Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-09-07
SWEDEN.

pire.
SWEDEN.
Sjogren & Co., plumbers, Stock
holm, had trouble with their en-
ployes, and the result was that they
were forced to discharge an able
laborer because he. belonged to the
Swedish labor union, and not to the
Socialistic labor union.
1t is supposed that Stockholm was
founded in the eleventh century, but
the exact year will perhaps never be
known.
Three different steamship compan-
les have made bids for carrying the
mails from Trelleborg, Sweden, to
Sassnitz, Germany, for period of 10
years, from May i, 1907. The COM
pany doing the business now is one
of the bidders. This puts an end to
the talk about disseminating the Trel~
leborg and Sassnitz line after May
1, 1907, on account of the competition
inaugurated so successfully by the
line of railway car ferries running
between Gedser, Denmark, and War
nemunde, Germany.
The ironclad Japperheten was
grounded off Blido during a series of
naval maneuvers, and it took repeated
efforts to get it afoat. It was not
injured, and resumed it's work as
soon as dislodged.
The contract for the construction
of the new torpedo destroyer for the
Stockholm station has been let to j.
j. Thorncroft, London. The name Of
it will be Magne.
The letter which was found in a
bottle north of Spitzbergen, and
which was once said to be from An
dree, the lost aeronaut, was really
efrom the Nathorst expedition. q
Well preserved remains of forest
are found in a peat bog at Boke-
berg, near Malmo. Some of the oak
stumps are quite sound, and large
portions of birch bark look as fresh
as if they were peeled from the tree
last spring, though they are covered
by peat to depth of 1920 feet, and
are supposed to be at least 5000 years
old. So far nothing has been found
to indicate that human beings lived
among those trees while they were
growing It is known from other
sources, however, that this region
was inhabited several thousand years
ago, and psychologists are examining
the old stumps with care.
The hay crop is more or less of a
failure in Bohus Ian. In view of this
munities have organized themselves
for cooperating to procure fodder
in large quantities at the lowest
rates. The necessary straw may be
obtained in Ostergotland, but hay
must be procured elsewhere. Ar
engagements have also been made with
a banking concern for loaning about
100000 to the neediest farmers at ~
per cent interest.
So many Swedish-speaking Fin
landers are applying for positions iii
Sweden that many native Swedes be-
gin to feel somewhat uneasy about
the matter.
The ironclad Thor ran aground at
Lystero, but two other ironclads
pulled it into deep water at once. No
damage was done to the vessel.
Twenty Danish school children and
their teacher were recently taken to
Malmo to teach the Swedish school
children certain healthy games.
The strike movement among the
farm laborers of Southern Sweden is
causing the farmers considerable
anxiety.
The government issued an order to
mix one-third of Swedish coal with
the English coal used on the passen.
egr trains on the West coast railway
and the trains were delayed almost
an hour on that line because the
Swedish coal contains such a large
proportion of impurities.
C. H. Rundgren of .Karlstad, thu
oldest bishop of Sweden, completed
his s5th year. Aug. ~. His menta
vigor is great for his age, and he may
be, seen in, the chapter-house nearly
every day. His bodily strength i.
failing, but he is in the habit of tax
ing. walks in the open air. =: -: =
!. A Hamburger paper contains an ar
, ticle from a representative at the st
J. Louis worlds fair who states withou
reserve that the 120 Swedish paint
ings at the fair make more power
Il full impression upon the observer thar
the vast galleries OF France, England
s. and Holland. ...