Willmar tribune., 1898-12-07
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
Interesting Notes From Across the
D., Ocean.
HAPPENINGS IN THE FATHERLAND,
Principal Events that Have Occurred 4.
the Old Countries About tho
North Sea Within a Week
or So just Past,
SWEDEN
SWEDEN
PRICE Bernadotte is 80 years old.

SWEDEN
PRICE Bernadotte is 80 wears old.
! The island of GLAND in twelve years
has lost almost 6, OOU out Of total pop
ulatior of $4,000
The Lund students who volunteered
their services at the Svedala sugar fac
tory during the strike have received
thanks and congratulations from many
prominent men. and also a sweet tele-
gram from the "Daughters of Verm-
land"
Lector J. Bergman, of Norrkoping,
Is writing history of the temperance
movement in all countries, and the
work will be published in Swedish,
English and German.
All places for selling liquors at Sve-
dala were closed up tight during the
strike at the sugar factory in that
town.
August Strindbcrg has another work
ready for the press before the public
has had time to digest his ITO Damas-
Gus" His latest work is called THE
Monastery" and is a romance. This
surprise adds strength to the saying
IiAot NCl 'HoOC1S Is
In Orkelljunga parish. Shane, is
man who has lived alone in the same
house for more than 40 years.
sad love story is related from
Jemtland. A girl from Borgsjo hired
out for the summer in Morsil, and in
the course of time was engaged to
marry an exemplary young man of
that Deighborhood. But she came in
contact with patients at the Morsil
sacitar'um. and was stricken with
t2tcrculous consumption. One OF the
most famous physicians in the country
"a* sent for, but he declared that
death could be put off for short time
only. Her 6ance was disconsolate. In
the midst of his despair he went out
on a fishing trip. and accidentally was
injured so seriously that he died in
few days. The girl lived long enough
to hear the news, and then she, too,
passed away.
The employees at the Arlof sugar fac
tory demanded higher wages and
tbrca tened to strike in three days if
the demand was not granted. The
employers refused to increase their
wares. ana the employees, contrary to
all c>p:ct tatious. resolved TO work on
tn" Old conditions.
iri"ing the process Of tearing down
the old church in Glenuinge. the big
1ow:I tumbled down. Some cracks in
:ts sides, however, gave due warning,
SO that everybody was out of reach
when The colossus struck the ground.
Hev i Cunnarsson, the president of
the Fr'dhe.u peoples high school, is
st"rring at Vallekilde. Denmark, to
Study ,l'S arrangement of the peoples
high ec!loo's in Denmark, the cradle of
these peculiar institutions.
The king has instructed the Bible
commission to produce new transla-
ton If *he apocryphal books of the
Old Testament.
The Adclfors gold mining company
Suddenly stopped operations, throwing
about one hundred out of work.
Dr. A. u. Baath has put the finishing
touches tc a collection of poems which
he calls The Maid from Antwerp"
Sweden had zoos practicing physi-
clans a, the opening Of the present
year. or one for each 1923 inha abitants.
The number of authorized drug stores
was sos, or one for each 16,37S inhabi-
1ants.
terrible snow storm ragged in the
extreme north Nov. 8.
The imports exceeded the exports by
S1S.5O0, 600 for the year 1897. BY way
of comparison, the corresponding
amounts for the same year for Norway
and Denmark were almost twice as
large.
Rev. J. Wallin. of Tullstorp, was to
escort Miss Vastfelt, an sO-year-old
lady, to the dinner table. Before they
reached the table, however. she was
seized with an epileptic fit and sank to
the floor dead.
The city council and different pri-
vate organizations in Stockholm are
casting about for means to provide new
dwelling houses. The fact is that
many workingmen do not live in de-
cent quarters simply because such can
not be had.
NORWAY.
The law authorizing the ''pure" flag,
that is to say, flag without the union
jack, has been passed by three success
i've storthings, and therefore becomes
law even without the kings sanction.
This is the fifth time since 1914 that
the storthing has passed laws in spite
of the king. In the former cases the
king went through the useless formal
ity of signing the bills anyway, instead
Of going down fighting. The Norwe-
gians think great deal of that pc
culiar kinlz in the constitution of Nor
way which in extreme cases puts the
national Legislature above the king.
It is claimed that Mr.. Hoist, minis
ter of public defenses, realizing his un
fitness for his present position, is about
+ to resign. ...-
The people of East Telemarken have
begun to clamor for a new railroad in
that 1Oca1itv. The sentiment is most