Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-04-05

It is proposed to make some radical
changes in the laws, regulating the
service in the navy. The navy needs
2, 400 men in case of war. At present
1880 men are required to drill 70 days
year for several years. If the pro-
posed change is made, 600 men will be
drafted each year, and be required to
drill whole year at once.
The duke of the Abruzzi has ordered
bareback for his North Pole expedition
from baker in Kristiania
Jonas Lie, who is spending the win
ter at Riviera, is writing lengthy
romance. which will appear in print
next fall.
Nils Olsen Haugstveit of Hosanger is
dead. He was born in July, 1898. His
wife died in 1894, at the age 9015 years.
They were married in 1929, and lived
together in matrimony for more than
IS years.
The Aamdal copper mines in Tele-
marken have been sold to Englishmen
for $65, 900.
The Graatenmo drill grounds. near
Skien, have been sold to private par
ties for $4,000
kristiania has bonded debt of $S,-
10000 and the interest on this is
about $500, 600 year. The city is about
to float new loan.
''Kristiania Stable'' will be the name
of livery stable in the capital, where
$40 horses with wagons and drivers
will be kept for rent.
Between 700 and 800 men are engaged
on the new railway line between Eyer
sund and Flekkefjord. There will be
no less than so tunnels on this stretch.
A halibut weighing $50 pounds was
caught in a cod net at Bretternes, Lo-
foten.
1t is proposed to establish marine
school IN Bergen at a cost of $4,000
Some Stavanger street boys devised
a new way of making money. They
began to shed tears and look around
for money which they had lost, and
some sympathetic soul was generally
on hand to offer few pennies to allie
waite immediate grief and prevent fu-
ture trouble at home. But now this
source of income has been plugged up.
A weeping lad was asked for his ad-
dress by customer, and this led to a
complete collapse of the industry.
The sea serpent has been seen at
Hvaler. Seven seamen are willing to
swear to it. The shape of the monster
was like that of an eel. Its belly was
white, its back dark gray, and it was
perfectly smooth, having nothing like
fins. 1t stood up straight to height
of six or seven feet. 1t appeared three
times in almost the same spot, and re-
manned out of the water over two min
utes at time. It seemed to be about
fifteen inches through. Just as it APP
peared the last time two whales ap-
preached, and it breathed like a whale
saw it has been all over the world, but
he says he never saw an animal of this
kind before.
Prof. Gustav Strom thinks the much
abused ''runic stone" found at Ken
sington, Mimi, and bearing the date
1862. is the work of clever Minnesota
Swede of our own prosaic age.
"A A1CCAdAlC Ill ATlSCldH1d mas IN
vented new machine for making
horseshoes. 1t works on an entirely
new plan, and it is claimed that it will
revolutionize the industry affected by
it.
A French company offered $1,000 for
the Trollerud silver mines at Kongs-
berg, but the offer was declined.
Rev. Christofer Brunn returned the
decoration of the order of St. Olaf.
A petroleum refinery will soon be
built in Kristiania at a cost of $3.50, 900.
Kornsjo(lake), near Fredrikshald, will
have it's first steamer next wear.
DENMARK.
It is asserted that M. Heide, director
of the Danish East Africa Steamship
company, is about to go to China in
the company's interests. It is also said