Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-01-26
SWEDEN,

The ironclad Oscar II. recently
passed Gibraltar on its. Mediterranean
cruise.
The budget Of expenses of the city
Of Gothenburg for the present year is
put at about $5,000,0O0.
A Japanese newspaper man named
Kayahara, who went to Copenhagen on
account Of the Cook affair, made a
special trip to northern Sweden to see
the Lapps, who are supposed to be
closely related to the Japanese.
Statistics collected with great care
by the postof1ce officials prove that
the cost of living is higher in Kiruna,
= mining town in the far north, than
anywhere else in Sweden. Stockholm
Is the next on the list, and Smaland
offers the cheapest living.
The northernmost railway in Swe-
den, running from Gellivare to the Nor
wegian boundary line, pays better than
any other line, the surplus for the
year 1909 being over seven and a half
per cent Of the capital invested. The
business of this line Is to carry iron
ore to the seaport at Narvik, Norway.
The storm which visited southern
Bweden Dec. 20, was the most violent
on record, the velocity registered at
the meteorological observatory of
Lund being trifle over fifty (English)
miles an hour. The storm did not
cause any great calamity, but more or
less damage was done to a great deal
Of property.
While the steamer Varmland was
laid up for repairs at the Ericksberg
shipyards, Gothenburg, the crew spent
most of their time on shore. Late one
evening four Of the men returned to
the vessel to sleep in their beds as
usual. Late in the afternoon the next
day they were all found dead in their
beds. A coroner's jury was to inves.
tigate the matter, though it was plain
that the men had been killed by gas.
A Swedish daily made the following
editorial remarks just before Christ
mas: "The times which have passed
since we last exchanged Christmas
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for our people. Unrest and strife are
characteristic Of our times; but little
could we imagine year ago that the
controversies in our people would be-
come so violent as they have been dur
ing the past year. The Christmas
greetings have peculiar sound after
the struggles that we have expert
enced. Our Christmas may, perhaps,
be compared with Christmas in q
camp. No one knows but that the
social struggle may break out afresh,
the situation is still one of insecurity
Mr.. Waldegren, organist at the
church in Tafvelsas, was locked up in
his church one Sunday, and his only
way of getting out was to ring the
bell. At first the people rushed out
to see fire. But as there was no fire
to be found, and as the bell kept on
ringing their attention was finally
turned to the belfry, where the poor
captive was seen waving his handker.
chief for succor.
The mines Of Sweden produced a
little over 40 pounds Of gold in 1909
to the value of about $13,400. All but
two pounds was taken out at the Falun
copper mines.
The department of the navy has
sent secret communication to the
head Of the admiralty, suggesting that
the riksdag be asked for an extra ap
preparation under the heading "Naval
equipment and Sundries." Our au
thority states that the money is want
ed for improving the submarine mine
system and for a new submarine boat
The crown prince attended the clos
ing of the fall term of the school al
the :Freemasons' orphanage in Stock
holm, handing out the prizes and Civ
ing each one Of the 100 children {
bag Of confectionery put up by til,
crown prinoesa 50. So: