Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-09-13
# The ministerial conference Of the
diocese Of Karlskad IA SSed the foIfnE.z

diocese Of Karlstad passed the follow.
ing resolution on the temperance qucs-
ton: . Whereas, the cause Of temper
ance must be Of great Importance to :
US ministers, the minister cannot and.
should not ignore or avoid it, but he
should work for the advancement of
temperance partly by studying the
temperance movement both in every
day life and in literature. partly by
giving to it more prominent place in
his private life as we'll as in the per-
Torrance Of his official duties"
A sawmi1l laborer from Cafe, who is
doing military service at Moled, Hels- :
ingland, has wonderfully beautiful :
voice, and efforts will no doub. be
made to raise money for giving him a
musical training. His voice is similar
TO that of Mr.. Forssell.
1t is proposed to parate the Kiruna
mining town from Jukkasjarvi parish
and establish new town and munich
pality.
Mrs. Kata Dahlstrom, who is lectur-
ing in Smaland, stated that at least
H. 500 men were deprived of their or
binary means of subsistence BY the
| recent lockout, and that about 10000
| men, women and children had to live
| on the aid furnished by their comrades
and others to the amount of $50, 900
| week.
All the Swedis, exports to Peru pass
through Hamburg, and the goods are
- ~ RSa hi
many" The Swedish consul general
in Hamburg has advised the Swedish
exporters to see that their goods are
plainly marked in such way that the
consumers can see where they were
made.
Sweden produced .4s446 tons OF
sugar beets in 1904, and the produc-
ton of sugar was 107. 194 tons, or 1873
per cent of the weight of the beets.
The riksdag campaign is in fair
swing in many parts OF Sweden. The
proposed suffrage extension receives
far more attention than any other
question. Those who are in favor
of this reform generally agree that
the right to vote for members of the
second chamber of the riksdag ought
to be given to all citizens of good
standing who are twenty-five years
old, have performed their military
duties and paid their national taxes
Nol even the Socialists object to these
qualifications. But there are some
minor questions which are causing
trouble within the ranks OF the
friends of the reform Chief of these
are the questions: Should a voter
pay local taxes? If so, how much?
How are the members of the riksdag
to be elected? Is the country to be
divided 4nto as many riksdag districts
as there are members. Or are the dis
tricts to be formed On natural basis,
giving some districts many members,
| others few, or even only one mem
Der? Is the principle of proportional
representation to be incorporated in
the new law? By taking advantage
of these differences the real oppo-
| nents of the reform may foment dis
sension among the reformers and be-
| cloud the real issue to dangerous
extent. The peculiar conditions re-
| vealed by the union troubles may,
however, convince the conservative
classes of Sweden that it will be for
the benefit of the Swedish people
as a whole to grant greater political
privileges to the laboring classes.
A new bank has been started in
Cafe with capital stock of 100000.
A railway running north and south
through the interior of northern
Sweden is becoming largely a mill
tary necessity after the virtual dis
solution of the union.
The terms OF nine members of the
first chamber of the riksdag expire
this year, and SO many vacancies have
to be filled.
The lingon cred bilberries) crop of
southern Sweden is only half as large
this year as last year. and the nim-
blest person can make only from so
to IS cents day by picking them,
though they fetch from to 9 cents a
quart.
The American gooseberry mildew
has appeared on gooseberry bushes
in garden near Karlshamn, Blek-
inge. This disease is said to have
made it impossible to propagate Eu-
ropean gooseberry bushes in America:
The opening of the public high
school of Lund was postponed ON
account of the prevalence of typhoid
fever, about seventy cases being
known to the authorities. It is sup
posed that the disease is due 20 I'M
pure milk.
The famous manual training nor
NAL school at Mas has been adding
new branches during the past few
years, making the present course in
children's games the nineteenth, the
course in cooking the fifth. and the
course in horticulture the third.
while the present course in manual
six.
DR.. E. P. Y. Osterberg is giving
Princess Margaret instructions in
English at Sofiero.
The drl1t-net fishing at Marstrand
has been started under very favor
able conditions
Maj. Gen. Bjornstj erna. former min
lister of foreign affairs, is dead.
If the proposed suffrage reform
bill is passed the number of those
entitled to vote for members of the
second chamber of the riksdag will
be trebled.
The, great employers combine is
expected to be in working order in .
short time. There are two great or
CARNATIONS, namely, the Swedish