Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-07-12
SWEDEN.

DR.. Sven Hedin gave q swell dinner
In London q short time before the cor
onation. Among the guests were the
crown prince of Sweden, Lord Mimic,
former viceroy Of India, Lord Kitch-
ener, General Baden-Powell. and Swed-
Eh minister.
Justice Ernst Trigger. who repre-
sented the first chamber Of tho Swed-
tsh' riksdag at the Millennium Jubilee
ut Rouen, France, gave banquet at
leading Rouen hotel in honor of M.
Leblond. the mayor Of that city.
Among the guests were the command
Or Of the gunboat Fylgia, the Swedish
consort at the place. and the members
Of different Swedish Populations.
Ernest Trigger made an enthusiastic
address thanking the mayor for the
hospitality enjoyed BY the Swedish
visitors. Prof.. Oscar Montelius lee.
tured on 1.-THE Civilization Of the
Normans before they Emigrated.' y
The Swedes were officially received in
the court house Of -Rouen.
Weather reports. for tho tenth OF
June; Eskilstund, there was q
severe frost here last night, the temp.
erature being seven degrees below
the freezing point. On low ground
the potato vines were killed, and many
kinds Of garden crops were destroyed.
Sunndsvall, snow fell last night in
large quantities In this part of the
country. In some localities the temp.
erature dropped several degrees be.
low tho freezing point. Stockholm,
from different points In tho immediate
vicinity OF Stockholm the tempera-
ture last night dropped several de.
grees below tho freezing point. The
garden crops have certainly been
greatly damaged. and the potato vines
seem to be completely destroyed.
A tawney owl. bird which IL not
much bigger than quail, played a
very ugly trick at Jadersgard. Arboga
parish. Two boys were to take the
young ones down from the nest Of
maybe. To the surprise of the
boys. they found the nest occupied by
family Of tawney owls, but they took
down the two young owls from tho
nest. Just at this moment came J. Mel
In Of Forshaga, the instructor in bee
culture for the province of Orebro.
MIR. Melih placed the young owls on
a branch Of a tree, and just a he
was doing this he was bounced upon
by the mother owl. She scratched
and tore hi5 face, and though he
struggled to get rid OF her. one Of his
eyes was so badly cut by her claws
that he may lose his sight Of that
oye. Below the eye his face was torn
down to the mouth. Mr.. Melin tainted
and had to be taken to the Orebro
hospital.
August Johansson, who was tending
to the stock on the Gasevadsholm
estate, near Kungsbacka, was a.
tackled by q tethered OK while he
was about to move. The mad beast
tore up the mans abdomen with one
Of its horns, and the man died almost
instantly. Johansson was GA years
old, and left a family.
Helsingfors, Finland, June 26.-The
Swedish mail steamer Bori, with 400
cxcursionists aboard, was wrecked
today on the Korpo island. Details
have not been received. It is feared
there will be a heavy death roll. The
Bori was returning from Stockholm.
Long-headed business people. The
contract BY which the academy Of
sciences rented out its monopoly Of
publishing the almanac to the Amg-
visit and Wicksell publishing com.
pany. will expire n 1915. Now the
contract has Just been extended for
another seventeen years. ...=.s
Mr.. Freeze. an anti-Morman agita-
tor who is making e hot for the Nor.
mons missionaries IN Copenhagen,
claims TO have discovered that . tailor
from Jonkoping was formally married
according to tho Mormon ritual to
tho Maid Of Orleans, Who died : few;
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