Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-07-01
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"S winch were held last Tuesday
'or the folkething, Minister of FL
nance Hage was beaten by the So
c1allst Schmidt, but the minister of
pubic works, the minister of the in
terror and the minister of agriculture
were reelected with large majorities.
Inc final result of the elections is:
The Left Reform party, "a seats; the
social Democrats, 16 seats; the Right
lsts,' IL seats, and the Moderate Left
lists, II seats.
Most OF the members of the royal
house of Denmark recently paid a
visit to King Oscar of Sweden and
Norway at sofiero, near Helsingborg.
SWEDEN.
The king has authorized the COM
mune OF Gramanstorp, Skane, to issue
bonds to the mount of $13, 500 for new
school buildings. The debt is to be
paid in 40 annual installments.
Prof. Retzius has published an in
teresting account of the brain of Per
Adam Siljestrom, a prominent Swed-
ish educator who died in 1892 at the
age of rs years. Mr.. Siljestrom par
ticipated in a polar expedition con-
Quoted by Paul Gaimard, became
widely known on account of his re-
searches on the Mariotte law and his
endeavors to reform the school sys-
TENS of Europe, visited the United
States in 1S49 to study the education
al ~ %Io+
whatever he did his movements were
characterized by ingenuity and ener-
gy. His brain weighed 1922 grains
and was splendidly developed. Its
convolutions were very marked, es-
pecially at the forehead and temples.
That unsymmetrical development of
the left ana the right half of the
brain which characterizes eminent
powers was also found to be present
to an exceptional degree.
A timber fire at Rindon, near Stock
holm, spread so rapidly that 500 SOL
diers had to be ordered out to check
it.
About 80 soldiers at the Marieberg
barracks were infected with diphthe-
ria few days ago, and 70 others
were closely watched to prevent the
spreading of the pest.
Prof. Hildebrandsson of the uni
versity of Upsala has been appointed
by King Oscar to represent Sweden
at the second international seismolog-
ical congress, which will be held in
Srassburg, July "a.
The Skane district lodge of the
I. o. G. 7, held it's annual meeting in
Helsingborg. The lodge has over
II 900 members, and the increase for
the past year was 1000.
The Skarblacka paper mills were
completely destroyed by fire. The to-
tai insurance is $25O,0O0.
Frau Won Neeklenburg, the proprie-
tress of the famous Lung property in
Ostegotland, has been mixed up in
lawsuits and complications of differ
ent kinds until her cantankerousness
has become proverbial in that part of
the country. But better times seem
to be coming. Countess Marta dan
tier, one of her daughters, who has
been visiting at Lung, has managed
to settle a number of quarrels by her
tact and evident desire to do the fair
thing, and if she is permitted to stay
there for some length of time gen.
eral armistice may be established be-
tween the Mecklenburgs anG their
neighbors. It is we'll understood that
the trouble is due wholly to the vic
ious temper of the old lady.
Something new is being tried at the
Upsala private high school in Upsala,
the friends of the institution having
furnished means for establishing a
blacksmith shop in connection with
the school. The managers of Lars
Hierta's memorial fund contributed
5000 in cash, the proprietors OF the
Soderfors iron works donated the nee
essary tools, and third party will
pay the salary Of the Instructor for
the first year, all of which goes to
show that people of means are keenly
interested in the venture. The black
smith shop has been in actual opera
ton since March 4, and all the boys
in the fifth and sixth classes have at
tended.
Svenska observation-disclosures has
lust held it's annual meeting in Stock
holm. The society has IS travelling
agents and al colporteurs. Besides
these there are 1913 provincial repre-
sentatives. There are 203 mission
societies. In East Africa there are "a
Swedish missionaries, II schools and
1898 pupils. The largest field is in
India, where As Swedes are at work.
The week schools in that field have
an attendance of so1, and 375 attend
the Sunday schools. There are sea
mems missions at 8 places. =
Count n. Hamilton, lieutenant in
the Swedish army, has made three
balloon voyages in company with
AR Lachambre of Paris, the manu-
fa,c,tnrer of the Inflated balloon in
which the Andree expedition was lost.
one of the trips lasted thirteen and
& half hours. ) e
The 1ourneymen, painters OF Stock
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