Willmar tribune., 1900-02-14
SCANDINAVIAN J! !. \. NEWS
Interesting Notes From Across the
4. Ocean.
HAPPENINGS IN THE FATHERLAND
Principal Events that Have Occurred In
the Old Countries About tho
North Sea Within . Week
or So just Past.
SWEDEN.

1t is very easy for the reindeer to
find food (moss) this winter because
there is so little snow in the noun
tains.
The managers of the Zenith oleo-
margarine factory in Malmo invited
the women of the city to visit the fac
tory and see for themselves that it is
possible to make artificial butter
without mixing it up with dirt and
other foreign substances. The man
ayers had made preparations for CIV
ing a box of butter to each visitor,
but the women rushed in by the
thousand, exhausting the supply in a
short while.
The national government received
almost $2,00O,O00 for timber cut on
the public domain in 1899.
1t is expected that the riksdag in
a few days will establish new gov
ernment department., that of agricul-
ture, by amending the constitution of
Sweden to that effect. This will make
eleven departments in all. The run
ming expenses of the new department
will be about $4,000 year.
Fourteen new school houses are to
be put up at the same time in the
parish of Jockmock, Novbotten. The
cost of the buildings is estimated at
100000. The parish holds public
fund which draws $4,000 year in
interest.
About so Russians are scattered
throughout Sweden as ''saw flers."
In nearly every case these gentlemen
are looked upon by the populace as
spies.
Rombaksbotten has been partly de-
stroyed by fire. Many people were
rendered homeless, and the principal
loss is about $135,OO0.
The woodwork in some of the pas
senger cars on the state railways,
after ten years. service, is so de-
cayed that it has to be replaced by
fresh material. It is claimed that
those who inspected the material be-
fore it was put into the cars failed to
do their duty in a satisfactory man
ner. 9.
About 80 members of the second
chamber of the riksdag have organ
lied themselves into what they call
the ''liberal fusion party" Sixten Won
Frilesen is the chairman of the party,
and it's minor affairs are to be man
aged by an executive committee of six
members.
1t is proposed to compel all en-
gineers and firemen on the state rail-
ways to pass regular examinations.
The expenses of the geological sur
vey for the present year will be about
$4,000.
The property recently donated to
the Samaritan Home in Upsala by
Miss Ebba BostrOm is valued at $780,
900.
Mrs. Marie Bramstedt, of Gothen-
burg, has established permanent
fund amounting to $4,000 for the
benefit of poor unmarried daughters
of public officials and merchants in
GOthenburg.
The catalogue of the University of
Lund gives the names of 112 pro-
fessors, instructors and lecturers who
are connected with the institution as
teachers.
''The patent lock burglar" is the
name given by the police of Stock
holm to a burglar who has been
operating in that city since November
first. BY drilling two holes and using
fine wire hook he succeeds in open
ing the most complicated patent
locks.
Large crowds of men are going
from southern Sweden to the north
to work on the new railroads.
Three generations officiating. At a
regular Sunday service in church in
Vestmanland, G. Landin (S3 years
old) officiated as sexton; his son, G.
r. Landin, played the organ, and his
grandson, Rev. Gustaf Landin
preached the sermon.