Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-09-25
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
Interesting Notes From Across the
Ocean.
HAPPENINGS IN THE FATHERLAND.
Principal Events That Have Occurred
in the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within a Week
or So Just Past,
SWEDEN.


usual demonstration upon his arrival at
Marstrand. where he usually spends the
latter part of the summer season. AS
soon as he stepped off his steamer Drott,
an address of welcome was extended to
MIN by Mayor Zweigbergk The Neu-
man band discoursed music and fifty
children dressed in white, performed a
beautiful flag dance. In the evening
banquet was given by the bathing club.
The program was opened with greetings
and loud cheers to the monarch as soon
as he entered the hall, and he responded
In strong voice. When he had seated
himself on the platform, four little girls
dressed like butterflies, stepped up to
him and each of them greeted him by
recltlng verse Of poetry. Next came
80 ladies dressed in white, who performed
an empire dance which his majesty ap-
plauded with vigor. During the cotillion
the picture Of the king was distributed
as souvenirs. He left the ball at ten
O'Clock in the evening"
J. Lindstrom, of Ostersund, prominent
Journalist and author who is in the habit
OF using the pen-name Saxon recently
gave a vegetarian supper to about one
hundred of his friends on his twenty-five
years jubilee. The gathering took place
IN the auditorium of the public school
building. which was tastefully decorated,
'Saxon's' % books and 20 volumes of
newspapers being conspicuous. The great
popularity of Mr.. Lindstrom was amply
demonstrated by the two hundred con-
gratulatory letters and kilograms which
poured In upon him during the day. He
was visibly moved by these tokens Of
love and honor, and in responding to
toast he said that he had given away
all his property for the advancement of
the ideals which he believed in.
Two Of the eighteen immortals" of
the Swedish academy are gone, namely
"A. E. Nordenskiod and Hans Forsell
Ihls body has been exceedingly conserv-
alive OF late, and for that reason the
bright progressive minds of Sweden
have paid but little attention to it, ex-
cept by way Of ridiculing it and relegat-
ing IT to the realm of 'innocuous desue-
tude.' Now a great change has taken
place In this respect. The ''immOrtals'
were authorized by the late Alfred Mabel
| to distribute thousands upon thousands
or dollars as prizes for literary efforts.
Strlndberg, THE Swedish PrOmethens,"
is mentioned as an absolute impossibility
| and so are a number of other shining
! lights in the modern Swedish literature
Inc Professors Karl Warburg and Gus
| tar Retains seem to be two of the strong
est candidates for the vacant seats in
the academy, The former is a noted au-
thor1ty on the history of literature and
the latter's scholarship is acknowledged
| even beyond the limits of his country
King Oscar in a public address at Ore
bro, indicated that he does not fancy
those Hatterers who in after-dinner
speeches try to make out that it is the
| king that does everything worth men
| tioning in the kingdom of Sweden
The Northern Museum, Stockholm, has
! debt of $4,000, which it is proposed to
| pay by issuing new series of numbers
| amounting to $250,000 as a part of the
| grand lottery which was arranged some
| time ago.
| Since the death of Gunnar Wenner-
! berg there are three vacant places in the
| Swedish academy.
Fritz Morris. of New York, a reporter
! for some leading German, English and
French newspapers, was royalty received
| by King Oscar on board his pleasure
| yacht, Drott. and glowing write-up is
| in order.
Lagerholm, an island off Trolle Lung
by. is overrun with black rats, which
| are very rare in other parts of Sweden
The tobacco crop in the vicinity of
| stockholm is the poorest in twenty years
| and many growers call it a failure
The work of cutting down the trees
| along the boundary line between Sweden
| and Norway is finished and the stone
! pillar marking the spot where Norway,
Sweden and Russia touch each other has
| been furnished with a Swedish inscrip-
| ton, which, strange as it may seem, has
| been lacking until this summer.
The Smaland girls who worked in the
Skane beet fields last summer made so
| little money that by the time they have
| paid their travelling expenses and re-
! turned to their Smaland forest homes
| their pocketbooks will be almost empty.
Good-sized apples and ripe cherries
have been picked at Kartlslund, near
Ostersund, Juntland.
]. E. Otto, a Danish lawyer, has been
| granted permission by the king to own a
property bought by the Dane near Hell
| singborg.
The funeral Of Gunnar Wennerberg, the
| immortal author of "Gluntarne" (the
| boys, took place at Lidkoping. An Up
| sala students quartet took prominent
part In the ceremonies, and a mixed choir
rendered Gunnar Wennerberg's Psalm
| xxx, Miss Sara Wennerberg, a niece
! of the deceased, singing the solos. The
| remains were inferred in the Odinsvi
graveyard at Gransjo. Smaland, by the
side of his wife, who died years ago.
NORWAY.
The department of labor has urged
upon the local authorities of Forsund to
compel the business men to put up brick
| or stone buildings in place of the wooden
| buildings that were burnt down few
| weeks ago. 1t is estimated that the loss
due to the burning of wooden cities dur
ing the past 20 years is about $1,000, 900.
The tourist traffic has been immense
| during the past season, and the hotel
keepers have reaped a rich harvest The
English tourists were not so numerous
as before. The Germans took the lead.
but the Americans are gaining ground
more rapidly than any other foreigner
The French are also coming to Norway
] In growing numbers. Even Belgium and
Holland made handsome contributions
The Dutch seem to be the most popular
tourists and they are less apt ia 2e. into
trouble than people of other nationalities.
Many rich Italians visited the country as
d. result of the North Pole expedition
! made by the Duke of Abruzzi
The taxes in the city Of Kristiania
| average s35.36 per inhabitant No wonder
that many people like to get out of such
a! community. -.
Mr.. Jebsen, public spirited citizen OF
Bergen, has established an electric peat
charring factory at Stangfjord The
peat is dried, then put into retorts and
charred by means of an electric current.
The motive power is furnished by q
waterfall, and the work is done by means