Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-09-14
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
Interesting Notes From Across
the Ocean
HAPPENINGS IN THE FATHERLAyD.
Principal Events that Have Occurred In
the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within Week
or So just Past.
SWEDEN.

SWEDEN.
A. Sjostrom, of Karlshamn, has been
10 the telegraph service Al years, and
during all that period has had only ten
days of. BE is 60 years old.
Gustaf Froding. the poet, is dissatis.
fed with the customary clothes worn
In northern Europe, and IN popular
daily he proposes costumes somewhat
similar to those worn in classic Greece.
A farmer at Vallarum sold cherries
Tor 70 from single tree, besides what
the family used at the time of picking.
Carl Won Bergen died in Stockholm
August 10. Won Bergen attended the
congress of religions at the Chicago
worlds fair. and four years ago thou
sands of Swedish-Americans in differ
ent parts of the country listened to his
lectures on religions and moral topics.
He was an able and learned man; but
his espousal of unitarianism and spir-
itualism alienated him from the great
mass of his countrymen.
The head of large manufacturing
establishment at Jonkoping requested
the director Of the state railway, Count
Cronstedt. to furnish more cars, giving
as reason that the products of the
establishment had to be kept on hand
for days and weeks after they were
ordered. simply on account of INSULT
Gent transportation facilities. The
answer was surprising: IF we were to
furnish cars upon request, there would
soon be factory at every railway
station"
female inmate of the Upsala in
sane hospital managed to elm b up into
big pine tree in the yard, and all at
tempts to coax her down were in vain.
She held her fort part of day and
one whole night, when a young man
succeeded in bringing her down.
Bishop Rundgren, despite his 70
years, is not only tending to his regu-
lar duties, but has refused to take the
tied.
Tom Mann, the great English labor
agitator, at a public mass meeting in
Malmo, stated that the Swedish labor
unions were ahead OF the old style Ia
Dor unions in England. though the
Swedish workingmen are not entitled
to personal vote; the main point of
difference being that said organizations
in Sweden are partly of political ma
ture, while their counterparts in Eng
land are wholly non-political.
The Lyckaker sugar factory has been
sold for about 81, 00O, 900 to syndicate
of Swedish capitalists, most of whom
are interested in other sugar factories
in southern Sweden. The deal seems
to point to sort of sugar ring or trust
in the near future, the object being to
control the output as we'll as the
prices.
Kaiser Wilhelm has given instruc-
tions to the effect that the marine
school ship Stein shall carry the repre-
sentatiyes of Germany to the kings
jubilee. The deputation will be head
ed by Prince Frederick Leopold
Quite a bit has been written for and
against the probability of ''shower of
decorations of honor" from the hands
OF the king at his coming jubilee. But
those seem to speak by the card who
assert that such shower will occur,
and at it will be one of the greatest
in the modern history of Sweden.
There are 1872 distillers in Sweden,
and the annual output is equal to about
4, 10O,0 900 gallons of alcohol By far the
largest number of the distilleries are
to be found in the southern part of the
country. and all but three are located
in the country districts.
The railway department has decided
to call a meeting of the heads of the
different railway companies for the
purpose Of establishing the zone rate
system on all the railways of the
country.
The department. of medicine could
not find a single one out, of the the
thousand of total abstainers to be suit
able and willing to represent Sweden
at the temperance congress held at
Brussels; but the king seems to have
had better eyes, for he appointed DIR.
Henrik Berg to fill said position.
A. LARSON, of Lund, took the first
prize for throwing quoits at the inter-
national games at Charlotteu burg,
Denmark.
Count Fredri1 Arvidsson Posse, one
of the foremost engineers and railway
builders of Sweden, died at the earlv
age of 46.
Sweden may celebrate a rare festi-
val this year-the tooth anniversary OF
the first, war between the Swedes and
the Russians.
NORWAY.
Justin Mccarthy, the English his
torian, closes his ''History of Our Own
Times with an enthusiastic account of
Nanson'ss visit to England and of the
Importance of his North Pole expedi-
dition. ''Since the time Of Garibaldi, Is
Mccarthy says, mo foreigner has been
received with mightier demonstra-
ton of welcome than was DR.. hansen.
In this case it was simply general
. and national homage to genius, endur-
ance, energy, courage and good for
tune
Menneskevennen, the Oldest exist
]. ing temperance paper in the world,
has been published by the Total Alb
stinence association of Norway. But