Willmar tribune., 1899-10-04


new building Vim soon be ait,ad NJ,
the Kristiania steam Kitchen one 81 tl,aE
great adjustments ofF the Norwegian
capital
B1ornson, In a newspaper article. limited
that the ra-conservative party In
Sweden may still be dreaming about en-
tertng upon an agreementEwith Germany
to divide Denmark between Sweden and
Germany. Bernt Lie, Norwegian
/ author publisly takes Bjornson to task
for making this insinuation. The swed-
ish people, Lie says, viii apply the
whole people, and only tend to enbitter
the swedes against the Norwegians.
A large nail manufacturing company in
Kristiania has failed. sl4s %t
The managers of the Bank of Norway
| do not want to have anything to do with
the public funds Of the city of Kristiania.
leaving this business to the private
banks.
Edward Grieg and wife are visiting at
Anlestad, the home of Bjornson.
Knud Berg, a "millionaire" in Rinee-
| rike has made an assignment His liabil-
tiles are $750,O0o Knud had been speculat-
ing in stocks.
A dynamite percussion cap exploded
while 12-year-old boy was handling it
In the class in the Trondhjem Latin
school. Several of his fingers were torn
of, and blood was squirted as high as the
ceiling of the ROOM A regular panic
seized several classes. and they rushed
pell-mell out of their rooms.
DENMARK.
v. v. Holm, an author whose chief
works paint the life Of civilization of
the first half of the seventeenth century,
died at the early age of A years.
The settlement of the great lockout
was based on an agreement to refer fu-
ture labor conflicts to the courts until the
r1gsdag passes a law for the establish
ment of special courts of arbitration as
regular and permanent part of the gov
ernment machinery of the country. The
latter courts shall consist Of three men,
bers elected by the employees and three
by the employers, and these shall elect a
seventh member, who shall be a lawyer
of good standing. Some years ago such
courts were proposed in the rigsdag, but
at that time the conservatives demanded
that the seventh member should be ap-
pointed by the government. 1t is pointed
out that on this particular score the
workingmen have gained an important
victory.
1t Is practically settled that Iceland
will soon have a new bank. The institu-
tion will be allowed to issue paper money
to the extent of 100 kroner for every 37h
kroner in coin kept as a reserve The
absolute limit of the circulation of paper
money will be about $1,350,00O.
The record of the fifth week of the
Copenhagen anti-rat war was 7,O19 slain,
making the whole number for the first
five weeks of the campaign g, ,267
The fire in the Vildmose bog is beyond
control until the heavy fall rains set in.
1t is generally smouldering under the
surface, but now and then it breaks out
into IAN ocean of flame.''
The great lockout lasted so long that on
the half-completed walls of many build
! ings the swallows built nests, raised fam
lilies and left the nests before the brick
layers returned.
Edward Brandes was fined $50 for writ
ing and publishing young Blood"
book which by general consent is classi-
fled as a sample of 'swine literature"
The author is brother of Georg Bran
des, the world-famed author and critic.
Herman Bang, the author, is GONZALES
cent, and it is expected that he will soon
be able to resume his work as instructor
at the Copenhagen Peoples theatre.
Premier Horring finds it difficult task
to induce an acceptable man to serve as
minister of public justice. several having
already refused to take up the portfolio
OF JUSTICE. 80 rrcrt: ,,';ssesss> ~s&a e.trc.E
King Christian has donated s27O to
! those who suffered from the storms in
| ST.. Croix.
Amdrup's expedition to eastern Green
land was very successful. The coast be-
| tween the ATTITUDES go So and 60 22',
which had not been visited by Europeans
before, was explored and mapped The
country had been inhabited by Eskimos,
but the last inhabitants had perished In
hut at TO- 15' were found several dead
bodies. Valuable chronological, geological,
botanical and geological collections were
made by the expedition, and provisions
were deposited at 60 49, for q future ex-
pedition.
FINLAND.
-Four different newspapers have been
suppressed in the course of one month,
and five others have received warning.
Long live Finland!" shouted a man to
the czar as he was driving through the
| streets of Copenhagen. The czar must
| have heard the words, and yet the man
was not arrested!
The significance of the fact that Rus
sian has been appointed to the position
Of secretary Of state of FINLAND may be
inferred from that paragraph in the con-
stitution of Finland which, plainly pro-
vides that every Finnish official shall be
! Finlander. What makes the situation
still worse is that the new secretary,
| Plehwe, is decidedly hostile to the inde-
pendence of Finland
The memory Of Uno Cygnans, the re.
| former and reorganizer of the public
school system of Finland, will be perpet-
| uated by statue which number of his
admirers are going to erect in Jvvaskvla