Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-06-07
SWEDEN.

half pounds was recently caught near
Finspong.
A stubborn fire in a woodward in the
western part Of Malmo caused 4 dam
age Of $4,000.
Lake Malar, near Stockholm, is ris-
Ing, and hundreds of acres of land
along its shores cannot be seeded.
A new treaty Of commerce between
Sweden and Japan and a tariff conven-
ton were signed, based on the most
favored nation treatment.
General Booth, the head Of the Sal
walton army, is going to VISIT Stock
holm in the first part of July. He Is
going to make an address, of course.
Anders Zorn, the famous Swedish
artist, has just completed painting
Of President Taft. The president gave
tho artist eight sittings in the. blue
room at the executive mansion.
The use Of automobiles in place of
horses for the local mail service in
Stockholm means saving of s., 900
a year. The post Office at Malmo has
Just made start with one automobile.
The Mechanical Works at Trelleborg
are going to turn out the biggest
bridge In Sweden. It was ordered by
the department of war, and is to span
the Lule river. The largest span is to
be 375 feet wide.
Hildebrand Karlsson, a fourteen-year
old boy at Rosenback, near Hernosand,
climbed up into a birch tree, from
which he fell down. He carried a
knife in his hand, and in the fall this
was thrust into his heart, killing him.
It was stated in these columns that
the new flag recently hoisted at Skan~
sen, Stockholm, was the biggest in the
whole country. This statement was
not correct. The biggest Swedish flag
ever made was one hoisted few
years ago on Mount Statsradet, at
Kiruna. That one measured 40x65
feet.
The First of May demonstrations
were very tame affair this year.
Three years ago $1,000 workingmen
paraded the streets Of Stockholm. and
this year there were only 5000. In
Malmo the slump was still more sig
nificant. In 1904 the number was
10000, this year only 1900, including
women and children.
The Diana, vessel owned by part
les living in Waldo, collided with
German vessel last fall and went to
the bottom. The surviving members
Of the families Of those who were
drowned, as we'll as the owners Of she
Diana, sued for damages, and the own
ers Of the German vessel have agreed
to pay about $500 in damages.
A strange stir was noticed in some
l1sh.nets that had been hung up to be
dried at Hittarp, near Helsingborg,
and closer investigation led to the
discovery Of sparrow hawk that had
been too careless in the pursuit Of his
prey. In spite Of a desperate struggle
to get away he was captured and put
into a cage.
A Swedish engineer nameu rdllen
was mentioned in connection with the
excavations in Jerusalem. His real
name is H. Menander, geodesist of the
general statf. Long ago he was great
ly interested in the treasures Of the
ancient temple at Jerusalem, and
thirty years ago he began to make
excavations, but was stopped short by
the Turkish authorities. He still
claims that he has definite theory as
to the whereabouts Of the Arc Of the
Covenant and other treasures from
the time Of Solomon. He learned the
secrets from an old Jew whom he met
in Spain.
After long and heated debate the
Swedish riksdag resolved to build a
new ironclad at a cost Of a little over
100000. The second chamber must.
cred a goodly majority against the
proposition, but at joint session the
hrst chamber easily overcame the ad.
verse majority Of the second chamber.
The Socialists voted against the ap-
preparation to q man.
{ The food OF emigration 10 subsiding.
The number Of persons that emigrated
to foreign countries during the first
four months Of this year was 1868. Is
agaiase 7.1se for The same period last
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