Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-12-06
SWEDEN

Prof. E. Svedn1ark, the state geolo-
gist of Sweden, has found copper in
several localities around Gellivare,
small quantities. He says that it may
pay to mine some of the copper ore.
but as far as he knows the: gold can
not be counted on except as a by
product
The new bank building on Helgean-
dahOlmen, Stockholm, will be finished
next spring so that the government
bank of Sweden may move into it
July /. o..
Mr.. Tesla said to Swede in New
York. that the real wealth Of Sweden
must be found in her waterfalls, and
that he expects English and German
capitalists to try to obtain possession
of those resources. Tesla predicts
that Sweden will soon become rich
country in the ordinary sense of the
word. =. =. 49,.
Crown Prince Gustaf recently spent
four days hunting at SkabersjO. Hun
dreds of birds and animals were killed,
and the share of the crown prince
was deer, 81 hares, II pheasants, l
partridge and fox -,
A Swedish seamens' church has just
been built at Sunderland, England. p.
Waldenstrom saw King Oscar about
: the work I, of raising money, and the
king endorsed the plan, which made it
comparatively easy to raise the neces-
sary funds. Waldenstrom inspected
the church on his way back from
America. and made a report to the
king The latter was so pleased with
the work that he contributed $27O,
cancelling the last debt and leaving
the church without encumbrance.
Crown Prince Gustaf left Copen-
hagen Nov. Is on his way to Baden,
Germany.
The organ of the Social Democrats
claims that the aid received from the
other labor organizations by the 49,
600 machinists who were thrown out
of work by the great lockout, amount
ed to about $4,000 a week. AS the
lockout lasted over 20 weeks, the
whole amount exceeded 100000. The
general vote was that each man
should receive 1910 a week from the
strike fund. -
Nearly all teachers of the Swedish
language are in favor Of the proposed
spelling reform, and it is proposed. to
introduce it gradually in the different
classes of the public schools.
The rainfall in October was twice
as large as the average, and in certain
portions of eastern Sweden it was
more than three times the average.
The farmers complained of this deluge
in the midst Of their fall work. But
Prof. Arrhenius. a noted scientist,
has said that this extraordinary rain.
fall came just in the nick Of time.
For years the rainfall has been light,
and In large sections of the country
the ground was getting too dry to
yield paying crops, no matter how
carefully titled. The October rains,
Prof. Arrhenius says, have averted a
nationals calamity in most satisfac-:
tory manner. He had been in fears
that Sweden would soon have large
tracts of land corresponding to the
worthless tundras of northern Russia,
but now there IL no danger for years
to come.
F. About 20 Swedes will take part in
the Olympic games at Athens next
spring. About 20 of them are trained
gymnasts, 10 are athletes and swim
mers, and several are fencers Swedish
sportsmen are much interested in the
games. -..e., ~ az
Richard Tjader, a Stockholm mis-
sionary whose name often appears In
the press, has bought large building
containing a theater at Ostermalm,
Stockholm, and he Is expected to use
the theater for religious meetings. z%%
Princess Margaret has promised to
render assistance at bazaar to be
given in January by the building COM
anittee OF the Good Templars.
Premier Staaf has stated that the
cabinet will. introduce q bill in the
IMksdag for the extension Of the right
to vote. But other matters OF import
ance must be put of to some later
date because the cabinet is so busy
readjusting the diplomatic and con-
sular services after the dissolution Of
the union. 49, # =l =..s.
The new uniform will be the same
for the different parts Of the army,
and It is to consist Of q gray coat and
dark blue trousers. A complete uni
form OF the same color would have
been better. But the government hap-
pens to have large quantities Of dark
blue cloth on hand which must be
utilized. s5s:s