Willmar tribune., 1908-12-30
SCANDINAVIAN NEWS
Ps4nolpaI Events Gathered IN tho
Oh Scandinavian Countries


The butter exporters have received
warning from England not to use tubs
for butter more than once.
A railway man who does not want
his name published has donated 1880
to the railway mems rest home.
The first cooperative packing house
in Skane has been opened at Jome-
lila. The plant costs about $4,000.
The simplified spelling which the
government introduced about two
years ago met with a good deal of
opposition, and many persons signed
petitions for having the rules repealed.
Now the government has resolved to
extend the application of the rules to
the marine schools, which is taken to
mean that the government will take
no backward step in this matter. e
The official announcement of the
award of the Nobel prizes is as fol-
lows: observation-disclosures Rudolf
Tucken of Jena university, who has
written much on philosophical sub
jects; physics-Professor Gabriel
Lippman Of the University of Paris;
chemistry-Professor Ernst Ruther-
ford, director of the physical laboratory
OF the University of Manchester, Eng
land; medicine-divided between DR..
Paul Ehrlich of Berlin and Professor
Ellie Metchnikoff of the Pasteur insti-
tute, Paris. A cablegram states that
King Gustaf distributed the prizes.
Otherwise no particulars are known
at this writing. Each prize amounts
to about $4,000.
The Swedish Sugar Refining COM
pany, the largest business concern in
Scandinavia, held it's first regular busi-
ness meeting in Stockholm. It was
reported that contracts covering four
years had been made with the beet
growers, and that agreements had also
been made with the laborers, so that
the work may be carried on without
labor disturbances in tho near future.
In order to correct certain wild rumors
it was announced that the president
of the executive committee receives
$4,000 a year, and the manager $8,1O
a year. The other members of the ex-
ecutive committee receive 1880, and,
in addition to this sahry, those who
are at the heads of refineries receive
$500 a year. Finally, the executive
committee and two functionaries d.
vide among themselves / per cent of
the profits.
Ossian-Nilsson, a noted poet, has
written book which has caused 9
most vigorous stir in the camp of the
Social Democrats. The hero of the
book is an educated man who was
appointed editor of a Socialistic paper.
which gradually became powerful and
influential through his efforts. But in
a strike he opposed the strike leaders
because they broke their contracts
with their employers, and for that
reason he was bounced. A number of
prominent Social Democrats are group
ed around the main figure, and the way
in which they are represented could not
but stir up the anger of the Social
Democrats. The book has brisk sale.
A Stockholm syndicate is going to
build power station at Hammarfors,
and the city of Sundsvall is ready to
use 10000 out of total of 10000
horsepower, which will be the ca
pacity of the plant. BY regulating
land the company proposes to double
that capacity.
NORWAY
Bjornson aud wife left for Paris in
the early part of December
Young Socialists" posted radical
and anti-military posters on the doors
of churches and other public buildings
in Kristiania.
The Nobel peace prizes were award
ed to X. P. Alnoldson Of Sweden and
NJ. F.. Bajer of Denmark. Both the
recipients are former parliamenta-
rians. Nobel, to whose princely gen
erosity the famous Nobel prizes" are
due, was a Swede. But he authorized
the Norwegian storthing to award one
of them, namely, the "peace prize"
The awarding of prize to Arnoldson
will be very gratifying to the Norwe
gians because no Swede was q more
faithful and constant defender of Nor
ways rights during the union contro-
versies. The peace prize amounts to
about $4,000.
Bjornson recently made an enthu-
siastic address in Kristiania On the
language reform movement. In spite
Of his 76 years he spoke with youth
full enthusiasm in support of tho COM
mon Norwegian-D Danish book language.
He paid particular attention to let
ter from a Norwegian-American who
agreed with Bjornson on the language
reform question. On the whole. the
Norwegian-Americans receive great at
tention in this controversy, and they
are naturally on the conservative side,
on Bjornson's side, because they read
fly see that they have no time to learn
the language which is being patched
together from day to day out of a num-
Der of Norwegian dialects.
The students union has been great
" weakened by political and social
dissentions which have resulted in
the organization of two new societies.
The officers of the most radical society
are sons of some of the most conser.
yative office holders in the country.
Four members Of the executive Of
the Swedish Skaters association re-
signed because the NOrwegians we're
excluded from skating match.