravet
on it and it Is relic of much histori
value.
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The cathedral church bell in Gother
burg was recently recast by the Bere
holtz & Co. bell foundry. 1t is one 0
the largest bells in the country an,
weighs about five tons.
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Madame Emelie Elisabeth Lindelius
q ministers widow, celebrated he
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