Willmar tribune., 1898-06-07

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purpose of encouraging genuine Nor
wegian dancing and music.
Marvellous to relate, even the war;
horses of Trondhjem buried their
hatchets and celebrated the 18th Of
May in one common national demon
stration this year.
The Cuban recuncentrados pictured
in the Scandinavian press are shock
ing beyond anything the writer has
seen in American papers. No wonder
the common people fight many a great
battle-with their mouths-for Uncle
Sam.
| Norbeck, the Norwegian champion
wrestler, had set-to with the "Terri-
BILE Greek" and the latter was beaten.
The former got S135 for his trouble.
Chr. Brinchmann has been appointed
editor of Kringsjaa, to succeed the late
Tambs Lyche.
The Primus match factory at Molde
| was destroyed by fire.
The journeymen bakers went on a
well-planned strike on May II.
The crown prince made a fine little
speech at the opening of the Bergen
exposition.
There was much umbling in Nor
way because the latest commercial
treaty with Japan was made common
| for both Norway and Sweden. In or
der to avoid such conglomeration,
Lindboe proposed in the storthing that
the new cabinet (Steen) be instructed
| to make special treaties for Norway.
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thing and said that Lindboe's PROPOSE
ton was superhuous because the new
cabinet would make separate treaties
| for Norway whether instructed to do
so or not
The liquor company of Kristiania
has appropriated $3.50 for the ma
| tional theater.
The I. O.. G. T. lodge Arbeideren,
Trondhjem, has dedicated new S10O
banner.
Just as the price of bread jumped to
dizzy height the journeymen bakers
and the distributors in Kristiania went
on strike. Thus, in the first place,
bread is beastly high, and in the sec
ond it can hardly be obtained at all
The public does not even sympathize
with this strike-it is too directly con-
| neeted with the pocketbook. The
| strikers ask for 81 week as minimum
wages.
The Bergen fisheries exposition was
by no means in order when formally
opened May 16, because nearly every-
thing had to be built on larger scale
than the one originally agreed on.
IN oil h,>;1 A.
grounds, and the exposition is by all
odds the most imposing enterprise of
its kind in the history of Norway.
Kristofer Janson spoke at the lib
erals 18th of May cole ebration in Kris
tiania-
DENMARK
The czar and czarina of Russia will
stay for some length Of time in Copen-
hagen in August
A landslide stopped the traffic on the
Sjelland Western railway. If it had
| not occurred in the daytime it might
have caused serious accident.
The extensive Katrinedal estate near
Holbek has been sold to syndicate
! for S75, 900. And thereby hangs an in
| teresting tale. It has been noticed
that farming on a small scale pays
| better, comparatively, than what
| might be called bonanza farming. The
| above mentioned syndicate is going to
take advantage of this difference by
cutting up the Katrinedal estate into
small farms and selling them. So far
! the plan seems to work we'll, a number
of parties having already opened me-
gotiations for the purchase of farms.
| If this new departure suffers no seri-
Gus setback it may safely be assumed
that the disintegration Of other large
farms is not far off.
The Danes will put up candidates
for mem bers of the German reichstae
in all the three districts of South Jyl.
land where there are Danish voters,
The Catholic st. Joseph's hospital In
Copenhagen has completed its 25th
year. During that time 1880 patients
have been treated in connection with
| the hospital.
Half dozen cases of cerebro-spinal al
| meningitis, all fatal, were reported in
Copenhagen within a few days.
The Russian Spitzbergen expedition
| he1S oou6 Ao VIC SsSAhON SOOOS 4OE GuS
expedition from a Danish firm, which
the Danes naturally take to mean that
the Danish canning industry has
reached high degree of perfection
The Danish steamship company
Urania has bought a new steamer
which can carry a load of 5000 tons
It is to ply between Denmark and New
York under the control of the Danish
Star line.
Prof. J. P. E. Hartmann, the COM
poser, has entered upon his oath year.
Prince Christian paid visit to Pres
ident Faure May 16. and later in the
day the compliment was returned.
A monument to~a dozen fishermen
| who lost their lives in a storm has
been raised in the Harboore church
yard. It is granite shaft, and the un-
yelling took place May Is. =
| DR.. Georg Brandes was again taken
sick while rusticating in Italy.
It is proposed to have the kingdom
| of Denmark re-surveyed and re-
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