Willmar tribune., 1900-08-08
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS.
Interesting Notes From Across the
.:,s D.. Ocean. r}st4r: . ~ i
HAPPENINGS IN THE FATHERLAND.

Principal Events That Have Occurred
in the Old Coun tries About the
North Sea Within a Week
or So just Past.
The Landskrona Rifle club has pur-
chased so Mauser rifles in one consign-
ment.
Of the 80 counterfeit 100 kronor bills
which have been detected, 80 were so
skillfully executed that the original
holders of them will receive their face
value; but the other 81 were poorly
made, and their holders will lose that
much, because they did not keep their
eyes open at the right moment.
The pumps ordered for the new
waterwords at Malmo have capacity
of $4,000 cubic meters per day. The
artesian wells at Grefvie, which are to
supply the water, yield about 2,250
gallons per minute, which is supposed
to be sufficient for the supply of the
city until the middle of the next CEN
tury.
The Big Lake monster has given sew
eral performances this season.. On one
occasion it was observed simultaneous
ly by some twenty persons for about
our minutes. It seemed to swim by
alternately drawing together and ex-
tending Its body, and two lunches on
it's back were visible all the time. Its
speed was irregular. Sometimes it
moved slowly, sometimes as fast as
steamer at full speed.
The organists and precentors of the
state church of Sweden have petitioned
the king to abolish certain rules which
they claim to be detrimental to salts
factory performance of their duties.
The most interesting part of the petit
tion is the one demanding the abolish
ment of the Office of sexton. In place
of this ancient and much-discussed
functionary it is proposed to put pre-
centors and organists who have passed
regular examinations. A delegation
representing the petitioners was cor
daily received by the king and his
majesty assured them that the matter
will be subjected to careful consider
alton.
Sweden had 5,O97, 4O2 inhabitants
Dec. 81, 1899. The increase for that
year was "a, 4s4. The city of Stock
holm had 3O2, 462 inhabitants, of whom
1853, IT'S were females and 13s, $50 males.
In the whole country there were 1884,
sos more females than males.
The minister of foreign affairs has
urged the Scandinavian mission or
CARNATIONS to send no more mission
aries to China under the present con-
ditions.
The proprietors of the Gripen sugar
factory, Norrhoping, must be patriotic.
They gave half pay to those employees
who took part in the recent maneuvers.
Gustaf Froding, the gifted poet,
whose Tyre has been silent for several
years past, is still cared for at the Up
sala Central hospital. His condition
is considerably better, but it is ques-
tionable whether he will ever recover
his former vigor of mind. Each new
attack of his hereditary disease seems
to be more persistent, and difficult to
combat. For long time he was abso-
lutely Indifferent to everything and
refused to take food, and even now he
may spend whole days lying silently
and staring into vacancy. But he is
generally fond of reading and study
ing, and at times he will enjoy a con-
versation on some literary topic. Just
at present he is interested in religious
ma fforc md in, 1rla~ In
light on this subject he is studying the
New Testament in. the original. But
even poetical efforts afford him de-
light. Now and then he permits a
new poem to leave his hands, and the
subject-matter of his latest productions
is of religious-theosophical nature.
The Journeymen Shoemakers' union
of Helsingborg has passed the follow
ing resolution: I'm view of the heavy
burdens which the Swedish working
men already have to carry, or, in other
words, the share which the working
men have to contribute to the support
of the nation, we claim that we are
justly entitled to general suffrage,
without anything to neutralize it,such
as increased military burdens or an ex-
tension of the terms of military SER
vice. If the government and the riks-
dag fail to act accordingly in the near
future, the idea of a national strike
must be regenerated." Hs 49,
NORWAY.
A Norwegian squadron of three war
ships met Kaiser Wllhelm's pleasure
yacht at Bergen, and each of them
fired salute of 81 guus. Admiral von
Krogh visited the kaiser on board the
Hohenzollern, and the latter returned
the compliment on board the Harald
Haarfagre.
President Viggo Ullmann has an
nounced that he is not a candidate for
reelection to the storthing. t"T'-:.l!
The volume of the Scandinavian
trade with the Netherlands has trebled
in three years. !; 1.lG. B,,t>.. 80. ..... .'
A very large number Of new build
ings are being put up this season in
the farming country around Lake
Miosen. 80 ~ <>' 80 " ~
Christiansund and vicinity have
never exported so much salmon as dur
ing the past season, the fjords and
rivers having been what people call
full of fish" .,.- ....,,..# III
The foundation of the new. church
at Levanger has been laid. The build
ing will have about 600 seats, and the