Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-05-22
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
interesting Notes From Across the
Ocean.
HAPPENINGS IN THE FAIHERLAND.
principal Events That Have Occurred
IN the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within Week
Or So Just Past.
SWEDEN.

$2.7OO to the voluntary rifle clubs Of
sweden, and the crown prince has decided
that rifles shall be bought for the money
and loaned to the associated rifle clubs Of
Norrbotton
The Vulcan Match Company has estab-
hshed sanitarium at Tidaholm for the
benefit of consumptives employed by the
company. There are already twelve pa
tients at the establishment. and 10 more
may be accommodated.
man named Peterson announces in a
stockholm paper that he has changed his
name to Anderson. From the frying-pan
into the fire; for Anderson is the most
common name in Sweden. while Peterson
is supposed to rank as number three
The export duty on English coal will
raise the coal bill of Sweden about 81 600. :
coo year
Prince Carl and Princess lngeborg have
promised to attend the industrial and
agricultural exposition at Gefle.
Princess Maerta. the second daughter of
Prince Carl and Princess Ingeborg. was
baptized by Bishop Billing at Stockholm
She was carried by the queen of Sweden,
who was escorted by Prince Bernadotte
Many of the members of the royal houses
OF Sweden and Denmark were in attend
ance. and King Oscar walked at the head
OF the party as they entered the church.
Thirty scientists and artists have or
ganlZed themselves into a society the aim
OF which shall be to preserve old buildings
In the Swedish capital and see to it that
the demands Of an aesthetic taste be duly
observed in the construction of new
buildings
The proprietors of Strix. humorous
newspaper published in Stockholm. made
80 per cent on their investments last year.
August StrindberS. the author, will be
married to Miss Bosse in a few DAYS.
They are to spend their honeymoon on a
pleasure yacht bought by the bridegroom
for that purpose.
Mr.. Engstrom. the manager of a saw
mill at Fagervik. told his employees not
to attend a meeting called by labor
union. Several attended the meeting,
however. and the next morning seventeen
of them were summarily discharged.
Social Tidsskrift offers three prizes for
the three best essays on the subject the
Best Way of Supplying the City Laborers
with Houses.
The sale of book on the private life
of Abdul Hamid has been prohibited by
the minister of justice
A new dramatic theater will be erected
in Stockholm at a cost of at least one
million dollars. The cabinet has granted
the promoters permission to raise the
money by means OF a national lottery. in
Nolving the sale of tickets for 4 little over
s5NO0 900
The funeral services over the remains of
Count Arvid Posse took place at St. ia
cobs church. Stockholm. Bishop Billing
preached the funeral sermon The cere-
monies We're attended by King Oscar, the
crown prince of Sweden and Norway, the
crown prince of Denmark and a large
number of other noted men. The vocal
music was furnished by number of the
hest singers of Stockholm. The floral
tributes completely covered the coffin and
there were several wagon loads besides.
II. E Nordgren Of Lila Monstorp
Skane. has invented a new milking ma
chine. 1t is made on brand new prin-
ciple and is complicated and difficult to
keep in order.
The English are buying horses in Swed-
for the war in South Africa
The Mecklenburg state lottery was on
the point of flooding several Swedish
cities with advertisements and tickets.
when the Swedish authorities suddenly
seized about 100 900 letters
The Arlof iron works completed 629
freight cars during the past year.
Urania is the name Of a new Odd Eel
lows lodge at Landskrona.
Prince Carl is going to conduct field
maneuvers at Laholm. September next
Recent storms have piled up thousands
Of tons of seaweeds along the east coast
of Skane. and the farmers are busy haul
ing it away for manure
Per Palsson. of Lund. was arrested on
account of being intoxicated and the next
morning he was found dead in his CELL
The physician who made a post-mortem
examination says the man died from con-
cussion of the BRAIN and the newspapers
as well as the common people claim that
the policemen who handled him are di-
rectly responsible for his death.
The General Marine Insurance Com
pany of Sweden has declared 4 dividend
of Is per cent for 1900.
A large amount OF Swedish and foreign
Iron Works. and extensive improvements
will be made at once.
II is proposed TO organize a new parish
out OF parts of ST.. PAUL. and St. Petri
parishes. Malmo and the name of the
new parish will be st. Johannis.
The king has appointed Capt Holster to
represent Sweden at the international
firemen's convention. which will take
place June 6 to s. in Berlin.
c. W. EkiuEd OF Skcrfsta. Argerman.
land. has invented Il bread king ma
chine. by means of which one person can
turn out 80 Ioaves a minute BY making
the machine larger and applying artificial
motive power. the production may easily
be raised To 400 loaves a minute.
=. NORWAY
Sandefjord was largely destroyed by fire
a little over a year ago. But the people
did the Americans do TN such cases
they went 10 work and rebuilt it. and by
this time the DANA ge Is not only repaired.
but Sandefjord is far more magnificent
place than it was before the fire.
At Eldsvaag. Bergen. stone mas been
found which bears an inscription from
prehistoric times. There are seven runes
OF the kind used from the fifth TO the
seventh century. - f. >'F---<-.
~ A brass cannon bearing the date 1G44
has been found on the bottom OF. Fred
rikshoId harbor. .zz b.. =. =.
d The King will return to Norway early
tn July. and proposes to spend several
weeks at Bygdo. .5"=st A:~ Z:
Large quantities OF. clover and timothy
seed are imported to Norway because
they are cheaper than the home product
Bastian Larsen has been collecting figures
ON this subject furnished by farmers liv-
ing In different parts Of the country. and