Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-02-07
SWEDEN,

SWEDEN.
In warehouse at Soderhamn the
Iats started a fire by gnawing their
way through a lot Of lucifer matches
which were piled up in boxes along
"a wall. But as boxes of matches
closed up the rathole all around,
thereby excluding the air. the sui
phur fumes quenched the fire almost
as soon as it was started.
The shipowners of Sweden close up
their accounts and declare the divi-
bends at the end of the calendar
year. The past year now proves to
have been very bad one for ship
ping. In most cases no dividends
could be mentioned. Indeed, many
~shipowners were glad when the bust
mess covered its running expenses
Those who had bought ships on the
anstallment plan are in the worst
pinch. They must pay both the in
terest and the installment from some
other source Of income. and some of
them are apt to lose their holdings.
1t is not many years since COM
-mon farmer thought that one weekly
newspaper was sufficient to keep him
abreast CT his times. \ wonderful
change has inken place in this re-
,spect. Now progressive farmer
keeps a paper published two or three
times week, or even a daily. And
many farmers keep two or more pa
pers in order to see both sides to a
controversy.
Baron Ivar Jock and Henrik Hen
: ricksson, a banker, have applied to
the government for permission to
bore for coal over an area of about
1000 acres in the commune of South
Asbo, province of Kristianstad. AS
the parties control sufficient means
to operate col]ieries in case coal is
found in paying quantities, the appli-
cation will be granted on condition
that 2,7O0 days labor be devoted to
the operations annually for the first
three years, and 10000 days. labor an
::nually after the expiration of the first
*three years.
~-ost of the leading business men
=and commercial organizations of
Sweden are strongly in favor of es-
tablishing ''free warehouses" where
foreign goods may be stored and ex-
s,orted again without being subject to
fhe regular customs duties. The
riksdag will soon be asked to pass a
bill for the establishment of such
warehouses.
The king has requested the theolo-
zgical faculties of Upsala and Lund
as well as all the ecclesiastical consis-
tories of the country to express their
opinions on the revised edition of the
-hymn book of the church of Sweden,
which edition was prepared by Rev.
E. Evers.
Almost $4,000 has been raised for
IAN equestrian statue of King Karl
XIV at Stockholm.
The Jewish congregation of Malmo
has laid the foundation for a new
house of worship. The congregation
was organized in 1878.
{ It is proposed to raise the whisky
tax very materially.
1 The Hudiksvall numbering company
has bought all the interests of the Ig-
=gesund numbering company for a con-
ssideration of $2,3oo,00o.
e. The sugar factories of Sweden con-
ssumed 505,018 tons of beets during
the season which has just closed. The
h tax paid to the government by the
manufacturers amounted to 81, 1925 1000
sssFz Tie. total consumption for the year
z5 1901 was s55,s94 tons.
The rainfall was so copious in
{ southern Sweden few days ago that
4 many rivers and creeks overfowed
their banks. %:,
d So many OF. the school children Of
Gothenburg are too poorly fed that
RI the system Of se,:z.ng' dinners at the
expense OF the 8. 8 NJ be extended
stilli farther: :Sss5 .s=