Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-12
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
Interesting Notes From Across
the Ocean.
HAPPENINGS IN THE FATHERLAND.
principal Events that Have Occurred In
the Old Countries About tho
North Sea Within = Week
or So just Past.
SWEDEN.


or So just Past.
Inc total attendance at a national
council OF the higher clergy of Sweden
was o. and of these Sc were appointed
mem oers of one or more committees.
Inc design made by Architect b.
oerg Tor the Swedish pavilion at the
far1s worlds fair has been accepted.
ana the judges have awarded him the
nrst prize. amounting to $3.50. The
oolio1ng is to cost about $1,000, and
style Will be rather COSMOPOLITAN than
Swedish
The apple and pear crops in the
South are very light.
Bishop Billing, who was recently
transferred from Dalarne to Lund, has
received souvenir album containing
pictures of the clergy and of the church
ou1ldln OF his former diocese.
The grain crop of Malmohus, the
southernmost province of Sweden, is
greater than that of any other province,
ana greater than that of the immense
eSpanse OF territory known by the
general name of Norrland.
he trade IN lingon (whortle berries)
was badly shaken up Sept. 10 by fall
OF one third in the price. the farmers
receiving "a cents a pound before the
TALL and about ~ cents afterwards.
Many of the dealers lost heavily bv
the crash One of the leading export
ers mad 100. 600 pounds of the berries
stored in Berlin.
The social democrats of Stockholm
DO not support the suffrage extension
movement on the ground that general
suffrage is nothing but farce
The court mourned the death of EN-
press Elizabe Of Austria for three
weeks. and now Queen Louise of Dem
marg is receiving similar attention.
The central committee Of the Peace
Union of Sweden has forwarded an ad-
dress of thanks to the car of Russia
for his recent efforts in the interest of
Intern atlonal peace.
About 100 iourneymen blacksmiths
in Malmo have struck for higher
wages. The average increase asked
Tor is about one cent an hour, the pres
ent rates ranging from to II cents an
hour
The king has authorized the govern
ment of Kristianstad Ian to buv real
estate in Vanga and Villand for $50. 900.
The government receipts from the
custom houses. the liquor traffic and
the railroads for the month of August
were 81, 225, 900, which is 1926, 900 over
aud above the receipts for the same
monsh in 1897 The increase came
from the customs duties and the rail-
roads. while the receipts from the
liquor trade actually decreased.
The remains of Lieutenant Colonel
Ry berg were crema,ed at the Gothen-
burg crematory.
The seals are doing so much damage
to the fisheries along the coast of
Malmo that the local government has
ling the animals
At the reception given by the king
to the mem bers of the clergymen's ma
tional council. Arch bishop Sundberg
addressed the king, saying in part:
The important bonds of union which
have ever united state and church
more intimately may have contributed
very materially to the development of
that strength which the history of our
much-a tf1icted people has afforded so
many illustrious proofs. And we firm
ly believe that no accidental religious
movements, no matter how loud their
claims may be, shall ever break these
old and tested bonds The archb bishop
admitted. however, that divers i'm
provements in church matters ought
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responded and the most pregn ant ex-
pressions in his address are gwen be-
low: Il hope with all my heart that
the bonds which have existed for CEN
turtles between the church and the peo-
Pile shall continue to be sancti6ed and
strengthened in spite of the aberra-
tions and controversies which have &C.
Cured in many forms and for which
our age has. even in religious and
church matters, acquired an ambigu-
Gus reputation.
A veterinary congress will be held
in Stock holm in the year 1900
Prof. Warburg has donated over 3d.
600 to the Gothic o burg school children's
summer colonies.
The Mission Friends have sent ten
church bells to their missionary sta
tons in Congo Africa.
Jamtlands Poster somew what mys-
teriously asks for additional informa-
tiop about the famous sea serpent in
StOrSion. But such information must
he verified by trustworthy parties
Twenty thousand bicycles have been
officially registered III Stockholm this
yctlt
NORWAY
friedrich shald has decided to conduct
the next election on the basis of pro-
por tional represe n tatlon.
A new drama by B. Bjornson has al