Show THE scandinavian fatherland prepared from special cablegrams Cable grams SWEDEN A large tourist hotel will be built at dalen ex sheriff H J C aall died at at the age of 88 years rev E larson of the parish of vallentuna Vallen tuna died at the age of 73 72 years the wholesale merchant joh lunde of has been appointed swiss consul in that city mrs edla ekelund of kolma Kol marp rp celebrated her ioana birthday the crown prince has left for rome borne where he intends to stay some time with his sick wife dr K F one of the ablest botanists of sweden died at stockholm at the age of 79 years about 60 60 per cent of the teachers in the public schools ot of sweden are women and about 40 40 per cent are men the cost of the p proposed yo posed railroad between umea and vaen is estimated at kronor thirty thousand reindeer are said io to have starved to death in the northern sweden during the present winter mrs davida afzelius a young swedish from gothenburg gothenberg Got henburg is s meeting with great success in germany several large steamers ordered by the russian government will be built at the mechanic workshops of bergsund the country mansion in the parish of was burned down jonas jakobson and his wife perished in the flames four giant guns which will be man manufactured U at the Fin works have been ordered for the fort oscar fre dricks borg prince oscar bernadotte does now attend gospel meetings every week and some members of the upper ten trying to imitate his royal highness have suddenly become very religious Stock holms bois de bologne 11 is far superior in beauty to the latter it is about that carl michael Bell bellman manthe the great national poet has written so many songs hon W W thomas the ex minister of the united states to stockholm intended at at first to spend the summer in sweden but has now changed his mind and will with his wife return to america next month the price paid by alfred nobel for the bofors boford works in id veraland land was oooo kronor it is mr intention to found an establishment at bofors boford which will compete with the famous krupp gun factory at essen the province of dalecarlia Dale carlia in sweden is celebrated for its lovely scenery and for the independent spirit of its sturdy dy inhabitants the piously observe the customs bequeathed to them by their ancestors and still retain the peasant costumes worn for ages in this province the costume of each parish is different and all are gaily colored and highly becoming the constitution in regard to the composition to the two houses chambers of the swedish has been slightly changed the upper house will henceforth comprise members instead of ioa while in the lower house the number of members is increased from to of these will represent rural constituencies and eighty urban constituencies there are about 2000 2000 owners owners of flour mills in sweden most of them employ only a small number of workmen several large steam flour mills however have commenced operations during ai the last decades e g two in stockholm one in upsala kupsala etc on the whole the flour mill industry have made great progress since 1888 when a pretty nigh high import duty was laid on foreign flour fireproof fire proof paint has of late years been manufactured in sweden and seems to obtain more and more favor with the public As a general rule it contains certain ingredients which do not fuse readily anc and which hinder the access of the air air to the heated mass and thus delay the breakie breaking out of the flames in consequence of of the great number of wooden buildings here this paint will doubtless be extensively used in in times to come NORWAY congressman john of gausdal is dead railroad inspector hermansen of skien was killed by the cars J L ebbestad a prominent merchant aj helvik died at the age of 54 years A big which crushed several houses took place at Ej aerland the dramatic company of bergen recently celebrated its looth anniversary the death rate in was very high last year the number of deaths per thousand being 27 the well known wholesale jon merchant erchant C A Jak keln of bodo has been forced to make an assignment avery A very large number of wolves has been killed in the northern part of the country during this winter the norwegian state has bought the large picture spanish blacksmiths I 1 by ernst ernat josephson the swedish painter at the big fire in Christian sand last year houses were burned to the ground many of the burnt houses have now been rebuilt A teacher at one of the public schools of was kroner and costs because he had kissed one of the female pupils in the school D faye hansen has made the proposition that the Stor thing refuse to grant all appropriations for the diplomatic service second lieutenant wal and second lieutenant juerjens juergens will both depart for the congo state where they have been offered good positions the norwegian government has now decided to present to the united states the famous viking ship sent to the chicago fair captain anderson is going to washington to make the official otter offer DENMARK dr sigismund jacobsen one of the best known physicians in copenhagen is dead much annief anxiety y is felt in regard to the condition of the crown princess as she is a woman very much loved by the people salomon meyer trier assessor phar macia and a well known citizen of copenhagen died at the ageos ninety years lieutenant N R agerskov an old veteran from the danish german war died at holstebro holstebroe Holst ebro at the age of seventy four years agerskov was a knight of the order of dannebrog the danish crown princess Is is very ill and some physicians believe that she will will not live to celebrate her and her husbands silver wedding next summer the crown princess as known is a daughter of charles XV the former king of sweden the na alved is responsible for the following A farmer of ayen one day heard a hen screaming in his yard he rushed out found a fox chasing the hen and hurled his wooden shoe at the fox thus saving the hen but lo 10 and behold in the night the hen laid at an egg in the big end of which may be seen the picture of a fox stooping over a hen the same authority claims that the egg was to be exhibited at a poultry show at kjome |