Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-01-22
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 seandlnavians
In America.
SWEDEN.

Queen Victoria invited all the
school children of Lotto and Kungshatt
to her palace at Drottingholm. Ac-
companied by their teachers, the chill
dren marched to the palace in the
forenoon. In the large hall on the sec
ond floor was a huge Christmas tree
full OF beaming lights. Around the
tree were several long tables load
ed with nuts, cake, apples, and other
dainties. Rev. Browncroma made a
short prayer, the children sang some
Christmas carols, and then came the
time for the contents of the tables.
The queen walked around among the
children, and had pleasant word for
every one of them. After the chill
dren had been generously supplied
with eatables, each one of them re-
ceiyed bag of nuts and other dain-
ties to take home with them. The
happy faces and beaming eyes of
the children indicated their unalloyed
Joy, and all OF them will remember
this julfest as one of the happiest
events of their lives. The happiness
of the little ones evidently made the
queen happy, too.
Premier Stadff made a great speech
at Karlskrona. The defenses occu-
pied most of his attention. The Ger
man outline of the policy Of the ad-
ministration on this point. The age
OF enlistment of fresh recruits IS to
be reduced from 81 to 20 years, and
the time of training is to be in.
creased from $40 to 365 days. About
sl,500,000 year will be spent for
developing the navy. A graded mill
tary tax on incomes is to be collected
for period OF three years, the
amount to be $3.50 for an income OF
1880 (the minimum to be taxed),
$50 for $4,000; $500 for s27, 900, etc.
A special property tax is to be lev
led on all property worth at least
s1S,50O. The new plan is to be put
into operation in 1915.
Twenty-Five thousand dollars and
only one pair of socks. Not long ago
rich blacksmith In Kvorley died,
leaving about $4,000 after all debts
had been paid. But for many, many
years he had owned only one pair of
socks. These were bought by neigh
Dor. and are SO patched that 1t is inn
possible to guess how they looked
originally. These unique socks, which
show how far thrift and crankiness
may carry man, may be turned over
TO the historical museum in Lund to
give coming generations an idea of
the looks of the footgear of a rich
man who lived In Sweden at the
start OF the twentieth century.
The Swedish Academy celebrated
its anniversary in Stockholm. The
king and many other members of the
royal family attended the exercises.
The two new members, Professor
Schnek and DR.. Sven Hedin, delivered
memorial addresses on the lives Of
their predecessors. Bishop Billing.
who acted as chairman, announced
that donation by Miss Magma Sun
nerdahl will enable the academy to
obtain possession of the Bars building
in Stockholm. The first prize of the
academy was given to Hjalmar Hog
lund on account of collection of leg
ends. AT St. Olafs Fountain"
Upsala has been styled "the city
OF eternal youth" on account of its
student life But now IL turns out
that in 1911 this very city had the
largest death rate For the reputa-
ton Of the city, however, 1t should be
explained that the figures are not
fair index In the first place very
large number OF old people spend the
last part of their lives in this city.
Besides this anomaly, there are many
who stay there for such a short time
that they are looked upon as tran
sients, but when members of this
group die they are counted in with
the rest who die in the city.
The English packing house in Malmo
has been closed. This was due partly
to new city ordinances which made II
difficult to compete with the city pack
ing house. The growth of the city
also made the ground too valuable for
a business OF this kind About 35
persons were thrown out of work by
the closing of the plant. Farmers
around Horny are organizing co
operative company for running pack
ing house. and they are sure OF OBJ
tanning $4,000 hogs a year.
II is rumored that Premier Staaf
10 to resign. and Louis de Gee- is
mentioned as his successor.
A meeting in the interest OF the de-
lenses was held at Upsala, 120 par
'ishes of UPLAND being represented by
361 men. An organization was per-
feeted under the name Of "the Farm
ers' Expedition of 1914" The aim OF
the movement is to induce the gov
eminent to spare neither efforts nor
money in building up the defenses of
Sweden. In order to make a strong
impression upon the government Y is
proposed to send a national del9ga-
ton to Stockholm next summer. The
organization is to steer clear Of all
party politics.
Hessleholm is the youngest city in
Sweden. Its city charter has been |
in force since the first of the year.
The place was chartered as a town
in 1901. and was cut out OF the par
ishes of Stoby and Wankifva as q
separate school district In 1904. A
separate parish government was or
ganized in 1910 The town board took
the first steps In 1908 to get a city
charter, and the matter was push
ed" with dignitied speed until q char
ter was granted short while before
Christmas.