Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-10-12
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
Interesting Notes From Across
the Ocean.
HAPPENINGS IN THE FATHERLAND.
Principal Events that Have Occurred In
tho Old Countries About the
North Sea Within Week
or So Just Past.
SWEDEN.


A 7o-year-old man at Treileborg was
arrested for keeping a blind pig, and
took the matter so seriously that he
drowned himself.
A hotel at Hvellinge is lighted with
acetylene gas. The gas is produced in
an clubhouse, the space required for the
apparatus being only 6x10 feet. This
gas Is claimed to be cheaper than kero-
sene oil.
The municipal court of Gefle has
closed an important chapter OF the case
against Rev. ]. Norberg, who was &C
cused of having caused the death of
Miss Johanna Lenstrom, by declaring
that he is not guilty. An appeal will
be made to Svea court.
A Stockholm firm advertised cards
by which most faithful Subjects
could congratulate the king upon the
occasion of his jubilee. The firm
claimed that these cards could be sent
through the mails for ore, or about
IA cents apiece But the cards were
SO large that when they were supplied
with only ore stamp, the receiver
OF the cards would have to pay IL ore
per card. In order to save the king
from this unique item of jubilee ex-
penses, the newspapers advised the
most faithful subjects to keep their
cards.
At the close of the great field maneu-
vers in Da1arne. the king took leave OF
the army in an address which shows
that he was pleased with the result.
''Ihese maneuvers, ne said. REQUIRED
strenuous efforts on the part of every
one OF you. But that was my inten-
ton, in order to give both the soldiers
and the officers as correct a picture of
actual warfare as possible. Your en-
durance has come up to my expecta-
tlons, and it is only fair to acknowl-
edge that these maneuvers from year
to year testify to an increased efficiency
of the army. This is a source of JOY
to every patriot Upon your return to
your barracks or your homes I express
to you my ardent thanks" The press
also speaks in a similar strain.
Rev. o. Fryxell, D. D., LII. D., OIL
ciated at the altar during the regular
Sunday services in Gunnarsnas church,
Dalsland, Sept. II, though he is 81
years old.
The degree of doctor of philosophy
which the university of Vienna con-
ferred upon King Oscar was not con-
veyed through the usual channels, but
special deputation was sent to Stock
holm with the diploma.
The city of Stockholm contributed
$3.50, 900 to the kings jubilee fund
The value Of the state railways of
Sweden is about $50, 900, 900.
The king conferred the degree of
doctor of divinity upon 80 clergy men
in one batch.
| The greatest number of passengers
arriving at Stockholm by rail in one
day was $4,000.
karlstad will have new court
house, the cost of which is placed at
$35, 900.
The export of planks, battens, planed
lumber, and pip props was greater this
year than that of any previous year
since 1877.
King Oscar II. is the desceudent Of
16 Swedish kings and of % Norwegian
kings, his earliest royal ancestors in
Sweden being Eric SeSersall, and in
Norway, Harald Haarfagre.
The first precinct Of the city OF
Stockholm has elected a liberal to a
seat in the rigsdag, by vote of ST.
out of a total Of 9SS.
Compulsory education has been in
! force so years in Sweden. The pro-
gress made in the public schools of
Sweden during the past half century
is simply marvellous
A Mr.. Busk, in Harjedalen, shot an
elk and, accidentally, his own CON-
panion, A. Olofson, with one shot, the
bullet passing through the head of the
elk and through the chest of Olofson.
The Stockholm exposition was an
unqualified success from all points OF
view. 1t has paid its expenses, and
there may be surplus of fifty or sew
enty-tive thousand dollars; it has
proven to Eurore that Sweden is a
very prosperous country; it has adver-
tised the industries of the country as
never before; and it has placed Swe-
den in the forefront of the tourist re-
sorts Of the world.
The speaker of the second chamber
OF the riksdag, Robert de Ia Gardie,
has served as governor of the province
of Ostergotland since 1867.
L. Thuresen, Stockholm engineer,
has compounded fluid which will
kill all sorts of microbes, but which
does not affect the human system.
The increase of the revenues of the
government for the past few months
has been almost phenomenal The re-
ceipts from the customs duties, the
liquor trade, the railroads, and the
sugar industry were about $13, 600. 900,
as against $11,s25, 600 for the CORE
spending period in 1896. This is a
gain of Il per cent, and amply proves
the prosperity of the business inter.
ests of the country.
The whisky dist1llers of Krist1anstad
and vicinity have fixed the wholesale
price of brandy at g. ore per liter, OF
about % cents per gallon. the proper
ton of alcohol being 80 per cent