Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-03-30
SWEDEN.

danger after the operation the queen
returned to the South
The proprietors of the Central
Baths in Stockholm are planning the
establishment of an ice palace.
The Swedish police union has pe-
titioned the king for the establish
ment OF a school for the education of
men who propose to enter the police
service.
On account of the unruly behavior
OF the sailors of the fleet when visit.
ing the smaller cafes in Stockholm,
the proprietors have united to refuse
them service.
King Gustaf, who recently under
went an operation for appendicitis.
has gone to the Riviera to convalesce.
The king had a great popular ovation
at the station when he left Stockholm.
The bell-ringer of the Skeninge
church was induced by an acquaint-
ance to open the door leading to the
tower, and the acquaintance and two
strangers went aloft. A few minutes
later the strangers began to preach to
the poor mortals walking on the
ground below. A great stir was caus-
ed by this unusual performance, and
the preachers enjoyed their chances
so we'll that they could not be stopped
until policeman assembled the tower
and fetched them down.
No place for the stadium for the
Olympic games which are to be held
In Stockholm in 1912 has yet been Sc
1ected. The committee selected Idrott-
sparken for this purpose, and for
time the question was supposed to
have been definitely settled. But this
was mistake. The Gymnastic Gen.
trail institute advances the claim that
the proprietors of Idrottsparken have
already rented out the grounds. In the
fall Of 1907 the institute entered into
an agreement with the proprietors to
build gymnastic institute for $751;
500 on the ground.
A man In Copenhagen advertised in
Swedish papers that he was willing to
loan out money on easy terms and
without security. A Swede wrote to
the man to find out more about the
terms. Well, in the first place the
prospective borrower would have to
send 81 as pay for incidental ex-
penses. The man sent 81 to the Co.
penhagen money-man. But as he
heard no more from Copenhagen he
became suspicious and notified a gov
eminent official. This led to the dis
covery that the Copenhagen man was
a crook Of long standing.
A fish seller in Alexandria, Egypt,
wrote to fish seller in Falkenberg,
Sweden, asking him if it is possible to
send fresh fish from Sweden to Egypt.
It takes about five days to carry goods
by express between the two places,
and an experiment may be made to
find out whether it pays to carry
fresh fish from Scandinavia to Egypt.
The Swedish iron trust fell to
pieces at the close of the old year.
Several Of the thirteen concerns
which belonged to the trust have
formed a new combine, and this may
prove to be the nucleus of a new
trust.
The past year was very poor one
for the national bank of Sweden. The
receipts increased in Stockholm and
Falun, but in all other cities where
the bank has officers there was de-
crease as compared with the receipts
of the previous year. The profits
dropped from $2,495,581 in 1908 to ST.
669,10 in 1909.
February % was the 2OOth anniv-
ersary Of the battle of Helsingborg,
In which Magnus Stenbock drove the
Danes out Of Sweden. The day was
celebrated In a magnificent manner in
Hslsingborg and other places in south
ern Sweden. -