Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-12-14
SCANDINAVIAN 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 Week
or So just Past.
A public riot scared the Lund STU
| dents to quit work at the Svedala sugar
factory as suddenly as they had COM
menced. But when the next evening
train arrived at Lund from Svedala the
| rioters were on hand again. Twenty
| FIVE soldiers were ordered out to assist
| the police. and a sort of battle ragged
until every soldier and policeman had
been hit by stones or stakes. Many of
| the wounded bled profusely, and some
of the horses used by the soldiers were
| badly cut with knives. At the close
of the fray the riot act was nailed up in
| conspicuous places, and dozens of riot
ers were arrested. 1t must be added
that the labor organizations assisted
the authorities in restoring order.
Each of the two greatest life insur-
ance companies in Sweden carries risks
amounting to about $27 900.
A workingman in Ystad complained
to his friends that his sow had lost her
appetite and was getting thin. One of
his friends put on serious face and
suggested that an electric belt might be
good thing. The man with the SOW
| took the hint, and the hilarity of his
friends knew no bounds when they saw
the sow wearing an electric belt around
her neck. But he laughs best who
laughs last. In very short time the
sow regained her appetite, and is doing
as we'll as ever
| English coal has been used almost
exclusively in the Swedish navy. For
obvious reasons this is not pleasant to
contemplate, and the gunboat Skuld is
testing Swedish coal with view to US
ing the home product.
The sugar factories OF Sweden con-
sumed 134,6oo tons of beets in October
A company has applied for permits
sion to carry passengers on Drottning
and Regiment streets in Stockholm by
| means of steam motors, for which only
cokes are to be used as fuel.
| Miss Annie DIVIDING, of Malno, was
awarded the first prize, $40. offered by
the Idun (magazine) for the best orig
inal novel. Miss DIVIDING, as we'll as
everybody else, was surprised at this
result
The United Steamship Company is
running ten steamers between Sweden
and Denmark The employees on these
steamers have been notified that their
services will not be needed after June
I, 1899. The explanation OF this move
is that said branch does not pay. and
that it may be dropped. In this con-
nection it is proper to mention that a
strong Swedish steamship company has
already been organized for traffic on the
Sound.
The crown princess is again going to
Italy for her health.
Up to Nov. 16 over 100000 signatures
ton for the extension of the right to
| vote.
The students of Upsala sent the STU
dents of Lund telegram Of 'fraternal
sympathy and esteem" on the occasion
of number of the latter taking the
places of the strikers at the Svedala
sugar factory.
Count Rolf Cederstrom in London
engaged to Adelina Patti? That's what
a London telegram states. The former
is 28, the latter S. years old.
The Stockholm Women's Club is
holding meetings to agitate for the
| adjustment of the custom of giving
tips" or, as it called in Scandinavia
and on the continent, ''drink-
Those who oppose this custom main
tain that it is unbusinesslike and demon
alizing.
Baroness Ahlstromer and Captain F.
Peyron are accompanying the crown
princess on her trip to Italy.
The king and the crown prince at
tended the dedication Of the VadStena
castle church, Nov. 81. The building
has been rebuilt in the course of the past
six years.
All is sweet again at the Svedala ST.
gar factory. The manager paid the
wages demanded by the strikers, and
they returned to work.
A conservative paper challenges the
Social Democratic press to answer the
question, "Have workingmen a right to
expose the property of their employers
to destruction in case OF strikes?"
Social Demokraten answers the ques-
ton in candid manner, saying in part
Public opinion is right in blaming
workingmen who suddenly quit work.
exposing, for instance, factory buildings
| to destruction from explosions or fire.
But it is difficult to establish any gener-
al rule on this point The laborer can
hardly be expected to put everything
belonging to his antagonist in perfect
safety before thinking of looking out
| for his own interests"
A new brick factory will be built in
Simrishamn. Capacity, 1000 900 bricks
year.
! NORWAY.
1t is proposed that the women of
Norway build and run a woman's hall
in Kristiania. If the plan is carried
through. the building may be named af-