Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-06-29
SWEDEN.

sweden will soon have direct train
connections with Hamburg, Paris and
other cities Of western Europe.
About one year from now an inter-
national woman's congress will be
held in Stockholm. About one thou
sand delegates are expected.
Tho city of Boras has 20,375 inhabit-
ants. According to figures secured by
the old age insurance committee, LIS
Of them are over go years old.
The governments of Sweden and
Prussia are going to cooperate in es-
tablishing wireless service on the
car ferries running between Trelle-
borg, Sweden, and Sassnitz, Germany.
The outfit will cost about $4,000.
A Johansson, who was working on
the roof Of house in Kramfors, lost
his footing and fell to the ground.
He was holding an iron rod in his
hand. One end of this struck the
ground first and the other end pene-
trated his body at the waist, so that
the man was not expected to live.
A pest has broken out among the
fish in Kingston, the most important
fish lake in southern Sweden. The
disease is due to bacillus. The fish
die and come to the surface. The
fishermen who are in the habit of
making a living by catching fish in
this lake are Of course the main suffer-
ers.
Germany's largest gymnastic union,
the Berlin Turneschaft Corporation,
will send Is of it's members on q tour
OF Sweden, Norway and Denmark, for
the purpose Of studying the systems
OF gymnastics in vogue in those coun-
tries. As to the Swedish system the
corporation stated in a letter that the
Germans are particularly interested
in it.
A. Hatfield, mechanic at Tomelilla,
has constructed what he calls an "im-
proved multiplane" airship. The
planes are movable, and in the model
which he has made there are four
planes, one above the other. The
aggregate surface Of the planes will
be about $50 square yards. The
weight Of the ship will be double that
Of an ordinary biplane. The steering
mechanism is very simple, hence it
will not require very great skill to
manage the ship.
Mrs. Johanna Nilsson, q sixty-year-
old woman in Gamla Kopstad, was
found standing dead in a we'll in the
backyard. The reason why she put
an end to her life is said to have been
despair on account Of trifing matter.
A few days before her death she &C.
companied her husband on a visit to
Varberg. They used q lame horse. and
policeman took their names on &C.
count of this. The old woman was
seized with indescribable terror in
view of the sequels, supposing that
the use Of the lame horse would lead
to her Imprisonment.
Queen Victoria wrote a letter to
Governor Holmquist of Falun, express
sing her Joy upon learning that the
men who were shut up by a cave.in
at the Falun copper mine were saved.
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of admiration for those who rescued
the men whose lives were at stake.
A beautiful mirage was seen about
one o'clock in the night at Marieby,
not far from Ostersund. On the west
ern sky there appeared lake in which
were many islands covered with green
trees. The spectators even thought
they could detect the outlines of two
steamers.
While Gustaf Anderson, who was
working for M. Palmer, at Kasta, West
Vingaker, was about to unhitch the
oxen from harrow which he had
been using, the oxen ran away. The
harrow passed over the body of Mr..
Anderson. A tooth cut a cash into
his throat, and he died after being
taken to the hospital at Elem.
A book about Helga de la Brache
will soon be out. It's aim is said to be
to prove that she had nothing to do
with King Gustaf w, Adolf or Queen
Frederick. This work will also show
why certain parties outside of Sweden
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