Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-11-02
SWEDEN.

An asylum for insane children will
be established near Karlskrona, $25,-
600 having been appropriated for that
purpose by the provincial Legislature.
Tenant farmers on government land
IN southwestern Sweden have petit
toned the government for temporary
reduction of the land rent on account
of a partial failure of the crops.
"Stockholm fruit lovers" have pub
lished the following appeal, which does
not reflect very great credit on the
alertness of the Stockholm fruit deal
ers: 1.-The fruit trees of Skane are said
to be loaded down. But around Stock
holm and in Sodermanland scarcely an
apple was raised. May we have lit
tie of the Skane dainty? For cash, Of
counsel So far as we know, the Stock
holm papers have not contained sim
gle advertisement of fruit directly
from Skane. For Sundry reasons we
prefer to buy directly from the or
chards. We shall gladly pay for the
picking and transporting of the apples
and a little more too. Help us, men
of Skane, who are enjoying fruit crops
of blessed abundance, in order that we
may have. at a reasonable price, some
of this delicious food, which often is so
sadly neglected on the Swedish bill of
fare"
Sugar beets can be successfully
grown as far north as Ostergotland;
there is no question about that. The
summer of 1903 was very wet, that of
1904 very dry. But the beets did we'll
in both instances, many samples
weighing as much as eleven pounds
with the tops. But the most encour-
aging feature of the experiments was
that the proportion of sugar went as
high as 17.6 per cent of the weight of
the beets. This result indicates that
sugar making will pay fully as we'll in
Ostergotland in southern Sweden
Recent movements of Russian forces
on the Swedish border have caused
great uneasiness IN official circles. It
is feared that, in order to permit her
withdrawal from the far Eastern war.
Russia is planning to create dispute
with Norway and Sweden and then
seize an Atlantic port. Gen. pOrange,
former commander of the Swedish
forces, is reported to be making a Sc
cret investigation of the Russian de-
signs.
Col. Morner has been appointed vice
governor of the military forces of the
state of Congo.
The extent Of the operations of the
| Nobel Brothers in the Baku district.
Russia, may be inferred from few
! figures The total annual production
of the Baku oil fields is about 70. O0O.-
900 barrels of oil. OF this quantity
the Nobel Brothers pump ne-seventh
out of the ground; but their refineries
handle so much more than the yield of
their wells that they turn out two
ninths of the finished products. The
field is operated by about $50 different
concerns.
/ A fire in the chocolate factory at
Malfors caused total loss of $780,
900. It is supposed that the origin
of the fire was spontaneous.
The practice of depriving criminals
of their civil rights after they have
served their sentence seems to do them
only harm, and to make it the more
difficult fer them to become respected
members Of society. = @: s..* e..
The dedication. Of the new Masonic
temple in Malmo brought together
about 800 Of the leading Free Masonss
Of swede Congratulatory teleg rams
were received from 81 the king and
the crown prince.