Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-07-05
The social democrats Of sw,eden.are.

0Og very numerous In COIu p6rl6Ou WAkAAss5
the entire population OF the country.
But they are united, and they are full
of that fanatical yea: which SO Otter
new and radical move.
mentR At any rate, the ruling classes
Of Sweden are compelled to take the
social democrats into serious consider
alton. The resolutions passed by the !.
social democrats on the union crisis
will no doubt exert some influence
upon the stand to be taken by the riks-
dag and the government, and for that
reason the following synopsis Of the.
resolutions is given. Those resolu.
tions declare thatit .'wou'd be a crime
against the peaceful people of Sweden
to excite them to war with their broth
er nation; that the young laborers OF
Sweden will never obey summons to I
arms; that they are willing to go on
strike throughout the whole country
In order to prevent war with Norway:
that they will not report for duty IN
case of a mobilization against Norway.
turned against some one they should
not be turned against the Norwegians.
The social democrats of several large
cities of Sweden have endorsed the
views expressed above @@~~ ST.
Adolf Hallgren and Karl Hildebrand.
editors-in-chief of Stockholmstilnin-
gen and Stockholms Dagblad, sent
letter to the executive committee OF
the Swedish manufacturers union, pro
posing that they raise the lockout for
a few days-two weeks for instance:
and negotiate with the labor unions
during that time. The writer's argue
that such a course would be looked
upon, and actually be, a move made
in view of the present political crisis
and out of love for the country of Swe- :
den. The result of this patriotic aP-
peal is not known at this writing.
Afarmer in Ossjo parish, skane. was
summoned to appear as a witness at
local court Meanwhile, some one
made him believe that one of the par
ties was going to try to have him dis
qualified as witness on the ground
that he had not been to the commun-
ion table for ten years The man reso-
lutely decided to remove this blemish
on his character. He went to bed like
a sick man and sent for his pastor, and
the latter administered the Lords
supper to him. The next day he was
about at usual, and felt much easier
because he had qualified as a witness
Representatives from the woodwork
industries of Sweden held a meeting
in Stockholm and organized them
selves into an employers union
The boss COW of the kingdom of Swe-
den is supposed to be one which is the
property of o. Nilsson, of Svannarp,
SHANE During the past year she gave
1,760 gallons of milk, containing 4.57
per cent of fat and yielding $50 pounds
of butter.
Persons between the ages of Is and
so years constitute about 500 per 1000
of the population in most countries
On account Of the heavy emigration
the rate was as low as 462 per l, 600 in
Sweden during the early nineties- The
rate has been on the increase for many
years past, but even now it is only 473
per 1000 This means that in that
group of the population of Sweden
there is deficit of 141, 200
On the occasion of the launching of
the Oscar IL. the twelfth ironclad of
the Swedish navy, King Oscar sent the
following telegram to the secretary of
the navy: "Heartilv thankful to you
for your telegram, send you from
heart moved with Joy not only all my
good wishes on the occasion of the
launching of the ironclad bearing my
name, but above all an EXPRESSION of
indescribab}e joy because l have, in
my old age, lived to see an even dozen
of ironclads launched during nv reign.
By these words I wish to express nv
gratitude, not only to. you, your pre-
decessors. the heads of the depart
mcnts and their assistants, but also to
the whole Swedish people who, by
their elected members of the riksdag,
have made the successful development
of our navy possible
p \. Sanding of Potifors was fish
ing few days ago in the Lule river,
some distance above the rapids, and
after vigorous fight he pulled q
bouncing salmon into the boat While
he was trying to kill the fish one of
the hooks was run into Mr.. Standings
chin, and man and fish were caught
on the same set of hooks The sprawl
ing of the fish caused intense pain to
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the moment was to lie down and hold
the fish tight against the bottom of
the boat But the boat was drifting
down towards the roaring rapids, aud
the only way out of the peril was to
yell with all the force of his lungs
His boat was caught and the man res
cued a short distance above the rapids
The first operation was the killing of
the fish, the second the removal of the
hook from Standings chin.
The Sodra Sverige banking company
resolved to issue 1000 new shares at
500 apiece, and subscriptions were
made for 9i.7o5 new shares
Many registered letters from the
United States to Sweden have been
robbed before reaching Swedish terri,
tory.
About AGO acres of timber land was
.ravaged by fire in Tunbo parish, near
Eskilstuna, and it required 200 men to
subdue the flames Ia
Mr.. Larson, laborer who refused
to serve in the army, is still causing
tial sentenced him to two months con-