| Show E THE scandinavian canby FATH fatherland RL prepared elp reu i from special cablegram cablegrams Cable grams SWEDEN mrs maria sofia died at stockholm ockholm ock holm at the age of 96 years several cases of smallpox small pox are reported from the city of Jon koping rev E norberg of Staff ansberg A bied up A at the age of 86 years mayor R of sundsvall Sund died a few days ago A railroad will be built between kalmar and karlskrona Karls krona A new railroad will be built between morse morae noret and Elf dalen in dalecarlia Dale carlia the new theater in sundsvall Sund was dedicated sept 29 by the lindberg theater company abraham Wid equist the oldest inhabitant of Fal koping died at the age of 90 years the export of swedish matches to vi the I 1 united states is increasing at a ibid alvid rate an aa i ix i year y earold ear old boy in the he parish of weighs pounds how is that for a dime museum bread awner in m america the me heirs of sheriff H J nordberg have donated crowns to the building jag of a school at ken in the province of Bohus laen at a fire at the parish of amenna several houses bouses and barns were burned to the ground A large num boj of cattle were roasted roasted to death in the flames the swedish journalist erik who for some years has been living in paris has been appointed un de 1 V academic by the french government bishop A F beckman of the skara diocese deocer e died at Brun nebo at an age of 82 years s he was a very able preacher and er regarded crded as one of the pillars of the swedish h state church A monument to rudolf wall the former editor and publisher ol 01 of the stockholm dailey dailey news who died some years ago was dedicated the other day at the new cemetery near stockholm anna kristina who had ien been fifteen years in the united states strived arrived at her home at Vimmer hy in order to spend some time with her relatives aves zela tives she had bad hardly arrived home wore before she took sick and in a f few ew days she was a corpse varnishes are being manufactured in sweden although not to a very large extent last year there were eleven wor color and varnish works in sweden with in an aggregate output out put of about crowns the export of colors and pigments in the same year amounted to crowns while the import ran to A special peculiarity in sweden are the mud baths which have been employed here for more than two hundred years the method developed from that of loka which was known in the beginning of the eighteenth century differing aNde Di fiering from the custom abroad the mud in the baths in sweden rs is used as a means of friction it being rubbed into the skin and the muscles kneaded and treated with massage the town of Norr koping in sweden produces about two thirds of all the wool cloth manufactured in the country the cloth mills amounted in 1893 to 48 in number with work people and a produce value of in the same year there were 35 25 mills for other woollen fabrics worsted goods and cotton warp cloth with a produce value of i 1 as 1000 and 14 stocking weaving mills with a produce value of the demand for transportable steam engines is great in sweden and their manufacture is increasing day by day A few years ago english loco mobiles were mostly employed but since the home fabrication during curing the past decade has made great strides the use of for foreign elga i loco mobiles has very much decreased in consequence of the capital material used in the swedish loco mobiles and owing to the complete preventives against accidents which according to swedish law must be taken by the manufacturer of every machine the swedish loco mobiles rank high among similar products from other parts of the world the boilers are made with the utmost care from the very best swedish martin steel plates AWL NORWAY A large industrial exposition was opened at Pors grund 0 hansens farm near was burned to the ground the other day E olsen a well known citizen of torsvik Ton died at the age of 92 years P S K the wealthy lumber merchant of sarpsborg died at the pirty party of the right has been victorious at the election in belse in the stavanger Sta vanger diocese dr H J 1 horst has been reelected elected re as a member to the from the and bedoe districts even the papers of the right do now believe that the party of the left will have a majority in the next urge large marble fields have been discovered in the province of Nordi nordland and the marble is of the best quality miss martha the well known swedish gave her first con cert at the other day and was enthusiastically received the hamar and bosna railroad was dedicated in the presence ot of the king and the crown prince and opened for traffic the socialists of have decided to put up their own ticket which it is probable however very few people will vote A stone was thrown against the carriage of minister of state stang when he drove home from a mass meeting at bergen the other day aagerup a member of the cabinet held three lectures in bergen he was listened to by persons who bahu spastically applauded d his h is attacks atta cis op swo den and the oe swede viggo he welli known politician i who hardly abear a year ago visited vid the united states has now arrived home from the congress of peace at haag and is booked for several stump speeches to be delivered in DENMARK cholera has appeared at Masne sund the number of lepers on iceland is increasing mrs erika olsen of died at the age of 92 years an 88 year old man emigrated to the united states from copenhagen the 0 her day an 85 year old woman of odense emigrated to the united states the other day none of the members of the russian emperors family is expected to visit denmark the present year the second edition of ghosts will soon appear in in copenhagen the first edition was copies mrs eve nansen the wife of the famous arctic explorer is to appear at several concerts in copenhagen editor 0 of f odense has been elected to the folkening Fol as the successor of dr edward branda Br andea A magnificent horticultural exposition was opened at copenhagen in ia the presence of several mem member berl fe of the royal family and many thousand people the danish papers report that many old people who have been living in america for a number of years have returned to denmark to die A railroad will probably soon be built in iceland the next alting is expected to grant an appropriation for the purpose two armored cruisers and four torpedo boats of the russian navy anchored in the harbor of copenhagen the other day captain larsen an old veteran from the danish german wars of 1848 and 1864 killed his wife while temporarily insane whereupon he committed suicide the terrible drama took place at lar sens country mansion on the almager island near copenhagen |
