Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-01
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
interesting Notes From Across
. the Ocean.
HAPPENINGS IN THE FATHERLAND.
principal Events that Have Occurred In
tho Old Countries About the
North Sea Within u Week
or So just Past.
SWEDEN.

or So just Past.
away from the Saloons. is the
name OF new kind of temperance or
sah1zaton just put on its legs in Stock
holm.
Prof Nathorst does not believe that
us north pole expedition will last
more than five months, but he will be
1ully equipped for an absence of If
teen months.
Prince Oscar Bernadotte was to
preach in Copenhagen Feb. 10.
The question of permitting laymen
20 oaptize children is agitating the
clergy, and the head of the ecclesiasti-
cal department may have to be re-
moved before the question can be set
tied.
The government forests of Sweden
cover 81, s2O, 900 acres. including an in
crease OF about $50, 900 acres since 1854.
IL Is estimated that the gross receipts
OF the government from this source
WILL be 81, 100000 for the present year.
Prof. Nathorst has gone to Larvic,
ava w dS " COuSuAL NOlllu Archer III
regard to the reconstruction of the in
terror of the boat with which he is 60.
ing to make his Arctic expedition ne xt
summer
About Is members Of the second
chamb Der Of the riksdag have signed
petition to the riksdag to request the
KING to appoint a commission to in
Hnire into the waterfalls of Sweden in
regard to their availability for manu-
featuring purposes, the titles to the
larger ones, and the advisa bility of in
reference by the government.
The king recently attended the an
nual festival of the Stockholm Press
club. and the following is part of his
address on the occasion: wherever
turn my eyes in the world, find no
country for which Swedish men would
have reason to exchange their own
country. country like ours can
stand a free press. The advantages of
free press are great and manifold,
and we do not need to fear the dangers
OF its abuses. 1t is my ardent wish
that the Swedish press may increase in
efficiency in properly realizing its lofty
aim
The Swedish dock laborers of Trelle-
borg refused to unload the Norwegian
steamer Gers because it carried the
pure Norwegian flag; but as soon as
the obnoxious emblem was hauled
down the work was begun.
The geographical society of Paris
has presented its gold medal to DR..
Sven Hedin
The Swedish peace society has re-
solved to engage Norwegian speaker
to work one month in central and
southern Sweden.
legends" new book by August
Strindberg, will be ready for the press
in few days. The book will be a
sort of key to Inferno" the latest
work from the same hand.
little boy escaped from the home
for Idiots at Sundby berg and froze to
death. Prince Carl supports this in
stitution. and two of the little princes
attended the funeral
A prominent citizen of Sundsvall has
written a letter of censure to the
French minister Of war.
A bronze bust of Victor Rydberg
VIA oo put ~ IL ~uC Guy pam III oOu-
koping.
A boy in Anderslof was subject to
epilepti fits, and his mother consulted
a wise woman" The neighbors
were shocked to hear that the anxious
mother was superstitious enough to
follow the advice given her, namely.
TO let her boy drink dogs blood But
the boy and his mother can afford to
be commeserated. for the boy has ma
teriaIIy improved.
A report of the farmers congress
in Stockholm last summer is just out.
1t covers 1000 pages
It is said that the cabinet favors a
change in the present franchise laws,
reducing the voting capacity of stock
companies.
The riksdag may make the charging
of extortionate rates of interest a
crime which may be punished by i'm
prisonment. The public feeling against
nsurers is running high. and it may be
safely predicted that the riksdag will
do something to relieve money Dor
rowers.
The silyerware belonging to the
Tulsa oASopk~oACu oOu1C b1uC
ago, no one seemed to know how. But
afterwards counterfeit one krone sill
yer pieces have been circulated in the
neighb0rh0Od, SO that the precious
metal may not be wholly lost after all
Finland has excluded Swedish and
Danish cattle on account of the mouth
and hoof disease.
The clergymen of Skaue are better
paid than their brethren in the rest of
Sweden.
'z-zs NORWAY.
Emile lola wrote a personal letter
of thanks to 3. Bjornson for his en-
enlargement. 1t reads as follows: "Ex-
scuse me for not expressing to you at
once the ecstacy which made my heart
palpitate when l read your beautiful
and brotherly letter. 1 feel like one
in a maelstrom; 1 have scarcely min