Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-09-20
SWEDEN

Maj. Unge's air torpedoes were test
ed at The Marina proving grounds.
At the former tests it was difficult
to guide the torpedoes, but on this
occasion i've of them were shot ex-
act]y in the same direction. Each
one was loaded with about 1875
pounds of gun cotton. They travelled
about two miles through the air and
ran about eight feet into the ground.
The explosions We're so terrific that
the holes left in the ground meas
ured from forty to tifty-five feet
across. English and French officers
were present when the tests were
made.
The staff of the navy is in favor of
constructing Il military harbor at
Gothenburg.
The grand duke of Baden, the
father of the crown princess of Swe-
den, narrowly escaped death at q
runaway in st. Moritz, Switzerland.
Raa and other towns have CON-
planned about the contamination of
the waters of Oresund. or 'The
Sound" by the sewage from the Hell
singborg copper works. The nui-
sance will be abated by a novel con-
trivance. The sewage is to be de-
posted in the sea at depth. of SO
feet: But as this point is about 1000
feet from the shore the water must
be conducted that distance along the
bottom Of the sea. The conduit is
to consist of two octagonal drums
made of solid planks, the one inside
the other. Between the two, there is
to be an open space, and this is to
be filled with sand as a means of
keeping the conduit close to the bot
tom of the sea. This is the first
sewer OF its kind ever made in Swe-
den.
The Swedish miners union held it's
annual meeting in Falun. Among the
resolutions passed was one which
declares that the union will neglect
no opportunity to combat the propo-
sition to put an export duty of TWEEN
ty-seven cents a ton on Swedish iron
ore.
A disease somewhat similar to
spotted fever (cerebro-spinal menin-
gitis) has attacked children in many
localities in central Sweden, and
tsome of the cases have proved fatal.
The general characteristic of the dis
ease is that it paralyzes the spinal
column of the patient. 1t is feared
that the epidemic may spread to
other parts of the country.
On account of the prevalence of
typhoid fever the examinations at the
University of Lund were postponed
from the first to the eleventh of Sep
TENDER.
Kyoichi Hattori. who holds a prom
inent position i'll the department. of
education of Japan, is travelling in
Europe for the purpose of studying
the public school systems of the diff
ferent countries. In Sweden he made
the schools of .Helsingborg an object
of thorough Investigation.
The so-called Young Socialists of
Stockholm used temperance meetings
as means Of furthering their prop
uganda. But the Blue Ribbon tenn
perance societies, at public meet
ing, passed a strong resolution
against this practice. -
Minister Of Agriculture Peterson
said to a reporter that the aim of
the Swedish government is to en-
courage farming on small scale.
But lie admitted that this is uphill
work as long rs the great industrial
interests offer better immediate re-
turns than does the tilling Of the
soil. 5x~@-.zz 81 s..-gz i. :, E.';$
C. Fernstrom of Malmo has invent
ed a street sweeping machine which
does very satisfactory work 1t
sweeps q fve-foot swath by means
of a revolving brush which follows
close to the. ground even in rough
places, and throws al the dirt on its
way into . box holding 200 gallons:
The machine can be pulled BY one
horse It IS completely covered. and:
no matter how dry the dust is it is
not sent lying through the air.