Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-06-21
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.
SWEDEN.

1ron Tlhlanu recently applied Tor a
position at Vexio because he did not
want to become RUSSIAN slave"
The clcrgymen of Sweden are circu-
lating petition to the king to raise
the salaries of the lowest class of
ministers to $50 and those of the as
sistant pastors to $4S5.
The Kristiana Aftcnposten in speak
ing OF the congress of Scandinavian
educators at Gothenberg pays the fol-
lowing tribute to the hospitality of
the Swedes: "Under the impression OF
the good will and kindness with which
the Danish and Norwegian guests were
received everywhere, it is no exagger-
alton to say that never did citizens of
other countries experience a more cor
dial reception on Swedish ground. It
is impossible to record all the tokens
of public and private hospitalities
which characterized the days just
past"
Ingel Falstadt, the sculptor. who
killed himself after the completion of
a statue by John Ericsson, is supposed
to have committed the terrible deed
while under a spell of temporary in
sanity, and two of the doctors who
had treated him have signed a declara-
ton to that effect. Said authorities
also state that he inherited nerve dis
eases from his ancestors.
The queen was expected to arrive in
Sweden about the eighth of June.
Emmanuel Nobel has donated 1000
to Sven Hedin's expedition to Central
Asia.
The bakers strike in Stockholm has
been settled, and both parties agreed
to two years contract.
About SIS, 600, 900 in bonds and SIS, OOO,-
900 in stocks which were foated about
here during the past two years have
been bought by the Swedes. This un-
expected change has raised the interest
on ready cash to such height that
many business enterprises are seriously
hampercd in their operations.
After the close of the session of the
legislature of Finland the car wrote
note Of thanks to the legislators for
the work accomplished. But Bobrikoff,
the governor general Of Finland, init
mated that the thanks would be mis-
placed, and the car tore the document
into pieces and wrote one less out
spoken.
Many prominent architects are of
the opinion that the underground
structure of the new riksdag building
in Stockholm is not as solid as it should
have been.
About two hundred men employed
in the Klagstorp lime quarries were
discharged because they granted them
selves leave of absence on Whit Sun
day eve without permission from head
quarters. They had taken the pre-
caution to secure other men in their
places but that did not save them from
general lockout.
The message which was found north
of Iceland and was supposed to have
come from Andree, the aeronaut,
turned out to be one of the numerous
messages dropped last year by the
Nathorst Arctic expedition.
The king has donated 1850 to Sven
Hedin's expeditiyn to Central Asia.
The Scandinavian congress of edu-
Gators at Gothenberg agreed upon CO.
operation among the universities of
the North; but so great is the fear of
the Russian colossus that university of
Finland was entirely left out of the
scheme.
The king bought seven horses in
Germany for his own use.
Felix Arcan. an enterprising French
author, has written a biography of
Bernadotte, the founder Of the present
dynasty of Sweden and Norway. The
author seems to be familiar with ev-
erything written about the great ad-
venturer who finally became king of
the Scandinavian peninsula, and the
work is interesting, and as an histor-
ical production highly meritorious.