Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-05-28
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAP.
PENiNes IN FAR OFF
NORTHWEST.
ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME
Resume Of the Most important Events
In Sweden, Norway and Denmark
OF Interest to the seandInavlans
In America.
SWEDEN.


The people Of Gothenburg enjoyed
rare sight the other day. Two eighty
year-old actresses, the sisters Miss
Amanda Rylander and Mrs. Ottilia
Littmarck, appeared in the play, Ewes
Sisters" at the Peoples theater. The
applause and the flowers which were
lavished on them were well earned.
Their performance was splendid, be
Ing characterized by a precision and
vigor which many young actress
might begrudge them. II is many
years since they gave up their profess
sion as actresses, and their success on
this occasion Is the more remarkable.
Some light may be thrown on their
youthful vigor by the statement that
since they took leave of the stage
they have lived on a farm which they
inherited near Ably station, in the
neighborhood OF Norrkoping. Without
any male assistance they have turned
piece OF ground into a fine orchard.
Of which they are justly proud.
While a farmer at Skedevi was put
ting on load of wood on the Sharb-
jorke commons two big moose and
young one came walking by. The
farmer called to them, and the young
one came to him as II expecting to get
something good to eat. In a little
while the big ones also turned their
course towards the man. One Of them.
strong bull. was evidently angry,
and he ran straight against the farmer
with his huge antlers pointing ahead
The farmer ran to the load to escape
the beast, and Just as the moose
reached the farmer he struck out with
his az, breaking of one of the antlers
Of the moose. BY this time the horse
was scared, and ran away with the
load. The horse did not run far. and
the bull moose was really the only one
of the combatants that had reason
to rue the fray.
Another Swedish army officer has
been engaged in bloody combat while
serving as instructor for the gem
darmerie OF Persia. Six baggage
wagons which were accompanied by
gendarmerte were robbed by a score
OF bandits on the way from Sultana-
bad to Kun. Major Moller, who was
at the head Of the gendarmes. was
personally assaulted by three bandits,
who wore the colors OF the gendarm-
erie. A Persian officer and two gen.
darmes were killed before the ruse
was discovered. Major Moller was
shot in the leg. but still he succeeded
in killing the three bandits.
The widows and orphans pension
fund OF the state railways OF Sweden
Is in a prosperous condition, the total
assets being about $5,60o.000. Among
the receipts for the past year were:
Interest, S175.0o0;; returns from prop
erty, $4,000; annual dues. 225.000;
advertising, $4,000 The total re-
ceipts were over $4,000, The largest
item OF expenditures was that of pen
sions paid to beneficiaries. namely,
$136,000. The running expenses were
only little over $4,000.
Swedish residents Of the San Fran
cisco bay region turned out in force
at San Francisco on May 8 for the
ground breaking ceremonies for Swed-
ems building at the Panama-Paciflc
exposition. Capt. William Mattson.
veteran steamship owner. turned the
sod and received from the exposition
officials the deed to the pavilion site.
His daughter, Miss Lurline Mattson,
hoisted the Swedish flag. Patriotic
songs were sung by a Swedish mixed
chorus.
Director of the Mint X. A. Wallroth
has made a search In different parts
Of the country with regard to the de
lection of counterfeit money, He
found that during the year 1918 IL
counterfeit coins had been met with
In IL different localities. In Solder
telje was found two-kroner piece
made Of timed brass. while all the
other coins were made of lead mixed
with chrome. Not one OF those who
handed out the coins was caught.
The population Of Sweden at the
beginning of the year was 6.63S.5s3.
The increase for the year 1918 was
nominally 34,391, the smallest since
1905. This low figure is due partly to
increased emigration partly to the
fact that the new pension insurance
law made It necessary to strike 1851
dead-head names from the church
books.
Stockholm has S42,323 Inhabitants.
of whom 140,s23 were born in the
city, or All per 1000. Every province
Of the country has contributed to the
population Of the capital No less than
l5O,277 were born in the rural dis
tricts, and 43,377 In cities other than
Stockholm. Only 7,s4l were born in
foreign countries. This Is 2,3 per cent,
which is a very low rate compared
with the figures for other capitals of
Europe. In Copenhagen there are IL
600 Swedes, while in Stockholm there
are only 705 Danes.
The students of the University of
Lund are planning Scandinavian.
Baltic students rally, to be held at
Lund this summer. II the meeting
takes place It will be Of social char
acter, and the number Of attendants
may run as high as 5000.
DR.. Rohman, from Upsala, is on his
way TO South America for the purpose
OF studying insect life In the valley OF
the Amazon. He expects to spend
about one year in that part of the
world