Willmar tribune., 1899-09-20
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.1ntere esting Notes From Across the
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HAPPENINGS IN THE FATHERLaND
SWEDEN,


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c.. Johanson, q Swedish marine painter.
residing at Paris, has been appointed
member Of the legion Of honor by the
French government. Johanson holds the
official position of marine painter Of the
navy and he is very popular among
the naval officers. ~ o. .~r@si # h H.
| The committee appointed to select a
| national hymn for Sweden has received
poems from number of competitors, and
seven musical compositions are among
the material handedstto the committee.
The agricultural engineer of Stockholm
Ian has complained to the national gov
ernment that many railway culverts and
aqueducts are 50 narrow that the water
cannot pass through rapidly enough; and
that this interference with the. flow of the
water is decidedly detrimental to farm
ing along the railways. -......,.
The elections are favorable to the lib
erals. and one after another of the con-
| servative warhorses in the second cham
ber of the riksdag has been defeated at
the polls. y a-1 4@r "a. 49,
No less than 40 Swedish ships are
| named Anna, not to- mention an almost
endless combination like Anna Cecilia,
Anna Maria, etc. There are also 32 ships
called Marin, q Ida, II Svea and 16 Vic
tor1a. OF male names. Karl is represented
by 80 ships, and Torley, 49, Female names
are evidently far more popular than male
names. 49,"
The department of war is contemplat-
ing the purchase of a number of Norden-
fo1f 70 frfr1 vub oh to
throw 600 bullets a minute. The Swedish
name for this weaponfis kulspruta-bul-
let-squirter. >:
A Lappish idol of stone has been found
in a mountain cave in. Kvickjock where
an altar was located in ancient times.
The stone weighs about 80 pounds. and
resembles the bust of human being;
but its shape is" wholly due to a freak
of nature.
The proprietor of Hotel Metropole,
Brussels, Belgium. has instituted legal
proceedings against Skanska Aftonbladet
on account of an unfayorable mention Of
said hotel in the paper. The damage
demanded Is 81, $50.
Mr.. Ollgaard, the inspector Of the
waterworks Of Copenhagen. has inspected
! the intake station Of the new water
works for Malmo, and he declares that
| the artesian wells at that place will fur
nish an abundance of good water.
Gothenburg, Sept. 1.-THE steamer Ant
arctic. which left Nelsingborg, Sweden,
| on May 25 last, with an expedition under
Prof. A. G. Nathorst, was spoken off
| Skagen. the northern extremity of ,Jyl-
| land, Denmark, today, on her return from
| her search along the northeast coast of
Greenland for Prof. %Andree. She re-
| ported that she had found no trace of
| the missing aeronaut.
Counterfeit one-hundred kronor (s2O
| bills are still met with occasionally. and
they are all traced back to New York.
The Stockholm iron works has received
| orders for railway material to the amount
of $780, d., .<5.s5 y -.
Bishop Rundgren. OF the diocese of
| Karlstad, handed in his resignation on his
eightieth birthday. Ha applied to the
king for pension at the same time.
Stockholm consumed II 500 tons Of ice
| during the six hottest weeks of the sea-
son. .}<.f'%& -
| "A political strike. Captain Pantzar-
| helm is the liberal candidate for the
second chamber of the riksdag. from
| rage bill and the local option bill in the
last riksdag was so unsatisfactory to the
radical liberals that the Good Templars
and the labor union have publicly resolv-
| ed not to- vote at all. The liberals in
| other parts of the country are urging a
reconsideration of this resolution.
About 1900 troops took part in the
grand fall maneuvers in Skans. King
Oscar commanded the forces operating in
the vicinity Of Kristianstad and Hesle.
holm. The cost Of the maneuvers ap-
proximates 100000. ,..--
The .Kockum Manufacturing Company
| of Malmo, Is going to construct an, elec-
| trio power station at Karlsnes Falls,
Blekinge. for operating and lighting the
factories of the company at Kallinge
about four English miles from the falls.
| 1t is estimated that the new plant will
cost $4,000. 49,, ~. -
| Red or brownish red gloves were In
| troduced in the German army a few
months ago. Some up-to-date Swedish
newspapers predicted, that this reform
would also sweep Sweden. They were
right. The officers used brownish red
| gloves during the grand maneuvers in
! Skane. Re #r--Sj,5 ~ .; Gs,t
Two brothers named Langlet. both resi-.
dents of Abo, have set out on an ex.
pedition to Russian Central Asia. their
chief aim being to describe Khiva and
Bakhara by words and pictures. a.
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Lars Heiberg who used to be a preach.
| Ar In northern Mir1nesofa hnt wln rae