Show scandinavian NEWS SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT H happenings AP IN FAR OFF A NORTHWEST ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME reume ef cf the most important events in sweden norway and denmark of interest to the th Scandinavia nis in america DENMARK A dark object was wag noticed close to the beach at old skagen at first it liaa as supposed to bo be a mine that had drifted in from the sea but it proved t to 0 be a whale which some fishermen tug tugged 9 0 d to skagen where an experienced whale hunter cut it up for use under a two inch layer of blubber was fine due meat tilts this was sampled by the paa PaR tors wife who was born in the faroe islands and was familiar with ft ath the use of whale meat she said it was just fine and to prove that she meant just what she said she secured a large portion of the meat this was a signal tor for the people of the locality to take advantage ot 0 the unexpected chance to get cheap meat the price asked was only a cent nna and a halt half a pound when the butchers came cam to skagen to sell meat as usual t they ey were met with the whale story and had ad to take their meat homo home again 4 0 national prohibition went into effect in iceland the of january considerable sid erable blind pigging has been fining on ii in I 1 tho the capital and the authorities are kept pretty busy tile tho liquor la is smuggled into the country by foreign ships the ministry has haa decided that liquor may be used on icelandic ships during the voyage but as soon as they approach the country all liquors on board shall be sealed scaled it was at first supposed that the law applied only to the land and the territorial waters of the country but this new ruling carries prohibition even into tile the high sea near the coast of 0 iceland the public officials of iceland are a conscientious lot and they will no doubt k keep beep up tile tho struggle until the il llila it drink Is stamped out As a farmer at was taking a sow into a railway car the beast grabbed the hand of a man who helped her between her teeth but what was st still worse sho she absolutely refused to let go of tier her hold the only way 13 y to herala release his ats hand was to pry her mouth out 11 open with a crowbar tile the mans mail a hand was badly lacerated and a surgeon had bad to dress it SWEDEN the now sanatorium of Mal has been dedicated it is located at ot berg bloor among tile the invited guests were the governor of 0 Malm olius lan ian count robert dela gardle bishop billing the provincial physician members of the laud sting representatives of the press an others prof carl petren the chalemin n ot of tho the building g committee 1 i I account of the establishment tab lish ment of B u institution where whereupon aspon bishop billing dedicated it governor gardle expressed ills his thanks to all those who had taken part in the task of putting up the building and announced that king gustav had made professor patron a commander of tho the order ot of vasa second class clas S sorensen tho the architect a knight of the orde of the north star and nils andersson ders son a member of tho the building committee a knight of tho the order of vasa maj C Pae lickstrom listrom ot of the Gott godtland gottland land infantry rl kment broke two of his ribs at three one afternoon aud and his doctor told him that he must bo be taken to the lio pital at once no sir air the major ind had invited some friends to dinner at ove five and he would not disappoint them ia ho entertained them so BO well that they did not know what had happened to him the next day major backstrom Dac kstrom was a pretty sick man lie ile pulled through however and la Is now well again 0 0 0 guilaf ot Sk argol tor saas parish kalmar lan ian has rounded oft off the first century of hla his life it Is only a few years since ho he turned his farm over to hla his seventy year old daughter with whom he be la Is living ile he Is doing sonio some work nearly every day ills his eyesight la Is good but ho he Is deaf some years ago he got new natural teeth cerebrospinal cerebra spinal meningitis la is getting to bo be a very furious matter in the army of sweden scores of men in different garrisons have been attacked and a considerable number have died the disease to Is highly contagious those who survive are apt to be more or less crippled for life the swedish steamer centric on her way from stockholm to helsing borg bore sweden has been sunk hy by a mine off the mand aland islands tho the members ot of the vessels crew were saved 0 0 the government has haa permitted tho the exportation of horses from sweden dut but horses of certain kinds and in certain conditions aro are expected german war hips have seized ten swedish steamers in tho the baltic bound for england the captured were taken to |