Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-01-24

......... 15,427 $50
Ystad ................ 1O,330 1855
........... 1914 1875
.......... 1904 IS
........... 26,604 $40
Halmstad -........... 1904 416
GothenburS ......... 151,677 14,7l0
decreased.
In the case of Gothenburg, $4,000
We're added by the incorporation of the
city of Lundby as part of Gothen-
burg
The city Of Malmo had 1882 inha0-
itants at the close Of the year 1904, and
72,0S2 at the close of the past year, the
increase for the year 1905 being 1850.
The corresponding number for the year
1904 was 1857, the largest in the his
tory of the city. The increase was
smaller last year on account Of the la
Dor troubles, which compelled many
men to leave the city.
The customs receipts of the kingdo n
of Sweden for the year 1905 were
SIG, 29S,973.44, exceeding the estimate
by $1,600,000
J. b. Berg, a Vexio merchant, be-
queathed $4,000 to charitable concerns
in his city.
Mrs Johanna Charlotte Fryklund Of
Stockholm donated $4,000 to the city
for the benefit Of poor women.
The government offers a prize Of
$27O for the best essay on the prepara-
ton of peat for fuel. The production
handed in by one of the competitors is
written in the form Of regular poem.
The street cars of Malmo carried
2,056,5 45 passengers in 1905. This was
an increase of 320,569 as compared With
the record of the previous year.
Miss Alfhild Florelius, a Norwegian
lady who was expelled from Stroln
stad last summer on the suspicion Of
being a spy, has been engaged to Baron
d'Albedyhll, an officer in the Swedish
army.
Prof. Erik Nystrom, who was called
to chair in the new university at
Shansi, China, has written to Sweden
about his adventures in Siberia and
Manchuria. Though the war was rag
ing he decided to go through those
countries instead of going by sea. His
life was at stake more than once in
southern Manchuria, and his mastery
of the Chinese language served him
we'll. AS to his impressions upon his
arrival at Shansi, he says: 1T was
refreshing to get away from sinking
Russia to rising China
Karl Karlsson Strand was born April
IS, 1904, in Morlanda parish, on the
island of Crust. He is now living 1T
Viking, Berg parish. near Fredriks-
hald. The old gentleman is still in
possession of a good deal Of vigor. He
reads newspapers and enjoys life.
The Swedish field maneuvers of 1865
entailed an expenditure of $4,000.
Olof Hogberg was only an obscure
newspaper man until he had finished
his great work. The Great WRATH"
which has been called the epic Of Nord-
land. All of sudden he burst into
fame The contrast between his past
and his present is striking. Not so
very long ago he was discharged by the
publisher of a very ordinary newspaper
because he could not write Swedish.
Only few weeks before he broke into
the circles of the immOrtalS he wrote
two different articles which he sent 10
two different newspapers for publica-
ton. Being in doubt as to whether
his productions would be published or
not, ne enclosed stamps and asked the
editors to return the manuscripts if
they could not be used. The articles
We're neither published nor returned.
Suddenly the wires flashed the name Of
Olof Hogberg across lands and seas.
There was scramble among the pub
fishers for something from the pen Of
the great man. The newspaper men
to whom he had sent his manuscript
also wired him for something. He en-
joyed the situation and wired back:
Look into your waste basket"
A school boy at Karlskrona put his
tongue on the iron fence along the
railway track, and it froZe fast at
once. The poor fellow screamed as
loud as he could, and a man came and
tried to thaw out the iron with his
hands. He was partly successful, out
the boys tongue was so badly torn
that the blood poured out of his
mouth, and he had to be taken to the
hospital at once.
The Central Employers union CT
Sweden has over 700 members.
Mr.. J. A. Svensson and his eighty
year-old mother We're on their way
from Figeholn to their home at Skar-
shut. when their horses SHE'D and
threw both of them out of the wagon.
Mr.. Svensson's head struck a stone.
ana lie died Instantly; but his mother
escaped with a few Insignificant
scratches.
DR.. Sven Hedin left Teheran, Persia,
Jan. 1, his caravan consisting Of seven
men and fourteen camels.
King Oscar opened the Swedish riks-
dag Jan. Is. The speech from the
throne was devoted chiefly to internal
affairs. An allusion was made to the.
Of the union and to the
grave danger in which the country was
placed for time. The relation Of
Sweden to other powers was said to be
The budget was also
placed before the riksdag, showing
deficit of almost $3,75O,000, which will
be covered by an income tax and a new
stamp tax. About $685., 900 is asked
for the defenses.
A statue of Jonas Alstromer, a note.
Swedish manufacturer, was unv7lled
at Lille Torg, Got:enburg. Prof, r.
Kjellen made an address on the prom
inent part which Jonas Alstromer-
played in the development Of the in
dustries of Sweden. Governor Lager
bring also made a short address, and at
his word the statue was unveilel
Baron Jonas Alstromer of Ostad, in
the name of the Alstromer family,
placed a wreath on the pedestal of the