Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1897-06-08

the city hall-according to a reSOlu-
ton passed by the city council, the
latter (city council) has decided to take
down the flag staff" If this was the
end O: the struggle the city hall must
have been minus flag the 18th of May,
unless, indeed, the national govern
ment interfered to such an extent as
to re-erect the flag staff, and hoist
flag containing the union jack.
The vote on the saloon question in
Fredrikshold was so close that two of
the judges of election were sent to
Christiania to consult the proper ma
tional government officials announcing
the result.
There were 4S, 900, 900 Gods were
caught along the coasts of Norway dur
ing the winter season up to April 21.
This is trifle above the average.
The receipts of the tourist club of
Norway for the past year were nearly
So, 600. The present number Of local
clubs is %.
Two cows have died of carbuncle in
Ullensaker. The farmers of the neigh
borhood are doing all in their power to
prevent the spreading of the dread
disease.
Norway has already sent 80 car loads
of exhibits to the Stockholm exposi-
ton.
To give a detailed account of the
visit of Fridtjof Nansen to Stockholm
April "a, would be mainly repetition
of the triumphs scored IN England,
France, Germany and Denmark. SUI
ice it to say that the cream of the So
clety of the Swedish capital listened
with the closest attention to two
hours address by Nansen, and that the
king handed him an address of thanks
from the Swedish society for anthro-
pology and geography.
The storthing against two votes ap-
propriated So, 900 towards defraying
the travelling expenses of army officers
who are going to the seat of war in the
East to study practical warfare.
There has been considerable "kick-
ing'' against certain Old Testament
passages in the marriage ritual of the
state church, and Bishop Bang has just
proposed new ritual which does not
contain said Objectionable passages
1t is expected that his proposition will
be Endorsed in the main.
The subscriptions to the hansen
fund up to date amount to $4,000. Of
this sum $4,000 was subscribed in
Sweden.
Seven hundred shoemakers in Chris
tiania quit work May 8, their employ
ers having refused to increase their
wages.
The society for the aid of ex-convicts
in Christiania expended ST.. 200 in the
form of aid during the past year, and a
large number of ex-convicts secured
work through the intelligence Office of
the society.
A Christiania daily complains that
so many of the street car passengers
remain standing on the platform. The
funniest point in the complaint reads
thus: ''1t is not only smoking gentle
men, but also, and chiefly, ladies, who
are in the habit of crowding together
on the platform. no matter how much
room there is in the carr
DENMARK.
It has been proposed to put up
chimes in the tower of the new court
house in Copenhagen. A suitable man
may have to go abroad to study up this
matter before anything is done. 1t is
also mentioned almost as curiosity
that the court house may be furnished
with an elevator.
The magistrate of Copenhagen pro-
poses that the city provide for bacteria
logical examination of the matter
which accumulates in the throat of
persons who are supposed to have diph-
liberia, SO that it can be definitely as
certained whether the patient has that
malady or not. The present practice
is to bring every person supposed to be
infected with said disease to the hos
pital as soon as possible. But the
physicians are mistaken in a majority
of cases, which was sufficiently proven
last year by the fact that out of $50 pa
tients who were taken to the Blegdam
hospital to be treated for diphtheria,
only 400 actually had that disease. 1t
is evident that the other 453 were put
to great deal of unwarranted anxiety
and superfuous trouble by this ar
rangement, and it is the humane aim
VI VIC ASIIdGS W dVOlu SUCH 1nCOQ-
veniences in the future.
The Thingvalla steamship company
does not seem to be in very prosper
Gus condition, its stocks being quoted
at about 20 per cent on the bourse OF
Copenhagen.
The Russian government has relin:
| pushed the fine of $125, 900 which Bur
meister & Vain were to pay because
they failed to complete STANDARD, the
cars pleasure yacht, within the speci.
fed time. The next question is: Will
the Russian government also pay the
$685., 1000 which Burmeister & Vain lost
on the construction of the Standart
| A $3.50, ZOO hotel has just been opened
for business in Odense. This is the
largest and finest hotel in Denmark
outside of the capital It's name is
Grand Hotel 49, 1,~;> A. N,
The city of Esbjerg will have asphalt
pavements and electric street railways.
A private company is also trying hard
to obtain rights to run an electric light
plant =, I#f II n, -. :.