Willmar tribune., 1908-04-01

use of the inspectors of the fisheries.
Wild geese were seen on their way
to northern Sweden as early as March
9th.
About so Swedish residents of St.
Petersburg have organized themselves
into a society.
A snowstorm of unusual violence
crippled all railway traffic in northern
Sweden March II.
The railway department has just
bought $4,000 tons of coal from the
Hogasas mines for use on the state
railways.
The peace party in the Swedish riks-
dag is going to send twelve delegates
to the interparliamentary peace con-
gress, which is to meet in Berlin next
summer.
Steps have been taken by the city
government of Stockholm to pay a
pension to about thirty city laborers
who are at least 20 years old. The
amounts are to vary from $135 to $1S9
year.
The farmers of southern Sweden
are advertising for help, but they
cannot get as much as they nee0
At the same time there are hundreds
of idle men clamoring for work in
the cities
The sandstone Quarries in the par
ish of Far, Skane, turn out large quan-
titles of fine building stone A new
branch will soon be in operation, add.
ing 1000 carloads of crushed granite
annually to the usual output.
The sugar trust finally raised the
price of sugar beets about ten per
cent, and the beet growers are going
to raise beets as usual. This consum-
nation of the conflict was hailed with
joy in thousands of Swedish homes.
It is said that King Edward and
Queen Alexandra wish to pay a quasi
private visit to the King of Sweden
while they are making their trip to
Scandinavia for the purpose of seeing
their relatives at the courts of Nor
way and Denmark.
The Berlin Tageblatt discusses at
some length the proposition of Rus
sia to be permitted to fortify the
Aland islands. The paper finally ar
rives at the conclusion that Germany
ought to try to prevent Russia from
taking such step.
The demonstrations in favor of gen.
eral suffrage cannot be stopped in
Berlin. In single day the police
arrested about fifty persons taking a
prominent part in public demonstra
tions, and nine policemen were hurt
while endeavoring to restore order.
NORWAY.
About the tenth of March south
eastern Norway was visited by a ter
rible SNOW storm and the railway traf.
fic was more or less crippled on all
lines A train carrying 20 men in
twelve cars left Kristiania in the
| night to clear the track on the Gjovib
line. About Is (English) miles from
the city the train got stuck in snow.
drift. The men now crowded together
in the rear cars to keep warm in the
intense cold. A train was sent to
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into the cars with full speed. The eff:
feet of the collision was terrible. Four
cars were derailed, and the men were
| scattered right and left. Many were
shut up between the cars. One was
| killed at once and over twenty others
were injured, some of them seriously
Five surgeons were sent out from
Kristiania. But their trains got stuck.
and they had to travel the last three
| miles on skis. The nearest station
was turned into hospital and several
| of the injured were taken to the city.
Many of the men suffered greatly from
the inclemency of the weather.
The new cabinet has been definitely
approved by King Haakon and is as
follows: Gunnar Knudson, premier ant
minister of finance; w. Christopher.
son, foreign affairs; X. Seip, public
worship; c. n. 1hlen, minister of la.
Dor; Judge Abrahamsen, minister OF
commerce.; J. Castberg, minister OF
| justice; H. Foosnes, minister of agri
culture; T. Heftye, national defense.
Knudsen, 1hlen, Castberg and Abra,
hansen are Radical members of the
storthing; Christophersen is at pres.
ent Norwegian consul general at Ant.
is director of telegraphs, and Foos
mes is a land owner. The late minis.
try resigned because a vote in parlia.
ment showed it could retain Office only
by favor of the coalition parties, which
it was not willing to do. Gunnar
Knudson, the new premier, is 60 years
old. He has been successful busi-
ness man, and entered national poll
tics in 1890. He was a member Of
the cabinet of June Z, 1905, but re-
signed in the fall of that year. He
openly declared that he was a re.
plblicaH, but after the people voted
in fav':r of the monarchy, he Loyalty
supported that form of government.
Castberg is an extreme Radical, and
he voted against the famous treaty
of Karlstad.
| A room has been set aside at the
museum of Bergen in honor of the
memory of Ludwig Holberg, the great
comedian Between 400 and 500 OBJ
! jects connected with him have been
collected in this room.
Gustaf Froding, the lyric poet whdCe
mind became unbalanced several years
ago, is cared for at the Grondal cot
tage, Djurgarden, Stockholm, and he
enjoys life pretty well.
The city of Bergen has fourteen tax
payers who are taxed on the basis of