Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-12-14

| snow, ana that was the way they were
found Life had fed from the older
one. but the younger one was still
alive
The constitution of Norway has just
been translated into Hebrew by jew
! ish rabbi
SWEDEN
A movement has been started among
the retail merchants of Malmo to have
all stores closed in the afternoon of
Sundays and holidays.
The water supply of Lund is so re-
duced by the drouth that the public
baths at the poor-house have been
closed, and it may be necessary TO close
the bath rooms in private houses.
The temperance people of Malmo are
going to put up a candidate for the fall
election.
The heirs of Edward Engestrom, OF
Malmo, have turned over Sc, $50 to the
city hospital for the benefit of victims
of the social evil
Chcomite has been found at several
places in Frostviken, Jemtland. The
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OF oxide OF chromium, and company
has been organized for mining the ore.
Late consular advices from Sweden
speak OF agricultural distress prevail
ing IN that country, due to the drouth
of last summer. A relief fund Is being
subscribed and already amounts to
about $50, 900, to be used in the drouth
districts for the purchase of fodder, so
that livestock may survive the winter,
and for seed grain next spring. The
effect of the drouth is being felt in the
country at large in decrease in bust
ness and advancing prices for all ne
cessities of life.
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden
and Norway, wife of Crown Princess
Gustaf, is in danger of losing her
sight. It is said she is now at Weis-
baden under the care of the distin-
guished oculist, Prof. Pagenstecker.
The Swedish Students Total Absti-
hence association is making great head
way this fall. Mr.. Ljunggren, who is
travelling partly in the interest of this
organization, partly as superintendent
of the lecture bureau of the Central
Temperance union, is visiting the
higher institutions of learning in
southern Sweden, and he succeeds in
organizing local societies at most Of
the schools where none existed before
he came. At most schools the regular
work is waived in order that the whole
school, including the teachers, may at
tend the lecture. The enthusiasm
with which this work is embraced may
be inferred from the fact that the fes-
rivals given as part of the work are
sometimes attended by thousands of
persons. The newspapers are devot.
ing particular attention to the move.
ment. The growth of the organiza-
ton was slow at first, but during the
last few months over ZOO new mem
bers have been added, making tho
whole mem bership over 1000.
company has been organized for
building and operating large factory
for the production of sugar of milk, in
connection with the cheese factory at
Horny, Skane. Whey is the raw ma
terial out of which sugar of milk is
made.
The Princes Gustaf Adolf and Will
helm started for a trip to southern Eu-
rope about two weeks ago. They
stopped for few days with their
mothers parents at Baden-Baden, and
thence proceeded to Italy.
Two laborers, digging in a ditch
near Skofde, southern Sweden, un-
earthed gold chains weighing sixteen
pounds and dating from 500 A. D. The
metal value of the find is $4,s6o. The
government has offered the finders
IS, 36), as it wants to include the chains
in the national collection in the gov
eminent museum.
Leading clergymen of Stockholm
have united in public call for con-
tributions for the relief of the famine
in the northern part of the province of
Elfsborg and in Dalsland.
The Lung estate, Ostergotland, will
soon pass out of the hands of Frau
Helene Won Mecklenburg, and among
the prospective buyers is a prince of
the royal house Of Sweden.
P. A. Norstedt & Sons, of Stockholm.
have donated 81, $50 to the society for
the defences of that city.
Prof. S. M. Hill, of Wahoo. Neb
has written to the judicial bureau in
Stockholm, recommending that real
estate for sale in Sweden be advertised
in the Swedish-American newspapers.
The price of sugar has been raised
almost cent pound by the pro-
| ducers.
Miss Lydia Wahlstrom, Phi. D.. has
published a book on "Modern Cues
TONS" A large part of the publica-
ton is devoted to the des;rabilitv of
having women elected to public posi-
tions. She is we'll posted on her SUBJ
ject, and the way she handles it is
bound to attract much attention. She
claims that the representation of wo-
men in the local governments would
be of great moral value, and even in
merely practical matters she contends
that the women will hold their own II
they have a fair chance. Manv news
papers contain favorable reviews of
Miss Wahlstrom's book.
| The last riksdag appropri ated 81, $50
as salary for a man who is to spend the
year 1905 in furnishing information on
hog raising. 1t is provided that two.
thirds of the money shall be spent for
travelling expenses.
Gammel-Svenskby, the noted Swed.
ish town in Russia, has been served bv