Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1904-05-11
SW EDEN.

The Tornea river forms a part OF
the boundary line between Sweden
and Finland. On the Swedish side is
the city of Haparanda, on the Rus
sian side Tornea. Several Russian
gendarmes are keeping guard at the
Tornea custom house. They make
notes of all people coming from Ha'
paranda. A number Of suspicious
looking men are supposed to be spies
and they keep an eye on all strangers
entering the city. The Russian com
mander and his wife and attendant
gendarmes visit Haparanda every
week. They first stop at the book
stores and news stands. and the gen
darlnes are in the habit of standing
in front of the show cases. In spite
Of all precautions on the part of Rus
STA a good deal of printed matter is
send into Finland from Sweden every
day, and the people of Torpea go tc
Haparanda every day to read wal
kilograms. which they sometimes
take the trouble to copy.
Lie llNSNttS Has |OtStt dbout '@,oVN
to enable lupus patients without
means to be treated according to Dr.
Finsen's light cure method.
Bishop Bergqvist of the new bish
encyclical, the most salient points OF
which are alluded to below: Both
state and church would suffer if they
were separated, but the relation be.
tween the two ought to be improved
Nor should the public schools be
separated from the church. The
church should not assume hostile
attitude towards scientific research
which is fruit of the principles OF
the Reformation. The clergy ought
to be we'll educate 4, AND the theologi
cal studies ought to be of such char.
acter that they do mot scare away
young men. The Importance of the
temperance work is acknowledged
The clergyman ought to take interest
in all kinds Of social problems. The
free love movement is strongly de-
nounced. but no one should he com.
PEELED to subject himself to the mar
riagc ceremonies of the state church
The education of the nomadic Lapps
ought not to be Of such nature as TIC
make them give up their nomadic
life.
Nemesis" is the title of a drama
written by Mr.. Palm, Il leading So.
cialist agitator. 1t was recently play.
ed at the Malmo labor hall, and the
success scored entities the produc.
ton to more than a passing notice
The opening scene is Norrland
sawmill town. The men are on a
strike. and Workman, the owner oil
the sawmill, evicts those who refuse
to withdraw from the labor union
The sheriff is instructed to drive a
Mr.. Gustafson and family out on the
street in the middle of winter Mrs
GustafSSon takes sick and dies as a
result of this treatment Her fifteen
year-old son takes revenge by shoot
ing the sheriff. After a four years
to Australia. where he becomes sc
prosperous that he can drink cham
payne as though it were water
there is much drinking throughout
the whole play. It is at a carousa
that "Nemesis" finally appears. The
author has made her task easy by
representing Mr. Workman, the lum
herman, as forger to the extent OF
a few hundred thousand dollars. Mr.
Workman fees from justice in com
pany with his bookkeeper and par
amour. The fugitives happen to rur
across Mr.. Gustafsson while he i:
drinking champagne, and of course
he captures the forger. This j:
''Nemesis." How did the people re
ceive this play? They applaudet
frantically, and at the close of the
performance four laundering hurrah:
were given in honor of the author.
The Esllilstuna woodworks com
pany. whose employees have been or
strike since April 8, 1908, has decid
ed to dissolve it's corporation.
The proposition to have the govern
ment buy the Gellivare iron mine:
was reported adversely to the riks
dag by the committee.
The membership of the volunteer
rifle clubs of Sweden increased from
110.130 to 116,703 in the year 1908
About 100000 loaded cartridge:
were used at target practice.
About 600 men employed by thu
Skromberga coal and clay company
announced that they would abrogatt
the contract with the company, bu
when the company asked the men tt
hand in their contracts on a certain
day not a single contract was to b,
seen. That must mean that the mel
are going to remain on the old terms
Hjalmar Wessberg, manager o
Kockum's ironworks, Malmo, died af
ter a years illness. He was a YER,
able man, and largely through hi
efforts the Kockum ironworks turned
out such heavy products as war-craf
for three different countries.
Svenska Dagbladet has paid $500 t,
each of the following experts who ar
to represent the paper at the st
Louis fair: A. Emstrom and T. Holm
gren, civil engineers, Stockholm; H
Casse1, business man, Jonkoping; O
Galander, tender, Ovebro; Ossian
Nilsson, author, Malmo; and T. Sun
deem, principal of the Lulea norma
school, Lulea.
Mr.. Thorsson, member of the sec
ond chamber of the riksdag, wishe,
to ask the government whether any
thing will be done to prevent the i'm
portation of foreign laborers to Swe
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