Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-07-06

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petitioned the king to ratify several
amendments to the. constitution of the
society, but the petition has been de-
MED. -
The Fredika Bremen society has a
membership of 1000, and the funds in
the treasury now amount to $4,000.
,..> NORWAY. ... ,.,.:
The summer course at the University
OF Norway is attended by about 400
| students. ~. ...
The prospects are that. the present
session Of the storthing will continue
until August -: -
Arne Garborg, the noted author.
years ago criticized the people OF ia
deren for burning the seaweeds and
selling the ashes (kelp), instead of
using the weeds for manure. Now it
is claimed that tho value of sea weeds
as fertilizer is SO small that the ashes
will buy other kinds of manure which
will go ten times as far as the weeds.
The kelp gathered along the beach Of
Lister last,spring brought about S14,-
600.
The latest reports from Lofoten fish
ing grounds are favorable, and the
catch of Goldfish for the whole country
is put at So, 500, 600 fish.
The new laws granting the people
the right to vote out the ''bolag' sa-
looms seem to have had at least one
far reaching effect. They have divided
up the whole nation into two>hostile
camps on the saloon question. Imme-
diately after said laws became oper-
alive large number of cities and
towns went dry" Then those who
are financially interested in the traffic
became thoroughly scared, and they
enlisted the aid of as much as possible
OF the business and money interests of
the country against the rising foe.
The result was reaction. One town
after another went wet" and at the
present moment it is hard to tell which
OF the two parties will finally carry off
the palm of victory. It is curious to
notice the tactics of the supporters of
the traffic in this struggle. In some
unaccountable way, VINE containing
one fifth its volume of alcohol is ia
vored by the laws to such an extent
that q certain brand of ''wine" known
as '1addevin' has become the most
common means of intoxication among
the workingmen. The effects of this
drink are fearful. Now, instead of ar
guing the saloon question on it's own
merits, the supporters of the saloons
point to the ravages of this laddevin
and say: 'There you see the result of
this new local option law. Did you
ever see SO much beastly drunkenness
as may be seen after the passage OF
this law? Where was there ever a
case similar to that of the laddevin'
of our new local option era?"
B., Bjornson has again written an ar
ticle on Norwegian-Swedish politics in
leading Russian daily. From this
letter we Gull the following: 1.-THE
military preparations of Sweden.
coupled with her opposition to treaties
of peace, creates suspicion which
puts our small nations into an oscillat-
ing motion, which may easily throw
them into an. European catastrophe.
Moreover, 1. claim that the small states,
rs the most seriously threatened ones,
have the mission to try to find means
of protection which is stronger than
that of cannons. Their life is at stake"
The following is of such q grave ma
ture that if Count Bismarck himself
said something similar about Kaiser
Wilhelm, he would be landed in prison
on short notice: 1.-THE Bernadotte dv-
nasty. which some three generations
ago was plain citizens of democratic
community, has become lost on the
medieval arena of romantic wars. One
after another of the gifted representa-
tives of this dynasty dreams over again
the old Swedish dreams which still are
floating above the uncomfortable piano.
plies of the old-fashioned Swedish
castles"
It is reported that Kaiser Wilhelm
will visit the western part of Norway
some time this summer.
DENMARK.
= A letter received from Iceland the
latter part of May states: 1.-THE wealth
er has been cool and stormy of late and
snow has fallen in many localities.
From Akureyri it is reported that eight
Icelandic fishing craft. have stranded.
And from Reykjavik we have received
information that the new French YES
sci St. Paul, which had been sent to
Iceland as floating hospital for
French fishermen, has been complete
~ wrecked, and that a number of
French fishing smacks have been e ither
damaged or wrecked >"'.~
The national lockout agreed upon by
the owners Of iron works and the ma
chine shops will be strictly enforced.
The actual number of men thrown out
of emplovment is not quite s. 600. hit