Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1900-07-04
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS.
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SWEDEN.

SWEDEN, III
"a bronze bust of Axel Danielsson. the
rate socialist agitator, will be raised in
the Peoples Park in Malmo.
Inc profits of the Korpalund Sugar Re-
ming Company for 1899 were equal To
seven per cent on the capital invested,
The Upsala students chorus. which is
on its way to Paris. has received gift
OF 800 from E. J. Sallstrom, of Lower
Kalix.
The steam boiler in the Swedish rub
Der factory at Gisleved exploded. killing
three men and setting fire to the rubber
factory and sawmill and lumber ward.
The loss is about $15O,OOO. Several hun
area people were thrown out Of employ
ment.
mysterious woman is claimed to have
oeen 'Vlng perfectly secluded in the city
vi stockholm for period Of 80 years
Inc windows Of her rooms are always
covered with paper on the inside She is
never known to have left her rooms.
NOT does she ever keep fire. A girl who
Is only shade less mysterious than the
'ec'use herself brings food and other nee
essarles to her in the night. Sighted love
Is said to be at the bottom Of the mys-
terry.
wilhelm Siken has been appointed post
master in Carl Gustof parish. Mark. He
IS to keep the office open four hours a
DAY and to received and forward mail
twice week. and shis salary is to be
$6.75 year.
Sne Ice broke up so suddenly and vio-
iently In the Torne river that 10000 logs
were carried to the sea. The owners are
picking them up along the shore. but this
Is Slow and expensive work.
The government telephone system has
been connected with general electric
company's system for ten years. The
government now proposes to discontinue
the connection. The government runs
10000 apparatuses, the other company
$4,000.
Forest fires have done considerable
damage in Asa and Tolg parishes. Krono-
berg Ian. Four hundred men have been
ordered out to check the flames.
The white caps" The students of the
universities on the one hand and the stu
dents of the four schools of technology
on the other. have been at loggerheads
over the use of the white caps, the Ven-
cradle emblem of the university students.
AS soon as the students of the schools of
technology began to use the white caps
the university students lodged an en-
phatlc protest against this encroachment
and the friction is still causing irritation
There are indications to the effect
however. that those studying technology
may select new emblem and drop the
white caps
bronze bust Of John Ericsson has been
cast in Stockholm
The city council of Stockholm has voted
over $2,000,000 for new electric plant at
Hjorthagen
Iemtland beats the world. The prov
1nce of Jemtland has trife over 100, 900
Inhabitants. There are 10,O43 good temp
lars In the province. or 10 per cent of the
whole population. What other province
or state can beat this record?
Those who attend the Scandinavian con-
gress OF education in Kristiania Aug. Z
to 10. will be permitted to travel at half
fare on the Swedish railroads.
Prof. X F. Soderwall, of the University
OF Lund, has been granted permission to
devote one year to the preparation of a
dictionary of medieval Swedish
Princess 1ngeborg is expected to visit
Marstrand this summer.
Inc state railway system is expanding.
and about 24O employees of different grades
have been added to the old stock.
Prince Eugen has recovered from his
recent Illness.
F. 2. Waldenstrom is engaged in writ
Ing new text book for religious schools.
1t Is to take the place of the Swedish
catechism. which Waldenstrom has been
announcing for years past.
The Lung estate. Ostergothland, was
bought some years ago by a German FAM
lily named Mecklenborg. The present
owner is an elderly lady whose eccentrici-
ties keep her before the public eye a good
zeal or the time. Early this spring she
hired German young lady to keep her
company. But the old lady is not a
pleasant companion by long odds and
the young lady stole away to neighbor
Ing village. Her fear of the authorities.
however. gave her no rest, and she re-
turned to the house of the Mecklenborgs.
Instead of making the young lady's path
smooth. the old lady stationed two men
on the road as guards to prevent the
young lady from running away a second
time. BY this time the laborers EMPLOYED
on the farm of the Mecklenborg's had
smelt the smoke from the residence of
their landlady. and in spite of the guards
they went to work to aid the young ladv
In her second fight. The plot was car
ried out successfully. This time the
nerves of the young lady stood the strain.
and when old Lady Mecklenborg missed
her young companion the latter was al
ready safely on her way to Berlin. And
new chapter was added to the legends
of the Lady Of Macklenbors.
The Sundsvall Manufacturers Union
has resolved to extend all possible aid to
the employers in Stockholm in case the
great labor conflict in the latter city can
not be settled by arbitration.
The North Ostergotland Railway Com
pany has paid dividend of per cent.
The Swedish Bog Culture Society will
hold its national convention at Taxinee-
Nasty, Odermanland. Aug. and 4.
According to our latest news from
Sweden. the crown prince will soon ap-
point Bishop Johan August Ekman as
archbishop of Sweden.
NORWAY.
The widow of the late Bishop-elect ia
cob Sverdrup is to receive a pension Of
$500 a year for life.
There are 5000 school children in Kris
tiania who cannot attend school regularly
for lack Of class rooms.
The storthing has voted $1,000 for the
labor academies. -~=--
Kristian!a received $4,000 mackerels in
one day for home consumption.
4 Some radicals in the storthing were in
favor of paying Norway's share of the
expenses of the Hague peace conference
only on condition that a separate sigma
ture for Norway be attached TO the pro-
tocol Of the conference. But the con-
stitutionai committee reported in favor Of