Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1908-09-30
SWEDEN.

penhagen by land.
SWEDEN.
The mountains around Kiruna were
covered with snow Sept. Z.
King Gustaf killed two moose in
one day in the Lysta forests.
The gunboat Svensksund has re-
turned from it's trip to Spitzbergen.
The medical association of Swe-
den will be one hundred years old
Oct. 25.
The population of Stockholm has
not increased during the past few
months.
About 100000 pounds of sugar has
been imported TO Malmo since the
first of March.
The second track of the railroad
between Upsala and Marsha is ready
for public traffic.
The General Telephone Company of
Sweden is to construct a telephone
system in Constantinople
Mrs. Kristine Lundstrom, the old
est inhabitant Of Norrbarke, died at
the age OF 100 years and months.
A. Lind, a Stockholm engineer, has
made An airship motor which he
claims to be record-breaker in
point of ightness.
Malmo exported over 1000 tons of
lingon (red berries) during the month
OF August, as against 10 tons for the
same month last year.
Anti-military pamphlets of radical
kind were distributed during the night
while the conscripts were gathering
for enlistment at Ystad.
Central Sweden had the first night
frost OF the season Sept. 5. In certain
parts of Varmland the ground was
white as snow in the morning.
The bookbinders' strike in Stock
holm is responsible for lack of nee
essary school books. The books are
ready for binding, but there is no one
to bind them.
Sven Person of Hagestad, a twenty.
one-year-old man, died as result of
toothache. For days he suffered so
that he could not do his work, and
when he finally received medical treat
ment suppuration had set in and moth
ing could save his life.
The plates of the torpedo chaser
Vale stood the strain remarkably we'll
when that craft was grounded a few
weeks ago. The plates were made at
the Degerfors iron works, and the ma
terials used in them were produced
on the basis of series of experiments.
Eugene Lefebures, French Egypt
ologist of the very highest rank, died
short while ago at Algiers. He left
a large collection Of manuscripts, and
these have been sent to Prof. E. An
derson, a Swedish Psychologist, for
publication. The selection confers
great honor upon the latter as a
scholar of high standing
The organ of the officers of the
German army recently contained an
able and sympathetic write-up of the
Swedish army, which is said to be
efficient and of considerable fighting
capacity. In this connection the pa
per states that Germany would not
have permitted the fertilization of the
Aland islands by Russia.
The government will need eighteen
sleeping cars for traffic on the Swe-
dish-German car ferry line, and all of
them must be ready by June /, 1909.
Bids for the construction of the cars
have been received from eight Swe-
dish factories, but they are SO high
that no orders have been placed. The
cars may be had cheaper in Germany,
but the government is naturally anx.
ious to favor the home industries, and
the Swedish manufacturers will be
asked for new bids.
The king has granted permission to
the city of Kjefinge to borrow 100000
for the purchase of the Kjeflinge mill
and other real estate. The loan is to
be paid in 40 annual installments.
The volunteer rifle clubs of the
Island Of Cortland constitute one-sixth
of the grown male population. No
other part of Sweden can point to q
similar record.
From the beginning OF the year tc
the close of August 1870 persons emf
grated from Sweden, as compared with
11,774 for the corresponding period OF
1907.
The condition of the Swedish stock
market may be inferred from the sin
gle fact that no stocks were sold on
the Stockholm exchange for a whole
day. The fall trade is said to be
"cheerless."
The exports of Sweden through
Norway to other ports of the world
in 1907 aggregated 1,455,621 tons, Of
which 1,401,355 tons was iron orr
shipped out by way Of Norvik.
The executive committee OF the
Swedish division Of the Northern Ri
BILE Union has taken steps to have The
new translation Of the Bible modified
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