Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1898-10-05
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interesting Notes From Across
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3. HAPPENINGS IN THE FATHERLABD,
Principal Events that Have Occurred In
the Old Countries About tho
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SWEDEN.

Russia to see the latter country refrain
from compel ling the people of Finland
20 increase and strengthen their army.
IL Is not consistent to propose disarma-
ment to Sweden and at the same time
increase the fighting forces. just be-
You'd Sweden's boundary line.
Baron Nordenskjold is of the opinion
that Andree's expedition will turn up
somewhere north of North America.
Yngve Sjosted, Phi. D., on account of
MS geological researches in CAMERON,
mas been decorated with the order of
the Red Eagle of Prussia. Siostedt
mas described about $50 species which
are new to the scientific world.
The king gave dinner at Drott-
nlngholm to the officers of the British
squadron, which recently visited Stock
holm. No speeches were made.
The lingon small red berries which
serve the same purpose as Gran bcrries)
crop Is enormous in some localities.
At Vexio from two to five thousand
dollars worth is bought every day, and
hundreds of carloads are exported to
Germany every day.
rived at rromso, Norway, three weeks
ago. The expedition sailed around
Spltzbergen. and made accurate maps
OF King Charles Land and Belsund
ford. The expedition was highly sue
cessful from scientific point of view.
The remains of a 6-year-old son of
Axel Svenson, a journalist in Helslng-
borg, were buried without the assist
ance of clergyman. The father of
the boy spoke a few minutes, express
ing the grief of the relatives of the de-
ceased, but fell citating him upon
being rid of all pa in and sorrow. The
floral offerings were numerous.
Three young men from Stockholm
have entered the Glasgow Bible Train
ing institute with view to preparing
themselves for missionary work IN
China.
About eighty prominent business
men OF Gothenburg and vicinity have
organized an employers protective as
ISOLATION.
A fictitious interview of Bjornstjerne
Bjornson has appeared in Dagens Nv
heter. His name is not mentioned,
but anyone can tell that it is aimed at
him, and he is made to talk as though
his influence were SO great that he &C.
trally ruled all the great countries of
Europe.
According to an unverified rumor,
Prince Bernadotte' is to represent Swe-
den at the international peace confer
ence.
Mr.. Pike, an Englishman, owns IA
nous depot in Spitzbergen, and a guam
tity of choice provisions had been de-
posted there for the benefit of An
dree's expedition. 1t has been ascer-
tanned that part of the crew of the
German steamer Helgoland have en-
tered the building and stolen most of
the provisions. The boxes containing
the goods were broken, the canned
goods scattered, the wine bottles
empty, the contents of the lemonade
bottles poured out, and the sugar
boxes partly empty. Even the rifles
and ammunition were gone.
A new insurance company in Stock
holm insures it's policy holders against
theft and burglary.
Mr.. Lindqvist of Herslof took thirty
bee hives by rail to Vadensjo, and so
abundant was the honey of the new
field that the bees collected sixty gal
Ions of it in about one month. Having
accomplished this feat they were taken
back to Herslof.
About 200 workingmen in Bluff pur-
chased a cottage with q grove around
it for 81, 500 last spring. Now the Bluff
manufacturing company offers 81, 500
more for the property; but the men
unanimously decline the offer. They
want a pleasure resort which they
may call their own.
Capt. G: v. E. Svedenborg, who &C.
companied Andree to Spitz bergen. and
who was ready to fill the place of one
of the three explorers in case of de-
fault, has written q lengthy contribu-
ton to Alton bladet on the prospects
of the return of Andree's expedition.
BY means of series of careful calcu-
lations, Capt. Svedenborg arrives at
the conclusion that the balloon could
be kept in the air about 81 days, and
the following extract from the article
is quite reassuring: Though Andree,
for several reasons, and after having
heard the opinions of his comrades,
started on his journey without having
put his balloon in such shape as would
have been desirable, we may still rest
assured that he, as well as his COM
panions, was fully aware of the char
acter of their resources. And as no
one Of the three men deluded himself
by surprising that they could cross the
Polar region in few days. but as all
of them we're fully prepared, and sad
" anticipated. to stay up there one or
two winters, why should we who re-
main 1t home despair Of their fate be-
fore they are able to communicate
with us?', b !. 5 .5s ssS
4ss5 NORWAY.
Drammen exports about 400, 600 tons
OF wood pulp annually, leading the
world in this trade. It takes about Is
factories to keep up this traffic
ss Five thousand dollars was asked for
/ stretch OF land where the govern
5 4 :m1nent IS 70 build forts at 5Ag denes. near
Trondh EN-; but the state has confis-
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