Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1903-12-23

The number of Swedes that emf
grated during the first three quar-
tiers OF tie present year was smaller
than the corresponding number last
year, but the total for the first three
quarters was 26,44s as against 23,712
Tor the first three quarters of 1902.
The managers of the Helsingborg
exposition awarded diploma of
thanks to the temperance organiza-
lions of Helsingborg for getting up
temperance department at the ex-
position.
by means of mass of reliable sta
tisticalda it has been calculated that
the average room rent in Stockholm
is as follows: For one kitchen alone
2.79 a month; for one room without
kitchen, $685. month; for one
room and one kitchen combined,
$5.22 month. The smaller rooms
are so per cent higher than the larger
ones, the cubic contents being used
as basis for computing the COMPARE
Inc single kitchens are the most
crowded, the average being 81 per-
sons for each room. The physicians
claim that each grown person needs
~ cubic meters, and child half that
much. But in Stockholm there are
100000 persons that have to get along
with less
The proprietors of Grand Hotel,
Lund, have decided to fit up a part
of the building as a first class theatre.
Prince Bernadotte has been con-
Quoting religious meetings among
the Lapps of western Jemtland.
The post Office department has pro-
cured it's first automobile, which is
used in Stockholm. 1t is a six-horse
power vehicle, and can carry about a
ton. 1t was made by a firm in Eskils-
tuna, only the rubber tires being i'm
ported.
The town of Hessleholm has re-
solved to borrow $4,000 with which
to buy site for a military estab-
lishment.
The Fenix Good Templar lodge of
Stockholm recently discussed the de-
guage for the order, and the speakers
were strongly in favor of Esperanto.
1t may be taken for granted that
the franchise reform bill which will
be introduced in the riksdag next
year will contain provisions for pro-
portional representation.
Captain Eric Unge, the aeronaut,
has returned to Stockholm from Paris
where he had been testing his new
balloon.
II. Dahn, Gottenburg architect,
has made contract with the gov
eminent to built the new barracks at
Eksjo, Smaland. The main building
will be 40 feet long and three stories
high, and the cost of the new build
ing at this place will be at least $685.
| OOO
The foreign department of Sweden
has used Swedish, French, English
and other languages in its circulars
to the consuls of the two Kingdoms,
but never Norwegian. Now change
has taken place in this respect. In
circular of Nov. II, Minister of For
eign Affairs Lagerstrom uses Norwe-
gian and Swedish on the first page,
and the following pages contain Eng
fish and French TRANSACTIONS of the
message.
NORWAY.
Col. Carl Johan Anker died at the
age of 6sH years. He belonged to a
! patriotic family, and distinguished
himself as a writer on military topics.
According to the latest pension list
daughters of the "Eidsvold Men,
! are still living. The "Eidsvold Men,
were the 112 patriots who completed
the present constitution of Norway
May II, 1914. Those women receive
pension of $54 each. The veterans
of the war of that period are all dead,
and only one of their daughters is
still on the pension list, namely
Elise Margrete Bay, a daughter OF
Captain Bay, who distinguished him
self at Lier and Matrand.
About 200 men have been discharg-
ed along the Nalders railway which
! is in process of construction, and only
1875 men will continue the work dur
ing the winter.
B. Nordahl asked the government
! whether Fran, Nansen's and Sver-
urup's polar steamer, could be bought
for a Canadian North Pole expedi.
| ton; but the ecclesiastical depart.
| ment answered that it would be wise
for the government to keep the ship
in case some Norwegian might wish
to go Pole hunting in the near fu-
| ture.
A capercailzieltiur "a huge game
bird) tried to fly between the electric
feeders of the Vadrette cellulose fac
tory at Skien. But as the tips of his
wings touched the two wires at the
| same time a circuit was closed, and
5000 volts passed through his body,
killing him intantly. The factory
was left in the dark for about one
second.
King Oscar received Bjornst, jerne
Bjornson in audience Dec. 10, at
| Stockholm, and handed him the liter.
airy Nobel prize, which this yea1
amounts to about $4,000. This is the
first time that the uncrowned king
| of Norway and the crowned king OF
Norway and Sweden ever spoke to
each other. The audience lasted three
quarters of an hour. King Oscar was
exceedingly affable and freely ex-
pressed his delight at the improved
relation between Norway and Sweden
The first Finsen' institute in Nor.
way has been opened by DR.. Am
Laastad of Bergen. The aim of such
institutes is to cure lupus and other