Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-10-14

zens in regard to civil rights. The
reader must bear in mind that the
Danish rigsdag has appropriated mill
lions of dollars to be loaned to thrifty
men to enable them to become the
owners of small farms. It is ques-
tionable whether this peculiar sys-
tenn would have been introduced by
this time if it had not been for the
influence of the Socialists in Danish
politics.
The railway. yard at Eslof is to be
largely extended, about 100000 hav-
ing been appropriated for that pur-
pose.
Some of the twenty, sugar factories
in Sweden have been in operation
since October first. The largest ones
consume about one thousand tons of
sugar beets day.
A man who hung himself on will
low tree near Romma still had half
burnt cigar in his mouth when found,
dead and cold, the next morning.
Many members of the ecclesiastical
council spoke in a vein of sadness
when they discussed the proposition
to abolish the diocese of Kalmar, but
their loyalty to the government was
so great that the proposition was en-
dorsed without a dissenting vote.
A public subscription has been
started for the benefit of Gustaf
Froding, the great lyric poet whose
mental condition renders him unfit
for literary work, and the result is
all that could be wished for.
A number of prominent citizens Of
Malmo are engaged in organizing q
conservative club.
The Oscar Church in Stockholm
was dedicated September 20 in the
presence of the king and several
princes and princesses. Premier Bos-
from and other members of the cab
met and a great number of members
of the ecclesiastical council were also
In attendance. Nine of the most prom
inent clergymen of Sweden parti-
cipated in the liturgical service, the
sermon being preached by Arch
bishop Ekman, who was attired in
episcopal vestments.
The Norrland children that we're
cared for free of charge in south
ern Sweden last summer have re-
turned to their native haunts of the
far north. To say that they enjoyed
the treat is to put it too mildly, and
the little tots of the different settle
ments are already planning a gen
eral exodus to the sunny plains of
6kane next summer.
Jonas Peter Jonasson of Froderyd
parish, Jonkopinglan, made the re-
quest while on his deathbed that his
remains be buried quietly and with
out the assistance of clergyman.
His relatives complied with his re-
quest. But the pastor Of the con-
gregation took umbrage at this ex-
ceptional procedure, and he exhausted
all resources in his eager efforts to
compel the relatives of the de-
ceased to have the usual rites per-
formed at his grave. After the case
had been considered by the king
and the minister of justice tho whole
matter was dropped.
Organized labor has always COM
planned because convict labor consti-
tutes an unwarranted element of COM
petition. The last riskdag made an
effort to put an end to this complaint
by passing a law providing that the
convicts shall be employed In produc-
ing articles used in the army; and
tho managers Of the penal institu-
tons of the country have taken the
initial steps towards recognizing
the entire system of convict labor.
Engineer Cornelius of Trollhattan
has invented new method of pro-
ducing cast, steel By means Of electric
itys His experiments have been
closely watched by foreign capitalists,
butEthe new method is still q pro-.
found secret to the outside world.
Tbs Mora and Vanern railway COM
pany has borrowed s$877, 500 from
scandinavian banking concerns, to be
paid in 40 annual installments. The
rate pf interest il four and one-half
per cent. - ! :. S@~' ~
An earthquake was perceived Sept;
10 at Skeninge, Vadstena, Motala and
other places. The movement passed
from south to north. Two separate
shocks were felt. . .*s>,.. 2 . @s.= B: 4
About fifty theological students at
the University Of Upsala petitioned
the ecclesiastical council for an ex-
preston il Tabor Of toning down the
wording Of the ordination oath.
About 900 men were to participate
II the field maneuvers which took
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