Willmar tribune., 1910-11-23
SWEDEN.

land, is to be drained by means of a
large ditch.
As J. w. Jonsson, a farmer at Jare-
da, was walking thru the woods one
evening he was attacked by a stag.
Fortunately he was carrying an ak in
his hand, and this he welded so skill
fully that the animal was stunned.
The next moment the stag was on his
legs and off. But now Mr.. Jonsson's s
dog was ready to stop him until Mr..
Jonsson came up and finished him.
A span of horses belonging to Axel
Holm were killed by a train in Hell
sfngborg four years ago. The animals
were insured, and the owner received
1851 from the insurance company.
The insurance company sued the rail-
way company to recover the insurance
on the ground that the latter was to
blame for the accident. The munich
pal court of Stockholm decided in fav-
or OF the insurance company; the Svea
royal court reversed the decision; and
now the supreme court has sustained
the latter.
A narrowing tale was told to the
police Of Osterbro, Copenhagen, by R.
Hanson, captain of the Swedish
steamer Viggo, which is owned by
parties in Halmstad. He said that
the crew had mutinied and thrown him
overheard. Having done this the
crew entered the lifeboat, which cap
sized, so that all were drowned. In
vestigations soon proved that the
mans mind was unsound. In fact he
had himself jumped into the sea and
succeeded in swimming to the shore
and that was all.
The annual report Of the Swedish
sugar trust for the year ended July
31st, has just appeared. The total
area devoted to the growing of beets
was almost $4,000 acres. This was
considerably above the average The
yield of beets was 857,293 tons, which
was below the average. The percent
age of sugar was 1853, as against 1888
per cent for the previous year. The
assets of the company aggregate
$49.000.000. The profits were about
$2,670,000, and the stockholders will
get dividend of six per cent on their
investments.
A lengthy London dispatch on Eur
opean politics contains the following,
and it is given for whatever it may
be worth: Russia wants Sweden and
Norway for strategic reasons, 1t
wants a coast line on the open sea.
At present it has none. Possession
of the Scandinavian peninsula would
fix. it very satisfactorily, indeed. It
is going after the peninsula in hurry.
Finland is already filled with the
czar's troops and his spies are already
at work in the towns and inside the
fortresses on the Swedish side of the
Finnish-Swedish frontier. It is Quite
possible that an actual start on the
Russian advance is distant matter OF
no more than few months. Is
An interesting controversy is going
On between the postoffice department
and the railway department. Accord
ing to royal rescript the railway. de
partment is to furnish the mail cars
but the postoffice department is to
keep them in repairs. There are
thirty-seven which are decidedly obso
lete, but which can be repaired and
put in serviceable shape. Now the
railway department wants little over
$4,000 fer repairs on these cars, while
the postoffice department claims that
the cid cars should be replaced by
new ones at the expense of the rail
way department.. T.
The bureau Of education has been
requested to prepare an opinion on q
proposition to introduce Russian as 8
study in the higher institutions o1
learning. The suggestion was orig
inally made by Consul General X. v
sHagelin eof st. Petersburg and Consu
i General David Bergstrom Of Helsing
1 fors. 5zs.
The uniforms Of the Swedish SOL
diers are being thoroly changed. Blu
as the change is gradual it has beer
figured out that in squad Of thirty
two men there may be no two Ztha
wear apparel similar IN every particu
Ian.