Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-09-07
SWEDEN.

A new York publishing firm has pub
lished collection of Swedish ballads.
the text being given in Swedish and
English.
The rainfall has been very heavy in
the vicinity of Linkoping. In many
places the water was from one to
three feet deep on the public roads.
Recent statistics from the labor
bureaus Of Sweden show that people
are scrambling for positions in the
cities, while the farmers are unable to
obtain the necessary help.
Eighty young Danes made tour of
southern Sweden, and when they re-
turned to the mountainless peninsula
they could not find words strong
enough to express their enthusiasm
for the Swedes and their wonderful
country.
The late Emil Hammarlund, one Of
the most noted and most popular
Swedish educators of his day, pro-
vided in his will that when his wife
dies, $4,000 out of his estate shall be
given to the Swedish Educational AS
ISOLATION.
At regatta near Stockholm boat
carrying two men capsized. One of
them, e. Anderson, seized the mast
of the boat as it was about to sink.
Noticing his queer behavior, the others
tried to pull him loose. But he chung
to the mast as tho held by vice,
and they had to let him go in order
to save their own lives. The man
went to the bottom with the boat and
was drowned. He was no doubt seized
with cramps, so that he was unable to
let go Of his hold.
F. G. w. Lindman, OF Sorkvarn,
near Halstahammar, went to the river
to take a bath. After he got out of
the water his dog began to run around
and play with him. In doing so the
dog happened to strike the breast Of
his master so violently that the lat
ter lost his balance and fell into the
river. A man on the other side Of
scene as fast as he could. But Mr..
Lindman was carried away by the cur
rent and drowned. He was only rs
years old.
The international peace congress,
which was held in Stockholm, az
pointed committee on disarmament
This committee held it's meetings in
room adjoining the one occupied by
the riksdag committee on defenses.
Two members Of the former happened
to enter the wrong room one day.
Seeing no one that they knew. they
finally ventured to ask, us this the
committee on disarmament" no.
was the answer, this is the commit,
tee on defenses." Both parties en-.
joyed the unintentional joke.
During the first week of August
Sweden exported, by way Of the Tre1.
leborg and Sassnitz car ferry line, the
following quantities of goods: Forty
tons Of cream, II tons Of fresh meat,
80 tons of fresh herring, 81 tons OF
wooden doors, 13 tons of waste pa
per, 10 tons Of green granite, rs tons
Of. unhewn stone, II tons Of bark,
tons Of hog CUTS, q tons Of piece
goods, and 1,410 passengers.
.HeD=tk Kamph, an employe of the
Trell4oorg grist mill, fell from the
fifth story to the basement. His skull
was fractured, but it is supposed that
the man will recover.
A Stockholm chauffeur tried to cross
the street car tracks a short distance
ahead Of two cars approaching from
opposite directions. He did not &C
complish his purpose. But he did &C
complish one thing. He managed Il
get between the Cars at the very in
slant that they were to pass eacf
other. and his machine was crushed
between them with mathematical pre-
'cision. Both hind wheels were com
pletely shattered and torn from thu
truck. The street cars were als'
slightly damaged. The funniest par
] Of ,he whole escapade was, that n
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