Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-04-05
SWEDEN

It's headquarters i'll Chicago cOnten-
plates the erection of shops for max
ing self-binders somewhere i'll the
vicinity of Gothenburg.
The railway department asks for
one million dollars for the purchase
of water falls to be utilized for cleo
trio traffic on the state railways.
1t is proposed to spend $25O,0 on
improvements on the railway station
at Eslof.
A strong stock company has been
organized for building and running
peat curing near Albo. The bog
acquired by the company contains
fuel for more than. $25O,000.
When the crown prince returned
to Stockholm from his difficult and
unpleasant trip to the Norwegian
capital he was made the object of Il
great ovation by all classes of peo-
pie, ana the Swedish colors were
waving above many buildings. This
demonstration was intended to show
that the crown prince is backed by
the Swedish people in the position
which he has taken with regard to
the demands of the Norwegians for
a consular service of their own.
City Engineer A. Nilsson Of NAL
mo has completed plans for reclaim
ing a large part of Lornma Bay fo-
sites for large factories and railway
connections. The plan is very COM
prehensive and expensive, but it is
Aln< -
venture.
Il number Of business men in NAL
| mo have started the copies Bank
| with a capital stock of 100000. The
| whole amount was subscribed in
Malmo.
A horse team on the way from
Ystad to Loderup ran away, and
both horses were drowned in the
lNybroa" river. The driver and an
other person got out of the wagon
in time to save their lives.
Very many farmers in Goinge are
| selling or renting out their farms be-
| cause they can neither do all the
work themselves nor afford to hire
help, an able-bodied young man ex-
pecting to get from sos to $50 year
! and board it he is to work on the
! farm.
The electric power station at Tom
teboda is almost completed for the
use of electricity on the railroad run
ming between Tomteboda and Var
tan. The capacity: of the plant is
l EAn >.,I>: 80
for making experiments. Two pas
senger cars will be remodcled and
| turned into motors. The electric
train is to consist of two ordinary
cars with two motors in front and
two behind. Two electric locomo-
tives of different construction have
also been ordered for the expert
ments.
General Booth-Tucker has been in
Stockholm for some time, endeavor-
ing to patch up the schism in the
Salvation Army. But hundreds of
Salvationists have cut loose from the
| old organization and are making
preparations for taking care of them
! selves.
! The Boden Notifications in north
partment of war much unpleasant
eastern Sweden are causing the de-
ness. It is settled that the plant
costs about $3,000,OO0 more than the
original plans called for. But sew
eral members of the second cham
Der of the riksdag were afraid that
the Swedish Port Arthur may gobble
up few hundred thousands or mill
lions more, and they asked the min
| lister of war to tell what might be
Expected. He tried: to make out that
mo additional appropriation will be
wanted, but his language was so
! guarded that some speakers inferred
that large sums of money may yet
| be needed.
Our latest mails from Sweden show
that a meeting of Salvationists held
in Stockholm resolved to organize a
national Swedish Salvation Army.
This indicates that the split is COM
plete.
The commercial college has ex-
pressed itself in favor of stamping
the word import" on all imported
l.eggs.
The state peat engineer has been
inspecting the peat boys around
| Ystad to find out whether it would
be practicable to build an electric
power station at a bog where peat
can be used as fuel for generating
steam for running the dynamos.
The city of Malmo wants to bor-
row about 100000 on bonds.
The Scandinavian games in Stock
holm were managed so well that the
executive committee will have a sur
plus. y
Mr.. w. w. Thomas, who has been
U. S. minister to Sweden at three
different times, will soon be succeed
ed by Mr.. Chas. Graves. Mr.. Thomas
and the Swedes are very fond of each
other, and both will be sorry when
he leaves Sweden.
Major General Centerwall, head Of
the coast artillery, has written to
the king, pointing out that there are
so many vacant places in the COM
mand of the coast artillery that this
branch of the defenses of the coun-
/ try would be dangerously handi-
capped in case of sudden assault
by a foreign squadron.
The second volume of ''Italy Since
the Introduction of Metals" by Prof.
Montelivs, has just appeared. 1t con-
tains illustrations to the first volume.
| The two volumes constitute the great
est strictly scientific work on archae-
ology in existence, and the mechan-