Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1913-04-11
OF INTEREST TO
SCANDINAVIANS
Recent Happenings in This
Country and Abroad.
IDEA GROWING

Movement Making Great Strides in
Sweden-Russian Skater Surprises
Competitors by Winning Long Dis
tance Race in Finland-Late King
George of Greece, a Dane by Birth,
Remained a Lutheran Until Death.
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The temperance movement is MAX
ing great strides in Sweden at pres
emit Both houses of the riksdag have
passed bill forbidding the sale of
wine, beer and liquors in the riksdag
restaurant, the new rule taking effect
in January, 1914. In spite of the ma
jority by which the bill was passed ii
is not believed that the lawmakers are
yet in favor of prohibition. However,
the decision is looked upon as signifi-
cant of the progress temperance is
making in Sweden and the introduc-
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ture is predicted. Crown Prince Gus
tat Adolf and Crown Princess Marga-
ret Victoria are strong advocates of
temperance. During the month of
January, 1912, the retail dealers in
Gothenburg sold 115,904 gallons of
alcoholic liquors. During the month
of January of the present year there
were sold only S2,665 gallons A re-
duction of $4,000 gallons in one city
in one month.
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| DR.. Axel Erdmann, until recently
professor of the English language at
the University of Upsala, died short
time ago, aged seventy years. He was
one of the foremost linguists in the
country. He was a specialist in Sans
krit and Indo-European languages. In
1892 he became professor of the leu
tonic languages at the university, but
in 1898 this professorship was divided
into that of German and English. He
accepted the English and taught it un-
til 1910, when he retired on pension.
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Wolves are unusually numerous in
Gellivara and vicinity and they have
grown so bold that they come right
/ up to the farmers barns and attack.
cattle and sheep in the open. A herd
| OF twenty cattle was attacked by, q
pack of wolves the other day and all
the cattle killed. In spite of of the.
fact that posses have organized and
systematically hunted the beasts they
seem as terocious as ever and as long
as they are hungry little Roadway is
being made against them.
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| King Gustaf departed for Capri,
italy, March IL, where he, remained a
few days visiting the queen, who has
been spending the winter there. Her
majesty is not in very good health at
present. On his return to Sweden
King Gustaf contemplated spending a
fortnight on the Rivera, and he is
now presumably on his way back to
/ the Swedish capital.
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Bishop Herman Lindstrom celebrate
ed his seventy-ninth birthday recently.
His father was organfst in one of the
congregations in Kristianstad district
The bishop graduated from the Uni
yersity of Lund and afterwards served
for short time as court preacher
and public school inspector. He is re-
garded as one of the most learned
men Of Sweden.
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The city OF Stockholm spends close
to 100000 crowns for feeding and
Iclothing poor children. Last year the
appropriation amounted to $4,000
tcrowns. This year the city council
Set aside 1900 crowns more for this
purpose. A sum of $4,000 crowns is
set aside for serving breakfast to the
poor children of the city throughout
the year.
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/ A correspondent at Helsingfors,
Finland, states that the Finnish gov
lernment has offered free homesteads
to limited number of settlers in GER
tain parts of the country which have
hitherto been an unsettled wilderness
With this and certain other advantages
offered it is expected that many young
couples will venture to open up the
country.
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Consul General A. Johnson has do.
mated 10000 crowns TO the new Swed.
fish church to be erected in Berlin in
the near future, A congregation con
sisting of Swedes, who for years have
resided in the German capital, was or
ganized some time ago and the work
Of erecting the new church building
will be started at once
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About 10000 men are at present EN-
ployed at the Swedish railway shops
Nearly all of these will be pensioned
when their time comes. There are
about 5000 former employees Of the
Swedish railways who are drawing .