Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-01-28
Minister of War Crusebiorn ma

are, that he can not agree with Pre-
mier Bostrom On certain questions,
and that his advanced age prevents
him from working as hard as young
er man can. Baron Rape, Cruseb-
lorn,s predecessor, expressed his will
lngness to step back into his old posi-
ton; and his candidacy was vigorous
~ supported by what are called 'the
free religious people," but Premier
Bostrom opposed him, and Bostrom
carried the day without much of an eff
fort. There are several other candi-
dates, one of the strongest of whom
seems to be Major General C. War
berg, who is practical man and is
thoroughly familiar with military af-
fairs. General Warberg stayed at the
headquarters of the Russian army
during the Russo-Turkish war of 1877
1878, and few Swedes are so familiar
as he with the military power of the
great neighbor to the east.
The number of strikes and lockouts
which occurred in Sweden in 1902
was 1913, and the number of persons
involved was 5000. But the great po-
litical strike is not included in these
figures. The whole number of per-
sons drawn into this was about 12O-
600, and as they lost an average of
about three days each the whole num-
Der of days lost through the political
strike was 100000. The whole number
of days lost by the 5000 persons who
took part in the 1913 small strikes was
over 100000, swelling the grand total
of days lost by strikes and lockouts
of all kinds during the year 1902 to
at least 100000. There were only ii
lockouts during the year, and the en-
plovers were less aggressive than they
had been in former years.
King Oscar happened to pass the
ski running hill at Bellmansro, Stock
holm, just as a number of boys were
enjoying the sport. The king STEP
ped out of his sled to look at them
for few minutes, and he expressed
his approval when some youngster
made an exceptionally long leap. One
of the boys became SO excited that he
ran against the trunk of a tree, break
ing one of his skis The king imme-
diately called the boy and asked him
how much his skis cost. "Tre och
femti," the boy said (three kronor
and fifty ore. about 95 cents). The
king. who happened to have the ex-
act change, handed the money to the
boy, admonishing him in a fatherly
manner to use the money for nothing
else than pair of new skis.
Two unmarried sisters named Kar-
ma and Anna Anderson lived in the
same house at Sandakra. Just before
Christmas Anna, who was IS years
old, took sick, and this was such
shock to Karna, who had seen so
years pass by, that she almost lost
her reason. Both of them, however,
struggled as best they could, doing
their utmost to tighten life's burden
to each other. Karna breathed her
last on January second. When Anna
understood what was coming to her
sister she sat by her bed as if held
by chains, and when Karna had gone
to her rest her heartbroken sister
sighed: Nov 1. too, may calmly
quit And Anna did quit. She died
the next day. and Karna and Anna
are now resting side by side in the
Skurup graveyard.
A terrible Christmas. A widow
named Anna Erika Sundquist, of b.
'dum. left her home Christmas eve on
a trip to an aunt with whom she in
tended to spend the holidays. taking
her five-year-old child with her She
lost her way on lake, and after her
strength was completely exhausted
she lay down in the snow, where she
spent two nights and one day before
she was found. She was finally pick
ed up by some people who accident
ally ran across her But she was in
sad condition indeed. She had saved
her child by wrapping her clothes
around it; but her own feet and fin
GERS were so badly frozen that they
had to be amputated.
The SwedishNorwegian club at
Paris is in bad way. Practically all
cubs in that city are Said to be gam
bling resorts, and high tax is i'm
posed on them by the city govern
ment. Off and on, an innocent game
may be played in the Swedish-Norwe-
gian club too, and the city authori-
ties suddenly imposed a tax of $1,4oO
on the club. The membership fee,
which is $40 year, and which cannot
be raised, is barely sufficient to cover
the regular expenses, which amount
to about s3,600%a year. The situation
is so critical that the club may have
to be dissolved, unless, indeed, the
minister of Sweden and Norway sue
ceeds in his efforts to have the tax