Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-11-09
SWEDEN

Dr. Koch OF Berlin has been decided
upon, 1t is reported, for the Nobel prize
in medical science this year. Koch's
retirement from his Berlin position at
the head of one of the'great bacteri-
illogical institutions seems to furnish
the proper occasion for the reco gnition
of his great service to science. DR..
Koch, on being interviewed, naturally
says he knows nothing of any move
ment in his favor as regards the mu-
nificent Nobel prize. II have been
sufficiently rewarded" he adds, ''for
my modest part in advancing the sci
ence of psychological phenomena. I
have been honored by the German
kaiser and the German public, not to
speak of the German medical frater-
nifty. If 1 should receive such an adj
ditional honor as the Nobel prize, 1
should devote it to furthering the in
terests of tuberculosis investigation.
But I have received no intimation as
yet from the Nobel committee
E. OLSON of Vestanfors, Nerike, be-
came the victim of a very peculiar dis
ease last summer. He could neither
see, nor hear, nor speak. He could
tell what he wanted by writing, but to
communicate information to him was
very difficult. Once he asked whether
his wife was living. But no answer
could reach his. mind until he told
those caring for him to hand him a
piece of paper in which star had been
cut if she was living, and cross if she
was dead. He was made very happy
by feeling star cut in the paper. He
was sent to Prof. Lennmalm of Stock
holm, and he is slowly recovering his
.eyesight.
A political meeting of some import
ance was held in Stockholm Oct. 10.
After two days deliberation Seem
eral Voters League" was organized for
the purpose Of antagonizing the agita-
ton of the socialists and radicals. The
antagonism will not be direct, how
ever. The league proposes to work
for a just popular representation in
the riksdag; for insuring the inviola-
bility of agreements between employ
ers and employees; for protecting the
individual who wants to work; for
fair system of taxation; and for the So
luton of number of social problems
The league is to have a central COM
mittee composed of ~ members.
The publication of a Swedish news
paper in Copenhagen is contemplated.
The first man to be ordained for the
ministry in the new cathedral at Luz
lea was j. A. Stem mark, the rites being
performed by Bishop Bergqvist.
The catalogue for the University of
Lund for the fall semester shows that
there are 90 professors and instructors
and 725 students, of whom 90 are
studying theology, III law, n meai-
cine. and 377 philosophical branches.
The Neptune wreclzing comp any of
Finland petitioned the Swedish gov
eminent for permission to operate in
Swedish waters with their own pilots,
but the petition was not granted.
G. F. Gillian has requested the king
to relieve him of the duties of chancel-
lor of the universities of Sweden, to
which position he was appointed Oct
81, 1893. !,
E. Bjorkman Of Lund has been ap-
pointed to fill the English chair estab-
lished by Andrew Carnegie at the
Gothenburg high school
The late,C G. Soderstrom of Stock
holm bequeathed 81, 900 to a home for
women who suffer from mental or
nervous diseases. n
The remodeling of the Svea, the old
est Arst- class armored gunboat of the
Swedish navy, has been completed at
the Karlskrona shipyards., sys..zs&.s. ) Il
+ A street railway strike caused con-
siderable disturbance in Norrkoping,.
and the mounted police had to appear
on the streetA Isl