Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-03-29

| AoAi4h IOSeu is TO receive an lOQOr"
ariuln of S13, 500 from the Gyldendahl
pu blishing house in Denmark for per-
mission to print complete edition of
his works.
Jonas Vatne, lay preacher from
Strand. was rebaptized in the Bore
creek while a snowstorm was raging
around him.
| No. ID is looked upon as lucky
number since hansen made his expe-
dition; and latest advices state that
Sverdrup's expedition will also be
made up of thirteen men. Only the
leader himself and Peder Henriksen
took part in Nansen's expedition, the
remaining eleven being recruits.
The journeymen painters in Kristi-
anla and Bergen have gone on strike.
So have the dock laborers in Dram
men.
Two public school buildings have
/ been put up in Krist;ania since 1895,
and two new ones will be ready for
use at the beginning Of the next school
year. But the growth of the city is so
rapid that ground has been broken for
two more.
Dagbladet has espoused the propo-
sition to have Norway pay one-half of
the salary of the king, and in return
have him stay one-half of the time in
Norway.
Now that Germany is trying to ex-
clude American apples from the Ger
man market, a Norwegian paper pro-
poses that the Norwegians hustle and
fill up the gap with Norwegian APPLES.
1t is estimated that fifty fishermen
lost their lives along the coast of north
ern Norway during January and Feb
ruary. The loss of boats and fishing
tackle was also very heavy.
1t is practically settled that the stor-
thing will appropriate the usual So, 900
for temperance work.
A German syndicate is preparing to
exploit the creosine beds in Soggendal
Creosine is a species of lime clay which
is used for many purposes in the arts.
Jens Kjelland, the oldest son of the
author Alexander Kjelland, has mar
ried Mrs Binna Bjornson; she was the
first wife of Bjorn Bjornson, the son
of the great poet
The samlag is cutting big figure in
Norwegian politics IL spite of the union
controversy.
A woman at Hustad, Inderoen, had
a quarrel with her husband one morn
ing. and little later she left the
house. observing that 1t was doubtful
whether she would be seen again. And
she has not been seen since that after
noon. at which time she was standing
on river bank.
| 1t has been proven by practical tests
that Norwegian gun powder is as good
as the best foreign article. and that it
stands frost, while the foreign cannon
powder used had to be kept above the
freezing point
The administrators of the estate of
E. Dahl. who died in 1882, have set
aside 100000 for the esta blishment
and operation of hospital for free
treatment of children and women who
have no visible support.
An old woman in Sommero has rea-
son to look upon the sea as consist
ent enemy. She has been married
twice, and both of her husbands, two
of her sons, two grandsons, and one
son-in-law were drowned at sea.
Ullman was elected president of the
storthing by 81 votes, and Berner vic>
president by 67 votes; Konow was elect
ed president of the odelsthing.
DENMARK.
In spite of the dainty violets. in spite
of the advent of the lark, Denmark
was treated to the heaviest snowstorm
of the season March g.
1t is dead sure that the Inner mission,
will take hand in practical politics.
Its enemies are rather tickled at this
because they think it will infuse an
element of this-worldliness into it's
former other-worldliness
! A monument has been raised on the
graves of the two hundred fishermen
who lost their lives in storm off Har-
Coore few years ago.
A twelve-year-old Copenhagen boy
was sentenced to be whipped 40 blows)
for stealing few old postage stamps,
and the decision was sustained by the
Supreme court.
A number of tests made on the
Copenhagen street railways proved
that com pressed air may work success.
fully as motive power for street cars
The motor ran smoothly and almost
Doiselessly, and its speed was controlled
with the greatest ease. Those who
made the tests are very enthusiastic,
and claim that electricity will find COM
pressed air to be a dangerous COM
petitor on the Copenhagen street rail-
ways.
The elections of members to the
folkething will take place April and 6.
Upon the suggestion of the Danish
government, representatives of the
different nations of northern Europe
will hold convention in Denmark
next year for the purpose of. adopting
general rules for the fisheries in 1.-The
seas of the North
V. Schmidt, a Copenhagen instru-
! ment maker, has succeeded in making
drum out of aluminium. Its sound is
| fully up to that of the customary brass
drum, and it weighs only one-half as
much as the latter. 1t is predicted
that the invention will prove an i'm
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