Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-03-18
SWEDEN.

The last will of the late DR.. Fredrik
Bjorn of Stockholm provides for the
following donations: To the botanical
garden Of the University of Upsala.
$4,000: to the Deaconess institute at
Ersta, $4,000; to the Sofia orphanage,
$37.500; to the Red Cross. $4,000; to
the Industrial high school, $4,000; to
the Citizens Widows home. $4,000;
to the Old Servant Girls home. $13,-
500; to the Pro Patria society, $13, 500;
to the Stockholm nation" at the uni
versity at Upsala, $3.50; to the Life
Saving society, $6,750; to nurses pen
sion fund at the Sofia orphanage,
$3.50; to the astronomical observa-
tory Of the Academy Of Sciences,
| $2,700; to the Free Masons' orphanage
at Christianberg. s2,700; to the Kata-
rina church for clothing poor children
Of the Lords supper, $4,000; to the
Society for the Protection of AMI
mails. $2.700. and FIVE other donations
aggregating $6.750.
A conflict has arisen between the
Swedish gendarmerie officers in Per-
STA and the keeper of the national
treasury, a Belgian named Geinsens.
The officers took. possession of consid-
cradle amounts of money in the
branch treasures In order to be able
to pay the necessary expenses OF the
gendarmerie. The keeper closed the
main Office and urged the dismissal of
the officers But the Persian govern.
ment sides with the officers.
= Investigations which have been car
ried on since 1906 indicate that the
Grangesberg iron range contains $780,
100000 tons of PHOSPHORUS iron ore.
II the mines are worked at the pres
emit rate the ore beds will last between
two hundred and three hundred years.
The local authorities of Torshalla
have instructed the liquor store keep.
ers of the place to sell no liquor to
men who have not paid their taxes or
their dues to the pension fund.
Copper and gold have been found
at Gnarp. The copper ore vein runs
for a distance OF one mile and Is al
most one hundred feet thick. It con.
talns II per cent Of copper
The temporary buildings at the Bal
tic exposition at Malmo are going
down at a rapid rate. and In a few
months there will be no trace left Of
the white city"
In view of the fact that potatoes
are so plentiful In Sweden the gov
eminent has been encouraging the
people to use potato -four in making
bread.
About s325,00o has been raised by
private subscription for the purchase
OF rapid-hring guns for the army.
The price of coal has gone up and
that OF butter has gone down in the
course of the last few days.
Shoemaking has been taught at the
public schools Of vasteras for the past
ave years. During the years 19i3-1914
sos pairs of shoes were made. This
branch of work may be introduced in
the schools of Stockholm II the au-
thorities md that II has been a sue
cess at Vasteras.
Twenty foreigners applied for natur-
alization papers In Sweden during
January. 1915. as against only two for
the same month last year. Sweden
IL looked upon as very desirable
country during the war.
The Swedish steamer Svarton, from
Rotterdam. arrived at Ymuiden. Hol.
land. with q large hole In her star
board side near the bow. The cap
tain reported that the Svarton had
been damaged by either a mine or a
torpedo. 1t is his opinion that the
damage was inflicted by mine.
The city Of Stockholm had to pay
$4,000 on account of a recent snow
storm No less that 29.S0o loads Of
snow we're hauled away and dumped
into the lakes and water courses Of
the city.