Willmar tribune., 1899-02-15

walls were torn down, and many yalua bile
court records and other documents were
destroyed. The wife of the jailer was
badly burnt. The \concussion caused bv
the explosion broke every window Zane
in the neighborhood.
The law faculty has no objection
against the appointment of Miss Elsa Es
chelson to chair of civil law in the Uni
versity of Upsala.
DIR. &. Aurivillius, of the University of
Upsala, is going to Java to make a spe-
cial study of the plants and animals of
that island.
trade in chalk in all Scandinavian coun-
tries. The syndicate has established
headquarters at Malmo.
The health of A. Hedin, member of the
riksrcg, is still so poor that he must
stay In bed part of the day.
The late L. w. Strom, Of Norrk0ping.
donated his whole fortune, $25,O00, to the
city of Norrkoping, the interest on said
amount to be paid from time to time to
persons of the laboring class.
Columns of cablegrams have appeared
In the great dailies about the condition
OF the health of King Oscar and about
the political situation in the Scandinavian
peninsula. Some of the information is
correct, while some of it seems to have
been manufactured to order. 1t is most
likely that the king has temporarily placed
the reins in the hands of crown prince
Gustaf, but it is not likely that he has
gone to Russia for his health, as is
stated. Nor is it likely that the dis
patches are correct in stating that ''the
social democrats of Sweden are threaten
ing to use the strike as a weapon to en-
force the granting of political concessions
which they demand" 1t is true, how
ever, that "just at the present there is a
tendency even in Sweden to bitterness
against Germany, owing to the recent
exasperating policy of the Prussian min
lister of the interior in expelling foreign
ers from Prussian territory But the
same sentence contains the erroneous
statement that "a large number of
Swedes have been expelled" In fact.
most of the stuff put into our great
dailies as "cablegrams' during the past
few days was either gotten up by a
"string fiend' across the water or even
manufactured by some genius in New
York.
The "cablegram'' stating that the
crown princess returned to Sweden
couple of weeks ago must have origi-
mated in New York. For we have it on
the most reliable information that she
was in Rome Jan. 13, spending a large
part of the day outdoors, and gradually
gaining strength
Active octogenarian. Shoemaker N
Jonsson, of Ostarod, St. Olof parish, is 81
years old. And yet he lives all alone
and tends to his house and two acres Of
ground. He bakes bread and brews
beer, prepares his meals and threshes
his grain without aid from anybody. And
whatever he does, he does well.'
42O new corporations were registered in
Sweden in 1898. The subscribed capital
was $27,O00,O 600, and the paid-up capital
about $21,OOO,OOO. These amounts are
practically twice as large as the cores
ponding amounts for 1897. 80"
The next ironclad, Dristigheten (dar-
ing), will be built at the Limholmen
docks in Gothenburg.
Lector Waldenstrom has written that
the Swedish locomotive engineers are in
clined to use too much strong drinks, and
the latter propose to get more than even
with their caluminator by instituting
legal proceedings against him.
The new ironclad, Niord, on it's trial
trip. developed a speed of 1872 knots,
With natural draft, and 1918 knots with
forced draft. The vessel was made in
Gothenburg, and it will be accepted by
the government.
When the "Alfta murderer" was exe-
cuted couple of years ago, Prof. F.
Holmgren said to Dalman, the execu-
toner, Don't wipe off the blood, leave
it on the ak and let it dry, and in the
coarse Of time it will be a valuable relic
to the student of the history of civiliza-
ton; for I think this is the last execu-
ton in Sweden" Holmgren's prophesy
now seems to have been made a few
years too early, for man from
Hvetlanda is guilty Of such crimes that
he will have to pay for them with his
| own head.
The Prussian general, Won Viebohen, at
the invitation of some Swedish officers,
has gone to Stockholm. where he is now
preaching a series of sermons on "A
Pious Soldiers Life,' King Oscars second
son, Prince Oscar. acting as interpreter
An address made at Fredrikshald by
Emil Stang, the ex-premier of Norway
led to very instructive expressions in the
Swedish press. Stang sides with the
present cabinet of Norway on the union
questions. He does not want to press
the matter of establishing separate con-
sulor service for Norway. But he ex-
poets the question will be settled in the
coarse Of time, and according to the
wishes of the Norwegians. The latter
point draws the fire of the Swedish press.
The Allehanda is most outspoken. It
claims that Stang would not have spoken
the way he did if he had known how
profoundly dissatisfied the Swedish peo-
pie are with the passage of the flag
law. The liberals of Norway are more
frank and brutal in their methods than
the conservatives; but the aim is the
same, and the latter expect to accom-
plish their purpose in more insinuating
and often more unjust way. Allehanda
goes so far as to claim that the patience
of the Swedish people is exhausted. The
union must not be torn to pieces blythe
political parties of Norway. The present
agitation must be stopped, or the union