Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-03-29


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& Principal Events That Have &C.
Cured in tho Old Countries
8 Within :. Week OF So.
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SWEDEN
The chaplain at the Norrkoping jail
Sstates$t that he knows several in.
Y mates tie OF the jail who started on the
downward grade by learning TO smoke
q garettes while they were boys, 81
he winter. rye and wheat fields q
Shame look very promising: =
About $50 persons. held a meeting ia
flelsingborg. and they agreed to. 9
man that = new railroad ought to be
built. from Helsingborg to Hoganas.
The women employed at the Stem
strom shirt factory in Helsingborg
joined In the Socialistic la Dor organiza-
ton and went on y strike. The strug-
gle lasted tor months, but finally the
proprietors went out of business and
sold the fixtures and the goods on hand
at public auction. The establishment
employed ITO persons before the strike.
This was the first attempt in q new in
:dustry in Sweden, and many difficult
ties were encountered, But the pro.
prietors kept the business going until
the socialists entered the field against
them. =, .~''. ~.
Prof. Payloff, a Russian who re-
ceived a Nobel prize, criticises the
judges Of awards because they have
given too few prizes to Swedes. Only
three Scandinavians have received
prizes, and this number is so small, he
says, that the world is surprised 1.-The
judges hunt with light and lantern for
a foreign candidate in order to avoid
their own countrymen, he says, and
he holds that in this case the famous
Swedish chivalrousness has been car
ried to extremes
The late Gust. e: Falch, of Hahn
stad, willed most of his wealth to
Halmstad and Marstrand, the requests
exceeding $500 .@,,@ :
The Neptune Salvage company of
Sweden, has sold Herkules, one of its
steamers, to Japan. The vessel is to
be used for raising the sunken' steam
ers in Port Arthur, and the work is to
be performed by a-Swedish crew.
The=way the young men are rushing
ont from the plains and forests OF
SlSane to America is a sight. Most OF
themtemigrate to avoid military ser.
vice, which they despise. In Svedala.
Klags.orp and Skarup the military
authorities sent out agents to induce
suitable young men to enlist in the
army but not a young man was won
by their promises -...~,
Many fishing hamlets on the east
coast Of Skane are becoming popular
ms summer resorts 49,. -.
Potatoes are scarce lin Skane. and
the price is higher than it has been
for decades. The @distillers are using
American corn in spite of the high. dn,
ties on that commodity. 49, &C. 5s=s.s .: 81 s s.
E The convention of:those incorporate
che. bolog saloons resolved thatit is not
cxpedient to illustrate the effects oil
intemperance by means Of pictures
texts etc. - g: $500, ss:s = 5s s {.
A Swede who has had twenty. years
experience as q newspaper man 5:.i1
America has opened q Swedish Ameri.
can bureau of information in Stock.
holm. He seems to be willing to- ne
gotiate any kind of business transac'
tion between Swedes residing on either
side Of the Atlantic. He ought to dc
well, for he is getting no end of free
advertising. .-E. 49,. :.
The schism ID the Salvation army is
becoming more and more serious, and
the most prominent leaders will dc
well if they can keep their positions.
When a member of the Social Demo.
cratic congress at Stockholm was asked
why he could violate the :*'liberty ot
Conscience by voting in favor Of com
pelling the members of the Socialistit
labor union to be members Of the So
cial, Democratic party as factor in
Swedish politics, he excused his course
by. claiming that those poor laborer.
who do not realize their duty to sup
port socialism ''have no Conscience
and where there is no conscience there
can be no.. violation of the liberty Of
conscience. Is 49, 49,.
The Swedes are highly pleased with
the position taken by the regent, Crown
Prince t;nstaf, in the Norwegian con
troversy. 1t will be remembered tina,
he emphasizes the paramount import.
ance, of the union. .i,s=:: gss3 w.. !
i, The communion cup invented b.
Court Chaplain Johan Wallin. of Tull
storpsis an ingenious contrivance. Il
has series of individual cups along
the rim, one for each communicate
and these can be opened and shut by q
simple mechanism. The object of the
invention is. to avoid the dissemination
of contagious, diseases A. cup of thil
+ pattern, made Of silver, will cost $135
but it may be made from some cheape,
metal for $50. s.,.-s1s= .s H.. s... s.: 9:
=. Both chambers of the srilxsdag sen,
congratulations to the different mem
bers of the royal family upon the be
trothal of Prince .Gustafs Adolf and
Princess Margarita Of England
There is a Swedish colony in Jerusa,
lem, and = nasive Arab became so ID
terested in the Swedes that he learned
to speak Swedish. :2s 9s , sss*.=1
There is serious trouble. in the Sal
Walton army Of Sweden, some of the
oldest and most trusted officers having
been summarily discharged. The corp!
OF Sundvall, Jarna and Tunadal still