Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-29
.SCANDIN Wan news.
Interesting Notes From Across the
- '-'.... Ocean.
HAPPENINGS IN THE FATHERLAND,

HAPPENINGS IN THE FATHERLAND.
Principal Events that Have Occurred in
the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within Week
or So just Past.
PROFESSOR Dietrich Schaefer, of Tuebin-
gen, who Is very we'll informed on the
history OF the Scandinavian countries.
mas written sketch of the struggle for
supremacy In the Baltic countries during
the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries
ne owells at length upon the psychology
AcaI features of the stubborn wars
among the Scandinavians, and draws the
following parallel between the past and
the present.:
3 Inc present generation has before its
eyes the deplorable results of the long
struggle, its complete insignificance after
centuries of glorious development of
power. And yet the Norwegians and
Swedes of our day are so excited as to be
on the verge Of a rage for war about
Things which every unprejudiced observer
must look upon as trifles. Their flag
quarrel is in reality of no greater import
ance than the foolish controversy about
the three crowns in the sixteenth century
and the hair splitting over their consti-
tutions is by no means more valuable
IMAM the Lappland reindeer pastures
about which their forefathers ouarreled
IN these Germanic nations we find an I'M
tamable passion for independent action
which in everything demands self-asser-
ton, and CURLY refuses to consider what
is dictated by common sense"
SWEDEN
The department of agriculture asks for
an appropriation of $4,000 for combating
tuberculosis in domestic animals.
A letter from Pretoria to a Swedish pa
per states that the most of the Scandina-
Wan residents of that city, in spite of the
pressure of the government, have decided
to remain strictly neutral during the war
in South Africa.
Stockholm and vicinity was dressed in
thin coat of snow, the first of the sea-
son, in the night before Oct. rs.
Speak about telephone systems!
"SWeden," says the Paris Figaro, lis
above all the land of telephones. In Paris
we have $4,000 to a population of two
and-a-half-million. In Stockholm there
are 1900 to population ten times small
err"
The government has set aside $4,000 for
printing 100000 copies of pamphlet on
tuberculosis by DR.. E. N. Nilsson. The
pamphlet will be scattered broadcast
throughout the country.
The southern part Of Sweden and east
ern Denmark was visited by a violent
storm Oct. Is. Considerable damage was
done on the sea, and a few lives were
lost.
The city of Stockholm needs more water
and it is proposed to connect the city
mains with BOrnSjO, a lake which is ia
nous for the clearness and purity of it's
water. The proposed improvement will
cost about $1,000.
Christina Nilsson, Countess Casa de Mi
randa, who spent the summer at her
birthplace, has been suffering from
rheumatism. She is improving, however
and at festival arranged by a nephew
of hers at Gardsby she was even induced
to take active part in the dance, which
constituted the closing number on the
program.
Fifteen members of the riksdak are
Good Templars; 20 others are temperance
30 members who favor temperance princi.
pies.
On the seventh of December next, II
will be sixty years since General Sver
Lagerberg received his appointment as
officer in the Swedish army.
Seventeen ladies are studying medicine
at the Karolinska Institute, Stockholm
On Oct 18th, circular announcing the
was sent from the office Of the minister
of foreign affairs to all Scandinavian con.
suls and ambassadors.
H. Friedlandr, wholesale merchant in
Stockholm, has donated $135OO to the
Samaritan, a children's hospital The
money is to be used for defraying the ex.
penses of erecting new building for this
institute at sodermalm, Stockholm.
Thousands of dollars have been raised
in Sweden for the aid of those who are
suffering on account Of the great storm
on the coast of. Norway.
1t is reported as an instance of rare pre-
cociousness that F. N. Lindgren, a fif-
teen year old boy from Hogsbo, has
passed examinations as organist at Up.
sala.
The statistical bureau has completed
the reports on the manufacturing indus
tries Of Sweden, for the year 1897. The
whole number of manufacturing estab.
lishments was 1874, at which over 220,00(
persons were employed. The value OF
the products for the same year was SILL.
500, 900.
Eels have been plentiful in some local..
ties in southern Sweden this fall, and the
most lucky fishermen have caught over
three hundred pounds apiece in a single
day. The price is 10 cents pound.
There must be money in the fire insur.
ance business in Sweden. The premiums
received by the fire insurance companies
for the year 1898, exceeded 81, 500, 900, while
the losses paid during the same year were
only about 100000.
John Hammar, manager of the DeLava
Electric Company in Stockholm, has beer
appointed honorary secretary for Sweden
by the Institute of Electrical. Engineers
of London.
The department of agriculture has sci
aside $1,000 for a national agricultural
fair which will be held in Gefle, In 1901.
A number of prominent French physi
clans have decided to visit some of thu
largest Scandinavian hospitals in thu
spring of 1901.
All the instructors at the public norma
schools of Sweden have petitioned the
king to raise their salaries in proportion
to the increase in the cost of the neces
saries Of life.