Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-08
NEWS
Interesting Notes From Across
the Ocean.
HAPPENINGS In THE FATHERLAND.
Principal Events that Have Occurred In
the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within q Week
or So just Past.
SWEDEN.

SWEDEN.
Not the least hitch nor flaw was no.
tlced in the ceremonies accompanying
the opening of the Stockholm Art and
industrial exposition on May IS. The
exposition grounds and it's surround
ings presented beautiful and exceed
ingly animated scene, and the impress
sion was intensified by the powerful
strains of music, the tolling of church
bells and the roar of cannon. King
Oscar II. has the reputation of being
eloquent But on this occasion he
seems to have broken his own record
in that respect, and we can hardly do
better than to give a part of his OPEN
ing address: while war is trailing
his bloody mouth along the classical
soil of the southeastern part of our
grand division, a conflict of an entirely
different nature will now take place
here in the uttermost Thule, the old
fable-land, scarcely known even by
name in ancient Greece. Indeed, the
volunteers in our struggle. too, crossed
the boundary lines of the countries;
but they did not carry the torches of
hate in their hands, but they ap-
preached the battle ground eager to
clasp each others hands IN friendship.
And here, today, under the radiant
vault of the Scandinavian spring sky,
the battle will begin. But it will be a
bloodless struggle Here the Swedish
people has decided to meet its broth
ers from the west side of the noun
tains, its kinsmen from the coasts of
the Sound and the Belts, and it's neigh
bors from beyond the Baltic for a
rivalry IN the field of labor. What
you see before your eyes speaks for it.
self. 1t is not my duty at this time to
Judge Of the value and merits of these
chievements-that must be left to the
ripe and serious consideration of the
experts. For then alone can we rest
assured that no clouds of narrow
mindedness, vanity or jealousy will
arise and obscure the rays of truth and
good intentions in the golden balance
of justice. In this hour of festive ioy
l only wish to extend to everyone a
cordial and ardent welcome, in the
name of the Swedish people, by de-
claring the Art and Industrial exposi-
ton Of the year 1897 to be opened"
A large number of passengers, who
left New York on the steamer St. Paul
of the American line. arrived at Goth
enburg May IS, and some of them pro-
ceeded at once to the Stockholm expo
sition. No less than five Swedish
American ministers were in the COM
pany.
Count Gusraf Spare has been select
ed by the jubilee fund committee to
hand the fund over to the king on the
proper occasion.
According to the census of 1897, the
city of Stockholm has 1888 Ander-
sons, 6,377 Pettersons, 1888 Johans-
sons, 6,SSS Karlssons, 4,454 Erikssons,
3,59s Missions, 3.1O3 Olssons, 3,0ss
Svenssons, 2,913 Janssons, 2,693 Jons-
sons, and 3, 800 Larssons.
Thousands of dollars have been do
mated to charita BILE institutions this
spring by Swedish banking institu-
tions. The following is an instance
among dozens of others: ''The Orebro
Savings bank, not very strong insti-
tuition by the way, has donated 81, $50
to the restoration of Orebro castle:
$40 to the kings jubilee fund; S27O to
workingmen who are going to visit the
Stockholm exposition; 81. $50 for board
ing poor school children, and $27O to
the pauvres honterx" In manv in
stances the amounts are much larger
than in this case.
The society for the promotion of gen.
eral education, of Stockholm, has de-
cided to open up high school for girls
simply for the purpose of testing GER
tain new methods. In order to leave
the work of the school perfectly un-
trammeled, the society has relinquished
its claim to the public aid to which
private schools are entitled, provided
they observe certain rules laid down
by the government. The new school
will be able to accommodate 40 pupils.
Some of the leading embers. of the
Jewish congregation in Malmo have
had little fight among themselves, a
regular hand-to-hand tussle, if we are
to believe one of them, and they have
decided to have their dirty linen aired
in court.
May 10, the king, assisted by num-
Der of the most prom aent men of Swe-
den, laid the corner stone of the new
new riksdag building in Helgeandshol-
men (the isle of the Holy SPIRIT,
Stockholm. The words used by the
king were: MAY wise deliberations
ever be carried on, and may useful
laws for our beloved country be en-
acted in this riksdag building"
To such an extent did Captain K. J.
T. Svensson distinguish himself IN the
Congo army, that King Leopold, of Bel
gium, has seen fit to make him knight
of the order of the African lion. -
DR.. A. G. Virgin has written lengthy
poem. a sort of eulogy on Greece. It
is published in book form, and the pro-
eeeds from the sale of 1T will go to the
] aid of Greek soldiers. DIR. Virgin has
also had the work translated into
French. 49, -. :. +. ,ss=. =,
The work of loading the vessels of
.Andree's north pole expedition was be-
gun 1t Gothenberg May IS. !. ssf 3. :.
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s It isonly a few years since the town