Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-04-26

Norway, he says, and in the interests
OF an powers desiring to preserve
the balance of sea power, that the con-
sular dispute should be settled on ab'
solutely equal terms
Some Of the most prominent men in
the three Scandinavian countries have
called for a subscription towards a
fund for conserving the ruins of Uran-
ienborg and Stjerneborg, the astro-
nomical observatory of Tycho .Brahe,
on the island, of Hveen, which is To-
Gated in the sound. between Sweden
and Denmark If $40. 900 can be raised
for this purpose the interest will be
sufficient to preserve the ruins for
ages to come.
SWEDEN
Two shrewd farmers, who were
strangers to each other, traded horses
at the market in Voxtorp, Skane. Each
of them thought he got the best OF the
bargain, and each of them tried to get
beyond the others reach as soon as he
could. But they reckoned without
their new horses. One of them soon
found that his horse was not exactly
what he took him to be, and the up
shot was that the poor animal COL
iapsed and had to be taken to the near
est barn. The other horse did not do
any better. At crossing he ran
squarely against a gate-post, doing
damage to himself, his driver and the
wagon: This horse was stark blind.
So the deal was a mutual and beauti-
fully balanced doing-up and being
done-up combined.
Mr.. Inala, a volunteer in the Svea
body guard, took part in long dis
tance ski race arranged for the Swed-
ish army in Norrland, and he arrived
at the goal as No. 20. There were 81
men at the start, and all who remained
in the race to the goal received Il Sec
ondary prize, consisting of souvenir
cup. When 1nala was called for he
stepped up and said aloud chat he was
entitled to no prize at all because he
had been pulled after a sled for sew
eral miles. The applaud with which
his statement was received proved that
his honesty was appreciated. The au-
thorities were also highly pleased, and
arrangements were made for giving a
prize to. Inala. not on account of his
participation in the race, but on &C.
count of his manly honesty.
A bill providing for a revision of the
church laws of Sweden failed to pass
the riksdag.
The Farmers Cooperative Peat Lit
ter union (Torfstroforening) of Slzane
is growing so rapidly that a new peat
litter factory must be established. The
price of each share is Sc. 20, and cash
payments have already been made for
"a, 900 shares.
In 1904 the government sold stamps
to be put on punch bottles to the
amount of S27l 900. This was the first
year in which the government collect.
ed a punch stamp tax.
The relations between the journey.
men and the master painters of Malmc
were strained during March, and as
the old agreement expired at the end
of that month the journeymen qui,
work April l.
A number of business men in Hahn.
stad have organized a stock company
for quarrying and dressing stone in
Sweden and Norway. The capital
stock must be from $400, 900 to $500, 900.
Several communes in Dalarne have
elected delegates to a convention in
Stockholm, at which the government
will be appealed to for aid against the
grasping lumber barons and other cor.
porate influences. which arc in fai,
way to throttle the Independent life Of
She inhabitants
Eight employers unions in Stock.
holm. representing the same numbe,
of trades, have formed a combine TO,
mutual protection.
A 7O-year-old woman named Brusel]
was burned to death in a small house
at Klinte, Gotland. The Ere occurred
in the night.
Ludwig Kockum, one of the most
prominent farmers, business men and
politicians of southeastern Sweden,
died at Bulltofta, aged 20 years.
Sixty carpenters ut the TrelleborQ
carpenter shop quit work because they
did not get the raise in wages which,
they demanded.
The teachers at the Helsing borg pub.
lie school asked for increased pay, but
the city council did not grant their re.
quest. They give private instruction
to many scholars, and for this work
they are allowed to charge whatever
they please In order to increase their
income they may agree to raise the
charges for private instruction to 81. 3.
an hour.
Ex-Premier Bostrom is said to have
an eye on the presidency of the Gran
gesberg mining company, which is one
of the largest business concerns in
Scandinavia, and which gave a surplus
of 81, 600, 900 in 1904.
Adolf Hedin, the white-haired Stock.
holm member of the second chamber OF
the riksdag, addressed mass meeting
in his city on the union question. He
kept his audience for three hours, and
towards the close he criticised the Bos.
from policy on the consular service
proposition. The meeting finally
passed the following laconic resolu.
ton: 'Justice to Norway; Peace with
Norway" Il :...z. Nj. H. Is II
A labor controversy in the building
trades in Malmo threw $50 men out 81
work April =, and It was feared that
/ many more would soon Be involved ii
strikes and lockouts.