Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-12-18

er at Soderhamn, the captain placing one
OF MS hands on one of Sundeen's me
Aatter Unanswered the steamer with ease
from Soderhamn to Mariehill. blowing tha
Wnlstle at the right time upon ARRIVING
at the latter place. = !, =, "a : !
The city council OF Stockholm has "a.
soiVed, by a vote Of SO to 81, to petition
the King to introduce in the riksdae GER
tam amendments to the city charter &+he
main object of the proposed changes be-
ing to grant the council the right of elect
ing Its own chairman.
Archbishop Ekmaa recently preached IN
the Luther church in Berlin TO, about 500
Scandinavians. He also visited the scan
dinayian branch Of the Berlin Y. M. C.. A.
The Lokalanzeiger contained his picture
and biography. .,,-...&s
The name of the new Russian battleshin
bullt by the Cramps-Retvizan-l looks
rather ,un-Russian, not to say Swedish
The name has an interesting history
Many years ago Russia captured a swed.
ish warship called Rattvisan (Justice)
A new ship was named after 1t, and when
the latter was wrecked the one just COM
pleted by the Cramps was ordered in it's
place. 1t will be noticed that the name
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vicissitudes.
The naval department has requested
number of Swedish shipbuilders to make
bids for the construction of several new
torpedo boats.
The launching of the gunboat Taper
heten (valoD at Kockum's shipyard, NAL
mo, was attended by the crown prince,
and the number of spectators was at
least 10 600. There was no smashing Of
champagne bottles. Mrs. Palander Of
Vega pressed a button, starting the ves-
sci from the ways. and she said in so
| many words that the name of it would be
! Tappenheten
Erik Svard, of Slagsamon, Undersaker,
Jemtland, though "a years old, served so
vigorously in putting out the Jemtland
| timber fires last summer that the gov
| eminent. In addition to regular wages,
has granted him a small bounty. Mr..
Svard even performed work from which
younger men shrank in dismay.
| The Nobel prize for the best effort made
| to cure human disease will not go to any
single man, but it. may be equally d.
vided between DR.. Behring, the inventor
of anti-toxin, and Dr. Finsen, the in
ventor of the red-light chamber for the
| treatment of skin diseases.
Col. Kindberg, who has been studying
the South African campaign, recommends
| that the army of Sweden be better sup
piled than at present with able railway
engineers.
| 1t is proposed to raise a monument to
| King Magnus Birgerson at Jonkoping.
This king, who died in $780, was nick
named Ladulas (Barnlock), because he
successfully protected the farmers of his
dominion.
The friends of ex-Premier Bostrom
have commenced to raise money for a
souvenior medal in his honor The badges
are to be made of aluminium and silver,
and the prices will range from S15O to
$500. Possibly few may be made of
gold
The Stenbock equestrian statue In Hels-
ingborg will be officially unveiled Dec 8,
and since it was put in it's place it has
| been carefully concealed from public view
! by canvas. But during storm the can
vas was partly torn away, and prema-
ture glimpse Of it was given to the pub
lie.
t. Olof Montaigne, of Stockholm, has in
vented life-saving pontoon which may
easily be detached from sinking vessel
and used by the people on board.
Prince Carl is taking the Kneipp cold
water cure at Norrkoping.
| Laborers are drug on the market in
north Jemtland. A year ago the wages
were from IS cents to $1.1O day. but now
there are crowds Of men who cannot get
work at As to So cents day.
In the evening of November IA snow
| storm brought all the street cars OF
Stockholm to a standstill for several
hours. On the southwest coast, a railway
| train was stuck in snowdrift for three
hours. In the southeast the downfall
came in the form of RAIN. The damage
done by the storm at sea was heavy.
Archbishop Ekman has promised to
send Swedish pastor to the Scandinavia
an congregation in Berlin, which has 900
members.
On certain conditions, the city council
of Sundsvall has resolved to subscribe
100000 towards the building Of the East
Coast Railway
The traffic at the state railway depot in
Stockholm is constantly expanding, and
the buildings Of the administration now
cover practically a whole block
| Millions upon millions of logs have been
hung up along Dalelfven (river) on &C
i count of low water.
In the neighborhood of Finspong a
stray ram which had become practically
wild in the course of the summer, lost
one of his eyes in a. painful way. The
rams horns were greatly curved and the
point of one of them grew straight into
| the eye-socket, gradually crushing and
! pressing oEt the eye-ball The point of
the other horn had grown an inch into
! the head just below the eye.
A lodge of Freemasons is contemplated
! in Vexio. +5>~
The Shah of Persia has awarded gold
medal to J. L. Akerblom, the head of the
custom-house service at Gothenborg.