Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1905-06-21


.sane asylum for years, has been dis
missed as partially cured. and he IL Z.
making a tour of Europe in company
with his sister, Sc.
The Swedish tourist club has voted
about $400 to the poor children's out
ing fund. s.
Over SIS, 500 was raised by subscrip-
ton in Stockholm for wedding pres
ent to Prince Gustaf Adolf The pres
ent will be complete dining-room
outfit, which will be made in Stock
holm. The patterns will be English.
Two farmers sons from Torp, Gill
borga, who were at work at Saltsio-
baden last winter, reported tbe follow
ing to their employers: Wh:.e hanling
logs one day they struck a log which
was SO heavy that they could not load
1t onto the wagon alone. just at this
moment King Oscar, who spent some
time at Saltsjobaden last winter, hap
pened to come walking past Realiz-
Ing the situation at once, he did not
hesitate for a moment. but made a
vigorous pull at the log, which was
placed On the wagon. It is self-evi-
dent that the boys were thankful and
proud because the king was their
helper and comrade. = - $685..
dispatch from Mentone, France,
states that the civil " doing of Senior
Darlington de Caesar. and Condesa
Rosita de Casa Miranda, daughter of
krlst'na Nilsson, was performed at
Borcighera. The ecclesiastical we'd
ding was afterwards performed at St
Laurent Caravans chapel
At the special session of the riksdag
! for considering the trouble with Nor
| way, attempts will no doubt be made
to have that body pass some law to
minimize the labor troubles, which are
very serious in several large cities
F. LARSON, Malmo mechanic. was
sentenced to two months imprlson-
| ment by the courtmartial of the Svea
bodyguard because he refused to serve
| in the army Hew released, but i'm
! mediateIy ordered to report at the
drill grounds. The head of the COM
pany asked him if he would abide by
his former refusal even if he would be
permitted to perform some other duty
than that Of carrying arms His an
| swer was that he would not serve in
the army under any circumstances,
and he was arrested again. At the
second courtmartial he was defended
by Hinke Bergegren. Mr.. LARSON
| boldly announced in court that he
would not yield, and this time he was
Sentenced to two months of hard labor.
A landslide barely missed the houses
| on the Helset farm, near Loenvandet,
| where about 60 persons were drowned
last winter by wave which was start
ed by part of a mountain rolling into
| the lake. The people at Helset were
SO scared that they moved to Hagren-
ming, where they will stay until they
have moved the Helset houses to an
other part Of the farm
Two frame dwellings in Bragero.
Drammen, were destroyed by fire, and
sixteen families were rendered home
less
7. P. Waldenstrom spoke in the
riksdag against tips" The occasion
was the circulation of subscription
lists for tips" to the cloak keepers.
Even the work of the national gov
eminent is interrupted by strikea. The
government has, been in the habit of
hiring men to do repair work on the
teleph one and telegraph lines only for
limited periods, reserving for itself
the right to discharge them after q
thirty days warning. A number of
repairers in southern Sweden, who had
received free instruction IN their trade
at the expense of the government, re-
fused to sign a contract embodying
the above rule, and the government
discharged them. The discharged
men complained to the regular line
men, who are permanently employed
by che government, and ali the line
men Of southern Sweden went on a
sympathetic strike to compel the gov
eminent to give permanent employ
ment to all the~men engaged on the
government telephone and telegraph
lines, The number of men who quit
work on this score was 1SS'
A. son of Lieutenant Colonel E. d.
Strom, Of the Jemtland artillery corps,
has been appointed to a position as in
structor at the military academy at
Breda, Holland. Mr.. Strom entered
the service of the Dutch army in India
in 1890. and he has held the rank of
lieutenant since 1900. Having spent
nine years in Sumatra and Java, he
passed examinations in the Malay, lam
guage with distinction, feat which
is looked upon as very, difficult Mr.:
Strom was the only foreigner who APP
piled for the position, but he had
twelve natives of Holland to compete
with. Lieutenant Strom is no doubt
the only person of Swedish birth who
occupies position as instructor at the
military academy of a civilized nation
outside of Sweden. &C.,
Carl Won Friesen, minister OF educa-
ton and ecclesiastical affairs, is dead
The Hoganas and Billesho1m coal
mining company has declared divi-
dend Of S160, 900, which is per cent of
the capital invested Five thousand
dollars was set aside for the benefit of
the laborers
Diphtheria has prevailed on the
island of Hveen. The local authorities
did not do anything % check the dis
ease, and the provincial government
resorted to vigorous measures. -
The government is contemplating
the building Of trunk railway
through the heart of Sweden, from
north to south. The line will run