The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1914-07-25
IN FAR NOR7HLlIlD
important Events h Sweden,
Norway and Denmark.
BRIEFS FROM OLD COUNTRY
intsrestlno Items From the Three
Great Kingdoms Of the North o.
leeted for oeandInsviAns and
y Their DESCENDANTS.
sy MARTIN ". oOLAND.

~ MARTIN W. oDLAND.
Destructive forest fires have pre-
vailed In different parts of Sweden re-
Gently. In Smaaland. near varnamo.
sparks and cinders from . railway
locomotive set fire to the dry turf
along the rightof-way. and the IRE
soon spread TO the young trees near
By. A roaring forest IRE resulted.
which the people OF the neighborhood
fought in vain to subdue. The same
locomotive set ire to q forest at an
other point with similar results. In
the vicinity of Safsjo station, sparks
from the chimney OF q residence set
on flre the pine woods near there,
and $50 men were sent from Skyl-
linggryd to combat the flames. The
great peat moor, Dagsmassen. was
ignited in some manner, and twenty
TO thirty houses were burned to the
ground
Widespread attention has been
called TO the fact that the British
feet will not put in at Stockholm on
its coming visit to the Scandinavian
north. nor will the president of France
include Sweden on his tour of the
North during the summer. Alton
tidningen" of Stockholm says that
these two significant circumstances
are doubtless Intended by England
and France as q demonstration of dis
approval against Sweden on account
Of the anti-Russian agitation and the
disposition of the Swedish people to
draw closer to Germany and the
Triple Alliance.
According to q correspondent at
Stockholm, rousing reception was
given the members of Viborg court on
their return to the Finnish capital
from Russian prisons, where they
have served terms for refusing to in
terpret the laws according to the dc
tates Of the Russian autocracy. Re-
ports from viborg tell of enormous
patriotic demonstrations by the peo-
pie and of clashes with the police, In
which the crowds were set upon the
mounted policemen and dashed with
whips, for the offense Of cheering and
throwing flowers at the returning
Judges.
The temperance organizations OF
Sweden seem to have been losing
ground Of late years-in fact. ever
since the vote on temperance IN 1909.
The past year shows considerable
backsliding. The National Order Of
Good Templars shows falling on
Of over eight per cent in its member
ship. AZ lodges having been aban-
doned and 2.812 members having
dropped out. 1t is estimated that no
less than 5000 persons hitherto af-
fliated with temperance societies
have withdrawn.
Considerable excitement was Gre
ated in the Sofia church Of Stockholm
when the pastor. Rev. Ahlfeldt, fell
PROSTATE in the pulpit. He was car
ried into the sacristy and soon re-
stored to consciousness. Meanwhile
the congregation. fearing the worst.
broke into loud lamentations of sor-
row. It seems that the collapse of
the pastor was due to overwork.
Malmborg, the former student, was
convicted of espionage and was SEN
fenced to imprisonment at hard labor
for i've years and ordered deprived of
bis rights as q citizen for two years
more. When the sentence was pro-
he collapsed and later tried
to end his life by choking himself.
but was restrained.
Tho victoha Society Of Berlin, made
mp of Swedes. has bought site for q
Swedish church which has long been
The Swedish colony at
the German capital II constantly in
creasing and the need of Swedish
house Of worship II recognized.
Ragnar Kendall, . marine engineer.
claims that he has improved the wire
less telephone materially. His inven-
ion has been tested In Germany. but
The result II not known at this writ
ING.
Selma Lagsrlof. the famous Swed-
lsh authorizes. has been chosen . mem
ber Of the Swedish Academy, her cleo
don being made possible by the death
pf A. Gellerstsdt who was member.