Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-11-28
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
PRINCIPAL Events Gathered h, the
Old Soandknavkan Countries -:
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" DEN MARK.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
: DENMARK. 49,.
= Halger Drachmann, the Danish poet,
spoke as follows about his recent trip
through Sweden: everywhere tried
to make it understood that behind my
person there stood a host Of Danish
men and women who have absolutely
no idea that Denmark was harboring
Ill feelings against Sweden during and
after the great union conflict. For one
thing Is politics, other Is the deeper
sentiment between kindred tribes. My
feeting impression from my trip of
Swedish scenery and Swedish char
acter I express in this manner: Pro-
found seriousness in enchanting land
scape which varies greatly, a. strong
will and high-spirited earnestness
in the men, heated by a fiery passion
for life, in the women a. deep northern
affection coupled with a strong appre-
citation OF foreign culture. Reluctantly
they permitted me to leave them. I
had to make definite promise to re-
turn to the Bellmann festival at
Djurgarden next May. I have received
over 5000 letters and kilograms. I feel
sublimely we'll. shall remain at
Skagin for a few weeks, after which
I shall go south-to Berlin, Stuttgart,
Vienna and Athens, where I am going
to be the guest of King George" :;
A Danish ship has gone to East Asia
for the purpose Of establishing a regu-
lar steamship line IN those waters. It
is to extend from Vladivostok, along
the coast Of Japan, and to a point in
northern Siberia. The Russian gov
eminent is to substitute the line at
the rate Of $4,000 Or 100000 a. year.
King Fredrik and Queen Louise left
for Berlin November 10. Count Raven
Levetxau, the minister Of foreign at
fairs, and his wife, who was Miss
Moulton Of Boston, Mass, accompan-
led their majesties.
SWEDEN.
Fridtjuf Berg, former minister of
ecclesiastical affairs, gives a fine IL
lustration Of the methods of a bureau
cratic administration like that of
Sweden. Sandskiftet is the name Of q
part OF the parsonage Of Nosaby par
tsh, Kristianstadlan. The ground was
rented by neighbor. Ola Bengtsson,
for a. period Of Is years, beginning May
/, 1905. The contract provided that
Bengtsson should feed the hay and
straw raised on the ground to stock
kept on the same ground. But as he
found it more expedient to feed said
crops in the stables on his own land
he asked permission to do so on con-
dition that he would haul Is loads
of manure back to the rented land
every year. The parsonage being prop
erty belonging to the state church Of
Sweden, Bengtsson had to send pc
tition to the summus episcopus, King
Oscar II. What was required before
the petition could be granted? A
memorandum from the pastor, Rev
| M. Rosen, who recommended the
granting Of the petition; an abstract
of the minutes of a meeting of the
congregation held May Z, 1905. giving
| as the opinion Of the congregation thai
| Bengtsson ought to haul so, not rs
loads Of dung year back to the rent.
ed parcel; and written declaration
from Bengtsson that he was willing
to haul so instead Of rs loads Die
this finish the transaction? BY n.
means. Bishop Billing, OF Lund, anl
his chapter scrutinized the document
and endorsed the so loads Of dung; tn,
land government at Kristianstad en-
dorsed the same; the 50 loads passed
through the royal college OF chance
lOrs with the same result; the matte
came to the royal department Of agrf
culture, which sent consulting mem
Der to the land in question, who mad,
a thorough personal investigation O
the ground as well as Of all the docu
ments pertaining to the propose<
| change; he wrote complete accoun
of what had been done, and the de-
partment of agriculture went on rec
ord in favor Of the so loads Of manure
all the papers produced on the sub
ject were reviewed by the department
Of ecclesiastical affairs; finally tn
question was taken up by the roya
cabinet Of the Kingdom Of Sweden a
the executive session Of November %
1905, and King Oscar II was please'
to permit Olaf Bengtsson to haul ava,
the hay and straw raised on Sand
skiftat, and in lieu thereof to haul s
loads of good manure back to the sam
every year. The former minister o
ecclesiastical affairs, Fridtjof Berl
assures us that this not an excep
tional case, but that thousands O
questions Of no greater importanc
than this receive the same attention
He therefore proposes a thorough re
vision Of the business methods of tn
government Of Sweden.
There is both earnestness and happ
enthusiasm behind what is called 9TH
own-home movement in Sweden. A
may be guessed from this quaint ap
pellation, the movement has. for it
aim to enable as many families a
possible, in country and city, to pro
cure homes Of their own. It Is uni
versally agreed that the movement !
desirable from moral, economical, so
cial.: sanitary and many other view!
Mrs. Hanne Mannheimer donate
i $2,700 to the Gothenburg hospital fo
the establishment Of a free bed.
| It is % years since Master Palm
began to preach Socialism in Swede1
He, celebrated his quarter-cen
Jubilee by lecture in Malmo, givin
a brief history Of his life as an ag1
tator. His. immense audience applaud
ed him vigorously. :: -. ~. "-'
r. "A company has been organized /
Stockholm for producing alcohol fro1
peat. 1850. ..s.~>.
The labor union at Eslot has issue
protest against Offering a bonus I
the government building military ba,
racks and locating a regiment Of sol
diers at Eslof. The argument againi
the military establishment Is that