Willmar tribune., 1909-06-16
SWEDEN.

There was so much snow around
Sundsvan May Is that sleds were
used.
In the gulf of Bothnia the ice has
been piled up along the shores as
high range of hills.
1t is proposed to lay a telephone
cable directly between Sweden and
Germany across the Baltic.
twenty-five buildings were de-
stroyed by fire at Rabelof and an
equal number of families were rem
dered homeless.
The city council of Stockholm has
raised the limit Of the speed of auto
mobiles from ten to thirteen Eng
lish) miles an hour.
It will be remembered that Mrs.
Emma Levin was murdered on ac-
count of her wealth by Mr.. and Mrs.
Gould at Monte Carlo some years ago.
Her jewels were sold at public auc-
ton in Copenhagen few days ago.
A large and curious crowd had gath
cred, but only professional jewelers.
had nerve to buy the fatal ornaments,
and the prices paid were very low.
c. E. Jonsson, furniture maker in
Stockholm, has been honored with the
task Of furnishing several rooms for
the czar Of Russia in the winter pal
ace. The furniture is to be made Of
birch, in antique Swedish style, and
the cloth for the upholstery is to be
woven by farmers wife in Norrland.
The same firm is also going to fur
nish four of the imperial rooms in the
palace at Riga. Russian, German and
French firms competed for the work,
and Jonsson's victory means that
Swedish industry will find an enlarged
market in Russia.
Prof. Otto Nordenskjold has pub
lished the plans for the Greenland ex-
pedition which he proposes to make
this summer. His first aim will be to
explore the Holtenborg district in
West Greenland. He will try to as
certain the causes of the typical con-
f1guration Of the Arctic countries by
taking this locality as good sample.
The latter part Of the summer will
be spent in South Greenland, where
he will try to ascertain why the tenn
perature is so high as to permit the
growth Of trees within a short dis
tance Of the inland icef1eld, while the
extension Of the ice is much smaller
farther north. The expedition will re-
turn about Sept. 1.
Axel Hanson. 4 young man working
In a Malmo factory, and formerly un-
known to fame, won the first prize in
the Danish marathon races. During
the first ten or fifteen miles he had
little hope Of winning, and his compel
itors teased him. But he kept up a
steady trot. Even when trains were in
the way he ran back and forth to
keep in motion. He started at $3.50 in
the morning, and he failed to get a
chance to eat mouthful of food be-
fore the races. But he had a bite on
the way, and that seemed to give
him fresh strength. His success made
him decide to spend more time in
training. He may prove new Swan.
berg.
Hjalmar Branting, the leader of the
social democrats In the Swedish riks-
dag, true to the program Of his party,
protested against any attention being
paid to the czar Of Russia, the foe OF
the Russian workingman, in case he
is going to visit Stockholm this sum.
mer.
There is a tax Of $s.10 on every dog
In Stockholm. and the provincial gov.
ernments are in favor Of raising it to
that point in all Swedish cities.
The receipts of the Swedish rail.
ways are considerably larger this
summer than year ago.
Cold weather delayed the seeding
at least two weeks in southern Swe.
den. The winter rye is expected to
head out before the 18th Of May, but
this year the ears were not out until
three weeks later.
Rev. G. r. Hasselrot Of Langared
has been appointed pastor Of the Adolf
iTredrik parish IN Stockholm. This
means that ho viii bo court chaplain
IN place Of the late Rev. Hsuman.
King Gustaf has been operated upon
Tor piles and hof toels much better
after having gotten rid q the MI
sancaL