Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1906-12-12

AouMSeAeHI tnat communications were
passing between Great Britain, Ger
many, Russia and France looking to |
.ne conclusion OF a. treaty guarantee |
ing the. naturalization Of Norway in |
Nace OF the agreement Of 1855, by |
winch, France and Great Britain guar |
anteed the integrity Of the sScandi- |
navlan peninsula and which lapsed |
Win the separation Of Norway and |
sweden was made in the house Of |
commons today. Foreign Secretary
Grey informed the house that the gov
eminent was considering, in conjunc-
t1on with Norway, Sweden and other
powers, that steps should be taken
10 substitute a new treaty for the
treaty of Paris Of 1855, which was ne
cessary owing to the changed condf-
tons in the Scandinavian peninsula.
DENMARK.
All the hacks used In Copenhagen
after Jan. 1 must be supplied with
registers showing the distance .trav-
eled.
Mr.. Kjar, a lawyer, has Bought the
islands Hesto, Presto and Fruero, in
Marble lake, for $4,000.
Tha foreign trade Of Iceland Is in
creasing very fast. During the years
1S5o-1s00 it increased from $1,000,0O0
to $4,500,000. The trade with Norway
alone was almost 100000 in 1905.
SWEDEN.
Both Sweden and Norway would
like to have Spitzbergen.
The public schools were closed at
Tomeltlla On account Of diphtheria.
10 ;o<r
Nobel prizes Prof Joseph J. Thomp-
SON, of Cambridge university, Eng
land, will be awarded the prize for
| physics
The Norwegian cabinet granted
Consul Person, Of Eielsingborg, per-
mission to become a member of the
| board Of directors of the South VAR
anger Mining Company.
The president Of the republic of
France awarded gold medal Of honor
( to Jane Gernandt- elaine, a Swedish
author, on account of her bravery and
self sacrificing conduct at the Baku
fires, in 1905.
| A number Of prominent men from
| Southeastern Skane> held a convention
| at BOrrby and elected a committee to
take the necessary steps towards start
ing a peoples high school, for that
part Of the country.
The temperance people of Stock
holm have started such an energetic
| agitation against the "automatic res
| taurants" that the proprietors of such
restaurants have resolved to hold a.
| national convention to stem the tide
which is threatening their business.
| At No. 3 Lila Kungsgatan, Lund, il
| a pear tree which gave ripe pears in
! July, blOssomed a second time the
same month and yielded a second crop
| of ripe pears at the close of October
The latter were small, however. The
| tree belongs to a variety known as
Bonne Louise.
About seventy of the most pronni-
nent men of Sweden have organized a
society for the improvement and in
| crease of the Swedish navy. The or
ganization was effected at the royal
palace in Stockholm, the crown prin-
| cess of Sweden occupying the chair
A general fund of 100000 was SUBJ
scribed before the society was start
ed.
It is taken for granted in Sweden
that the Germans generally call the
Swedes "die dummen Schweden" (tne
stupid swedes). Die Kolnische Zei-
tung, a great German daily, recently
contained an editorial on this interest,"
ing subject. The paper justly claims
that the Germans do not use said ex-
preston, but that they have high opin-
ions of the Swedes. The paper goes
on to deplore the fact that the Swedes
are led by this expression to look
k1o
that German business men are actual
ly handicapped by the expression in
their competition with other rationale
ties for Swedish trade. The pape,
finally suggests that the German press
make a united effort to root out this
misunderstanding On the part of the
Swedes.
A bit of spite work. P. p Walden
strom. the ubiquitous and irrepressible
reformer, has occasionally been rather
severe on the Swedish railroad en-
ployes because they are apt to take
a glass of liquor off and on. Now
they seem to be bent on getting even
with him. On a trip to Orebro to give
a lecture Waldenstrom seems to have
walked along the railway track a few
steps contrary to the rules, and the
station agent reported to the police
department that P. P. Waldenstrom
and two other preachers walked, In
violation Of law, from the platform Of
| the Orebro railway station along the
| track to the gate at Building Con-
| tractor P. Eriksons cottage" The
newspapers give full account of the
Joke.
Sweden had 10000 (English) miles
Of telephone wires in 1896, and the
total mileage has been increased to
100000 during the past ten years.
| A society which has for. it's aim the
Engagement of the practice of sing
Ing only the tune Of a song has pub
lished a collection Of hymns with
notes which give only the tunes. 1t is
highly significant that such a musical
people, as the Swedes have started a
systematic movement against an Ear
tistic'' singing which only too often
has degenerated into something arti-
| hcial and even unnatural
! The students singing society at the
university of Llnd has celebrated its
seventy fifth anniversary. The sue
cess OF the society has been marked
during the fifteen years in which Al
fred Berg: has. been its musical: direc-
tor. During the past few years the
society has BEEN Instrumental in do
mating about $1,000 to different. pub
lie institutions. :
so much wet snow was accumu1at-
ed on the. telephone and telegraph
wires In Southwestern Sweden that a
large number Of posts broke down.
:: The Swedish cattle Insurance COM
/ pary has insured 311,174 domestic ami