Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-03-27

tory at Cafe was burnt to the ground.
Erik Wiki, of Gothenburg, has just
donated $4,000 to Christian institutions
in that city.
A religious movement, characterized
by the "gift of tongues" has struck
Stockholm
Twenty -four torpedoes from foreign
factories were recently received at the
Karls- Krona naval station.
A Swedish lecture society has been
organized in Copenhagen, for the Gull
tivation of the Swedish language.
The Gellivare and Ofoten railway
was blockaded by snow near the Nor
wegian boundary line the last days OF
February.
1t is estimated that the government
of Sweden will have to spend about
$4,000 on account of the jamestown
exposition.
The government favors an appro->
priation Of $4,000 for an extension
Of the government railway from Nor
jarv to Lapptrask.
The national government received as
its share $367,575 of the profits of the
Colag (retail liquor business) Of
Gothenburg for the year 1906.
The government electric power sta
ton at the Trollhattan waterfalls will
cost about $3,OO0,OOO, and it's full ca
pacity will be 10000 horse power.
The people of Sofielund. a suburb
of Malmo, have voted in favor Of in
cooperating that territory into the city
of Malmo. The population of the
suburb is about 5000.
| The returns of the fisheries along the
east coast Of Skane have been SO poor
| during the past few months that some
! of the fishermen and their families
have actually suffered.
The past winter was very prosper
Gus one for those who had logs and
| wood to sell in Southern Sweden, the
weather being favorable for logging
and the prices being ten or fifteen per
cent higher than before.
| Swedish capitalists have invested
money in a company which has for it's
aim the monopolization OF the auto
mobile traffic in the large cities of the
continent Of Europe and of Scandi-
navia. Its capital stock is 100000.
About 100000 has been subscribed
towards the running expenses of a
proposed commercial high school, in
! Stockholm 1t is estimated that the
annual expenses Of the school will be
about $4,000, which requires a capt.
tai Of at least about 100000.
Axel Karlsson, a laborer at the
Hofors factory, Cafe, handled an iron
bar rather carelessly striking an cleo
trio cable with sufficient force to cut
thru the insulating sleeve and send an
electric shock into his body which
killed him instantly.
NORWAY.
The city council of Porsgrund has
voted $4,000 for improving the en-
trance to the harbor.
The Bergen Steamship Company has
issued $4,000 of new stocks in order
to be able to buy the Holland and Ber-
gen steamship line. The company il
contemplating the opening of new
weekly steamship line between Berger
and Hamburg.
The moose are numerous in Stor.
elvedalen. On account of the deer
snow in the mountains they moved
down into the forests, where they die
great damage to the young trees. Al
one place three animals walked into
an orchard and began to browse the
twigs of the fruit trees.
The latest religious excitement ha:
also reached the city Of Aale-
sund Sigvart Engeseth, boy
preacher, commenced to "speak il
tongues" almost in spite Of him
self, and a woman who had been 81
lame as to need Grutches for six year:
rose at a meeting and walked with
an elastic gait" Her crutches were
afterwards used for kindling wood.
A poor old widow living in a. hove
in mountain valley was visited b!
her pastor some time ago, and tol(
him that she had son in America
"But doesn't he send you any help?'
he asked mo, indeed, he writes t
me every month. but he sends me onl!
little picture in the letter" TIL,
minister asked her to let him see on
of the pictures, and he found tina
each picture" was a check for twent!
dollars.
w A laborer fell down with a LAM
on board the Norwegian steame
Rygja shortly after it entered Bre
merhaven on it's way from Australia
and a fire was started SO that thos
on board had all they could do to saw
their own lives. The fire department
did not succeed in putting out the fir
until the steamer was filled with water
The cargo was destroyed and tn
steamer itself was badly damaged
The total loss was several thousan'
dollars.
In a Drammen public school Is
year-old girl began to speak il
tongues" while the class was recitin
a lesson in religion. She had FIRE
) quently had spells of trembling, an
on this occasion the teacher told he
: to try to avoid this trembling. Blu
| the girl suddenly began to speak il
tongues" a complete jargon, whicl
caused a great disturbance in tn.
class. Some of the children wept
, Order was restored as soon as the gil
was taken home. She said in
naughty voice: 1T is God that speaks.
Mr.. Armestead, an Englishmar
+ has built public hall for the, fisher
men of, Sklinna, Nandal. Mr.. Arme
, stead, who speaks Norwegian fairl
we'll, has occasionally conducted re
. ltgious meetings at the place. and
Miss: Brown, an English lady, lla
managed the institution free of: charg
during the winter. \ 3 - -.
! . No less than ten German trawlin
| steamers were fishing inside the ter
rltorial limits at Hvaler, but they wi
be watched more carefully in the flu
2 ture.~s~-s $50 - - -4-it.
/ Norway loses a much larger proper