Show LETTER FROM STOCKHOLM STOCKHOLM april arid special to theNiE the NEWS ws fort oscar Fredriks borg at stockholm has just been equipped with several new and lar large e guns manufactured by the firm it worth co in manchester As the sound at oscar Fredrik bo borg i is so only about feet wide and a ball from m those guns will penetrate a fifteen inch thick steel plate on that distance the armor of the modern iron dads is is very seldom thicker than ten inches it has been admitted by experts that the ad of those guns to the other strong equipment of the fort will make it a veritable gibraltar of the north an international gymnastic tournament will take place at Christ iama next june and the has been requested to grant a sum of crowns for the purpose the kin and crown prince were most enthusiastically received by thousands of people at their arrival at last wednesday many ladies threw flowers and there was wai no sign of an anti demonstration king oscar and crown prince gustaf are expected to return to stockholm about the loth of april mr harald berg of one of the most prominent manufacturers in norway died at the age of 76 years he has especially made himself known as the ardent worker in the interest ot of the development of the norwegian glass industry henrik ibsen celebrated last wednesday his sixty seventh birthday being the recipient of a large number of congratulations 1 sent by mail and telegraph from all parts of the world S D B sverdrup the oldest member of the sverdrup family famous in the history of norway died at Fis kerosen at the age of ninety years gustavus 11 II adolphus is the name of a new lodge of the independent order of odd fellows which has just been organized in gothenburg gothenberg Got henburg asgerd is the name of a new drama by edward brandes the well known danish author the play has been favorably reviewed in the scandinavian papers but has as yet not been performed at any of the theaters it has been decided that sweden will be represented at the regatta at kiel by her two large and modern iron thule and gotha and the gunboat edda from copenhagen comes the report that police inspector korn committed the other day by shooting himself the suicide has caused quite a sensation the motive is not known gothenburg gothenberg Got henburg will have a masonic tern tem pie the erection of which will immediately take place As to size and elegance it will be one of the finest buildings in s in in sweden the e installations for electric lighting in sweden were at first undertaken mostly with foreign materials but nowadays only home materials are used the total number ol of electric incandescent lamps in the kingdom may at present be reckoned at the number of arc lamps being in stockholm there are incandescent lamps and more than soo arc lamps the chief plant lor for electric light is the so called central station where the three wires system with steam dynamos and accumulators s used the mains are laid underground and are calculated for lamps burning simultaneously but the central station may be greatly extended besides the establishment lor for electric lighting which belongs to the city of stockholm there are many smaller stations and also industrial establishments as well as public and private building which have installations ot of their own for electric light in many of the towns and boroughs of the kingdom besides the capital there are stations lor for lighting larger or smaller portions of their precincts in sunds vall and helsingborg Hels ingborg the conductors are laid underground but otherwise aerial conductors are almost universally used |