Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1914-06-25
SWEDEN.

The funeral of an old farmer at
Gunnarvattnet, Jamtiand, was attend.
cd by unusual difficulties. The man
died just as the spring thaw was well
under way. The coffin was easily
transported by horse and sled to
Vassjo lake. From this point there
was no drive road by land, and the
ice on the lake was no longer safe.
SO the coffin had to be put on a small.
er sled and pulled by men through the
country to another part Of the lake,
which was already open. Here the
coffin was put in a beat and rowed
along part OF the lake. Now came
the most difficult part OF the whole
trip, for the coffin had to be carried
along path through the woods to
Rotviken. where IT was put on sled
and hauled to Hotager church.
II will be remembered that the peo-
pie Of Sweden raised money for
new ironclad by private subscription.
The name of the ship is to be Sverige,
Sweden. After the work is completed
there will still remain about 100000
of the amount raised. The executive
committee Of the society having
charge Of the money has proposed
that said amount be turned over to
the government on condition that nc
less than three ironclads of the size
CT Sverige, or still larger. be built In
the near future, and that the work
on at least one of the three be com.
nlenced at once.
The ironclad Tapperheten, which
was grounded several months ago,
can be saved, but It will take at least
three months more before II can be
floated. There are many large holes
in the bottom, and it is a difficult
work to stop up these holes so that
the water can be kept out of the hull
For a time II was considered impos.
sible to save the ship, but the In.
genuity of the engineers of Sweden
proved equal to the task before them.
There Is no hitch in the work OF
placing cable under the Oresund
for transmitting electric power from
the Lagan river In Sweden to Sal.
land. Denmark. II is expected that
everything will be ready for turning
on the current before the end of the
year Only one cable win be put
down this year. but II the experiment
proves successful another cable will
be put down before very long
A remarkable feat was accomplished
by Baron Blixen Finicke OF the Swed.
ish hussars. Early In the afternoon
he rode in a race at Gothenburg and
raised the post first At two O'Clock
he left the course In an aeroplane,
few across the sea and landed ON the
race course at Klampenborg, near
Copenhagen. where he won two
steeplechases.
The Swedes proposed that the stu.
dents OF all the universities of the
countries and provinces around the
Baltic sea have rally at the Baltic
exposition In Malmo. But the plan
went to pieces on account OF the Dan.
fish students. who did not think It was
fair to ask them to meet German stu
dents in jubilee festival just so
years after Germany annexed the
southern portion of the kingdom of
Denmark. The Swedes and Russians
were ready to admit that the senti-
ment of the Danish students ought to
be respected.
The fabulous monster In Storsjon
(Big lake,. Jamtland. has shown up
again after a rest Of year or two.
This time 1t was seen by a reliable"
old man while he was riding on
train along the shore Of the lake. He
says the beast was forty or fifty feet
long.
A man who il thoroughly familiar
with his subject says that a railway
bridge between Sweden Mnd Denmark
is feasible. He came this conclu-
sion by studying the lway bridge
running from Florida Key West.