Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-02-23
SWEDEN.

About 100 cases of typhoid fever
made the people of Karlskrona feel
uneasy.
The crown prince has consented to
be the protector of the society against
emigration.
The government has prohibited the
fishing Of crawfish in certain Swedish
rivers and lakes.
The numbering firms of Norrland
report better sales than they expected
for this time of the year.
The repairs of some cracks in the
roof of the riksdag building in Stock
holm required an outlay Of $4,000.
The government of Sweden has
taken up loan Of $16,0O0,000 for the
purpose Of loaning the money out to
cities.
The enormous loss of torpedoes last
year Is said to have been due large
ly to the defective construction Of the
torpedoes themselves, not to the tor
pedo boats, as was at first supposed.
An old woman who was living at
Kvarsta, + he city of Sala, was found
dead and .4s>ien stiff in her woodshed
one morning. It is supposed that she
was seized with an apoplectic fit as
she went out to get wood in the eve
ming.
Hamburg. - The Swedish steamer
Annie was in collision last night with
the German ship Susanna near Gluck-
stadt, on the Elbe, twenty-nine miles
northwest Of here. The Annie sank
Immediately. Six of her crew We're
drowned.
The tenant farmers of Sweden are
constantly losing ground as a class
and an industrial factor. Such farm
ers generally pay a nominal rent in
the form of certain amount of work
every year. A committee is at work
Investigating this matter.
C. Moberg, young man who &C.
companied Baron Nordenskiold on his
recent expedition thru the wilds of
South America, had an interesting but
not very successful scrap with a ja-
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saw a jaguar in the woods, and he
fired his revolver at the animal, which
was evidently wounded. He begged
the captain to stop little while. But
as soon as he found that he could not
stop the boat he seized a knife and
jumped into the river to have a tussle
with the jaguar. When he reached
the shore the animal pounced upon
him. But so well did he WELD his
knife that the jaguar was badly
wounded and fled into the woods.
Now the captain had to stop and pick
up his dauntless passenger.
In an effort to check emigration
from Sweden, King Gustav has just
approved plan for series of ma
tional plays in Swedish theaters to
awaken a more patriotic feeling
among the people. The enterprise
will be pushed with especial vigor at
Gothenberg, where most of the emf
grants bound for America embark.
The king says that emigration has
for years drained Sweden of a large
proportion Of its best and most enter
prising blood. The recent general
strike which ended with many high
class workingmen out of positions,
and still a larger number dissatisfied
with labor conditions in Sweden, has
given a decided impetus to emigra-
ton. The king has also engaged the
Arctic explorer, Nordenskjold, to tour
the country, lecturing on national sub
jects.
To the surprise not only of the pub
lie at large but even to members of
his own family, King Gustaf had to
be operated upon for appendicitis
few days ago. For three days the
king suffered with pains which an
early diagnosis seemed to indicate
were due to catarrh of the stomach.
On a more thorough examination,
however, the physicians reached
conclusion that appendicitis had de-
veloped, necessitating an immediate
operation. At 10 o'clock in the night
the royal family, several members of
whom were spending the evening at
concert, were summoned to the pal
ace and soon afterwards the opera
ton was performed. The surgeons
said that the Inflammation around the
appendix was in very advanced
state and that few hours delay in
operating might have proved fatal
through the breakdown of the organ.
When his majesty was informed that
an operation was necessary he con-
scented without the slightest hesitation
and ordered that all his relatives then
in the city should be summoned to his
side. The king was under the in
fuence of the anaestheic for a little
more than an hour. When he was re-
placed in bed he fell into a gentle
sleep and the attending physicians
say that his majesty will be up again
in a fortnight. The regency, under
Crown Prince Gustaf Adolph will con-
tinue possibly for three weeks. The
queen returned home from Germany
as fast as she could.
It is estimated that the present
riksdag will cost over 100000. It is
expected to remain in session ten
hours a day for about four months,
which will make about four dollars a
minute. Thirty years ago the ex-
penses were less than half as large
as they are at the present time.
The post Office department of Ger
many Is anxious to have the rates re-
duced on mails carried by way of
Trelleborg and Sassnitz; but the
Swedish government has answered