Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1913-07-02
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Recent Happenings In This
Country and Abroad.
RANKS AMONG THE FINEST.

Tue OIueI, IaTSer duu more celeDTateu
of the two Upsala is city of about
$4,000 inhabitants, besides the students. i
who number about 1000. The univer-
sity. which was founded by Stem Sure
in lat, fifteen years before Columbus
discovered America, ranks among the
finest in the world. 1t has sixty pro.
fessors and ninety assistant professors
and other instructors, and confers the
doctors degree in theology, jurispru-
dence, philosophy and medicine. Its
library, which is as large as that of
Cambridge. contains many very rare
and valuable books, manuscripts and
charts. On entering the, university
the student is bound to join one of the
thirteen nations" or societies, taking
their names from the different prov
inces of Sweden, and each society has
it's own building or rooms and it's dis
tinctive flag or standard. The stu
dents in Sweden all wear white vel:
vet caps during the warmer half Of
the year and in this season the streets
of a Swedish university town are abso-
lutely speckled with white.
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Twenty thousand persons of Swedish
birth, extraction and utilization gath
cred at Chicago Sunday, June %, 10
celebrate the twentieth annual mid
summer festival of the Chicago branch
of the Swedish National association.
Governor Eberhart of Minnesota was
the principal speaker. Il can see no
harm," said Governor Eberhart, lin
this gathering to pay honor to the
Swedish and the American flags.
have no use for the man who is
ashamed of his mother, and the man
who is ashamed of his mother is like
ly to be ashamed of his wife. To hon
or the Swedish flag is to honor the
American. The Swedish-American has
always followed the. Stars and
Stripes
For several years some of the lead
ing men in the Lutheran church OF
Sweden have been planning new ex-
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so far progressed that it's success is
assured. An outline of the work has
been decided upon. There are to be
four volumes, each having from 800
to 1000 pages. The work is to ap-
pear between the years 1915 and 1920.
interest to the Lutheran church in
Sweden and the work is to be finished
in time for. the 4O0th anniversary of
those years. J.
The department of justice has COM
piled some very interesting statistics
regarding the moral conditions of the
country. It is claimed in this report
that the more serious crimes have
steadily decreased during the last five
years. An evident improvement in
morals has taken place during 1907
1911, which period is covered by the
statistics.
Professor Mittag-Leff1er, the world
renowned Swedish mathematician,
has returned to Stockholm from lee
ture trip to Paris, where he was the
recipient of many honors. Rector
Lizard of, Paris university and other
prominent scientists gave a banquet
in his honor and he was received in
audience by the president of France.
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In almost all parts of Sweden an &C.
tive canvass is being carried on to Sc
cure signers to petitions to give
women the right of suffrage. A CEN
trail bureau has been established at
Stockholm and about $4,000. lists are
being circulated. Hundreds of women
are volunteering to make a house to
house canvass. 49,. - &
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Lieutenant E. Bronthron of Colt.
land, who is a great horseman, is plan.
ming to exhibit some of his horses at
an exposition in New York some time
next November. He also intends to
bring over a number of Swedish rid.
ing horses for the market. Il
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Three hundred and fifty students
received their diplomas this spring
from sixteen of the higher institutions
of learning in the city of Stockholm
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Stockholm must borrow 10000, 600
crowns this year in order to meet its
municipal expenses. .ss =-=. s.. =s.z.
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Mr.. Branring's bill asking for an
increase in the Inheritance tax has
/ been defeated. Vi .ss,.: Is.
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+ NORWAY. #..
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! King Haakon last week enjoyed
trip from Christiania to Bergen with
the new steamer Kristianfjord OF the
recently organized Norwegian-Amer
can line. The king was accompanied
by number Of cabinet ministers and
populations, all OF whom went with
a him. as far as Bergen. His majesty
expressed himself as very well
!. pleased with the new ship and was
royalty entertained during the trip.