Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-02-07
SWEDEN

macy of the orthodox Lutherans COM
batted his appointment.
SWEDEN
Minister Grip. who represented the
in Washington, was the only Norwegi-
an in the foreign service of the union
who did not resign when the Norwegi-
an cabinet, on June I, 1905, issued the
declaration of Norwegian independence.
Minister Grip was too strongly at
tached to his king and the unioa Now
he has gone step farther applying
for the privilege of becoming e. Swed-
lsh citizen. His application will no
doubt be granted by the Swedish gov
eminent.
Mr. Wigren, Waterman at the Ulriks-
dial palace, near Stockholm, handed in
his resignation when P. P. Walden
strom wrote that he had found the pal
ace vacant and unlocked on Chr istmas
day. Waldenstrom wrote to tbs. mar
shall of the. court to keep Wigren. fer he
is a good man.
The South Sweden power company is
going to spend s2,500,0O0 for power
plants. About 5000 horsepower can
be obtained from the four wa erfalls
in the Laga river which the company
has already bought. The company is
going to build a steam power station
at Hoganas, where it is possible to
obtain an unlimited quantity ,of coal OF
such poor grade that it does not pay
to transport it for any distance, but
which may be profitably used at the
mine One Of the largest waterfalls or
the Laga has been reserved for the
government, which is contemplating
the use of electricity instead of steam
OH the railways. The company expects
some of the power stations in opera
ton by the close Of the year 1907.
: The government insurance depart
n1ent transacted business with 2,24a
employers in 1905, and the number Of
employees insured was 48,07S. The
amount collected was about 100000.
The public is evidently realizing that
this arrangement offers great advant-
ages, for the growth of the business
of the department was more than fifty
per cent during the year. The number
Of accidents reported from the insured
in the course of the year was 1892.
Sweden exported 100000 tons Of
iro1 ore via Narvik, Norway, last year.
1t i: predicted that in the course of
a few years the export will reach
100000 tons, the maximum carrying
capacity of the Ofoten railway. But
still: more is in sight. 1t is proposed
to 1aise the output of the Kiuna range
to 100000 tons a year. In that case
the Ofoten railway must be double
tracked. The stretch between Kiruna
and Torne Trask will be double tracked
in the near future. the nature of the
territory being such that second track
can be built at a comparatively small
outlay.
Berencreuts, Swedish consul general
in Copenhagen. wrote funny little
poem last fall about the dissolution OF
the union, suggesting that it might b
a good thing to snap the Jute (Dane)
on the nose on account Of his SYM
pathy for the NorWegians. The Danes
took umbrage at this bit of fun, and
the contamination Of the incident is.
thai Berencreuts has been transferred
to Antwerp, where he is serving in the
same capacity as at Copenhagen.
The different political parties repre-
scented in the second chamber Of the
Immediately after the opening of the
riksdag. The Liberal Coalition party
headed the list With 10 members at
tending the caucus. The Landtmanna
party with it's SO members is not much
more than a shadow of its former
greatness The National Coalition party
has about 40 followers, and the IS
Social Democrats form the most COM
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toned has more than 10 adherents,
some of them having been absent from
the caucus.
The government asks for an appro-
priltion of 100000 for the continuation
of the work on the Notifications at
Boden. In addition to the warcraft
which are in process of construction,
the government also asks for three
des:royers, six firstclass torpedo boats
and five second class torpedo boats.
The Swedish employers association
offered to pay to the Swedish manu-
facturers' association $13,500 as an aid
to those members Of the latter who
were involved in the national lockout
las summer, the only condition being
that the distribution Of the money
should be reported to the donor. The
offer was declined.
Two Swedes have started a sawmil1
each in different parts of Madagascar.
The plants are already success.
Frenchmen have made several unsuc-
cessful attempts in the same industry
The Stockholm Aftonbladet celebrat-
ed the 18th anniversary of it's estab-
lishment Jan. %.
The population o: the great plain.
Of Skane is Enthusiastically on the de-
crease, and at the same time the popu-
lation of the towns is increasing Many
farmers must advertise for help in
the towns and cities, and they may
have to pay milkmaid who does not
know her business any too we'll as
much as a dollar week and board.
Under such conditions a thrifty farmer
who uses only small piece of ground
has a better chance than one who must
employ much hired help.
Schultz, a Swedish artist who ex-
cells in scenes from the animal world,
is declared by the Berlin Lakalanzeiger
to be the greatest living painter Of