Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-03-14
SWEDEN.

SWEDEN.
Residents of Maln1o won first, second
and third prizes for peacock pigeons at
poultry exposition in Lubbock, Ger
many.
The Swedish newspap ers are doing
great deal by way OF dissuad ding their
readers from buying tickets In Danish
lotteries.
The general staff Of Sweden has
just celebrated hts one :3undredth am
niversary, having been formally estab-
lshed Feb. 10, 1906.
Abou seventy business men Of Cafe
held meeting and elected commit
tee to report plan for organizing 4
chamber of commerce.
Certain parties are in favor of put
ting an export duty on iron ore; but
as the German and English govern
ments are watching that matter close
~ for the purpose Of causing trouble if
anything is done along that line it is
not likely that such a tariff is forth
coming.
A. Hybennet. Stockholm architect,
has invented a motor for transforming
the motion of the waves of the sea
! into mechanical power The new mo-
tor is based on a principle never en-
ployed by those who have inverted
sea-wave motors in the past
The first milk sugar factory of Swe-
den is located at Horby, Skane, and
has been running since last spring.
The government asks for about
100000 for the completion of the
Boden Notifications.
The northeast and southeast sides
of the royal palace at Stockholm are
settling because the piles on which the
foundation rests are decaying. It will
cost $4,000 to check the settling Of
the walls.
In the wall Of the old church Of the
Dominican friars at Sigtuna have been
found the epitaphs over the tombs of
two upsala archbishops who died in
the Middle Ages.
Princess Margaret the duchess Of
Skane, is total abstainer.
Large deposits of block granite have
been discovered at Gammalstorp, near
Landskrona, and Alalmo business
man bought the property for $4,000 for
y
The city council Of Helsingborg has
sent q peculiar complaint to the de-
partment of war. In 1903 an agree
ment was made between the depart
ment of war and the city Of Helsing-
borg that the former should build bar
racks for the Skane Hussar regiment
close to the city, and that the latter
should furnish certain piece OF
ground and $250.O00 in cash as bonus.
The complaint sets forth that the city
has bought most of the ground in ques-
ton and paid $4,000 in cash to the
government while on the other hand
the government has done nothing to
keep its part of the contract, which
provides that work Oh the establish
ment should have been commenced
some time ago.
An anonymous person has given
100000 to the city Of Stockholm for
building cheap lodging houses for wo-
men who support themselves. The city
council has resolved to put up a build
ing for $4,000 on Dalgatan The rent
will be considerably below the average
paid at present.
The students Of Lund have elected
committee OF nine to make arrange
ments for great national rally for
Swedish students next summer. JON
koping is suggested as the place for
holding the meeting
The Svea royal court has handed
down a decision declaring that barbed
wire fences must he looked upon as
illegal.
King Oscars physician declared that
it is absolutely necessary that the king
should take long rest after the in
tense worry caused by the dissolution
Of the union, and his majesty is going
to stay at the Riviera until the first
part Of May, when he is expected to
return to Sweden.
The Swedish colony in Copenhagen
has raised a handsome sum of money
for the statue of King Karl x. Gustaf
which is to be erected in Stockholm
in 1905
Per Nilsson Bosom. a member Of
the riksdag from Blekinge, has pro-
posed that the tariff on Indian corn
be abolished and that the manufac-
ture Of alcoholic liquors from that kind
seems to have struck a responsive
chord among the people, and mass
meetings are held to endorse his prop
osition.>
King Haakon Of Norway passed
through Helsingborg on his way to
his fathers funeral. He did not leave
the car, and only few policemen ap-
peared at the depot upon his arrival.
Sweden expects to export large
quantities of ice to Germany next
summer. - ..x:.7. .&s>