Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-02-22
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
interesting Notes From Across
the Ocean
HapppEyTTGS e. The FiTHERLiyD
xs1nc!paI Events that Have Occurred IN
tina Old Countries About tha
North .>+4ul Within Il Week
so u5uHt Past.
SWEDEN.

LII udS Oeel proposed TO e1Ener REFUGE
or wholly abolish the consular charges
On ships entering foreign hartors. The |
Charges are 20 per cent less On Norwe-
g1an than on swedish vessels.
AL that can yet be said about the
Jubilee sanitariuius for Tuberculosis pa
tleuts is that there viii be three such
sanItariulus in different parts Of the
country, that the buildings alone will
cost S.3, COO apiece, amt that each Will
Accommodate 100 patients.
William VI. Thomas. the new Ameri-
can minister to Sweden and Norway,
was received in special audience Feb.
8, by King Oscar for the purpose Of
presen ting is creteut ials. This is the
third tune Mr: Thomas has representa-
the United states as minister to Stock
holm. something unprecedented IN the
history Of the swedish court
The annual output Of the Gellivlra
iron mines is about one million tons
This Quantity may be doubled or
trehie,l, and still this one field will
stand the drain for centuries to come
prominent newspaper lnsinuta
that the Trollllatta Canal com pany,
which was organ led II 1893, has been>
cheaIl1r the govern Inent-
The Swedish Bible society offers TO
donate i copy OF the Bible t., each
waning room at The railway stations
in the country There are l, 40 sucn
sta1ions, and most OF them contain
secon,i lai third class waiting rooms.
Prot. &. q. Lii .eb jorn has been ap-
poincai private instructor IN Swedish
to Princess lnGe borg.
Sigri,. EIs,iat1er,a 81 7ear-oi.. woman
at Erpnls. SL4Om. Jem .lant, lost her
way in the WoOus about the middle Of
January and a whole week Dasse,t De-
fore she was found. She was ,:unscious
all the me, bu1 her Legs were frozen
stiff. It is uou htful II she viii re-
cover
Princess Ingeb borg rides bicycle Of
American make.
The so tenn perInce men II the rlk1s-
dag have agreed TO demand laws maxi
ing clear distinction between the
sale OF cDEee. tea, clOcOiaLe and tenn
pera1ce drinks On the ooe hand and
beer ant wine CD the other: increasing
the penalties tor violating the existing
the right OF local option by vote OF
al grown men: making the com mum
ties economically in1,e Pentenh OF the
liquor ira fic: establishing asy lums for
drum ka1ris: pu blisil ing and distrl hutlng
temperance literature.
The lahOrers' accident insurance bill
bids tar tx, take up much time IN the
present riL1sdag
Il the latest scheme by way OF es-
tanlishing '-cuntinen tai routes. car
ries. passengers will be able to travel
from Stockholm 10 the Sound in L
hours, anu from the latter place,
through Denmark, to Ham burg, in six
hours.
Count Il FaIkan berg went to Berlin
to have 4 delicate surgical operation
performed upon his throat The oper-
alton was successful- but as the whole
head Of the windpipe (lar!nx) had to
be removed, he lost his voice com
pletely.
Steps have been tallen by the gov
erument to have the game laws Of
Swecen revised.
The youngest physician IN Sweden is
said to be Ernst Rosen berg, who ls ctj
years old.
NJ. Ru.e beck, notary public, WIS
fined 40 for making Il llhelous lGtlck
upon & Sob lman, the editor Of the
Stockholm Dlgen; and the latter do
uateti the fine 10 the society for the at-
vauce1nent of craftsmanship
The Polar Circle. the northernmosi
Nv,
started a5 Eaparand;l- It is liberal il
politics. and favorable to the cause O.
temperance.
The peace group IN the rilfsdas
has had d caucus. RaY. p Z: Walden
strom presided and the mum Der O
members Of the rilksdag present was
about sixty 4 difference OF opinion
WAS manifested, but there WAS nothing
Like 4 clash.
NORWAY.
Admiral koren has made ferc,
attack upon the defenses of the city O
Trunfh iem as planned by OLSON thu
present minister OF war. The genera
plan Of those defenses is to- build strons
batteries at the mouth OF the Eroud
hiem ford sc, as to exclude hattleshlp
from the whole ford. while the city it
self is to- be protected by i few weak
err hatteries. Admiral koren,. GIL th
ether hand is Of the opinion that TIL
mouth Of the ford is Sc deep and wild
that the ships Of the enemy may pas
this point I'M d few minutes by develop
Ing their maximum speed, and he pre-
poses to- put tine STRONGEST hatter1e
aruuud the city ITSELF
The board of etfucatinn Of Krist
Iuia has resolved not to engage MAI
ried women as public: school teachers
The city Of Tromso is HOW Hghae
by eIeetricity-
The Danisih government. In SORT G
rerffuuetfonary way, sounded the sen
rizuent Of the foreign guuernn1ents i
regard tn the conclusion off farma
treatiies OF neutrality hetweem Den
mark aud other Countries The IT
ssxers were tn tire. effect thlt sue
sreaties at the present time has ver
Hf.tIe show The Norwegian cuuserva
tivea are tall iing 6 advantages al these ae