Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-04-06
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Ae1S oceH going on with REGARD TO the
boundary line between Sweden anC
Norway along the Idefjord. At joint
cabinet meeting the crown prince re
gent ratified the boundary line pro
posed by an interstate committee
from the head Of the ford to Point
Is. Beyond this point the line shall
be fixed either by joint committee
or. in case this plan fails, by an in
ternational court Of arbitration. Each
country shall appoint two umpires
and these four shall elect fifth one
If the four cannot agree on a fifth
member. the king shall ask foreign
ruler to appoint a chairman for the
court of arbitration.
In spite of rainy weather. King Os.
car and Queen Sofia are having ar
enjoyable time at Abazzia, on the Nd
Ratio Sea. One day they took q
drive to the neighboring Lovrana, and
in the evening the king and his suite
attended a musical soiree given by
the <Adria club.
The famous "Salvator Beer" which
is brewed and sold in March every
year at Munich, Germany. is gradual
~ forcing it's way to the far North
and this year it was sold at two places
in Copenhagen and one place in Nal
mo.
DENMARK
London. March o9.-King Edward
and (l11aar &lo~,rlr %1oi
way to Copenhagen, to attend a fam
lily gathering on the occasion Of King
Christians eighty-sixth birthday
April s.
FINLAND.
Eighteen Swedish, three Norwegian
and two Danish newspapers have
been absolutely excluded from the
mails Of Finland because they often
contain something unfavorabIe abou,
Russian politics.
4 sensitive conscience. 4 farmer
residing near Uleaborg. Finland, re
Gently wrote to the custOm-house a,
Haparanda, Sweden. informing the
Swedish authorities that some nine
teen years ago he exported two loads
of meat to Haparanda without paying
any customs duty at the latter place;
and finally offering to pay the duty as
soon as the amount was stated. But
no statement from the Swedish gov
err1ent is forthcoming. for the sim
pie reason that there was no import
duty Gu meat in Sweden nineteen
years ago.
SWEDEN.
Mr.. Happach Of Hor. Skane. has
established a modern hennery fol
about 1000 cacklers The building is
lighted by electricity
The Arlof car factory is turning out
ore cars at the rate of one car a day
to the Kiruna-Luossavara mining
company.
Playing-cards are made in Stock
holm, Norrkoping. Eskilstuna anG
Ma1mo. and still about 10000 packs
were imported in 1908.
A lot of machinery. including rock
crushers. sorters and transporters
was recently sent from Svedala tc
furnaces in the Cral mountains. Rus
STA. The orders were given to the
Svedala factory only after thorough
tests and comparison with German
machines had been made. The same
factory has also sent machinery for a
brick factory at Baku. Russia, and
similar machines will be sent to some
brickmakers in Germany.
Many voices are raised in favor OF
having the members of the second
chamber of the riksdag elected for
4 period of five years. The present
term is three years. The strongest
argument in favor of making the
term longer is. that it takes 4 new
member Of the riksdag one or two
years to become sufficiently acquaint.
ed with the methods of that body to
do satisfactory work. Those who are
in favor of an extension of the term
also point to the facts that the mem
bers Of the Prussian landtag and the
German reichstag are elected for a
period of five years, and that the
members of the English House OF
Commons are elected for seven years,
The king has instructed the direct
or of the mint to produce S4o5. 900 Of
silver coins and $4,000 of bronze
coins
Peat shall be used for heating GER
tain rooms in the Malmo custom
house during the next few months,
and an elaborate report ON the ex-
pertinent will be made to the govern
ment
Prof. S. Ribbing has been elected
president (rector) of the university
of Iund. The choice is a very good
one.
The Lund students chorus will
soon make tour of Sweden and then
leave for America. One or two con-
certs will be given in London. and
the singers will surely be present in
St Louis on "Swedish Day." June
gath. Concerts will afterwards be Civ
en- in some of the largest American
cities. Gustave Thalberg is going to
act as managing director, and he is
already in America making arrange
ments for the concerts. John For
sell, the opera singer, will accompany
the chorus as soloist
Major General Centervall, who has
made a careful study of the effects OF
the use of strong drinks in the navy,
thinks prohibition could be enforced
there, and he thinks it would be high
1y beneficial. But he is afraid that
absolute prohibition would make it
difficult to get new men for the navy
Nils Torkelsson, Swedish farmer
IN Coola Roonia 0naeuSland has oor,,-