Willmar tribune., 1899-09-27
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 q Week
or So just Past.

Unknown parties have donated S, 900 to
Kjellberg's school for girls in Gothen-
berg.
The church couacil of Orebro has de-
ctded to procure a new cemetery, and
the plans and specifications were for
warded to Bishop Ullman for approval
But here a snag was struck. The plans
provide for crematory; but the bishop
strongly objected to this feature on the
ground that 'the burning of the bodies
of the dead is a heather custom
Sven Hedin, the explorer, arrived at
Rashgar. Central Asia, Aug. 20. 1t took
26 horses to carry his baggage to that
place. The authorities of Central Asia
are anxious to do what they can to make
his trip a success.
The work Of draining the swamps
around Finjasjo Qake) has been COM
pleted. 1t was started in 1887, and the
expenses we're s175,000. The area re-
claimed is $500 acres.
The liberal papers in Germany and
Denmark are devoting considerable space
to the Swedish elections, and the liberal
gains are punctuated with evident satis-
faction.
Severe drought during the warnest sea-
son and night frost later on have COM
pletely destroyed the grain crop in Lapp-
marken. Not even the potato crop is
worth mentioning. The hay crop is mid
ding good on wet sloughs, but on dry
meadows and high ground the grass was
not worth cutting. The mice threatened
to eat -p the hay. In some localities
v,s,o
dry spell.
About 5000 workingmen demonstrated
in favor of general suffrage and the
rights Of organized labor by public
parade and mass meeting.
The sugar barons of Sweden have just
had a meeting in Malmo for the purpose
Of comparing notes. They discovered
that the sugar crop of the year is 20 per
cent below the average, and that Sweden
must import considerable quantities dur
ing the next fifteen months.
Representatives from Is private banks
held a convention in Stockholm to devise
plans for redeeming all old paper money
and issuing new bills in 1904 The opinion
of the convention was that the govern
ment ought to take the lead in the mat
ter.
A child was playing on the railroad
track in Halland. A train came down
grade. The engineer did all in his power
to stop it. But it soon became evident
that the train could not be stopped in
time, and the fireman jumped off, ran
ahead of it, picked up the child and
jumped ito the side just in time to save
the child and himself. 1t is expected that
his majesty will not forget this fire
man at the next "shower of decorations !"
A new public school building has just
been dedicated in Malmo. Ia cost $65, 900,
and it's q class rooms are all located on
the sunny side of the building.
The sugar beet crop will not be large,
but tests made in August, this year, in
dicated IL per cent more sugar than the
crop of 1898 at the same date.
Bishop Rundgren and Rev. Jakobsson
occupied prominent seats in the new Jew
ish Synagogue at Karlstad when it was
dedicated.
The Vane district court has filed a de-
cision to the effect that the government
and not the Trollhattan electric power
company, owns the water power of the
Trollhattan water falls.
In a house in Svedala several persons
died of consumption within few months
after they moved into the house, and
the local government prohibited the sale
of the furniture Of the house at public
auction.
The Swedes are by no means in a
mood to abandon the attempts to accom-
plish something great in the Polar re-
gions. The next man to try his fortunes
is Baron Toll. He has bought the whal-
ing vessel Harald Haarfagre, which is to
be reconstructed by William Archer, the
builder of the Fran. Baron Toll expects
to be ready to leave for the Arctic seas
some time in March, and the Russian
Academy of Sciences is to defray his
expenses.
Kaiser Wilhelm was to land at Malmo
Sept. 10, and to proceed at once to a
great hunt at Skabersjo.
Eight tons of rye bread and sixty-six
tons of oats furnished by private parties
to the army during the great maneuvres
in the south was rejected on account of
inferior quality.
Won Friesen, of Stockholm is said to
be willing to assume leadership among
the liberals in the second assembly of
the riksdag.
NORWAY.
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