Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-12-14
SWEDEN.

The Finnish senate has rejected two
propositions for the encouragement
Of the steamship traffic between, Fin
land and Sweden.
The railway department has notified
the government that the actual cost
of the new car ferry station at Trelle-
borg was $67,500 in excess of the esti-
mates. which were $243,000.
The prohibition Of the serving of
liquor to those who occupy seats in
the Stockholm dancing palace led to
surprising results. Instead of liquors
the dancers are now taking sweet
milk.
A dispatch from Teheran says that
the government Of Persia intends to
apply to one of the smaller powers,
perhaps Sweden, for military officers
to conduct the work of restoring order
In southern Persia.
The department Of agriculture has
taken under advisement the PROPOSE
ton Of keeping Swede in Germany
as representative of the Swedish
farming industry. Sweden keeps a
representative of this kind in Eng
land.
The Swedish exports union reports
that in many foreign countries efforts
are being made to supply the home
market with lucifer maches. This is
particularly the case in India, which
is the heaviest importer of Swedish
lucifer matches.
Baron G. Stjernstedt, Stockholm
lawyer, had been assessed on the basis
of $3.50, but he complained to the
board of taxation and asked to have
the amount raised to $685.. It did
not take the board long to decide to
accept his figures.
Baron Raab, the man who made a
grand failure in his attempt to have
Sweden adopt a general pension sys-
TEN which he had devised In detail, is
not discouraged. and he is even said
to be planning a visit to Kaiser Will
helm in the interest of his pet system.
A large delegation from Jemtland
called on the king few days ago.
The chief errand Of the men was to
let the government know that in their
opinion the line between Brunflo and
Sveg ought to be completed before
any other part Of the great Inland rail-
way.
The third class sleeping cars which
were recently put on some of the state
railways have proved to be popular.
Each compartment is made for six
persons. The authorities were rather
afraid that it would be difficult to
ventilate the rooms sufficiently, but
the results were satisfactory in this
respect. ~
Silvia, Finnish schooner, was dis
abled in the Baltic, and was taken in
tow by a Danish steamer. But after
while the steamer itself was so hard
pressed by storm that it had to be
cut loose from the Silvia. The latter
was grounded of Karlshamn, and its
cargo Of lumber was scattered along
the coast.
John Sjoman, a Stockholm mer-
chant, has petitioned the police for
permission to run an omnibus line
connecting nine different points in
the city, but the chief of police at the
central station has made objections to
certain features of the plan.
Anna Maja LARSON, Of Nytorp. Rud.
skoga parish, was one hundred years
old q few days ago. Her body and
mind are still In comparatively good
condition. She is working IN the
house, and almost every day she
walks g considerable distance to fetch
the milk used BY the family.
During the celebration Of "The
Children's Day" in Gothenburg some
young men made an automobile tour
g : part Of the program. At sharp
curve one Of them was thrown Of.
and one q the hind wheels passed
sov& him. breaking his back and XIII
ing him Instantly.