Willmar tribune., 1905-06-28


let Norway use one of King Oscar's.
sons as king Of her OVID. And the
third day she wants the northern por-s
ton of Norway as balm for her NOR.
tificatioD. Meanwhile old Sweden is,
in fact, moving carefully and deliber-
ately and on safe Constitutional
grounds, while Norway has acted "
rather rashly, to say the least. =
F Jonas ,Akesson, who rapidly rose
from the rank of an obscure hussar to 5
that of we'll known artist, has ex-
hibited painting at the Paris salon
which is attracting general attention.
A man who knows very little about
fishing put fish trap into canal at
the mouth of tho Sege river. and when
he came TO look for his catch he found
two full grown otters in the trap.
Miss Selma Lagerlof, a popular au-
thor, is still busy preparing a new set
OF readers for the public schools of
Sweden.
An aged Swedish couple recently
crossed the Atlantic with the Caronia.
They had sold everything in Sweden,
and still they could scarcely pay their
passage to New York, where they ex-
pected TO be met by son who had
oeen In America for some time. But
he did not show up. The old couple
had less than ten cents in cash, and
nothing else. The steamship company
made preparations for taking them
back to Sweden. They were overcome
by grief and despair, for the door of
the poor house seemed to be yawning
before their eyes. Two Norwegian
passengers who were moved by the
pitiable condition of the poor people
had a talk with Swedish gentleman.
and the three began to raise money
for the old couple, keeping Oh until
they had secured almost $500. This
looked almost like a dream to the old
! couple, who now had enough money to
| buy small farm in Sweden.
At Dals-Ed. op the boundary line be-
tween Sweden and Norway, about L.
600 persons recently held a meeting of
an unusual character It was an-
! nounced as religious gathering. but
the prevailing sentiment was anxiety
about the poiitica, situation, and at
| the close of the meeting the following
resolution was passed: ''Swedes and
Norwegians, assembled in a joint meet
| ing at Ed, urge upon the brother ma
| tions to join lin earnest and united
prayer to God that peace NAV prevail
! between the. nations of the North, to
their common benefit" The whole
| audience rose and raised their hands
to signify their approval Rev. $. Jo-
hanson, of Gothenburg, leo in prayer
for peace in the peninsula. Men who
! WELD powerful influence in religious
| circles in Sweden are. said to be plan-
ming demonstrations in western Swe-
den to show that the Swedes along the
line are friendly to the No-wegians.
Hundreds of horses have been ex-
ported every month from southern
Sweden to Denmark since the begin
ming of this year
The king has offered a prize OF $500
for the best textbook on farming. the
scope of the book being such that it
may be used at the agricultural col
leges.
The city of Stockholm has bought
the Tammesfors and kvarnfors water
falls in the Dal river. Electric power
stations will be built at those places
and power transmitted for lighting
! the city.
The king has permitted the city of
! karlskrona to take up a loan of $780,
| 600 for repairing the church and build
| ing new schoolhouse r.
A mass meeting, attended By 500
persons, at Rattvik. endorsed the DO
sition Of the crown prince Oh the nnion
question.
| An electric storm did great deal of
| damage in the vicinity of Orebro At
| Hasselby 4 1O-year-old boy was killed
by lightning.
Allan Hansen, Stockholm aatcmo-
bilist, while running his automobile
| onto the deck of a steamer, struck his
| head against an iron beam, fracturing
his skull and breaking his back bone
| The donations made to charitable
and other concerns in Stockholm by
the late Baron Won Platen amount TO
S25, 900.
A strong gust of wind upset four sail
boats at the same time in Ealfsund.
near Gothenburg. All the occupants
| were thrown into the water, and three
men and three women were drowned.
The late j. r. Lomell. who contrib
uted Sl3, 500 to the students total ab-
stinence home in Upsala, beoueathed
81, 900 to different temperance orcani-
cations in his will.
OF the money raised on Children's
Day in Stockholm, about SIS. coo has
been turned over to the school chill
dren's outing colonies, aud SIS. 900 will
be kept for the same purpose until
| next year.
The Scandinavian historical con-
gress at Lund, Sweden. was success.
IN spite of the absence Of the Norwc-
gians But it was freely admitted
that it would have been more pleasant
if they had been there. :
Over one thousand tons Of raw sugar
was recently imported to Ystad The
customs duty on the goods was about;
So, ZOO. ,-ss.s
Oscar H., new armored cruiser.
was launched at the Lindholmen ship
yards, Gothenborg, June 6. This is,
the sixth armored cruiser built at the
same place 1t is $50 feet long and ~
feet wide, and its maximum draft is
1875 feet
A monument to Carl Snoilsky, the
lyric poet, has been unveiled at the