Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-06-14
Gossip q From,
$candI I1avia.
} Principal Events That Have Oc-
CURED in the Old Countries
Within a Week or So.
SWEDEN


chamber of the riksdag, as a member
ofsthat body, asked whether it is true
that bayonets are fastened to the army
rifles so poorly that if they get suf1i-
clontly stuck in the enemy's clothes
they are liable to drop off when the
rifle is pulled back. The minister of
war, who was present in the chcmber.
said that in case such a defect existed,
1t would surely be remedied. Herr
Blesert announced that tee chamber
had granted him permission to demon
strate what he had in mind, where
upon he brought an army rifle, sup
Piled with a bayonet, and made a
innge from the speakers platform for
a piece of cloth held by another mem
Der of the riksdag: The bayonet got
fastened in the cloth, and when he
pulled the rife back the bayonot
slipped off and fell to the floor Herr
Biesert finally pointed out the defect
In the construction of the bayonet,
and politely thanked the minister of
war for his promise to have the defect
remedied.
r. I. Berg, a Malmo engineer, sug-
gests that the four hundred savings
banks of Sweden make it point to
loan money on small farms and on
small city properties. He points to the
Oxie Commune savings bank as a sue
cessful pioneer in this line. 1t is 50
years since that bank commenced to
give owners of small parcels of land
the first chance to borrow money. and
1t is we'll known in that locality that
this policy has enabled many thrifty
laborers to acquire homes of their own.
Mr.. Berg argues that the savings
banks are in an awkward position.
They pay poor people per cent inter-
est on their deposits, and loan out a
large part, of it to spectators who
build flats which consume one-fourth
of the wages of the renters, many of
whom keep money in these very banks
In other words, these banks, which
are started as quasi charitable institu-
tons, and give their stockholders no
profit, have gradually drifted into a
practice by which a large part of $685.
900, 900 of laborers' savings are utilized
in squeezing one-fourth of the earn
ings of the laborers out of them in the
shape of house rent.
The Iron and Steel Institute held its
annual meeting in London. Andrew
Carnegie, the retiring president. hand
ed the silver medals of the institute to
Gunnar Dillner and A. F. Enstrom,
adding few remarks which were fat
tering to Sweden. Nj. Carnegie called
Sweden the classical country OF the
steel industry, which had really been
pioneer IN this line by means of it's
epoch aking inventions and scien-
titic accomplishments In proportion
to her population, Sweden had more
members in the institute than any OF
the other nineteen countries repre-
sented, more than England, and even
more than Scotland.
The executive committee of the Up.
sala students union has resolved tc
propose that the union buy Tunasen
as site for Miles monument to Sten
Z
ceeds $50, 900.
About $50 coins were found at a
depth of three feet in FIenn. Most OF
them were coined in England during
the years 97s-10l6. There were also
two Arabic coins from the year 900.
A considerable number of Danish
historians attended the Scandinavian
historical congress in Lund, but the
Norwegians stayed away: The Swedes
generally agree that the Norwegians
did not act wisely in this matter
P. Willmers, farmer at Valince,
has published a pamphlet under the
title, 1.-The Crops Doubled" The au.
thor explains how he managed his
farm for ten years, until he actually
doubled the yield.@ The, work is OF
great practical value to the farmers OF
Sweden
The employment of laborers from
Galizia on number Of farms in the
vicinity of Westerns has made an un-
favorable impression upon the Swed-
ish laborers, and they are endeavorinq
to unite in labor union.
Thirty men employed at the Hell
s;ngborg copper works quit work be-
cause one man did not belong TO the
union. But when he JOINED the union
they all returned to work
Four hundred longshoremen went on
strike in Cafe because the employ
ers would not negotiate with the
union nor promise to employ none but
union men.
A committee appointed to report on
the Boden Notifications recommends
that a considerable number of addi-
tional troops be stationed at that
place, which will involve large ex-
penditure& The plan proposed BY the
COMMITTEES ocsers the next foar cars,
About $4,000 was the proceeds of
1.-THE children's day" in Stockholm.
The number of collection boxes dis
tributed was 1850, and not single
one of them was lost.
The theosophists have not lost their
heads on account of the consular scrv-
ice question. The Scandinavian d.
vision held its tenth convention in
Gothenburg, Sweden, and nine out of
a total of twenty-eight delegates were
from Norway. There are % lodges in
and they have member
ship of 900.
The king has appointed special
Of very prominent men to
inquire into the affairs OF the Boden
It will be remembered
that the expenses exceeded the orici-
nal estimates by several million dol
lars