Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-08-23

three yearc ago, and it caused him
great annoyance A few days ago he
finally coughed it up, but this caused
terrible suffering, and he died shortly
after he was taken to the hospital
| G. Arvidsson, naval officer, has In
vented new life-saving apparatus,
which he claims TO be superior to the
ordinary life-beit- Experiments made
in Stockholm were decidedly favorable
to the new apparatus, as compared with
the old one
Ex-Empress Eugene visited Prince
Gustaf Adolf and Princess Margaret at
Sofiro. The city of Helsingborg was
richly decorated on the occasion.
Prince Eugen of Sweden celebrated
MS fortieth birthday anniversary on
Aug /.
There was no gooseberry show at
stockholm Aug, 5. because the crop is
poor in all parts of Sweden this year.
Lead and zinc ore deposits have been
discovered at Asele, South Lap1and
There is abundant water power close
by, SO that it will be easy to develop
the property.
A. Bortzell resigned as president Of
the board of directors of the Ma1mo
Il Trelleborg railway, and in recog-
milton of his services the company pre-
sented him with 4 ticket made of pure
gold, which entities him to ride free
OF charge on the road the remainder
of his life
Baron Barnekow. member Of the
second chamber Of the riksdag, paid
the following tribute to the cabinet
which resigned few weeks ago:
| ''Tied to my sic:s-bed. I read with grief
and regret the assaults made on this
government, to whom we cannot be
grateful enough because it remained
calm and cool in the midst of the ex-
element between the so-called brother
nations. Posterity- will praise the
king for his peaceful admonition and
self-sacri6cs; but if he had been backed
by less calm and more passionate
! government than the Ramstedt cabi-
net, no one can tell where we would
! have been at this moment"
| The railway department has made
certain important concessions to ex-
porters in order to insure more rapid
transportation of fresh fish and craw-
| fish TO Germany during the warm sea-
son.
| S. A. Hedin stated the other day
in the second chamber of the riksdag
that he was perhaps speaking for the
! a in hat
| Prot. T. R. Tholen. formerly profess
sor at the university of Upsala, died
at the age of Is years. He made val
liable researches in the fields of mag
netism and spectral analysis
1t is generally assumed that former
Premier Ramstedt and one or two
other members of the cabinet that re-
| signed few weeks ago are going to
be appointed judges of the supreme
court
Baron Bror Cederstrom has invented
a bayonet which may be turned in
three different directions from the
,puzz' e of the gun.
Many Danish farmers have made
trips through the richest farming
communities in Skane this season.
They generally travel in groups of
ten to twenty. and they invariably
come to learn something.
| The widow of the late Ludwig Koc-
kun of Bulltofta donated $4,000 to
the Alnarp agricultural and dairy in
| sritute.
The fruit crop of Sweden will not
lie as large as last year.
| The joint committee of the differ
ent temperance organizations of
Sweden has issued a political circu-
lar to the temperance people of the
country. It is admitted that the last
riksdag passed some important laws,
but in many instances the wishes of
| the temperance people were thwarted.
the main objection being that the
changes made seem to be based on
the assumption that the liquor traffic
is. to be perretuated. while the aiD,
of the temperance people is to sto:,
it. the sooner the better. Great stress
is laid on the demand that a majority
of the people of any community
should have a chance to prohibit tb e
traffic within its borders. 1t is urged
that The temperance people vote onl,
for such candidates for the riksdas
as have expressly promised to vote
for local option laws. The profits
derived from the liquor traffic should
not only be used for palliating its evil
results but also for educating the
people along moral lines against the
traffic. The circular also mentions the
Importance of having the work of the
public schools go squarely against the
drink habit: The last demand made
is that the temperance men in the
riksdag formulate a definite platform
representing the sentiments of the
temperance people of Sweden.
| Mr.. Westerberg. locomotive engi-
neer at Krylbo. has invented mirror
which will enable the conductor to
| see the whole train and the track be-
hind the train without turning
around. The mirror is attached to
the side of the locomotive.
Norwegian conductors are no longer
allowed to run trains between Gothen-
burg and Kristiauia on the Swedish
portion of the line, the change Of con-
ductors taking place at Kornsio, on
the boundary liue between the two
J countries.
| Prince Gustaf Adolf and Princess
Margaret are starting housekeeping at
Sofiero on q scale of some magnitude.
They keen one chambermaid one