Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-10-23
SWEDEN.

S. E. StTOmgren, instructor at a
school in Kiel, has been appointed to
a chair of astronomy at the Univer-
sity of Copenhagen.
A thrifty man named Bergenzaun
bought two farms at Strangnas for
$4,000, paying down only $135. He
knew that the government would need
the ground for barracks for the Sober
mainland regiment, and he asked $780,
73O for it. But the government ex-
propriated the land, paying Sic, $500
for it.
The strike at the Kramfors saw
mill was settled on the basis of
raise of wages averaging about 20
per cent. But on the other hand the
laborers shall no longer have free
rooms and free fuel. In case of diff
ferences between the employers and
the laborers the work shall not be
disturbed at all during negotiations
which are made compulsory. Union
and non-union man be employed in
discriminatory. The employers have
procured land which the employees
may buy at reasonable rates, and the
employees may buy lumber from the
company and pay for it in ten years
without interest.
The number of items carried
through the mails of Sweden in 1906
was 81, 866,1O2, of which 1887, sos
were sent out of the country and 49,
625,919 received from abroad. There
was a gain of 100000 or SO per cent
as compared with the previous year.
There was a decrease of 9.4 and Sc
per cent of the items sent to Den
mark and Norway respectively. This
showing was surely due to the dis
solution of the union, the number of
items sent to other countries of Eu-
rope increasing 1873 per cent. The
money order business of the post
Office department aggregated over
$500, OOO, 900, and the increase was 10.1
per cent in one year.
The Royal Swedish Yacht Club
met at Stockholm to discuss the reply
of the New York Yacht Club to it's
inquiry as to the conditions under
which a challenge for the America
cup would, be considered. After a
long debate, in which it was empha-
sized that the New York club had not
given a clear reply to the questions
whether the length of the competing
vessels could be fixed at seventy feet,
it was agreed to await settlement of
this point. William Olson, one OF the
prime movers in the movement to
challenge for the cup said: Il and all
other members of the Royal Swedish
Yacht Club are greatly surprised and
hurt at the sighting manner in which
the New York Yacht Club replied to
our communication and the failure of
this club to answer in plain language
Swedan's civil inquiry as to whether
it was willing to race with seventy
foot boats. We mean business and
we are not trifling. We hope that
the two millions of Swedes in Ameri-
ca will back US in our enterprise
The Stockholm chamber of com.
merce' has spetitioned the king to have
the postage on letters to foreign coun'
tries reduced from 20 ore Is rs cents)
to IS ore (ab0ut half a cent less).
The civil department has been do
ing some preliminary work which is
to be used as a basis for law fol
regulating agreements between EN-
ployers and employees.
At the celebration of the one hun
dredth anniversary of the geological
society of London the title of docto,
of science was conferred upon Prof
A. G. Nathorst.
The coaling of the vessels of the
navy of Sweden is looked upon as Z
sport, and the crew that does thu
swiftest work is especially honored b,
the highest naval authorities. Fol-
some time past the Tapperheten ha!
held the record, which was lis ton.
an hour. But a short while ago thu
Oscar II raised the record to 1885,
tons an hour. -
King Oscar issued a note of thanks
to the officers and the men for tn,
zeal, interest and perseverance which
they displayed during the gerat fal
maneuvers. @s.sz II. H. @ I