Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-05-15
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
interesting Notes From Across the
Ocean.
HAPPENINGS IN THE FAIHERLAAD.
principal Events That Have Occurred
In the Old Countries About the
North Sea Within Week
or So Just Past.
SWEDEN.

SWEDEN.
Swedish beer is becoming popular in
england since arsenic was found in large
quantities of the English product Par
ties in London have ordered St. Erick's
Pllsener beer from Stockholm. this par
1icular brand having been introduced in
London during King Oscars stay there
last summer.
The Swedish Hunters Association held
Its annual meeting in Stockholm. former
minister of foreign affair." Count Douglas.
occupying the chair On motion by the
crown prince, resolution was passed
10 the effect that circular be addressed
TO every club in the country. requesting
them TO answer yes or no to the question
OF establishing common fund for all the
CLUBS special committee shall be ap-
pointed to consider Count 0. Lewen-
haupt's proposition to open up hunt
ers school, pamphlet on the protec-
ton of game. which was written by
special committee. shall be printed in
1oVo copies and sent to the different
clubs. The railway department was re-
auested by the association to reduce the
rate on dogs for long distances The
ed to Mr.. H. Trolle.
less by the historic landslide in Verdalen
eight years ago and which has been con-
trolled by the state since that time will
soon be parcelled out among the original
owners, only two of whom will have to
agree to certain conditions before the
transfer is made. The land around the
ravine resulting from the landslide will
be kept by the government for the cul-
sure of timber.
Captain Mabnus Andersen and two
others have organized themselves into
publishing company. and the result will
De the publication Of new trades jour
nal called Gysten-the Coast a Sunday
supplement will be devoted to stories and
other entertaining reading matter.
twenty-five employees in Boras have is
sued printed circular to their employees,
warning them not to join any social
democratic labor union 1t is finally de-
clared that those twenty-five employers
will by no means keep social democrats
in their factories.
Count Arvid Posse died April 81 The
deceased was prominent in the politics of
his country for long series of years and
served premier from 1880 to 1882
Without dissenting vote. the consti-
tutional committee has agreed on a bill
Of censure against Dyrssen. the head of
the Swedish navy because he inflicted
too severe punishment on Admiral Hagg.
whose misdemeanor seems to have been
far from grave.
The tariff on Indian corn is so high that
a number of prominent butchers in South
ern Sweden have rented d packing estab-
llshment at Nillerod, Denmark. which
they propose to operate on a large scale.
slowly ebbing away.
The city council Of Hernosand has voted
$4,000 for the erection of new building
for the school OF technology of that city.
The landtmanna party in the riksdag is
in favor of raising the salaries of a GER
tain class of public functionaries ten per
cent; but the aggregate amount favored
by this party is only about half as large
that proposed by the government.
The spring work was fairly started
about April % in Southern Sweden. The
rye and clover fields look very promising.
The Samson & Walln Publishing Com
pany of Stockholm has made assign
ment. One Of the members OF the firm
lost heavily in speculation in other bust
ness branches, and this led to the down.
fall Of the fourishlng book business. The
liabilities may run up to one hundred
thousand dollars.
Stockholm Inhalatorium is a new Stock
holm hospital where lung diseases are
treated by means of limitations. 1t is a
copy OF similar institutions in Germany.
A new verb. Business failures have
been frequent in Lulea that the people
of northern Sweden use the expression
'att lula Ito 'lula'D to Indicate that a
person has been driven to the wall finan-
cially.
J. Perache. French journalist has
theory of his own in regard to the fate OF
Andrees North Pole expedition. His the
Dry does not exactly tally with certain
laws of nature; but, as it touches upon a
problem which is interesting to every
Swede, it is briefly summed up below:
Mr. Perache holds that Andree and his
companions persisted close to the North
Pole. The air at the North Pole, he says
is practically undisturbed by currents.
Besides. the air is raritied CO a the poles.
When the balloon entered this region it
was not only kept there by a continual
calm. but the density of the atmosphere
was not sufficient to keep it suspended.
The balloon, therefore, was kept there for
a short time and was forced to the
ground very close to the place of it's
that region, the death of the explorers
was not long delayed.
GeIIivare, the famous mining town in
Norrland. will have a saloon. the vote on
the question being 81. 420 to 27,412. These
numbers do not imply so many voters
but they are based on the property owned
by the voters.
NORWAY.
The ecclesiastical department is in IA
vor Of accepting the offer of the city
council of kristiania to transfer the Mu-
scum of Sculpture to the state
Bjornson and wife arrived at Copenha-
gen from Berlin. April g.
The Glommen river is becoming more
and more important to kristiania and
southeastern Norway in general. as the
great source of motive power. If a for
eign enemy could obtain control of this
river it would be much easier to capture
the capital city and neighboring cities.
For that reason the river must be pro-
tected by new Notifications.
Seven per cent of the taxpayers Of
Trondhjem are women and they hold 20
per cent of the wealth of the city. Ten
nor cenf nf the tax-payers of Aalesuud