Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-05-07
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SCAND| ] VANS
Recent Happenings In This.
Country and Abroad.
|.flANS new STEAMSHIP Line

Swedish Promoter Visits Leading Cit
les Of the United States In interest
OF Captain Amundsen Dis
cusses His Proposed Trip IS the
Arctic Regions--New Theatrical Pa.
per Appears in Copenhagen. IL
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During the past few weeks William
R. Lundgren of Gothenburg has been
visiting some OF our leading cities,
including New York, Chicago, St:
Louis, Minneapolis and st. Paul, for
the purpose of arousing interest and
capital in the establishment OF
SWedish-American steamship line.
Some time ago Observation-Disclosures
steamship line was established and
Mr.. Lundgren believes that the time
| is ripe for direct communication be-
| tween Sweden and the United States.
A capital of at least 25,000,000 crowns
is necessary and Mr.. Lundgren be-
lieves that 100000 crowns can be
raised by Swedish-Americans. The
ndinavian-American line has been
doing an immense business during the
past ten years, and there is every rea-
son to believe that a Establishment
can steamship line would bring very
handsome results, financially speak,
ing. Should Mr.. Lundgren succeed in
raising the desired amount in this
country he has the assurance from
the Swedish riksdag that it will come
forward with very substantial ap-
preparation, practically assuring the
financial end of the undertaking,
which would mean a great deal to the
development of Swedish business with
the United States.
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| The famous Swedish botanist, Thore
M. Fries, died few days ago in Up
sala, attaining the age of eighty years.
The deceased was son of the famous
botanist, Elias Fries, and early in life
determined to follow in his fathers
footsteps. He became a professor of
botany at Upsala university in 1877, re:
manning at this post until the fall of
1899. In 1903 he published b.
ography of the distinguished and world
famous botanist, Carl Won Lime, which
is regarded as the most complete and
comprehensive one in existence.
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A number of the late August Strind-
berg's works have been translated in
to the Japanese language recently and
! some of the Strindberg plays have
been rendered with much success in
Toxic. The one-act play, I'm the Jaws
of DEATH" has had an exceedingly
successful run in Toxic. This play
has never been rendered in Sweden
| and it is the belief of critics that the
Swedish public would not take to it.
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Hon. w. A. F. Ekengren, minister to
the United States from Sweden, has
Informed President George e. Vincent
of the University of Minnesota that he
| will accept the invitation of the uni
versity to deliver the commencement
address before the graduating class.
The address will be given in the uni
| versity armory the morning Of June II.
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The so called Commercial Collegium
of Sweden has recommended that the
government appropriate 1000 crowns
for participation in the Panama expo
sition at San Francisco in 1915 The
COllegium is DESTROYS of making a
good impression for national reasons
and also on account of the many
Swedes who have emigrated to Amer
lea.
On Jan. 26 Bishop Danell of Skara
consecrated three young ladies as
missionaries to the foreign field They
were the Misses Amy Holm, Esther
Kronsell and Anna Addison. In
the early part of February they de-
parted for their respective fields of
labor. The two former went to In
dia and the latter to Africa.
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Hon. David Lloyd George, England's
minister of finance, has been invited
to be the principal speaker at the
European Baptist congress, which will
be in session in Stockholm from July
IA. to July a. About 500 delegates
will be in attendance and every Euro
pean country will be represented.
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Helmer Nygren, at one time one OF
Stockholm's most popular opera sing