Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-09-27
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been raised over half q cent pound.
Wireless telegraph service will be-
introduced this fall on the steamers
running between Trelleborg, Sweden,
and Sassnitz. Germany.
In Alghult parish, near Vaxio. fftv
persons were down with typhoid fever
at the same time, and fiat had to be
turned into temporary hospital.
About 40 Lapp families from XII
runa have closed contract to at
tend a Berlin exposition for several
months. They were offered good nay.
Large quantities of crawfish and
other fish have died in the rivers and
creeks of Sweden during the past
season on account Of heat and low wa
ter.
The explosion OF steam cylinder
at the Fiskeby paper mills, near Norr
koping, injured three men very serf-
ously, and one Of them was expected
to die.
The Cafe steamer "Hermes," 1900
tons, was struck by an English trawl-
er in the North sea and went to the
bottom. The crew of 20 was saved
and taken to England.
The German authorities have an
nounced that ice to the extent of five
per cent of the weight of the Swedish
meat which the ice is to protect
will be carried free of charge by the
German railways. Until very recent
ly this allowance was made only for
ice used with fish and other highly
perishable foodstuffs.
The department of war ignored 4
bid for doing construction work at
the Boden Notifications, though it was
$1,000 lower than the next lowest bid.
The lowest bidder made stir, and
the government explained It's course
by stating that a majority of the
stocks of the company making the
lowest bid are held by foreigners.
which fact might endanger the Sc
crecy of the work to be done. The
company that lost the job employs
only Swedes.
The Vibyggera commune, near Her
nosand, has decided to open tempo
rary hospital on account of the preva.
lence of infantile paralysis. Fritz
Johansson, of Redvag, Alfsbozrglan.
was running for a seat in the riks,
dag, but was cut down by the pest.
Two Of his children were also taken
sick. From Falun some new cases
are reported. At Vika the schools
were closed because a neighboring
commune was visited by the disease.
One new case was also reported from
Katineholm.
COSTA Behring'S Saga" that most
fascinating story by Selma Lagerlor
Is SO popular that many of the ficti-
tious names Of places in the book
have become fixed as dear treasures
In the minds Of thousands Of Swedes.
A emart publisher has just printed
picture cards showing twenty Of those
places, and through the courtesy of
the author be has also been permit
ted to give the r1al names of the
places. If :tere is a good sale for
the cards, the publisher will publish
more of such keys" to the story.
Piracy is supposed to be a thing Of
the past in northern Europe, and in
the whole world for that matter. But
something very much like it hap
pened at Sjallands Odde, Denmark.
The Gothenburg schooner "Hilda,'
carrying cargo of lumber from Her
nosand, Sweden, to Horsens, Denmark,
was grounded at said point during a
storm in the night. The vessel was
filled with water at once, and the crew
could do nothing but lower the life
boat and fight for their lives. They
succeeded In reaching the shore In
the morning the captain went to
Nejkjoburg to report the matter to
the owners of the ship and to make
arrangements for saving whatever
could be saved. On the following day
the crew, which had been left at
Odde, were astonished to see tug.
boat approach the wreck and begin
TO unload the cargo of the ~Hilda.';
The crew made haste to lower their
boat and proceed to the wreck. When
they came closer they noticed that
German flag was attached to the mast
Of the "Hilda," and when the Swedes
attempted to board their own vessel
the captain of the tcgboat Informed
them that the wreck beio1ged to him,
and they had better be careful not to
touch the German colors. A bitter
quarrel followed, but the Swedes were
in no position to defend their rights,
and after while they went ashore
to report the matter. Some Danish
fishermen, upon seeing what was go
Ing on, also went out and picked up
whatever they could of the cargo,
and when a representative OF the In
surance company arrived he found
that the vessels had been plundered.
The act was as illegal as ordinary
stealing. The tugboat belonged to
German contractor who had built the
harbor at Odde.
Near the north shore of the Malar:
is an old ship which mas been moored
there for twenty-five years. It's 70.
naming ther: * 9cG is due to con.
troversy between the city and the
state as to the right Of regulating the
shorelfne. During those twenty-five
years a family have stayed there all
the time. Eight children were first
there and some Of them are grown men
and women by this time. And this
right in the heart Of the capital Of
Sweden!
The crown prince Of Sweden recent.