Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-02-20
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
Interesting Notes From Across the
...~s Ocean.
HAPPENINGS IN THE FAIHERLAND.
Principal Events That Have Occurred
In the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within a Week
OF So Just Past.
SWEDEN,

A committee appointed six years ago
by the king to write an exhaustive &C.
count of Swedish gymnastics. has COM
pleted its task. an dthe result is the most
complete work ever written on that SUBJ
ject.
Two Swedish engineers, named Landin
ana Rudolph. have Invented new smelt-
ing method by which malleable iron may
be produced directly from the ore.
Rich deposits of nickel and cobalt have
been discovered In Halangesliden near
Ursviken.
Two thousand men are at work on the
new railway line through Bohuslan. 1t
Will take four years more to complete
the road. Experience has proven that
proper intellectual entertainment is a
benefit to the men. Accordingly, funds
are now being raised for the purchase
OF books and other reading matter which
will be loaned free of charge to them.
Does 1t pay to raise calves in Norrbot-
ten? farmer at Mortrask recently sold
an eight-week-old calf to the butcher for
s11.34
The provincial government of Malmo-
nus has made an appropriation for the
publication of newspaper for blind peo-
pie The letters are elevated, and the
alphabet used was invented by Dan.
kjellin, of Stockholm. He is blind. still
he Is to print said paper. The paper
Will be sent free OF charge to all blind
Swedes who take the trouble to order it.
To pull off ones boots is an operation
which is supposed to be utterly devoid
Of risk of life and limb Arvid Strom
Of Hedemora. thinks not, for he actually
broke his thigh bone just above the knee,
while trying to pull off tight boot
Adolf Hedin. member of the riksdag
from Stockholm. has introduced a thor
oughly revised edition of the penal laws
OF the army of Sweden. These laws have
been under the exclusive control of the
king. or rather the cabinet. while Mr..
Hedin holds that according to the con-
stitution. the riksdag is the only author
ity entitled to NEEDLE with these as we'll
rs with other laws.
Sickness Of different kinds prevails
throughout northwestern Skane, and in
the rural districts whole families are bed
ridden.
The crown prince made a short trip
to England about February first
So many laborers have gone to Luos-
savaara that the demand is more than
filed. and the result is general reduc-
ton of wages. House-builders and car
penters who travelled great distances to
this place and failed to find employment
were compelled to leave for the woods
and compete with the choppers.
The woman's society for the defense Of
hos coll for -o1
contributions lin memory of some happy
day" The money will be devoted to the
advancement of the volunteer gun clubs.
The basement under the new opera
house in Stockholm. which is used as a
restaurant. commands a rent of a little
over one thousand dollars week.
A very valuable collection has been
added to the Lappish department at the
Northern Museum, Stockholm. One of
The curiosities Of the collection is tally
stick which was used to keep tally Of
reindeer owned by King Charles XIV. in
the year 1862 The number of animals
at that time was "A. and all of them had
descended from two does given to him
in 1857.
Rev. G. L. Bjork. of Vinberg. recently
devoted part OF his sermon to the news
papers. recommending certain papers and
denouncng others.
The committee on waterfalls has recon-
rnended that the Freja Mining Company
be permitted to rent two waterfalls in
the Lima river from the government for
fifty years at the rate of $500 a year, or
about 500 per horse power
King Oscar. upon resuming the gov
eminent after his recent Illness received
very cordial greetings from President
Mckinley.
p Moller, of Glimakra. is excavating
an ancient burial mound at Nobbelof, but
the official antiquarian may interfere be-
fore the work is finished.
Karlskrona has 1889 inhabitants and
the increase for 1900 was 287.
The etone-cutters of Halmstad have re-
ceived heavy orders for red and green
granite from South Africa and America
A scientific expedition will leave Sweden
In the latter part of March, the destina-
ton being Argentina and Bolivia. Erland
Nordenskiold is to be the leader of the
expedition.
The Skyttean chair of civil government
and eloquence in the university of Upsala.
which was left vacant by the death of
Prof Ain. was established JAM l. 1922,
by Johan Skyth.
NORWAY.
All Italians employed in the Gravehals
tunnel on the Bergen railway. have been
discharged and Norwegians have been
hired to take their places.
It was stated some time ago that the
population of Norway at the beginning
of this year was 2,22O.0OO but the final
summing up of the census returns may
bring the number up to 2,23O, 000
officials wooden mills near Stavanger.
burned down Jan. 16 The fire was
started by a careless workingman. The
insurance exceeds $4,000.
The recent catch of herring of Fred
rikstad brought the fishermen about
100000. The purchasers paid so much for
the goods that their profit was not worth
mentioning.
The building trades are still in a very
demoralized condition in the Norwegian
capital. Enterprises which netted profit
of 80 per cent are hopelessly ruined. The
import Of cement. which affords re-
liable gauge, was 5.215 tons for the last
quarter of 1898. and 2,7SO tons for the
same period in 1900. and the import Of
iron beams for the same periods was
400 and 1,1OO tons, respectively. The