Willmar tribune., 1901-05-01

i The city council of Gothenborg has SUBJ
Stora Bergstag Railway. At the same
| permission to build an electric railway
from Gothenborg to Molndal.
,, The students of the University of Lund
are contemplating great intercollegiate
scandinavian convention in the latter
part OF May. The students of all the
Scandinavian universities and colleges
will be invited.
"A petlt1on has been circulated among
members of the Swedish riksdag which
asks the Nobe committee of the Nor
weeian storthing to consider Henry Du-
'nant IN distributing the first Nobel
prizes. Henry Dumont, who is a SWISS
was the originator of the Red Cross So
clety and the Geneva commission The
petltlon has received many signatures.
Nlne Swedish towns entered the rank
OF cities during the nineteenth century,
oelns chartered as follows: Borgholm,
1885, Haparanda, 1912; Skelleftea, 1876: Os-
carshamn, 1860; Trelleborg, 1865; Ronne-
Oy, 1879; Motala. 1881: Ornskoldsvik, 1898;
and Lysekil. 1900. Eslof and Nassjo are
the next in order to become cities.
katrinefors paper mills have furnished
a cardboard which possesses extraordi-
nary power of resistance Bullets which
easily passed through ten inches of sound
wood could not pierce a three-inch layer
OF this cardboard. The exact compost
ton of the material is a secret.
Prof M. G. Blk has been elected rector
(presidenD of the University of Lund for
the next two years, and Prof O. Ham,
marsten, of the University of Upsala. for
the same period.
new ammunition factory will be built
at Hernosand for supplying the markets
of northern Sweden.
workingman's wife in Stockholm
gave birth to three little girls. all of
whom are doing we'll.
Admiral Hagg, of the navy, was pun
1shed very severely for a misdemeanor
which was not very aggravating. Min
lister of Marine Dyrssen is denounced by
the press on the score that the punish
ment inflicted was contrary to the con-
stttutton. But he maintains that the
rules of the navy are independent of the
constitution. The next move on the part
OF his opponents was to propose change
in the rules which would harmonize them
with the constitution. To this PROPOSE
ton he answered, 1T is we'll enough as
we have it," which proves him to be op-
posed to any change in the rules 1t is
very likely that the words Just quoted
will cost Mr.. Dyrssen his seat in the
cabinet.
The Lund students choir will give con-
certs in a number of Swedish cities from
the sixth to the thirtieth of June. The
choir will consist of about thirty of the
best singers that can be obtained
1t Is fifty years since Bishop Gunnar
Wennerberg published his famous COL
lection of students songs, and the Up
sala students are making preparations
for giving Wennerberg concert in honor
of the great poet and composer.
Coal has been found in South Asbo,
Kristianstad. and a company has been
granted permission to open up mines
within the limits of a certain territory.
The king and crown prince left Stock
holm April first for trip to Kristiania.
span of horses hitched to a heavy
load Of stone ran away near Brastad,
and in their mad course they struck the
lake. All went we'll for a time. but sud-
denly the ice broke and the horses and
their load went to the bottom, leaving no
trace except an ugly hole in the ice
There is trouble in the camp of the
Lastadians "a religious secD. In Gelli-
ware is a preacher who, on account of
his old age, claims to be the head of the
sect. Some of the other preachers ac-
knowledge him as their chief, others do
not, and as the two parties advocate
their views with energy, there is some
thing like a schism in the ranks of the
Lastadians.
Prince Carl has bought a property at
the corner of Frigga street and Karla-
vagen. Stockholm, for $4,000.
No grass would grow on a certain lap
Of ground at Balstorp. Edsvara parish,
and the proprietor dug a hole in the
ground to find out what was the matter.
He struck a huge stone slab which
weighs about five tons. In removing it
he had to raise it little above the
ground. and to his astonishment the un-
derside of it was covered with inscrip-
tions which have not yet been deciph-
cred. According to an old legend there
used to be stone in that locality which
was called "Balder's Stone," and at
which the people of pagan ages per-
formed sacrifices.
A girl baby born to the wife of Consul
o. Wijk. of Gothenborg. will have King
Oscar for a sponsor.
l.. E. Enroth. of Stockholm, has in
vented a submarine torpedo boat which
is said to be as efficient as the American
and French types and much cheaper
Prof. G. de Geer is to succeed Prof.
Jaderin leader of the Spitzbergen ex-
pedition.
very prominent man bought a tract
Of timber land in Ostergotland for about
$25.0O0. He kept the land few years
and sold timber for more than the cost.
Now he wants to sell the "naked knobs
and slowly rotting stumps" to the state
for $4,000. And the strangest part of
the transaction is. that the government
has recommended the deal.
l.. M. Ericsson & Co., of Stockholm,
recently celebrated their twenty-five
years jubilee as dealers in telephone ap-
paratuses, and Mr.. Ericsson. the man.
agcr. donated $4,000 kronor ($6 1907 to the
aid fund of the employees Of the company.