Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1910-01-19
SWEDEN.

SWEDEN.
The government has set aside 1910
for combating pest which is killing
off the crawfish in the rivers and
lakes of Sweden.
Prince Carl has just moved into his
new cottage at Fridhem, Kolmarden,
Ostcrgot1and. It is a three-story wood
en- structure, with roof Of black slate.
On Dec. 10 no less than 10000 men
were out of work in Sweden on &C.
count of the lockout. All of them re-
ceive more or less aid from the labor
organizations.
Hernosandsposten tells of a comic
al business enterprise in northern
Sweden. The steamer Sundsvall dis
appeared, and it was soon taken for
granted that it was lost. There was
heavy insurance on the vessel, and
certain parties bought as much stock
as they could get hold of at a high
rate, expecting to make handsome
profit on the insurance. But the whole
scheme failed. The steamer returned
in safety, and the stocks dropped way
below the rate paid by the spectators.
A man named Kristofferson, who
was employed at the Varberg meka-
niska verkstad, was the victim of a
peculiar accident. While engaged in
Strengthening out a piece Of steel he
felt something striking his stomach.
The pain soon passed away, and he
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the night he felt violent pain in the
abdomen, and he had to be taken to
the hospital, where an operation was
performed. It was found that splint
Of steel about half as big as a one
cent piece had flown from the piece of
steel on which Kristofferson had been
working, and had passed thru the
clothes and the abdominal wall and
lodged in one Of the intestines.
The question of starting another ma
honal strike in 1910 was seriously
discussed at a meeting held by the
Young Socialists Of Stockholm. H1nke
Bergegren, their leading man in the
past, was in favor of strike. But he
would not be the leader of the move.
ment, because there were younger and
more suitable men to be had for that
position. Ernst Holmen rose and &C.
cused Bergegren Of cowardice. The
latter, he said, wanted to have the Ak
going, but he would not himself hold
Its handle. A committee was appoint.
ted to report on the proposition. AT
the close of the meeting every person
was asked to show his membership
card, and no spies were found in the
crowd.
Two new Swedish champions have
arrived in this country-both runners
They are Truro Johanson and Gusta
Ljungstrom. Johanson is tall, slim
ad, with blond hair and a rosy com
plexion. Johanson is a vegetarian
hasn't eaten a piece Of meat in three
years. He has walloped everything in
sight in the amateur distance ranks
and has upset some of John Swan
bergs amateur records. On May 20
last, at Stockholm, Johanson ran sew.
enteen miles SAT meters in hour, Sc
minutes and Is seconds. The next day
he turned twenty-five miles in 2 hours
and Sc minutes. Johanson is noted in
Sweden for the extreme GOODNESS with
which he takes to his work. He never
has been known to get the least bit
excited, either before or during the
running of race. Gusta Ljungstrom
is the present cross-country champion
of Sweden. He stands about feet
inches and is sturdily built. Lung
strsm has run six miles SAG meters In
22.08, and ten miles in 1929.
About ten days before Christmas
some one managed to spread the ru'
NOR in Stockholm that the sale OF
liquor would be prohibited during the
Christmas holidays. The rumor had
no foundation in fact. but many care
full men who wanted to be on the safe
side bought a goodly supply for the
holidays, at once.
The eighteenth international peace
congress, which should have been held
in Stockholm last fall, but which had
to be postponed on account of the
great strike, will be held in Stockholm
during the first week of August next
summer.
The cost of the new police head
quarters at Kungsholmen, Stockholm
exceeded the: original appropriation
enormously. and the city council has
voted a supplementary appropriation
Of $189.000. Strong language wal
used in the discussion which preceded
the voting, and one member said thai
he would fight for a thorough investi
CATION Of the matter. ssssss@}ssa saf5.sssss
The latest Andree story comes from
Prince Albert, Sask. It states tina
Andree's balloon has been found so
miles north Of that place, at Reindee,
lake. q whole lot Of yarn Is Woyel
around this main statement.