Show scandinavian SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT HAP IN PAR OFF NORTHWEST ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME resume of the ati most moat important events in sweden norway and denmark of interest Inte reit to the scandinavians ui in america SWEDEN the tha king of sweden la Is always on tho the alert to reward meritorious deeds performed by swedes anywhere in the world A few days ago tho the order of van one ot of the oldest orders of seden S eden was waa conferred by king gustif gustaf upon state senator joseph A jackson of st paul baitin the ceremony took place at the home of carl D E swedish consul at st paul the I 1 he decoration symbolic of tho the order a gern gem studded gold star was pinned upon mr air jackson by mr ler acting for the king in making tho the presentation which was a surprise to mr jackson the decoration was conferred in recognition ot of the services of mr jackson as vice consul at st paul will 1 position he held for a number of bears fars previous loua to his election to tile the state senate senata last november sixteen guests were wera present at the he dinner given to cole celebrate vent they included former gov 4 0 eberhart and mrs eh eb erhun colonel bolone and mrs airs david of st paul general and mrs S K E olson dr victor nilsson miss emma nilsson mr and mrs A C man floan of st sl paul and charles A smith formerly of minneapolis now living at oakland cal A boy bay six years old and a girl two years younger io unger at Oc klebo took their sleds and went out on uy by lake though the ice was poor on account of a thaw haw the ziff erl broke through the 1 ice c 0 a considerable distance front from tho the shore A woman who was washing clothes close by witnessed the hect accident but as aa the ice fee was too weak to carry her rho ran for help when she returned the girl was sitting on her sled weeping because she was fo co cold the children being asked for an explanation pla nalon the he boy said 1 I pulled out hilda first and then I 1 pulled out nut her ale elrd d the people of the neighborhood think thinh the little fellow Is entitled to be remembered by those who have charge of the carnegie hero bero fund fond tho rho district coun haft set tied a controversy about the title to the water power in ume river in a manner which does not seem to cottlo so eo very much after all on tending parties are the government and the mo dimajo stock company and the verdict Is 18 that tho the government seems to have a better right to the north half of the be falls and that the company has a title titie to the other half the costs are also a iso divided between the two litigants A young soung man mail who was drafted for service in the Norn botten regiment pro protested on the ground that one of his feet had been injured the physicians could not find any fault with the limb and it was proposed to court in martial artial the he young man fortunately for him a hospital doctor nt at boden took an xray X ray picture of ills his foot and this showed that the big toe in the foot had been broken this was sufficient to clear tho the man with regard to the meeting of the kings of scandinavia at malmo the says at malmo in fit 1814 1914 the son of king oscar 11 II puts the finishing touches to the settlement with norway in 1805 1905 which redounds resounds red to the perpetual honor of his eatherl catheri and at the same time a new and broader union of peace Is established between the three scandinavian countries on the basis of liberty and equality the german press shows a gentral tendency to look upon the meeting of 0 the three kings of scandinavia at malmo as a sign that those countries are going to unite their effort to induce england to treat their ocean traffie less harshly than she ehe has been doing during the last few weeks the omega milking machine which Is manufactured by a swedish firm received the tha first prize at a london dalry dairy exposition this gives strong color to tie assertion that the omega Is tho the beat milking machine on the market BO 60 far 0 0 the government has haa the manufacture of at alcohol and distilled stilled li liquors except for industrial purposes tho rhe prohibition will be in force until tho the latter part of may A single in Si Sni aland exported lingon berries for last fall many families picked berries valued paluel at 10 to during the season in most cases the berries are found on tho the property of the pickers so BO that tho the proceeds eda are all profits the mall carriers ot of the cities of sweden have asked the government to bem with electric bocko lamps tor for using in dark hallways aher they often havo to read numbers ind names on doors whery there li no light 4 |