Willmar tribune., 1908-07-29

the various parties. The new sena-
tors are members of the old Firms
party.
SWEDEN.
The temperance peoples sick aid
fund has been raised to $150.000.
The Kungsor tin shop was burned
to the ground in the night. About
l30 persons lost their occupation.
The postal money orders sent by
Fwedish-Americans to Sweden in 1907
amounted to $3,902,411, and was $617,-
B26 in excess of the amount sent in
1906.
According to the latest news from
Sweden the conflict in the building
trades must be settled by this time.
The agreement made between the two
parties seems to cover every point
that may cause a fresh conflict, and
it is to be in force to March 81, 1911.
The Malmo, car ferry, has just
made its ten thousandth trip between
Malmo and Copenhagen. The COM
bined distance of these trips would
grid the earth seven and a half times.
Only 276,226 paying passengers were
carried, but the number of railway
cars taken across the Sound was 140,-
528.
About 800 men became so aggres.
sive when a cargo was unloaded by
"scabs" at Vinbrackan that the gun
boat Skaggald, which happened to be
close by, was ordered to fire some
blank shots, which was promptly
done. Sheriff Hyllengren was hit in
the head by rock so that he had to
be cared for.
L. A. Nyrup, a journalist, is sup.
posed to have taken wrong railway
train at Brilleberga and to have at
tempted to get off when he found
out his mistake. At any rate he
jumped off the train after it had start
ed, but fell down between the train
and the platform so that his skull was
fractured.
Altappen, a small town about IA
(English) miles south of Lulea, was
visited by disastrous fire which rem
dered one hundred families homeless.
Large quantities of lumber were also
destroyed. The town is built on three
small islands, and it took consider
able exertion to save the lives of the
inhabitants.
Four men who were occupying posi-
tions on the state railways in Malmo
refused to do a certain work accord
ing to orders from their superiors.
and in the course of time they were
all discharged. Their disobedience
was in the interest of the strikers,
and the case has created a great SEN
sation in labor circles.
Kristina Nilsson Countess de Casa
Miranda) is spending the summer at
Gardsby, near Vaxio, where she was
born, and where some of her relatives
are living. A magnificent ovation
was given her at concert in Vaxio a
few evenings ago, and after the con-
cert she was serenaded. In beth
cases she expressed her thanks with
much feeling.
A mass meeting attended by 5000
Workingmen was held at Gothenborg
for the purpose of protesting against
the importation of English dock la
borers to take the places of Swedish
strikers. One of the resolutions
passed pledged the workingmen to
support the labor leaders in case
they decide to extend the strike to
trades not yet affected by the labor
conflict.
The Swedish Employers union has
acquired control of the Industria, a
trade journal, and Axel Brunius, for.
merly connected with the Stockholm
Dagblad. has been engaged as editor
Tho whereabouts of DR.. Sven
Hedin, who entered Central Asia last
fall, is unknown, and his friends be-
gin to fear that something unfavor.
able has happened to him.
The Swedish brewers do not dare
to sell beer to the English strike
breakers in Malmo, and whatever beer
the men want must be imported from
some other country.
The Jarnexport Mining company
has bought majority of the stocks
Of the Guldsmedhytta company, and
two smaller concerns which were
controlled by the latter. The amount
paid was about $675,000.
The longshoremen's strike il indi
rectly injuring the farmers because
perishable farm products are often
detained In transit until they are
spoiled.
Frfdtjuv Berg, former member o1
the cabinet. expects to be appointed
superintendent Of the public schools
Of Stockholm.