Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-10-09

COuIIdCIS Ouefeu ny the agents are
contrary to the immigration laws OF
the United States. The agents will
no doubt find this warning to be 4
great obstacle in their way.
SWEDEN.
The Jersmeden family has donated
$13,500 to the government of Vest
mainland for the combating of IT,
berculosis.
A new ordinance has closed the res
taurants in Stockholm at midnight,
and the proprietors cannot we'll ad-
nit anybody after eleven o'clock in
order that the customers may have
time to eat before leaving.
Eric Hallin, rich farmer, has been
elected to represent Goteborg and
Bohns Ian in the first chamber of the
riksdag. He is only 81 years old,
and is said to be the youngest sen
ator" that Sweden ever had under the
present constitution. But he has am
pie opportunity to prove himself to
be very able man. He is also an
up-to-date man, and the progressive
men of his Ian expect much of him.
Monte Carlo, Sept 26.-Vere st. Le-
ger Goold, whose father was an Irish
magistrate and who lived for some
time in Montreal, has written to the
local judge confessing that he and
his wife, Viola, murdered Emma LIE.
vim, the Swedish woman whose dis
membered body was found in the
baggage of the Goods on their ar
rival Aug. 6 at Marseilles from Monte
Carlo. Goold says the crime was
planned by himself and his wife, Be-
ing at the end of their resources they
resolved to rob the woman, intend
ing only to knock her into insensibil-
ity and take her money and jewels,
but the woman screamed, whereupon
she was killed.
The Swedes mix up practical affairs
with poetry whenever there is a
chance. A daily in southern Sweden
started an editorial on the weather
as follows, in the issue of Sept. 16:
Indian Summer. God is merciful af-
ter all. After this deplorable summer
he has given us an Indian Summer,
the September heat of which is high
er than any th-. were given to us
by the dog-days. And from the fields,
which bore such a blessed abundance
but whose crops the rain and the cold
still threatened with destruction, thou
sands upon thousands of loads of
good heavy grain are creeping into
the granaries. If this blessed weather
could be estimated in money it would
require number of eight figures.
Hail to thee, thou two-fold golden
sun! Hail to thee as thou beamest
from the cloudless azure vault! Thou
bringest grain into the granaries, light
upon gloomy faces, hope and cheer
into troubled minds!
After many years given to the con-
sideration of the subject the financial
and other difficulties have been over
come and Sweden again is about to
challenge for the Americas cup, for
which she competed in 1852. This
project has the warm support of King
Oscar, who is honorary admiral of
the Royal Swedish Yacht club, thru
which the challenge is being issued.
Two prominent millionaire yachts
men, William OLSON and Goesta KhyI-
berger, have subscribed $4,000 to-
ward the expense of the undertaking,
and they have engaged the services
of the best yacht designers and bulld.
ers in Sweden. M. Kyhlberger's yacht
Santoy and other Swedish boats have
won number of prizes in European
waters in recent years. It is under
stood that the conditions of the pro-
posed challenge include the shorten
ing of the water line of the compet-
ing boats to seventy feet. The build
er of the Swedish challenger, the cost
of which is placed at $4,000, will be
Plym, a famous civil engineer.
Rear Admiral Otto Lagerberg, aged
80 years, died at Stockholm. He
commanded the Vanadis, with which
Prince Bernadotto sailed around the
globe in 1885. For many years he
was very prominent in the Swedish
navy.
About $4,000 is to be spent for
making the barracks of the marines
at Skeppsholmen more pleasant and
attractive.
Prince Wilhelm, of Sweden. is IN
marry Grand Duchess Maria Pavloyna
OF Russia, in the latter part of this
month.
A costly postage stamp. A 1ve-ore
QA cents) postage stamp was print
ed brown instead of green by mis-
take. Just one sample of that kind
was turned out. It bears the picture
of King Oscar II. A dealer in stamps
recently sold this stamp to a well
known stamp collector for $675. This
is said to be the highest price eve,
paid for Swedish postage stamp.
The Socialists are still ANNOYING
the military authorities by agitatina
against militarism among the soldiers
vinslof, skane, has fifty-year-old
labor union. $500. .s.. z.3 s.s