Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-03-15
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Principal Events That Have o.
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Some Of the best men who were to
TAX: part in the ski race at, Ostersund.
were kept out of the race by sickness
caused ~ by eating sausage ut q restau'
rant. Two Of the unfortuuatcs were
Finnish students
The school children of Westerns were
permitted to go skating on certain
day early in February. The weather
was glorious. After awhile it began
o. blow. and the teachers were kept
busy taking care Of the smaller chill
dre,. Late in the afternoon n regular
storm set in from the north. and one
'e,cher succeeded in landing his class
only by means Of horses and sleds.
But in spite OF the efforts OF the teach
crs some Of the children literally blew
away, landing ut different places along
the shore Of the lake. They all found
quarters for the night, but some of
then, could not get home until the
next day.
Fisheries Inspector T. Trybom has
proposed that number of weather
signal stations be established along
the southwestern and southern coast
OF Sweden for the special benefit Of
the fishermen. 1t is expected that a
carly date.
The Social Democratic Labor party
held its sixth national convention in
Stockholm. Mr.: Tholin. president of
the executive committee, announced
that the party has over 81, 600 men,
mers. Sixty-fve local organizations
were represented by 173 delegates.
There were four delegates from Nor
way, who said that they had nothing
to do with the consular service quar-
rel. but came to extend the right hand
of brotherhood in a common struggle
against common enemy, capitalism.
Mr.. Branting, Swedish journalist
who is recognized as one of the lead
ing Social Democrats Of Sander,
wrote to Danish paper: THE Swed-
ish laboring class, from the year 1895,
assisted powerfully in knocking down
the criminal fools who clamored for
a Swedish assault ON Norway, and
the Swedish workingmen have taken
but little interest in the petty union
quarrels.. Our standpoint has been
simply this, that the brotherly feel.
ing between Swedish and Norwegian
workingmen must not be distorted by
matters that are comparatively sub
ordinate and remote. If the Norwe.
CLANS want consuls of their own
why, let them have their way. Our
convention, which will be held in q
few weeks, will handle the union
question in such a manner that the
labor parties of both nations may
stand shoulder to shoulder during
the impending schisn.''
| W. w. Thomas, United States minis.
ter to Sweden and Norway, reported
officially to Secretary in Washington
that no matter what the result of the
present friction between Norway and
Sweden will be, everything will be
done in a peaceful and orderly man
mer, without resort to arms.
The Sweden-Germany Steamship
company. which is going to take charge
of the subsidized traffic between Trel.
leborg, Sweden, and Sassnitz, Ger.
many, in 1907, has ordered a new
steamer at the Kockum iron works
Malmo. 1t is to cost at least $?5O, 900
and will be the largest vessel eve,
built ut that place.
It will be remembered that southern
Sweden contributed literally to the
aid fund for the people of Norrland
when that part of the country was Wis.
tied by famine. The Lower Kaliz
commune has shown its gratitude by
eending 500 to southern Sweden, tc
be given to farmers whose crops failed
last year.
Prince Gustaf Adolf is enjoying him.
self in Egypt. Cairo, it's people and
monuments are attracting his closest
attention. He has visited the pyra,
'mids and. the sphinx several times, and
the climbing of Cheop's pyramid must
also be mentioned.
A peculiar mass meeting was held in
Gothenburg the other day, most OF the
speakers being exceedingly radical K.
G. Ossian-Nilsson was in favor of q
''monarchic socialism," but he would
not object to a republic. Other speak
crs were posted on the royal hunts in
Sweden. which were to prove that the
king did not tend to business. Two
or more speakers said that when King
Oscar gets into a bad scrape Inc will
hand the reins OF the government to
somebody else and crawl out of his po-
sition as king. Anton Anderson, a
journalist, went beyond all other
speakers, demanding q clean sweep
because the Swedish people had no use
for such men as Premier 8ostron aud
the Bcrnadotte kings The meeting
finally passed a resolution which EN-.
bodied the notions suggested above.
About $4,000 persons were sick in
Stockholm about the middle of Febru-
airy; the grip and" kindred ailments
being. responsible for most of the
trouble.
Valfrid Spangbcrg, q Stockholm
journalist, developed a scheme for
driving Premier Bostrom out of his po-
sition. He wrote anti Bostrom reading
matter for several newspapers, so as
to mould public opinion on a largo