Show SCANDINAVIAN NEWS EINS SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS HAP HAP- IN f fAR AR OFF NORTHWEST ITEMS ITEM FROM THE OLD HOME Resume of the Most Important Events In Sweden Norway and Denmark Denmark- Of Interest Interest to the Scandinavians In America I SWEDEN Complying with the request of the government the Swedish officers who have been engaged in establishing a gendarmerie In Persia are now returning returning re re- returning turning from their mission which has made them known practically throughout through through- out nut the whole world The first ones to return were Maj Md H. H Anden of the Helsinge Helsinge Hel- Hel singe Inge regiment and his wife who accompanied accompanied accompanied ac ac- ac- ac companied him Capt V. V of the regiment and Capt N. N A A. Osterberg of the regi regi- ment The Swedes left Persia in three different rent g groups General Hjalmarson Is the only one who is not going to return return re re- re- re turn lurn to Sweden He is to accompany the othe others s to Petro Petrograd grad where he proposes pro proposes poses to take leave of his comrades and proceed to fo China for which country country coun coun- try he has been requested to organize a I gendarmerie Before making any definite arrangement with the Chinese government he be wants to take some sometime sometime sometime time to make himself familiar with the I circumstances S S S The provincial government of Vas Vaa has reported to to the national national national na na- na- na government on the so called missionary work carried on by Peter Gps f Lindberg-Fernelius Lindberg rg-Fernelius rg and Nils A. A Hansen ansen American citizens had and Harad Hara Har Har- Haa a ad d Valdemar Jankowsky a Danish citizen n. n According to the report the work of these men in Sundsvall had been carefully watched At one meeting meeting meeting meet meet- ing Jankowsky read a letter which told about the conditions in Utah and then he said There you see that it is not so dangerous to go to to Utah as some people claim In their letters The entire agitation of Jankowsky Was Vas as taken ta taken ken to be a covert endeavor to induce people to emigrate to Utah Lindberg Lindberg- Fernelius had given lessons in English to young women who had joined the Mormons which was evidently done for the purpose of preparing them for forgoing forgoing forgoing going to Utah at some future date S S S King Gust Gustaf f has given two valuable weapons weapons to the Swedish armory as an illustration of the art of making firearms firearms firearms fire fire- arms in Sweden One of the gifts is a musket with flintlock by Nussbaum Drottningholm Stockholm in the the- eighteenth eighteenth eight eight- eighteenth century Among the rich ornaments ornaments ornaments orna orna- ments of the barrel of the gun are the letters etters F A. A which indicate the piece was made for Duke Fredrik Adolf AdoU The other is a saber made at Abo in 1793 The gilt silver ornaments of this weapon are executed ed with marvelous marvelous marvelous mar mar- skill The saber is supposed to have been made for Gustav IV Adolf S S S SA A fox bell tied to his neck has been seen time and again in the woods of parish He is so tame that he will let people come within three yards of him but just as they are about to catch him he jumps out of reach It is plain that he is a captive who h has managed to get away from his hI's owner It Is hard to see how he can catch enough game to eke out outa a living as long a as aa his bell beIl warns every every living th thing ng of his coming S S S I The perch in a lake Inthe in inthe inthe I Ise the southernmost part of Sweden se sem m to have gone on a most successful success ful fl strike At the th proper season of the year 50 fishermen w went nt out on the ice to haul in the fish as usual But not a single one of them noticed I a single nibble n They are naturally wondering what is the matter The strike is a very serious matter to the fishermen for they depend on the winter catch of perch for part of their living Jiving S S 5 Very large quantities of codfish have ben caught off Trelleborg this this' spring A small boat often fetched over two hundred p pounds of fine fish in a day It ItIs Itis Itis is easy to sell the fish at five or six cents a pound The fishermen had poor luck earlier in the season and as asif asif f if to even up the consumption the people of ot the neighborhood now consume conS con sume such large quantities that there is not much left for shipping to other localities No more dancing after midnight in Stockholm The of Stockholm Stockholm Stock Stock- Stockholm holm has commenced to interfere with the public balls He used to be quite liberal In granting permission to run a ball with all its enjoyments way down Into the small hours Now he is getting getting get get- ting to be more strict Time and again he has decreed that balls halls and serving I of drinks must close clos at midnight S S SMal Maj Mal Boris Moller MoIler of the Halland regiment has again been the object of ot attention on the part of the government of Persia having been appointed appointed ap- ap appointed ap ap- pointed an officer of public instruction first class just before leaving Teheran for his native land S S S Julius Car Caspar D. D LL Swedish consul at Hanover who is serving inthe In Inthe Inthe the battlefield in the west has been appointed to the position of captain of the horse by General von Bulow and has also been decorated with the iron cross tross S Sr or orf 1 f fl l f 1 r S 5 lf k 1 d' d |