Show THE FAR NORTH CABLEGRAM STOCKHOLM june irth special I 1 W W W thomas the swedish speaking man of maine is as yet the minister of of the U S to sweden and norway and another minister plenipotentiary is authority for the statement that he will be his own successor A very high personage is said to have earned carried forth this wish in some diplomatic way to another high but more democratic g gentleman etleman that thomas be retained the man of democratic principles is said to have answered that thomas will probably be retained by reason of his ability popularity and general fitness for the position nothing is said which goes to prove that consideration has been taken in regard to anything else SWEDEN prince carl of denmark arrived at stockholm the other day on the danish war ship dagmar sick love a novel by hans jaeger which was recently confiscated in copenhagen has now been confiscated n stockholm also twenty seven swedes living at st petersburg i have donated and sent over 2000 crowns to the swedish defense society it is relieved believed that the year 1893 will prove a famine year for sweden as an incessant drought has existed during april and may B lundquist the swedish journalist ourn alist who has been trav traveling e ii ing in in south america for some years departed for new york from rio janeiro the other othe r day lieutenant E A made an assignment a la fin de siccle the oth other erday day his assets were two cents while the liabilities amounted to i crowns S A hedin the most prominent member of the lower house of the swedish dag will probably resign if so it will be nearly impossible to find anybody who can fill his place the board of health of stockholm has asked the aldermen for an extra appropriation of crowns in case of cholera paying a visit to the capital during the present year the most severe electric storm storm that ever visited the city of Fal koping and neighborhood raged a tew few days ago seven farm houses were struck at about the same time and were burned down A swedish authors society has been organized zed in stockholm the aim of which will be to take care of the financial interests of the writers count carl the famous poe poet has been elected president of the society rolf Boso Bos eus ceus a young oun engineer and the only son of budoff rudolf Boso Bos eus ceus the mayor of arboga died in stockholm the other day he arrived home from america last year one of his sisters takes the part of a girl in the lapland village at the worlds fair edwin Bo and gunnar linnell two young swedes who have been living in western africa for several years arrived at stockholm the other day for the purpose of staying in their native city a couple of months and getting thoroughly rested new and very large guns uns have been ordered for the oscar the strong fortress defending the entrance of stockholm the guns will not be manufactured by krupp as was intended at first but by the Fin gun works in sweden count wilhelm of forlanda Mor landa who is living at boisdorf in the neighborhood of 0 bonn switzerland was recently elevated to a prussian count under the name of von 11 count was born in 1831 was formerly a lieutenant of the swedish land regiment but has devoted himself to the art of painting 9 during the last years notwithstanding the worlds fair in chicago many american tourists have already arrived at stockholm A party of five from boston and ten Got made their appearance the other day they will travel extensively in norway and northern sweden and expect to reach the mountains june 23 where they will behold the wonderful view v of the midnight sun their golden wedding was celebrated by farmer jons nilsson of huerby and his wife the golden wedding day was also the bi birthday of the 80 year old husband and the 72 year old wife the venerable couple received many letters and presents especially from some of their children in america one son living in oregon sent home crowns sigrid arnoldson the famous swedish who is regarded bynane by many to have a more melodious voice than christine nilsson ever possessed will visit america in the fall and sing in the most prominent cities of the united states she will make her first appear anee ance in chicago in october and will probably be beardin heard in minneapolis and st paul in november her contract calls for 1000 for each performance and free expenses I 1 NORWAY will have electric street cars alex Kiel lands new book will be published about august the king and queen have sent crowns to the suffering people of during the big fire which raged in a afew few months ago five people were roasted to death and several injured all the radical papers continue to discuss the consular question and several of them attack 1 king oscar ih such vigorous language that it seems peculiar that they are not confiscated the russian paper boskovski Nos kovski a vw vl san dom is complaining that the fu russian La are much troubled by their norwegian neighbors who ruin their fishing and cut down their forests this says the paper is the result of the great rest mistake of conceding two bays to barway norway in 1826 11 the journal concludes by advising the russian authorities to take immediate steps in order to protect its subjects DENMARK carl berthelsen Berth elsena a rich merchant of aarhus celebrated his anniversary at the head of his business firm by donating over 7 to different benevolent institutions czar Alex alexander abder and the czarina will pay their usual yearly visit to copenhagen in july instead of august as was intended at first |