Willmar tribune., 1909-12-01
SWEDEN.

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there was enough ice in the harbors OF
Salmis and Karlsborg to impede navi
cation.
The price of red brick has gone up
in southern Sweden because the yards
have been almost emptied since the
great strike.
Four persons were passed over by
runaway horses at Uddevalla. Two OF
them were so badly injured that they
were taken to the hospital in dying
condition.
A big landslide at Utsikten, on the
Bohus railway, coveEed about seven
acres of valuable ground with layer
of soft clay. A house was buried and
ground 70 pieces in the mass, but its
inmates saved their lives.
Nils Manson, of Norrkoping. was
making repairs in the Simrishamn
steam roller mill. All Of a sudden
the machinery stopped, and a search
for the cause revealed the fact that
Manson had been caught by a big
belt and literally torn to pieces. His
death must have been instantaneous.
The Separator Manufacturing Com.
pany of Stockholm is going to sell new
stocks for $1,S50,000 because the busi.
ness is expanding SO rapidly. The
money is to be paid in during the year
1910, and will draw interest at the
rate of five per cent from the date of
the payment.
Rev. Karl A. Won Lensburg, a Metho.
dist preacher, has Just departed for
Jerusalem, where he is to guard the
tomb of Christ. An English syndicate
has bought a garden near Jerusalem
in which the tomb of Christ is sup
posed to have been located, and Rev.
Lensburg is going to have charge of
this garden as we'll as some other
noted places in the Holy Land which
said syndicate intends to buy.
Murder committed 1000 years ago.
Excavations on the Stone Age village
at Visby, Gottland, have brought to
light find which points strongly to
murder committed at that place
1000 years ago. The find is we'll
preserved skeleton in which were i'm.
bedded arrow heads of stone and bone.
The arrows, which had entered the
body from behind, had penetrated the
back and the chest in the heart region,
and had stuck in the inside of the
breastbone. Everything indicates that
a murder had been committed.
The travellers on the state railways
of Sweden must be very forgetful
lot. Whatever the passengers forget
on the cars is sent to certain buildings
and these are becoming regular curl.
ositJ shops. In some of them there
are thousands and thousands of oh.
jects, some of which have considerable
commercial value. There are scores
of expensive coats of all kinds, and
some time ago a beaver fur coat had
to be sold at public auction because it's
owner failed to claim it. There are
several thousand canes, and what q
variety of styles! AS rule the goods
are sold unless they are claimed with.
in a year and a half after they were
picked up.
It was stated in some newspapers
that the maximum speed of passenger
trains on the government railways OF
Sweden would be raised from about
Sc to about 62 miles an hour next sum.
mer. But the head of the railway de.
partment says that this rumor is
groundless. Such change would
mean greatly increased expenses, and
he for one thinks that Sc miles an
hour is a pretty respectable speed.
About 5000 persons in Malmo are
suffering as result of the lack OF
work, and the city authorities will
have to extend aid to many Of these
The sugar trust has issued its report
for the year ending July 81, 1909
About 5000 acres of the best soil ir
Sweden Was put to sugar beets in
1908, and the crop was s63,717.6 tons
Of washed white beets. The stock
holders received per cent on thei1
investments. and large amounts were
set aside for different purposes.
Governor DeGeer. Of Kristianstad
Ian. presided at meeting of two hun
dred potato growers. and they decided
to organize themselves into a unior
for the advancement Of thei, particu
lar interests.