Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-05-11
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
Interesting Notes From Across
the Ocean.
HAPPENINGS IN THE FATHERLAND,
Principal EVENT that Have Occurred in
the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within q Week
or So just Past.
SWEDEN.


congregation at Stockholm intends to
marry lady who is member of a
Lutheran state church congregation.
According to the laws of Sweden the
marriage is to be announced in the
church of the latter congregation. But
this cannot be done until the groom
has furnished a written permission to
marry from his own pastor, who in
this case is the Catholic priest. The
groom cannot obtain this permission,
because his priest is afraid the appli-
cant intends to marry a divorced wo-
man. The groom tried to get out of
the difficulty by appealing to the courts,
out was told that the courts have no
jurisdiction over Catholic priests, and
the couple in question cannot be legally
married, although they are sustained
by the laws of Sweden in every par
ticular.
Kaiser Wilhelm has decorated L. A.
Linde, the inspector of the custom
house at Malmo, with the order of the
crown.
The profits of the Stora Kopparberg
mining company for the year 1896 were
about $500,
A London stock company which re-
tails Swedish smokeless powder has
been reorganized with capital stock
of 1895, 600.
The social democratic party of Swe-
den had Is, 464 members at the close of
last year. The number was only half
as large at the beginning CT that year
The police force of Stockholm will
be increased by ST special patrolmen
during the time of the exposition.
The Scandinavian society in Paris is
in very prosperous condition. 1t was
organized in 1891 without any funds
whatever; but the receipts for the past
year were over SIS, 900, and the mem ber-
ship is ESQ.
In the war of 1869 a number of SOL
diers were garrisoned in Kola parish,
Vermland, near the boundary line of
Norway. A large proportion of the
soldiers, and also a considerable num-
Der of the farmers in the neigh borhood
were carried away by the ''camp
fever" Seventy-two Of the unfortu-
nate victims were buried in a sand hill.
The local government now has re-
solved to build a picket fence around
the hill and erect a monument on the
top of the hill.
The legislature of Finland is at pres
ent in session at Helsingfors. There
are two parties, as usual, namely, the
Swedish and the Finn. Ssh; but the feel
ing between the two parties is by no
means bitter, and the body as whole
seems to be on friendly terms with the
Russian government The Swedish
party has gained in strength among
the people by proposing that the Fin
nish language be put on an absolutely
equal footing with the Swedish Ian
guage-
In Ostergotland a considerable num-
Der of persons have become partially
deaf as a result of the grip.
The king and queen returned from
Norway April 81.
The motor wagon which was fitted
up FOR general traffic on the highway
between Hvellinge and Falsterbo has
struck a mum Der of stumps in the sha pc
of remoDstrances from the public.
The exact mum Der of Swedish vessels
lost in 1896 was 9s4, the aggregate ca
pacity of which were 700. 900 tons.
Another worlds record has been
smashed. Arvid Anderson. of Stock
holm, has succeeded in raising $685.
pound dumb b. bell above his head.
Baron KlinckOwstrom, a very promi-
nent memb Der of the upper house of the
riksdag, has been made totally unfit
for work by stroke of paralysis. His
physician, however, expects that he
will recover.
The magnificent collection of insects
made by the late Rev. Wallengren, of
Farhult. has been donated to the Malmo
museum.
August HIGHLANDER, of Lund, aged 81,
and his wife, aged "a. both died within
five hours of each other, the fatal dis
ease in both cases being the grip.
Fraenkel and Svedenborg have be-
gun to make balloon ascensions with
out being accompanied by their French
comrades.
Careful calculations have esta blished
the fact that the state pays on the
average 81, 400 for every student no
takes bachelors degree.
NOhNAIs
On the night of April IA Warmuth's
great music store in Christiania was
partly destroyed by fire. The damage
was about $4,000. An elderly lady
persisted in the flames.
Bergen's Mekaniske Verksted has
Just completed a large steel steamer,
which will be engaged in the fruit
and passenger traffic between the
United States and the West Indies.
DR.. Hoist, of Selbu. has decided to
build bath house for the people of
the community.
Consul Hans Holdt, of Stavanger, re-
Gently inherited $4,000; but instead. of
accepting the money for his own use
he established permanent fund for
the benefit of certain classes Of poor
old people. b .,4..&ss.. j. H. ;<ss..,
The savings bank OF Trondhjem for
ten years past has given yearly con-
tributions to, a local. temperance So
ciety.; But now the contributions are
discontinued, because the temperance