Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-06-19
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 a Week
or So just Past.

The clerks in the leading business Of
fees of Malmo are circulating petition
for a radical change in their working
hours. At present they have to work
from to o'clock, excepting 2 hours at
noon. Now they propose to work from
. to 5, stopping only few minutes for
lunch at II o'clock. One firm introduced
the desired reform two years ago, and
the head of this firm declares that he can
get more work out of his clerks under
the new than under the old system.
A house at Sundsvall in which several
persons died of consumption was burnt
down. furniture and all. by the police and
the fire department.
Strikes are hampering the business in
several branches, notably in the Blekinge
Quarries and the building trades in Goth
enberg. In both cases the employees have
proposed to refer the matter to a board
of arbitration. The typesetters of Goth
enborg are also on a strike. They refuse
to comply with the request of their en-
ployers to have the difficulty settled by
arbitration.
The Bar Association of Lund invited
the Bar Association of Copenhagen to a
gathering at Lund, and about 50 Danish
law students and several professors ac-
cepted the invitation. Having visited the
cathedral and the university buildings.
the Danes met the Swedes in the main
hall of the university. where a discussion
took place. the subject being the work
and examinations in the law departments
of the universities of Lund and Copen-
hagen. At the close of the discussion the
Danes were banqueted at the park. They
returned to Copenhagen in the evening
Of the same day
Meningitis has broken out among the
recruits at Hultsfred Two companies of
the halmar regiment have been removed
to tents. and their barracks have been
closed.
Representatives of the government rail-
ways Of Sweden and Finland have agreed
to carry freight directly between the two
countries. thereby doing away with the
middlemen.
German squadron of seven topedo
boats and the cruiser Niobe spent five
days in maneuvering along the coast of
Gothenborg.
About 10000 people, assembled at Lill-
jams. Stockholm, protested against the
adoption of the army reorganization bill
and asked for the right to vote.
r. Anderson, a young man who was
tending to the target at the range of the
Sala Rifle Club. was shot through the
head while staying behind the embank-
ment. and death came instantaneously
temperance rally at Norrkoping was
attended by 10000 persons. and another of
the same nature at Gothenborg was at
tended by more than 5000 people,
Twenty scholars at the Elementary
School of Technology of Malmo have
published complaint against their prin-
cipal. Mr.. Isberg, because he is alleged
be in the habit of resorting to undeserved
and severe corporal punishment.
Manila hero rejected. A young Swede
who fought with the Americans in the
decisive battle in the bay Of Manila. re-
ported for duty as recruit at Malmo as
soon as he attained the proper age, but
he was rejected because the drumheads
of both his ears had bursted on that
memorable day at Manila.
Anders Anderson. man who evidently
is not in his right mind. has spent years
in sailing along the coast between Stock
holm and Norway. His boat is a wretch
ed shell. he never uses compass, but
seems to find no difficulty in sailing
through fogs and storms. AS he stopped
at talkenberg some curious people
wanted to find out what he lived on. and
he pointed to a key of herring which
emitted forbidding smell. The fish was.
in fact. half decayed. but Anderson as
sured his callers 1.-The meat of that lot of
fish was very tender"
Edv. Brambeck, the sculptor has left
for Rome. where he is to reproduce his
statue. the Temptation of Christ in
Marble. The statue has been ordered for
Maria church of Helsingborg. The orig
inal plaster of paris cast was sent to
Rome in advance.
The family of Count NJ. W. Hamilton
is represented in all of the six different
arms of the army and navy of Sweden.
The count himself is inspector of the re-
serve. his Oldest son Malcolm a captain
in the navy, his son Archibald a captain
in Vende's artillery regiment, his son
John lieutenant in the Smaland hussar
regiment. and his son Otto lieutenant
In the Jonkoping regiment Even the
civil service of the army has a son of
the old Hamilton on its roll, namely.
Count Hugo Hamilton. intendant of
Uppland's regiment
The king has granted the Swedish press
association permission to increase its
funds by national lottery. The number
of tickets will be 100000, at SlOS each.
Over one-fourth of the tickets will carry
prizes. The highest prize will be a parcel
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