Willmar tribune., 1900-10-24
SCANDINAVIAN IAN NEWS:
interesting Notes From Across the
rs: 3. Ocean. -,
HAPPENINGS IN THE FAIHERLAND,
Principal Events That Have Occurred
In the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within a Week
or So just Past.
SWEDEN.

Gothenburg, on Sept. 80, commemo-
rated the Tooth anniversary of the birth
OF Dean Per Wieselgren, the temper
ance apostle of Sweden. EARLY in the
afternoon about 1900 persons marched
IN procession from the drill grounds
TO the cemetery. The different organ
lzatlons were represented by banners
and the procession was headed by q
brass band. A large wreath was
placed on the grave of Weiselgreu
while a vocal selection was. being rem
dered. Afterwards the assemblage
marched to the cathedral, which was
crowded to the last seat. Rev. P. Lun-
din preached a memorial sermon and
the chorus of the Northern Abstinence
association rendered several numbers.
The day 'was celebrated by large
gatherings in many other cities also.
In Stockholm the celebration took
place at the Academy of Music. Prof.
Rudin spoke on the influence of Vie
selgren upon the church, Prof. R..
Warburg about his efforts as liter
ary critic and biographer, and Prof.
Johan Bergman about him as the au-
thor of the temperance movement in
Sweden. The king, the crown prince,
Prince Carl, Prince and Princess Ber-
nadotte, Archbishop Ekman, Premier
Won Otter, and several other members
of the cabinet were in attendance.
The mountains of western Jemtland
were covered with two feet of snow at
the close of September.
Fiffoor ~, -
province of Gefeborg have signed a
remonstrance against certain practices
in the state church of Sweden, the
most ''crying evils" being: 1. That
pronounced atheists are not permitted
to withdraw from the state church.
Q. That unbaptized persons are held
to be church members. 3. That the
clergy are compelled to pronounce the
benediction of the church upon mar
riages which, according to the Bible,
must be looked upon as fornication.
The slgners finally appealed to the
legislative authorities to remedy said
Inconsistencies by new laws.
A general census will be taken at
the close of the year 1900.
P. P. Waldenstrom, the father of the
Mission Friends, holds that the Mis-
sion Covenant is not church asso-
citation, but only a missionary society,
which may include state church people
as we'll as others. Other leading Mis-
sion Friends, however, emphasize the
ecclesiastical character of the Mission
Covenant, giving rise to the question:
Is Waldenstrom going to withdraw
from the Covenant?
The immense piles of slags at the
Kopparberg mines contain such large
percentage of zinc, lead and copper
that it will pay to smelt them Sec
ond time. The Kalvestorp stock COM
pany is constructing furnaces for util-
izing the slags, the capital invested in
the new plant being over $125, 600.
Part of the stock of the Finspong
projectile manufacturing company
passed into the hands of foreigners
about year ago.. This caused GER
tain uneasiness in military circles.
Mr.. Ekman, Swede, has bought said
stock on the foreign market, leaving
the entire stock in the hands of
Swedes. The capital stock of the COM
pany is over $1,ooo,ooo each share
being 81, $50.
Novoje Vremja, the great Russian
paper, has sent a correspondent to
Sweden, and he has written up the
Swedes in great shape. He finds fault
with everybody and everything, and
sums up his experiences with the
declaration that "a sepulchral odor''
seems to rise from the country, and
that Sweden is doomed to political and
spiritual death.
Premier Won Otter and his cabinet
are contemplating the introduction IN
the rigsdag of bill providing for
compulsory insurance of wage work.
King Oscar has awarded prize of
$27 to Mr.. Magnusson, the Icelander
who found one of Andree's buoys at
Grindavik.
Bishop Won Scheele represented Swe-
den at a gathering held in Magdeburg,
Germany, to make arrangements for
the tenth triennial conference of the
Lutheran church, which will take
place in September, 1901, at Lund,
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