Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-07-27
SWEDEN,

The late Prof. Kallenberg, Of Kris.
tlanstad, bequeathed over $4,000 to
| charitable concerns in his neighbor.
hood.
Work has been started on the elec-
| IRRIGATION of the government railroad
! from the great iron ranges in Norr-
land to the Norwegian fontier.
A new religious sect has been start
ed at Vanneberga, Skane. The devotees
| OF the new sect call themselves Til
Baptists, because they ara baptized
three times.
The sea captains union has petit
toned the government to induce the
next riksdag to pass law granting
seamen the right to vote by mailed
ballots no matter in what part of the
world they may happen to be on cleo.
ton day.
The English press has given utter
ance to the notion that Russia by grad
ually turning FINLAND into a military
camp, is virtually assuming a hostile
attitude towards Sweden and Ger
many, and that it is about time for the
latter countries to make protest.
For the first time in it's history the
Swedish East Asia company has sent
a complete cargo of goods directly to
China and Japan. On former occasions
the steamers touched at Antwerp to
complete the cargo. The bulk of the
cargo consisted of timber products
and iron.
About the twenty-fifth of June there
was snowfall in many localities in
Vesterbotten. Even along the coast,
tween Lycksele and Hallnes the snow
ground was covered with snow. Be-
tween Lycksele and Hallness the snow
that fell in the night did not thaw off
until late in the forenoon the next day.
Reports from several other localities
! are of the same nature.
By a royal decree the city of Cafe
has been permitted to incorporate new
territory having population of about
| 5000. This gives Cafe a total popu-
lation Of $4,000, making it the fifth
city of Sweden by taking the position
held by Heslingborg. 1t is only a few
years since Helsingborg played the
same game on Cafe, and the chances
are that their position will be reversed
again at no distant date.
Grefvie, a country station in Skane,
seems to have the longest railway sta.
ton in the world. This is based on fig.
ures, and it is an old story, that Zig
ures do not lie." ANY passenger com.
ing from Gothenburg can read on the
depot "136 Kilometers to Gothenburg."
When he leaves the depot he may
look back and read at the other end
of the building "199 Kilometers to
Gothenburg." The difference is 60
kilometers, or about 40 English miles,
and that seems to be the length OF
the building.
The clergymen of Sweden have just
held convention or Orebro. DR.. An.
ton Nystrom, the noted anti-church agi.
tator, did not hesitate to make an ap.
peal to this convention in the interests
of his propaganda. He suggests that
the convention, according to scientific
principles and sound sense, declare
that the dogmas of the church contain
falsehoods, corruptions and supersti.
tious features that are incompatible
with the civilization of our day; but
that the convention above everything
lelse, work in favor of a Decentralization
of the church as an indispensable step
towards successful reformation OF
the intelligent portion of the nation.
The Bible revision committee will
soon finish it's task. And it ought to-
for the work has been carried on for q
quarter of century. In the middle
of August the committee will meet al
Narstrand to put the finishing touch
es to the New Testament. Finally
come the apocryphal books of the
Old Testament.
The beasts and birds of prey caused
a total loss of 100000 to Sweden IL
1908. About $4,000 of this amour.
was paid out by the government a,
bounties, and the balance represent.
the loss caused by the killing of do
|mestic animals and poultry.
Klas Gustafson, farmer at Mularp
! has an unusual freak Of a colt. On on<
of it's front legs it has cloven hoof:
like those of the moose, and on thu
other front leg IS has both clover
hoofs and an ordinary horsehoof Tn,
most reasonable explanation of thu
freak is, that it's father was a moose
Besides the deformities referred t.
above, the colt is well formed. The ami
NAL may be sent to Nordjska Museum
in Stockholm.
The volunteer riflemen's clubs q
Sweden will celebrate the 50th ami
versary of the starting of The r,cve
lment. July 27-31. in s'.ackh''!n,