Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-03-04
SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAP.
PENINGs IN FAR OFF
NORTHWEST.
ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME
Resume ofthe Most Important Events
In Sweden, Norway and Denmark
OF Interest TO the scandlnavlans
IN America.
SWEDEN.

Will be that of the Swedish painters,
comprising most of the modern artists
OF that nationality. While the works
OF Swedish artists are represented in
most of the galleries In Europe, Amer
lea is not well acquainted with their
art, as only on two occasions have
Scandinavian, collections been exhib-
tied in the United States-in 1898 at
the Chicago Worlds fair and last year
by the American Scandinavian society
OF New York. Among the painters
who will be represented in the collec-
ton are Anders Zorn, Prince Eugene,
youngest brother Of the king OF
Sweden; Bruno Liljefors, Carl Carson.
Emit Ostermann. Anna Boberg, Hugo
Carlberg, Ollie Hjotberg. Count Won
Rosen and Anzelm Schultzberg, Swed-
ish art commissioner. The exhibitors
Will each represent an individual
school and type.
The privileges of the restaurants
serving liquors in Stockholm have
been greatly curtailed during the last
few months. Now they have been or.
dered to serve no customers after
ten O'Clock, and to close at eleven
o'clock. 1t is claimed that OF the
forty restaurants still remaining only
two are making money. Some of the
keepers claim that the last turn OF
the screws means that large num-
Der OF establishments must be closed.
the traffic OF the last hour being the
mainstay of so many restaurants.
The photographic department of the
national museum has received a valu-
able gift from r. Walen. Swedish con-
sui in New Guinea. 1t consists of 40
crates of ethnologic objects from Aus
tralia- There are almost 1000 speci-
ments in all The directors of the mu-
scum awarded the Lime gold medal
to Consul Wahlen in token of appre-
citation of his contribution to the mu-
scum.
Carl Johan Ahlqvist, a Stockholm
merchant, and his wife died of heart
failure almost at the same time. They
were both well during the day. They
retired for the night at IL o'clock.
Fifteen minutes later Mrs. Ahlqvist
heard a loud sigh coming from her
husband. She sprang up and left the
bedroom to call for aid. But she
did not get far. She fell down and
was caught by her daughter who ran
to meet her Without uttering a word
she turned to her husband. who had
already expired, and raised her hand
as If to say good-by and died All
was over in about one minute.
Rye is getting cheap on account of
the embargo on grain. At first the
farmers kept 1t back In the expecta-
ton of getting higher prices. But
now they are giving up the waiting
game, and it appears that consider
able quantities are for sale. The price
is not apt to go much lower, because
many farmers have to feed rye to
their stock.
A shoemaker at Ronneholmsvag.
Malmo, must be said to be greatly
afflicted man. He has been married
twice. He had four children by his
first wife. and all of them and their
mother are dead. Three of them died
OF tuberculosis. His second wife
died early this winter. and the same
day their child was taken to a chill
dren's home. The man was 30 sick
that he could not attend the funeral.
and now he is cared for at hospital.
Sweden has ~ dioceses divided up
into 1888 deaneries. and these again
are subdivided into 2,55S parishes.
There are about $500 regular pastors.
Only 523 pastorates have less than
1000 inhabitants. 1877 have 10000 In
habitants, and ~ have over $4,000 in
habitants. In Stockholm one congre-
cation has $4,000 Inhabitants and three
have over 10000 each. The Swedish
clergymen come chiefly from the
farms. In some dioceses largely from
the homes of pastors. rarely from the
homes of the more prosperous classes.
The Swedish government has placed
$9,50O.000 five per cent bonds on the
market. The denominations OF the
bonds run from sgt TO $2.700. A few
Swedish banks picked up the whole
amount.
A trunk is a wellknown object ON
all railroads. The railway depart
ment of Sweden has found that the
Swedish people spell the word CORE
spending to the English word trunk"
as follows: Koffert, koffort. koffet,
kofferdt. kofferd. kofard. koffart. kof
fot. kofford. koffordt.- koffur, koffurt
fert, kofet. koffertt. kofart. kofurt. kof.
vat, kofvert. kofvfot. karfvet, kari
vert. korfodt. korfertt, korffut. korfv-
fort. kofat, kovet. kopfot. kopport, !
kaffart, kaffertt. kafot, kafet, kafart,
karfart. kaffert. coffert. Golfer. caf-
fort, coffor. cholet.
An ammunition factory outside OF
Stockholm was the scene of an explo-
sion which resulted in the death of |
five persons and the destruction of |
a large supply of ammunition. The
loss, however. will have comparative.
ly little effect on the supply OF the
army and navy.
The tallest chimney In Scandinavia
has just been completed at the Kara.
kar sulft factory It Is $50 feet high |
and has diameter OF 22 feet at the !
haA Ahnnt 2Oll nnO bricks want into