Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1899-11-01

The ex-minister of foreign affairs,
Count Douglas, is slated for the govern
orship of Ostergotland. T., :.
A temple Of the American Order Of
Honor and Temperance has been organ
lied in Stockholm. - '-'4
A Scandinavian society has been start
ed in Stockholm by number Of distin-
guished men.
Crown Princess Victoria proposes to
spend the coming winter in Southern Eu-
rope as usual.
"A number Of poor people had chance
to turn an honest penny by following in
the wake of the army during the recent
manoeuvers and picking up empty cart
rloge shells. One enterprising man for
some time cleared about one dollar an
hour' and the poor people learned to look
upon the scattering of cartridge shells as
the most conspicuous blessing of mill
tarism.
The hard times have caused striking
reduction of the number of marriages in
stockholm. During the months of Au-
gust and September, 1899, there were SOL
emnized 800 marriages, while the numbers
were LOLA, LOSS and l,159 for the same
A subscription will soon be started for
the erection of monument to P. H.
Ling, the author of the famous Ling's
system of gymnastics The monument is
to be located on some public square in
Stockholm.
Two English citizens have been granted
permission by the Swedish government to
own and possess property at Tagraskog
Tor which they have paid $4,000.
The executors of the estate of Alfred
Nobel and V. J. Unge, Stockholm, have
patented a 'self-propelling and self-rotat-
ing projectile." This invention is a sort
of torpedo which is to be sent through
the air.
A Scandinavian society has >been or
ganized at Upsala. Several university
professors belong to it.
There has not been a single vacant
house in the city of Lund for months
past.
Interesting architectural remains have
been unearthed at Visby Cortland. The
buildings to which the remains belonged
were connected with the St. Olaf church
While the Gallstad church building in
Vestergottland was undergoing repairs,
a huge stone which had served as thresh-
hold was found to be monument to
Knut Hakansson, the generalissimo of
King Erik XIV
A hne statue of John Ericsson has been
unveiled at the entrance to Kungsport
| avenue, Gothenburg. Thousands Of peo-
| pie attended the ceremonies.
DENMARK.
Sigurd Trier has written critical book
M TAc,,c of
| called pocket edition Of the works of
| Renan and Strauss.
An authority who calls himself Mari
'ner' writes blunt, matter-of- edi-
| torial for a Copenhagen daily to show
! the Danish people that the Danish navy
! would be practically useless in a war
with Germany, the only power that is
ever apt to give Denmark trouble for
! many years to come.
| The Children's Sanitarium, an institu-
ton opened in Copenhagen during the
great lockout, furnished los, 600 dinners to
poor children and distributed 5000 gal
Ions of milk to small babies This work
was wholly charitable from first to last
and the voluntary contributions to the
institution aggregated $500.
| Vildmosen (The Wild Bog) Is still burn
ing, and there are only small patches
here and there which are not black and
| charred
Premier Horring made an extensive
search for a man to fill the place left
vacant in the cabinet by the withdrawal
| Of Minister of Justice Rump. 1t is
claimed that a man has been found, how.
ever, and right at home. His name is
Johannes Horring. and he is son of the
premier. This acquisition will add youne
blood to the cabinet, for the proposed
minister of justice was born as late a.
the year 1874.
Denmark exports about 100000 fresh
Goldfish and founders each year to Chris
tiania, Norway.
The king expressed a desire to grant
audience to those men who succeeded IL
settling the late labor conflict, and ir
the morning of Sept. Is, Laurids Bing
Axel Heide and Herman Trier appeared
at the royal palace in Amalienborg. Hi.
majesty expressed his appreciation of tn,
services they had rendered the Danish
people, and spent several minutes in {
conversation with them. The audiepc,
lasted about ten minutes
The city government of Frederick ha
protested against the construction of 1
bridge across the Little Belt because sucl
a bridge would cripple the commerce o
the city.
A royal decree of Aug. 30 permits Kin,
George of Greece to ride free of charg
on the state railroads in Denmark dur
ing the fall season.
Hans Raasberg has gone to the eau
casus for the purpose of writing up tina
section of the world for the benefit O
Danish readers.
The premier asks the riksdag for
dowry of $4,000 to each Of the princesses
Louise and Ingeborg.
Aabenraa, South Upland, Oct. H.
Three young men and two girls were ex
PEELED from Kobenhoved yesterday be
cause, as is stated, their employer at
tended a meeting in the neighborhood
A branch of the Scandinavian seamen'
temperance association will soon b
opened in Copenhagen.
The number of births in Copenhagel
was II ,2O5 in 1889 and 10, 1893 in 1898. Mean
while the population Of the city Increase
very materially