Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-25
SWEDEN.


SWEDEN.
The central bureau of statistics has
just published an elaborate report on
the census of Dec. 81, 1900, and the
following data, though far from fresh,
was taken from that report. On the
above date there were 5,136,441 per-
sons in Sweden, 2,63O,OO5 of them be-
ing women and 2,5O6,4 36 men. The
cities contained 1,1O3,951 persons, the
rest of the country 4,O32, 400. The in
crease for the year was $1,000. The
number of couples married was 3d.
ATS The number Of marriages in
creased steadily from 1894 to 1899.
During the year 1853 married men
and II .2O4 married women died, there
by reducing the number of married
families by 25,717. The whole num-
Der of children born was 141,717, of
whom 13s,139 were alive. The in
crease in the number of births>of liv-
ing children was 4,257. The whole
number of deaths was >S6,146, a de-
crease of 1882 in one year.
The custom house receipts for the
year 1902 were S15,0s2, 1887. This is
an increase of 81 1857, 211.1O, as COM
pared with the receipts for the previ-
Gus year.
The time for introducing new bills
in the riksdag expired Jan. q. By
that time AZ bills had been introduced
in the first chamber and 1923 bills in
the second chamber.
The London Standard recently con-
tanned an eulogistic account of the
his failing health, and the temporary
transfer of his duties to the crown
prince.
The Swedish tourists society has
over 10000 members.
The city council of Eksj 10 has unan-
imously resolved to give grounds for
barracks and drill grounds for the
Smaland Hussar regiment. The Of
fer is unconditional. -
Capt. H. Westman, of Walla, has do
mated $500 to the city of Linkoping
for the establishment ola lyin-in hos
pital.>
Reports from Stockholm state that
the crown princess is becoming blind.
Famous Swedish, Russian, German oe-
ulists have been consulted vainly, and
it is feared that the princess will soon
become totally blind.
:: The last riksdag set aside $4,000
as loan fund for the encouragement
of the preparation and use of peat for
fuel. Some members of the present
riksdag wish to go still further. They
propose that the state furnish an ex-
ample by using peat for the engines
good peat can be bought at the rate
of $3.50 ton. Peat is used regularly
onyso1ne of the freight trains running
between Malmo and .Alfvesta, and
peat is also used instead; Of coal at
two: of the largest manufacturing
plants Of Shame. = III 49,. - !. =
= During a thaw at >Hoberget, Boil
mas, s:snow fleas''~ appeared in such
great numbers that it looked as If the
snow had been covered with SCOT. =.s
The Stockholm street car company
s :. ? Is
has at last decided to run its cars. by
electricity =. -s :. 4 .=s. Is: .s 81:
81 Gustav Georgii, Of the Lulea brew
cry, is said to have invented "a new
malt beverage, which contains only
one-third- of one per cent Of alcohol.
B The drink has q clean, pleasant taste,
The beers that pass as quasi temper
-
times as much alcohol as the new
drink. Gustav Georgii has not yet
given . name to his beverage. 80
Telephone connections were estab
lished by irresponsible parties across
the boundary line between Sweden
and Finland at Tornea, but the senate
of Finland resolved to sever the con.
nectiona.