Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1913-07-31
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS.
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAP.
PENiNGs IN FAR OFF
NORTHWEST.
ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME
Resume Of the Most Important Events
In Sweden, Norway and Denmark
OF interest to the scandlnavians
In America.
SWEDEN

w nDEEN
c. Y. Sandberg, instructor In horse
manship, was holding two horses at
Sultskog when q thunderbolt killed
the horses and knocked him down
and all but killed him. There is no
record of an experience like that
which Sandberg had on this occasion.
He could see how one of the horses
fell down at once, while the other
crouched a moment on his hind legs
before he fell. The next instant he
felt himself knocked backward by an
irresistible force. His whole body
felt perfectly rigid, but he could
think, and his only thought was, This
must be death! But there was no
pain, and he began to wonder how
death could be so easy. o, II he
could have sent a last greeting to his
children! His next. sensation was
that the lungs and the heart were in
activity. Love for life asserted itself,
and though he could not move his
limbs he could breathe, and how he
exerted himself to get fresh air into
his lungsl Now a tingling sensation
in the right hand, and he could move
1t. Soon he could move the left hand
also. He thought he smelt smoke
maybe the building was on fire, 30 he
made a tremendous exertion and
rolled down the steps from the porch
on which he had been lying. Now he
must have remained unconscious for
about an hour, when he was found and
taken to a hospital. When he came
to again there was terrible pain in his
limbs. which at first were rigid. but
which gradually returned to their nat
ural condition.
Axel Palmgren, business manager OF
the Stockholm Dagblad, is visiting
America, and his remarks on Swed-
ish affairs are absolutely trustworthy.
He says:
Competition among the daily news
papers in Stockholm is fierce. There
are seven morning and four or five
evening papers, though the city is
only slightly larger than Minneapolis.
My own paper has what is considered
a very large circulation, over 10000.
Politically there is a good deal of
unrest in Sweden Just now. The lib
erals and socialists have formed a
combination to govern the country
and together have a majority in the
second chamber, but in the first
chamber the conservatives are still
predominant. We look. however. for
realignment of the parties on the
issue of national defense. There is
warm and patriotic feeling In the
country on this subject. In ten weeks
the sum of 100000 kronor was
raised by popular subscription for
battleship The socialists, OF course.
are against strengthening the army
and navy, while many of the liberals
favor 1t. So the chances for new
party lineup when the riksdag meets
again next fall are good"
Theodor Asking and his son Ernst
were putting down rails at the peat
factory in the Turba peat boys, Ten
hult, when a thunder storm swept the
locality. They left their home in the
morning, taking dinner pals with
them so that they might SHY all day.
When they failed to return home in
the evening the housewife suspected
something had happened to them
Early in the morning she sent two
men to look for them. Both of them
were found dead near stable. The
boy lay prone on the ground, but his
father was squatting on the ground
Everything indicated that they had
intended to seek refuge in the stable.
but that a thunderbolt had killed
both of them at the same time.
The Valen, which carried $50 casks
Of kerosene, was anchored about fifty
yards from shore at the entrance Of
the harbor of Gothenburg. The engi-
neer was to pump out the water from
the hold OF the vessel, and started the
motor. In doing so he squirted some
burning oil on the deck. The flames
spread so. rapidly that all he could
do was to get to the shore. The fire
department came TO the scene with a
motor pump, but the only practical
thing to do was to tow the burning
vessel few hundred yards from shore
and let 1t burn up. It took two hours
before the fire reached the water
Level so that the vessel was filled with
water and sank.
It is probable that Norway win
spend $4,000 on the Panama exposi,
ton, TO be held at San Francisco in
| 1915, the government having recon.
mended to the storthing the appropria.
tlon of this sum for proper repre-
sentation at the big fair.
The firms belonging to the employ.
ers' union of Norway dealt with 4S
strikes and one lockout In 1912. The
number of employers affected was
,196: the number Of laborers. 10.424;
and the number OF work days lost
365, 900. In 1911 the number OF days
lost on account Of labor troubles was
l,ia3,390, so that In comparison the
loss in 1912 was but slight. However
the year 1911 was exceptional. owing
to the strikes In the mining districts
! which lasted for months. The strikes
in 1912 were many. but Of short dura
tion.
An informal vote has been taken
on the saloon question in Lister and
Mandal. The returns so far show that
12,45D votes were cast against the
sale of liquor and 613 in favor Of It
and 1900 were neutral There are
very few young people who are op
posed to prohibition. The final count
will not change the result much.
The provincial government of Mol
mohus has decided to permit maxi
mum OF "a saloons In the city oil
g. 10.