Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-04-25
q children's hospital a& the Kneipp
baths, Malmo, will be named !; after
Princess MarKaret. s.. 49, 5 .sz5s

The subject Of the souvenir medal Of
tho academy OF sciences for the year
1895 is Prof. Axel Moller, Of the uni
versity Of Lund. 4 ..sz:52 t., ss
Elsa Tonne has written a. book on
cheap horse keeping which has started
= discussion all over, Sweden. The
book is entitled "Solidar," -. ::
Consul Person, OF. Helsingbors,
whose ideas about the iron industry of
Sweden are of great value, would re-
duce the export Of iron from Norrland
to minimum and put an import duty
on manufactured iron. He also thinks
that Germany might be induced to ad-
init Swedish pig iron made with char
coal, free of duty. ~ ~
It is admitted in government circles
that the state government must aid
the Juckasjarvi Lapps or else they win
have to cease leading a nomadic life
on account Of the loss Of their reindeer
| focks. 49,. r.
Leading men in southern Sweden and
| others in the far North have petitioned
the department Of agriculture to see
| that special express trains carrying
| 1oodstuffs be run on certain days of the
week from the southern to the northern
part of the kingdom. The arguments
for running such trains are many and
strong.
1t has been found that the population
| OF Sweden was 5,293,851 at the begin
| ming of the year. The increase for the
past year was $1,000, as against 1880
for the previous year.
"Hemgarden' is the name of a build
ing put up for the accommodation Of
families on Ostermalm street, Stock
holm. The owners of the building We're
actuated by philanthropic motives when
they started the enterprise, and only
SO out of total Of $50 applicants for
| rooms could be accommodated. Though
| there are 800 parties who are waiting
for chance to rent rooms on the terms
! offered at Hemgarden the owners OF
| the building are not going to put up
any more buildings until they find out
whether the venture is self-supporting.
The Swedish millers' association has
| resolved to grind 20 per cent less grain
| during the present year than the past
year. This means that their mills will
be kept closed for about ten weeks
| this year. The market has been glut-
| ted by class Of millers who are doing
| OuoAAASSo VA q ~ CuAI OcIoAso oAAO WIN "OA .
forced to keep things moving without
regard to the final consequences.
The Gothenburg bank has distrib-
uted dividend Of 10 per cent.
1t looked for time as if the painters
/ and their employers at Helsingborg
| would come to an agreement. But when
| the employers demanded that the men
| should not touch liquor during work.
ing hours, and work only for men be-
| longing to the Helsingborg master
painters union, the men, went on q
strike.
The storks are not so numerous as
| they used to be in southern Sweden
| Their gradual departure is said to be
due to the draining Of so many bogs
and lakes.
| A temperance mass meeting which
was held in Stockholm under the aus
pices Of the local temperance organiza-
tons passed a resolution in favor OF
abolishing the liquor tax and putting a
land tax in place Of it..
The city of Hessleholm must have a
$4,000 electric power station, but il
is not settled whether the plant is to
be built by the city or by private par
| ties.
Ludwig Ruben, Stockholm banker
has donated $4,000 to the Swedish
peace and arbitration society.