Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1917-03-01
Sweden.

In that city.
Sweden.
A venerable coppersmith who lives
In a rural district near Stockholm has
recently come into. public notice be-
cause of an interesting collection of
musical instruments In his possession.
Indeed, 1t may be said that he has
veritable museum of interesting his
toric instruments. Included In his
collection are Stradivarius violin, an
other by Andrea Guarnerio. made In
1G60, and another by Giuseppe Guar
NERO, not to mention a Hardanger vio-
lin dating from the yehr ITO. A re-
markable Luth piano dating from near
the beginning Of the eighteenth CEN
fury is also In the collection. The old
man Is In straitened financial circum-
stances, and may have to part with
some of his rare instruments to meet
his needs.
Sweden now dominates the English
lumber market. The British report OF
the lumber trade has been published.
For n number of years Russia fur
nished 80 per cent Of the lumber Inn
ported by Great Britain, while Scan-
dinavia reached only rs per cent. Dur
Ing the year 1916 the conditions were
changed to the extent TINT Russia fur
nished only II per cent and Scandi-
navia As per cent. Ii there Is no radi-
cal change with regard to the control
of the ocean Sweden expects to domi-
nate the market another year.
Sweden Is well supplied with FIRST
class performers and opera singers.
But In spite of this favorable situa.
ton those who run the concert halls
and theaters Of Stockholm paid about
100000 to foreign singers and per-
formers during the year 1916. OF this
amount Andrejewa Skilondz alone car
ried away $500. Felicie Kaschowska
and Slgrid Arnoldson received about
1926 for each evening.
A gigantic theft In the central post
office at Stockholm, which took place
in 1914, but the perpetrator OF which
was never discovered. has just been
cleared up by the authorities, and nm
employee Of the Office, who has long
been under suspicion and scrutiny,
was recently arrested. The theft took
place In the parcel division and the
amount involved was $4,000 crowns.
Not long ago Sweden was secured
by French agents who managed to In
duce many Swedcs. most OF whom
were skilled mechanics. to hise out to
work In France. But at the last mo-
ment the Swedish government took
hold OF the matter and refused to issue
passports to the men. On one occa-
sion no less than 156 applications were
rejected In bunch.
The king has denied the appeal OF
Editor Y. Hoglund to be released from
prison during the session Of the riks-
dak, OF which he Is q member. Editor
HogIund. who Is member OF the riks-
dak. was convicted Of reasonable ut
terances against his country and sen
fenced to the state prison. His case
has attracted more than national AT.
tention. ... 49,.
The exports from the United Statel
to Sweden In 1915 had value Of
sS5, 261, 270. This is more than the ex-
ports from the United States to either
Denmark or Norway. but less II, pro-
portion to population.
A big new banking institution. with
a maximum capital Of 10000. 600
crowns, has been organized at Gothen-
burg, with Directors Falk Simon and
Haglund as the heads Of the new In
stltuti0n.
The Northern museum Mt Stockholm
had deficit Of 10000 crowns In 1916,
and the management has decided that
a lager tax for the maintenance Of
the institution must be levied upon the
city.
The election of delegates TO the So
cialist congress has resulted In vic
tory for Branting and the old socialist
faction over the young socialist fac-
ton.
Prince Eugene Of Sweden has pur-
chased Tristan, the famous work OF
the sculptor Miles. A replica will be
presented to the city OF Copenhagen.
His Thznlp Offering.
Butferman---While my daughter was