Show scandinavian NEWS SUMMARY OF IMPORTANT happenings IN FAR OFF NORTHWEST ITEMS FROM THE OLD HOME resume of the most important events in sweden norway and denmark of interest to tho the scandinavians scandinavian in A merica america SWEDEN the swedish mission CoNeria lit mis sion eion house and seminary lit in stock holm olin was badly baal damaged bi fire re P P alfstrom ald strom the father of 0 the it CoNe covenant N wis is present and fought th the e flames with anith de desperate energy at first first he would not bellee believe that the building ft nas as on fire it had six light ning rods of the best construction and it t seemed incredible that it could bo be reached b lightning mr walden strom kept up the fight until a burn ing door from rom the fifth tory fell ell down domia so bo close to him that it toro tore the rim off hla his hat in ID tact fact both he lind and his son box paul fought so hard that their health seems to have be been en impaired th the e 0 old IT benti gentleman eman had to retire to his counti cottage near gaale and it is 13 feared that he be may have hae to stay in bed on account ot of the fire the aba scho school a not bo be opened tor for the tall fall term until october 16 is the fireman on a steamer in an germa german n land found a balloon on the shore S so 0 much or of its gas had been lost that it could not sta eta in the air any longer knowing something about the art of balloon lag he soaked a rag with nith kerosene placed it un der the opening ot of the bal balloon loola and set fire to it the smoke moke soon filled the balloon and when ill the e inflation reached a certain point the balloon rose and Ns was as carried away awai by b the wind bu but t it did not eta stai long in the air and it happened to land 1 in a tor for est which was set on fire the people of the neighborhood fought the flames a whole day da before the acre rut out and the damage was consid terrible erable tho the granneberg Grange berg and traffic compani la is as assessed essed on the basla basis of 0 almost or about 00 more than last year this compans Is IB about ahead C of f the second greatest taxpayer in the kingdom the luos Luo awara abara mining company compani the nal nation of the pr pro cert of the famous laval separator company compan Is about 1 65 iha 1 I he richest individual lit in sweden seems seem to be minister of for eign affairs who ho has to pay taxes on the second richest man in the countr 3 count wn non is taxed tor for the hotel keepers keep er 0 of stockholm well pleased with ft ath the tourist tride trade early this summer the tour ests came unusually eirl early in the sea son and the vere more numerous than last year sear at the same period fater bater in the season seaon hoin ner the rush fit did not come up to expectations exl one reason vaa nas that so man an came only as far a the baltic exposition at malmo it Is at least certain that this exposition has hurt tho the business men of stockholm nils mis moreau a fifteen ear earold old boy in stockholm suddenly disappeared and his whereabouts were not known for about a neel neek finally lie be vas found in the forest A viper nas b bi his side elde ile he had lot loft lo t his memory and could not tell aho he vas nas ahe doctors ex cx plain that he had been sun struck but flip tapi are in hopes that he will re rc cover coer 0 0 the provincial legislature of up malalan has gone on record in favor avor of abolishing the rule that the pastor ot of tile the congregation shall be ex CIL chairman ot of the board ot of education rode node on the other hand band has iN ritten to the department of eccles las affairs that the proposed change be injurious to the schools the clergy and tho the people 0 of S sweden eden 0 the income and property tax for th the e lear car 1911 1914 has been ned fixed in the alti cit of stockholm there are inhabitants and their taxes aagre gate about 1 COO NN aich Is about 17 more than last far ear tills this amount tor for the bhole kingdom Is about 12 or about 1000 1 more than last year car t the annual epe expenses nse s of the average student at the university of lund aro are about the e expenses are a little larger at tho university of den mark but the riffi ference is really tin material 0 K cou contains taing in article against tho the cocalles EO co called baltic temp ip at the baltic exposition at malmo the article joints out certain facts to prove that behind the practice of cremation ire are co concealed certion monistic that are hostile to the church and tho the christian re ligion it is asked whether such ten are in halmon till ill the alms 0 of the exposition and if the Lin answer siNer Is in the regatha reg atle the proper authors tics bics ought to proceed proc cedi energetically ond end cleir clear up the milter matter bilitch Is said bald to b mn m cerious at ana an rate |