Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-04-09

Temperance IDEA GROWING
Movement Making Great Strides in
!. sweden-Russian Skater Surprises
Competitors by Winning Long Dis.
lance Race in Finiand-Late King
George Of Greece, a Dane by Birth,
Remained Lutheran " ntil Death.
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The temperance movement is max
ing great strides in Sweden at pres
ent. Both houses of the riksdag have
passed a bill forbidding the sale 81
wine, beer and liquors in the riksdag
restaurant, the new rule taking effect
In January, 1914 In spite of the ma
jority by which the bill was passed it
is not believed that the lawmakers are
yet in favor OF prohibition. However,
the decision is looked upon as signih-
cant Of the progress temperance is
making in Sweden and the introduc.
ton of full prohibition in the near fu.
ture is predicted. Crown Prince Gus.
tat Adolf and Grown Princess Marga-
ret Victoria are strong advocates of
temperance. :, During the month OF
January, 1912, the retail dealers in
Gothenburg sold 115,904 gallons OF
alcoholic liquors. During the month
Of January of the present year. there
were sold only 1865 gallons. A re-
duction of $4,000 gallons in one city
In one month. a... s....--s
Dr. Axel Erdmann, until recently
professor of the English language at
the University of Upsala, died short
time ago, aged seventy years. He was
one of the foremost linguists In the
country. He was a specialist in Sans
krit and Indo-European languages. In
1892 he became professor of the Teu-
tonic languages at the university, but
in 1893 this professorship was divided
into that of German and English. He
accepted the English and taught it I'M
til 1910, when he retired on q pension.
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Wolves are unusually numerous in
Gellivara and vicinity and they have
grown so bold that they come right
up to the farmers barns and attack
cattle and sheep in the open. A herd
Of twenty cattle was attacked by a
pack OF wolves the other day and all
the cattle killed. In spite of of the
fact that posses have organized and
systematically hunted the beasts they
seem as ferocious as ever and as long
as they are hungry little Roadway is
being made against them. =. i :. :
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King Gustaf departed for Capri,
Italy, March II, where he remained a
few days visiting the queen, who has
been spending the winter there. Her
majesty is not in very good health at
present. On his return to Sweden
King Gustaf contemplated spending a
fortnight on the Rivera, and he is
now presumably on his way back to
the Swedish capital.
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| Bishop Herman Lindstrom celebrat-
ed his seventy-ninth birthday recently.
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congregations in Kristianstad district.
The bishop graduated from the Uni.
versity of Lund and afterwards served
for a short time as court preacher
and public school Inspector. He is re-
garded as one of the most learned
men Of Sweden.
The city of Stockholm spends close
to 100000 crowns for feeding and
clothing poor children. Last year the
appropriation amounted to. $4,000
crowns. This year the city council
set aside $4,000 crowns more for this
purpose. A sum of $4,000 crowns is
set aside for serving breakfast to the
poor children of the city throughout
the year.
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A correspondent at Helsingfors,
Finland, states that the Finnish gov.
eminent has offered free homesteads
to limited number of settlers in Ger.
tain parts of the country which have
hitherto been an unsettled wilderness
With this and certain other advantages
offered it is expected that many young
couples will venture to open up the
country. ~ -.2.. -.
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Consul General A. Johnson has do
mated 10000 crowns to the new Swed
lsh church to be erected in Berlin in
the near future. A. congregation con
sisting of Swedes, who for years have
resided in the German capital, was or
ganized some time ago and the work
Of erecting the new church building
will be started at once.
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About 10000 men are at present EN-
Slowed at the Swedish railway. sh0na