Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1902-08-27
SWEDEN.

all around.
SWEDEN.
Curious laws. If a man who has not
not passed the proper examinations
monkeys with another mans teeth in
the line of dentistry he may be fined
$135; but if a man knocks out an
other mans teeth with his fist he is
very apt to get off with fine of $6.75.
1t seems to be some what difficult to
raise enough 1aoney il. Sweden for the
construction of the proposed "East
Coast Railway" which is TO run from
Gefle to Hernosand, by way of So
derhamn. But English capitalists are
ready to invest money in the venture.
Two Englishmen from London have
been touring the country through
which the road is to pass.
j. B. Wcstenius of Stockholm, one
of the leading Good Templars of Swe-
den, was surprised on his 18th birth
day by a large number of friends who
presented him with beautiful flower
vase of silver, at the bottom of which
was number of gold coins.
Major Claes Grill has suggested that
the sketch of the Poltawa monument,
by Theodore Lundberg, be donated to
the National Museum, and that the
surplus of the funds raised for the
erection of the monument be added to
the surplus of the money raised for
the monument of Charles XII. in
Stockholm.
The provincial government has or
dered the proprietors of the distillery
at Nobbelof and the sugar factory at
Ortofta to stop turning the waste
water from those establishments into
the Braa river. The water Of the riv-
er is so badly polluted that it cannot
be used even for washing, and the
stencil from it is carried far and
wide, seriously threatening the COM
munity with epidemics.
A movement has been started
among the Good Templars for the or
ganization of a political temperance
party. 1t is proposed that the new
organization enter practical politics
by supporting the Liberal Fusion
Party in the riksdag, this party hav-
ing already inserted temperance
plank in it's platform.
Zinc ore in large quantities has been
discovered at Marketorp, Ostergot-
land. The place is owned by strong
syndicate.
A steamer which was to take a COL
ony of school children from Stock
holm to an island was grounded near
Graholmen, and the passengers had to
be transferred to another steamer in
the middle of the night. No lives were
lost, and the children returned to
Stockholm at five o'clock the next
morning.
The Kristiana Nilsson fund for the
establishment of workingmen's homes
in Vexio amounts to $1,000.
The South Sweden Employers
Union is about to adopt a new con-
stitution and bylaws, pledging it's
in definite terms to aid those
of their fellow members who are trou-
bled by strikes. A feature of the new
constitution will be provisions for ar
bitrating labor conflicts.
The Swedish railway mems annual
mission meeting at Malmo was at
tended by 1,340 persons. The program
included steamboat excursion to
Copenhagen. The next annual meet
ing will be held in Gefe.
The waste water from the sugar re-
finery at Teckomatorp has contami-
mated the water in the Billeberga riv-
ulet sufficiently to kill the fish, and
the authorities have ordered the pro-
prietors of the factory to stop the nui-
sance or pay destructive fines.
About 1000 depot agents are post
masters in Sweden. OF this number,
one-third are employed on the govern
ment railroads, the rest on private
railroads. The government saves a
handsome amount of money every
year by utilizing the railway depots
as post offices. It is estimated that
the government will have to pay the
railway companies 100000 for carry
ing the mails during the present fis-
cal year. The rate paid by the gov
eminent was 16 ore flour and one
third cents) per kilometer for whole
car up to the end of the year 1901;
but one ore was added Jan. i, 1902,
making the present rate II ore. This
additional ore amounts to about $780,
600 for the whole year.
DR.. de Laval has offereds$2O, 900 a
year for the use of 5000 horse power
to be furnished a power station at
waterfall in Jemtland).
1t is supposed that the purpose of DR..
de Laval is to use the power for re-
ducing iron ore. y
Sarah Bernhardt is going to give six
performances at the Olympia Theater,
Stockholm.
AS blast was fired at the Handel
soap-stone quarry, Jemtland, mass