Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1901-02-13
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.

OF 80 just P0St.
SWEDEN.
The addresses delivered at the opening
of the riksdag by the so-cal}ed "Sevi, or
presidents,' oldest members of each
OF the two houses, were made up chiefly
of glittering generalities
The Cloetta Chocolate Manufacturing
Company, of Malmo, is buying land in
Vreta Kloster parish, Ostergotland, where
a new sugar factory will be established
for the purpose Of supplying the chocolate
factories of the company
The Good Templars of Landskrona are
seriously discussing a proposition to build
a public hall large enough to accommo-
date practically all secular societies in
the city.
1t is proposed to use an old warshp as
hospital for the navy in case of war.
a hospita for the navy in case of war.
Boras is said to be the dampest town in
Sweden, the annual downfall exceeding
40 inches. by way of comparison. it may
be mentioned that Bergen, Norway, has
a record of 10 inches a year.
A committee was appointed at Sunds-
vail about year ago to ascertain how
much it will cost to build adequate forti-
fications for the protection of the city
against attacks by water. The committee
has completed its task and reported that
effective Notifications would cost about
$260,O00, and it is proposed to raise that
amount by private subscriptions.
The new regulations for the public
schools of Sweden provide for eight
mo- hc' DIT 4on 80, o,,k
down to six months for Sl1ane, the south
ern part of the country. The reason given
for singing out skane is that the children
in that province are needed for farm
work. 1t is limited that the "sugar
barons" of southern Sweden have had
something to do with this arrangement:
| the shorter the terms Of the public schools
the more time can be devoted by the
pupils to the beet fields, the greater will
be the returns of those fields and the
greater the profits of the sugar barons."
Ostgota Correspondence, a conserva-
tive paper, predicts that the question Of
| extending the voting franchise will not be
| seriously discussed during the present
session of the rilxsdag. But the paper
| adds that if the great army reorganiza-
ton bill is passed this year the suffrage
| problem will be crowded to the front in
| 1902, when the present riksdag will hold
| its closing session.
Stockholm newspaper correspondent
| explains a some length how the late ILL
| ness of King Oscar was due directly to
| the great strain to which he subjected
| both mind and body during the naval
| maneuvers at Karlskrona. Like Kaiser
Wilhelm, he tried to be everywhere at
the same time, going so far as to sound
the alarm in the middle of the night,
shouting, Every man to his place, the
enemy is approaching the skerries!" But
this was too much for the aged monarch,
and the inevitable collapse came as soon
as he returned to Stockholm from the
maneuvers.
The weather has been so mild that the
bees have consumed more honey than
| their owners anticipated, and the result
is that many swarms, especially in the
southern part of the country, have
starved to death.
The total expenditures of the municipal
ity of Stockholm will be about So, 600, OOC
| for the present year. Almost one-fourth
of this amount must be covered by means
of loans. The expenditures have trebled
in the course Of the past 20 years.
Half a dozen Polish saw filers were re-
Gently ousted in Uppland because they
had not taken the trouble to procure
| proper licenses before practicing their
| trade.
| Thor SchentZ was admitted to Chalm-
er's Institute. Gothenburg. in 1895. and
| since that time has graduated from one
| institution after another. until he has re-
| ceived the degree of doctor of phloso-
ply from the University of Zurich, Swift
| zerland.
A young couple had to cross Harfjor-
| den. Vermland. on their way to church to
| be united in marriage. The weather was
very cold and the ice became so thick
| that they had to stay on the water, all
| night. The next day they were saved by
| parties who noticed them from the short.
Warm milk is served by the officials at
| the railway stations at Ockelbo. Bollnes
| and Ljusdal. in order to prevent the rail-
| way employees from filing up on beer and
| whisky.
The late Archbishop Sundberg accumu-
| lated a fortune of $175,OOo. He paid taxes
on small part Of this only. After his
| death the taxes on his estate were raised
| from $2,4O0 to almost $1,000. The thrifty
prelate held securities amounting to sew
eral hundred thousand kroner of which
| the public knew nothing until after his
death.
Gustaf Sandahl. of Sundholm, Jarsnes
parish. who completed his Goth year in
January last. is still engaged in his usual
occupation. fishing. every day. no matter
how the weather behaves