Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-04-19

Principal Events That Have 0c-
u Cured in the Old Countries Z
y Within q Week or 80. 4
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
The labor union of Helsingborg
passed a resolution against certain
members of the police force, who are
said to be unworthy OF respect and con-
tidence on account of the manner in
which they handled the February
strike.
The Nordstjarnan Shipping company
is cndeavoring to prove that direct
steamship line between Sweden and
Argentina would become a paying
venture in a few years, and that it
would be a good policy for Sweden to
have the government subsidize such a
line until it would become self-sup-
porting:
According to the latest mails from
Sweden there was an animated ac-
tivity in the riksdag during the few
days following the announcement that
the king wished that body to elect
q secret committee to make sugges-
tons with regard to the attempt of
the Norwcgians to establish an in
dependent consular service. At this
writing it is not known who the
members are. But it is safe to say
that the different political combine
tons are represented on the COM
| mittee.
Prof. Paul verrier is giving course
of lectures at the Paris Sarbonne on
Scandinavian literature and culture.
Many members of the Scandinavian
colony in Paris are attending the lee
lures.
The most important news from Scan
oinav;a for years may be found in the
few words stating that Premier Bos-
from of Sweden has resigned. He,
more than any other one man, had to
shoulder the responsibility for the at
tempt to prevent the establishment of
a separate consular service for Nor
way. The cablegram does not state
exactly what caused his resignation,
but an utterance made by the regent,
Crown Prince Gustaf, on the consular
| service question, is mentioned as
cause of the resignation.
General Sven Lagerberg died in
Stockholm, aged SO years. He was a
very useful and also a very popular
| man.
At a clergymen's conference in Kris
tanstad a majority Of the speakers
agreed that the ministers of the gospel
ought to side with the social democrats
in their struggle for the improvement
of the conditions of the workingmen.
One speaker went so far as to state that
if the social democrats were to be
judged impartially they would be found
to be with Christianity, rather than
against it. But the clergy, by antag-
onizing the social democratic move
ment, might easily make it an enemy
of Christianity.
There was considerable decrease in
the percentage of blind people in Swe-
den during the decade which ended in
1900. In 1890 there were 8. 3 blind per-
SONS for every 10000 inhabitants; in
1900 the corresponding number was
only o.. The whole number of blind
persons in the country at the latter
date was SAIL.
The first chamber of the riksdag, by
a vote of 81 to %, defeated a motion to
exempt temperance halls from tax
alton. In the second chamber the mo-
ton was carried by vote of LOG to 100.
A representative of the Swedish gov
eminent and the speakers of both
houses of the Danish rigsdag have had
a conversation about the proposition
to invite delegation from the French
chamber of deputies to pay visit to
the legislative assemblies of the Scan
dinavian countries They all agreed
that an invitation must be extended,
but no agreement was reached as to
the time to be suggested in the formal
invitation. 1t will be remembered
that about so Scandinavian legislators
visited. the French chamber of depu-
ties last fall in the interest of inter-
national arbitration and peace.
The riksdag has voted $500. 900 for
railroad from Gothenburg to Skee.
The academical citizens of Upsala
passed resolution in favor of equality
for Norway in the union, but against
dividing up the consular service &C.
cording to the Norwegian plan. The
question was discussed fer over four
hours before the vote was taken. The
resolution was adopted by a vote of
1893 to SO.
The Swedish Forestry association has
published pamphlet on the history of
the forests of Sweden, which is en-
pected to arouse fresh interest in one
of Sweden's great natural resources.
The author opines that the southern
part of Sweden commenced to be COW
cred with forests at the close of the
ice period, some $4,000 years ago. The
forests were left undisturbed as long
lived by hunting and fishing. But in
the stone age, some 5000 years ago,
the people began to till the soil, and
since that time the forests have been
encroached upon more or less For
500 years past the forests have been
protected by definite laws
It looks as if the riksdag is I'M
willing to appropriate as much money
for the Boden Notifications as the
government calls for. 1t is said that
the minister of war intends to resign
if his estimates are greatly cut down
by the ril<sdag. The above state
ments are based only on rumors.