Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-04-12

Luthers famous hymn "A Mighty For
tress is Our God" is frequently sung by
the Finlanders at public gatherings. Their
favored song, however, is still "Vart
Land which is now sung with such an
intense patriotism that even the Rus
slams who are within hearing are carried
along. The whole Finnish people seem
to feel the pangs of death.
The riksdag has already appropriated
$4,000 for the geodetic survey expedition
to spitzbergen, but $4,000 more is needed.
foreign syndicate has bought several
hundred acres of peat boys in Rossio-
holm.
len thousand persons gathered in Hell
slngfors, Finland, March 6, to celebrate
the coming birthday of Gear Alexander
ILL.,, father OF the present car. The as
sembly sung Finnish airs in Swedish with
great enthusiasm. cheering loudly for the
Grand Duke of Finland and the Emperor
OF Russia. It is hoped in Finland that
the demonstration of loyalty may have
the effect of softening the rigor of the
cars Russianizing policy.
The workingmen of Malmo have sus-
tanned the strike, the aim of which is to
prevent Mr.. Schmitz from building a new
house. because, according to their YER
sion, Mr. Schmitz has not kept his prom
Use to take back all the men who struck
for higher wages at his Furnlund woollen
mills last summer.
Most of the pork imported from Amer
! lea is now entering by way of Norway.
The duties collected at the Storien rail-
way station for the month of February
amounted to $4,000.
Biarritz to April 10.
The WOrkingmen have been thoroughly
aroused by the attempts to curtail their
right to maintain labor unions. About
5000 persons held a mass meeting al the
Stockholm Tivoli and went on record in
favor of sustaining the labor unions At
Halmstad the following resolution was
! passed.: Five thousand citizens, two
thousand of whom belong to labor unions
IN Halmstad and vicinity, assembled to
make a peaceful demonstration in favor
, OF the right to maintain labor organiza-
tons, hereby lodge an energetic and in
dlsnant protest against the brutal and
! reckless violation of this right of which
the naughty representatives of organized
: capital have been guilty during the last
few days, in the neighborhood of Halland
as well as in Norrland, and for this rea-
son we declare as one man, one for all
and all for one, that we propose to guard
and maintain to the utmost our sacred,
lnallenable rights as citizens"
The car refused to see the deputation
of 500 Finlanders that took the trouble to
go to St. Petersburg. because they had
no official authority to speak in the name
of Finland-they were "only pastors,
bank directors and farmers" 1t remains
a fact, however, that they carried petit
lions which had been signed by more than
$4,000 loyal citizens in the course of
three weeks.
The London Daily Chronicle says:
Emperor Alexander I. promised to main
tain the free constitution Of Finland. But
this pledge seems to have been forgotten
Henceforth the Lutherans of Finland
will be found under the heel Of the Holy
Synod.
The senate of Finland gave ten votes
in favor of. and ten votes against the
PRONUNCIATION of the manifesto of the
car, and the president cast the decisive
vote in favor Of the proposition. 1t soon
leaked out that GovernorG General b.
brikow had threatened to order u Russian
army to invade Finland if the senate
cast a negative vote. A Danish paper
publishes sensational story to the effect
that the car did not sign the manifesto,
either because he was sick or because he
preferred to play only a passive role in
the matter. The Finnish people are
dressed in mourning.
The total membership of the Swedish
rifle union at the close of the year 1898
was 80, 131. organized in ST. local clubs.
The increase for the year was l,l62.
At an examination Of young recruits
in Guldberg. Ostergotland. Is out Of 81
young men were rejected on account Of
defective hearts.
J. Bergman, of Norrkoping. has been
appointed to represent the Swedish I. o.
G. r. at the International alcohol con-
gress in Paris.
1t seems as though no decent Swede
can be induced to bring the Swedish
peace address to the Car of Russia.
This must be due to the latest chapter
of the history of Finland.
DENMARK
The wholesale merchants of Copen-
hagen are strongly opposed to a propo-
sition to consolidate the free harbor and
the old harbor.
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of the works of Georg Brandes has just
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