Willmar tribune., 1900-05-16
he Ofoten railway will cost $500, ,ooo

he. 0foten railway will cost $500, ,ooo
more than was expected.
Many small business firms in Kris
tiania have failed in the course ST the
past few months. The great crisis is
virtually past, however, and the most
of the legitimate business enterprises
are past the danger of the hard times.
The great crash of 1899 was largely
due to the manipulations of unscrupu-
lous spectators, and now, that they
have been crowded to the wall, the
honest manufacturers, merchants and
shipowners are confidently expecting
better times. -
The Norwegian grist mills are turn
ing out as good rye flour as any mills
in any country; but they cannot COM
pete with foreign mills in grinding
wheat and barley.
monument is to be raised on the
grave of Jon Hansen Sorbroden, in an
oak grove in Sorboden, Smaalenene.
Mr.. Sorbroden was member of the
constitutional committee at Eidsvold
in 1914. He was also prominent Law
preacher and a personal friend of Hans
Nelson Hauge, the greatest of Norwe,
glan evangelists.
All the Norwegian stone dressing es-
Establishments in Sweden have declared
a general lockout, throwing about
1000 men out of work. The cause of
the strike was that the employees OBJ
jected to slight reduction in wages
The employers have large quantities
of dressed stone on hand.
SWEDEN.
The double track railway between
Lund and Malmo is almost completed.
Considerable quantities of goldfish
have been caught along the east coast
of Skane this spring.
An EngiIeer named Kiellin, who has
been employed at the Gysinge iron
works. is attracting much attention by
his method of producing frst-class
steel from pig-iron.
Ola Hanson, one of the most popu-
lar of living writer's in Sweden, has
renounced his allegiance to the king
of Sweden for the purpose of becoming
| citizen of Bavaria. He grew tired of
his countrymen because they found
| him too radical and never tired of Civ
| ing him trouble.
| At a gathering of the superior con-
sistory of Upsala an informal ballot
was taken for new archbishop,
Bishop Billing receiving 10 votes,
Bishop Ekman Is votes, and Bishop
Lindstrom Is votes.
! There is an unpleasant misunder-
standing between the students cho-
ruses of Upsala and Lund. The chorus
of the university of Lund proposed to
sing together with the chorus of the
university of Upsala at the Paris expo
sition. But the latter answered that
the two bodies could not we'll cooper
ate as distinct organizations, but that
Individual members of the former
might be admitted into the latter. The
Lund chorus in turn resolved that its
members could not join the Upsala
chorus on such terms. It will be re-
membered that the Upsala chorus has
been making extensive preparations
for tour of the great cities of Europe,
the most important concerts to be given
in Paris.
| English tourists are loath to go to
the continent of Europe this summer
because the people of that part of Eu-
rope do not hesitate to show their SYM
pathy for the Beers in an offensive
manner. The Scandinavians, on the
other hand, being less hostile to the
English, are figuring on a large in
crease in the, English tourist traffic
next summer.
A huge railroad ferry has just been
completed at the Kockum iron works,
Malmo. The monster is 26O feet long
and 81 feet wide and can accommodate
II railroad cars at time. This is the
first railroad ferry built at the ex-
pense of the government.
A large whisky tank at the Ostra
Vram distillery sprung a leak, and be-
fore the accident was discovered over
5000 gallons of the beverage had
flowed out.
The Malmo museum has been located
in unsatisfactory quarters. The cor
nerstone of a new building was laid
on April 81.
A new Odd Fellows lodge has been
organized at Karlstad. 1t is the 23d
organization of it's kind in Sweden.
A great number of fruit trees and
bushes from the nurseries at Alnarp,
Skane, have been distributed free of
charge among the small farmers of
that part of the country. The maxi
mum number given to any single
farmer is ten.
King Oscar has consented to have
the most noted presents which were
given to him on the occasion of his 25
years jubilee transported to Paris for
exhibition in the Swedish building.
They will doubtless be great draw
ing card.
! A new bank has been stablished in
Ostersund. The capital stock must be
at least $135, 200.