Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-01-23

The Scandinavia of our day, with it's
| three small courts, is a Germany be-
| fore the time Of Bismarck; but in
Norrbotten, where the road never has
an end, one can realize the truth of the
presentiment that Sweden is naturally
and historically destined to take the
| lead'
! DENMARK.
| King Friedrich of Denmark is expect
ed to make a trip to Paris next spring.
| Rud Langgaard, a Copenhagen boy
| of thirteen years, is a musical prodigy.
At the early age Of six years he was
permitted to play the organ at the
Copenhagen Marble church, and when
he was twelve years old he gave
concert which was praised by such an
authority as Edward Grieg. The boy
has been composing original music for
some time past, and shortly before
Christmas four of his compositions
were published. Two Of them are for
singing and two for the piano.
SWEDEN.
| A serio-conical story is told about
man who upset the ease of the
neighborhood of Hellby, near Sskil-
stuna. DR.. E. u. Palm owns fine cot
; tage at that place. 1t is generally vacant
i in winter, but all the houses around it
are occupied the whole year around.
During the latter part of December
the neighbors noticed light at night
in DR.. Palms cottage, and in the day
a man was seen to carry in water and
chop wood. 1t was supposed that the
man was sent there by the owner Of
the cottage. But on Christmas day the
neighbors began to suspect that some
thing was wrong, and words was sent
to DR.. Palm, who hurried to the scene.
The doors were locked and had to be
| opened by main force. In the kitchen
was found man who rushed against
the intruders, but he was soon in their
| power. In his pocket he carried a
| loaded revolver and number of cart
| ridges, and he was SO violent that he
had to be bound hand and foot The
man had stayed in the cottage all the
time and lived on the supplies kept
there. He was found to be a. lock-
smith or rather unsound mind, and
when he was given time to explain his
course he claimed that the cottage, as
we'll as the rest Of that neighborhood,
| belonged to him.
The commercial statistics of Sweden
were in a very unsatisfactory condi-
| ton until 1904, because they did not
represent the real facts, the main diff
ticulty being that a large part of the
foreign trade credited to Denmark was
really due to other countries. In 1905
the trade was followed throughout it's
| entire channels, that is, the goods were
traced on their way from the producer
to the consumer. The result was
startling. Apparently the imports from
the United States, for instance, in
| creased from s2,50O,OOO to s11,50o, 900
! in one year, while the imports from
| Denmark dropped from $19,OOO,OO0 to
100000. The total imports for 1905
were 157,160,000 and the exports $121,-
| $4,000. More than one third of the
| total exports went to Great Britain
| and Ireland.
The national society for combating
tuberculosis provided for 172 public
lectures against the white plague"
| last year, and the aggregate attendance
was 2S,400. The lectures were given
| by 10 different physicians. The whole
number of lectures given under the
AUSPICES Of the society is 697, and the
| attendance was 1888. All the lee
turers are instructed to urge the audi
ence to combat the disease, but they
| must not exaggerate the danger Of
| contagion. Emphasis must be put on
| the danger of intimate intercourse with
| consumptives during the contagious
| stages of the disease; but it must be
| made plain that the danger can be re-
duced to minimum if the expectora-
| ton Of the patient be rendered harm
| less and his surroundings kept clean.
| A tourist who has spent a large
part Of his life trotting through all
parts of Europe has answered num-
Der OF questions in a German paper,
| stating that, as far as his experience
goes In all countries of Europe, Swed-
en- has the cleanest railway cars, the
finest buffets at the railway stations,
the most comfortable steamers for
snort trips, the best bathing establish
ments, the greatest politeness, and
that Stockholm has the most COM
Portable restaurants and cafes and
the best automatic cafes.
| The government Of Sweden owns
valuable waterfalls and land at Troll
haitian, and prizes amounting to $2,700
have been offered for general plans for
the improvements which are to be
made on the property. The plans must
include as main features a national
park, a residence district, a business
district, harbor, workingmen's
quarter and a Encouragement of the
streets of the present town.
The Northern Society for the Pre-
vention of Cruelty to Animals contem-
plates the establishment Of an anti
vivisection hospital to demonstrate
that the medical art can be made a
success without vivisection.
Twenty thousand barrels Of behring's
were caught in one day along the
coast of Bohns Ian. In some cases
the seines bursted. The average price
for the fresh goods on the fishing
grounds was about two dollars a bar
rel.
There are $4,000 different trading
firms in Sweden, and 10000 persons ara
clerking in mercantile establishments.
One-third Of the latter number are
women.
! The service on Hajen (the Shark
the only submarine boat in the Swed-
ish navy, is so exacting that the gov
eminent must offer extra inducements
to get it manned.
| It Is unlawful for a foreigner to ped
! die goods from house to house in
Sweden. But in Lund there are sew
eral foreign Jews who make a. living
as peddlers. They are arrested and
fined off and on, but still they go on
| with their traffic.